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US09090398B2	Disposable processing bag with alignment feature An alignment device for a bag containing one or more ports wherein the alignment device is attached to the one or more ports or to the bag adjacent the one or more ports. The plate has either an indicator or a unique outer edge shape that is designed to fit into a corresponding unique opening in a bag holder to ensure proper alignment of the bag and its port(s) in the holder. In one embodiment the plate has a series of holes equal to and in alignment with the one or more ports of the bag and the port(s) are extended through the holes of the plate and the plate is attached to the bag by retainers on the port(s) below the plate. Alternatively, the plate may be fitted over the port(s) and attached to the bag.
US09090393B2	Collective vertical hydraulic tank with adjustment footprint A collective vertical tank has a plurality of tanks and stabilizing and weight-distributing connectors. The connectors are adjustable to provide an adjustable footprint of the collective tank. A stabilizing and weight-distributing connector for vertical hydraulic tanks includes a first connecting member attached to a first vertical tank and extending away therefrom, and a second connecting member attached to a second vertical tank and extending away therefrom. The second connecting member defines a central passage adapted to receive the first connecting member therein. A locking mechanism secures the first connecting member within the second connecting member.
US09090388B2	Void board and packaging using a void board A void board is configured for placement between adjacent horizontal layers of bricks to maintain an opening in a lower of the layers. The void board includes a relatively thin base element having first and second opposing sides and a plurality of ribs extending along a length of the base element. The ribs extend from the first and second sides, generally transverse to the base element. The ribs are positioned such that the ribs that extend from the first side of the base element are offset from the ribs extending from the second side of the base element. The base element has a longitudinally extending central region, between a closest pair of ribs, that is devoid of ribs. A bundled load of objects have the void board positioned therein and a method of bundling a load of objects are also disclosed.
US09090380B2	Container, handle attachment and method A plastic container used for holding fluid material with an attachable handle is provided. The container includes a body, a plurality of walls, a spout, an attachable handle and a sliding structure. The spout is a hollow, cylindrical portion that extends from an opening in one of the walls. The cylindrical portion is configured to insert or remove the fluid material from the container. The attachable handle includes a rail structure that further includes a pair of non-parallel offset rails and a latch. The latch has a latching surface that is located at the ends of the offset rails farthest from each other. The slide structure includes a generally rectangular projection. The projection further includes a pair of non-parallel offset grooves and a latching surface. The latching surface is located where the grooves are farthest from each other. The offset grooves are adapted to mate with the offset rails and are fully engaged by the offset rails when the latch is engaged with the latching surface.
US09090376B2	Merchandise storage container with retaining tabs A merchandise storage container includes belly band retaining tabs. The retaining tabs are moved to their extended positions when the merchandise storage container is formed. The retaining tabs are disposed at the corners of the container so that a belly band used with the container can slide up and down along the length of the container while encountering at least some resistance at the corners before the band separates from the container. The retaining tabs are flexible so that a person can intentionally remove a belly band by pivoting the tabs out of the way or by forcing the belly band over the tabs.
US09090375B2	Cake base with recesses Base for a food container includes a base member having a perimeter and a central region, a retaining ring of height H and width W formed between the perimeter and the central region, and extending upwardly from the central region, and a plurality of recesses in the retaining ring, each recess extending across the width W of the retaining ring from the perimeter toward the central region of the base member. Container further includes a lid having a perimeter configured to engage the perimeter of the base member. Method of making a food container is also provided.
US09090372B2	Environmentally friendly liquid container and method of manufacture A container for liquids comprising a first portion forming an approximate half container portion; a second portion forming an approximate half container portion, the first and second portions having a generally convex exterior shape with flange portions along perimeters thereof; a liquid impermeable barrier film being disposed on a concave interior portion of each of the first and second portions and extending onto the flange portions; the first and second portions being sealed together at the flange portions to form a liquid impermeable container; and there being provided a location on the container for the disposition of a closure device to allow contents of the container, once filled, to be removed.
US09090369B2	Label sticking apparatus A label sticking apparatus may include a release paper supply part in which a release paper held; a release paper collecting part in which the release paper is held; a release paper feed mechanism structured to feed the release paper from the release paper supply part to the release paper collecting part; a label peeling mechanism structured to bend the release paper and peel the adhesive label from the release paper; and a label pressing mechanism structured to press the adhesive label against the adhered medium. The label peeling mechanism may include a movable member which is movable between a bending position where the release paper is bent so that the adhesive label is peeled from the release paper and a bending relaxing position where a bending state of the release paper is relaxed so that the adhesive label is not peeled from the release paper.
US09090365B2	Steel strapping tool with a pressing strap structure A steel strapping tool with a pressing strap structure is provided. The steel strapping tool includes a base and a compressed block at one side of the base. The base has a pivot block extending from a front side thereof. A cutting unit is disposed on the base. The cutting unit includes a fixing seat which has an accommodating trough therein, a top engaging rod unit disposed in the accommodating trough, a cutting assembly having one end coupled to the top engaging rod unit and received in the accommodating trough. The base has a through hole which is transversely disposed beside the compressed block. The cutting unit includes a hook member located beside the cutting assembly. The hook member extends underneath the compressing blocks and is accommodated in the through hole of the base.
US09090363B2	Container handling system A system for processing a simplified plastic container (C) that is to be filled with a hot product includes the step of blow-molding parison to form a container body, where the container body has a neck, a base, a side surface relatively free of structural geometry that surrounds an interior of the container body and, prior to being filled with the hot product, a projection (12) extending from the container body. After the container body is filled with a hot product in a production line, the neck of the filled container body is capped with a cap and then, the container body is cooled. During the cooling operation, the hot product is contracted so that the projection extending from the container can be pushed (P) into the container body like a traditional push-up so that the resultant, filled and cooled container body is relatively free of structural geometry.
US09090361B2	Space vehicle comprising a multiple passenger bay module The application provides a space vehicle comprising a payload bay comprising a pressure vessel comprising a passenger bay module adapted to provide and maintain habitable conditions for twenty or more passengers during a mission traveling from earth to space and back to earth, the habitable conditions comprising (a) one or more service galley within the pressure vessel and adapted for access to the passenger bay module, and (b) the pressure vessel comprising a lavatory module physically separated from and rotatably abutting the passenger bay module, the lavatory module comprising an entry structure allowing access from the passenger bay module into the rotatably abutting lavatory module, the lavatory module comprising rotatable components comprising a lavatory component, the rotatable components being adapted to form the entry structure, wherein relative rotation of the rotatable components is adapted to produce sufficient centrifugal force in the lavatory component to maintain fluids in a sink and a toilet.
US09090358B2	System and method for transferring airplanes An unmanned airplane transfer system, comprising: a transfer module adapted to transfer an airplane; a landing gear holder, adapted to firmly grip a landing gear of the airplane; wherein the landing gear holder is pivotally coupled to a structural element of the unmanned transfer system; and a controller, coupled to the transfer module, adapted to control the transfer module in response to a steering induced movement of the landing gear holder.
US09090354B2	System and method for identifying a receiving aircraft during airborne fueling A system for effecting automatic identifying of a receiving aircraft receiving fuel from a fuel delivery apparatus in a delivering aircraft during an airborne fueling operation includes: (a) a first unit coupled with the receiving aircraft; (b) a second unit coupled with the delivering aircraft; and (c) a processing unit coupled with at least one of the first unit and the second unit. The first and second units cooperate to effect communicative coupling for conveying identifying information between the receiving aircraft and the delivering aircraft. The processing unit cooperates with at least one of the first unit and the second unit for employing the identifying information to effect the identifying.
US09090352B2	Ultra lightweight seat for aircraft The seat for an aircraft passenger is, in particular, very light.It consists principally of a structure (1), a back (2) and a base (3). The structure (1) is rigid and tubular. It may be obtained as a single piece by rotational moulding of a plastic or, alternatively, by extrusion-bending or bladder inflation moulding if the structure (1) consists of several tubes assembled with one another in rigid fashion.Application to civil aircraft seats, in particular in economy class.
US09090344B2	Rotor blade coupling device and rotor head A rotor blade coupling device (9) comprising a torsionally rigid carrier (4) is disclosed, the carrier (4) being mounted in a manner which is free of centrifugal force between a thrust bearing (3) and a control bearing (5), resilient impact and pivoting movements of the rotor blade coupling device (9) being able to take place in a damped manner. The rotor blade coupling device (9) is clamped between a rotor head star (101) and a rotor head central piece (102) and held rotatably about the rotor axis A. The centrifugal forces which occur, are transmitted from a rotor blade holder (2) to the rotor head star (101) and thus kept away from the carrier (4).
US09090343B2	Rotor blade component cooling A rotor blade for a rotary wing aircraft includes a component bay located substantially enclosed in the rotor blade and one or more components positioned in the component bay. An airflow is located at the component bay and an airflow outlet is located at the component bay radially outboard of the airflow inlet. The airflow inlet and airflow outlet allow a continuous airflow through the component bay via centrifugal forces of rotation of the rotor blade, the continuous airflow cooling the one or more components disposed at the component bay.
US09090335B2	Unmanned aerial vehicle drag augmentation by reverse propeller rotation An air vehicle configured to augment effective drag to change the rate of descent of the air vehicle in flight via propeller shaft rotation direction reversal, i.e., thrust reversal.
US09090325B1	Supplementary control surface structure for airplanes A supplementary control surface structure for airplanes is installed atop the fuselage of an airplane to enhance the roll rate of the airplane and thereby assists in reducing bending loads on the wings by enabling a smaller aileron deflection for a given roll rate. The supplementary control surface structure desirably includes a moveable vertically oriented roll control surface member desirably installed in a vertically oriented fin or strake that extends atop the fuselage from the flight deck to the vertically oriented tail fin. The supplementary control surface structure is desirably interconnected with the conventional aileron controls of the airplane in order to operate in concert with the ailerons. The supplementary control surface structure is also adaptable to other roll control systems, such as spoilers and wing warping.
US09090313B2	Snowmobile having a front suspension assembly with at least one protrusion A snowmobile has a front suspension and ski assembly having a right side and a left side. The right and left sides each have an upper arm, a lower arm and a spindle. A ski is connected to the lower portion of each spindle. At least one of the upper arms has a least one protrusion extending therefrom.
US09090310B2	Straddle-type electric vehicle A straddle-type electric vehicle includes a seat, a foot rest portion, a leg shield, and a receptacle configured to receive a gun-type plug and located in a position facing an opening portion. The opening portion is located in a position within a width of the leg shield and between the leg shield and a rear wheel, the receptacle is configured so that a connecting port faces upward, the receptacle is configured so that when the gun-type plug is connected with the receptacle, a grip portion of the gun-type plug is positioned farther leftward on the vehicle than a plug portion of the gun-type plug.
US09090309B2	Spring-loaded retention and release mechanism for use on clipless bicycle pedals A retention and release mechanism for use on clipless bicycle pedals employed to achieve a mechanical advantage in the retention and release of shoe clip adapters and toe clips and other adapters. A preferred embodiment of the mechanism fits within existing clipless pedals, thus replacing existing rear retainers, and comprises a means by which it is affixed to the clipless pedal, a cleat retaining formation, a spring actuator and a specialized rearward extending spar. The cleat retaining formation has a special surface which facilitates entering a clip adapter or toe clip into retention mode. Release mode is effectuated by pressure on the spar which then engages the spring actuator to open the cleat retaining formation. The mechanism may be used on any type of clipless pedal and with any type of cleat adapter.
US09090308B2	Dual-wheel synchronous brake auxiliary device with energy-saving function A brake auxiliary device includes a first connecting module, a brake cable unit connected with the first connecting module, a second connecting module connected with the brake cable unit, a first brake cable connected with the second connecting module, and a second brake cable connected with the second connecting module. The brake cable unit is connected to a front brake of a bicycle. The second brake cable is connected to a rear brake of the bicycle. Thus, when one of the two brake levers of the bicycle is driven, the rear wheel is initially braked, and the front wheel is then braked after the rear wheel is braked. In addition, when the other one of the two brake levers is driven, the rear wheel is braked.
US09090307B2	Grip for the handle of an article Disclosed are grips and methods of making grips for use with the handle of an article, and in particular for use with bicycle handles. The grip preferably includes a multi-layered gripping member. The outer layer of the gripping member preferably includes a thin layer saturated by polyurethane. The outer layer of the gripping member can be attached to an inner base layer.
US09090296B2	Resilient track frame pivot mechanism The present disclosure provides a pivot joint about which a track frame pivots relative to a main frame of a work machine. The pivot joint includes a housing having a first cover portion, a second cover portion, and at least one load-bearing rib. The pivot joint also includes a holder configured to be coupled to the main frame and includes a first leg and a second leg. An upper body and a lower body are coupled to one another and are adapted to be coupled to the track frame. The pivot joint further includes a plurality of plates stacked on top of one another. The plurality of plates is positioned between the first leg and second leg of the holder and between the upper body and lower body. The plurality of plates defines a pivot axis of the pivot joint.
US09090294B2	Aerodynamic fairings for trailers A system and method aerodynamic fairings including a gap fairing. The gap fairing includes multiple panels. The multiple panels are interconnected utilizing connectors to form a half conical shape extending from a front portion of a trailer. The gap fairing also includes supports connected to the multiple panels through support structure of the trailer.
US09090287B2	Vehicle structural support member reinforced with ultra high strength laminate A method of manufacturing a structural support member for a vehicle includes forming a first portion, forming a second portion, and connecting the first portion and the second portion together. The first portion and the second portion may be formed from one of an aluminum material, a magnesium material, a cold-formable steel material, a glass fiber composite material, or a plastic material. The first portion and the second portion are connected together such that the second portion is disposed in a tensile loading condition in response to an impact load applied to the first portion. A laminate layer is attached to the second portion. The laminate layer includes an ultra high strength material having a yield strength equal to or greater than five hundred fifty (550) MPa. The laminate layer may include, for example, an iron based glassy metal foil or an iron based glassy metal foil fabric.
US09090286B2	Method and system for assisting a user to displace a vehicle to a target position A method for assisting a user to displace a vehicle to a target position is disclosed. The method may include activating an assistance mode, detecting an external force applied to the vehicle by the user, determining a displacement torque based on the external force, and displacing the vehicle toward the target position by applying the displacement torque using a vehicle propulsion system. A system for assisting a user to displace a vehicle to a target position is also disclosed.
US09090273B2	Wheelbarrow leg stabilizer A wheelbarrow leg stabilizer having a slip resistant lower surface is provided. Preferably, the slip resistant lower surface includes a plurality of edges structured to engage the ground and thereby increase the starting friction. More preferably, the edges are part of a deformation in the leg stabilizer body. When the stabilizer body is constructed from a generally planar metal member, the deformations may be punched in the stabilizer body thereby creating openings adjacent the deformations. This configuration provides for both an edge that engages the ground but also a face that creates a larger contact surface with the ground.
US09090271B2	System and method for characterizing dragging equipment The disclosure is directed to a method and apparatus for characterizing an object protruding beneath a train traveling along a rail. The method may include receiving one or more signals indicative of a detected horizontal force component and a detected vertical force component generated by impact of the object with a stationary impact element. The method may also characterize the object based on the detected horizontal and vertical force components.
US09090270B2	Speed sensitive dragging equipment detector The disclosure is directed to a method of detecting an object beneath a train. The method may include receiving a first signal indicative of a speed of the train, receiving a second signal indicative of a three generated by impact of the object with an impact element, and selecting a threshold value based on the speed of the train. The method may also include processing the second signal in accordance with a first procedure if the first signal indicates a speed of the train less than the threshold level, and processing the second signal in accordance with a second procedure different from the first procedure if the first signal is equal to or greater than the threshold level.
US09090268B2	Point lug and rail mount connections for a railroad point machine apparatus New and improved point machine, point lug and rail mount connections for a railroad point machine apparatus. The new point machine and point lug connections overcome the problems associated with point run, lift and bounce of a point rail. Moreover, the rail mount provides for a generic, common platform that can be used with different sized stock rails.
US09090263B2	Lane fusion system using forward-view and rear-view cameras A method and system for computing lane curvature and a host vehicle's position and orientation relative to lane boundaries, using image data from forward-view and rear-view cameras and vehicle dynamics sensors as input. A host vehicle includes cameras at the front and rear, which can be used to detect lane boundaries such as curbs and lane stripes, among other purposes. The host vehicle also includes vehicle dynamics sensors including vehicle speed and yaw rate. A method is developed which computes lane curvature and the host vehicle's position relative to a lane reference path, where the lane reference path is derived from the lane boundaries extracted from a fusion of the front and rear camera images. Mathematical models provided in the disclosure include a Kalman filter tracking routine and a particle filter tracking routine.
US09090262B2	Control apparatus for vehicle A control apparatus for a vehicle that is capable of enhancing fuel efficiency of an internal-combustion engine. The vehicle is provided with at least one electronically controllable vehicle-mounted accessory that can be driven by the engine, and energy storage means for storing energy generated by the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory being driven by the engine. The apparatus includes regenerative control means for performing regenerative control during deceleration of the vehicle according to a deceleration instruction from a driver, and drive-control means for performing drive-control of the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory during a vehicle running period other than a regenerative control period so that the energy storage means has a margin in energy storage capacity for storing energy to be generated by the at least one vehicle-mounted accessory being driven by the engine during the regenerative control.
US09090256B2	Vehicle control device A vehicle control device includes an engine, a motor disposed nearer to drive wheel sides than the engine in a vehicle, and a clutch disposed between the engine and the motor and configured to be engaged or released according to an operation input, wherein at the time the clutch is engaged to connect the engine and the drive wheels while the vehicle travels with the engine being stopped, the engine is started by the power transmitted to the engine via the clutch as well as the motor is caused to output assist torque for suppressing a reduction of acceleration of the vehicle caused by that the clutch is engaged, and the assist torque when a braking operation is performed is smaller than the assist torque when the braking operation is not performed.
US09090248B2	Control system, control device, and control method for hybrid vehicle A hybrid vehicle includes an electric steplessly speed changing unit, an engaging device, and an electronic control unit. The electric steplessly speed changing unit includes a differential mechanism including a first rotary element to which an engine is coupled, a second rotary element to which a first rotary machine is coupled, and a third rotary element as an output rotary member of the differential mechanism to which a second rotary machine is coupled. Differential operation of the electric steplessly speed changing unit is controlled by controlling operation of the first rotary machine. The engaging device is provided in a power transmission path between the third rotary element and drive wheels. In control of the hybrid vehicle, when at least one of the first rotary machine and the second rotary machine is operated with a predetermined positive or negative maximum torque, the electronic control unit controls a slip amount of the engaging device by changing the torque capacity of the engaging device.
US09090245B2	System and method for controlling the amount of torque provided to wheels of a vehicle to prevent unintended acceleration A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes an axle torque determination module, an engine torque determination module, a torque security module, and an engine torque control module. The axle torque determination module determines an axle torque request based on a driver input and a vehicle speed. The engine torque determination module determines an engine torque request based on the axle torque request and at least one of a first turbine speed and whether a clutch of a torque converter is applied. The torque security module determines a secured torque request based on at least one of the driver input, the vehicle speed, and an engine speed. The engine torque control module controls an amount of torque produced by an engine based on one of the engine torque request and the secured torque request.
US09090244B2	Systems and methods for maintaining a substantially stable engine idle speed after a garage shift A method of maintaining a substantially stable engine speed after a garage shift of an automatic transmission includes identifying a moment when a load from the automatic transmission is applied to an engine via a torque converter during the garage shift based on a first turbine speed change with respect to a reference engine speed change and a second turbine speed change with respect to an actual engine speed change. The method further includes generating a feed forward torque command based on a turbine speed decrement after identifying the moment when the load from the automatic transmission is applied to the engine, and controlling the engine based on the feed forward torque command to maintain a substantially stable engine speed after the garage shift.
US09090242B2	Method for coordinating at least one drive unit A method for coordinating at least one drive unit of a vehicle, a control unit designed as a drive unit control unit (6, 8) being assigned to this at least one drive unit, a higher-level control unit (4) being provided, and information being exchanged between the control units, at least one operating parameter for an operating range of the at least one assigned drive unit being transmitted by at least one drive unit control unit (6, 8) to the higher-level control unit (4) for the purpose of carrying out the method, a setpoint operating point for the at least one drive unit being ascertained by the higher-level control unit (4) on the basis of the at least one received operating parameter, and the ascertained setpoint operating point being transmitted to the at least one drive unit control unit (6, 8) together with the at least one operating parameter.
US09090230B2	Method for alignment of a vehicle and levelling bench arrangement A method for alignment of a vehicle and a levelling bench arrangement in relation to one another is disclosed, wherein the levelling bench arrangement comprises a levelling bench (1), a support structure (3), a plurality of beams (5), and a plurality of fixture devices (7). According to the method the support structure is arranged on the levelling bench, at least some of the beams are locked to the support structure, at least some of the fixture devices are releasably mounted at the beams, a vehicle, which is to be repaired or inspected, is arranged above the levelling bench, the mounted fixture devices are aligned with respect to the vehicle by means of continuously moving the beams and the support structure in a horizontal plane so that the fixture devices will define certain specific reference points of the vehicle and the beams are releasably fastened to the levelling bench.
US09090229B2	Webbing take-up device A webbing take-up device is obtained capable of securing sealing properties to gas generated by actuation of a gas generator. A switching mechanism of a webbing take-up device is equipped with a body, a gas generator, a piston that is actuated on receipt of pressure of gas generated by the gas generator, and a cylinder that internally houses the piston. A sheet and a support plate are attached to the body. Crushable ribs are provided to the sheet. The crushable ribs press the cylinder through a general portion of the sheet by attaching the sheet and the support plate to the body.
US09090209B2	Integrated underseat storage A seating assembly for a vehicle including a seat movable between a raised vertical position and a lowered horizontal position. A storage cavity is defined by an underside of the seat. The storage cavity includes a plurality of vehicle emergency items. Retaining features are disposed on the underside of the seat and secure the plurality of vehicle emergency items. An access opening is disposed on the underside of the seat. A door covers the access opening and is pivotally connected to the underside of the seat. The door is maintained in a latched condition until the seat is moved to the raised vertical position. The door moves to an unlatched condition when the seat is in the raised vertical position and access to the access opening is possible.
US09090193B2	Moving cleanout for reciprocating conveyor system The invention disclosed here is a moving headboard for use in connection with a reciprocating floor slat system. It is particularly well-suited for use in connection with load-hauling trailers that have built-in reciprocating floor slat conveyors for unloading the trailer. Trailers of this kind are used in lieu of hydraulic lifts and involve inching the load off the trailer. The moving headboard sweeps the trailer floor clean during the unloading process.
US09090190B2	Vehicle seat structure A metallic seat structure member with a surface roughened is placed within a forming die, into which synthetic resin is injected for molding. This provides a vehicle seat structure in which leg portions of a strength member made of synthetic resin are fixed to the roughened surface of the seat structure member.
US09090180B2	Automotive floor mat assembly A floor mat assembly (A) comprises a floor mat (10) and an evacuation unit (14) including a pump (16) and a reservoir (18). The floor mat (10) defines a collecting area (36) and ribbing (28, 30) with channels (29, 32) therebetween, which channels (29, 32) are adapted to convey substances, such as water, slush, mud, etc., to the collecting area (36). The pump (16) is provided with an inlet conduit (38) having an entry end thereof located in the collecting area (36). The pump (16) is adapted to pump at least some of these substances out of the collecting area (36) and into the reservoir (18). The evacuation unit (14) is adapted to be removed from the floor mat (10). A decorative auxiliary mat (12) is also provided for positioning atop the floor mat (10).
US09090177B2	Uncertified battery replacement countermeasure apparatus for electric vehicle An uncertified battery replacement countermeasure apparatus for an electric vehicle including a power source that is driven by an electric power from a replaceable battery, in which it is judged whether or not a post-replacement battery is a battery certified to the electric vehicle, and when it is judged that the post-replacement battery is not the battery certified to the electric vehicle, a power output of the power source is restricted while permitting driving of the power source.
US09090161B2	Structure of vehicle operation pedal There is provided a structure of a vehicle operation pedal. A guide portion is provided to an accelerator pedal so as to rise toward a driver and to extend diagonally upward from the right to the left, thereby guiding a driver's foot, which moves upward along the accelerator pedal from the pedal pad, toward the left side.
US09090160B2	Vehicle body structure A floor panel of a vehicle body is provided with bulging sections in which seats are disposed to the left and right of a tunnel section, and a rear tunnel cross member extending in the vehicle width direction at the rear ends of the bulging sections. The vehicle body is provided with left and right floor extensions set further toward the tunnel section along a dashboard lower relative to the front side frames, floor frames extending so as to span between the floor extensions and the rear tunnel cross member and having a predetermined distance in the vehicle body vertical direction from a rear floor panel, and an energy container placed below the bulging sections and supported on the floor frames. The floor frames are fixed to the vehicle body so as to be capable of being removed from the below the vehicle body.
US09090157B2	Spill avoidance system for storage tank A system for preventing overflow in a storage tank which is fillable via a nozzle includes a nozzle receiver configured to fit within a fill passage of a storage tank. The system further includes at least one seal disposed in the nozzle receiver configured to seal the nozzle within the nozzle receiver. The system has a first passage and a second passage. The first passage is configured to fit at least partially within the fill passage of a storage tank and receive at least a portion of a flow of liquid from the nozzle. The second passage is in communication with the first passage. The system also includes a valve having a first position that directs liquid to flow through the first passage and a second position that directs liquid to flow through the second passage.
US09090153B1	Rain shield for vehicle passengers An apparatus that provides protection from precipitation to a vehicle occupant upon entering or exiting the vehicle includes a housing secured to the vehicle roof so that it can be reached by a passenger seated within the vehicle. A housing base is secured to the vehicle roof. A hinge positioned at the leading end of the housing interconnects the housing base to a housing cover. The housing has a fully closed position when the housing cover fully engages the housing base and a fully deployed position when the cover is fully rotated with respect to the base. A sheet of waterproof material has a first end secured to an interior of the base and a second end secured to an interior of the cover. The sheet is folded when the housing is in the fully closed position and is unfolded when the housing is in the fully deployed position.
US09090149B1	Convertible system for a vehicle A convertible system includes a pair of movable side rails, each being connected to a structural pillar. A front header spans between forward ends of the side rails. A side rail latching mechanism releasably attaches the side rails to the structural pillars. A roof member includes a flexible, foldable roof panel and a panel header secured to and covered by the roof panel. The panel header has lateral end portions movably coupled to the side rails. The roof member is movable between a closed position, a pre-defined intermediate opened position, and a fully opened position. The roof member together with the side rails is further movable to a stowed position rearward of a vehicle occupant cabin. A roof member latch mechanism is mounted to the panel header for releasably attaching the panel header to the front header.
US09090148B2	Convertible top having a fabric outer skin The invention relates to a convertible top, comprising a top linkage, which can be moved between an open position that opens the vehicle interior upward and a closed position that covers the vehicle interior above and which as a link assembly on both sides with respect to a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane, and at least one top element that is at least largely rigid, which top element extends between the link assemblies arranged on both sides. The top element is designed as a plastic composite component that comprises a substrate structure, which is formed on an outer skin that is made of a textile material having a rubber back lining.
US09090144B2	Automotive air conditioning system An air conditioning system for a passenger compartment of an electric vehicle has a battery unit that is chargeable by supply of electric power from an external power source. The system includes a charge-level detection section to detect a charge level of the battery unit and an HEV controller has an integrated control of the whole of an electric vehicle including an air conditioner. Before a preparatory air-conditioning operation for air conditioning in the passenger compartment during charge, the HEV controller grants permission to enter air conditioning in the passenger compartment if the battery charge level is greater than a predetermined level. The HEV controller adjusts an amount of electric power usable for air conditioning in the passenger compartment based on a change in the charge level.
US09090142B2	Device for driving rear wheel of electric vehicle A device for driving a rear wheel of an electric vehicle is provided. In one embodiment, the rear wheel driving device includes a motor for supplying rotational power, a gear group connected to a rotor of the motor, a final gear connected to the gear group, an output shaft connected to the final gear and rotating, a hub installed on an outer circumferential surface of the output shaft using a nut, a wheel connected to the hub, an axle housing connected to the hub using a hub bearing, a motor cover protecting the motor and mounting an output shaft bearing, and a trailing arm connected to the axle housing using an axle housing bolt and configured to mount the motor from an exterior side to an interior side of a vehicle.
US09090111B2	Printer apparatus and printer head A disclosed device printer apparatus includes a recording sheet conveying block holding a recording sheet and including a light emitting element, and a first light receiving element; a head block printing characters, graphics or the like on the recording sheet including a second light receiving element positioned to face the light emitting element so as to directly receive the light; and a control circuit connected to the light emitting element, the first light receiving element, and the second light receiving element, wherein the control circuit determines, when the light is detected by the second light receiving element, that the recording sheet does not exist between the light emitting element and the second light receiving element, and when the light is not detected by the second light receiving element and is detected by the first light receiving element, that the recording sheet exists.
US09090110B2	Setting apparatus, setting method, and program A setting apparatus capable of setting a length of a margin provided for a recording medium on which an image is recorded by a recording unit confirms information about a length of an outer periphery when the recording medium on which the image is recorded is rolled in a roll shape, and sets a length of a margin provided for the recording medium based on the confirmed information.
US09090105B2	Image recording system, image rewriting system, and image recording method Provided is an image recording system for recording an image on a recording medium attached to a conveyed article, including: a conveyor device conveying the conveyed article in a predetermined conveying direction; and a recording device provided on at least one side of the conveyor device in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction and capable of contactlessly recording the image on the recording medium being located at a position facing itself. The image includes a scan image to be read by a reading device. The conveyor device decelerates the conveyed article by observing a position at which the recording medium will face the recording device as a target stop position. The recording device records the scan image on the recording medium after the conveyed article reaches the target stop position and while the amplitude of vibration of the conveyed article is equal to or smaller than a reference value.
US09090097B2	Inkjet printer with selectable simplex and duplex printing A method and apparatus for selectable duplex and simplex printing of sheet or web media has a selection mechanism for switching between the printing modes. The selection mechanism includes guides which determine whether a medium follows a long transport path or a short transport path between an input zone and an output zone. In the first transport path, the medium is transported past a first inkjet printhead for printing onto a surface of the medium. In the second transport path, the medium is transported past a second inkjet printhead for printing onto one surface of the medium, then turned and transported past the first inkjet printhead for printing onto the other surface of the medium.
US09090088B2	Print head and print apparatus Lift of the rotation fulcrum of the armature is prevented. In the print head in which a print wire is furnished at an end portion, and that has an armature that is furnished rotatably, a yoke touches a rotation fulcrum of the armature; an elasticity member of a cantilever structure presses the rotation fulcrum of the armature to the yoke by sandwiching the armature between the yoke and the elasticity member; a housing fixes an end portion of the elasticity member and covers the elasticity member through forming a gap between the elasticity member and the housing; and a pressing member is arranged between the housing and the elasticity member and touches the housing and the elasticity member.
US09090084B2	Fluid ejection device including recirculation system A fluid ejection device including, at least, one recirculation system is disclosed. Such recirculation system contains, at least, one drop generator, recirculation channels that include an inlet channel, an outlet channel and a connection channel and a fluid feedhole that communicates with the drop generator via the inlet channel and the outlet channel of the recirculation channel. Also disclosed are inkjet pen containing it and method of using it.
US09090081B2	Ink supply system and multifunctional printer An ink supply system including a cover, an ink delivery module, delivery pipes and a shut-off valve module, and a media recording device including a body and a print head disposed therein are provided. The cover is pivoted to the body, and the ink delivery module is disposed therein and next to the cover. The shut-off valve module includes a base disposed in the body, an eccentric wheel pivoted to the base, and a linkage connected between the eccentric wheel and the cover. The delivery pipes are connected between the print head and the ink delivery module and they pass between the base and the eccentric wheel. The cover is opened or closed relative to the body and it drives the linkage to drive the eccentric wheel to rotate relative to the base so as to press against or release the delivery pipes.
US09090074B2	Ink-jet recording apparatus An ink-jet recording apparatus, including: a recording portion movable to eject ink to perform image recording; flexible ink supply tube connected to the recording portion; and an ink-supply portion for supplying the ink to the ink supply tube. The ink supply tube includes first and second end portions respectively connected to the recording portion and the ink-supply portion. The ink supply tube extends at the first end portion in a first direction and is curved to extend to the ink-supply portion in a second direction, and a shape of the ink supply tube is changed following the movement of the recording portion. The ink-jet recording apparatus comprises a first board at least a portion of which overlaps, in plain view, an occupied area the ink supply tube can occupy while changing in shape, the first board including a controller for controlling the ink-jet recording apparatus.
US09090069B2	Liquid ejecting head, liquid ejecting head unit, and liquid ejecting apparatus There is provided a liquid-ejecting head including: a fixing board which can abut against a cap for a liquid-ejecting surface at a ring-shaped abutting area; and a driving element for ejecting liquid via nozzle openings provided on the liquid-ejecting surface. The fixing board has an acute-angle portion and an obtuse-angle portion. The abutting area includes: a pair of first-curved parts corresponding to the acute-angle portion; a pair of second-curved parts corresponding to the obtuse-angle portion; and a plurality of straight-line parts which can connect the two curved parts. On the liquid-ejecting surface, among a first-intersection point on virtual lines extended from each of the two straight-line parts connected the first-curved part and a second-intersection point on virtual lines extended from each of the two straight-line parts connected to the second-curved part, the fixing board has reference holes positioned nearer to the first-intersection point than the second-intersection point.
US09090067B2	Method for manufacturing liquid discharge head There is provided a method for manufacturing a liquid discharge head including a substrate in which a liquid supply port is formed, a channel forming member that forms a liquid channel communicating with the liquid supply port on the substrate. The method includes preparing a substrate on which a hole serving as the liquid supply port is open, attaching a dry film on the substrate to cover an opening of the hole with the dry film, curing a cover part of the dry film that covers the hole, patterning the dry film to form a mold for the liquid channel, of a region of the dry film that includes the cover part, forming the channel forming member such that it covers the mold, and removing the mold to form the liquid channel.
US09090066B2	Process for producing ink jet recording head An ink jet recording head is produced to include a substrate having a first and a second surface opposing each other, a common liquid chamber formed by machining the substrate from the second surface so as to reduce the thickness of a part of the substrate, and a plurality of independent ink supply ports that communicate with the common liquid chamber and are through-holes extending through the substrate, and a nozzle structure that is formed on the first surface and has an ink flow path communicating with the independent ink supply ports and an ink ejection orifice communicating with the ink flow path. The process includes patterning a resist applied to the substrate using a photomask for forming the independent ink supply ports, wherein infrared alignment is conducted at a depression of the substrate upon alignment between the photomask and the substrate using an alignment mark.
US09090063B2	Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus Piezoelectric elements constituted by lower electrodes, piezoelectric layers, and an upper electrode are extended from positions corresponding to openings of pressure chambers to outer positions beyond opening edges of the pressure chambers. The piezoelectric layers have exposure portions on the extended portions and the exposure portions of the piezoelectric layers are covered by an adhesive between an actuator unit and a sealing plate.
US09090050B2	Apparatus and method for providing a localized speed variance of an advancing substrate Methods and apparatuses discussed herein provide for localized speed changes of an advancing substrate. Embodiments of a localized speed varying apparatus may include first and second substrate guides positioned upstream and downstream of a processing station, respectively. The substrate guides may utilize orbital motion of guide members to change the length of the substrate within the substrate guides upstream and downstream of the processing station. The changes in substrate length within the substrate guides result in localized speed changes of the substrate between the substrate guides. Coordination between the substrate guides allows for localized speed changes of the substrate passing through the processing station without affecting the speed of the substrate upstream of the first substrate guide and downstream of the second substrate guide.
US09090047B2	Glass paneling with a sublimated image and process for making the same Disclosed herein is a glass sheet substrate and process for making the same with a first wear surface, an obverse, second surface including a thermoset image receiving coating having a complete, unitary sublimated ink image that is viewable with minimal loss of resolution and clarity from the first side through the thickness of the glass sheet substrate.
US09090045B2	Engineered wood produced with substituted cellulose ester adhesives and methods relating thereto Engineered wood may be produced with substituted cellulose ester adhesives. For example, an engineered wood may comprise a plurality of wood substrates that independently comprise a lignin-containing material (e.g., wood dust, wood particles, wood chips, and the like), the plurality of wood substrates being adhered together with an adhesive that comprises a substituted cellulose ester that comprises a cellulose polymer backbone having an organic ester substituent and an inorganic ester substituent that comprises an inorganic, nonmetal atom selected from the group consisting of sulfur, phosphorus, boron, and chlorine.
US09090044B2	Plastic card prelaminate and plastic card structure Described herein are methods and apparatuses for manufacturing a pre-cut plastic card structure via laser cutting, having a plastic card, plastic card prelaminate and sticker separable from the plastic card structure. The plastic card prelaminate includes a first plastic sheet, a first adhesive layer arranged below the first plastic sheet, a release layer arranged below the first adhesive layer, a laser barrier layer arranged below the release layer, and a second plastic sheet arranged below of the laser barrier layer.
US09090035B2	Molded hollow cylinder with a thread and process for its manufacture A process for the fabrication of a molded part with circular cross section and a hollowed-out cylindrical base body. An inner channel of the molded part, designed for the sealing with a connector part, has segments with various functions in axial direction. A fiber containing plasticized polymeric mass is injected into the cavity of a molding tool, and following hardening of the polymeric mass, the molded part is removed from the tool. In order to improve strength in a reliable manner, injection into the cavity is carried out radially from the inner channel towards the exterior, in a segment, or in an area of a segment, that does not serve for the mounting of a circumferential seal, or the mounting, and/or arrest of the connector part.
US09090034B2	Manufacturing process for forming a chair back An improved chair back is formed of a molded construction uses multiple mold shots of mold materials to develop different performance characteristics in selected areas of the chair back. The chair back has the appearance of a unitary molded panel, but is formed from multiple mold shots which preferably are performed at multiple stations on a mold tool. By providing multiple mold shots and selected materials to form different areas of the chair back, different performance characteristics are generated including the provision of a peripheral frame providing structural rigidity to the chair back, a lumbar support panel which provides localized support to the lumbar region of the chair occupant, and a thin sheet-like support panel extending between the frame and enclosing the interior region defined between the peripheral frame to provide a more flexible and pliant surface providing more comfortable contact with the occupant's back.
US09090032B2	Lens blocking method and related device Method of blocking an unfinished optical lens to be machined, the unfinished optical lens comprising an unfinished face and a second face, the method comprising: an unfinished optical lens providing step in which the unfinished optical lens is provided; a positioning step in which the unfinished optical lens is positioned in a first reference position by positioning the unfinished face of the unfinished optical lens on the top of at least three pins; a preformed optical substrate block providing step in which a preformed optical substrate block is provided; a docking step in which the second face of the unfinished optical lens in the first reference position is docked to the docking surface of the preformed optical substrate block.
US09090030B2	Procedure for manufacturing pieces for the formation of a removable floor covering Procedure for the manufacturing of pieces for the formation of a removable floor covering and the covering obtained includes obtaining by molding a joint made of a polymer material (1) that is mounted on the contour of a resistant plate (4). On the back of the plate is molded, inside a mold, and by an elastomer material, a layer (15) of shock-absorbing material provided with nerves (16) and conformations (18) on its free surface for the coupling of the intermediate joining elements between the covering pieces.
US09090026B2	Method of splicing composite core A method of splicing together a first composite core and a second composite core can include: positioning a first flange of the first composite core adjacent to a second flange of the second composite core, applying an adhesive, and locating a first magnet and a second magnet to provide a pressure on the adhesive.
US09090021B2	Ultrasonic sealing of packages A method and apparatus for sealing films. In one embodiment the sealing device comprises a horn and an anvil. The film has a standard portion and an increased portion. Increased energy is applied to the film in the increased portion compared to the energy applied to the standard portion. Such a method allows for sealing of varying number of layers.
US09090013B2	Dual screw extrusion apparatus having a mixing chamber and a conveying chamber downstream thereof with the mixing chamber having a wall clearance greater than that of the conveying chamber An extrusion apparatus including a mixing chamber comprising two intersecting housing bores and an inlet positioned to receive material into the mixing chamber. Two screw shafts are supported for rotation about respective generally parallel axes and include respective screw sections positioned for co-wiping intermeshing rotation within the respective housing bores of the mixing chamber. The apparatus supports screw shaft rotational speeds greater than approximately 800 rpm and includes screw shaft conveying portions that are rotatably cantilevered for self-journaled support within respective separate conveying chambers arranged generally parallel to one another downstream of the mixing chamber.
US09090012B2	Process for the preparation of conformable materials for downhole screens A process of making a foamed conformable material by reaction injection molding comprises providing a first component from a first feed tank at a first flow rate, via a first conduit, to a mixing device; providing a second component from a second feed tank at a second flow rate, via a second conduit, to the mixing device, the second component reactive with the first component in the presence of a foaming agent; mixing the first component and the second component in the mixing device to form a reaction mixture; introducing the reaction mixture into an injection molding device; molding the reaction mixture to form a foamed conformable material; wherein the mixing of the reaction mixture is adjusted to achieve a desired average cell size of the foamed conformable material. The process can produce wellbore-conforming materials that can function to filter out sand or other undesirable fines from a formation.
US09090008B2	Receiving container, method of manufacturing the same and liquid crystal display having the same A receiving container, a method of manufacturing the receiving container, and a liquid crystal display having the same are provided. The receiving container includes a mold frame and a strength enhancing means. The mold frame includes a first portion and a second portion connected to the first portion. The strength enhancing means includes a base plate for supporting a lower part of the backlight assembly, and a strength enhancing portion connected to at least a part of the base plate for surrounding at least a part of the second portion.
US09090006B2	Damping element with connecting substance A damping element is provided having at least one fastener and a spring element on the basis of cellular polyisocyanate polyaddition products which are firmly connected to each other, and a method for producing the same, and uses of the same.
US09090003B2	Molded-in-color vehicle panel and mold In one embodiment a method for creating a molded-in-color vehicle panel is provided. The mold may have at least first and second mold members, each having a forming surface for forming a portion of the vehicle panel. One mold member may translate relative to the other to collectively receive a heated resin with a molded-in-color to form the vehicle panel. The resin may be formed into a solid molded-in-color interior vehicle panel. After allowing the resin to partially cool, an aperture may be formed by punching through in the molded-in-color resin with a punch.
US09089999B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing components used for the manufacture of articles Methods of manufacturing wearable articles include: (a) performing a scan of a body part of a user on which the wearable article will be worn; (b) creating a virtual design of a mold insert configured to mold the wearable article, based on the scan; (c) saving the virtual design in a data file; (d) fabricating the mold insert using a laser sintering, fused deposition modeling, and stereolithography technique; (e) inserting the mold insert into a mold; (f) inserting moldable material into a cavity created at least in part by the mold insert; (g) molding the moldable material to produce the wearable article; and (h) removing the wearable article from the mold. The wearable article may include a portion of an article of footwear, such as a portion of a shoe sole.
US09089997B2	Equipment and method for synchronizing an internal mixer During the process for production of a rubber mass the rubber mass is mixed in a mixing tank (12); then, the mixing of the rubber mass is interrupted; then, with the mixing stopped, the tank (12) is opened by displacing a door (18) for shutting of an opening (16) for discharge of the rubber mass from the tank (12), according to an opening trajectory between a position of shutting of the opening (16), towards a position of release of the opening (16); the positions of shutting and release corresponding to the ends of the opening trajectory; then, with the tank (12) open, the mixing of the rubber mass is restarted when the door (18) is in a predetermined intermediate position of its trajectory between the positions of shutting and release.
US09089994B2	Device for cutting a substrate and method for controlling such a cutting device A device for cutting a substrate along a cutting line is disclosed. The device includes a saw unit with a saw blade, which can be rotated around an axis of rotation, a guide carriage for moving the saw unit along a guide rail, and a control device for controlling the saw unit and the guide carriage. A marking device is provided for marking an end point of the cutting line.
US09089987B2	Rotary knife fixture for cutting spiral, textured potato pieces A rotary knife fixture for cutting vegetable products such as raw potatoes into spiral shapes. The knife fixture includes a ring-shaped blade holder driven rotatably within a hydraulic product flow path. The blade holder includes at least one cutting blade, wherein the blade is twisted from a generally longitudinally aligned center axis outwardly in opposite circumferential directions with a sharpened leading edge set at a desired pitch angle. By controlling the pitch angle of the blade in relation to the blade rotational speed and velocity at which the potato travels along the hydraulic flow path, the resultant spiral cut shape is selected. By using multiple cutting blades at known axially spaced positions and selecting the angular position of each cutting blade in succession, the number of spiral shapes cut from each potato is selected. The blades can have a nontextured straight-cut edge, or a textured crinkle-cut edge, or a combination.
US09089986B2	Draw stud connector A draw stud connector for use on a punch driver having a working piston. The draw stud connector including a draw stud having a first end, and a first member removably couplable to the working piston and defining an axis therethrough. The first member also defines a recess shaped such that the first end of the draw stud can be introduced and removed radially from the recess, but the first end cannot be removed axially from the recess.
US09089985B2	Sheet cutting device A sheet feeding device includes a moving mechanism (20) configured to move a cutting edge (Ba) of a movable blade (B) away from a cutting edge (Aa) of a fixed blade A to move the cutting edge (Ba) of the movable blade (B) from an open position (X) where a fed sheet (S) is received and to place the cutting edge (Ba) of the movable blade (Ba) at an open position; a mechanism (35) biases the movable blade (B) toward the fixed blade (A) so that the cutting edge (Ba) of the movable blade (B) slides against the cutting edge (Aa) of the fixed blade (A) a blade spacing mechanism (40) moves the movable blade (B) away from the fixed blade (A) against a biasing force of the biasing mechanism (35) during a allowing the movable blade (B) to reach the open position (X) after cutting of the sheet S with the movable blade (B). The spacing mechanism (40) includes a cam (41) provided on the fixed blade (A) side and a cam follower (42) in contact with the cam (41) provided on the sides of the movable blade (B). This prevents the sheet from being curled up and jammed by being hooked on the movable blade.
US09089979B2	Apparatus and method for customly calibrating a cutting blade set for a hair clipper The present invention provides a barber instrumentality useful for accurate and reproducible adjustment of the cutting blades used by hair clippers. Methods are also provided herein for the use of the instrumentality wherein precise adjustments can be made to reproduce fixed distances between a cutting blade and a guide blade of a hair clipper.
US09089976B2	Robot hand and robot The robot hand includes a frame and finger units which are provided on the frame and grasp an object to be grasped. The finger units include a Scott Russell mechanism, a first parallel link mechanism, and a second parallel link mechanism.
US09089975B2	Robotic arm In order to reduce the cost of robotic arm, the invention provides a robotic arm, which includes an arm member having a first pivot connection portion, a locating member affixed to the arm member, a sliding member movably mounted at the locating member, a stop member affixed to the sliding member, a wrist member having a second pivot connection portion pivoted to the sliding member and a third pivot connection portion movable relative to the second pivot connection portion, and a driving device including a body member pivoted to the first pivot connection portion and an extension member pivoted to the third pivot connection portion of the wrist member and movable relative to the body member. Using the locating member, the sliding member, the stop member and the wrist member to match with the driving device, the robotic arm achieves the effect of moving and swinging and cost reduction.
US09089958B2	Multi-functional tool for flexible pipe and related methods A multifunctional tool includes first and second handle members, first and second jaw members operatively connected to the first and second handle members and movable between a first open position and a second closed position, and first and second removable collar attachment members configured to be removably installed in the first and second jaw members, respectively, to provide different sizes of compressing and/or cutting diameters when the first and second jaw members are in the second closed position.
US09089957B2	Torque wrench with constant torque A torque wrench with constant torque comprises a wrench body having a tube and a cavity, an adapter, a pillar, a clutching member, a handle, and a resilient member. Therein, the adapter is rotatably disposed in the cavity, with plural adapting parts disposed on the outer periphery thereof. The pillar is disposed between the tube and the cavity for resisting against the adapting part. The clutching member is disposed in the tube, with a first end resisting against the peripheral surface of the pillar, a second end and a peripheral edge rollingly contacting the inner edge of the tube. The handle is connected to one end of the tube. The resilient member is disposed inside the tube for resisting against the second end of the clutching member. Thus, the torque is transmitted directly and prevented from diminishing, maintain a precise torque value.
US09089953B2	Ratcheting tool with fine toothing A ratcheting tool comprises a drive housing provided with a housing cover and an actuating lever. A drive is arranged in the drive housing, wherein the drive comprises a rotary part with toothing rotatably supported in the drive housing. A connector serves for receiving plug-on or plug-in tools. A locking pawl is pivotally arranged in the drive housing, wherein the locking pawl comprises a toothing which engages the toothing of the rotary part for transmitting torque in one direction of rotation. A switch sets the direction of rotation and the engagement of the toothing of the locking pawl into the toothing of the rotary part. A hinge connection connects the locking pawl to the switch, wherein the switch comprises a switching pin which is rotatably supported in the drive housing.
US09089944B2	Device, tool and method for machining of an optical lens A device, a tool, and a method for machining, especially polishing, of an optical lens by means of a tool are proposed, an information medium on one working surface of the tool being optically acquired and removed as the lens is machined and thus the state of the tool being indicated.
US09089943B2	Composite pads for buffing and polishing painted vehicle body surfaces and other applications A composite pad includes an outer pad portion having a surface with a firmness, stiffness or abrasiveness, and an inner pad portion disposed on or in the outer pad portion, the inner pad portion having a surface with a firmness, stiffness or abrasiveness which is greater than that of the outer pad surface. The backside of the composite pad preferably includes a hook-and-loop or other mechanism for attachment to a tool such as an orbital polisher. The inner portion may used to remove larger scratches left from sand paper (or other abrasives) then, without removing the pad, the polisher tool may be tilted relative to the surface enabling the outer portion to buff the area and remove any swirl marks. The surface of the inner pad may be raised relative to the surface of the outer pad, flush or recessed. In the preferred embodiments the various pad portions are made of foam material such as polyurethane.
US09089935B2	Manufacturing apparatus for flattened tube fins A manufacturing apparatus that manufactures flattened tube fins includes: a press apparatus equipped with a mold apparatus that forms cutaway portions in a thin metal plate to produce a metal strip; an inter-row slit apparatus cutting the metal strip into predetermined widths to form metal strips of a product width; a cutoff apparatus that cuts the metal strips of the product width into predetermined lengths to obtain flattened tube fins; and a metal strip guide which is disposed between the inter-row slit apparatus and the cutoff apparatus and supplies the metal strips of the product width to the cutoff apparatus in a state where the metal strips are separated from one another.
US09089929B2	Process for joining workpieces made of zinc-containing aluminum alloys by laser beam welding The present invention relates to a process for joining workpieces made of zinc-containing aluminum alloys by laser beam welding, in which process a layer consisting of vanadium is introduced into the joining gap between the workpieces to be connected to avoid the formation of pores, and the workpieces are then connected to one another by laser beam welding.
US09089920B2	Method for changing a welding process during a welding operation and method for applying heat prior to a welding operation The invention relates to a method for changing a welding process during a welding operation, wherein the change is carried out from a welding process that was conducted to a subsequent welding process during a short circuit between a melting welding wire and a workpiece, and to a method for applying heat prior to a welding operation. In order to achieve a welding process with high process stability, it is provided that, upon detecting the short circuit of the welding process that is conducted, the welding wire (9) is still moved for a defined duration (32) in the movement direction and subsequently stopped, depending on a threshold value (34) of the welding current (I) of the subsequent welding process, whereupon upon reaching the threshold value (34) of the welding current (I), the welding wire (9) is moved in the opposite direction in order to start the subsequent welding process.
US09089919B2	Welded steel pipe for linepipe with high compressive strength and manufacturing method thereof Provided are a steel pipe for a linepipe with high compressive strength and a heavy wall thickness, and a method of manufacturing the same. Lowering of yield stress caused by a Bauschinger effect can be suppressed by optimizing the metal microstructure of a steel plate without requiring particular forming conditions in forming the steel pipe, and without requiring heat treatment after pipe making. A steel pipe has the composition which contains by mass % 0.03 to 0.10% C, 0.30% or less Si, 1.00 to 2.00% Mn, 0.015% or less P, 0.003% or less S, 0.080% or less Al, 0.005 to 0.035% Nb, 0.005 to 0.020% Ti, and Fe and unavoidable impurities as a balance. The steel pipe has metal microstructure where a fraction of bainite is 60% or more, a fraction of rolled ferrite is 5% or less, and a fraction of M-A constituent (MA) is 3% or less.
US09089914B2	Wire electric discharge machine having function for controlling machining liquid temperature A wire electric discharge machine has a function for controlling the machining liquid temperature. When it is predicted that the machining liquid temperature rises linearly, the machining liquid begins to be warmed at time t5b to reach machining liquid control temperature T2 at human operation beginning time t2. If the temperature rise at predetermined later time t8 is greater than predicted, temperature rising suspended from time t8 to a later time t9. Temperature rising resumed at time t9. This allows the machining liquid temperature to reach the machining liquid control temperature T2 without wasting electric power.
US09089913B2	Machine tool for incorporating gear teeth into the inner side of an annular workpiece A machine tool for machining gear teeth into an inner side of an annular workpiece, the tool comprising a circular substructure having an upper side, a rotary bearing on which is disposed an annular machining table adapted to support a workpiece, a chassis for supporting a tool head, and a plurality of exchangeable machining rings, an adaption ring supporting the machining ring and supporting concentric cones, and a braking device adapted to act on the adaption ring.
US09089912B2	Band saw machine with a rod having an adjustable position to accommodate various sized workpieces A band saw machine with a rod having an adjustable position to accommodate various sized workpieces includes a movable member which is mounted on a saw frame and movable relative to a movable clamp arm. The movable member and the fixing member each have a rack, and the racks are in parallel to each other. The rod includes a gear shaft engaged with the racks. When the movable clamp arm moves to accommodate the size of a workpiece, the rack of the movable member drives the gear shaft to move along the rack of the fixing member, which causes position change of the rod, so that the rod is automatically moved to a position where it can detect the workpiece in a reliable manner. Therefore, the size of the workpiece to be clamped is not limited by the position of the rod anymore.
US09089908B2	Tip-replaceable cutting tool As viewed from a side opposing a bottom face (6) of an insert attachment seat, an angle (α) between first and second restraint wall faces (7a) and (7b) rising from the bottom face (6) is smaller than an angle (β) between two peripheral faces of a cutting insert contacting them respectively. A first peripheral face of the cutting insert contacts the first restraint wall face (7a) in a substantially parallel posture with the extending direction of the first restraint wall face (7a), while the second peripheral face contacts the second restraint wall face (7b) in an end portion of the second restraint wall face (7b).
US09089891B2	Method of making cutting tool edges, a device for realizing same, and a striker used in the said device The method of the invention includes forming a plate and deforming, by ultrasonic forging, a plate side located between the conical surfaces (34, 35) of strikers (2, 3) for the purpose of forming a wedge-shaped edge on the plate (1). The strikers are rotated around their longitudinal axes (L1, L2). The device of the invention is provided with a drive for rotating the strikers (2, 3). On the working surface of the striker (2, 3) a recess is made, the generatrix of which corresponds to the form of the wedge-shaped edge surface. The invention enables to shorten the time of treatment and improve the quality of the cutting edge surface.
US09089889B2	Device for flanging the end of a metal tube The invention refers to a device (11) for flanging the end (13) of a metal tube (13) to achieve a circumferential surface extending outward at right angles from the tube (13), comprising a flanging tool (17) adapted to be attached to the end of the tube (13), the flanging tool (17) having a guiding arrangement (31) drivable by a shaft (33, 48) of the guiding arrangement (31) and a pressure element (27) attached to the guiding arrangement (31), the guiding arrangement (31) comprising shifting means (35) driven by the rotating (89) shaft (33, 48) for shifting the pressure element (27) in an outward radial direction (37) with respect to the tube (13). In order to prevent the device (11) from being damaged if a torque applied to the shaft (33, 48) is not limited, it is suggested that the shifting means (35) be arranged for stopping shifting the pressure element (27) if a radial end position of the pressure element (27) is reached and permitting the rotation (89) of the shaft (33, 48) when the end position is reached.
US09089879B2	Device and method for cleaning wall or ground surfaces A device for cleaning wall surfaces, ground surfaces, track superstructures or tunnel walls is configured to be arranged on a rail vehicle that moves along a direction of travel. The device includes an aspirator opening and at least two air nozzles arranged in rows of air nozzles disposed on either side of the aspirator opening such that the aspirator opening is disposed between the rows of air nozzles. The rows of air nozzles are supplied with compressed air such that the pressure of the row of air nozzles disposed in front of the aspiration opening in the direction of travel of the rail vehicle is lower than the pressure of the other row of air nozzles.
US09089874B2	Ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus and ultrasonic probe An ultrasonic diagnosis apparatus including an ultrasonic probe having plural vibrating elements whose electromechanical coupling coefficients vary in accordance with the magnitude of a bias voltage supplied from a bias voltage supply unit, an ultrasonic image constructing unit for constructing an ultrasonic image on the basis of a reflection echo signal received from the ultrasonic probe, and a display unit for displaying the ultrasonic image is equipped with a calculation unit for calculating the magnitude of the bias voltage with respect to a collapse voltage of the vibrating elements, a storage unit for storing the calculated magnitude of the bias voltage, and a control unit for making the bias voltage supply unit supply the bias voltage to the vibrating elements in accordance with the stored magnitude of the bias voltage.
US09089873B2	Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus Provided are an ultrasonic probe and an ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus, which reduce parastic impedances which occurs in upper electrodes and lower electrodes, thereby reducing cross talk.The ultrasonic probe comprises a cMUT chip (20) having a plurality of transducer elements, an acoustic lens (26) on the ultrasonic wave irradiation side of the cMUT chip (20), a backing layer (22) on the back of the cMUT chip (20), and wires connected with the cMUT chip (20).This cMUT chip (20) includes a plurality of upper electrodes (46) and a plurality of lower electrodes (48), and these lower electrodes (48) are connected at two or more portions with wires.
US09089871B2	Methods for making coated films Disclosed is a coating composition and coated film having the coating composition adhered thereto in which the coating composition comprises particulate filler; binder composition comprising acrylic polymer and ethylene acrylic acid copolymers; non-cross-linking adhesion promoter; and optionally urethane polymer, styrene-acrylic copolymer, or a combination thereof; and wherein cross-linker(s) are substantially absent from the composition; and wherein the coated film has a 45° Gloss (ASTM D2457) of less than 30 or 25 or 20 or 15. The coated film is useful for pressure sensitive labels for thermal transfer ribbon printing labels.
US09089870B2	Single and multiple use applicator for volatile fluids having a protective device for guarding against being cut by glass shards formed within the applicator The inventive applicator has a pliable plastic tube for holding a hermetically sealed crushable glass ampoule containing fluid to be dispensed from the applicator and applied by the applicator to a surface, and a pliable dispensing member mounted onto the plastic tube. The dispensing member has a dauber from which the fluid is dispensed and a protective device which surrounds a portion of the tube and is squeezed inwardly between the user's forefinger and thumb to cause the portion of the tube positioned thereunder to deform inwardly and crush the crushable glass ampoule positioned within the tube to release the fluid contained within the ampoule. The protective device guards against and minimizes the chances of users being cut by glass shards of the crushed glass ampoule when the protective device is subsequently squeezed inwardly to cause the fluid to move through the applicator to the dauber.
US09089859B2	Point touch switch shower head Disclosed is a shower head with a single-point touch switch. The shower head comprises a ball head component, a water-distributing unit. a switching unit and a wedge block. The ball head component has a protruding seat, and the protruding seat has a connection slot on its lower part. The water distributing unit is mounted on the swing component. The switching unit comprises a sliding bar and a switching disc. The wedge block is slidably connected with the water distributing unit and has an upward wedge on one side; and the upward wedge coordinates with the connecting slot. Sliding movement of the wedge block and sliding movement of sliding bars constitute an interlinking connection relationship. It is simple in structure, stable in configuration, and easy to operate.
US09089856B2	Cup-shaped fluidic circuit with alignment tabs, nozzle assembly and method An automatically alignable conformal, cup-shaped fluidic nozzle engineered to generate an oscillating spray is configured as a cylindrical cup having a substantially open proximal end and a substantially closed distal end wall with a centrally located power nozzle defined therein and between first and second distally projecting alignment tabs or wall segments. Optionally, the fluidic circuit's oscillation inducing geometry is molded directly into the sealing post's distal surface and a one-piece cup provides the discharge orifice.
US09089843B2	Fluid controlling apparatus and filter and biochip including the fluid controlling apparatus A fluid controlling apparatus including an inlet through which a fluid is introduced, a channel portion connected to the inlet, an outlet that is connected to the channel portion and through which the fluid is discharged, and at least one fluid resisting portion disposed between the inlet and the outlet, as well as a filter and a biochip including the fluid controlling apparatus.
US09089842B2	Multi-modal surface plasmon polariton—raman scattering based bio-detection Methods and systems for combined SPP and Raman scattering-based bio-detection are provided. Embodiments include a bio-detection system having a microfluidics chip, a Surface Plasmon Polariton (SPP)-based system component, and a Raman scattering-based system component. The SPP-based and the Raman scattering-based system components can be used simultaneously or individually separately to detect biological and/or chemical analytes. The bio-detection system further includes an aerosol collector chip. Embodiments of the present invention can be used aboard means of propagation of biological and/or chemical analytes, including, for example, commercial aircrafts. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to enable an aircraft warning system.
US09089837B2	Method of fabricating a high-temperature CO2 capture agent A novel method for making a CO2 capture agent is provided. The capture agent is made of a calcium/iron salt. The capture agent is prevented from degradation at high temperature. The capture agent is fit to be used at various temperatures in high CO2 densities for achieving high CO2 capture capacity, environmental protection and low power consumption.
US09089831B2	System and method for blending polymers The present techniques provide an extruder screw comprising a high shear melting and mixing zone starting a distance away from an entry point of the screw corresponding to 35%-50% of the overall screw L/D. The extruder screw may also include elements capable of increasing a degree of fill of the high shear melting and mixing zone. In accordance with present techniques, the extruder screw is configured to blend two or more polyolefin polymers having greater than about a 200,000 difference in weight-average molecular weight in a single extrusion step. The extruder screw of the present techniques may be used in a single screw or twin screw extruder, and may be incorporated into a polyolefin production plant for producing multi-modal resins.
US09089830B2	Suspensions of silicate shell microcapsules for temperature controlled release Aqueous suspensions of silicate shell microcapsules are disclosed having a core containing a burst aid wherein the silicate shell microcapsules are obtained by; I) mixing an oil phase containing a burst aid and an aqueous solution of a cationic surfactant to form an oil in water emulsion, II) adding a water reactive silicon compound comprising a tetraalkoxysilane to the oil in water emulsion, III) polymerizing the tetraalkoxysilane at the oil/water interface of the emulsion to form a microcapsule having a core containing the oil and a silicate shell.
US09089829B2	Method and device for enhancing a process involving a solid object and a gas This invention relates to a sonic device (and a method) for enhancing a process involving a solid object and a gas, where the gas surrounds the object or at least is in contact with a surface of the object, the device comprising sonic means for applying a high intensity sound or ultrasound to at least the surface object, wherein the high intensity sound or ultrasound, during use of the sonic device, is applied directly in the gas that is also the medium through which the high intensity sound or ultrasound propagates to the surface of the object, whereby a laminar sub-layer at the surface of the object is reduced and/or minimized. The reduction of the laminar sub-layer provides increased heat transfer efficiency and/or increased catalytic speed and/or increased gas exchange.
US09089827B2	Gasification system and method A system configured for the production of at least one product selected from the group consisting of syngas, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products, power, and chemicals, the system comprising a dual fluidized bed gasification apparatus and at least one apparatus selected from power production apparatus configured to produce power from the gasification product gas, partial oxidation reactors configured for oxidation of at least a portion of the product gas, tar removal apparatus configured to reduce the amount of tar in the product gas, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis apparatus configured to produce Fischer-Tropsch synthesis products from at least a portion of the product gas, chemical production apparatus configured for the production of at least one non-Fischer-Tropsch product from at least a portion of the product gas, and dual fluidized bed gasification units configured to alter the composition of the product gas. Methods of operating the system are also provided.
US09089824B2	Catalytic reactor with box distribution system The catalytic reactor consists of a chamber [1] that contains at least one catalyst bed [2] in solid form, with the reactor being supplied with effluent to be treated by a pipe [3] that empties into a separator [4] between gas and liquid, with the liquid obtained from the separator being collected in a tank, and a plate [9] being arranged between the separator [4] and the solid catalyst bed [2]. The plate [9] consists of at least two closed boxes [10], with at least two vertical tubes [11] provided with openings [12] linking with the interiors of the boxes [10] passing through the boxes, and with the liquid distributor [8] channeling the liquid from the tank into said boxes [10].
US09089817B2	System for denitrifying exhaust gas capable of preventing blockages in a urea water inflow path and an injection nozzle, and device for supplying urea water capable of preventing the coagulation of urea water A system for denitrifying exhaust gas, including a urea water injection unit for supplying urea water and air to a reaction chamber, wherein the urea water injection unit includes: an air supply unit for supplying external air to an injector through an air supply line; a urea water supply unit for supplying urea water to the injector through a urea water supply line; a water supply unit for supplying water to the injector through a water supply line connected to one side of the urea water supply line; a flow control valve for selectively supplying water or urea water to the injector through the urea water supply line; and the injector respectively connected to the air supply unit and the urea water supply unit to selectively discharge air, urea water or water to the reaction chamber through an injection nozzle.
US09089809B2	Methods and sensors for the detection of active carbon filters degradation with EMIS-ECIS PWAS Active carbon filters and systems that are operative to detect active carbon filter degradations are provided. The active carbon filter can include a carbon filter comprising activated carbon and defining a filter surface; a first piezoelectric wafer active sensor on the filter surface that is electrically isolated from the carbon filter; and a second piezoelectric wafer active sensor on the filter surface that is electrically connected to the filter surface; and an impedance monitoring device electrically connected to the first piezoelectric wafer active sensor and the second piezoelectric wafer active sensor. Methods are also disclosed for determining if any degradation has occurred in an active carbon filter.
US09089785B2	Bubble-blowing apparatus An apparatus for generating bubbles from a stationary loop inside a housing is described. The device includes a housing, a reservoir of bubble-making solution, a fan that generates an air stream, and a pump that supplies said bubble-making solution to a stationary film-producing mechanism. The stationary film-producing mechanism comprises a loop with an opening through which air travels, a film-forming edge, a bubble-releasing edge, a first orifice on an exterior surface of the loop, and a second orifice on an interior surface of the loop. Solution supplied to the film-producing mechanism enters the loop through the first orifice, exits the loop through the second orifice, and forms a film of solution along the film-forming edge of the loop, wherein at least one bubble of solution is released from the bubble-releasing edge.
US09089783B2	System and method for a toy to interact with a computing device through wireless transmissions Techniques are disclosed that enable a toy device to interact with a computing device through wireless transmissions. The toy device is configured to communicate with the computing device by transmitting an audio signal at a nearly-inaudible frequency. The toy device may encode commands in the audio signal that cause the computing device to generate visual or auditory outputs. The toy device is also configured to receive and process interactions from human users and/or computing devices. The interactions may be in the form of speech or physical manipulations of the toy device. The toy device may respond to the interactions by generating visual or auditory outputs. The toy device may also process the interaction, and, in response, transmit an audio signal to the computing device.
US09089782B2	Smart stuffed toy with air flow ventilation system A smart stuffed toy with at least one sensor for determining an atmospheric environment within the immediate proximity of the smart stuffed toy, a control unit and an air flow ventilation device embedded within the smart stuffed toy to provide air circulation and reduce the settlement of carbon dioxide. The air flow ventilation device comprises no blades or safe fan blades. The control unit controls the air flow ventilation device based on the sensor reading. Preferably, the front surface covering the air flow ventilation device is made of material different from the remaining surfaces of the smart stuffed toy.
US09089774B2	Method of controlling an update of game code in a gaming system Methods of controlling migration to new version game code during an active game session are disclosed. In an embodiment, new version game code is received at a game server. In response to receipt of a game request from a gaming client at a gaming server, the current version code an active game session is employing is determined. The active gaming session is migrated to the new version code if the new version code is compatible. The migration to be performed is controlled by a reconnect if the new version code contains a new sub-component related to the client. Also, related gaming servers, gaming systems, methods of controlling game code updates in gaming systems, and game version distribution controllers are disclosed.
US09089772B2	Methods and systems for establishing games with automation using verbal communication Methods and systems establish games with automation using verbal communication for exchanges between the automated game and the one or more game players. Game information data is converted into verbal information that is provided to the individual. The individual provides verbal instruction which is received and converted into the instruction data. The instruction data is applied to the current game to update the current game status. Information data for the current game status is converted to verbal information for the current game status which is provided to the individual. The game may be implemented on a local device of the individual or may be network-based and accessed remotely by the individual through verbal communication over a voice connection. The voice connection may be of various forms such as a conventional voiced call to a voice services node of a telephone network or a voice-over IP voiced call on a data network.
US09089766B2	Game system, game apparatus, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having game program stored thereon, and game processing control method A game apparatus generates, based on the same sound data, a first sound signal to be output to a first sound output section, and a second sound signal to be output to a second sound output section which is physically different from the first sound output section. The generated second sound signal is a sound signal to which a predetermined acoustic effect is not added, and the first sound signal is a sound signal in which an acoustic effect is added to at least a part of sounds included in the second sound signal.
US09089762B1	Golf glove Golf gloves that support a golf club with the leading hand of the golfer. The glove appears to be a conventional golf glove, but contains a number of features configured to help improve one's golf game. The golf glove includes a golf club retainer, finger tension guide, and grip positioner. The golf club retainer includes a strap and a strap receiver. The strap is connected to a hinge that is located the top of the palm portion of the glove. The strap couples to the strap receiver for retaining a golf club and is largely concealed from view.
US09089759B1	Golf alignment aid Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods related to a golf alignment aid that focuses on providing repeatable ball positions for creating a more consistent, predictable, and solid golf shot. The golf alignment aid may comprise a planar element comprising a grid and a set of telescopic arms moveably attached to the planar element. The set of telescopic arms are configured to extend outwardly from the planar element along the longitudinal axis of the planar element.
US09089756B1	Sport swing training aid A swing training apparatus is described that has a cylindrical main shaft that includes an intermediate stop and a pair of end stops. The intermediate stop is located at a predetermined location on the main shaft between the end stops. A pair of grips are connected to and slide on the main shaft. One grip is positioned between the intermediate stop and each of the end stops. A bias mechanism urges the grips towards the intermediate stop. The main shaft includes a channel that guides the travel of the grips on the main shaft. The grips facilitate the kinesthetic training of a two handed swing in sports such as golf and baseball by training the alternating pushing and pulling of the grip along the longitudinal axis of the main shaft.
US09089747B2	Golf club heads or other ball striking devices having distributed impact response A ball striking device, such as a golf club head, includes a face having a ball striking surface configured for striking a ball and a body connected to the face and extending rearwardly from the face. The body has an impact-influencing structure in the form of a channel positioned on at least one surface of the body. A majority of a force generated by impact with a ball is absorbed by the impact-influencing structure, and a majority of a response force generated by the head upon impact with the ball is generated by the impact-influencing structure. The face may have increased stiffness as compared to existing faces, and may include a stiffening structure to create the increased stiffness, such as a porous or cellular stiffening structure.
US09089745B2	Plasma treatment of golf club components and bonding thereof Described herein are methods for treating a surface of a first golf club head component with a plasma treatment prior to bonding a second golf club head component to the plasma-treated surface of the first golf club head component.
US09089744B2	Inflatable sports ball having a woven outer layer An inflatable sports ball includes an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer includes a bladder that defines an air chamber, and a valve that is mounted to the bladder and that is in fluid communication with the air chamber. The outer layer includes a casing that surrounds the bladder, and an inflation inlet that is formed in the casing and that is in fluid communication with the valve. The casing includes a plurality of panels stitched to each other, and a plurality of fabrics woven to at least one of the panels in such a manner that the fabrics project from an outer surface of the at least one of the panels.
US09089742B2	Method, system and apparatus for the automatic collection and delivery of spherical game elements An automatic collection method for collecting one or more spherical game elements that may be struck by a striking element is disclosed. In an implementation, the method comprises acquiring a sequence of images or data from an opto-electric detection system of at least one surveillance area of a gaming area, analyzing at least part of said images or data to detect the presence of at least one spherical game element in said surveillance area, wherein the analysis includes a detection of one or both of a deceleration of the at least one spherical game element or the trajectory of the at least one said spherical game element, including an initial trajectory thereof following a strike to the at least one spherical element by the striking device, wherein the detection determines whether the at least one spherical element is going to remain inside the gaming area or is going to travel outside the gaming area, upon detecting that the at least one spherical element will travel outside the gaming area, moving a collection apparatus for the at least one spherical game element to the location of said at least one spherical game element, and collecting the at least one detected spherical game element.
US09089735B2	Surfboard replicating balance board system A balance board adapted for riding rail-to-rail, preferably so that at least a portion of a rider's feet will be placed on the board over the elongated tube. The balance board includes an elongated, planar board having a length that exceeds a width. The balance board further includes two pair of stops mounted to an underside of the board, each pair of stops being mounted near opposite ends of the board, and each stop of the pair of stops being mounted near opposite sides of the board. The balance board further includes a traction region between each stop of each pair of stop.
US09089733B2	Systems and methods for exercise in an interactive virtual environment The present invention is directed to systems and processes for simulating exercise in an interactive virtual environment comprised of a minicomputer configured with course data from a course server to render a virtual environment on a coupled video display. The minicomputer is in communication with an exercise device via a translation interface such that interaction with the exercise device alters the rendered virtual environment. Additionally, the user may interact with the virtual environment via minicomputer input. An optional advertising server enables insertion of promotional material into the interactive virtual environment.
US09089730B2	Biodegradable fire-fighting formulation This invention relates to a formulation material and its method useful in forestry firefighting, the formulation material comprising: (a) an anhydride copolymer having a structural formula wherein a functional group X of said formula is at least one alkyl group selected from the family consisting of methyl, ethyl, and propyl groups! and (b) at least 0.1%, by weight, of at least one cross-linking agent for said anhydride copolymer, said agent selected from the group of cross-linking agents consisting of a biopolymer and a tannin, wherein a weight ratio of said anhydride copolymer to said cross-linking agent is at least 2:1, and wherein a total weight of said anhydride copolymer and said cross-linking agent, within the formulation, is at least 25% on an anhydrous basis.
US09089726B1	Passthrough firestops A firestop element can be installed as a passthrough for a floor of a building. The element has a rigid annular body having a first section and a second section. At least a portion of the first section is fabricated of a polymer intumescent composition. This portion has an inner annular surface with a plurality of spaced lands and a void extending between each pair of lands. The second section is a sleeve having a smaller diameter than the first section.
US09089721B1	Oxygen generating system A system for providing oxygen includes an oxygen generating device, configured to provide oxygenated air, a monitor of a condition of the air provided by the oxygen generating device, a backup oxygen supply, and an automatic switch. The automatic switch is configured to activate the backup oxygen supply and block air from the oxygen generating device when the monitor detects a failure of the condition of the air provided by the oxygen generating device. The system can be used for providing backup oxygen in an aircraft.
US09089717B2	Charger for implant A system for supplying energy to an implantable medical device when implanted in a patient's body can comprise an internal charger arranged to be implanted in the patient's body, the internal charger comprising a first coil. The system can further comprise an external charger arranged to wirelessly transmit energy to supply power to the internal charger, using a second coil. The system also comprises a wireless feedback system arranged to transmit feedback information from the internal charger to the external charger. The feedback information is based on information from at least one Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) transmitter. Hereby a user of the system can optimize the position of the external power supply in relation to the internal power supply based on the received feedback information. This in turn will result in a better and more robust energy transfer to the implanted medical device.
US09089716B2	Circuits and methods for using a high impedance, thin, coin-cell type battery in an implantable electroacupuncture device An implantable electroacupuncture device (IEAD) treats a disease or medical condition of a patient through application of stimulation pulses applied at a specified acupoint or other target tissue location. In a preferred implementation, the IEAD is an implantable, coin-sized, self-contained, leadless electroacupuncture device having at least two electrodes attached to an outside surface of its housing. The device generates stimulation pulses in accordance with a specified stimulation regimen. Power management circuitry within the device allows a primary battery, having a high internal impedance, to be used to power the device. The stimulation regimen generates stimulation pulses during a stimulation session of duration T3 minutes applied every T4 minutes. The duty cycle, or ratio T3/T4, is very low, no greater than 0.05. The low duty cycle and careful power management allow the IEAD to perform its intended function for several years.
US09089709B2	System and method for the visualization and optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy A system and method for optimizing cardiac resynchronization therapy and visualizing cardiac pacing intervals. The system comprises at least one hemodynamic sensor; at least one electrode; a learning module; a micro controller; and at least one graphical interface for showing at least one of a PRV vs. PLV diagram and a responder curve.
US09089705B2	Neurostimulation system with three-dimensional lead migration detection and automatic neurostimulation correction A neurostimulation system configured for providing therapy to a patient, comprises at least one implantable neurostimulation lead configured for being implanted adjacent target tissue of the patient, and an implantable neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the implantable neurostimulation lead(s) in accordance with a set of stimulation parameters capable, and monitoring circuitry configured for taking at least one measurement indicative of a three-dimensional migration of the neurostimulation lead(s) from a baseline position. The neurostimulation system further comprises at least one controller/processor configured for determining whether the three-dimensional migration of the neurostimulation lead(s) from the baseline position has occurred based on the measurement(s), and, based on the determined three-dimensional migration, generating a new set of stimulation parameters, and reprogramming the implantable neurostimulator with the new set of stimulation parameters.
US09089695B2	MR-compatible implantable medical lead A medical electrical lead may include a conductive electrode shaft located near the distal end within the lead body, a coiled conductor extending within the lead body from the proximal end and coupled to a first end of the conductive electrode shaft, and an electrode located near the distal end of the lead body and coupled to an opposite end of the conductive electrode shaft as the coiled conductor. The lead may also include an energy dissipating structure located near the distal end of the lead body and defining a lumen through which a portion of the coiled conductor extends. The energy dissipating structure may include a region having one or more protrusions extending toward a central axis of the lumen to push the coiled conductor off center relative to the central axis of the lumen.
US09089694B2	Systems and methods for providing electrical stimulation of multiple dorsal root ganglia with a single lead A method for implanting an electrical stimulation lead into a patient includes advancing a distal end of a multi-armed lead into an epidural space of the patient. The multi-armed lead includes first and second stimulation arms extending from a main body portion. The first stimulation arm is guided into and through a first intervertebral foramen. The first stimulation arm is positioned in proximity to a first dorsal root ganglion. The first stimulation arm is positioned with electrodes disposed along the first stimulation arm in operational proximity to the first dorsal root ganglion. The second stimulation arm is guided into and through a second intervertebral foramen. The second stimulation arm is positioned in proximity to a second dorsal root ganglion. The second stimulation arm is positioned with electrodes disposed along the second stimulation arm in operational proximity to the second dorsal root ganglion.
US09089692B2	Vestibular stimulation device A vestibular stimulation array is disclosed having one or more separate electrode arrays each operatively adapted for implantation in a semicircular canal of the vestibular system, wherein each separate electrode array is dimensioned and constructed so that so that residual vestibular function is preserved. In particular, the electrode arrays are dimensioned such that the membranous labyrinth is not substantially compressed. Furthermore, the electrode array has a stop portion to limit insertion of the electrode array into the semi-circular canal and is stiff enough to avoid damage to the anatomical structures.
US09089691B2	Stimulator for auricular branch of vagus nerve Devices and methods to stimulate the auricular branch of the vagus nerve are provided. Various device embodiments comprise a lead, a neural stimulation circuit, and a controller. The lead has a neural stimulation electrode. The neural stimulation circuit is connected to the lead to deliver a neural stimulation signal adapted to stimulate the auricular nerve branch using the neural stimulation electrode. The controller is connected to the neural stimulation circuit and is adapted to control delivery of the neural stimulation signal from the neural stimulation circuit to provide a vagal stimulation therapy. In various embodiments, the electrode is adapted to be placed in an external auditory canal. In various embodiments, the electrode includes a transcutaneous neural stimulation electrode adapted to be placed behind an ear.
US09089690B2	Variable pitch electrode array The present invention is an implantable electrode array having electrodes with variable pitch and variable size. Electrode arrays of the prior art provide electrodes with a common spacing and size. However, this is not how the human body is arranged. As an example, the retina has closely spaced retinal receptors near the fovea. Those receptors are spaced farther apart, farther away from the fovea. Further, the amount of electrical current required to stimulate the perception of light increases with distance from the fovea. Hence, larger electrodes are required to transfer the necessary current farther away from the fovea.
US09089686B2	Header for implantable pulse generator and method of making same A header for use in implantable pulse generator devices. The header is part of electrical connector assembly having one or more openings designed to receive the terminal pin of an electrical lead wire or electrode. The header is designed to provide and sustain long-term electrical and mechanical lead wire connections between the electrodes of a terminal pin and the implantable pulse generator device.
US09089679B2	Device for introducing substances inside animals A device for introducing substances inside animals includes: a base body for housing a cartridge containing a substance in the form of pellets to be introduced into an animal; a hollow needle for penetrating the animal and introducing the substance; a push rod substantially aligned and coaxial with the hollow needle; first operating elements for moving the push rod to push the substance through the hollow needle; a tubular element fitted in the hollow needle and having temporary retention elements for temporarily retaining the substance inside the hollow needle and an open distal extremity of the tubular element, having: first and third segments with constant section, with transversal dimensions substantially equal to those of the tubular element; a second narrowing segment, associated with the first segment and having transversal dimensions at least in part smaller than those of the tubular element.
US09089675B2	Guidewire support system and guidewire A guidewire system for insertion into a vascular system of a human or an animal so as to form a guide for guiding a catheter to a predetermined position. The system comprises a support catheter bounding a lumen for receiving at least a portion of the guidewire. The support catheter comprises a guidewire engagement structure for engaging the guidewire inside the lumen. The engagement structure in engaged condition causes the guidewire and the support catheter to be held mutually positioned at least in longitudinal direction thereof.
US09089672B2	Introducer placement system An introducer assembly is provided with a sheath and a positioning device. The positioning device is able to be configured between released and locking conditions, wherein in the released condition the device can be slid along the outer sheath of the introducer. In the locked condition, the position device is locked to the sheath. The position device is used to fix the length of sheath which can be inserted into a patient and thereby to set the position of the distal end the sheath and thereby the position at which a medical device would be deployed in the patient. The positioning device includes a coil spring with a plurality of coil turns able to apply an even compressive force to the sheath in all radial directions in order to minimize the chance of collapse of the sheath as a result of compressive force.
US09089670B2	Catheter device having a catheter and an actuation device The invention relates to a catheter device, having a catheter (1), an actuation device (8) at a first end of the catheter and also a mechanical transmission element (9, 10) for transmitting a movement along the catheter to the actuation device, the actuation device having a coupling element (14) which is connected to the transmission element (9, 10) and can be actuated by the latter relative to the longitudinal direction of the catheter in a first degree of freedom, and also a conversion element (15) which can be actuated by the coupling element and which converts the actuation movement at least partially into a movement in a second degree of freedom. As a result, a combined movement at the distal end of the catheter can be produced particularly simply for compression and release of a functional element.
US09089649B2	Medicated module for a drug delivery device A medicated module (4) for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments (1, 2) is disclosed where a primary delivery device (7) containing a primary medicament (1) accepts a medicated module (4) containing a single dose of a secondary medicament (2) and where both medicaments (1, 2) are delivered through a single hollow needle (3, 16, 21, 31).
US09089644B2	Administration apparatus, operating method thereof and administration method An administration apparatus to administer an inhibitor drug to a patient to inhibit cell division of a malignant cell includes an administration unit configured to administer the inhibitor drug to the patient; an administration timing storage unit configured to store an administration time to start an administration of the inhibitor drug; a time measurement unit configured to measure a current time; and a control unit configured to drive and control the administration unit so as to administer the inhibitor drug to the patient when the current time coincides with the administration time. The administration time is set on a basis of a predetermined phase of a cell cycle of the malignant cell.
US09089641B2	Automated filling systems and methods Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to transferring fluidic media from a vial to a reservoir. In various embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a housing portion to move a plunger head located in the reservoir to draw fluidic media from the vial to the reservoir. In other embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir while the reservoir is held by a holding unit and vibrated by a vibrator to remove air from the fluidic media. In some embodiments, fluidic media may be transferred from the vial to the reservoir by moving a handle operatively connected to a bias member for assisting with the transfer of fluidic media. In other embodiments, the transfer of fluidic media may be assisted by a bias member and a needle connecting atmosphere and the vial.
US09089626B2	Radiopaque implantable collagenous biomaterial device Disclosed is a medical device (5) and more particularly, an implantable biomaterial. The biomaterial comprises a radiopaque (22) collagenous biomaterial (10).
US09089625B2	Bone cement composition and method of making the same Disclosed herein is a composition suitable for use in spinal surgery. The composition generally includes a reaction product or settable mixture of first and second components, the first component including a spray-dried inorganic filler, a radical donor, and a pre-polymerized vinyl polymer, and the second component including a radical scavenger, a diluent, a polymerization accelerator, and a reactive monomer. Furthermore, disclosed herein is a method of making the composition, which generally includes mixing the first and second components under conditions suitable to form a curable reaction product.
US09089623B2	Electromagnetic wave sterilization An apparatus for sterilizing a fluid fitting includes a microwave source disposed in a shielded chamber, a pressure chamber inside the shielded chamber for receiving the luer lock and a sterilizing medium. The pressure chamber is in microwave communication with the microwave source. The apparatus also includes mechanical fluid clamps at each end of the pressure chamber for enabling pressurization of the pressure chamber.
US09089620B2	Air decontamination device The invention relates to an air decontamination device. The mobile air decontamination device (1) includes: (i) an inlet port and an outlet port; (ii) a dehumidifying means downstream from the inlet port for dehumidifying the air entering the device (1) via said inlet port; and (iii) a means for evaporating a microbicidal material, which is arranged upstream from the outlet port and downstream from the dehumidifying means, and which is intended for vaporizing the microbicidal material in the air flowing inside the device (1). Furthermore, the dehumidifying means includes a compressor (4) connected to the inlet port for compressing the air entering the device (1), a forced-convection condenser (5) arranged downstream from the compressor (4), and a water-separating filter (6) arranged downstream from the forced-convection condenser (5), the device (1) including a means for adjusting the discharge pressure of the compressor (4).
US09089619B2	Hybrid nanocrystals for treatment and bioimaging of disease Hybrid nanocrystals able to reach specific targets in the body for treatment and biological imaging are provided, as well as methods of making and administering same for treatment of disease conditions and for bioimaging and radiotherapy. The hybrid nanocrystals and methods can be used alone or in combination with other treatment and imaging modalities.
US09089616B2	Anti-DLL3 antibody drug conjugates and methods of use Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US09089614B2	Hydrophilic self-immolative linkers and conjugates thereof The present disclosure provides compounds with a hydrophilic self-immolative linker, which is cleavable under appropriate conditions and incorporates a hydrophilic group to provide better solubility of the compound. The compounds of the present disclosure comprise a drug moiety, a targeting moiety capable of targeting a selected cell population, and a linker which contains an acyl unit, an optional spacer unit for providing distance between the drug moiety and the targeting moiety, a peptide linker which can be cleavable under appropriate conditions, a hydrophilic self-immolative linker, and an optional second self-immolative spacer or cyclization self-elimination linker.
US09089612B2	Method of inhibiting bile acid absorption by administering an agonist of a guanylate cyclase receptor This invention also provides a method to prevent, control, and treat a lipid metabolism disorder, a biliary disorder, cardiovascular disease, obesity or an endocrine disorder by administering at least one agonist of guanalyte cyclase receptor either alone or in combination with a compound typically used to treat the disorder and or with an inhibitor of cGMP-dependent phosphodieasterases.
US09089607B2	Controlled release formulations of levodopa and uses thereof The current invention provides a controlled release oral solid formulation of levodopa comprising levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor, and a carboxylic acid. Also provided by this invention is multiparticulate, controlled release oral solid formulations of levodopa comprising: i) a controlled release component comprising a mixture of levodopa, a decarboxylase inhibitor and a rate controlling excipient; ii) a carboxylic acid component; and iii) an immediate release component comprising a mixture of levodopa and a decarboxylase inhibitor.
US09089606B2	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor or neurotrophin-4/5 to treat periodontal diseases and pulpal diseases The objects of the present invention are: to provide a therapeutic agent and a therapeutic method for periodontal diseases and pulpal diseases, a transplant for periodontal tissue regeneration, and a method for regenerating the periodontal tissue.According to the present invention, there are provided therapeutic agents for periodontal diseases and pulpal diseases which comprise neurotrophic factors as an active ingredient.
US09089605B2	Quinone derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions, and uses thereof This application describes quinone derivatives which target the redox site of Ape1/Ref1. Also included in the invention are pharmaceutical formulations containing the derivatives and therapeutic uses of the derivatives.
US09089601B2	Pre- and intra-operative imaging of bladder cancer The invention provides methods for visualizing and distinguishing sentinel lymph nodes and involved nodes from other lymph nodes in the vicinity of the bladder in patients undergoing cystectomy or other operations to remove bladder tumors.
US09089593B2	Dendritic cell tumor injection (DCTI) therapy The invention relates to a method of treating tumor cells within a patient wherein immature dendritic cells developed from the patient's monocyte cells and a lymphocyte cultured medium (LCM) adjuvant are introduced into the patient directly into the patient's tumor cells. The immature dendritic cells and LCM adjuvant combine with the antigens in the tumor cells to form a cancer vaccine, thereby immediately treating the tumor cells of the patient. The invention also provides a precursor treatment step of treating the patient with radiation therapy or a chemotherapy regimen.
US09089586B2	Levocarrimycin, pharmaceutical compositions, preparation methods and uses thereof The present invention relates to levocarrimycin, its pharmaceutical compositions, preparation methods and application. Levocarrimycin is a mixture of isovalerylspiramycin III, II and I as main components and contains some isobutyrylspiramycin III and II, butyrylspiramycin III and II, propionylspiramycin III and II, as well as acetylspiramycin III and II, among which, the content of isovalerylspiramycin III is no less than 30 wt %, the total content of isovalerylspiramycin III, II and I is no less than 60 wt %, and the content of acylspiramycin is 80-98 wt %. Specific optical rotation of said levocarrimycin is [α]D=−52°˜−57° in the solution of 0.02 g/ml chloroform at temperature of 25° C. The present invention also relates to the crystalline compound of isovalerylspiramycin III, II or I in levocarrimycin, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the said levocarrimycin. In present invention, the active components in levocarrimycin or its pharmaceutical compositions have optical activity and excellent anti-infective effect.
US09089584B2	Treatment of tissue adhesion Dry powder compositions are useful in the treatment or prevention of tissue adhesions during or after surgery or during wound therapy. The dry powder compositions may contain trehalose. The dry powder compositions may be fibrin sealant compositions comprising fibrinogen and/or thrombin.
US09089583B2	Pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach and preparation method therefor A pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach and a preparation method therefor. The method includes the step of mixing four substances listed below to obtain a mixture, wherein the mixture is the pharmaceutical composition for strengthening spleen and stomach, and the four substances are (A) ginseng ethanol extract, (B) volatile oil of largehead atractylodes rhizome and tangerine peels, (C) aqueous extract of Indian bread, yamaimo, lotus seeds, tangerine peels, liquorice root, hawthorn fruit, germinated barley, largehead atractylodes rhizome and rhizoma alismatis; (D) fermentation broth of fruits and vegetables.
US09089577B1	Water extracts of cinnamon and Radix Astragali This invention relates to methods and compositions for providing improved insulin-sensitivity and/or enhanced insulin-like action, which leads to improved glucose uptake and utilization. The invention provides a method for increasing glucose uptake in a subject. The present invention also provides a method for regulating blood glucose level in a subject. The invention further provides a method for decreasing blood glucose level in a hyperglycemic subject. The methods comprise administering to a subject an effective amount of a water extract of cinnamon and an effective amount of a water extract of Radix Astragali.
US09089570B2	Compositions for treating cancers having acquired resitance to prior chemotherapeutic and targeted drugs using carboxyamidotriazole orotate This invention provides methods and compositions useful for treating early and late stage metastatic cancer to prevent or treat acquired resistance due to gene amplification or mutation in response to chemotherapeutic and/or targeted drugs. In particular, the methods and compositions include carboxiamidotriazole orotate (CTO) alone or in combination with specific regimens of chemotherapeutic and/or targeted drugs designed to overcome the genomic resistance raised to prior therapy.
US09089564B2	Use of EC-SOD for treating angiogenesis-mediated eye diseases A method for treating an angiogenesis-mediated eye disease, includes administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of EC-SOD protein, or a vector having a polynucleotide encoding the EC-SOD protein, to treat angiogenesis-mediated eye diseases.
US09089561B2	Methods for treating depression, neurodegeneration, inhibiting amyloid β deposition, delaying senescence, and extending life spans with heterocyclic compounds Disclosed is an antidepressant, neuroprotectant, amyloid β deposition inhibitor, or age retardant composition containing a heterocyclic compound having the general formula (I):
US09089560B2	Methods and compositions for daily ophthalmic administration of phentolamine to improve visual performance The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits containing phentolamine for improving visual performance. In particular, the invention provides improvement in visual performance, such as improvement in visual acuity, by daily ophthalmic administration of a phentolamine solution to an eye of a patient at or near the bedtime of the patient for an extended duration while minimizing the occurrence of adverse side effects, such as eye redness during the patient's waking hours.
US09089556B2	Method for treating cancer using an antibody that inhibits notch4 signaling The invention provides methods for treating cancer via administering to a patient having a solid tumor a therapeutically effective amount of an antibody against Delta-like ligand 4(Dll4) or other Notch pathway components. The solid tumor may comprise solid tumor stem cells.
US09089553B2	Method for inhibiting bone resorption The invention is directed to a method of inhibiting bone resorption. The method comprises administering to a human an amount of sclerostin inhibitor that reduces a bone resorption marker level for at least 2 weeks. The invention also provides a method of monitoring anti-sclerostin therapy comprising measuring one or more bone resorption marker levels, administering a sclerostin binding agent, then measuring the bone resorption marker levels. Also provided is a method of increasing bone mineral density; a method of ameliorating the effects of an osteoclast-related disorder; a method of treating a bone-related disorder by maintaining bone density; and a method of treating a bone-related disorder in a human suffering from or at risk of hypocalcemia or hypercalcemia, a human in which treatment with a parathyroid hormone or analog thereof is contraindicated, or a human in which treatment with a bisphosphonate is contraindicated.
US09089551B2	Adjuvant for the preparation of vaccine compositions intended for the prevention of coccidiosis A vaccine adjuvant which, based on the 100% mass thereof, includes between 10% and 95% of a mineral oil containing: between 0.05 mass-% and 10 mass-% hydrocarbon chains having less than 16 carbon atoms, and between 0.05 mass-% and 5 mass-% hydrocarbon chains having more than 28 carbon atoms. In addition, the adjuvant has a P/N ratio, corresponding to the ratio of the mass quantity of the paraffinic hydrocarbon chains to the mass quantity of the naphthenic hydrocarbon chains, of between 2.5 and 3, the adjuvant being intended for the production of a vaccine composition to prevent coccidiosis.
US09089547B2	Use of equol for treating androgen mediated diseases Equol (7-hydroxy-3(4′hydroxyphenyl)-chroman), the major metabolite of the phytoestrogen daidzein, specifically binds and blocks the hormonal action of 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) in vitro and in vivo. Equol can bind circulating free DHT and sequester it from the androgen receptor, thus altering growth and physiological hormone responses that are regulated by androgens. These data suggest a novel model to explain equol's biological properties. The significance of equol's ability to specifically bind and sequester DHT from the androgen receptor have important ramifications in health and disease and may indicate a broad and important usage for equol in the treatment and prevention of androgen-mediated pathologies. Thus, equol can specifically bind DHT and prevent DHT's biological actions in physiological and pathophysiological processes.
US09089541B2	Gastroduodenal artery neuromodulation According to some embodiments, a method of treating a subject having diabetes or symptoms associated with diabetes is provided. The method includes delivering a neuromodulation catheter within a vessel (e.g., hepatic artery) having surrounding nerves that innervate the liver (e.g., sympathetic nerves of the hepatic plexus). The method may also include modulating (e.g., disrupting, ablating, stimulating) the nerves by mechanical compression, energy delivery, or fluid deliver.
US09089539B2	Ester-based insulin prodrugs Prodrug formulations of bioactive polypeptides are provided wherein the bioactive polypeptide has been modified by the linkage of a dipeptide to the bioactive polypeptide through an ester linkage. The prodrugs disclosed herein in some embodiments have extended half lives of at least 1.5 hours (e.g., at least 10 hours), and more typically greater than 20 hours and less than 70 hours, and are converted to the active form at physiological conditions through a non-enzymatic reaction driven by chemical instability.
US09089534B2	Pharmaceutical semi-solid composition of isotretinoin An oral pharmaceutical composition of isotretinoin containing at least two lipidic excipients, one of them being hydrophilic (i.e. having an HLB value superior or equal to 10), the other being an oily vehicle.
US09089527B2	Transdermal therapeutic system comprising ion pair microreservoirs The invention relates to a transdermal therapeutic system which comprises a back layer that is impermeable to the active substance, and a peelable protective layer that is impermeable to the active substance and at least one matrix layer consisting of polysiloxanes and/or polysiloxane derivatives and containing micro-reservoirs. Said micro-reservoirs contain at least one ion pair from a pharmacologically active substance and an additive and either the active substance is nucleophilic and the additive is electrophilic or the active substance is electrophilic and the additive is nucleophilic.
US09089526B2	Pharmaceutical product and analysis model for hormone replacement therapy for women and prevention of some cancers and uterine myomas The present disclosure describes a study of estrogenic activity present in various plant species, selectively inducing some but not all estrogenic responses in the uterus. Prepubertal female rats were treated sequentially with various extracts or decoctions of different plant species or its vehicle, followed 1 h later by treatment with estradiol-17β (E) or its solvent. Uteri were excised under anesthesia and histologically processed for eosinophil quantification and morphometric evaluation of various uterine responses to estrogen, at 6 or 24 h after hormone or vehicle treatment. Besides extracts or decoctions, pure phytoestrogens were also used. Additionally, human mammary cancer cells MCF-7 or MDAMB-231 were cultured in presence of the extract (or decoction), E, both or solvent and cell proliferation was evaluated. Various extracts or decoction displayed selective estrogenic and/or antiestrogenic action for some but not all parameters of estrogen stimulation in the uterus and inhibited growth of human mammary cells in culture or antagonized the estrogen-induced increase in their growth. Present results reveal, for the first time, a dissociation of responses to estrogen by phytoestrogens, suggesting its possible therapeutic application as estrogenic compounds not inducing cell proliferation and reveal the anticancerous effect of some of the extracts with possible therapeutic relevance. The dissociation of responses to estrogen additionally suggest therapeutic applications in estrogen-related diseases (for instance, premenstrual syndrome, endometriosis, etc.); the inhibition of eosinophil degranulation suggest an application in diseases related to eosinophils (hypereosinophilic syndrome, allergic and hypersensitivity diseases).
US09089524B2	Neuregulin based methods for treating heart failure The present invention features methods of treating patients with chronic heart failure by administering a neuregulin polypeptide within a dosage range which is both effective and safe.
US09089523B2	Natural tissue scaffolds as tissue fillers Tissue fillers derived from decellularized tissues are provided. The tissue fillers can include acellular tissue matrices that have reduced inflammatory responses when implanted in a body. Also provided are methods of making and therapeutic uses for the tissue fillers.
US09089517B2	Hyaluronic acid-based gels including lidocaine Disclosed herein are cohesive soft tissue fillers, for example, dermal and subdermal fillers, based on hyaluronic acids and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In one aspect, hyaluronic acid-based compositions described herein include a therapeutically effective amount of at least one anesthetic agent, for example, lidocaine. The present hyaluronic acid-based compositions including lidocaine have an enhanced stability and cohesivity, relative to conventional compositions including lidocaine, for example when subjected to sterilization techniques or when stored for long periods of time. Methods and processes of preparing such hyaluronic acid-based compositions are also provided.
US09089509B2	Method of treatment of age-related macular degeneration The invention provides methods and compositions for treatment of age-related macular degeneration, which comprises causing T cells that produce IL-4 to accumulate in the eye by administration of an agent such as Copolymer-1, IL-4, cells activated with IL-4, IL-13 or up to 20 ng/ml IFN-g, or a pathogenic self-antigen associated with a T-cell-mediated specific autoimmune disease of the eye or a peptide derived therefrom, and any combination of such agents.
US09089503B2	Comfortable transfer-resistant colored cosmetic compositions containing a silsesquioxane wax The present invention is directed to a composition containing: (a) at least one propylsilsesquioxane wax substituted with alkyl units having at least 30 carbons; (b) a liquid fatty phase; (c) at least one emulsifier chosen from an emulsifying silicone elastomer; (d) at least one colorant; (e) water; and (f) optionally, at least one film forming resin chosen from a propylphenylsilsesquioxane resin having a molecular weight of from about 2,000 to about 30,000 and comprising at least about 70 mole % propyl siloxy units, based on the total mole % siloxy units of the resin, and at most about 30 mole % phenyl siloxy units, based on the total mole % siloxy units of the resin, and a silicone acrylate copolymer resin. Also disclosed is a method of making up skin involving applying the above described composition onto the skin.
US09089501B2	Sericin extracted fabrics Silk is purified to eliminate immunogenic components (particularly sericin) and is used to form fabric that is used to form tissue-supporting prosthetic devices for implantation. The fabrics can carry functional groups, drugs, and other biological reagents. Applications include hernia repair, tissue wall reconstruction, and organ support, such as bladder slings. The silk fibers are arranged in parallel and, optionally, intertwined (e.g., twisted) to form a construct; sericin may be extracted at any point during the formation of the fabric, leaving a construct of silk fibroin fibers having excellent tensile strength and other mechanical properties.
US09089497B2	Method of drug formulation based on increasing the affinity of active agents for crystalline microparticle surfaces Methods are provided for promoting the adsorption of an active agent to microparticles by modifying the structural properties of the active agent in order to facilitate favorable association to the microparticle.
US09089483B2	Self-emulsifying composition of OMEGA3 fatty acid This invention provides a self-emulsifying composition comprising 50 to 95% by weight in total of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ω3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters; and 5 to 50% by weight of an emulsifier having a hydrophilic lipophilic balance of at least 10. The composition has no or reduced ethanol content, and exhibits excellent self-emulsifying property, dispersibility in the composition, emulsion stability, and absorption property. The composition is adapted for use as a drug.
US09089479B2	Medium, solutions and methods for the washing, culturing and storage of white blood cells White blood cell products and storage media for white blood cells are disclosed. The storage medium includes sodium chloride, sodium acetate, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, magnesium chloride, potassium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and glucose. White blood cells stored in such medium remain viable for at least up to 72 hours.
US09089471B2	Formulation of indomethacin The present invention relates to methods for producing particles of indomethacin using dry milling processes as well as compositions comprising indomethacin, medicaments produced using indomethacin in particulate form and/or compositions, and to methods of treatment of an animal, including man, using a therapeutically effective amount of indomethacin administered by way of said medicaments.
US09089470B2	Body massager A massager is provided with a housing having a first guide oriented in a longitudinal direction. A carriage is oriented in the housing and cooperates with the first guide for translation. A motor is supported upon one of the carriage and the housing and operably connected to the other for translating the carriage along the first guide. A second guide is mounted to the housing and oriented generally canted relative to the longitudinal direction. A massage member is pivotally connected to the carriage and pivotally connected to the second guide such that as the carriage is translated along the first guide, and angular orientation of the massage member is rotated relative to the carriage.
US09089463B1	Patient head support for receiving medical treatment in the prone position A patient head support for treatment in the prone position. A patient head support apparatus which facilitates management of the respiratory function of a patient residing in a prone position. The apparatus includes a support base and a deformable resilient insert placed within it. The insert has a depression for receiving the patient's face either with or without a facial mask. The apparatus is provided with a passageway for delivery of gaseous inhalant to the patient and a coupling means at the external port to facilitate connection of the tubing to an external supply of an inhalant gas, allowing patients to be sedated rather than anesthetized for treatment.
US09089462B1	Pressure ulcer management pad A temperature management pad includes a patient facing side, a cushioning layer for supporting the patient facing side above a surface, a cooling component located in, on, or adjacent the cushioning layer for cooling the patient facing side of the pad for cooling a patient lying thereon, wherein the cooling component includes a conduit formed between the patient facing side and the cushioning layer for circulating fluid through the pad across the cushioning layer. The cushioning layer comprises a gel cushioning layer with a continuous upper surface supporting the patient facing side, which includes channels formed therein. The conduit is supported in the channels for circulating fluid laterally across the gel cushioning layer and through the pad.
US09089459B2	Person support apparatus A patient support apparatus includes a patient support frame for supporting a patient support deck, the patient support frame having two sides extending between a head end and a foot end, and a support assembly for supporting the patient support frame and moving it relative to a floor surface. The support assembly comprises two leg assemblies pivotally coupled at their first upper end portions to the patient support frame and coupled at their lower end portion to floor engaging means. The sides of the patient support frame each comprise inverted substantially U-shaped channel elements having a substantially continuous upper surface, two substantially continuous side surfaces connected at their top edges to the upper surface, and a downward facing opening between the bottom edges of the two side surfaces. The first upper end portion of the leg assemblies each include roller assemblies arranged to run inside the channel elements and engage and run along a channel between the bottom of the upper surface of the respective channel element and the bottom of the channel element.
US09089455B2	Absorbent article with leg gasketing cuff A disposable absorbent article may include a topsheet, a backsheet, an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and a leg gasketing system. The leg gasketing system may include an inner cuff and an outer cuff; the inner cuff may include an inner cuff folded edge and an inner cuff material edge and the outer cuff may include an outer cuff folded edge and an outer cuff material edge such that the web of material is folded laterally inward to form the outer cuff folded edge and folded laterally outward to form the inner cuff material edge.
US09089452B2	Fibrous structures Fibrous structures that exhibit a cross machine direction total energy absorption (CDTEA) of greater than 8 cm-g/cm2 as measured according to the TEA Test Method.
US09089451B2	Dressing reduced-pressure indicators, systems, and methods Dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed, in some embodiments, that involve treating a tissue site with reduced pressure, wherein the dressing includes a dressing reduced-pressure indicator that allows one to ascertain that the reduced pressure applied at the dressing is greater than a threshold reduced pressure. The dressing reduced-pressure indicator may include a moving member that is adapted to move under reduced pressure and a visual indicator associated with the moving member. Another embodiment uses an electro-mechanical indicator to provide a powered visual alert or audible alert or another output signal. Other dressings, systems, and methods are disclosed.
US09089450B2	Implantatable component having an accessible lumen and a drug release capsule for introduction into same A method for delivering drugs from an implantable medical device to an implantee, comprising implanting the medical device having a receptacle configured to receive a drug release capsule, the drug release capsule having at least one drug disposed thereon, placing the drug release capsule in the receptacle subsequent to the implanting, and permitting the release of the at least one drug from the drug release capsule to the recipient.
US09089435B2	Intra-articular joint replacement A method of forming a shoulder prosthesis includes resecting an end portion of a humerus to form a resected end of the humerus and a resected portion separated from the humerus, the resected portion having an outer convex surface and an inner surface. The inner surface of the resected portion is processed to include a concave articular surface. The outer convex surface of the resected portion is implanted in the resected end of the humerus. An implant having a convex articular surface is secured to a glenoid. The concave articular surface of the resected portion is articulated with the convex articular surface of the implant.
US09089425B2	Active hydraulic ventricular attaching support system An active hydraulic ventricular attachable support system includes a net cover for surrounding a ventricle and is formed by hollow tubes. All the hollow tubes can completely communicate with each other or form a plurality of independent areas, and the interior of each independent area is intercommunicating, while the independent areas are not communicating with each other. The system as a whole is positioned on the surface of the heart. The hollow tubular structure can be filled with various kinds of liquid of different physical characteristics, and then the corresponding reaction pressure generated can be applied to the ventricle and the surfaces of the heart. The system also can be incorporated with local administration.
US09089422B2	Markers for prosthetic heart valves A replacement prosthetic heart valve for engagement with a structure of an original prosthetic heart valve that includes at least one visually detectable marker. The replacement heart valve includes a stent structure having a generally tubular body portion and at least one visually detectable marker on a portion of the stent structure, and at least two leaflets attached within the interior area of the tubular body portion of the stent structure. At least one visually detectable marker of the stent structure is alignable with at least one visually detectable marker of the original prosthetic heart valve.
US09089418B2	Intrauterine contraceptive device A method for promoting contraception by placing a contraceptive device within a uterus without blocking fallopian tubes may involve advancing a distal end of a delivery device through a cervix, advancing the contraceptive device comprising an elongate shape memory member out of the distal end of the delivery device and into the uterus, and limiting inferior migration of the contraceptive device within the uterus. Inferior migration may be limited by allowing the contraceptive device to assume a shape, when subjected to pressure that tends to cause a downward migration of the device within the uterus, in which an expandable middle portion of the device is expanded to contact the inner wall of the uterus and thus limit the downward migration of the device.
US09089416B2	Apparatus and method for ligament reconstruction Apparatus for reconstructing a ligament, the apparatus comprising: a fixation device for maintaining a graft ligament in a bone hole, the fixation device comprising: a fixation screw comprising a body having screw threads formed thereon; and a ligament spacer mounted to the fixation screw, the ligament spacer comprising a canted face disposed opposite the fixation screw; such that when a graft ligament is disposed within a bone hole, the fixation screw and ligament spacer may be advanced into the bone hole alongside the graft ligament so that the fixation screw creates an interference fit between the graft ligament and the wall of the bone hole, and the ligament spacer creates an interference fit between the graft ligament and the wall of the bone hole, with the canted face of the ligament spacer being aligned with the adjacent surface of the bone.
US09089411B2	Cervical immobilization collar with arterial cooling elements and method of using the same A device for selectively cooling of the brain of a patient includes a cervical immobilization collar including a substantially annular support structure having an extended axial length and an anterior opening. The collar may also include a securing member capable of substantially covering the anterior opening and at least one pressure member. The immobilization collar may be used to secure a cooling element to the anterior portion of a patient's neck, cooling the blood in the patient's carotid arteries.
US09089405B1	Three-dimensional complex coil A complex coil configured such that in a relaxed, minimum energy state configuration loops are formed having various orientations relative to each other. The complex coil provide improved thrombus formation and reduced rotation or tumbling once implanted. The complex coil is formed of a material that may be deformed for purposes of placing the complex coil into a catheter and returns to a complex shape that includes said loops once deployed.
US09089399B2	Steerable laser probe A steerable laser probe may include a handle having a handle distal end and a handle proximal end, a housing sleeve disposed in an inner bore of the handle configured to project a distance from the handle distal end, an optic fiber disposed in the housing sleeve, a shape memory sleeve disposed over a distal end of the optic fiber, and a light source configured to connect to a proximal end of the optic fiber. The shape memory sleeve may be configured to curve the distal end of the optic fiber at an angle, e.g., 90 degrees, when the shape memory sleeve is not contained within the housing sleeve.
US09089392B2	Drug delivery devices and methods This disclosure relates generally to methods and devices for use in treating eye conditions with implantable drug delivery devices. One method includes introducing an implant into the suprachoroidal space, wherein the interior volume of the implant is plugged with a drug-release material comprising at least one active agent that elutes through at least one opening in the implant, wherein the drug-release material degrades from the interior volume of the implant over a period time.
US09089391B2	Tissue restoration devices, systems, and methods Tissue restoration devices, systems, and methods. In at least one embodiment, an implantable restraining device of the present disclosure comprises a first engaging component and a second engaging component, each component configured for laparoscopic insertion into a body cavity, a first swivel arm defining a first bend and a second swivel arm defining a second bend, the first swivel arm coupled to the first engaging component at a first pivot point and coupled to the second engaging component at a second pivot point, and the second swivel arm coupled to the first engaging component at a third pivot point and coupled to the second engaging component at a fourth pivot point, and a first interconnection arm and a second interconnection arm, the first interconnection arm connected to the first swivel arm relative to the first bend, and the second interconnection arm connected to the second swivel arm relative to the second bend.
US09089390B2	Method for determining a pattern use of an electric toothbrush and electric toothbrush A method for determining a pattern of use of an electric toothbrush is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing an electric toothbrush including a drive shaft for coupling to a brush part; an electric motor and a drive for providing a first motion of the drive shaft; measuring a characteristic parameter of the electric motor; detecting a distinctive change of the characteristic parameter; and evaluating the distinctive change.
US09089389B2	Intraoral device adapter An adapter for connecting a vacuum source to an intraoral device has a plug portion and a connection portion extending proximally from the plug portion. The plug portion is configured for releasable mating engagement with a connection section of an intraoral device which communicates with one or more evacuation channels of the intraoral device. The connection portion has a proximal end configured for connection to one or more vacuum lines of a vacuum source. One or more vacuum lumens extend through the plug and connector portions to communicate with the one or more vacuum lines to remove fluid from a patient's mouth.
US09089373B2	Spinous process retractor A specialized spinous process retractor surgical instrument comprises a pair of opposing proximal handles coupled to a pair of opposing distal jaws through a joint such that when the handles are compressed the jaws spread apart, the handles defining a plane when viewed from the side. The jaws curve downwardly from the plane distally from the joint, then curve back upwardly before terminating in end portions configured for spreading. The instrument defining a centerline when viewed from above, with the jaws distally from the joint diverging outwardly from the centerline, then curving back toward the centerline before terminating in the end portions. The end portions may include opposing, outwardly facing textured or roughened bone-contacting surfaces. The end portions of the jaws when viewed from the sides may define a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane defined by the handles.
US09089367B2	Patient eye level touch control In various embodiments, a surgical console may include a sensor strip with sensor strip sensors (e.g., field effect or capacitive sensors) offset vertically and configured to receive an input from a user corresponding to a vertical height of a patient's eyes relative to the surgical console. The surgical console may use the input from the sensor strip to determine a patient eye level (PEL) relative to a surgical console component and then use the PEL and the at least one component in controlling operation of at least one of a source of irrigation or a source of aspiration during an ophthalmic procedure. The surgical console may further include a plurality of visual indicators positioned relative to at least two of the plurality of sensor strip sensors and configured to be illuminated to correspond to a sensor detecting the touch input.
US09089362B2	Rotational atherectomy device with eccentric abrasive element and method of use A rotational atherectomy device for removing a stenotic tissue from the iliac artery of a patient. The device comprises a flexible, rotatable drive shaft having an elongated proximal portion, an elongated distal portion. An abrasive element is mounted to the drive shaft between the elongated proximal and distal portions of the drive shad and between and spaced away from a pair of counterweights which are mounted to said elongated portions of the drive shaft. The eccentric abrasive element and the counterweights are configured for rapid rotation together with the drive shaft, the drive shaft is configured to extend throughout an entire length of the iliac artery to be treated. One elongated portion of the drive shaft extends out of the patient through a first access opening located in a femoral artery which is ipsilateral to the treated artery. Another elongated portion of the drive shaft extending through a second access opening located in another peripheral artery of the patient. A method of treating are iliac artery of a patient using such a rotational atherectomy device.
US09089360B2	Devices and techniques for cutting and coagulating tissue Various embodiments are directed to an apparatus and method of driving an end effector coupled to an ultrasonic drive system of a surgical instrument. The method comprises generating at least one electrical signal. The at least one electrical signal is monitored against a first set of logic conditions.
US09089359B2	Endoscopic systems and methods for resection of tissue The present embodiments provide apparatus and methods for facilitating endoscopic resection of tissue. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises a first tube having proximal and distal regions, and a working lumen disposed within at least a portion of the distal region. A second tube is disposed circumferentially around at least a portion of the distal region of the first tube. A wire has a distal end that is securely attached to a distal region of the second tube. In use, rotation of the second tube relative to the first tube causes the wire to pass circumferentially over a distal face of the first tube to incise tissue disposed within the working lumen of the first tube.
US09089355B2	Surgical clamp inserts with hooked traction elements Compliant inserts for jaw-type surgical instruments having improved traction are provided. The clamping surface of the inserts includes a plurality of short and densely arranged traction elements. The tractive force supplied by the traction elements approaches that of steel jawed clamps.
US09089352B2	Surgical robot system having tool for minimally invasive surgery The present invention relates to a surgical robot system having a tool for minimally invasive surgery. More specifically, the present invention relates to a surgical robot system that helps a user such as a surgeon control the tool for minimally invasive surgery in a dexterous and convenient manner.
US09089350B2	Renal denervation catheter with RF electrode and integral contrast dye injection arrangement A catheter includes a flexible braided shaft having a length sufficient to access a target vessel of the body, such as a renal artery. An electrode at the catheter's distal tip is configured to ablate extravascular target tissue, such as perivascular renal nerve tissue. An electrical conductor coupled to the electrode extends along a first lumen of the shaft. A second lumen of the shaft terminates at a port arrangement on an outer surface of the shaft near the electrode. The second lumen transports a contrast media from the catheter's proximal end and through the port arrangement. The catheter may include a steering arrangement and a lubricious coating on an outer surface of the shaft, allowing a clinician to navigate the catheter through vasculature and into the target vessel without use of a separate delivery sheath or guiding catheter.
US09089347B2	Medical device with dual expansion mechanism Apparatuses and methods for accessing a tissue and expanding an apparatus within the tissue are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a first expandable member and a second expandable member disposed within the first expandable member. The first expandable member is configured to disrupt a body when in an expanded configuration and rotated relative to the body. The second expandable member is configured to block at least a portion of disrupted portions of the body from being disposed within the first expandable member. In some embodiments, the first expandable member is coupled to a sheath. The first expandable member is configured to be inserted at least partially into the body while disposed within a lumen of the sheath. The sheath is configured to be moved proximally while at least partially inserted into the body such that the first expandable member is moved from its collapsed to its expanded configuration.
US09089346B2	Surgical drill bits A surgical drill bit can include a body portion that defines a central axis that extends along a first direction. The body portion can be separated along the first direction into a distal cutting segment, and a guiding segment. The body portion can include a helical flute that winds about the central axis. The helical flute can define a first outer profile along the cutting segment and a second outer profile along the guiding segment, the first outer profile has a first leading edge and a first bearing surface and the second outer profile has a second leading edge and a second bearing surface. The first leading edge can be configured to cut into bone and can be spaced from the central axis by a first length. The second leading edge can be spaced from the central axis by a second length that is less than the first length.
US09089339B2	Electrophysiology catheter with improved tip electrode An EP catheter includes a tip electrode having a core primarily comprised of copper with an outer layer of a biocompatible metal disposed thereon exhibits appropriate electrical and thermal conduction characteristics while being cost-effective to produce. Alternatively, an inner layer of a biocompatible metal is disposed on the inside of the primarily copper core. Such a tip electrode may also be provided with irrigation lumens. Such a tip electrode could be manufactured from sheets of metal that upon extrusion would comprise the outer layer, core and optional inner layer respectively.
US09089329B2	Engagement device and method for deployment of anastomotic clips A coupling system includes an applicator tool, an anastomotic prosthesis mounted on the applicator tool, and an engagement device. The applicator tool deploys a securement through the prosthesis and tissue which leaves the prosthesis attached to the tissue. The engagement device selectively engages the applicator tool onto the tissue, with the use of suction, in order to facilitate accurate placement of the prosthesis on the tissue and facilitate deployment of the securement into the tissue. The applicator tool and the tissue are able to move together while the engagement device prevents or inhibits relative movement between the applicator tool and the tissue. A method for securing an anastomotic prosthesis to tissue includes applying of suction to engage an applicator tool to the tissue while a securement is deployed out of the applicator tool and into the prosthesis and the tissue.
US09089326B2	Dual staple cartridge for surgical stapler A surgical stapler includes and end effector configured to receive an upper staple cartridge and a lower staple cartridge. The lower staple cartridge includes staple drivers disposed at a non-perpendicular or oblique angle. The staple drivers may be oppositely angled relative to the perpendicular. The staple drivers may further be coupled to an actuation member that pivots the staple drivers to the perpendicular prior to stapling. The actuation members may be actuated by the firing bar and/or by a wedge sled. The upper staple cartridge may also include angled staple drivers that are pivotable to the perpendicular. The upper staple cartridge and/or the lower staple cartridge may also include staple forming pockets. Alternatively, one staple driver may be perpendicular and second staple driver may be at a non-perpendicular angle. The second staple driver may be actuated into an angled stamped recess.
US09089325B2	Methods of applying a suture cinch A two-part suture cinch includes a collar and a plug. A cinch applicator is also provided, and includes an elongate tubular member, a plunger engaged within the distal end of the tubular member, a flexible shaft extending through the tubular member and plunger, and a proximal handle for moving the shaft longitudinally relative to the tubular member. The plunger includes a distal housing for the collar of the cinch, and the plug is coupled to the distal end of the flexible shaft. The suture is thread through the collar and a portion of the applicator. Operation of the applicator draws the plug into the collar and clamps the suture between the plug and collar. In addition, once the plug is coupled in to the collar, the plunger is displaced proximally to release the two-part cinch form the applicator. A method for applying the cinch is also provided.
US09089323B2	Device and method for securing body tissue The present invention provides a surgical system for securing a suture against relative movement with respect to a body tissue. The surgical system includes a fastener and medical device for positioning and securing a fastener onto a suture. The fastener includes inner and outer members that can slide together and rotate. The suture extends through the inner and outer members so that rotation of the inner member causes it to wrap the suture around it. As the suture is wound around the inner member, the fastener is drawn toward a position against the body tissue. Further rotation of the inner member allows tension to be applied to the suture. The fastener may be bonded to the suture in order to further secure the suture against relative movement with respect to the body tissue.
US09089322B2	Suture passer with expelling mechanism A suture passing mechanism is disclosed having an elongated delivery member and a suture capture fitting at a distal end of the delivery member. The suture capture fitting includes a recess for receiving a length of suture. The recess is bounded by a proximal wall and a lateral opening leads therein. An expeller at the recess is adapted to expel suture out of the recess through the lateral opening.
US09089319B2	Volumetrically oscillating plasma flows Volumetrically oscillating plasma flows, the volume of which controllably expands and contracts with time, are disclosed. Volumetrically oscillating plasma flows are generated by providing an energy with a power density that changes with time to the plasma-generating gas to form a plasma flow. The changes in the energy power density result in plasma flow volumetric oscillations. Volumetric oscillations with a frequency of above 20,000 Hz results in ultrasonic acoustic waves, which are known to be beneficial for various medical applications. System for providing volumetrically oscillating plasma flows and a variety of surgical non-surgical applications of such flows are also disclosed.
US09089312B2	Tamponade for biopsy surgery and method of operation A device for a biopsy procedure using a probe is provided. The probe, such as a needle, has an inner bore. A tamponade device is provided having a stem portion and an expandable portion, the tamponade device is sized to fit within the probe inner bore. The expandable portion is changeable between a first size and a second size with the second size being larger than the first size. A sheath disposed about the expandable portion, the sheath sized to fit within the probe inner bore. The expandable portion applies direct pressure to a hemorrhage location when inflated to the second size.
US09089310B2	Method and device for removing EEG artifacts Systems and methods for automatically identifying segments of EEG signals or other brain electrical activity signals that contain artifacts, and/or editing the signals to remove segments that include artifacts.
US09089299B2	Posterior lumbar retractor system A retractor system includes a frame and first and second retractor blades. The frame includes first and second securement features. At least one of the first and second securement features is movable with respect to the frame when the first and second securement features is mounted to the frame. Proximal portions of the first and second refractor blades are secured proximate the first and second securement features respectively. In a first position the first and second refractor blades are laterally opposed. Movement of the securement feature adjusts the angle of at least one of the retractor blades so that at least one of the retractor blades may be adjusted between an acute angle and an obtuse angle to horizontal.
US09089298B2	Cable-free arthroscopy The present invention relates to an arthroscopy apparatus, comprising at least three elements selected from: a conventional arthroscopic lens (12), to which there is coupled a power supply device or capsule, in the inside of which is the power source (1), and a miniature camera (8), characterized by not comprising connecting cables.
US09089297B2	Uretero-renoscope A uretero-renoscope includes a shaft, on whose distal end an instrument head is arranged. The instrument head tapers continuously in the distal direction.
US09089295B2	Ophthalmic apparatus and storage medium An ophthalmic apparatus comprises an imaging unit configured to capture an anterior eye part image of an eye to be examined, a measuring unit configured to measure unique information of the eye, a calculation unit configured to calculate variations of a plurality of pieces of unique information measured by the measuring unit, and a display control unit configured to cause a display unit to display a plurality of anterior eye part images respectively corresponding to the plurality of pieces of unique information when variations calculated by the calculation unit satisfy a predetermined condition.
US09089287B2	Image-guided ablation system and method for monitoring an ablation procedure An ablation system comprises a tool including an shaft having proximal and distal end portions, a handle at the proximal end portion, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal end portions. The system further includes an ablation subsystem comprised of an ablation element at the distal end portion of the shaft, and an ablation source connected to the ablation element. The system further includes an imaging subsystem comprising an ultrasound imaging transducer disposed proximate the ablation element. The transducer is pivotally attached to the shaft or the ablation element to allow the transducer to articulate between stowed and deployed positions. The imaging subsystem further comprises a processor connected to the transducer configured to receive image data acquired by the transducer, and to generate an image corresponding thereto. The imaging subsystem still further includes a display connected to the processor configured to display the generated image.
US09089285B2	Energy expenditure computation based on accelerometer and heart rate monitor An activity monitor such as a wrist-worn device has an accelerometer which continuously detects motion of the user. The activity monitor also has an on-demand heart rate monitor which is activated by the user touching it from time to time. A calorie expenditure based on the motion of the user can be modified based on a heart rate measurement. Further, a determination can be made as to whether the user has made repetitive motions for a period of time. If the repetitive motions are detected, a calorie expenditure based on the heart rate is determined and compared to the calorie expenditure based on the user motion, and the higher value prevails. A situation is avoided in which the activity monitor underestimates the calories expended, such as when the user is exercising strenuously but the accelerometer indicates relatively little motion, e.g., during strength training.
US09089278B2	Ultrasonic assessment of cardiac synchronicity and viability An ultrasonic imaging system produces a sequence of images of the heart during a cardiac cycle. The images are analyzed to determine the motion, displacement, or change in size of segments of the myocardium. In a preferred embodiment the values determined are radial, longitudinal, or circumferential myocardial strain values. The displacement of the myocardial segments may be tracked during the cardiac cycle by speckle tracking or border detection. The motion, displacement, or change in size values for the segments are analyzed to produce a recruitment curve and anatomical display showing the relative times of recruitment of the different segments in the contractile and relaxation motion of the heart. Participation in and achievement of full recruitment may be determined by comparison against an initial recruitment threshold criterion and against a predetermine maximal recruitment milestone level.
US09089277B2	Method and apparatus for imaging three-dimensional structure An apparatus for determining surface topology of a portion of a three-dimensional structure is provided, that includes a probing member, an illumination unit, a light focusing optics, a translation mechanism, a detector and a processor.
US09089270B2	Terminal and control method thereof A terminal is provided. the terminal includes: at least one body sensor; at least one wireless communication module; a display unit; a memory for storing a program that processes at least one body signal detected by the at least one body sensor; and a control unit for executing the memory.
US09089269B2	System and method for reconstructing cardiac signals associated with a complex rhythm disorder System, assembly and method are provided to facilitate reconstruction of cardiac information representing a complex rhythm disorder associated with a patient's heart to indicate a source of the heart rhythm disorder. The complex rhythm disorder can be treated by application of energy to modify the source of the rhythm disorder.
US09089257B2	Binary choice self-testing My invention is an automated self-testing method utilizing binary choice, which is applicable to monocular and binocular eye tests and can be administered on computer, cellular phones, and other electronic devices. Binary choice of match or no match, yes or no, present or absence provides simple means of automated testing by stepwise progression through staircase algorisms. Necessary devices have been introduced in order to fully utilize the power of binary choice self testing, such as, (1) printed display overlays for testing fine visual acuity at near, (2) bright illuminator of printed overlays to allow automated potential vision testing, (3) the use of complementary color lenses and color test isopters for binocular perimetry. All the programs are linked together in a multifunction electronic program tailored for Internet applications
US09089256B2	Medical robotic system providing an auxiliary view including range of motion limitations for articulatable instruments extending out of a distal end of an entry guide A medical robotic system includes an entry guide with surgical tools and a camera extending out of its distal end. To supplement the view provided by an image captured by the camera, an auxiliary view including articulatable arms of the surgical tools and/or camera is generated from sensed or otherwise determined information about their positions and orientations are displayed along with indications of range of motion limitations on a display screen from the perspective of a specified viewing point.
US09089254B2	Synchronization of medical devices via digital interface A method for device control includes bringing a plurality of medical devices into contact with a body of a patient. The medical devices are coupled to communicate with a console via a digital interface. A message is transmitted over the digital interface from the console, to be received simultaneously by the plurality of the medical devices. The medical devices are synchronized with one another responsively to receiving the message.
US09089248B2	Fan motor apparatus having diffuser unit for vacuum cleaner A fan motor apparatus of a vacuum cleaner having a diffuser unit is provided. The fan motor apparatus of a vacuum cleaner includes a fan motor unit into and from which an air stream is introduced and discharged in the same direction, and a diffuser unit having an air suction area to discharge an air stream to the fan motor unit through a fluid passage surface, the fluid passage surface through which an air stream is drawn in and discharged out of the diffuser. An air discharge area of the diffuser unit may receive the air stream discharged from the fan motor unit, and distribute and discharge the air stream through a perimeter of the air suction area of the fluid passage surface.
US09089238B2	Soup maker A soup maker includes a container mounted to an annular seat receiving a heat conducting pan that receives food to be cut by a cutter coupled with a transmission shaft driven by a motor. A heating pan abuts a bottom of the thermally conducting pan and is connected to a heating tube electrically connected to a power supply terminal. A temperature sensor abuts the heating pan. A base includes a coupling portion having a terminal hole and a sensor hole. A positioning plate presses against a positioning switch on the coupling portion when the annular seat couples with the coupling portion, with the power supply terminal and a coupling section of the temperature sensor respectively extending into the terminal hole and the sensor hole for electrical connection with the control circuit board, allowing the control circuit board to control the motor and the heating tube.
US09089236B2	Compression mount for window coverings A compression mount assembly is provided for securing a window covering to a window frame by compression forces between vertical sides of the window frame on opposite sides of the window. A housing is coupled to the window covering and a slide translates linearly within a cavity in the housing away from the housing to abut the side of the window frame. A driver, such as a spring, is located between the slide and the housing to urge the slide away from the housing. A trigger is provided which holds the slide adjacent the housing, until the trigger is activated by pushing a button to release the slide from the housing and allow the slide to translate away from the housing. A fixed end cap is provided for an end of the window covering opposite the compression mount assembly and for abutting against an opposite side of the window frame.
US09089234B2	Modular beverage holder A beverage container holder adapted to hold a wide variety of containers including cups, bottles, mugs, and tumblers. The device preferably includes a base, an upright extending upward from the base, and a receiver near the top of the upright. The receiver preferably includes a cup holder which is preferably made detachable so that it may be washed in a dishwasher. The height of the receiver with respect to the base is adjustable in the present invention. The rotation of the receiver with respect to the base is preferably also made adjustable. The adjustment mechanism may preferably be activated using only one hand.
US09089228B2	Segmented quilted blanket and corresponding mock duvet cover bed covering system A mock duvet bed-covering system (1900) includes a blanket (1800) segmented into a plurality of portions and a coversheet (1810). The blanket (1800) includes a foot skirt flap (1804), a right side flap (1802), and a left side flap (1803) that each extend from a cover portion (1801) and are configured to drape over edges of a mattress (1880) or other bedding. The coversheet (1810) includes one or more pockets. A portion (1801) of the blanket (1800) opposite the foot skirt flap (1804) is tucked into a pocket (1811) at the head end of the coversheet (1810). The mock duvet bed-covering system (1900) resembles a traditional comforter and duvet, but is more durable and can be changed in far less time than traditional comforters, making the system well suited for use in hotels, inns, and the like.
US09089221B2	Lighted cup holder for seating arrangements A method and apparatus include attaching a lighted cup holder to a seating arrangement. The lighted cup holder includes a cup holder body and a light-producing light source, with the cup holder body being attached to the seating arrangement and having a cup receptacle therein, the light-producing source being disposed within the cup receptacle for illuminating the receptacle. A light-sensitive element operatively connected to the light source selectively controls production of light by the light source in such a manner that illumination of the cup holder is provided only under conditions where visibility is reduced to the point that it becomes difficult to locate the cup holder. The light-sensitive element is mounted on a master lighted cup holder and controls illumination of the master lighted cup holder and one or more slave lighted cup holders operatively connected to the master lighted cup holder.
US09089216B2	Holder assembly A holder assembly for holding a displaying device is disclosed. The holder assembly includes a body, a first arm, a second arm and a base. The body includes an outer surface and an inner surface. An accommodating space is formed by the inner surface. A first opening is formed on the body and connected to the accommodating space. A first connecting portion and a first pivoting portion are disposed on two ends of the first arm. A second connecting portion and a second pivoting portion are disposed on two ends of the second arm. The first and second connecting portions are connected to the displaying device. The first and second pivoting portions are pivotally disposed on the outer surface. The base includes a sliding portion and a plurality of supporters. The sliding portion is slidably connected to the inner surface. The supporters are pivotally disposed on the sliding portion.
US09089209B2	Pull-out power and data tray, worksurface assembly and methods for the use thereof A pull-out tray assembly includes a pull-out tray moveable between a closed position and an open position. A front of the tray moves downwardly and a rear of the tray moves upwardly as the tray is moved from the closed to the open position. Likewise, a front cavity is opened and a rear cavity is closed as the pull-out tray is moved from the closed position to the open position. In one embodiment, the pull-out tray assembly includes a slide mechanism pivotally supporting the pull-out tray at a first location on the tray and a track guiding the tray at a second location on the tray. In various embodiments, at least one of a power outlet and communication port is coupled to the pull-out tray. A worksurface assembly incorporating the pull-out tray is also provided, together with a method of using the pull-out tray.
US09089203B1	Desk extension The desk extension is quickly and conveniently attached and removed from the edge of a desk or table to provide additional surface area for the user. The desk extension has two parallel panels or levels when deployed to maximize the available area. The two panels are held parallel to one another when deployed, and one panel folds into a recess in the bottom of the other panel for storage when not in use. A clamp mechanism includes two folding clamps that are pivoted beneath the upper plate of the clamp assembly for compact storage when not in use. The clamp mechanism is pivotally attached to the edges of the lower panel to position the two panels horizontally when the extension is attached to a sloped surface, or to position the two panels at an oblique angle, if desired.
US09089201B1	Toothbrush cleaning device and method with water jets A device for cleaning a toothbrush, attachable to a faucet expelling water in a first direction, the device including: an adapter mountable on a water expelling end of the faucet; and a cylindrical cleaning element in fluid flow communication with the adapter and disposed, when the adapter is mounted on the faucet, in a direction transverse to the first direction, the cylindrical cleaning element including a cylindrical housing and a water expelling cylindrical element, disposed within the cylindrical housing and including multiple rows of circumferentially disposed nozzles for expelling water jets, the water expelling cylindrical element defining an interior space accessible via circular portal at an end thereof, wherein when water is expelled from the faucet, at least some water is directed in the transverse direction and expelled through the nozzles in the water expelling cylindrical element.
US09089200B2	Dual sided cosmetics brush and methods for making same A two-component brush and methods of providing same, including a method in which first and second bristle portion are each separately glued together at the base, and then the bases are cut into “A” and “B” section, and the “A” section of the first bristle portion is combined with the “B” section of the second bristle portion. Also included is a method which includes the use of a two-section mold into which first and second bristle portions are placed into first and second mold portions, and the first and second bristle portions are fixed together before being removed. Also included is a dual sided retractable configuration.
US09089195B2	Automatic hair washing apparatus Provided is an automatic hair washing apparatus for washing person's hair in a safe and effective manner without applying a straining force on person's neck. An automatic hair washing apparatus 100 comprises a bowl 101 having a head support 11; washing units 12L and 12R arranged with the head support 11 interposed therebetween, the support shafts thereof being attached to the bowl 101; a driving section for rotating the washing units 12L and 12R about the respective support shafts 104L and 104R; and a control section for controlling the driving of the driving section; wherein each of the washing units 12L and 12R comprises a plurality of contacts 109 on a surface opposite to the surface supported by the support shaft 104L and 104R.
US09089188B2	Strap assembly for carrying a bag A strap member includes a first primary strap including a first notch formed along its inner edge and a second primary strap includes a second notch formed along its inner edge, the first notch and second notch defining a recess in the strap member. An intersection point positioned within the recess is at an intersection of lines being one of collinear and tangential with portions of the inner edges of the first and second primary straps. An elastic member extends between the first primary strap and the second primary strap.
US09089171B2	Brassiere structure A brassiere structure is provided. The brassiere structure comprises two cups and two lateral wings. Each of the cups has a first attachment structure. Each of the lateral wings has a second attachment structure and an adhesive layer. The second attachment structure is detachablely attached on the first attachment structure, and the adhesive layer is sticking on a lateral of each of the breasts.
US09089170B2	Pre-formed pocket square member with securing member A pre-folded pocket square with securing member has a pre-folded pocket square member and a pre-formed pocket square holder or securing member that cooperate to securely hold the pre-folded pocket square within a breast pocket. The pre-folded pocket square member has a main body portion and a top portion. At least a segment of the top portion is appointed to protrude from the pocket. Preferably, the pre-folded pocket square member has a main body portion with a cavity that is adapted to receive the securing member. In another embodiment, the securing member and pre-folded pocket square member include mating attachment means. In still another embodiment, the securing member includes a spring loaded member for securing the pre-folded pocket square member within the pocket. The pre-folded pocket square with securing member retains its folded shape and appearance throughout wear of the clothing apparel.
US09089167B2	Lighter and cigar splitter apparatus A cigar splitter comprises: a housing having two open ends, an inside wall and outside surface, and a long axis, wherein the open ends are in line with each other permitting a cigar to be inserted through one end and out the other. A blade is attached to the inside of the housing, the blade oriented for cutting an outer sheath of the cigar as the cigar is inserted through one end of the splitter housing and out the other end. An apparatus for lighting and splitting a cigar comprising a cigar splitter as described above and can maintain active and inactive configurations of the splitter for safety of the user.
US09089163B2	Feed mechanism A feed mechanism to feed objects for insertion into tobacco industry products includes a rotary member for receiving objects, the rotary member having a plurality of channels, each channel being configured such that in use objects assemble in a row in the channel which rotates with the rotary member, each channel having an outlet for dispensing an object from the channel, and a pneumatic mechanism configured to hold an object in a row prior to the object being dispensed.
US09089130B2	Composition and method for controlling plant diseases The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases having an excellent control efficacy on plant diseases. A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising an amide compound represented by a formula (I); wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of kresoxim-methyl, azoxystrobin, pyraclostrobin, picoxystrobin, enestrobin, trifloxystrobin, dimoxystrobin, fluoxastrobin, orysastrobin, famoxadone, fenamidone, metominostrobin, a compound represented by a formula (II) and pyribencarb: shows an excellent controlling efficacy on plant diseases.
US09089127B1	Copper complexes and their use as wood preservatives This invention relates to preservatives at neutral or slightly acidic pH containing copper complexes and calcium, magnesium, and/or zinc cations for protection of wood, cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignocellulose from decay caused by fungi.
US09089122B2	Insect bait station and method of using A device for controlling blood-feeding insects is disclosed. The device includes a membrane containing a solution suitable for consumption by blood-feeding insects wherein the solution is comprised of a base, the base selected from the group consisting of up to 70 wt % NaCl in water, phosphate buffer, citric acid in water, and sodium lauryl sulfate in water, and wherein the solution has a pH of between about 6 and 8. An additional active ingredient may be added to the solution. The solution may be referred to as liquid bait. The membrane is suitable for blood-feeding insects to pierce or puncture in order to feed. A method of exterminating or controlling blood feeding insects is also disclosed along with novel bait solutions.
US09089120B2	Fishing lure line connector A fishing lure line connector is provided with an undivided, single width, unitary elongated member shaped to form first and second eyelets at its respective ends and a circinate hoop, the first and second eyelets axially aligned and residing outboard of the circinate hoop. A method of attaching a fishing lure line connector to a fishing lure having a connection feature is also provided, comprising providing a fishing lure line connector having a hoop and first and second axially aligned line apertures connected to and disposed outboard of the hoop, and moving the connection feature between the first and second line apertures to within the hoop.
US09089117B2	Bioactive scaffolds Provided are tissue scaffolds colonized by vertebrate cells expressing a transgenic bioactive molecule, where the vertebrate cells are unable to undergo mitosis. Also provided are methods of growing tissue in a mammal and methods of delivering a transgenic bioactive molecule to a tissue of a mammal, using the tissue scaffolds. Additionally, methods of making the tissue scaffolds are provided.
US09089116B2	Fish food dispenser A fish food dispensing assembly includes (i) a handle member; and (ii) a perforated container that is selectively, magnetically linked to the handle member with an aquarium panel therebetween. The perforated container is configured to receive fish food therein and to dispense fish food therefrom in a liquid environment. The fish food dispensing assembly also acts as a cleaner and can be moved with respect to the aquarium in order to clean the aquarium and/or position the fish food dispensing assembly in desired locations for feeding fish within the aquarium.
US09089114B2	Fish retaining and transporting assemblies and methods of using the same The present disclosure provides advantageous fish retaining and transporting devices or assemblies (e.g., fish stringers), and related methods of use. More particularly, the present disclosure provides advantageous fish retaining and transporting devices or assemblies having a handle member (e.g., elongated member), and related methods of use. In exemplary embodiments, the present disclosure provides for a fish retaining and transporting assembly including an handle member (e.g., elongated member) extending from a first end to a second end, and a stringer member extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end, the first terminal end of the stringer member mounted with respect to and proximal to the first end of the handle member and the second terminal end of the stringer member mounted with respect to and proximal to the second end of the handle member.
US09089113B2	Shipping container food production module A sustainable food production system, known as aquaponics, is housed in at least a portion of an intermodal shipping container. In some embodiments, the food production system can be housed fully in one intermodal shipping container or may span multiple shipping containers that can be stacked vertically, end-to-end or side-to-side. An ecosystem is created in the shipping containers where fish fertilize plants and plants clarify the water for the fish. The containers are designed to be plug-and-play and are expandable. Because they are intermodal (ISO) shipping containers, they can be easily shipped anywhere in the world. In the area of a standard parking space (8 feet by 20 feet), about 1,500 fish per year and hundreds of vegetables monthly can be raised.
US09089108B2	Adhesion system for rawhide and meat chew for dogs A palatable and long lasting chew for dogs combines a rawhide fraction with meat, poultry or fish. The rawhide fraction is from rawhide splits die cut into desired shapes. The rawhide fraction is then dehydrated to approximately 6% moisture. The meat, poultry or fish fraction then attaches to the rawhide component. The meat fraction is held to the rawhide fraction utilizing a food grade adhesive from milk protein hydrolysate. The milk protein hydrolysate is solubilized in hot water to a solids level between 3% and 30%. The solution is then applied to the rawhide component where the meat fraction will contact the rawhide. The meat fraction is then deposited onto the coated rawhide surface and the chew is then dehydrated to laminate the meat fraction to the rawhide fraction. Alternatively, the food grade adhesive is blended with the meat fraction and deposited in the rawhide.
US09089101B1	Maize hybrid X08D422 A novel maize variety designated X08D422 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08D422 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08D422 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08D422, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08D422. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08D422.
US09089097B2	Method for improving survival rate of directly-planted seedling and transplanting seedling of haloxylon plant in desert or semi-desert environment The present invention belongs to the field of forest ecological culture and discloses a method for improving the survival rate of a directly-planted seedling and a transplanting seedling of a haloxylon plant in desert or semi-desert environment. In desert and semi-desert areas meeting a certain condition, the base part of the stem of the directly-planted seedling or the transplanting seedling of the haloxylon plant is protected by using a cylindrical pipe or hollow bullet-shaped pipe of a certain specification from damage or even death caused by stress factors such as a ground surface layer at high temperature. Through the present invention, the survival rate of a directly-planted seedling and a transplanting seedling of the haloxylon plant under extremely stress conditions in the desert and semi-desert areas can be obviously improved, and the average improvement rate is over 50%, the quick growth and development of individuals are promoted and the annual mass growth is increased. The present invention is characterized by strong operability, good repeatability, high efficiency and simple method, and the method has a very great significance for the large-scale ecological restoration and reconstruction of haloxylon plants in the desert and semi-desert areas.
US09089092B2	Harvesting machine having crop feed regulation A self-propelled harvesting machine includes an intake assembly configured to pick up crop from a field and conveying the crop, a processing assembly for receiving the conveyed by the intake assembly and a sensor for estimating the crop throughput of the intake assembly and a ground drive. The forward speed (V) of the ground drive and a drive speed (C) of the intake assembly can vary depending on the crop throughput.
US09089089B2	Method for erecting and threshing and collecting and harvesting crop materials A method for harvesting crop materials each having a grains carrying stalk, includes erecting the stalk, cutting the stalk of the crop materials with two or more cutting blades or elements into a lower base segment carrying no grain and an upper straw segment that carries grains, discarding the lower base segment which carries no grain, threshing the upper straw segment which carries the grains for separating the grains from the upper straw segment, and collecting the grains. A blowing process is used for blowing the upper straw segment away from the grains before collecting device the grains. A determining process is used for determining a length of the lower base segment to be cut before erecting the stalk.
US09089088B2	Baffle retention channel for an inductor box of an agricultural implement An agricultural product distribution system is presented includes an inductor box configured to receive agricultural product and conveyed air to combine the conveyed air and the agricultural product. The conveyed air is configured to direct the agricultural product through ports to multiple distribution units. Moreover the inductor box includes a baffle retention channel configured to receive a removable baffle. Furthermore, the removable baffle includes at least one opening configured to control an amount of conveyed air directed through the ports to the multiple distribution units.
US09089087B2	Runner segment for an edge guard of a road milling machine, and edge guard for a road milling machine The invention relates to an edge guard for a road milling machine and to a runner segment for such an edge guard. According to the present invention, the runner segment comprises an insertion projection that can be inserted into an insertion receptacle of the edge guard.
US09095086B2	Unloading system for unloading a circuit board automatically An unloading system includes a casing, a conveying device, a capturing device and a control device. A first entrance, a first exit and a second exit are formed on the casing. The conveying device is for conveying a carrying component and a circuit board disposed on the carrying component from the first entrance. The capturing device is for capturing the circuit board and then conveying the circuit board to the first exit. The control device is electrically connected to the conveying device and the capturing device. The control device is for controlling the capturing device to capture the circuit board entering from the first entrance and then to convey the circuit board to the first exit. The control device is further for controlling the conveying device to convey the carrying component from which the circuit board is unloaded to the second exit.
US09095083B2	Manufacturing method for multi-layer circuit board A manufacturing method for a multi-layer circuit board includes the following steps. Firstly, a substrate having a first via penetrating the substrate is provided. Next, a patterned circuit layer is formed on a surface of the substrate by using the first via as an alignment target. The first patterned circuit layer includes a first concentric-circle pattern surrounding the first via. Next, a first stacking layer is formed on the surface. Then, a first through hole penetrating regions where a first concentric circle from the center of the concentric-circle pattern is orthogonally projected on the first stacking layer and the substrate is formed. Next, a second stacking layer is formed on the first stacking layer. Afterward, a second through hole penetrating regions where a second concentric circle from the center of the concentric-circle pattern is orthogonally projected on of the first, the second stacking layers and the substrate is formed.
US09095076B2	Electronic device enclosures and heatsink structures with thermal management features An electronic device may have a housing in which electronic components are mounted. The electronic components may be mounted to a substrate such as a printed circuit board. A heat sink structure may dissipate heat generated by the electronic components. The housing may have a housing wall that is separated from the heat sink structure by an air gap. The housing wall may have integral support structures. Each of the support structures may have an inwardly protruding portion that protrudes through a corresponding opening in the heat sink structure. The protruding portions may each have a longitudinal axis and a cylindrical cavity that lies along the longitudinal axis. Each of the support structures may have fins that extend radially outward from the longitudinal axis.
US09095069B2	Direct mechanical/electrical printed circuit board interface A printed circuit board is disclosed. The board has a first end having a plurality of fingers in a cooperating relationship with a second end of a second adjacent circuit board. The board has a second end having a second plurality of fingers in a cooperating relationship with a first end of a first adjacent circuit board. The board has a first portion of an electrical trace on at least one of the first plurality of fingers positioned to allow an electrical connection to the second end of the second adjacent circuit board, and a second portion of the electrical trace on at least one of the second plurality of fingers positioned to allow an electrical connection to the first end of the first adjacent circuit board.
US09095067B2	Apparatus and method for vertically-structured passive components An electronic device is presented for electrical connection between a first pad contact of an integrated circuit component and a target contact positioned substantially in a first plane of a target platform. The electronic device includes a first surface substantially parallel to the first plane and a second surface below the first surface substantially parallel to the first plane. The first surface includes a first contact region configured to connect to the first pad contact when the electronic device is connected between the first pad contact and the target contact. The second surface includes a second contact region configured to connect to the target contact when the electronic device is connected between the first pad contact and the target contact. The electronic device further includes a multitude of electrically passive elements connected between the first and second contact regions.
US09095063B2	Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein are a printed circuit board and a method of manufacturing the same. In detail, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the printed circuit board includes: an insulating layer; and a metal layer formed on the insulating layer, wherein in the metal layer, a ratio occupied by crystal orientations of (110) and (112) is 20 to 80%. By doing so, the preferred embodiment of the present invention provides a printed circuit board including the metal layer having different crystal orientations to minimize factors of hindering electrical characteristics such as electric conductivity and improve isotropy of mechanical properties and a method of manufacturing the printed circuit board.
US09095060B2	Layered structure having layered conductive patterns, manufacturing process thereof and touchscreen with layered structure A manufacturing process for manufacturing a layered structure is provided. In the manufacturing process, transfer layers including conductive layers are transferred from transfer films so as to form a first transfer layer defining a first conductive pattern and a second transfer layer defining a second conductive pattern on a surface of a substrate, such that the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer are stacked onto each other. At least one of the first transfer layer and the second transfer layer has a non-conductive layer on a surface facing the other of the first transfer layer and the second transfer layer. The non-conductive layer is provided between the first conductive pattern and the second conductive pattern.
US09095059B2	Display panel integrating a driving circuit A display panel includes a periphery area, an active display area adjacent to the periphery, a driving chip disposed out of the active display area for driving the active display area, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting the driving chip and the active display area. The width of at least one wire at a portion adjacent to the driving chip is smaller than the width of the at least one wire at the other portion adjacent to the active display area.
US09095058B2	Electrode structure with spatial interpolation for capacitive touch panel A touch panel includes first and second sets of electrodes separated by a dielectric and oriented so that the electrodes of the first set intersect with the electrodes of the second set without touching. Each of the electrodes can be made of a plurality of individual conductors shorted together. The conductors can be provided in the form of flat cable or clockspring material.
US09095057B2	Media appliance and method for use of same A media appliance and method for use of the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a housing is adapted to be mounted within a wall. A panel forms a front portion of the housing and the panel includes vents and the panel may be mounted substantially flush with the wall. A media player, which includes a set-top box, is disposed within the housing. A pair of ports, disposed within openings defined by the housing, are configured to receive respective optio-electric connectors. Each port includes optio-electrically conductive elements. The pair of ports are coupled to the media player and one port configured for providing a connection to a television and the other port is configured for providing a connection to an external source of signal for the television.
US09095047B2	Display apparatus In one implementation a display apparatus, a display area of a display screen of a display panel is defined by edge portions of a first window formed in a first frame body. The first frame body is formed from a thin synthetic resin sheet and has upper airflow passages and side airflow passages formed therein. An outer communication portion of each of the upper airflow passages and an outer communication portion of each of the side airflow passages are exposed inside holes formed in a second frame body disposed in front of the first frame body. An inner communication portion of the upper airflow passage and an inner communication portion of the side airflow passage are exposed inside the edge portions of a second window of the second frame body. A space formed between the display panel and a cover plate communicates with the outer space via the upper airflow passages and the side airflow passages.
US09095046B2	Devices and methods for connecting device cover components Devices and methods are provided for connecting device cover components. In general, the devices and methods can allow first and second covers of an electronic device to be connected together at a plurality of attachment points without any gap space between the first and second covers at the attachment points. In an exemplary embodiment, an electronic device can include a housing that has first and second covers attached to one another at a plurality of attachment points. The first cover can be formed from a first material, and the second cover can be formed from a second, different material. The first material can be a softer material than the second material, which can allow the second cover to penetrate into and deform the first cover during manufacturing of the housing such that no gap space is present between the first and second covers at each of the attachment points.
US09095045B2	Protective telecommunications enclosure systems and methods Protective containers for electronic equipment, and methods of testing, use, and/or manufacture thereof, are provided. The cabinets provide a HEMP protection level to electronic equipment housed therein that meets a HEMP protection level according to MIL-STD-188-125-1.
US09095041B2	Method and apparatus for reducing interference A method and apparatus is provided for reducing interference in circuits. A management strategy is provided to reduce reference spurs and interference in circuits. The management strategy uses a combination of one or more techniques which reduce the digital current, minimize mutual inductance, utilize field cancellation, prevent leakage current, and/or manage impedance. These techniques may be used alone, or preferably, used on combination with one another.
US09095036B2	Method and system for stable dynamics and constant beam delivery for acceleration of charged particle beams in a non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient magnetic field accelerator An accelerator system includes a plurality of cells. Each cell includes a focus magnet and a defocus magnet each configured to create a magnetic field so as to confine and accelerate a particle beam, the focus magnet being configured to focus the particle beam in a horizontal direction and defocus the particle beam in a vertical direction, and the defocus magnet being configured to focus the particle beam in a vertical direction and defocus the particle beam in a horizontal direction. Each of the plurality of cells is configured to confine the particle beam in an isochronous orbit during acceleration. The accelerator system is a non-scaling fixed field alternating gradient particle accelerator (FFAG).
US09095031B2	Organic light emitting diode driving circuit, display panel, display and driving method The disclosed technical solution relates to an organic light emitting diode driving circuit, and a display panel, a display and a driving method using the same. The organic light emitting diode driving circuit includes a driving unit, a threshold compensation unit and an organic light emitting diode. The preferred threshold compensation unit comprises 5 transistors and a capacitance. The organic light emitting diode driving circuit compensates the threshold voltage Vth of the driving transistor by means of this 6T1C circuit, eliminates the inconsistent operation states of the organic light emitting diode caused by the different threshold voltages of the driving transistor in the entire circuit, thereby solving the problem regarding the brightness and evenness of the organic light emitting diode.
US09095029B2	Light source apparatus A light source apparatus includes a light-emitting module and a control unit. The light-emitting module is for providing a light. The control unit switches the light emitted from the light-emitting module between a first light and a second light, wherein the circadian stimulus value (CS/P value) of the second light is less than CS/P value of the first light, and the color temperatures of the second light and the first light are substantially the same as each other.
US09095028B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring LED beacon lights The present disclosure is directed to a method, computer-readable medium and apparatus for monitoring a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) light banks for each one of a plurality of LED beacon lights. In one embodiment, the method includes determining an amount of ambient light, selecting an operating mode for each one of the plurality of LED beacon lights based upon the amount of ambient light, determining a value of a threshold for the operating mode that is selected, receiving a light output value of each one of the plurality of LED beacon lights, comparing the light output value of each one of the plurality of LED beacon lights to the predetermined value of the dynamic threshold and generating an alarm when the light output value of any one of the plurality of LED beacon lights falls below the predetermined value of the dynamic threshold.
US09095027B2	System and method for controlling a light emitting diode fixture A circuit coupled to a light emitting diode (LED) driver circuit is described. The circuit is operative to control functionality of the LED driver circuit based on a firing angle from a power switch.
US09095021B2	Circuit arrangement for operating at least a first and a second cascade of LEDs A circuit arrangement for operating at least a first and a second cascade of LEDs is provided. The LED cascades have a different number of LEDs, which are operated alternately in a manner adapted to the instantaneous value of the rectified AC supply voltage by a suitable drive logic. The cascades are assigned to LED units, wherein each unit includes a driving device for driving the respective cascade. The units are coupled in series between the two input terminals, wherein the input terminals are formed by the output of a rectifier. A linear regulator is provided in series with the cascades, said linear regulator being driven via a voltage divider coupled between the two input terminals. An auxiliary voltage supply is provided for operating the respective driving devices, wherein the auxiliary voltage is generated from the voltage dropped across the linear regulator during the operation of the circuit arrangement.
US09095019B2	Circuit and method for current-based analog dimming of light emitting diode illuminators, with improved performance at low current levels By diverting a small amount of current from a string of LED(s) powered by a LED driver at low current levels in a process of dimming the LED string, performance of the LED string light emission is improved.
US09095012B2	Variable energy lamp control circuit and variable energy lamp control panel The present disclosure provides a variable energy lamp control circuit, including a power supply management circuit, an alternating current detection and high-frequency signal transmission circuit, a manual switch, a high-frequency signal receiving circuit, a delay circuit working power input control circuit, a work delay circuit, an alternating current sensing circuit, a control signal conversion circuit, and a driving circuit. The control signal conversion circuit is configured for controlling on and off of the variable energy lamp via the driving circuit according to a first control signal outputted from a first control signal output terminal of the alternating current detection and high-frequency signal transmission circuit, a second control signal outputted from an output terminal of the alternating current sensing circuit, and a third control signal outputted form a third control signal output terminal of the work delay circuit.
US09095010B2	Conductive film, and transparent heating element Provided is a conductive film, which is suitably used in a heating element of a transparent property (a transparent heating element) excellent in visibility and a heating power. The conductive portion of a first conductive film includes mesh patterns having multiple intersecting points (intersecting portions), which are constituted of a plurality of first metal filaments and a plurality of second metal filaments, and the conductive portion between the intersecting portions is formed into an undulating shape having at least one curve. The first conductive film is shaped such that the curves are arcuate and two arcs are formed continuously between the intersecting portions, wherein the protrusion-recess directions of the arcs are opposite to each other. Each arc has a center angle of about 90 degrees. Moreover, the conductive portion has a crossing angle of about 90 degrees.
US09095007B2	Roof heating system A heating system for use with roofing shingles, the heating system including a flexible grounding layer having a transverse dimension that is no greater than substantially equal to a transverse dimension of the roofing shingles, a flexible heater laminated to the flexible grounding layer, wherein the flexible heater includes a substrate, a conductive resistive ink pattern disposed on the substrate, wherein the ink pattern generates heat when electricity passes through the ink pattern, wherein the heating system includes a nailing portion that extends longitudinally along one side of the heating system, the nailing portion of the heating system having a transverse dimension that is at least substantially equal to a transverse dimension of a nailing portion of the roofing shingles, wherein the flexible heater is disposed on the flexible grounding layer such that the ink pattern is disposed outside of the nailing portion of the heating system.
US09095003B2	Heater and image heating apparatus including the same To provide a heater that can reduce fixing failure in a paper passing area while suppressing a temperature rise in a sheet non-passing area, and a fixing apparatus including the heater.Resistors are connected in parallel between two conductive patterns that are provided on a heater substrate along the longitudinal direction of the substrate, and resistors are arranged so that the shortest current path of each of the resistors can overlap the shortest current path of an adjacent resistor in the longitudinal direction of the substrate.
US09095000B2	Machine type communication gateway user equipment and machine type communication data relay method of the same Provided are machine type communication (MTC) gateway user equipment (MGUE) and an MTC data relay method of the same. The MGUE includes a first radio matching unit configured to process a signal having a first frequency band characteristic and provide radio access matching with a base station, a second radio matching unit configured to process a signal having a second frequency band characteristic and provide radio access matching with at least one MTC device, a radio access switching processor configured to convert data respectively output by the first radio matching unit and the second radio matching unit and provide the converted data, and a controller configured to find an identifier of at least one MTC device related to MTC control information received from the first radio matching unit and control the second radio matching unit to transmit the MTC control information to the MTC device.
US09094995B2	Method for reporting channel state information in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor The present application relates to a method for enabling a terminal to transmit channel status information in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for enabling the terminal to transmit the channel status information in the wireless communication system includes the steps of: receiving a reference signal from a serving cell or an adjacent cell; determining the priority of the predetermined precoding matrix index (PMI) based on the reference signal; and transmitting the PMI together with a stacking flag to the serving cell according to the priority, wherein the number of PMI to be transmitted to the serving cell is determined based on a size of a buffer commonly set in the serving cell and the terminal, and the stacking flag indicates storing the PMI into the buffer or initializing the buffer.
US09094987B2	Method for generating random access signal of machine type communication device using narrow bandwidth Disclosed are a method for generating a random access signal of a machine type communication (MTC) device using a narrow bandwidth, and an MTC device. The method generates a random access signal by allocating a position in a frequency domain of a random access signal dedicated to the MTC device, that is, a position of a frequency for transmission of a random access preamble, to a center position of a base station system bandwidth, or by shifting a center frequency of the MTC device to a position of a random access frequency allocated for a legacy LTE terminal by a base station.
US09094985B2	Communication method and beam forming apparatus in multi-cell mobile communication system In a system that performs mobile communication using at least two beams, by determining a size of a beam based on information that is acquired for mobile terminals attempting an access, a beam of a form having an adaptive size is formed and thus communication is performed. A beam sector including a plurality of beam segments and a beam segment that forms a beam of a minimum size within entire coverage is set, and while forming one beam per beam sector, a size of a beam is adaptively determined.
US09094981B2	Method, system and device for processing release failure of packet data network The present disclosure provides a method, system and device for processing the release failure of a PDN. The method includes: a UE, when the UE determines that it currently connects with at least two PDNs, sends a PDN release request message to an EPC and then receives a release rejection message from the EPC, wherein a rejection reason is that the last PDN connection is not allowed to be released; and the UE releases each PDN connection with the EPC and then resets up a PDN connection with the EPC. Through the technical solution, the PDN connection information of the UE and that of the EPC are kept consistent, so that resources are saved and the reliability of data transmission is improved.
US09094977B2	Apparatus and method for supporting mobility management in communication systems with large number of antennas A base station and mobile station are configured to perform control beam association. A method at the base station includes transmitting at least one first control beam including reference signals on which the mobile station can perform a measurement. The method also includes receiving a first measurement report from the mobile station of the at least one first control beam. The method further includes, based on the first measurement report, selecting at least one of the at least one first control beam for at least one control channel for the mobile station to associate with. The method still further includes transmitting control information in the at least one control channel to the mobile station using the at least one selected control beam, the control information comprising at least one resource allocation indication for the mobile station. The at least one selected control beam is associated to the mobile station.
US09094976B2	Method and related apparatus for enhancing resource utility rate in a wireless communications system In order to reduce power and computing resource consumption in a user equipment of a wireless communications system, a method for enhancing a resource utility rate for the user equipment is provided. The method includes stopping receiving data and control signals through a first common channel and a second common channel and clearing configuration corresponding to the first and second common channels when the user equipment receives a connection setup message configuring the user equipment to enter a CELL_DCH state.
US09094969B2	Method and apparatus for data and control multiplexing System(s) and method(s) are provided for transmitting data code symbols and control code symbols spanning disparate transmission time intervals in the uplink. Data and control symbols that overlap in time-domain within a transmission time interval are multiplexed and transmitted employing resources scheduled for data transmission, whereas data and control code symbols that are not multiplexed are transmitted in respective allocated resources. Multiplexing in conjunction with localized and distributed resource scheduling preserves the single-carrier characteristics of a single-carrier frequency division multiple access system.
US09094961B2	System and method for resource block-specific control signaling A system and method is disclosed for resource block-specific control signaling in a communication system. Communication data is transmitted using a transmission channel comprising a plurality of resource blocks defined by allocating time-frequency slots in a transmission resource. Resource block control information is transmitted in a “feed-forward” manner to a user end (UE) or group of UEs using channels physically mapped into scheduled resource blocks (RBs) for that user or group of users. Embodiments of the invention provide an RB-specific control channel that comprises RB control elements that are embedded within scheduled resource blocks. The invention, therefore, reduces the amount of control information that must be transmitted by common or shared control channels.
US09094956B2	Wireless communication terminal and operating system A wireless communication terminal has input devices for inputting an operation content for operating an application, a communicator for transmitting the operation content input from the input devices to a server, and receiving a server processing result as a result of predetermined processing executed by the server, and a controller determining in accordance with the application as an operation target based on the operation content whether the operation based on the operation content input before interruption of the communication is continued after the communication with the server is recovered, when the communication with the server is interrupted after the operation content is input from the input means and before a server processing result corresponding to the operation content is received from the server.
US09094949B2	Multi-host wireless input device Embodiments of the invention are directed to input devices configured for use with computing devices. The present invention relates to methods and devices for establishing, maintaining and managing, wireless connections with between an input device and one or more host devices that the input device is paired with. The input device may include sensory feedback indicating the host device actively paired with the input device, and may enable switching between host devices.
US09094944B2	Dynamic transmission protection in the presence of multiple modulation schemes A technique is disclosed for re-enabling transmission protection at enhanced stations while in the presence of high, enhanced modulation traffic conditions once protection has been disabled. Transmission protection allows enhanced modulation stations to co-exist with legacy modulation stations on a shared-communications channel. The problem being solved is when transmission protection is set to inactive and the Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (i.e., enhanced modulation) traffic load is high, legacy traffic is likely to collide repeatedly with Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing transmissions, with the result that the access point does not notice that a legacy station has become active again. Consequently, the access point does not activate transmission protection. The present invention addresses the problem by defining access point mechanisms that are capable of re-enabling transmission protection, once protection has been disabled, in the presence of high, enhanced modulation traffic conditions.
US09094939B2	Radio communication system, communication controller, and base station to transmit data with commom content with one or more other base stations Each of two or more base stations notifies a communication controller of information on a first frequency band that the base station uses for radio communication. Based on the information on the first frequency bands acquired from the two or more base stations, the communication controller selects a second frequency band to be used by the two or more base stations to transmit the data with common content, and notifies the two or more base stations of information on the selected second frequency band. The two or more base stations transmit the data with common content based on the information on the second frequency band acquired from the communication controller.
US09094937B2	Serving cell reselection methods and apparatus After a user equipment (UE) in a communication network selects a serving cell for multimedia broadcast and multicast service (MBMS), the UE waits an average time before it can re-select a new MBMS serving cell. The average time is based on keeping track of average MCCH reading time, which varies among network operators. In other words, the UE uses time hysteresis but adapts the value of the time hysteresis to the way an operator has deployed its MBMS functionality.
US09094928B2	Multiple network mobile device connection management A mobile wireless device maintains registration on two parallel wireless communication networks that each use different wireless communication protocols. In response to a first connection request received from a first wireless network, the mobile wireless device tunes a single receiver contained therein from the first wireless network to a second wireless network. Subsequently in response to a second connection request received from the second wireless network, the mobile wireless device connects to the second wireless network.
US09094927B2	Location continuity service for locating mobile devices using multiple access networks including wireless telecommunication networks A location continuity application server described herein is configured to access from an access network a set of location data associated with a position measurement for a mobile device. The location continuity application server may also access from another access network another set of location data associated with another position measurement for the mobile device and combine the sets of location data to determine a location of the mobile device. Further, prior to accessing the set of location data, the location continuity application server may provide reference location data associated with a reference location of the mobile device to the access network to enable the access network to obtain the position measurement based at least on the reference location data. The location continuity application server may also access the set of location data and determine the location of the mobile device responsive to a request from an emergency service provider.
US09094920B2	Method and apparatuses for power control using variable step size The invention relates to a method in a radio communications network for controlling a transmission power of a user equipment (12) transmitting data to a radio base station (10) in the radio communications network. The radio base station (10) retrieves a target signal to interference ratio value and measures a signal to interference ratio of a signal transmitted with a current transmission power from the user equipment (12). The radio base station (10) then determines a user equipment capability of power control of the user equipment (12). Furthermore, the radio base station (10) computes a power control command based on the measured signal to interference ratio, the retrieved target signal to interference ratio, and the user equipment capability of power control, which power control command indicates a power control adjustment step of the user equipment (12). The radio base station (10) then transmits the power control command to the user equipment (12). The user equipment (12) calculates a transmission power step based on said received power control command and adjusts the transmission power by applying the calculated transmission power step to the current transmission power.
US09094910B2	Methods utilized in mobile device for handling situations when time alignment timer expires, and mobile device thereof A method utilized in a mobile device includes: starting a time alignment timer when receiving a time alignment message transmitted by a base station, wherein the time alignment timer is used for determining whether the mobile device is synchronized with the base station on uplink timing, and the time alignment message is utilized to update timing advance for the mobile device; and ignoring at least a first control message sent from the base station after the time alignment timer expires.
US09094909B2	Conditional uplink timing alignment in a mobile station device of a radio communication system A mobile station device transmits a random access preamble to a base station device. The base station device receives the random access preamble from the mobile station device and transmits, to the mobile station device, a Random Access-Radio Network Temporary Identity (RA-RNTI) which notifies a resource assignment of a random access response. The mobile station device further monitors downlink control channels while detecting both a Cell-Radio Network Temporary Identity (C-RNTI) and the RA-RNTI, in which a downlink control channel includes the RA-RNTI and a downlink control channel includes the C-RNTI which notifies a resource assignment of downlink data. Upon detection of the C-RNTI and the RA-RNTI in a same sub-frame, the mobile station receives both the random access response and the downlink data, or receives either the random access response or the downlink data.
US09094908B1	Device and method for synchronization in a mobile communication system Interfacing between radio units in a base station in a mobile communication system may use synchronized clocks. A controller device has a tracking clock circuit for generating a transmit clock, the tracking clock circuit comprising a clock input for receiving a reference clock and a sync input for receiving an external synchronization signal. A multiplying phase locked loop generates the transmit clock in dependence on the reference clock and a divider output of a controllable divider coupled to the transmit clock. A tracking loop has a phase detector coupled to the sync input and the divider output for detecting a phase error between the external synchronization signal and transmit clock, and a phase control circuit for generating a phase control signal based on the phase error, the phase control signal being coupled to a control input of the controllable divider for adapting the division function.
US09094906B2	Multi-stage timing and frequency synchronization According to exemplary embodiments of the invention, timing and frequency offset estimation is divided into two or more stages. In each stage, a different subset of the available reference symbols is selected to perform timing synchronization, frequency synchronization, or joint timing and frequency synchronization. In each non-final stage, a respective set of the reference symbols is used to perform timing synchronization or frequency synchronization in order to narrow the uncertainty window for the timing or frequency offset, and thus reduce the search space for the final stage. In the final stage, a different set of reference symbols may be used to perform joint timing and frequency synchronization over the reduced search space.
US09094899B2	Cell selection in dynamic spectrum arbitrage system A dynamic spectrum arbitrage (DSA) system may include a dynamic spectrum policy controller (DPC) and a dynamic spectrum controller (DSC) that together dynamically manage the allocation and use of resources (e.g., spectrum resources) across different networks. A wireless device may be configured to intelligently select and use these allocated resources. For example, the wireless device may be configured to traverse an ordered list of preferred of networks to identify and select a first cell site in a first telecommunication network, establish a first communication link between the wireless device and the selected first cell site, receive network information identifying a geographic region in which the wireless device is allowed to use resources of a second telecommunication network, determine whether the wireless device is in the geographical region, and establish a second communication link to a second cell in the second telecommunication network based on the received network information.
US09094892B2	Wireless wide area network technology aggregation and broadcast A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product are provided for wireless communication in which wireless signal information is received through at least one wireless wide-area-network technology. In addition, data related to the wireless signal information is aggregated. Furthermore, the data is provided to a wireless node through a wireless wide-area-network technology different from the at least one wireless wide-area-network technology.
US09094885B2	Apparatus and method for supporting handoff between heterogeneous networks in portable terminal A portable terminal is configured to support a handoff between heterogeneous networks. The portable terminal includes a first communication unit, a second communication, a coverage identifying unit, and a switching unit. The first communication unit communicates with a mobile communication network. The second communication unit communicates with a heterogeneous network. The coverage identifying unit identifies entry of the portable terminal into a heterogeneous network area while performing a call connection through the mobile communication network. The switching unit attempts call connection through the heterogeneous network while maintaining the call connection through the mobile communication network when the entry of the portable terminal into the heterogeneous network area is identified. When a response to the call connection through the heterogeneous network is received, the switching unit terminates the call connection through the mobile communication network and maintains the call connection through the heterogeneous network.
US09094884B2	Method and apparatus for video communication Disclosed is a method for changing a communication network for video communication, the method including performing, by a User Equipment (UE), video communication through a mobile communication network; searching for whether there is a WLAN currently accessible by the UE at every predetermined interval; displaying the accessible WLAN if one is found; and when the displayed WLAN is selected by a user, changing a communication network for the video communication to perform the video communication through the selected WLAN.
US09094882B2	Modified measurement procedures for user equipments A network sends to a user equipment UE downlink signaling indicating at least one frequency which is subject to special handling. In response the UE measures and reports neighbor cells operating on any of that/those frequencies without regard to a threshold signal strength of a serving cell which is configured for reporting neighbor cells. In more specific examples, if the neighbor cells operating on any of that/those frequencies is considered a first set of neighbor cells, then the network also sends a second set of neighbor cells in other downlink signaling. Measuring and reporting on the first set of neighbor cells is less frequent than for the second set of neighbor cells, when measurements of the second set is required. Measuring and reporting on the second set is dependent on measured signal strength of a serving cell being greater than the configured threshold signal strength of the serving cell.
US09094880B2	Access terminal assisted node identifier confusion resolution using a time gap Confusion resulting from assigning the same node identifier to multiple nodes is resolved through the use of confusion detection techniques and the use of unique identifiers for the nodes. In some aspects a network may provide a time gap (e.g., an asynchronous time gap) during which an access terminal may temporarily cease monitoring transmissions from a source node so that the access terminal may acquire a unique identifier from a target node. In some aspects an access terminal may commence handover operations at a target node after determining whether the access terminal is allowed to access the target node. In some aspects a source node may prepare several target nodes for potential handover in the event confusion is detected or likely. Here, the source node may send information relating to the preparation of the potential target nodes to the access terminal whereby the access terminal uses the handover preparation information to initiate a handover at that target node.
US09094878B2	Method for conserving resources during wireless handover of a dual mode mobile station A method is described that is for handing over a multi-mode mobile device from a first network technology to a second network technology. The method includes initiating by the multi-mode mobile device a first packet session in a first wireless network and detecting by a multi-mode mobile device a second wireless network supporting a different access network technology. The method also includes determining a Quality of Service requirement and completing pre-registration session establishment procedures for a second session in the second wireless network when the first session includes at least one of a QoS sensitive service and real time service by the first wireless network and mobile device and after completion of the pre-registration session establishment procedures the multi-mode mobile device receives service from the first wireless network and remains dormant on the second wireless network.
US09094870B2	Method and apparatus for activating carriers in mobile communication system A method for measuring a signal of a deactivated cell by a terminal in a mobile communication system supporting carrier aggregation is provided. The method includes receiving measurement information including a measurement interval for the deactivated cell, from a base station, acquiring a measurement period using the measurement interval, measuring the signal of the deactivated cell, and generating a filtered measurement result based on the measurement period.
US09094867B2	Method and apparatus for determining channel quality in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus are provided for determining channel quality in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving Channel Quality Information (CQI) from a receiver; generating a channel quality reference value by correcting the received CQI using first resource use/nonuse information received from a scheduler that indicates whether an adjacent cell used resources at a previous time, and received signal power information measured in the adjacent cell; and determining a channel quality value at a current time using the generated channel quality reference value and second resource use/nonuse information received from the scheduler that indicates whether an adjacent cell uses resources at the current time.
US09094864B2	Architecture for WLAN offload in a wireless device Architecture for performing WLAN offload in a wireless device is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes an application section configured to form IP packets from data to be transmitted, a modem section configured to apply a cellular protocol to the IP packets to form cellular protocol packets, an endpoint configured to encapsulate the cellular protocol packets to form outer IP tunnel packets, and a WLAN interface configured to transmit the outer IP tunnel packets over a WLAN communication channel. In another exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a WLAN interface configured to receive outer IP tunnel packets over a WLAN communication channel, an endpoint configured to extract cellular protocol packets from the outer IP tunnel packets, a modem processor configured to remove a cellular protocol from the cellular protocol packets to form IP packets, and an application processor configured to extract received data from the IP packets.
US09094859B2	Small cell configuration and maintenance in mobile terminals The claimed subject matter is directed to defining a framework that enables wireless communicability between base stations for maintenance and configuration purposes, even while disconnected from an operator network, and/or deployed in the field. Embodiments are particularly applicable in the cases of small-cell base transceiver stations deployed in inconvenient, secluded, elevated and/or difficult to reach locations. The small cell base transceiver station is operable to communicate wirelessly to wireless terminals and mobile computing devices by emulating select functionality from dedicated components in an operator network.
US09094858B2	Methods and apparatus to invoke quality of service based network recovery Example methods and apparatus to conditionally invoke network recovery are disclosed. A disclosed example method in a wireless device involves detecting a radio resource connection failure and identifying whether downlink data is expected. The disclosed example method also includes initiating a registration procedure when downlink data is expected.
US09094853B2	Topology aware MANET for mobile networks Systems and methods provide adaptability in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), based on an existing protocol, such as adaptive hybrid domain routing (AHDR). The systems and methods are especially suited for fast changing topologies that may change after a reactive route discovery has been completed.
US09094852B2	Implementation of packet data service in a mobile communication network A method for transferring a data packet associated with a service from a packet data network to a mobile communication network, be characterized by comprising steps of: forming a message by adding either a service identifier (SI) for identifying the service or an indicator for indicating that the data packet is associated with the SI to the data packet, the SI corresponding to a session identifier for the data packet; and sending the message from the packet data network to the mobile communication network.
US09094849B2	Communication of data using independent downlink and uplink connections In communication of data between a first base station and a mobile terminal, a second base station may handle uplink transmissions from the mobile terminal. For this purpose, the first base station sends, to the second base station, a request to handle the uplink transmissions from the mobile terminal. Further, the first base station sends carrier information to the second base station. The carrier information indicates one or more uplink carriers for receiving the uplink transmissions. The one or more uplink carriers are controlled by the second base station. Moreover, the first base station sends downlink transmissions to the mobile terminal. The downlink transmissions include configuration data. By means of the configuration data, the mobile terminal is configured to send uplink transmissions on the one or more uplink carriers as indicated by the carrier information, e.g., on an uplink payload channel controlled by the second base station.
US09094847B2	Method, base station, and wireless communication system for TRX mutual aid The present invention relates to a method, a base station, and a wireless communication system for TRX mutual aid, where the method comprises: obtaining, by the base station, capability information of a TRX board in the base station, and obtaining from a base station controller information of a cell to which a carrier that is configured on the TRX board belongs; and selecting, by the base station, a corresponding TRX mutual aid way according to the capability information and the information of the cell to perform TRX mutual aid with a faulty BCCH dominant frequency carrier. By implementing TRX mutual aid on the base station, the capability of the board can be easily learned, and the TRX mutual aid is performed based on the capability in comprehensive consideration of another carrier in the cell and standard configuration of the carriers, so that more carriers continue providing services.
US09094827B1	Systems and methods for authenticating mobile devices at an incident via collaboration A mobile device collaboration method includes provisioning a first mobile device with unique user identification related to a role and skill set of an associated user of the first mobile device, detecting a second mobile device responsive to a condition at the first mobile device, communicating the unique user identification to the second mobile device, authenticating the first mobile device through the second mobile device communicating the unique user identification to an external database, and providing access for the first mobile device through the second mobile device if the authenticating is successful. A mobile device collaboration system and a mobile device are also described.
US09094825B2	Method and apparatus for providing service based on voice session authentication An approach for providing a service over a communication session based on an authentication from a voice session is described. A voice session enhancement platform may determine that a voice session is established among a plurality of devices. The voice session enhancement platform may further retrieve one or more authentication parameters associated with the voice session for the plurality of devices. The voice session enhancement platform may also initiate a service among the plurality of devices, wherein the service is separate from the voice session. Additionally, the voice session enhancement platform may authenticate the plurality of devices for the service based on the one or more authentication parameters.
US09094823B2	Data processing for securing local resources in a mobile device A method of data processing for securing local resources in a mobile device. The method includes: a) when network connectivity is available: coupling the mobile device with a first identity module associated to a first International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), receiving in the first identity module a network challenge from a communication network, ciphering the network challenge using a secret key, and sending a corresponding response to the network for subsequent successful authentication, b) after a successful authentication to the communication network: associating at least a part of the local resources to the first IMSI, and storing, in a database of the mobile device, authentication data related to the challenge/response duplet, granting access to local resources associated to the first IMSI.
US09094807B2	Methods and apparatus for providing an incentivized cooperative system for accessing radio access networks Methods and apparatus are disclosed for providing improved service to wireless devices in a radio access network (RAN). This is accomplished through affording cooperative arrangements wherein a helper mobile device having a good link to the RAN assists another mobile device having a poorer quality link to access the RAN, thereby offering improved service. The arrangement includes an out of band link between the mobile devices that does not use the same radio access technology as the RAN. Additionally, an incentive scheme provides credit to users of the assisting devices that is configured to encourage and sustain future cooperative arrangements. Credit may be transferred from a user of the assisted device to the user of the helper device as compensation. Further, an operator of the RAN may also inject credit to users of helper devices to incentivize and sustain future cooperative arrangements.
US09094806B2	MMS system to support message based applications Sending apparatus, receiving apparatus, sending method, receiving method and sending and receiving system for supporting application based MMS. The body of an incremental MMS includes a dynamic data section of MMS, a static data indicator associated with the MMS, and a link tag between indicated static data and the dynamic data. The amount of the message quantity transmitted may be reduced because the changed section of the incremental MMS is sent directly via short message channel in dynamic data mode. In turn, the incremental MMS may be sent via short message channel instead of MMS channel due to the reduction of transmitted message, which further reduces the communication cost.
US09094805B2	Mobile messaging concierge A method for performing a service for a mobile device is provided. The method comprises: receiving a request from the mobile device for a service that is not natively supported by the mobile device; determining one or more resources needed to fulfill the request; and performing the service associated with the request using the one or more resources.
US09094803B2	Wireless network based sensor data collection, processing, storage, and distribution In embodiments of the present disclosure, improved capabilities are described for a sensor platform in a wireless network, where optimization servers utilizing publish-subscribe broker services are provided within the wireless network to provide conferenced connectivity between sensor devices and communicating entities.
US09094802B2	System and method to communicate targeted information A method for targeted advertising is disclosed. The method includes accessing at least one piece of demographic information associated with a user of a portable device, selecting an advertisement to be delivered to the user based at least in part on the demographic information, and initiating communication of a version of the advertisement configured for presentation at the portable device.
US09094795B2	Routine estimation In one embodiment, a method includes determining a geo-location centroid of each of one or more geo-location clusters. The geo-location centroid corresponds to one or more geo-location data points within its geo-location cluster. The geo-location data points represent one or more location readings from a mobile computing device associated with a user. The geo-location centroids are based at least in part on location readings obtained during a particular time of day of a particular day of a week. The method also includes grouping one or more geo-location centroids into one or more groups; and determining a time-based routine based at least in part on a number of geo-location centroids within each group.
US09094782B2	Information-processing apparatus and computer-readable medium for wireless connection setting A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable instruction which configures a processor to function as: a first communication unit configured to execute a communication using a first type interface with a communication target device; a second communication unit configured to obtain, by using the first communication unit, identifying information used to execute a communication with the communication target device through a second type interface when a first network in which the communication target device is included is different from a second network set as a communication destination for a communication through the second type interface; a third communication unit configured to execute a communication with the communication target device through the second type interface when the first type network is same as the second type network; and a fourth communication unit configured to execute a restoring process where the communication destination is restored to the second network.
US09094771B2	Method and system for upmixing audio to generate 3D audio In some embodiments, a method for upmixing input audio comprising N full range channels to generate 3D output audio comprising N+M full range channels, where the N+M full range channels are intended to be rendered by speakers including at least two speakers at different distances from the listener. The N channel input audio is a 2D audio program whose N full range channels are intended for rendering by N speakers nominally equidistant from the listener. The upmixing of the input audio to generate the 3D output audio is typically performed in an automated manner, in response to cues determined in automated fashion from stereoscopic 3D video corresponding to the input audio, or in response to cues determined in automated fashion from the input audio. Other aspects include a system configured to perform, and a computer readable medium which stores code for implementing any embodiment of the inventive method.
US09094770B2	Hearing aid that facilitates removal of earwax and trapping of moisture In some embodiments, a receiver tube for use with a hearing aid having a receiver may include a receiver tube that is removably connectable to the hearing aid and removably connectable to the receiver, wherein the receiver tube includes a locking mechanism configured to interface with a mating feature disposed about the receiver such that the receiver tube may be selectively coupled to the receiver; and an ear wax trap comprising a microporous membrane disposed within the receiver tube. The length of the receiver tube may be adjusted by the dispenser or audiologist during the office visit by clipping it accordingly.
US09094760B2	Earphone Solution Means: Earphone 10 possesses an outer ear canal insertion member for which at least a portion can be inserted into the outer ear canal, housing 11 onto which the outer ear canal insertion member can be installed and removed, and driver unit 41 which is disposed within housing 11 and which generates sound, and driver unit 41 is maintained within the interior space of the support member by the rigid support member being installed within housing 11.
US09094751B2	Headphone apparatus and audio driving apparatus thereof The present invention provides a headphone apparatus and a headphone driving apparatus thereof The headphone driving apparatus includes a first and second driving circuits, a signal transmitting circuit, a first and second reference signal generators. The first driving circuit receives a first audio signal pair and generates a first driving signal. The second driving circuit receives a second audio signal pair and generates a second driving signal. The signal transmitting circuit transmits the first audio signal pairs or the reference signal to the first output end pair. The signal transmitting circuit decides to transmit the second audio signal pairs to the second output end pair or not according to the mode selecting signal. The second reference signal generator receives signals and generates the second reference signal. Wherein, the first and second reference signal generators are turned off according to the mode selecting signal.
US09094747B2	Weatherproof loudspeaker and speaker assembly A weatherproof loudspeaker includes a rigid enclosure having two or more sides, an interface between the sides being sealed sealing an internal space from an environment external to the rigid enclosure, and a sound projecting region formed on at least one side of the rigid enclosure. The sound projecting region includes an active driver speaker rigidly connected with the rigid enclosure, the active driver speaker to project sound outward from the sound projecting region and to reflect sound waves within the rigid enclosure. The speaker includes a flexible inner surround that frames the active driver speaker, and a passive radiator at least partially around the active driver speaker and connected between the inner surround and a flexible outer surround. The outer surround is connected with the rigid enclosure.
US09094742B2	Event drivable N X M programmably interconnecting sound mixing device and method for use thereof An event-drivable and programmable matrix that permits reconfigurable mixing of a first plurality of audio sources into a second audio outputs via digital control of analog-only signal paths is disclosed.
US09094740B2	Architecture to scale an IP/MPLS network via multiple network planes An architecture is provided for a core network of a service provider. Intra-connect routers operate multiprotocol label switching under Internet protocol for packets. Network planes are coupled in parallel to the intra-connect routers to form the core network for the service provider. Each of the network planes is defined by a maximum optical load capacity of an optical switch.
US09094739B2	Internet protocol switching system and associated method of use An IP switching system that includes a coder/decoder configured for converting voice between analog and digital; and a first switch coupled to the coder/decoder configured to isolate non-secure entities in a network and comprising a plurality of fiber optic ports; wherein two of the plurality of fiber optic ports are configured to pass classified and unclassified data to one of a classified IP network and an unclassified IP network; and wherein the first switch is configured to operate in a plurality of states including secure, non-secure, and configuration/cut-off. The IP switching system also includes at least one controller connected to the coder/decoder via the first switch such that the at least one controller is accessible to the coder/decoder only when the first switch is in the configuration/cut-off state; wherein the at least one controller is configured to store and retrieve sensitive coder/decoder parameters for operation of the coder/decoder.
US09094738B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for presenting highlights of a media content event Systems and methods are operable to present summaries of a media content event. An exemplary embodiment receives a media content stream having at least one media content event, receives a summary feed stream having at least one media content event summary segment associated with the received at least one media content event, receives a user request for presentation of the media content event summary residing in the received at least one media content event summary segment, ends or pauses presentation of the media content event on a media presentation device, and presents the media content event summary of the media content event summary segment on the media presentation device.
US09094725B2	System, method for processing associated data of broadcasting program and E-mail set, and information storage medium According to one embodiment, a receiver receives first data that enables recognition that a first program has been viewed in a first television set. And a transmitter transmits a message, using the first data, the message is addressed to a first device registered in association with the first television set and includes information relating to the first program.
US09094717B2	System and method for creating and using a smart electronic programming guide Systems and/or methods are disclosed herein to identify a user interacting with a content presentation system, adaptively learn, in a passive manner, a user's pattern of accessing content over time, and globally store the user's identifying and use information. Specifically, disclosed are systems and/or methods for creating a smart electronic programming guide, including determining an identity of a user interacting with a content presentation system, collecting channel use information for each of a plurality of channels from the user's interaction with the content presentation system, storing the channel use information, determining a value for each of the plural channels as a function of the channel use information, and creating a smart electronic programming guide for the plural channels as a function of the determined value.
US09094714B2	Systems and methods for on-screen graphics detection A system and method is disclosed for detecting locally-generated or other unknown graphics that are superimposed on a video program displayed on a television receiver or other like device. Devices external to a television receiver, such as a cable or satellite set-top box, can generate logos, electronic program guides, or other images that are then graphically overlaid on the television signal emanating from the device to the television's display. The system and method described herein provides a means to detect the presence of such on-screen graphics both to detect and identify graphical information and to also enable automated resolution of any interference among or between a plurality of video graphic sub-systems.
US09094713B2	Method and apparatus for network association of content Methods and apparatus for perform association of stored content downloaded over a network with a unique identification. In one embodiment, the content is stored locally, and the association is performed in a secure manner using network or source-specific information (e.g., the organization identification or “orgID” of the bearer network or MSO). This association is used to ensure that the content stored on the playback device can be accessed for viewing only when the playback device is connected to the same network from which the content was obtained. Use of the orgID allows the content association and protection functionality to be implemented in existing networks with only minor software changes.
US09094710B2	Methods and apparatus for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for using location information to manage spillover in an audience monitoring system are disclosed. In an example method, a first location signal and a second location signal are received substantially simultaneously at a portable metering device. The first location signal is emitted via a first device located at a first location and includes a first signal characteristic associated with the first location. The second location signal is emitted via a second device located at a second location and includes a second signal characteristic associated with the second location. The first location signal or the second location signal is selected based on the first and second signal characteristics. Media monitoring information is generated based on the selected signal.
US09094703B2	Source optimized dynamic trickplay At least one trickplay source file is generated from original media content. Trickplay view files for rendering particular trickplay view rates are then generated from the trickplay source file.
US09094702B2	Customizing language and content of media for an announcement Program code on mobile computing devices and a server computer receive information about mobile computing devices within a defined area. The program code selects an announcement, from a database based on the information received, having audio that is in a language determined as being utilized within the defined area, wherein the language is assigned a first highest ranking, and wherein the first highest ranking indicates that the language is spoken by a majority of persons within the defined area. The program code selects a transcription of the audio from the database, wherein the transcription is in a language determined as being utilized within the defined area, and wherein the language is assigned a second highest ranking. The program code instructs a television within the defined area to output the audio, and to output the transcription of the audio on a display screen of the television.
US09094697B2	Method of delivering media data from a transmitter to a receiver A method of processing media data received at a receiver over a bitstream having a standardized format that supports descriptors includes receiving at the receiver an extension descriptor that specifies a descriptor tag having a value within a prescribed tag value range, a descriptor length having a value within a prescribed length value range, at least one extension descriptor tag value that identifies a descriptor, and extension descriptor data associated with the identified descriptor. Responsive to the extension descriptor tag value, the identified descriptor and the extension descriptor data associated with the identified descriptor are employed to process the media data at the receiver.
US09094695B2	Inserting personalized information into digital content Described are methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for inserting personalized information into digital content. A digital media player receives a personalized video content stream comprising personalized data associated with a user that replaces one or more frames of requested video content. The player extracts the personalized data from the one or more replaced frames of the video content stream, and displays the personalized data and the video content stream to a user.
US09094681B1	Adaptive segmentation Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatuses for selecting different coding parameters for different portions of a video frame or image to be transmitted or stored for later decoding. The coding parameters for a particular portion of a video frame or image are selected according to their distance from a selected point of interest, where the parameters can be selected to alter the tradeoff between transmission bandwidth and perceived image quality to preserve image quality in areas designated as high interest while saving transmission bandwidth for areas designated as having less interest. Also disclosed are associated systems, methods, and apparatuses for decoding such encoded video frames or images.
US09094679B2	Display device A display includes a display panel including a plurality of pixels, a polarizer disposed on a first side of the display panel, a phase retardation film disposed on the polarizer and glasses comprising a first eye glass portion and a second eye glass portion, wherein at least one of the plurality of pixels includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, and the phase retardation film includes a first phase retardation portion corresponding to the first sub-pixel and a second phase retardation portion corresponding to the second sub-pixel.
US09094664B2	Image processing device, image processing method, and program Provided is an image processing device including a frame image generation unit for generating a frame image in which a first image and a second image are arranged next to each other, and a compression processing unit for compressing the frame image in units of macroblocks. The frame image generation unit arranges the first image and the second image such that a boundary between the first image and the second image coincides with boundaries of the macroblocks.
US09094662B2	Encoder and decoder to encode signal into a scalable codec and to decode scalable codec, and encoding and decoding methods of encoding signal into scalable codec and decoding the scalable codec An encoder and decoder to encode one or more input signals into a scalable codec and to decode the scalable codec, and encoding and decoding methods using a bitstream with a layered structure in the scalable codec change a top coding bit rate to encode the input signals according to a network status, and the bitstream is decoded by analyzing the top coding bit rate included in the bitstream.
US09094660B2	Hierarchical hole-filling for depth-based view synthesis in FTV and 3D video Methods for hierarchical hole-filling and depth adaptive hierarchical hole-filling and error correcting in 2D images, 3D images, and 3D wrapped images are provided. Hierarchical hole-filling can comprise reducing an image that contains holes, expanding the reduced image, and filling the holes in the image with data obtained from the expanded image. Depth adaptive hierarchical hole-filling can comprise preprocessing the depth map of a 3D wrapped image that contains holes, reducing the preprocessed image, expanding the reduced image, and filling the holes in the 3D wrapped image with data obtained from the expanded image. These methods are can efficiently reduce errors in images and produce 3D images from a 2D images and/or depth map information.
US09094659B2	Stereoscopic image display system, disparity conversion device, disparity conversion method, and program To reduce burden of a viewer at the time of performing stereoscopic display by a stereoscopic display device and to show a stereoscopic image in a natural and comfortable manner.A disparity estimating unit 210 estimates disparity from the left and right images of an input image to generate a disparity map. A disparity analyzing unit 230 analyzes the disparity map to generate a disparity control parameter for performing suitable disparity control. A disparity control unit 240 controls the content of processing at an image conversion unit 250 in accordance with the disparity control parameter. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion on the input image based on the control by the disparity control unit 240 to output an output image. The image conversion unit 250 performs image conversion of two steps. The image conversion unit 250 performs shift processing for shifting the relative positions of the left and right images of the input image in the horizontal direction as first step image conversion, for example. The image conversion unit 250 performs scaling processing for performing enlargement/reduction of the entire screen with each center of the left and right images as a reference, as second step image conversion, for example.
US09094657B2	Electronic apparatus and method According to one embodiment, a stereoscopic image converting method includes: generating a first depth map comprising depth values of pixels of an input video, wherein the depth values are estimated based on an amount of a characteristic of the input video, and wherein the depth values are represented by pixel shading; generating a second depth map by correcting the depth values of pixels within a distance from each of right and left ends of the depth map to become closer to a depth value corresponding to a screen of a display not protruding forward or recede rearward in stereoscopic viewing as the pixels within the first distance are positioned closer to the each of the right and left ends of the depth map; and generating a multi-parallax image by shifting pixels of the input video by an amount horizontally based on the depth values of the second depth map.
US09094654B2	Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus includes: a display at which a photographic image and a map image are displayed; a display control unit that controls the display so as to display identifiers each indicating a specific photographing location at which the photographic image among a plurality of photographic images was captured, over the map image displayed at the display; and an instruction unit that issues an instruction indicating a display mode for the identifier.
US09094653B2	Electronic device that displays a photographing location on a map An electronic device includes: a communication unit that is engaged in communication with an external device; a control unit that adds image information into transmission data to be transmitted to the communication unit; and a decision-making unit that makes a decision in correspondence to information indicating a recipient of the transmission data as to whether or not to allow photographing location information included in the image information to be included in the transmission data.
US09094652B2	Methods and systems for facilitating migration of a user account from a first digital video recording (“DVR”) system to a second DVR system An exemplary method includes a digital video recording (“DVR”) data migration management system 1) receiving a request for a user account to migrate from being associated with a first DVR system to being associated with a second DVR system, 2) accessing a first DVR data set associated with the first DVR system and separate from data representative of a library of one or more media content assets stored by the first DVR system, 3) generating a second DVR data set based on the first DVR data set and in accordance with one or more attributes of the second DVR system, and 4) associating the second DVR data set with the second DVR system. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09094643B2	Color-to-color correction in a printing system A method for performing color-to-color correction while printing multiple copies of a print job having one or more documents includes printing one or more copies of the print job and determining at least one color registration error for at least one type of color registration error produced during the printing of the one or more copies of the print job. A color plane correction value is then determined for each document in the print job and for each color plane error produced during the printing of the one or more copies of the print job. One or more subsequent copies of the print job is printed using the color plane correction values, where the color plane correction values used for each document are the correction values determined for that document. The color plane correction values can be updated periodically, at select times, or after each copy is printed.
US09094639B2	Broadcasting receiving apparatus and control method thereof Provided is a broadcasting receiving apparatus and a control method thereof capable of receiving recommendation information, the control method of a broadcasting receiving apparatus receiving recommendation information about a broadcasting program; comparing a time of confirming the recommendation information and a broadcasting time of a recommended program included in the recommendation information; and supplying a function of the broadcasting receiving apparatus for using the recommendation information to correspond to a comparison result. Accordingly, a broadcasting receiving apparatus and a control method thereof capable of supplying a broadcasting service having an improved user convenience is provided.
US09094637B2	Print system, server apparatus and printer which are used in the print system, and control method of the print system A server apparatus comprises an instruction transmitting unit that transmits an instruction to a user apparatus, the instruction instructing the user apparatus to send to the printer a print request for pull printing including authorized information used for an authorizing process at the time of receiving the print service. A printer comprises a receiving unit that receives the print request for pull printing including the authorized information sent from the user apparatus according to the instruction, and a request transmitting unit that transmits, in accordance with the received print request for pull printing including the authorized information, the authorized information and a document obtaining request to the server apparatus.
US09094628B2	Address mapped repartitioned digital pixel By adding stabilization and super-sampling to a digital pixel readout integrated circuit (ROIC), line of sight motion, that is usually costly and difficult to control, instead becomes an ally, doubling the effective FPA resolution in some systems. The base repartitioned digital pixel architecture supplements analog signal accumulation with off-pixel digital accumulation, greatly increasing dynamic range. Adding address mapping and increasing the ratio of memory locations to pixels, enables stabilization and resolution enhancement. Additional stabilization at sub-frame intervals limits the effect of latency and simplifies complex address mapping. Pixels gains are compensated in-ROIC, without requiring multipliers. A unique partitioning of functions between the ROIC and subsequent logic allows pixel biases and non-isomorphic sampling effects to be compensated off-ROIC, reducing overall system complexity and power.
US09094622B2	Information processing apparatus, fax reception notification control method, and storage medium for receiving a reception notification of fax information by an information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus receives a reception notification of FAX information from a FAX client that receives the FAX information from a FAX server that receives the FAX information via a network. The information processing apparatus monitors the FAX client, reads address information of the FAX server from a storage unit when the information processing apparatus determines from a monitoring result that the FAX client is not operated, and sends address information of the information processing apparatus and address information of the FAX client to the FAX server.
US09094612B2	Back side illuminated global shutter image sensors with back side charge storage A back side illuminated image sensor may be provided with an array of image sensor pixels. Each pixel may include a substrate having a front surface and a back surface. The pixels may have a charge storage region at the back surface and a charge readout node at the front surface of the substrate. The pixels may receive light at the back surface. Photo-generated charge may be accumulated at the charge storage region during a charge integration cycle. Upon completion of the charge integration cycle, a transfer gate formed at the front surface may be pulsed high to move the charge from the charge storage region to the charge readout node using a global shutter algorithm. The pixels may include two reset transistors that are coupled to column feedback amplifier circuitry for mitigating kTC-reset noise when the pixels are operated in a global shutter mode.
US09094610B2	Image capturing apparatus and image capturing apparatus control method An image capturing apparatus has either one of a first display mode for continuously displaying a captured image on an image display unit and a second display mode for not displaying the captured image on the image display unit and displays an image according to the detection result on the image display unit when the second display mode is set.
US09094605B2	Stabilized camera platform system A stabilized camera system has a roll frame formed as a parallelogram linkage and pivotably attached to a pan frame. A tilt frame is pivotably attached to the roll frame. Control circuits are provided to compensate for drift, to allow manual aiming of the camera during stabilized camera operation, and for providing rapid leveling. The stabilized camera system is compact with low moments of inertia to allow rapid movements.
US09094600B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor An apparatus and method such that when a signal intensity evaluation value is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, a signal intensity amplification factor of each color component is changed in accordance with the signal intensity evaluation value of the color component, and when the signal intensity evaluation value is less than the predetermined value, at least a signal intensity amplification factor of a color component, of which signal intensity evaluation value of the color component is the least, is set at a predetermined value not dependent upon the signal intensity evaluation value of the color component.
US09094599B2	Digital image processing apparatus and method of controlling the same A digital image processing apparatus and a method of controlling the same. When the composition of a subject displayed on a display of the apparatus is changed during application of a first shutter-release signal, a current auto-focus (AF) region moves along with the subject and displayed on the display at the same time as the subject. The apparatus can further display an initial AF region on the display in a manner distinguishable from the current AF region. After the composition of the subject is changed, while the current AF region moving along with the subject is being displayed on the display, when the application of the first shutter-release signal is interrupted, an AF region is reset as the initial AF region. Also, an image file can be generated and stored after application of a second-shutter release signal which occurs after application of the first shutter-release signal.
US09094588B2	Human machine-interface and method for manipulating data in a machine vision system This invention provides a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that operates in connection with a machine vision detector or other machine vision system, which provides a highly intuitive and industrial machine-like appearance and layout. The GUI includes a centralized image frame window surrounded by panes having buttons and specific interface components that the user employs in each step of a machine vision system set up and run procedure. One pane allows the user to view and manipulate a recorded filmstrip of image thumbnails taken in a sequence, and provides the filmstrip with specialized highlighting (colors or patterns) that indicate useful information about the underlying images. The programming of logic is performed using a programming window that includes a ladder logic arrangement.
US09094581B2	Imaging device and distance information detecting method An imaging device is provided that includes an imaging processor, a distance information detector, an outline-component maximum image detector, and a distance information correcting processor. The imaging processor captures a plurality of secondary images of the same object at different lens positions. The distance information detector detects distance information of the objects captured in each area of an image based on the sum of outline components in each of the areas in each of the secondary images. The outline-component maximum image detector calculates the sum of outline components for each of the secondary images and detects an image with the maximum sum. The distance information correcting processor replaces distance information of a target area, where the sum of outline components is less than a threshold value, with distance information of the image with the maximum sum.
US09094577B2	Digital broadcast transmitter, digital broadcast receiver, and audio description descriptor processing methods thereof A digital broadcast receiver is provided. The digital broadcast receiver includes a broadcast reception unit which receives a digital broadcast signal; a signal separation unit which separates a main audio signal, an auxiliary audio signal, and an audio description descriptor from the received digital broadcast signal; an extraction unit which extracts auxiliary information from the audio description descriptor; a mixing unit which generates an audio signal by mixing the main audio signal and the auxiliary audio signal based on the auxiliary information; and an audio output unit which outputs the audio signal.
US09094573B2	Communication system, communication method, and computer-readable storage medium A communication system includes a call management server; communication terminals; and a positional information server. The positional information server stores therein positional information and information leakage risk information of each communication terminal, updates the positional information and the information leakage risk information in accordance with a position of the communication terminal, and transmits the updated information together with corresponding communication terminal information to the call management server. The call management server updates the positional information and the information leakage risk information of a communication terminal when receiving the information from the positional information server, and transmits a list containing at least a terminal name, latest positional information, and latest information leakage risk information of each communication terminal capable of joining the communication to a communication terminal. The communication terminal displays the list in a different manner of the positional information in accordance with the information leakage risk information.
US09094572B2	Systems and methods to duplicate audio and visual views in a conferencing system A conferencing system includes an authentication module for establishing a communication session. The communication session includes a communication interface to a plurality of participants. The conferencing system further includes a selection module for letting a participant select a leader among the plurality of participants. The conferencing system further includes a duplication module configured to provide audio and visual views of the communication session to the participant based upon audio and visual views of the communication session associated with the leader. The conferencing system further includes a recording module for storing a history of actions made by the leader in the conferencing system and letting the participant view the history of actions made by the leader and reach a present state of audio and visual views of the communication session associated with the leader.
US09094570B2	System and method for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience A system for providing a two-way interactive 3D experience includes a first video capture system configured to capture a first set of images of a first person in a first location, and a first display system in the first location. A second video capture system is configured to capture a second set of images of a second person in a second location. A second display system is in the second location. A two-way communication link is configured to deliver the first set of images to the second display system for display and deliver the second set of images to the first display system for display. The second display system is configured to generate a substantially life-sized 3D display of the first person based on the first set of images.
US09094565B2	Impulse noise removal design for bayer pattern image sensor A system and method provide for an adaptive median filter with edge protection and four line buffers to remove the impulse noise for a Bayer pattern image. The system and method separates the Bayer pattern image data into different channels by color and applies the adaptive median filter to remove the impulse noise on each channel. The adaptive median filter has five threshold values that may be modified to achieve different light condition response based on the detected noise level of the image. Thus, proper threshold values with better brightness response to the input pixels may be applied and impulse noise may be suppressed effectively, while preserving image details.
US09094560B2	Facsimile system that packetizes and transmits coded image data In a facsimile system including a gateway apparatus and a transmission-side facsimile apparatus capable of performing facsimile communication via the gateway apparatus, the transmission-side facsimile apparatus codes image data, and packetizes the coded image data so that one line is included in one packet, and transmits the packetized image data to the gateway apparatus. The gateway apparatus receives a packet transmitted from the transmission-side facsimile apparatus, inserts predetermined data into image data included in the received packet, and transmits the image data into which the predetermined data has been inserted, to a receiving-side facsimile apparatus.
US09094556B2	Image forming apparatus, method for processing image thereof and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium An image processing method includes scanning a document, separating a text region from the scanned document and detecting symbols included in the text region, calculating feature values of the detected symbols, selecting a representative value from the calculated feature values, and converting the symbols having the feature values other than the representative value into a preset color or form.
US09094553B2	Sheet conveyer and image reader A sheet conveyer includes: a conveyance unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path comprising an inversion path, which is configured to convey the sheet from a lower side to an upper side and is defined by an inner circumference side and an outer circumference side; and a guide provided in a downstream side in a conveyance direction of the inversion path, the guide provided between the inner circumference side and the outer circumference side so that the guide is to be displaced toward the outer circumference side by contacting with a front end of the sheet that is conveyed from an upstream side in the conveyance direction.
US09094545B2	Image processing apparatus, information processing system, method of controlling the same, and storage medium An image processing apparatus which is capable of performing scanning of an original, using a plurality of scan settings stored in an information processing apparatus, without necessitating a dedicated server or a complicated user operation before execution of the scanning. An image processing apparatus (MFP) receives and displays host PC names and scan setting names transmitted from host PCs on a display section. The MFP finalizes a host PC name selected by a user from the host PC names and one of scan setting names associated with the finalized host PC name, which is selected by the user. The MFP sends a scan execution instruction to the host PC to instruct the same to execute scanning using a scan setting associated with the finalized scan setting name.
US09094544B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium An information processing apparatus includes an analysis unit configured to analyze a print job generated based on a plurality of records, a determination unit configured to detect a boundary or boundaries of records based on a result of analysis obtained by the analysis unit and to determine a print page corresponding to each respective record, and a storage unit configured to store each record of the print job and a respective print page corresponding to each respective record while associating them with each other according to content determined by the determination unit. Related methods are also disclosed.
US09094540B2	Displacing image on imager in multi-lens cameras Panoramic and spherical cameras often currently capture respective portions of a scene using a set of lenses that focus images on imagers for sampling by photosensitive elements. Because the images are often circular and imagers are often rectangular, the orientation of the lenses may be selected as a tradeoff between capturing capture the entire image while leaving unused portions of the imager, and maximizing imager coverage to increase resolution while creating cropped image portions that extend beyond the edges of the imager. The techniques presented herein involve displacing the image from the imager center in order to increase a first cropped area and reduce or eliminate a second cropped area. The lenses may also be oriented such that the first cropped area comprises a portion of the composite image that may be acceptable to omit from the composite image (e.g., the user's hand or a camera mounting apparatus).
US09094538B2	Method for enabling a wireless device for geographically preferential services Disclosed is system comprising: a server platform operative to communicate with a wireless communication network; and data storage coupled to the server platform to store a plurality of business rules, wherein the server platform is operative to: generate a first provision instruction to provision a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) with a first rule set associated with a first set of business rules for wireless usage incurred by a mobile terminal operating in the wireless communication network; generate a first billing instruction based on the first set of business rules and a first data type determined by a packet gateway that inspects packet data communicated to or from the mobile terminal.
US09094521B2	Methods to improve fraud detection on conference calling systems based on observation of participants' call time durations An embodiment of the invention includes a method for detecting fraudulent use in a conference calling system. One or more time duration thresholds are received for a conference call. The conference call is monitored to determine an attendee duration, a participants duration, and/or a conference call duration. The attendee duration represents the call duration of an attendee of the conference call; the participants duration represents the total call duration of all of the attendees combined; and, the conference call duration represents the call duration of the conference call. The time duration thresholds are compared to the attendee duration, participants duration, and/or conference call duration. Actions are performed by a processor if the attendee duration, participants duration, and/or conference call duration exceeds the time duration thresholds.
US09094511B2	Apparatus for transferring advertising content to a mobile telephone A mobile telephone obtains (or is supplied) advertising content from a remote server and locally stores that advertising content. The advertising content is then automatically shown in association with a running, in use (e.g. in foreground) application that generates a screen that an end-user interacts with (‘an end-user application’). The content is shown ‘automatically’ in the sense that the advertising content is displayed without the end-user explicitly requesting any specific item of content, (although he may opt-in to the general approach of having advertising content displayed on his mobile telephone). The telephone itself determines which adverts etc. it should display, depending on which application is currently being used (i.e. is currently displayed on screen).
US09094501B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for collecting earpiece data from a mobile terminal A system for collecting earpiece data from a mobile terminal comprising an earpiece includes an earpiece data module in the mobile terminal configured to obtain earpiece data based on usage of the earpiece. A mobile terminal memory is in the mobile terminal and is configured to store the earpiece data. A communications module is in the mobile terminal and is configured to connect the mobile terminal to a remote earpiece data collection module that is remote to the mobile terminal. The earpiece data module is further configured to determine if the earpiece data in the mobile terminal memory satisfies a threshold and to transmit the earpiece data to the remote earpiece data collection module by the communications module if the earpiece data satisfies the threshold.
US09094498B2	Water resistant structure and electronic apparatus A water resistant structure includes a first member having a stepped portion at an opening thereof; a second member having a rib protruding from a back surface thereof; and a water-stop member having an elastically deformable water-stop portion at a tip of a second plate portion that extends upward from a first plate portion. The first plate portion is attached to a horizontal surface of the stepped portion by double-sided adhesive tape. The second plate portion faces a vertical surface of the stepped portion. The water-stop portion is spread along the vertical surface of the stepped portion. The rib is pressed into an inner side of the water-stop portion, and the water-stop portion is pushed against the vertical surface of the stepped portion and the rib.
US09094487B2	Methods and apparatuses to track information via telephonic apparatuses Methods and systems to facilitate real time communications via a telephonic apparatuses that support data communications. In one embodiment, a telephonic apparatus includes: a network interface to submit a query through a data communication network and to receive a listing with embedded information about the query; and a call module coupled to the network interface to establish a telephonic connection according to the listing and to identify a relation between the telephonic connection and the information about the query.
US09094485B1	Real-time adjustment for better caller experience A method, a system, and computer readable medium comprising instructions for real time adjustment for better caller experience are provided. The method comprises obtaining caller experience of a call flow, notifying a service provider of the caller experience, receiving at least one corrective action from the service provider, and implementing the at least one corrective action for better caller experience.
US09094484B2	Combophone with QoS on cable access A method of providing QoS to a session from a client to a first network includes providing data packets from the client to be conveyed in a session from the client to a first network, inserting each of the data packets into an encapsulating packet, and transmitting the encapsulating packets through the second network to the first network, forming a tunnel through the second network. The method includes receiving the encapsulating packets at a terminating device in the first network. The terminating device removes the encapsulating headers to recover the data packets. The method includes determining an association between the packet headers of the data packets and the encapsulating headers, identifying data packets requiring QoS, and using the association to identify encapsulating packets corresponding data packets requiring Quality of Service. The method includes applying QoS to the encapsulating packets, corresponding to the session of data packets requiring the QoS, being conveyed through the tunnel.
US09094483B2	System and method for collecting and evaluating statistics to establish network connections An apparatus and method are described for collecting and evaluating statistics for different network addresses and/or subnets when establishing network connections. For example, a method according to one embodiment comprises: receiving a set of potential network addresses for establishing a connection to a remote host; evaluating routing statistics associated with each of the potential network addresses; prioritizing the set of potential network addresses based on the evaluation; and initially attempting to connect to the remote host using the highest priority one or more network addresses.
US09094475B2	Method for storing conversation upon user's request in CPM system, and system thereof A method for storing a conversation upon a user's real-time request in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service is provided. The method includes storing a conversation in a message storage server on a network or stopping the storage of the conversation upon a user's request. A target that can be stored within a conversation includes a pager mode message, a large message, and media delivered through the session. In this manner, media in the conversation may be limited to media selected by a user.
US09094470B2	Web services-based communications for use with process control systems A web services-based communication system and technique uses an information server to facilitate the communication of process control data and analysis results between a plurality of web services coupled to a communication network. A graphical user interface coupled to the network enables users to store user profile information and configuration information in a database within the information server. The information server uses the configuration information and the profile information to control the operations of a scheduler and a router within the information server to enable users to selectively view process control information via the graphical user interface and to route process control information to appropriate ones of the web services.
US09094468B2	Device capability invocation method, widget device, server The present invention relates to communication technologies, and discloses a device capability invocation method, a widget device, and a server. The device capability invocation method includes: receiving a device capability invocation request sent by a widget, where the device capability invocation request carries conditions of a device capability that needs to be invoked; search a device capability database for the device capability compliant with the conditions; invoking the found device capability; receiving an invocation result that is returned after the found device capability is invoked; and sending the invocation result to the widget. The technical solutions provided by the embodiments of the present invention enables a widget device to invoke device capabilities of all devices in the system.
US09094466B2	Maintaining caches of object location information in gateway computing devices using multicast messages Example embodiments relate to maintaining caches of object location information in gateway computing devices using multicast messages. In example embodiments, upon updating a cache with an object identifier and a corresponding object location, a gateway computing device may transmit an update message using a simple multicast transport protocol to a plurality of other gateway computing devices. In contrast, upon deleting an object from a cache, the gateway computing device may transmit a delete message using a reliable multicast transport protocol to the plurality of other gateway computing devices.
US09094464B1	Connection digest for accelerating web traffic In various aspects, provided herein are systems, methods and computer-program products for delivering content objects over the Internet from a content delivery network to end-user systems. The systems, methods and products described herein optionally utilize one or more techniques for reducing the delay associated with obtaining non-cached content objects from their respective origin servers, including by re-using existing open connections, by making use of a TCP hand-off technique and by transmitting updates to system digests simultaneous with the exchange of keepalive signals between servers.
US09094460B2	Socket tables for fast data packet transfer operations A fast send method may be selectively implemented for certain data packets received from an application for transmission through a network interface. When the fast send method is triggered for a data packet, the application requesting transmission of the data packet may be provided a completion notice nearly immediately after the data packet is received. The fast send method may be used for data packets similar to previously-transmitted data packets for which the information in the data packet is already vetted. For example, a data packet with a similar source address, destination address, source port, destination port, application identifier, and/or activity identifier may have already been vetted. A socket table may be maintained listing previously-transmitted data packets and an instruction for handling additional data packets similar to the data packet entered in the socket table.
US09094457B2	Automated network deployment of cloud services into a network A method for automated network deployment of cloud services into a network is suggested. The method includes receiving a certain cloud service with a certain resource protection template specifying an isolation policy for isolating zones in the network, receiving certain customer protection parameters specifying customer needs regarding protection in the network, providing security requirements by matching the received resource protection templates and the received customer protection parameters, and automatically deploying the certain cloud service into the network by using the provided security requirements.
US09094452B2	Method and apparatus for locating phishing kits A system and method for locating phishing kits on the internet is disclosed herein. The system is configured to perform a method comprising storing phishing kit file names and file host names into a database, navigating to a search engine, searching the file hosts stored in the database for the phishing kit file names stored in the database, saving URLs where the phishing kit file names are located on the internet into the database, and displaying URLs where the phishing kit file names are located as results.
US09094448B2	Methods and systems for evaluating software for known vulnerabilities A vulnerability identification and resolution (VIR) computer device for identifying security vulnerabilities in a computer system is provided. The VIR computer device includes a memory device for storing data including data representing computing assets installed in the computer system and a processor in communication with the memory device. The VIR computer device is programmed to receive an asset identifier identifying a computing asset selected for evaluation and execute a query on at least one database storing security vulnerabilities, the query searching for security vulnerability data associated with the selected computing asset. The VIR computer device is further programmed to receive the security vulnerability data at the VIR computer device in response to the query.
US09094440B1	Systems and methods for providing a communication platform for e-commerce Systems and methods to facilitate communication between users may use communication channels and/or communication sessions that are accessed through a network address, including but not limited to a universal resource locator (URL). Individual communication channels may regard a particular purpose. Individual communication sessions may regard a particular purpose. Each user taking part in an exchange of information may choose to remain anonymous. Each user taking part in an exchange of information may prevent being contacted and/or exchanging information through a particular communication channel at any moment of the user's choosing.
US09094434B2	System and method for automated policy audit and remediation management A prevention-based network auditing system includes a central compliance server providing a user interface allowing a user to schedule and configure a network audit. The configured audit is stored in an audit repository until its scheduled time. At such a time, the compliance server automatically invokes one or more audit servers to gather information about the network. The compliance server receives the gathered information and electronically applies a network policy to the information for determining compliance with the policy. A remediation task may be generated if the policy has been violated, and the task monitored until its completion.
US09094424B2	Method, apparatus, and computer program product for digital stream swapping between signal sources Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments for digital stream swapping between digital signal sources. A new event handler functionality enables swapping an existing digital stream to a next one if more than one digital stream is identified, enabling a user to easily and intuitively switch between the existing streams.
US09094416B2	Contribution aware peer-to-peer live streaming service A method of admitting a joining contribution-aware peer to a peer-to-peer network is described including receiving a plurality of system parameters at the joining peer, the plurality of system parameters further including a system resource index and determining an entitled incoming degree value for the joining peer, the determined entitled incoming degree reflecting a value of the system resource index. Also described is a bootstrap node for a contribution-aware peer-to-peer network including a processor device and a network interface device coupled to the processor device, the network interface device being adapted to be coupled to a communication network, the processor device being adapted to receive a request for potential parent peer identification information from the communication network through the network interface device and whereas the processor device is adapted to respond with a plurality of device identification values and a system parameter.
US09094415B2	Managing capacity on demand in a server cloud A cloud capacity on demand manager manages capacity on demand for servers in a server cloud. The cloud capacity on demand manager may borrow capacity from one or more servers and lend the capacity borrowed from one server to a different server in the server cloud. When the server cloud is no longer intact, capacity borrowed from servers no longer in the server cloud is disabled, and servers no longer in the server cloud reclaim capacity that was lent to the server cloud.
US09094414B2	Arrangement and method for anonymous user profiling and targeted content provision An electronic arrangement includes a computer device that provides a media profile entity configured to store and maintain at least one user-adjustable personal media profile for a user capable of accessing a network, and related sites, services and/or applications via a number of terminal devices, the personal media profile describing the user's interests preferably excluding identifiable information, the interests being represented on a number of levels including interest categories, and the interests are at least partially determined based on monitoring the user behavior relative to the network, and an authentication entity configured to associate a terminal utilized by the user with the media profile of the user based on profile-identifying data provided to/by the terminal.
US09094413B2	Configuration profile validation on iOS Using SSL and redirect An application management agent running on a wireless communications device restricts access to device functionality (e.g., applications and device features) unless the application management agent has determined that a particular configuration profile has been installed on the device (after which the application management agent permits access to device functionality, and an operating system of the device enforces policy settings specified in the configuration profile). The application management agent confirms the presence of the configuration profile by initiating an SSL handshake with a client certificate request for a client SSL certificate embedded in the configuration profile. Validation against the embedded client SSL certificate implicitly confirms the presence of the configuration profile and validates the content of the configuration profile.
US09094411B2	Mechanism to resume filter criteria at a specific point The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for resuming the evaluation of initial Filter Criteria (iFC) at a specific point. Two new parameters are defined for inclusion in the service logic of application servers and serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) servers. The first parameter, an iFC index parameter, is a number which indicates an index to a current specific position in the iFC evaluation. The S-CSCF may insert the iFC index parameter into route headers of SIP messages that originate from the S-CSCF to the application servers. The second parameter, an iFC resume parameter, is based on the iFC index parameter or another number along with an original dialog identifier, which the application servers may insert into route headers of SIP messages that originate from the application servers to the S-CSCF to indicate a desire to resume operations at the specific position in the iFC evaluation.
US09094401B2	Secure front-end interface A secure front-end interface for a PLC, RTU or similar device is disclosed. A first server is coupled to the PLC via a communications link and is configured to receive status information from the device and transmit the information to a second server via a one-way data link. The second server has a network interface for coupling to a network and receives the information from the first server via the one-way data link and outputs the information via the network interface based upon a user request. The front-end interface may further include a second one-way data link coupled from the second server to the first server to allow user command entry. The secure front-end interface may alternatively consist only of a single server coupled between the device and the network which requires a user to enter a password before obtaining access to the status information.
US09094397B2	Radio devices, regulation servers, and verification servers According to various embodiments, a radio device may be provided. The radio device may include a configurable component, a configuration information transmitter configured to transmit information identifying the radio device and an identifier of a configuration of the configurable component to a regulation server; and a permission information receiver configured to receive from the regulation server information indicating as to whether the radio device is permitted to use the configuration of the configurable component or as to whether a pre-determined configuration of the configurable component is to be used by the radio device.
US09094385B2	Intelligent sensor and controller framework for the power grid Disclosed below are representative embodiments of methods, apparatus, and systems for monitoring and using data in an electric power grid. For example, one disclosed embodiment comprises a sensor for measuring an electrical characteristic of a power line, electrical generator, or electrical device; a network interface; a processor; and one or more computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions. In this embodiment, the computer-executable instructions include instructions for implementing an authorization and authentication module for validating a software agent received at the network interface; instructions for implementing one or more agent execution environments for executing agent code that is included with the software agent and that causes data from the sensor to be collected; and instructions for implementing an agent packaging and instantiation module for storing the collected data in a data container of the software agent and for transmitting the software agent, along with the stored data, to a next destination.
US09094376B2	System and method for facilitating communications based on trusted relationships Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for facilitating communications based on a trusted relationships. A system configured to practice the method first receives a communication request from a second communication device for a specific resource, wherein the communication request is based, at least in part, on trust information generated by a previously established trusted relationship. The system confirms, via an access to a trust database and using the trust information, (1) an identity of a sender of the communication request and (2) access permissions for a requested resource. Then, if the identity and the access permissions are confirmed, the system establishes communications between the first communications device and the second communications device in response to the communication request according to the specific resource. The trust information can include a trust user ID and a trust key.
US09094374B2	Bandwidth optimization for remote desktop protocol The processing of a first data stream to generate a second stream conforming to a remote desktop protocol (RDP) is described. Operations may include facilitating storage of first data from the first stream at a first index indicated in the first stream, facilitating retrieval of second data from a second index included in the first stream, and facilitating generation of the second stream conforming to the RDP and including the first and second data. Additionally, the processing of a third data stream conforming to the RDP to stream a fourth stream is described. Operations include facilitating processing of the third stream to identify a package data unit (PDU), facilitating storing of a hash value corresponding to the PDU, and facilitating generating an altered PDU for inclusion in the fourth stream and including an index identifying a location in memory storing the hash value.
US09094370B2	Remote access to information on a mobile terminal from a web browser extension The invention relates to a method and system for managing information stored and/or services configured in a mobile terminal from a remote terminal, wherein the mobile terminal is configured to connect to a mobile communications network and comprises a web server having an API defined for each piece of information and for each service provided by the mobile terminal, and wherein said remote terminal has access to a data network. It comprises: making, from an extension of a web browser of the remote terminal to the mobile terminal, an HTTP request for managing one piece of information stored or a service configured in the mobile terminal, wherein the HTTP request is in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile terminal and comprises an identifier of said information or service which is to be managed; sending an HTTP response from the mobile terminal to the extension in accordance with said API defined in the web server of the mobile and showing in the remote terminal an interface comprised in said extension for managing said information stored or service configured in the mobile.
US09094367B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing content delivery on local subnets One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates optimizing content delivery on a network. During operation, the system receives an item of content at a first client. During the download of the content or after downloading the content, the first client receives a broadcast request for the content from a second client on the same local subnet. Upon receiving the broadcast request, the first client sends a broadcast response to the local subnet, wherein the broadcast response identifies a multicast address to which the first client will deliver the content. The first client then delivers the content to the multicast address so that the second client and any other interested clients on the local subnet can receive the content.
US09094345B2	Reservation system for an ethernet network An improved computer system may include a server carrying a computer processor in a Fiber Channel over Convergence Enhanced Ethernet (FCoCEE) network. The system may also include a reservation system in communication with the server that utilizes enhanced transmission selection (ETS) to reserve bandwidth for a priority group by scheduling bandwidth for the priority group based upon a projected workload.
US09094344B2	Establishing a bidirectional forwarding detection (BFD) asynchronous mode session without knowing a Prior layer-2 or layer-3 information In one embodiment, a Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) asynchronous mode session is established between two packet switching devices interconnected by one or more physical links. Prior to L2 or L3 services being established, each of these packet switching devices does not know the Media Access Control (MAC) nor Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of each interface of the other packet switching device that is connected to one of these link(s). A request to establish a BFD session is sent from one packet switching device to the other, with a MAC frame including the request being addressed to a group, broadcast, or other address that the receiving packet switching device will recognize and thus process the received request. Based on information contained in this received MAC frame, the receiving packet switching device has the information it needs, and sends a BFD control frame to the other packet switching device.
US09094342B2	Method and system for sharing router resources via a mobile virtual router An approach is provided for creating a single mobile virtual router (MVR) to share pooled resources. A mobile virtual router is formed to utilize resources of multiple routers of a network, wherein the routers include one or more physical routers, one or more virtual routers, one or more other mobile virtual routers, or a combination thereof. The resources of the single mobile virtual router are dynamically partitioned in response to an operational criterion of the network.
US09094335B2	Packet switching label assignment across multiple packet switching forwarding groups In one embodiment, a packet switching device assigns a same particular packet switching label to each particular route of a plurality of particular routes having the same one or more best paths, wherein the plurality of particular routes includes routes from at least two different forwarding groups. A forwarding group is defined as a specific route, one or more routes associated with a same customer edge router, or one or more routes associated with a single virtual routing and forwarding domain (VRF). The packet switching device advertises to other packet switching device(s) to add this same particular label to packets having one of the plurality of particular routes, which they do. The packet switching device then packet switches packets based on the particular label received in a label field in a header of these packets.
US09094334B2	Virtual router redundancy for server virtualization A solution for virtual router redundancy for server virtualization includes, at a network device configured as a backup router of a virtual router, examining a packet stored in a memory of the network device. Responsive to the examining, the network device determines whether to forward the packet via a network towards a destination or to send the packet via the network to a master router of the virtual router for forwarding of the packet, by the master router, towards the destination.
US09094333B1	Systems and methods for sending and receiving information via a network device A network device is provided. The network device includes a port complex having a plurality of ports configured to operate at different operating speeds for sending and receiving information complying with different protocols. The network device further includes a processor complex having a plurality of processors for processing information complying with different protocols and received by the plurality of ports; and a message queuing system (MQS) for managing messages for the plurality of processors regarding the received information complying with different protocols. Each processor can process information complying with any of the different protocols.
US09094330B2	Data transport system and control method of data transport system An example of a data transport system includes transport nodes of a transport network, communication devices which communicate via the transport network, and a transport network logical path management server for setting logical paths between the transport nodes within the transport network, and a logical path control server. In a case where a first communication device is newly connected with a first transport node, the first communication device transmits control data to a logical path control server via the first transport node. The logical path control server obtains information about a connection relation between the newly connected first communication device and the first transport node from the control data, and establishes a logical path between the first communication device and a second communication device based on the obtained information about the connection relation and on information about logical paths between transport nodes in a logical path database.
US09094327B2	Prioritization and preemption of data frames over a switching fabric Network switching and/or routing devices can use multiple priority data streams and queues to support prioritized serial transmission of data from line cards (or the like) through a fabric switch to other line cards (or the like). Preemption logic is used to insert within a data stream commands indicating a switch from one priority level data to another. Delimiter commands and combination switch/delimiter commands can also be used. Multiple crossbars are implemented in the fabric switch to support the various data stream priority levels.
US09094325B2	Reputation based message analysis Described herein are devices and techniques for detecting an inbound message (e.g., text, voice, voicemail) directed from an identifiable message sender to one of a collection of message recipients (e.g., by telephone numbers). The message is selectively forwarded to the message recipient's communication devices in response to a reputation score of the identifiable message sender. The devices and techniques described herein are further adapted to automatically determine or otherwise update the reputation score of the identifiable message sender, for example, in response to previously detected incoming messages. User preferences can be provided to override one or more of forwarding and blocking of detected messages regardless of any automatically obtained reputation score.
US09094322B2	First party cookie system and method A first party cookie system and method are provided, The system and method allow a third party to be able to drop a cookie on a computer in a privacy-compliant fashion thereby increasing the acceptance rate of cookies on computing devices.
US09094319B2	Cross-domain exchange system of equipment lists and method The invention provides a CDeX system of equipment lists and a method thereof, the method includes following steps: scanning electronic devices in the first LAN conformable to the UPnP protocol by the first OTT-box to thereby establish a first equipment list; when the first router is capable of communicate with a second LAN through a wireless network tunnel, delivering the first equipment list to the first router by the first OTT-box; accessing a second identifier of the second router by the first OTT-box; delivering the first equipment list to the second router in the second LAN by the first router according to the second identifier; and delivering a second equipment list provided by the second OTT-box to the first router by the second router, in which the second equipment list is corresponding to electronic devices in the second LAN conformable to the UPnP protocol.
US09094316B2	Dynamic name generation A dynamic name of a device within a network may be generated by accessing information related to the device; accessing information related to a remote, neighbor device; generating a dynamic name of the device based on the accessed information related to the device and the accessed information related to the remote, neighbor device; and storing the generated dynamic name of the device. Alternatively, a topology map of devices within a network may be generated where a central controller may access, from memory, a dynamic name of controlled devices, the dynamic name of the controlled devices including information related to remote, neighbor devices of the controlled devices. The topology map may include dynamic names of the controlled devices.
US09094313B2	Data and media access controller (MAC) throughputs A device may receive a request, from a client, to obtain throughput statistics for Ethernet frames transmitted under a given set of constraints; send a request to collect data about the Ethernet frames to a network element; receive the collected data from the network element in response to the request; determine Ethernet frame statistics based on the collected data; and forward the collected data, the Ethernet frame statistics, and predetermined Ethernet frame information to the client.
US09094312B2	Communication device, communication method, and computer readable recording medium A communication device includes a controller configured to control the communication device to determine whether to permit measurement of a transmission channel bandwidth which is a usable bandwidth in a transmission channel to and from another communication device via a network, based on whether the other communication device satisfies a specified condition, in response to receiving an establishment request that requests establishment of a session from the other communication device, measure the transmission channel bandwidth to and from the other communication device, in response to determining that the measurement of the transmission channel bandwidth is permitted, and communicate with the other communication device using the measured transmission channel bandwidth, in response to measuring the transmission channel bandwidth and receiving a permit command that is a command to permit the establishment of the session with the other communication device.
US09094311B2	Techniques for attribution of mobile device data traffic to initiating end-user application A method performed by a network system communicatively coupled to a device over a wireless access network, the method comprising transmitting a traffic flow to, or receiving the traffic flow from, a software application on the device, the traffic flow comprising one or more related data transfers over the wireless access network, the traffic flow being routed between the software application and the network system through an assisting element comprising a control application or a proxy agent on the device, wherein the traffic flow has a characteristic associating the traffic flow with the first software application, the characteristic preserving the association between the traffic flow and the software application when the traffic flow is routed by the one or more assisting elements; identifying the characteristic; and implementing at least a portion of a control, accounting, or notification service policy based on the identified characteristic.
US09094307B1	Measuring latency within a networking device Presented herein are techniques to measure latency associated with packets that are processed within a network device. A packet is received at a component of a network device comprising one or more components. A timestamp representing a time of arrival of the packet at a first point in the network device is associated with the packet. The timestamp is generated with respect to a clock of the network device. A latency value for the packet is computed based on at least one of the timestamp and current time of arrival at a second point in the network device. One or more latency statistics are updated based on the latency value.
US09094304B2	Systems and methods for dynamically configuring communication data items Systems and methods reconfigure data transmitted on a network, the network using a communication protocol. The systems and methods include a processor that is operable to receive data from a second device on the network; a memory medium; and a data configurator operable to dynamically reconfigure the data from the second device, with the data from the second device being in the form of a network item defined by the second device. The data configurator is operable to pass the reconfigured data to the processor and/or the memory medium in the form of a device item that is native to the device. A data design tool generates a map configuration to define a unique relationship between the network item and the device item. The map configuration includes a network representation portion for data in the network item and a device representation portion for data in the data item.
US09094299B1	Auto-generation of platform-independent interface and operational scripts for configuring network devices A network device is described that parses configuration data of the network device in accordance with a schema, for candidate configuration parameters. The device outputs a parameter identifier of each candidate configuration parameter, and in response, receives an indication of a selection of the candidate configuration parameters and corresponding labels. Both the selected parameters and the labels conform to a platform-independent interface for a remote procedure call for provisioning a service on any one of a plurality of different devices within a network. The device generates a device-specific configuration script for modifying the configuration data of the device in accordance with the schema of the device. The device-specific configuration script can receive, via the platform-independent interface for the remote procedure call, parameterized information associated with the selected parameters and update the configuration data based on the parameterized information.
US09094295B2	Communication device, and wiring state detection method and non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program using communication device The communication device, which is connectable by straight or crossover wiring to another communication device, comprises a transmission port configured to send signals to the other communication device, a reception port configured to receive signals, a communication controller including an automatic transmission and reception switching component that determines whether or not the wiring is correct and automatically switches the transmission and reception of signals by the transmission port and the reception port 1, and a wiring state notification component. The controller (i) actuates the automatic transmission and reception switching component when communication with the other communication device has not been established in a state in which the automatic transmission and reception switching component is not actuated, and (ii) through the wiring state notification component, outputs information that there is an error in the wiring when communication with the other communication device has been established as a result of (i).
US09094290B2	Measuring and displaying bandwidth contention Methods and test systems for reporting transmit bandwidth contention. A histogram representing transmit bandwidth demand for a network device may be built, the histogram including a plurality of bins representing for a plurality of contiguous time intervals of equal duration including a current time bin and plural future time bins. The histogram may be displayed and periodically updated.
US09094279B2	Communication apparatus for transmission of binary coded signal A communication apparatus includes a detecting unit, a process performing unit, and a range setting unit. The detecting unit detects a boundary pattern periodically appearing between codes in a binary coded signal transmitted through a transmission line. The boundary pattern is information showing a boundary appearing between codes. The process performing unit performs a process in synchronization with timing of appearance of the boundary pattern. The range setting unit sets an allowance range which is set include timing at which it is estimated that the next boundary pattern appears. The timing is counted from the timing currently detected by the detecting unit. The detecting unit includes a section which detects the timing of appearance of the boundary pattern during the allowance range.
US09094275B1	Interference cancellation (IC) receiver Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for interference cancellation (IC) are provided. One method includes detecting, by a receiver, a synchronization signal with most power in correlation peak and obtaining the network identity and a location of a corresponding synchronization signal in a received signal. The method may further include extracting a corresponding portion of the received signal that corresponds to the location of the interfering synchronization signal, passing the portion of the received signal through fast fourier transform (FFT) and multiplying result with corresponding frequency-domain conjugated reference synchronization signal to produce channel estimate H, passing the channel estimate H through inverse fast fourier transform (IFFT) to produce channel estimate h, truncating h to a length x, obtaining an estimate of the interfering signal by filtering the time-domain reference synchronization signal by the truncated h, and performing interference cancellation by subtracting the estimated interfering signal from a received signal at said location.
US09094273B2	Receiving apparatus and communication apparatus, and communication system To improve a quality of a combined signal obtained by maximum ratio combining performed when a transmission signal of OFDM system is diversity-received with a small computation amount or a small circuit size. In a receiving apparatus, a combining unit corrects, when combining a sub-carrier signal of each branch obtained by performing Fourier transform on a reception signal of each branch at a maximum ratio for each sub-carrier, a weighting coefficient of each branch according to a magnitude relation of an intensity of the reception signal of each branch before Fourier transform. Specifically, the combining unit corrects the weighting coefficient of each branch so as to weaken an influence of a transmission path response estimated for a sub-carrier signal of the branch in branches with smaller reception signal intensities.
US09094272B2	Method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a signal in a frequency band using non-uniform sampling A method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a signal in a frequency band using non-uniform sampling includes an analog to digital converter (ADC) (110) for sampling an analog input signal (105) to create discrete signal samples (115), an ADC exciter (120) for exciting the ADC to sample at non-uniform time periods, a digital filter (130) for converting the discrete signal samples into an energy versus frequency spectrum (300), and an energy comparator (140) coupled to an output of the digital filter. The energy comparator (140) detects the presence of any frequency bands exceeding an energy setpoint.
US09094267B2	Method of transmitting and receiving a multi-carrier signal, and a transmitter, a receiver, a signal, and a computer program corresponding thereto A method of transmitting a multi-carrier signal by a transmitter uses at least two transmit antennas to at least one receiver using at least one receive antenna. At least one estimate of at least one transmission downlink channel is obtained. A transmission stage performs at least one iteration of the following steps, for at least one downlink channel: transmitting payload data over the downlink channel, while taking account of the downlink channel estimate; and updating the downlink channel estimate, while taking account of acknowledgment information transmitted by the receiver associated with the downlink channel and acknowledging reception of the payload data.
US09094258B2	Method and apparatus for a multiplexed active data window in a near real-time business intelligence system Optimizing a set of graphical display elements on a client device. A first set of graphical display elements may be transmitted from a first server to a client device. A second set of graphical display elements may be generated on a second server. The second set of graphical display elements may be transmitted from the second server to the client device. A third set of graphical display elements may be created in a first window including the first set of graphical display elements and the second set of graphical display elements.
US09094256B1	Media capability selection The present invention allows a network policy server or other centralized entity to provide arbitration for selecting media capabilities to use in a communication session between communication clients. In operation, the network policy server will directly or indirectly receive a first message in association with an attempt to establish a communication session from a first communication client. The first message will include the available media capabilities of the first communication client. The network policy server will apply appropriate policies for the first communication client, the network in general, or a combination thereof to select one or more of the first media capabilities to determine a second set of media capabilities, which are provided in response to the first message. This reduced set of media capabilities will ultimately be used to establish the communication session with the first communication client.
US09094252B2	Method and apparatus for feedback transmission in wireless communication system A method and an apparatus for feedback transmission in a wireless communication system are provided. A terminal receives information about a short-term feedback period and a long-term feedback period from a base station, and then transmits to the base station short-term feedback information per short-term feedback period or long-term feedback information per long-term feedback period over a primary fast feedback channel (PFBSCH). The long-term feedback information contains an index of a subband subjected to channel measurement and a difference in measurement values that is a difference between a reference channel measurement value and a channel measurement value being measured.
US09094251B2	Multiple input multiple output communication method and system for exchanging coordinated rank information for neighbor cell Provided is a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) communication method and system that may exchange information associated with a coordinated rank for a neighbor cell. In a MIMO communication system, a target terminal may feed back the information associated with the coordinated rank to a serving base station, and the serving base station may exchange the information associated with the coordinated rank with the neighbor base station. The serving base station may perform precoding based on the exchanged information associated with the coordinated rank.
US09094250B2	Method of channel cancellation, radio receiver, cellular communication device and computer program A method of channel cancellation for a cellular communication device comprises receiving a signal comprising desired symbols and interfering symbols; regenerating a symbol sequence of interfering symbols expected to be received; determining, prior to any complete decoding of the interfering symbols by the cellular communication device, whether received interfering symbols agree with the regenerated interfering symbols, and then if the received interfering symbols are determined to agree with regenerated interfering symbols, subtracting the regenerated symbol sequence from the received signal to form an adapted signal, or if the received interfering symbols are determined not to agree with regenerated interfering symbols, omitting at least the regenerated interfering symbols not agreeing with the received interfering symbols from the subtracting of the regenerated symbol sequence from the received signal when forming the adapted signal; and then decoding the desired symbols from the adapted signal.
US09094249B2	Apparatus having programmable taps An apparatus comprises a plurality of delay elements connected in series. Each delay element is configured to delay a respective input signal and to output a respective delayed signal. The apparatus also comprises a weight generator configured to generate a plurality of tap weights based on the delayed signals. The apparatus further comprises a tap controller configured to (1) generate tap weight enabling signals corresponding to one or more of the tap weights based on a determination that the corresponding tap weights are greater than a predetermined threshold value, and (2) generate a set of bias factors. The apparatus additionally comprises a summer configured to output a weighted signal based on the delayed signals, the tap weight enabling signals, the tap weights, and the bias factors.
US09094246B1	Pure differential signal based MIPI DSI/CSI-2 receiver systems A circuit may include a splitter, a controller, and a termination. The splitter may generate, based upon input signals, a plurality of output signals, wherein at least one of the input signals is in more than one different modes at different times and the output signals comprise a first set of the output signals generated based upon comparison of pairs of signals of the first set against each other and a second set of the output signals generated based upon comparison of each signal of the second set to a predetermined threshold voltage. The controller may determine, based upon the second set of the output signals, whether the input signals are in the one of the more than one different modes to generate one or more control signals. The termination may connect loads to each of the input lines, based upon the one or more control signals.
US09094244B2	Receiver circuit with de-emphasis function A receiver circuit includes a first differential amplification unit including a variable load section, and configured to receive first and second input signals, and to generate first and second output signals, which are amplified based on an impedance value of the variable load section and a voltage difference between the first and second input signals, a second differential amplification unit configured to receive the first and second output signals and to generate a third output signal based on a voltage difference between the first and second output signals, and a signal generating unit configured to generate an equalization signal for controlling the variable load section based on the third output signal.
US09094238B2	High-speed signaling systems with adaptable pre-emphasis and equalization A signaling system includes a pre-emphasizing transmitter and an equalizing receiver coupled to one another via a high-speed signal path. The receiver measures the quality of data conveyed from the transmitter. A controller uses this information and other information to adaptively establish appropriate transmit pre-emphasis and receive equalization settings, e.g. to select the lowest power setting for which the signaling system provides some minimum communication bandwidth without exceeding a desired bit-error rate.
US09094235B2	Systems and methods for link bandwidth conservation in a local area network connected to a trill network An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes systems and methods for providing link bandwidth conservation between a local area network and a TRILL campus network. Such an information handling system includes a plurality of processing modules provided by a computer processor where the plurality of processing modules including a selective packet filter and a control plane unit and memory in communication with the plurality of processing modules. The memory stores a VLAN port bitmap and a snooping table. The information handling system also has a plurality of ports, which includes at least one Ethernet port for connecting the information handling device to a LAN and a plurality of bridging ports for connecting the information handling device to a plurality of routing bridges.
US09094234B2	Carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) Systems and methods for carrier sense multiple access (CSMA) protocols for power line communications (PLC) are described. In some embodiments, a method may include performing a virtual carrier sensing operation and, in response to the virtual carrier sensing operation indicating that a communication channel is idle, calculating a contention window. The method may also include performing a physical carrier sensing operation subsequent to the virtual carrier sensing operation, the physical carrier sensing operation based, at least in part, upon the contention window. In response to the physical carrier sensing operation indicating that the communication channel is idle, the method may then include transmitting data over the channel. In other embodiments, another method may include determining that a data transmission is a unicast transmission and that an acknowledgement message has not been received. The method may further include incrementing a backoff parameter and repeating one or more carrier sense operations.
US09094233B2	Communication system In a communication system, nodes are coupled to a transmission path in a bus topology. The nodes communicate with each other via the transmission path using communication signals that have a communication frequency and are synchronized with a power supply signal. Each of the nodes includes a coupling portion that transmits and receives the communication signal and the power supply signal using electromagnetic induction in non-contact with the transmission path. Each of the nodes determines whether a collision of the communication signals occurs on the transmission path based on a voltage level of a signal that has the communication frequency and is induced at the coupling portion.
US09094231B2	Router The router is used to relay a packet to be transmitted from one node to another in an integrated circuit that has distributed buses according to a packet exchange method. The router includes: a plurality of buffers, each of which configured to store packets with information indicating their transmission node; a classifying section configured to classify the buffers that store the packets into a number of groups according to the transmission nodes of the packets; a selecting section configured to select at least one of the buffers of each group; and an output port configured to sequentially output the packets that are stored in the selected buffer.
US09094230B1	Network transfer protocol Systems, methods and computer program products facilitate communication on a network by transmitting a communication on the network from a first node to a second node, the communication including a first segment and a second segment. The first segment consists essentially of a destination port and a data length of the communication, and the second segment includes a payload and at least one of a connection ID, a sequence number, and an opcode. A responsive communication is then received from the second node, the responsive communication acknowledging receipt of the communication transmitted from the first node.
US09094226B2	Home network system and method A demarcation point unit connected between a home network backbone and an external network. The demarcation point unit includes a blocking filter and splitter. The blocking filter receives a home network signal from the home network backbone and an external signal from the external network. The blocking filter separates the home network signal from the external signal, and returns the home network signal back to the home network backbone. The splitter has an input and at least two outputs. The input of the splitter receives the home network signal from the blocking filter.
US09094212B2	Multi-server authentication token data exchange A client is authenticated by a server receiving an initial request from the client at the beginning of a session. The server receiving the initial request generates an authentication token and returns the authentication token to the client in response to the client being authenticated. The user's credentials used to authenticate the client are stored in the authentication token along with other information. After receiving the authentication token from the server that generated the authentication token, the client passes the authentication token with each of the future requests to the pool of servers. Using the client to pass the transferrable authentication token, the servers share the user's identity/credentials in a decentralized manner. Any server from the shared pool of servers that receives a subsequent client request is able to decrypt the token and re-authenticate the user without having to prompt the client for authentication credentials again.
US09094211B2	Systems and methods for identifying an individual The present application relates to systems and methods using biometric data of an individual for identifying the individual and/or verifying the identity of an individual. These systems and methods are useful for, amongst many applications, more secure identification of high-risk individuals attempting to gain access to an entity, transport, information, location, security organization, law enforcement organization, transaction, services, authorized status, and/or funds.
US09094209B2	Electronic transaction security system A system and method for generating a limited use login credential associated with an account maintained by an institution, where the credential facilitates secure access to the account.
US09094191B2	Master key encryption functions for transmitter-receiver pairing as a countermeasure to thwart key recovery attacks A method operational on a receiver device for exchanging and/or generating security keys is provided. A first encrypted master key Km is received at the receiver device from a transmitter device, the first encrypted master key Km secured by a receiver public key Kpub-rx. The first encrypted master key Km may be decrypted with a receiver private key Kpri-rx to obtain the master key Km. The master key Km may be encrypted using a block cipher that applies a receiver secret key Kh to obtain a second encrypted master key.
US09094186B2	System and method for transmitting digital multimedia data with analog broadcast data A method and system for the transmission of digital data (210) over existing analog radio frequencies (230) is presented, wherein the digital data may include audio data, visual data or audio-visual data for presentation either with analog broadcast data or at a selectable time. The digital data may be transmitted over a plurality of sub-channels that have varying degrees or reliability (250). A “quality-of-service” process manages the transmission of digital data over various sub-channels based on the reliability of the sub-channel, the amount of digital data and the type of digital data to be transmitted. The digital data may further be encrypted and authenticated.
US09094184B2	First and second phase detectors and phase offset adder PLL A phase locked loop circuit (30, 100, 110) includes a controllable oscillator (42) for generating an output signal of desired frequency responsive to a control signal, a first phase detection circuit (32, 102, 112) for generating an output indicative of phase differential responsive to the output signal and a first edge of a reference signal and a second phase detection circuit (34, 104, 114) for generating an output indicative of phase differential responsive to the output signal and a second edge of a reference signal. The control signal to the controllable oscillator (42) is driven by the outputs of the first and second phase detections circuits.
US09094183B2	Circuits for receiving data A receiving circuit includes a clock input portion configured to buffer a first pattern signal and configured to retard the buffered first pattern signal by a first delay time to generate an input clock signal, a data input portion configured to buffer a second pattern signal and configured to retard the buffered second pattern signal by a second delay time to generate an input data signal, and a comparator configured to compare a phase of the input clock signal with a phase of the input data signal to generate a comparison signal for adjusting the second delay time.
US09094180B2	Channel-adaptive transmission in a distributed coordinated multi-point transmission system A user equipment obtains channel state information for base stations serving the user equipment according to a coordinated multi-point transmission, arranges the channel state information in a predetermined order, and transmits the channel state information in the predetermined order. At least one base station of the base stations receives the channel state information, arranges the channel state information in the predetermined order into a datagram, and transmits the datagram to at least one other base station of the base stations.
US09094176B2	Method and apparatus for time alignment upon time advance group split or creation This disclosure details example methods and apparatuses for a wireless communication network and for devices operating in such networks that reduce or eliminate the need for performing random access procedures to obtain appropriate Timing Advance, “TA”, values for use with new TA groups that include cells split from an existing TA group and/or new cells not in any existing TA groups defined for a given device. It is advantageously recognized herein that a TA relationship between one or more cells in an old or existing TA group of a device and one or more cells in a new TA group of the device may be known or otherwise estimated, e.g., based on known delay differences, cell sizes, etc. The TA relationship is used to initialize the TA value used for the new group, e.g., by copying or offsetting the current TA value of the old or existing TA group.
US09094173B2	Recovery from handoff error due to false detection of handoff completion signal at access terminal Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate recovering from error due to false detection of completion signals at an access terminal. An access terminal specific request signal can be sent to a target base station to initiate handoff or semi-connected state exit. A completion signal can be transferred in response to the access terminal specific request signal. To mitigate errors stemming from false detection of the completion signal at the access terminal, forward link and reverse link confirmation signals can be transferred to confirm successful handoff or connected state re-entry completion. For example, the access terminal can determine handoff or re-entry to be successful when a forward link confirmation signal is detected prior to expiration of a timer. Moreover, the forward link and reverse link confirmation signals can each include more CRC bits as compared to a number of CRC bits included in the completion signal.
US09094170B2	Methods and arrangements in a wireless communications system A method for processing downlink control information in a mobile terminal capable of receiving multiple component carriers. The mobile terminal receives on a component carrier, downlink control information that includes a bit field allocated for a transmit power control (TPC) command. If the bit field comprises one or more bits that are not used for the TPC command, the mobile terminal interprets the meaning of the bits not used for the TPC command based on an ACK/NACK feedback mode with which the mobile terminal is configured.
US09094167B2	System and method for multi-user and multi-cell MIMO transmissions A base station can communicate with a plurality of subscriber stations in a Multi-User (MU) Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system. The base station includes a transmitter and plurality of antenna configured to transmit control information. The base station can transmit a resource block to a first subscriber station. The resource block includes at least two downlink reference signal (DRS) patterns. The base station can assign a first DRS pattern for use by the first subscriber station. The base station informs the subscriber station regarding the assignment by reserving a state in a downlink grant. In response, the subscriber station can utilize the first DRS pattern as a pilot resource element and, optionally, avoid other DRS patterns.
US09094163B2	Assessment and correction of transmitted data Methods and systems for improving the quality of transmitted data are described. Multiple distinct communication channels are used to transmit segments representing the same pre-transmission block of a data packet. Upon receipt of these segments, a system identifies differences between the segments for those segments that meet a quality threshold. The system selects one of segments for subsequent transmission or re-assembly into a data packet based on the prior performance of the communication channels used to transmit the segments.
US09094155B2	Transmission apparatus, transmission method, reception apparatus and reception method A disclosed transmission apparatus includes a multiplexing portion that multiplexes a common pilot channel, a shared control channel, and a shared data channel; a symbol generation portion that performs an inverse Fourier transformation on the multiplexed signal so as to generate a symbol; and a transmission portion that transmits the generated symbol. The multiplexing portion multiplexes the shared control channel including control information necessary for demodulation of the shared data channel including a payload and the common pilot channel to be used by plural users in a frequency direction, and the shared data channel in a time direction with respect to the common pilot channel and the shared control channel. Even when the number of symbols composing a transmission time interval (TTI) is reduced, transmission efficiency of channels excluding the common pilot channel can be maintained by reducing insertion intervals of the common pilot channel accordingly.
US09094150B2	Method for registering optical network unit in telecommunications network and optical network unit therefor In a telecommunications network including an optical line terminal (OLT) having optical subscriber units (OSUs) and an optical network unit (ONU) connected to the OLT, bandwidth allocation signals are periodically transmitted at a first period from the respective OSUs to the ONU, and an acknowledgement request signal is transmitted from at least one of the OSUs to the ONU at a second period having a value corresponding to the first period multiplied by a constant. If an ONU is registered in none of the OSUs, the first period is determined from reception intervals of the assignment signals, and a second period is calculated from the first period. Transmissive wavelength of a variable-wavelength (VW) filter in the ONU is periodically changed at a third period longer than the second period. In the OSU having transmitted the request signal, the unregistered ONU having received the request signal is registered.
US09094149B1	Media stream distribution system An arrangement is provided for transporting information from a central information distribution center (CIDC) to locations where such information is intended. Upon receiving a request for narrowcast information to be delivered to a node associated with a head end, the CIDC selects the requested information, generates an optical signal encoded with the requested information using information channels dedicated to narrowcast information transport for the node, and sends the optical signal to the head end via an optical fiber. When the head end receives the optical signal, the narrowcast information transport channels dedicated to the node are translated into subcarriers acceptable to the node before the requested narrowcast information is forwarded to the node.
US09094148B2	Adaptive optical amplifier for WDM systems An optical amplifier that uses software-defined optical networking (SDON) technology, with a centralized controller and flexible physical hardware (the adaptive amplifier here) to optimize the power distribution among different WDM channels in the amplifier. It considers the detailed information for each channel through the information from centralized controller. It is suitable for both single line rate and mixed line rate system, and is suitable for a wavelength division multiplexing WDM system with the same signal type or different signal types.
US09094146B2	Secondary synchronization sequences for cell group detection in a cellular communications system Timing parameters and an identity of a particular one of a number of cell groups are indicated in a signal transmitted in a cellular communication system having a radio frame in a physical layer, the radio frame comprising a number of time slots. In a known one of the time slots, a synchronization signal, S1, is transmitted that comprises a pair of sequences, Si%,Sj% (Si%≠Sj% arranged in a first ordering. In another known one of the time slots, a synchronization signal, S2 is transmitted that comprises the pair of sequences, Si%,Sj% arranged in a second ordering. The selected pair of sequences is uniquely identified with the particular cell group, and the first ordering of the sequences is used only for transmission in the known one of the time slots, and the second ordering of the sequences is used only for transmission in said another known one of the time slots.
US09094144B2	Methods and apparatus for code division multiple access communication using code book that provides reduced peak-to-average power ratio A method and apparatus are provided for generating a code book for use in a CDMA system. The code book comprises of a plurality of vectors that are used to encode user data. An amplitude and polarity for each vector in the code book are selected to provide a reduced peak-to-average power ratio. The amplitude values can be selected to provide a reduced peak-to-average power ratio while maintaining a desired average energy per chip. The desired energy per chip can be based on the energy per chip of a CDMA system having a lower order spreading factor. Performance can be further improved by employing a first code book under a first signal-to-noise ratio condition and a second code book under a second signal-to-noise ratio condition.
US09094142B2	Methods of time sychronisation in communications networks A method 10 of providing a path delay asymmetry for time synchronization between a master clock at a first client node and a slave clock at a second client node across a server communications network. The method comprises: mapping a first time protocol signal (TPS) carrying master clock time protocol data onto a first transmission signal, determining a forward mapping delay, dmf, and providing dmf to a path delay asymmetry calculation element 12; mapping a second TPS carrying slave clock time protocol data onto a second transmission signal, determining a reverse mapping delay, dmr, and providing the dmr to the patch delay asymmetry calculation element 14; applying FEC to the first transmission signal, determining a forward FEC delay, dfecf, and providing the dfecf to the path delay asymmetry calculation element 16; applying FEC to the second transmission signal, determining a reverse FEC delay, dfecr, and providing dfecr to the path delay asymmetry calculation element 18; calculating a path delay asymmetry in dependence on dmf, dmr, dfecf and dfecr 20; and providing the path delay asymmetry to a time protocol client at the second client node 22.
US09094139B2	Look ahead metrics to improve blending decision A method and apparatus are provided for blending analog and digital portions of a composite digital audio broadcast signal by using look ahead metrics computed from previously received audio frames to guide the blending process and prevent unnecessary blending back and forth between analog and digital if the look ahead metrics indicate that future digital signal quality is degraded or impaired.
US09094137B1	Priority based placement of messages in a geo-location based event gallery A computer implemented method includes creating an event gallery associated with an event using messages received from devices located within a geo-location fence. The messages are scanned to identify a specific brand in a message. An endorsement of the message is received from an owner of the specific brand. In response to the endorsement, the placement of the message is prioritized in the event gallery. The event gallery is supplied in response to a request from a user.
US09094135B2	Die stack with optical TSVs A high density, low power, high performance information system, method and apparatus are described in which a laser source (213) on a first die (210) generates a source light beam of unmodulated monochromatic coherent light (281) for distribution via optical beam routing structures (e.g., 214/214a, 224/224a, 234/234a) to a plurality of receiving die (220, 230), each of which includes its own modulator (e.g., 223, 233) for optically receiving at least a portion of the source light beam (281a, 281b) from the first die and generating therefrom an output source light beam of modulated monochromatic coherent light (291, 292) which is encoded at said modulator in response to electrical signal information.
US09094129B2	Dual-drive modulator A transmitter module includes a processor configured to receive input data, and determine input values corresponding to the input data; a digital-to-analog converter configured to receive the input values from the processor, and generate first and second voltage signals based on the input values; a laser configured to output light; a Mach-Zehnder modulator configured to receive the light from the laser and the first and second voltage signals from the digital-to-analog converter, and modulate the light based on the first and second voltage signals to generate a modulated optical signal that includes distortion; and a filter configured to receive the modulated optical signal from the modulator, process the modulated optical signal to reduce or eliminate the distortion and produce an output optical signal, and output the output optical signal.

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