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US09092849B2	Bidirectional blood vessel segmentation Embodiments relate to segmenting blood vessels in angiogram images. An aspect includes a method that includes receiving and preprocessing at least one angiogram frame and preprocessing. In one embodiment, at least one angiogram frame is received and preprocessed. Bottom-up filtering of the preprocessed angiogram frame and top-down segmentation of the preprocessed angiogram frame are performed based on the results of the bottom-up filtering. The bottom-up filtering and the top-down segmentation are iteratively repeated until the difference between results of the top-down segmentation from consecutive iterations is equal to or below a threshold value. Based on determining that a difference between results of the top-down segmentation from consecutive iterations is below or equal to the threshold value, the results of the top-down segmentation are outputted.
US09092840B2	Image processing apparatus, control method of the same and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image processing apparatus for generating an image of an arbitrary viewpoint using a plurality of input images obtains image information of a projection position at which a point along a first straight line passing through the arbitrary viewpoint and a pixel position on the image of the arbitrary viewpoint is projected onto each of the plurality of input images, defines parallax information of the plurality of input images at the pixel position, using the image information obtained for the point along the first straight line, and generates the image of the arbitrary viewpoint, by defining the image information of the pixel position from the plurality of input images using the parallax information for the pixel position.
US09092838B2	Method and system for processing an image featuring multiple scales A method of processing an image is disclosed. The method comprises obtaining an image decomposed into a set of scaled images, each being characterized by a different image-scale; and calculating, for each of at least some scaled images, a relative luminance between the scaled image and another scaled image of the set, using intensities in the scaled image and intensities in the another scaled image. The method further comprises processing each scaled image using an adaptation procedure featuring an image-specific effective saturation function of the relative luminance, thereby providing a processed scaled image; combining at least some of the processed scaled images to provide a combined image; and outputting the combined image to a computer readable medium.
US09092832B2	Resource cost optimization system, method, and program Apparatus and method use a Markov decision process (MDP) to reduce the cost of variations in electric power usage. The user notifies a power company of a predicted value for a period. The period is divided into subsections. For each subsection, on the basis of a MDP including a state that depends on an electric power usage amount error, charge amount, and set target, the amount of charging and discharging of a storage battery as an action at any given time is optimally decided depending on the electric power usage amount error, charge amount, time, and set target at that time. A predetermined time in a subsection is a target setting time, at which a future target is further set as the action. The action includes deciding the charging and discharging amount in that subsection and deciding a future target in a subsection whose target should be set.
US09092826B2	Profile page with biographical summary for social networking system user A social networking system provides a short, unbiased biographical summary for a user of the social networking system. The short biography includes a few relevant biographical information items selected from the user's profile and is displayed on the profile page. The short biography may be displayed with a set of photographs also selected from the profile for their relevance. Relevance may be based on various information including temporal relevance and relevance to the viewing user. Display of the short biography allows a viewer to easily find current biographical information about the user in an abbreviated format.
US09092825B2	Automated system for adapting market data and evaluating the market value of items A computer system including a service provider server invokes an evaluation service that causes a metric application to obtain a plurality of market transaction data sets responsive to attributes of at least one item identified in a product specification data set and/or a price data set. Each market transaction data set is defined by at least one parameter value and represents market reference price data of a particular time or period of time. At least one adjustment value is generated and applied to the market reference price data associated with the at least one item in one or more of the market transaction data sets, transforming the market reference price data and producing normalized market reference price data sets. A synthetic market value is generated for the at least one item in the product specification data set and/or the price data set, and one or more evaluation metrics generated therefrom are communicated via a network interface.
US09092823B2	Internet fraud prevention A method of detecting malware on a computer and comprising scanning a system memory of the computer, and/or code being injected into the system memory, for known strings indicative of banking trojans. These strings may be Universal Resource Locators and/or partial Universal Resource Locators.
US09092821B2	Method for estimating flows between economic entities In economic networks, it is not currently possible to observe all flows between entities. Only a portion of relationships between firms is known publicly, and only a portion of those relationships is assigned values through reporting requirements by the regulating public institutions. Therefore, obtaining a plurality of documents that describe companies and their known connections through public sources will necessarily result in an incomplete matrix of customer-supplier relationships containing some mixture of known relationships with known values, known relationships with unknown values, and unknown relationships with unknown values. A method and system is presented to obtain a best estimate of all unknown values given the known information in the network, including an amount that is assigned to unknown entities to be discovered later.
US09092820B2	Method for interchanging data between the three-demensional shopping platform and the external platform The present invention discloses a method for interchanging date between the 3D shopping platform and the external platform is disclosed. The advantageous effects of this invention are but not limited to, 3D models are adopted to present the street blocks which arranges kinds of stores in mobile terminal, which is easy for user to choose store and buy goods due to intuitive vision and easy operation. Meanwhile, it enriches the function of the online shopping platform and accomplishes a closer information exchange with external platform so as to assist to prompt the shopping experience of the consumers.
US09092819B2	Method, system, and medium of controlling a visually perceptible output in relation to a virtual gift Systems and a method to facilitate a purchase of an item on a network-based marketplace are described. The method generates, at a network-based marketplace platform, a virtual gift based on an item for sale at the network-based marketplace platform and communicates interface information to a network-based social platform that includes the virtual gift.
US09092809B2	Sales system and sales management method A sales system according to an embodiment includes a sales management device and a license management device. When a recording medium on which a digital content is recorded has been sold from a final seller to an end user through the distribution channel of the recording medium, the sales management device communicates the sales information to the license management device. On condition that the sales information has been communicated from the sales management device, the license management device provides a license for enabling the use of the digital content to the user terminal. When the recording medium has been sold to the end user, the sales management device supports transferring part of the sales price of the recording medium to the intermediate seller involving the distribution of the recording medium.
US09092801B2	Customer journey prediction and resolution Customer journey prediction and resolution is accomplished via a predictive model in which each user is mapped onto all available user journey information corresponding to a specific business. The predictive model is analyzed to understand the characteristics, preferences, and lowest effort resolution for the user related to the services that are subscribed to by the user. The predictive model is analyzed to predict the service or collection of services for each user. Embodiments interact with, provide and receive information from, and react to and/or deliver action to the customer across channels and across services. All customer and system behavior, data, and action is tracked and coordinated and leveraged for continuous feedback and performance improvement.
US09092800B2	Click detection method, apparatus and system A click detection method, apparatus and system is provided. An embodiment includes a method that receives a request from a client destined for a server and a unique identifier for the client. The method also includes generating a representation of the unique identifier, and forwarding the representation of the unique identifier and the request to the server.
US09092794B2	Method of collecting data from a survey by a system An electronic infrastructure consisting a plurality of client mobile devices, a distribution server and network that communicatively couples the plurality of client mobile devices and distribution server, wherein the distribution server collects survey questionnaires from a questionnaire source, distributes survey questionnaire to the plurality of client mobile devices. Then, the distribution server receives responses from the users of plurality of client mobile devices and analyzes the responses based upon several criteria. The criteria include region based analysis, race based analysis, age based analysis, other criteria based analysis, high priority analysis and/or satisfaction level analysis.
US09092792B2	Customizing an application A system is configured to perform a method of customizing an application. The method includes receiving a connection from a client machine that is executing an application configurable by configuration information. The method also includes determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. The method further includes transmitting the configuration information to the client machine in response to the determining that the application has not been customized by the configuration information. In response to the transmitting of the configuration information, the application is configured to include a category structure for the application. In some example embodiments, the configuration information includes a software module upgrade of the application.
US09092789B2	Method and system for semantic analysis of unstructured data A method and system for semantically analyzing unstructured data in a customer feedback is provided. The method includes extracting data related to customer feedback from one or more input sources. The method further includes assigning weights to the one or more input sources and extracting relevant text from the feedback data. Further, sentences are detected from the customer feedback and are annotated. Thereafter, relevant adjectives are determined and are associated with sentence types. A rating is calculated for each sentence of the relevant text and output is provided in a pre-determined format.
US09092782B1	Methods and apparatus for risk evaluation of compromised credentials Techniques are provided for evaluating compromised credential information. A method for evaluating compromised credentials comprises the steps of: collecting data regarding previously compromised credentials that were used to commit an unauthorized activity; applying one or more statistical learning methods to the collected data to identify one or more patterns; and evaluating a risk of credentials that have been compromised by one or more attackers using the identified patterns. According to a further aspect of the invention, a risk score is generated for one or more users and devices. The risk scores are optionally ordered based on an order of risk. The data can be collected, for example, from one or more of anti-fraud servers and information sources.
US09092781B2	Methods and systems for secure voice-authenticated electronic payment This application discloses systems, methods, and processes for providing a secure, voice-authenticated form of electronic payment from a device. The described exemplary system provides an infrastructure for receiving an electronic payment request, verifying the request using voice authentication, and allowing or denying the request based on the authentication or non-authentication of the user.
US09092772B2	Integrated system and method for enabling mobile commerce transactions using “contactless identity modules in mobile handsets” The invention relates to a smart integration of dual Architecture Contact-less SIM into mobile devices and describes the method of performing various economic transactions more efficiently using a smart and interactive poster device.
US09092771B2	Method and apparatus for contactless payment authentication A computer-readable medium contains computer-executable instructions. When the instructions are performed by a processor in an electronic device having embedded contactless payment functionality, the performance of the instructions causes the processor to provide data for a contactless payment transaction. In particular, various systems and methods utilize authentication schemes that already exist on a device in which the contactless payment functionality is embedded. One example of such authentication schemes is the use of password protection to lock or unlock the device in which the contactless payment functionality is embedded. Using the password protection functionality may provide varying levels of authentication protection based on the desires of the user. A number of exemplary uses of such a method and apparatus are disclosed herein.
US09092768B2	Machine retrofits and interactive soda fountains Systems, apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for machine retrofits and interactive soda fountains are provided.
US09092766B1	Payment terminal system and method of use A payment terminal, including: a display, an input device configured to generate input signals indicative of a user input, a payment instrument reader configured to receive payment instrument data from a financial payment instrument, a secure processor connected to the payment instrument reader, a main processor connected to the display, the main processor separate and distinct from the secure processor, a secure input processor connected to the input device and the secure processor, wherein the secure processor is operable between an unsecured mode, wherein the secure processor sends input coordinates based on the input signals received from the secure input processor to the main processor; and a secured mode, wherein the secure input processor ceases input coordinate forwarding to the main processor.
US09092748B2	System and method for connecting user actions on a touchscreen electronic flight strip system An electronic flight strip system and method of operation are disclosed. One such method receives a non-stylus touch on a touchscreen display that displays an electronic flight strip having a plurality of fields. A context-based reaction to the electronic flight strip is caused in response to which field of the plurality of fields received the non-stylus touch.
US09092745B2	Adapting an incremental information object Systems and methods for adapting an incremental information object (IIO) to accommodate a change in a workflow are provided. A method includes analyzing an IIO, wherein the IIO comprises a plurality of tiles, and wherein the plurality of tiles comprise a code. The code is confirmed and, if the confirmation is successful, a determination is made as to whether the workflow has changed. If the workflow has changed the IIO is modified to change the information density of the IIO, a new code comprising a bitstream is generated, and the bitstream is overwritten on the plurality of tiles.
US09092741B1	Cognitive platform and method for energy management for enterprises This invention is a platform and method for using cognition for managing enterprise energy needs. Cognitive platform allows for dynamic management of energy consumption, demand and baseline calculations by use of a cognitive platform and cognitive device. Employees as well as internal and external stakeholders can set performance indicators and monitor the parameters against the energy performance indicators. Based on the initial knowledge, the system identifies improvements in order to reach the energy key performance indicators. Depending on the feedback, the system learns and improves the accuracy of the predictions and suits them to a given industry or given enterprise scenario. Enterprise-wide energy and/or environmental management covers policies, planning, key performance indicators, goals, targets, works flows, user management, asset mapping, input-output energy flows, conservation options, performance management, analytics. The system and method allow for monitoring and verification by internal and/or external stakeholders.
US09092738B2	Apparatus and methods for event-triggered updates in parallel networks A simple format is disclosed and referred to as Elementary Network Description (END). The format can fully describe a large-scale neuronal model and embodiments of software or hardware engines to simulate such a model efficiently. The architecture of such neuromorphic engines is optimal for high-performance parallel processing of spiking networks with spike-timing dependent plasticity. The software and hardware engines are optimized to take into account short-term and long-term synaptic plasticity in the form of LTD, LTP, and STDP.
US09092736B2	Communication and synapse training method and hardware for biologically inspired networks Certain embodiments of the present disclosure support techniques for training of synapses in biologically inspired networks. Only one device based on a memristor can be used as a synaptic connection between a pair of neurons. The training of synaptic weights can be achieved with a low current consumption. A proposed synapse training circuit may be shared by a plurality of incoming/outgoing connections, while only one digitally implemented pulse-width modulation (PWM) generator can be utilized per neuron circuit for generating synapse-training pulses. Only up to three phases of a slow clock can be used for both the neuron-to-neuron communications and synapse training. Some special control signals can be also generated for setting up synapse training events. By means of these signals, the synapse training circuit can be in a high-impedance state outside the training events, thus the synaptic resistance (i.e., the synaptic weight) is not affected outside the training process.
US09092731B1	Determining content item expansion prediction accuracy Methods, and systems, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable storage mediums, including a method for determining accuracy measures for predicted expansion directions for content item environments. The method includes, identifying a predicted expansion direction for the content item environment; generating a serving data log entry for the request specifying the predicted expansion direction and a unique identifier for the request; providing an expandable content item having the predicted expansion direction and response data specifying the unique identifier; receiving reporting messages specifying the display configurations of the resources and content item environments; determining pairs of serving data log entries and reporting messages based on the unique identifiers, each pair having a matching unique identifier; and determining an accuracy measure for the respective predicted expansion direction based on a comparison of the respective predicted expansion direction and the display configurations of the respective resource and content item environment.
US09092729B2	Trim effect compensation using an artificial neural network Systems and methods for controlling frequency output of an electronic oscillator to compensate for effects of one or more parameters experienced by the oscillator incorporate artificial neural network processing functionality for generating correction signals. A neural network processing module includes one or more neurons which receive one or more inputs corresponding to parameters of an electronic oscillator, such as temperature and control voltage (or correction voltage). One or more sets of weights are calculated and applied to inputs to the neurons of the neural network as part of a training process, wherein the weights help shape the output of the neural network processing module. The neural network may include a linear summation module configured to provide an output signal that is at least partially based on outputs of the one or more neurons.
US09092728B2	Providing rule based analysis of content to manage activation of web extension A rule based analysis of content is provided to manage activation of a web extension. A user interaction with the content launches a process to match a rule from the manifest to a portion of the content. The rule and the detected content are loaded into memory. The content is processed using the rule and by accessing the memory containing the content to determine a match. An application may choose to process the content using the rules on a background thread to avoid impacting user's experience. An activation control is displayed for the web extension associated with the rule within a web extension pane upon matching the rule to an item in the content.
US09092725B2	Classifying attribute data intervals The present techniques extract attribute data of one or more classified members for one or more user attributes. With respect to a particular user attribute of the one or more user attributes, the present techniques determine initial attribute data intervals corresponding to the particular user attribute based on attribute data and classes of the classified members from the extracted attribute data. With respect to a classified member whose attribute data is missing for the particular user attribute, the present techniques set the attribute data as a preset missing value. The present techniques then merge the preset missing value into each of the initial user attribute data intervals and calculate a Maximum Posteriori Probability (MAP) Bayes estimate value respectively, and determine initial user attribute data intervals with a smallest MAP Bayes estimated value as final attribute data intervals corresponding to the particular user attribute.
US09092717B2	Data processing device and data processing method A data processing device includes: a data reading unit that reads a predetermined amount of data; a data-period selection unit that selects a data period in units of the predetermined amount of data; a data clipping unit that clips data from the read data with the data period; an intermediate-data conversion unit that converts the clipped data into intermediate data; and a coding processing unit that codes the intermediate data. The data-period selection unit has a match count unit that obtains count values of matches in data between pieces of divided data that are obtained by dividing the read data in units of respective predetermined periods, and selects one of the periods of divided data that provides largest one of the count values of matches or selects, when some of the count values are the same, largest one of the periods that provide the same count value.
US09092711B2	Method for producing a smartcard body for receiving a semiconductor chip and smartcard body of this type A method for producing a smartcard body for receiving a semiconductor chip includes forming at least one lead frame of the smartcard body in a carrier material connected by at least one material strip. Surrounding the at least one lead frame is an electrically insulating casing having a cavity for receiving the semiconductor chip. Either before or during the forming of the casing, the at least one material strip is separated or severed, so that the material strip is separated into a first strip part connected with the carrier material and a second strip part connected with the lead frame forming an interspace there between. When forming the casing at least a portion of the first strip part as well as at least a portion of the second strip part of the at least one material strip is comprised by the casing.
US09092708B1	Wearable device with time-varying magnetic field An electronic transaction card communicates with an add-on slot of an intelligent electronic device. The add-on slot may be a memory card slot. The intelligent electronic device may be a mobile phone or other device with or without network connectivity. The electronic transaction card may have magnetic field producing circuitry compatible with magnetic card readers, smartcard circuitry, other point-of-sale interfaces, or any combination thereof.
US09092704B2	Image forming system, image forming apparatus, and recording medium An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores prohibited combination information, a display control unit that displays a user interface screen on a display unit, based on web page data that is received from a web server in the server apparatus, using a web browser that communicates with the web server, a first determination unit that determines, based on the prohibited combination information, whether or not the two or more settings that are prohibited from being combined are included in a plurality of current settings that include a content of change of settings received using the user interface screen, and a storage information control unit that stores a fact that the two or more settings prohibited from being combined are included in the current settings, in predetermined data. The display control unit, via the predetermined data, acquires the fact, and updates the user interface screen.
US09092700B2	Method, system and apparatus for determining a subject and a distractor in an image A method of identifying a subject and a distractor in a target image is disclosed. The method receives a reference image comprising image content corresponding to image content of the target image. A first saliency map, which defines a distribution of visual attraction values identifying salient regions within the target image, and a second saliency map, which defines a distribution of visual attraction values identifying salient regions within the reference image, are determined. The method compares image content in salient regions of the first saliency map and the second saliency map. The subject is identified by a salient region of the target image sharing image content with a salient region of the reference image. The distractor is identified based on at least one remaining salient region of the target image.
US09092697B2	Image recognition system and method for identifying similarities in different images Embodiments for determining the similarity of different images are generally described herein. In some embodiments, image features of different images are converted to clusters, the clusters from each image are sorted based on one or more attributes of the clusters, and a plurality of three-point sets are generated for each image from a selected portion of the sorted clusters. Each three-point set defines a triangle. Matching triangles may be identified from the different images. The corresponding clusters of the matching triangles represent corresponding image features providing for a measure of the similarity of the two different images.
US09092694B2	Method and system for creating a digital image album The disclosed embodiments are related to a method and system for creating a digital image album implementable on a computing device. The method includes receiving a plurality of digital images. The method further includes creating a first signature corresponding to each of the plurality of digital images. The method further includes comparing the first signature corresponding to each of the plurality of digital images with one or more second signatures. Each of the second signatures corresponds to each of one or more prototype digital albums. The method further includes selecting one or more digital images from the plurality of digital images based on the comparison to create the digital image album.
US09092692B2	Object detection approach using generative sparse, hierarchical networks with top-down and lateral connections for combining texture/color detection and shape/contour detection An approach to detecting objects in an image dataset may combine texture/color detection, shape/contour detection, and/or motion detection using sparse, generative, hierarchical models with lateral and top-down connections. A first independent representation of objects in an image dataset may be produced using a color/texture detection algorithm. A second independent representation of objects in the image dataset may be produced using a shape/contour detection algorithm. A third independent representation of objects in the image dataset may be produced using a motion detection algorithm. The first, second, and third independent representations may then be combined into a single coherent output using a combinatorial algorithm.
US09092689B2	Monolithic image perception device and method The present invention is directed to an apparatus which can acquire, readout and perceive a scene based on the insertion, or embedding of photosensitive elements into or on a transparent or semi-transparent substrate such as glass or plastic. The substrate itself may act as the optical device which deflects the photons of an incident image into the photosensitive elements. A digital neural memory can be trained to recognize patterns in the incident photons. The photosensitive elements and digital neural memory elements may be arranged with light elements controlled in accordance with the patterns detected. In one application, intelligent lighting units provide light while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting light according to such surroundings. In another application, intelligent displays display images and/or video while monitoring surroundings and/or adjusting the displayed images and/or video in accordance with such surroundings.
US09092673B2	Computing visual and textual summaries for tagged image collections Described is a technology for computing visual and textual summaries for tagged image collections. Heterogeneous affinity propagation is used to together identify both visual and textual exemplars. The heterogeneous affinity propagation finds the exemplars for relational heterogeneous data (e.g., images and words) by considering the relationships (e.g., similarities) within pairs of images, pairs of words, and relationships of words to images (affinity) in an integrated manner.
US09092670B1	Real time feature extraction A computer-implemented method for detecting features in an image. The method includes receiving first and second images at one or more processors. The method also includes processing the first and second images to detect one or more features within the first and second images respectively. The method further includes generating a third image based on processed portions of the first and second images and outputting the third image to another processor. A mobile computing device and GPU are also provided.
US09092661B2	Facial features detection There is described a method for facial features detection in a picture frame containing a skin tone area, comprising dividing (12) the skin tone area into a number of parts; and for each part of the skin tone area, constructing (14) a luminance map, constructing an edge map by extracting (18) edges from the luminance map, defining (20) an edge magnitude threshold, building (22) a binary map from the edge map by keeping only the edges having a magnitude beyond the defined edge magnitude threshold and eliminating the others; and then extracting (24) facial features from the built binary map. An inter-related facial features detector is further described.
US09092658B2	Automatic detection of stereoscopic content in video/image data A method includes calculating, through a processor of a computing device communicatively coupled to a memory, correlation between two portions of an image and/or a video frame on either side of a reference portion thereof. The method also includes determining, through the processor, whether content of the image and/or the video frame is stereoscopic or non-stereoscopic based on the determined correlation.
US09092649B2	Data protecting method capable of effectively recording protection information and memory using thereof A data protecting method for a memory, which comprising a volatile memory and a non-volatile memory for storing data and data protection information, comprises the following steps. Firstly, load the data protection information to the volatile memory from the non-volatile memory. Next, protect the data stored in the memory according to the data protection information stored in the volatile memory.
US09092648B2	Information processing terminal and content writing system An information processing terminal sends a download request for content data to a server. The server transmits command data to a command encryption device. The command encryption device encrypts the command data in an encryption circuit. The server sends the content data and the encrypted command data to the information processing terminal. A control part of the information processing terminal transmits the content data and the encrypted command data to a memory controller. The memory controller decodes the command data in a decoder circuit and stores the content data to a memory array.
US09092644B2	Method and system for protecting memory information in a platform A method and system to provide an effective, scalable and yet low-cost solution for Confidentiality, Integrity and Replay protection for sensitive information stored in a memory and prevent an attacker from observing and/or modifying the state of the system. In one embodiment of the invention, the system has strong hardware protection for its memory contents via XTS-tweak mode of encryption where the tweak is derived based on “Global and Local Counters”. This scheme offers to enable die-area efficient Replay protection for any sized memory by allowing multiple counter levels and facilitates using small counter-sizes to derive the “tweak” used in the XTS encryption without sacrificing cryptographic strength.
US09092640B2	Access control for server applications A method, system, and computer program product for access control for a server application provided between a server executing an application and a client. Access control is added to an existing server application (for example, a legacy application) without changing the application or the database. The method includes: capturing a screen from the server application; determining if the screen includes sensitive content; and checking a client user's authorization before sending a screen including sensitive content to the client. Determining if the screen includes sensitive content may include: carrying out text recognition on the screen content; and analyzing the output of the text recognition to identify sensitive content.
US09092633B2	Authorizing removable medium access For authorizing removable medium access, a reassembly module retrieves a medium portion of an encryption key from a removable medium. The encryption key encrypts encrypted data stored on the removable medium and includes a plurality of portions. The reassembly module further retrieves the user portion of the encryption key assigned to a user requesting the removable medium. The reassembly module reassembles the encryption key using at least the medium portion and the user portion of the plurality of portions. The decryption module decrypts the encrypted data with the reassembled encryption key.
US09092631B2	Computer-implemented security evaluation methods, security evaluation systems, and articles of manufacture Computer-implemented security evaluation methods, security evaluation systems, and articles of manufacture are described. According to one aspect, a computer-implemented security evaluation method includes accessing information regarding a physical architecture and a cyber architecture of a facility, building a model of the facility comprising a plurality of physical areas of the physical architecture, a plurality of cyber areas of the cyber architecture, and a plurality of pathways between the physical areas and the cyber areas, identifying a target within the facility, executing the model a plurality of times to simulate a plurality of attacks against the target by an adversary traversing at least one of the areas in the physical domain and at least one of the areas in the cyber domain, and using results of the executing, providing information regarding a security risk of the facility with respect to the target.
US09092628B2	Secure computer architectures, systems, and applications Secure computer architectures, systems, and applications are provided herein. An exemplary computing system may include a trusted environment having a trusted processor and memory that provides a trusted computing environment that performs computing functions that could expose the computing device to a security risk, and a legacy environment having a secondary processor and memory for providing a legacy computing environment that manages computing functions exposed to unsecure environments.
US09092625B1	Micro-virtual machine forensics and detection The execution of a process within a VM may be monitored, and when a trigger event occurs, additional monitoring is initiated, including storing behavior data describing the real-time events taking place inside the VM. This behavior data may then be compared to information about the expected behavior of that type of process in order to determine whether malware has compromised the VM. The trigger event may be analyzed in relation to a set of heuristics, and based on the analysis, a data collection process may be initiated wherein the data comprises information about events occurring in the first virtual machine.
US09092623B2	System and method for bidirectional trust between downloaded applications and mobile devices including a secure charger and malware scanner A system and method are described that will enable mobile smart devices, such as a cellular phones, PDAs, or iPads, smartphones, mobile payment systems, mobile healthcare systems, handheld law enforcement systems, and other types of tablet devices, to trust download applications and for the download applications to trust the mobile smart devices onto which they are downloaded. The system and method enables charging a mobile smart device and while charging the mobile smart device scans for malware and other viruses in the applications and the operating system on the mobile smart device.
US09092619B2	Data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus is provided, which detects falsification of software to data and rewriting of the data. The data processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a security unit which has an encryption circuit for decrypting an encrypted signal including secrecy data. The security unit includes a compression circuit which compresses an access signal used in accessing the security unit and outputs the compression result, and a comparison circuit which compares the compression result outputted from the compression circuit with a previously-calculated expectation value of the compression result of the access signal.
US09092608B2	Random-ID function for smartcards A method for low-level security based on the UID. In particular it enhances an RFID system by adding the ability to dynamically modify the UID of the smartcard or to randomly generate a new UID for the smartcard.
US09092604B2	Communication device, communication system, and computer readable recording medium recording communication program A table storage unit stores a table that determines correspondence between information about another communication device and biological information of a user of the another communication device. A display unit displays one or a plurality of items. An input unit accepts operation using part of a biological body of the user. An instruction specification unit specifies data about an item displayed on the display unit that has been selected by operation on the input unit by the user. A fingerprint information generation unit generates first biological information representing a biological feature of the user who has selected the item. A device specification unit specifies a communication device corresponding to the generated first biological information by referring to the table. A communication unit transmits the specified data to the specified communication device.
US09092603B2	Creating federated customer identifiers to positively identify customers interfacing with a business across access platforms Methods, apparatus, systems and computer program products described and claimed that provide for automatically and positively determining that a customer interfacing with one business platform application using a platform-specific customer identifier is the same customer that is interfacing with another business platform application using another platform-specific customer identifier. Once the positive determination of same customer is made, a federated identifier key is generated and applied to all of the platforms, so as to globally identify the customer across multiple enterprise-wide platforms. As such, the present invention eliminates the labor-intensive need to manually analyze customer data to determine if a customer interfacing with one platform is the same customer interfacing with another platform.
US09092602B2	Pressure key and method for protecting security of computing device using the pressure key A pressure key includes a pressure sensor, a microprocessor chip, a storage device, a port, a record button and an enter button. When the pressure key is connected to a computing device and the record button is pressed, the pressure sensor is triggered to record a pressure signal input by a user. The microprocessor chip converts the pressure signal into a password, stores the password into the storage device, and sends the password to the computing device to lock the computing device. When the pressure key is connected to the computing device again and the enter button is pressed, the microprocessor chip retrieves the password from the storage device and sends the password to the computing device. The computing device is unlocked if the received password matches the password stored in the computing device.
US09092596B2	Computer system for preventing the disabling of content blocking software functionality therein, and method therefor In a computer system having a hard drive and a processor, operating system software stored on the hard drive and implemented by the processor, and a display on which icons, features, lists and menus representative of executable programs of the operating system software are displayable, there is a method for preventing the disabling or circumventing of content blocking software functionality to be installed in the computer system at time of manufacture. In the method, system restore is turned off prior to installation of the content blocking software onto the computer system, and then content blocking software-related features are hid once the content blocking software is installed. The method includes preventing booting of the computer system from external sources, preventing modifying of BIOS settings of the computer system, and the disabling of selected advanced troubleshooting tools in the operating system software.
US09092590B2	Method for generating a topography of an FDSOI integrated circuit An IC including first and second FDSOI UTBOX cells arranged in a row, the first having an nMOS transistor arranged plumb with and above a ground plane and an N-type well, and a pMOS transistor arranged plumb with and above a ground plane and a P-type well, the N-type well and the P-type well being arranged on either side of a row axis, wherein the second includes a diode protecting against antenna effects or a well tap cell, the second cell comprising a P-type well arranged in the alignment of the P-type well of the pMOS transistor and comprising an N-type well arranged in the alignment of the N-type well of the nMOS transistor, the second cell comprising a metal connection coupled to its P-type well and coupled to a higher-level metal connection element arranged plumb with the N-type well, the metal connection extending on either side of the axis.
US09092580B2	Method for finding starting bit of reference frames for an alternating-parity reference channel The present invention discloses a method for locating the reference frames of the reference lane on the transmitting data bus. The present invention addresses this object by disclosing a method whereby the relationship between the size of the reference frame transmitted over the reference lane and the width of the data bus is such that the reference frame is bit-shifted automatically until it is aligned with the data bus.
US09092579B1	Rating popularity of clusters of runs of test scenarios based on number of different organizations System, method, and non-transitory medium for rating popularity of clusters of runs of test scenarios. An interface receives runs of test scenarios, run by users belonging to different organizations, run essentially on same packages of software systems. A clustering module clusters the runs into clusters that include similar runs of test scenarios. An organization counter counts the number of different organizations associated with a cluster; an organization may be considered associated with a certain cluster if the certain cluster includes a run of a test scenario run by a user belonging to the organization. A cluster rating module computes popularity ratings of at least some of the clusters based on the number of different organizations associated with the clusters; the higher the number of different organization associated with a cluster, the higher the popularity rating of the cluster.
US09092574B2	Blocking a selected port prior to installation of an application An installer application implemented in a computational device receives a command to install a test application in the computational device. The installer application determines whether a selected port of a plurality of ports of the computational device is to be blocked prior to installing the test application in the computational device. In response to determining that the selected port is to be blocked prior to installing the test application in the computational device, the installer application blocks the selected port, installs the test application by binding a socket to the selected port of the plurality of ports, and tests functions of the test application by executing one or more code paths of the test application, in response to installing the test application.
US09092557B2	Analyte-testing device A device adapted to determine an analyte concentration of a fluid sample using a test sensor. The device comprises a display adapted to display information to a user. The device further comprises at least one user-interface mechanism adapted to allow the user to interact with the device. The device further comprises a body portion including at least one opening formed therein, the at least one opening being of sufficient size to receive the test sensor. The device further comprises a memory adapted to store a plurality of stored analyte concentrations. The device further comprises a processing feature adapted to inhibit the stored analyte concentrations from being displayed on the display.
US09092555B2	Patient activity alert tool Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with a patient activity alert tool are described. In one embodiment, a system includes a risk notification logic configured to receive a risk notification from a patient. The risk notification includes a threshold condition. The threshold condition may be a time interval during which the patient is at increased risk to experience an adverse event. The example system also includes a threshold logic configured to determine that the threshold condition has been met without receipt of a clearance notification from the patient. The threshold logic then generates an alert. An alert logic sends the alert to a caregiver selected by the patient.
US09092550B2	Auto suggestion tool A method includes populating an auto suggestion field with objects of the same type based upon the type of object selected in the main area of the application. The auto suggestion field is set to have N levels. The method further includes placing a recently used object in a first position of the N levels of the auto suggestion field. Succeeding objects are placed in other positions of the N levels in the auto suggestion field, wherein the succeeding objects are ordered based upon recency and frequency of use and the populating is executed by at least one processor.
US09092547B2	Transforming a graph to a tree in accordance with analyst guidance Methods are disclosed for converting a directed graph to a taxonomy using guidelines from a user. An initial tree is output from a first pruning step in which subtree preferences (and other weights) are applied to preserve or remove paths from a node to one or more levels of descendent nodes. Subtree preferences (and infoboxes) may specify rules for automatically generating recommendations during application to nodes. In a second pruning step, the directed graph is again processed with additional weightings applied to edges in the graph in accordance with the recommendations. The recommendations may be human defined. Recommendations may specify a recommended ancestor for a particular node and may include a weighting to be applied to the recommendation itself, if there are multiple conflicting recommendations for the same node. Recommendations may also specify what standard weight to apply to the edge of the best parent.
US09092542B2	Podcasting content associated with a user account Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for podcasting content associated with a user account. Embodiments include aggregating, for a user, content of disparate data types from disparate data sources; synthesizing the aggregated content of disparate data types into a podcast capable of being rendered on a digital media player; and providing the podcast for download from a URL. Embodiments also typically include receiving a request for the podcast; and transmitting in response to the request the podcast in a response to the request.
US09092540B2	Increased interoperability between web-based applications and hardware functions The invention is directed to increasing interoperability between web-based applications and hardware functions of a mobile device. The invention includes a thick-client hardware compatibility wrapper (HCW), which renders web-based applications and manages communication between hardware functionality and the web-based application. Specifically, the HCW monitors the web-based application and identifies commands to the hardware components of the mobile device. These commands are interpreted by the HCW, which then uses native calls to perform the hardware-specific activities. The HCW is also capable of calling functions on a webpage within the web-based application in response to query commands to the web-based application or in response to hardware events from the hardware components.
US09092539B2	Method and a system for analysing traffic on a website including redirection of traffic A method and a system for analyzing traffic on a website are disclosed. The website is arranged on a server and comprises at least two webpages. A plurality of visitors is allowed to visit the website. For each visit navigations and/or actions performed by the visitor during the visit are monitored, while accumulating value points in accordance with content viewed by the visitor and actions performed by the visitor, and in accordance with predefined value point settings associated with content of the website, thereby obtaining an accumulated value point score for the visit. Furthermore, an origin of the visit, leading the visitor to the website, and a landing webpage being the first webpage of the website which the visitor visits when arriving from the origin of the visit, said landing webpage being designated by the origin, are registered.Obtained accumulated value point scores and registered origins and landing webpages of the plurality of visits are analyzed, and, based on this, it is determined to redirect future website traffic originating from a specific origin, and having a specific landing webpage, to a target webpage of the website in the case that the analyzing step reveals that visits originating from the specific origin obtain higher accumulated value point scores when the first webpage visited by the visitor is the target webpage than when the first webpage visited by the visitor is the landing webpage which was designated by the origin.Expected value generated for the website owner by the future traffic to the website is thereby increased.
US09092534B2	Self-maintaining hyperlinks in method authoring content Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to embedded hyperlinks in method content for a process modeler and provide a method, system and computer program product for self-maintaining hyperlinks in method content for a process modeler. In one embodiment of the invention, a self-maintaining hyperlink management method can be provided. The method can include parsing a method element in a process model to locate a self-maintaining hyperlink, locating a unique identifier in the self-maintaining hyperlink, retrieving data for external content associated with the unique identifier and replacing placeholder content in the self-maintaining hyperlink with the retrieved data. Thereafter, the process model can be published with the retrieved data in place of the placeholder content in the self-maintaining hyperlink.
US09092529B1	Social search endorsements This specification describes technologies relating to searching. In general, aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in methods that include the actions of receiving, at a computing device, a search query from a user, receiving, at the computing device, search results responsive to the search query, the search results each associated with digital content stored in one or more computer-readable storage media, determining that a first search result of the search results is associated with a first endorsement generated by a first user, determining that the first user is a member of a social graph of the user, and transmitting instructions to display the search results to the user, the instructions including instructions to display a first endorsement annotation associated with the first search result.
US09092528B1	Providing result-based query suggestions In general, one aspect of the subject matter described can be embodied in a method that includes, for a first document that is included in first search results responsive to a first user-submitted query, selecting a plurality of previously submitted queries for which the first document was a responsive search result. The method can further include determining whether second documents that are relevant to the previously submitted query have at least a threshold level of diversity in comparison to the first search results, wherein second documents are determined to be relevant to the previously submitted query based on data that is indicative of user behavior. The method can additionally include identifying one or more queries from the selected previously submitted queries to provide as first suggested queries, and providing the one or more identified queries as first suggested queries with the first search results for the first user-submitted query.
US09092527B2	Performing application search based on entities In one embodiment, a search query is received from a computing device, the search query including one or more search terms. Based on the one or more search terms, one or more entities are identified from a set of multiple entities. Each of the one or more identified entities is associated with one or more application functionalities. In addition, a set of applications are identified based on the one or more search terms. Based at least on a type of at least one of the identified one or more entities, a determination is made that a particular application from the set of applications supports the at least one of the identified one or more entities. Thereafter, the applications in the set are ranked based in part on the determination that the particular application supports the at least one of the identified one or more entities.
US09092526B1	System and method for search with the aid of images associated with product categories The present application describes performing a user initiated search query comprising receiving user input comprising description details of at least one desired object, retrieving a plurality of objects from a database sharing one or more of the description details of the user input, retrieving an image of the at least one desired object based on one or more of the plurality of objects, generating a contour of the image and comparing the generated contour with other related contours of other images stored in the database, displaying all of the available contours of all of the images that match the generated contour, receiving a selection of one of the available contours from the user and performing the search query based on the user selected contour.
US09092517B2	Generating synonyms based on query log data An approach is described for generating synonyms to supplement at least one information item, such as, in one case, a set of related items. The approach can involve an expansion phase, a clean-up phase, and a reduction phase. In the expansion phase, the approach identifies, for each related item, a set of initial synonym candidates. In the clean-up phase, the approach removes noise from the set of initial synonym candidates (if such noise exists), to provide a set of filtered synonym candidate items. In the reduction phase, the approach ranks and applies a threshold (or thresholds) to the set of filtered synonym candidate items, to generate, for each information item, a set of selected synonyms. The approach uses query log data at various points in its operation. The selected synonyms can be used to improve the effectiveness of user searches.
US09092504B2	Clustered information processing and searching with structured-unstructured database bridge Systems and methods for indexing information and for performing searches are disclosed. In these systems and methods information is “ingested” into the system by clustering the information using a clustering algorithm such as k-means or k-medoids clustering. During the clustering process, a hybrid distance measurement is used that allows the systems and methods to determine similarity across a number of different types of information. Once the information is clustered, it is stored and “mirrored” both in a structured (e.g., relational) data repository and in an unstructured data repository. Methods according to the invention allow the retrieval of both direct search results and search results including related concepts. After clustered information is stored, future searches can be performed by searching the stored results in whichever data repository is most appropriate for the context.
US09092501B2	Custom entities and fields in a multi-tenant database system Systems and methods for hosting variable schema data such as dynamic tables and columns in a fixed physical database schema. Standard objects, such as tables are provided for use by multiple tenants or organizations in a multi-tenant database system. Each organization may add or define custom fields for inclusion in a standard object. Custom fields for multiple tenants are stored in a custom data column within the object data structure, and this single custom data column may contain different data types for each tenant.
US09092498B2	Data distribution system, method and program product A data distribution system, method and a computer program product therefor. Computers provisioned with operations centers supporting individual locations share resources with organizations in multiple locations. Each operations center receives and evaluates local information for the supported location and selectively provides evaluated information for reuse by other locations. A data exchange agent in each operations center publishes information available from a supported location to a publication subscription unit. The operations center also subscribes to the publication subscription unit for information available from other locations. The publication subscription unit identifies matches between subscriptions and publications. A negotiation unit negotiates matched information transfers between operations centers.
US09092497B2	System and method to join and cut two-way rest overlay trees for distributed knowledge bases System and method of event-driven synchronization of a database distributed among servers connected in a tree topology, including: transmitting, from a root server, a composition request to a first level of child servers of the root server; recursively transmitting, from each child server of a first level, a composition request to child servers at a second level, wherein the second level is lower than the first level; recursively transmitting, from each child server of the second level, a notification message to child servers at the first level, wherein the notification message comprises an identification of database fragments accessible to the child server; transmitting, from child servers at the first level, respective notification messages to the root server, wherein the root server synchronizes an availability of database fragments from the respective notification messages transmitted to the root server. Subtrees may be cut from or joined to the tree topology.
US09092495B2	Automatic object reference identification and linking in a browseable fact repository Systems and methods for automatic object reference identification and linking in a browseable fact repository database are provided. In some implementations, a method includes, identifying a set of values from a plurality of facts associated with an entity. The plurality of facts are stored in a fact repository, and a respective fact includes: an attribute and a corresponding value. The method further includes, responsive to a search for a first value included in a first fact in the plurality of facts: identifying a second fact associated with the entity; and causing to be displayed to a user: a link associated with the second fact, and information representing a confidence value associated with the second fact. The link, when selected, invokes a search of the fact repository in accordance with one or more search parameters, which include a value corresponding to an attribute included in the second fact.
US09092489B1	Popular media items data set with exponential decay A processing device computes scores for a plurality of media items. A score for a media item is computed by determining a plurality of positive user actions associated with the media item, combining a plurality of score contributions from the plurality of positive user actions to determine a value for the score, and applying an exponential decay to the value for the score. The media items are ranked based on the scores. One or more of the media items that have not been featured on any external website or that fail to satisfy another filtering criterion are filtered. A popular media item data set is then populated with highest ranked media items from a remainder of the plurality of media items.
US09092486B2	Extensible I/O activity logs A method of managing peripherals is performed in a device coupled to a processor in a computer system. In the method, information associated with I/O activity for one or more peripherals is recorded in a first segment of a log. A second segment of the log is identified based on a next-segment pointer associated with the first segment of the log. In response to detecting a lack of available capacity in the first segment of the log, information associated with further I/O activity for the one or more peripherals is recorded in the second segment of the log.
US09092483B2	User query reformulation using random walks There is provided a computer-implemented method for user query reformulation. A graph is created to represent a relationship between previous user query terms. The graph may represent the previous user searches in n-grams that correspond to nodes. A random walk analysis is performed to determine probabilities that various n-grams corresponding to nodes of the graph could be used to effectively alter a user search term. The probabilities represent a quantification of relationships between nodes of the graph. A determination may be made regarding whether to reformulate the user query based on a relationship between a user search term in the user query and a graphed search term represented by a node of the graph. The determination takes into account a relationship between the user search term and the graphed search term.
US09092472B1	Data merge based on logical segregation Described herein are systems, computer readable mediums, and methods for merging a source file with a target table using different merging processes. The source file may be logically segregated into new records and update records. The update records may be logically segregated into a first update record section and a second update record section. The target table may be logically segregated into a target table section. In one implementation, a server may use a hash merging process to merge the first update record section with the target table section and use an index merging process to merge the second update record section with the target table.
US09092468B2	Data quality monitoring A computer implemented method, computer program product and system for data quality monitoring includes measuring a data quality of loaded data relative to a predefined data quality metric. The measuring the data quality includes identifying delta changes in at least one of the loaded data and the data quality rules relative to a previous measurement of the data quality of the loaded data. Logical calculus defined in the data quality rules is applied to the identified delta changes.
US09092466B1	Trait definitions A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for managing a cloud computing environment. In some embodiments, this includes identifying a namespace, identifying an event handler, identifying a java class configuration, and storing the namespace, event handler, and java class configuration in an XML document.
US09092465B2	Collection of data associated with storage systems Example embodiments provide various techniques for collecting data associated with the performance of a storage system. In one method, an attribute associated with the storage system is detected and a data collection policy associated with the attribute is identified. Here, the data collection policy defines a type of data associated with the performance to be collected. With the data collection policy identified, the data are then collected based on the data collection policy.
US09092455B2	Image curation Image curation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, one or more modules are launched for execution on a computing device. Responsive to the launch, criteria are generated automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules by a computing device. Images are curated using the generated criteria automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules, the curated images identified from a plurality of different image sources that are associated with a user. The curated images are caused to be displayed by a display device of the computing device automatically and without user intervention through execution of the one or more modules.
US09092454B2	Discovering co-located queries in geographic search logs Described is a technology by which co-located query patterns are mined from a data space such as a geographic search log. An overall data space (basic) approach and/or a lattice-based approach may be used when mining. The data space contains objects, each comprising associated type and location information. The location information is used to determine the distance between different two or more types of objects, e.g., pairs. The frequency of occurrence of those pairs within the data space determines whether that pairing of object types indicates a co-located pattern. Also described is partitioning the data space into regions, including for the purpose of categorizing a co-located pattern as a local pattern or a global pattern based on how that co-located pattern is distributed among the regions.
US09092451B1	Genomic application data storage A request is received to perform a process on a set of data. A set of resources, including processing and storage, is obtained to run an appropriate Hadoop system to process the received request. The set of data is processed using the obtained set of resources. One or more storage resources associated with the distributed system are allocated where a total amount of storage associated with the distributed system is independent of a total amount of processing associated with the distributed system. The processing results are stored in the allocated storage resources.
US09092450B2	Directory leasing Described are embodiments for allowing clients that access a distributed file system to locally cache directory metadata. The client may request a read lease which allows the client to cache the directory metadata locally and service requests received from the same application which originally requested the directory metadata using the cache. In addition, the client may also request a handle lease which allows a client to delay the closing of a directory handle and allow the handle to be reused to service subsequent directory metadata requests from the same or a different application. A client may also request a write lease which allows an application on the client to modify the directory metadata, such as by creating or deleting new files in the directory, or changing their attributes, and cache those changes.
US09092443B2	Dynamic generation of target files from template files and tracking of the processing of target files Target file generation systems and methods are described, which are optionally for use by ordinary computer users enable those users to readily generate target files without the requirement that they know the internal layout structures of the target files. A user is enabled to select a template file from a plurality of template files via a user interface configured to be displayed on a computer display to the user, wherein the template files include changeable fields associated with corresponding field delimiters and prompting labels. An incomplete software program file containing variable name locations is accessed from memory. The program file is parsed to locate the variable name locations. The label names obtained from the template file selected by the user are inserted into the variable name locations to further complete the software program file. The software program file is stored in computer memory.
US09092441B1	Archival data organization and management Methods and systems are provided herein that facilitate cost-effective, scalable and reliable archival data organization and management. In an embodiment, data are redundantly encoded and stored to provide data reliability. Further, encoded data may be stored in self-describing storage entities that provide information describing data stored therein. Information provided by self-describing storage entities may be used to construct a limited map that is usable to facilitate data placement and data location services during data storage and retrieval. Data reliability and durability is provided because information about data stored in the system is mostly contained in the storage entities themselves. Cost efficiency is provided because only a limited map is provided for efficiency purposes instead of a potentially large global index data structure.
US09092440B1	Generating a translation of operations for a data structure A method performed by one or more processing devices includes obtaining a definition of a data structure; obtaining a definition of one or more operations to be performed on the data structure, the definition of the one or more operations being in accordance with a first syntax; receiving a request for instructions to perform the one or more operations on the one or more fields of the data structure, the instructions being in accordance with a second syntax; generating a translation of the definition of the one or more operations from the first syntax to the second syntax; generating instructions for accessing the one or more fields of the data structure; and generating the instructions in accordance with the second syntax for performing the one or more operations on the one or more fields of the data structure.
US09092435B2	System and method for extraction of meta data from a digital media storage device for media selection in a vehicle A method is provided for extracting meta data from a digital media storage device in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device. The method includes establishing a communication link between control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device, identifying a media file on the digital media storage device, and retrieving meta data from a media file, the meta data including a plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the plurality of entries includes text data. The method further includes identifying the text data in an entry of the media file and storing the plurality of entries in a memory.
US09092429B2	DMA vector buffer According to one example embodiment, a direct memory access (DMA) engine and buffer is disclosed. The vector buffer may be explicitly programmable, and may include advanced logic for reordering non-unity-stride vector data. An example MEMCPY instruction may provide an access request to the DMA buffer, which may then service the request asynchronously. Bitwise guards are set over memory in use, and cleared as each bit is read.
US09092427B2	Dynamic trust session A secure session of communication between two entities in a network is disclosed. Using client-server terminology, a client sends a connection-request to a server that authenticates the connection-request and transmits a session-request to the client in response. The client reverse-authenticates the session-request and then passively waits to receive a tunnel-request transmitted by the server. The tunnel-request sets up one or more overlapping tunnels between the client and the server to support the desired communications. Each of the tunnels exists only for a specified time and is replaced by another tunnel that is set up after a selected time delay after the start of a previous tunnel.
US09092425B2	System and method for feature-rich continuous space language models Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for predicting probabilities of words for a language model. An exemplary system configured to practice the method receives a sequence of words and external data associated with the sequence of words and maps the sequence of words to an X-dimensional vector, corresponding to a vocabulary size. Then the system processes each X-dimensional vector, based on the external data, to generate respective Y-dimensional vectors, wherein each Y-dimensional vector represents a dense continuous space, and outputs at least one next word predicted to follow the sequence of words based on the respective Y-dimensional vectors. The X-dimensional vector, which is a binary sparse representation, can be higher dimensional than the Y-dimensional vector, which is a dense continuous space. The external data can include part-of-speech tags, topic information, word similarity, word relationships, a particular topic, and succeeding parts of speech in a given history.
US09092422B2	Category-sensitive ranking for text Provided are methods, systems and apparatus which include computer program products, for generating topic models for text summarization In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first document of text that is associated with one or more category labels and that includes one or more sequences of one or more words, determining a category label that represents a first category associated with the first document, sampling the one or more sequences to determine a topic and a co-occurrence relationship between the topic and the category label, where a topic represents a subdivision within a category, sampling the one or more sequences to determine a co-occurrence relationship between a sequence in the first document and the topic, and generating a category-topic model that represents the co-occurrence relationships.
US09092420B2	Apparatus and method for automatically generating grammar for use in processing natural language Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically generating grammar for use in the processing of natural language. The apparatus may extract a corpus relevant to a target domain from a collection of corpora and may generate grammar for use in the target domain based on the extracted corpus. The apparatus may set one domain out of a plurality of domains as a target domain to be processed by an intention analysis system. The apparatus may extract a corpus relevant to the target domain from a collection of corpora and generate grammar based on the extracted corpus.
US09092417B2	Systems and methods for extracting data from a document in an electronic format A computer-implemented method of extracting data from a document in an electronic format. The method includes the steps of accessing a file in an electronic format from a memory module; extracting data from the file corresponding to a plurality of keys contained within a mapping structure stored in the memory module; organizing the extracted data into values, wherein each value maps to one of the plurality of keys to form a hash map; storing the hash map in a database; and providing a user access to the database via an output device. The output device allows the user to view a customizable document whose content is derived from the values and keys stored in the database.
US09092413B1	System and method for providing online data management services Access to first data is provided to a first user and to a second user. A specified change is received from the first user. Access to second data generated based on the first user's specified change is provided only to the first user. The first data is updated based on the specified change, in response to a selection by the first user of an option to apply the specified change to the first data. Simultaneous access to the updated first data is provided to the first user and to the second user.
US09092407B2	Virtual interface adjustment methods and systems An exemplary method includes a virtual interface adjustment system detecting, based on user input data associated with user input received by way of a virtual interface of a user device, an erroneous input pattern that includes at least one unintentional input, determining, based on the erroneous input pattern, an adjustment procedure configured to adjust the virtual interface to avert future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern, determining an adjustment procedure trigger for the adjustment procedure, activating the adjustment procedure trigger, detecting, after the activating, an occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, and executing, in response to the detecting of the occurrence of the adjustment procedure trigger, the adjustment procedure to avert the future unintentional inputs that correspond to the at least one unintentional input of the erroneous input pattern. Corresponding methods and systems are also described.
US09092406B2	Creating a text-editable web page using a word processor Embodiments of a method for providing documents, which may be performed by a system, are described. During operation, the system determines presentation information for content in a first document. Note that the content may include characters, and that the presentation information may specify relative positions of the characters in a framework of the first document. Then, the system generates a second document that includes the presentation information. Next, the system outputs a third document that includes the characters in the first document, where the characters can be presented in the framework based solely on the third document using an interpreter program.
US09092398B2	Restoring expander operations in a data storage switch Systems and methods presented herein provide for recovering a failed expander in a data storage switch to restore the switch to optimal. In one embodiment, a data storage switch includes a master expander having a first firmware module operable to link a plurality of logical volumes to at least one initiator through a first plurality of physical transceivers. The data storage switch also includes a slave expander having a second firmware module operable to link the plurality of logical volumes to the at least one initiator through a second plurality of physical transceivers. The slave expander is operable to detect a firmware failure of the master expander to link at least a portion of the logical volumes to the at least one initiator, to load a copy of second firmware module into the master expander, and to initiate the master expander to link to the logical volumes to the at least one initiator through the first plurality of physical transceivers based on the copy of the second firmware module.
US09092391B2	Genetic analysis systems and methods The present invention provides methods of determining a Genetic Composite Index score by assessing the association between an individual's genotype and at least one disease or condition. The assessment comprises comparing an individual's genomic profile with a database of medically relevant genetic variations that have been established to associate with at least one disease or condition.
US09092390B1	Electronic badge clearinghouse A computer-implemented method for handling electronic achievement information involves receiving, from a first user of an achievement aggregation system, a selection of a plurality of achievement tracking services that are operated by organizations that are separate from the operator of the achievement aggregation system; establishing an authenticated electronic communication connection between the achievement aggregator system and each of the one or more achievement tracking services; obtaining from each of the achievement tracking services, information sufficient to characterize one or more achievements obtained by the user; aggregating the information obtained from each of the achievement tracking services into a user achievement profile; and providing the user achievement profile for presentation to one or more users who request profile information about the first user.
US09092389B2	Advanced availability detection A method is provided in which determines user availability on the basis of the manner in which a person uses a computing device that is associated with a telecommunications terminal. Specifically, the present invention is for a method in which a telecommunications terminal determines whether its user is available to accept an incoming invitation to participate in a telecommunications session based on: (1) a characteristic of the use of a software application, (2) a characteristic of the use of a resource of a terminal, (3) a sensor input, (4) a characteristic of the incoming invitation or (5) any combination of (1), (2), (3), (4), and (5).
US09092388B2	Bus width negotiation There is provided a method and apparatus for bus negotiation. One such method includes determining a configuration of a first bond pad, the first bond pad indicating whether a host is configured to communicate with a fixed data storage device or a removable data storage device. If the first bond pad indicates the host is configured to communicate with a fixed data storage device, then the method additionally includes determining the configuration of a second bond pad. The second bond pad indicates the supported bus width of the fixed data storage device.
US09092380B1	System and method of communications with supervised interaction A system for communicating and exchanging information between two or more parties, and method to accomplish same. The system and method includes a controlling third party. The system includes the use of a global computer network to which said parties are connected and a server. One of the parties can be a coordinator with control over software run by the server that controls and limits the nature and frequency of the communication and exchange of information between or among the parties. Parties can “connect” to the system via any one or more of the following: cell phones, telephones, computers, personal digital assistants, iPhones, audio devices such as mp3 players and/or iPods, etc.
US09092377B2	Managing back up operations for data Backup operations for data resources can be managed as follows. At least one data resource residing on at least one data storage device is identified. An information processing system automatically determines that the at least one data resource fails to be associated with a backup policy. In response to the at least one data resource failing to be associated with a backup policy, at least one backup policy is associated with the at least one data resource.
US09092371B2	Signal parameter estimator A signal parameter estimator includes curve fitting of multiple ideal spectral shapes.
US09092370B2	Power failure tolerant cryptographic erase The various implementations described herein include systems, methods and/or devices used to enable power failure tolerant cryptographic erasure in a storage device having a first encryption key established as a current encryption key. The method includes performing a set of first stage operations including selecting first and second sets of memory blocks and obtaining a second encryption key. The method includes performing a set of second stage operations including storing, in the first set of memory blocks, first and second sets of metadata, encrypted using the second encryption key. The method includes performing a set of third stage operations, including storing, in the second set of memory blocks, the second set of metadata encrypted using the second encryption key. The method includes setting the second encryption key as the current encryption key for the plurality of memory blocks.
US09092354B2	Storage device, CRC generation device, and CRC generation method According to one embodiment, storage device, a CRC generator device and a CRC generation method includes A storage device includes: a storage unit 1, a data reading unit 2, and a CRC generation device 3. The CRC generation device 3 includes a CRC generation unit 31 generates a first CRC value; an ECC unit 32 detects an error sequence in a reverse order; a CRC reverse operation unit 33 calculates a CRC reverse operation result for the error sequence; a CRC generation shift register group 34 to retain CRC conversion information; an error sequence CRC generation unit 35 obtains a second CRC value; and an XOR unit 36 obtains a CRC value for an errorless recording sequence.
US09092330B2	Early data delivery prior to error detection completion Embodiments relate to early data delivery prior to error detection completion in a memory system. One aspect is a system that includes a cache subsystem interface with a correction pipeline in a system domain. The system includes a memory control unit interface in a memory controller nest domain and a buffer control block providing an asynchronous boundary layer between the system domain and the memory controller nest domain. A controller is configured to receive a frame of a multi-frame data block and write the frame to the buffer control block. The frame is read by the cache subsystem interface prior to completion of error detection of the multi-frame data block. Error detection is performed on the frame in the memory controller nest domain. Based on detecting an error in the frame, an intercept signal is sent from the memory controller nest domain to the correction pipeline in the system domain.
US09092315B2	Method and software program product for determining the quality of an information technology system The present embodiments disclose a method and an associated computer program product for determining the quality of an information technology (IT) system including a plurality of hardware units and software modules. A total score value for the IT system is calculated from different score values ascertained independently of one another. The different score values are measures for deviations of the quality of the hardware units or the software modules from first predefinable target values. The total score value is a measure of a deviation of the quality of the IT system from a second predefinable target value.
US09092313B2	System and method for three input voting An embodiment described herein includes a method for input channel voting. The method includes steps for sorting the three input values by magnitude into a high input value, a middle input value, and a low input value. The three input values are then tested. The testing includes subtracting the middle input value form the high input value to calculate a first difference, and comparing an absolute value of the first difference to a failure threshold. A first intermediate value is determined based on the comparison of the first difference to the failure threshold. The testing also includes subtracting the middle input value from the low input value to calculate a second difference, and comparing the second difference to the failure threshold. A second intermediate value is determined based on this comparison. The first intermediate value and second intermediate value are averaged to produce an output based on the three input values.
US09092305B1	Memory interface circuit In one embodiment, a circuit for communicating with a memory is provided. The circuit includes a sorting circuit configured to receive a plurality of read and write transactions. The sorting circuit sorts the write transactions according to respective sizes of data to be written to the memory, and sorts the read transactions according to respective sizes of data to be read from the memory. A selection circuit is configured to select transactions for transmission to the memory, from the sorted read and write transactions, in an order that balances a quantity of data to be written to the memory over a first serial data link with a quantity of data to be read from the memory over a second serial data link. A transmitter is coupled to the selection circuit and is configured to transmit the selected transactions to the memory device on a serial data link.
US09092304B1	Systems, methods, and computer readable media for managing a hosts file A hosts file manager is provided that displays a user interface with a list of selectable server groups. The list may comprise, for example, identifications server groups. Each server group corresponds to an IP address, and the hosts file manager has access to such IP address data. A user selection of a first server group may be made and received via said user interface. A computer's hosts file may then be modified to correlate a hostname with an IP address of the selected server group.
US09092296B1	Selectively updating firmware for multiple connected devices An apparatus for managing telemetry sensor controllers identified by their respective communication port identifiers is disclosed. The apparatus may include a memory that stores a telemetry sensor controller mapping that associates an equipment identifier for a telemetry sensor controller with a communication port identifier, an equipment identifier mapping that associates an equipment identifier with a telemetry monitoring application, and a firmware mapping that associates a telemetry monitoring application with a firmware for a telemetry sensor controller. The apparatus may determine an equipment identifier for a connected telemetry sensor controller and instantiate a telemetry monitoring application for the connected telemetry sensor controller based on the equipment identifier mapping. The apparatus may then automatically transfer a firmware to the connected telemetry sensor controller when the firmware version installed on the connected telemetry sensor controller is determined to not be a current version of the firmware available.
US09092281B2	Fast remote procedure call A method for performing a remote procedure call between an application processor and a digital signal processor within a computing device. The computing device may compile interface description language data to generate stub software that executes on the application processor and skel software that executes on the digital signal processor. When an application executing on the application processor invokes a remote procedure call, the application processor may pack argument data within stack memory and transmit an interrupt to the digital signal processor, which may map the physical memory addresses of the argument data into local address space such that no copies of the argument data is made. The digital signal processor may execute skel software that unpacks the argument data and executes a service related to the remote procedure call.
US09092278B2	Determining the processing order of a plurality of events A system for allocating incoming events among operational groups to create a multi-treaded computation process includes: incoming events; an event processing system configured to receive the incoming events; an event key generator within the event processing system, the event key generator being configured to generate event keys at run time, the event keys being associated with the incoming events; and a thread dispatcher, the thread dispatcher allocating the incoming events among the operational groups according to the associated incoming event keys.
US09092277B2	Method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium for universal device participation in business process and workflow application A method, apparatus, system, and computer readable medium for hosting an application participating in a workflow communication which generates a workflow step and translates the workflow step into a device instruction, the device instruction being based on device specifications and instructing the device to perform a function. The device instruction is sent to the device and feedback is received from the device, the feedback corresponding to the device instruction. The feedback is then processed and the workflow communication is updated based on the processed feedback.
US09092256B2	Vector execution unit with prenormalization of denormal values A method, circuit arrangement, and program product for executing instructions including denormal values for one or more operands in a vector execution unit. A denormal value operand may be prenormalized by a first processing lane of the vector execution unit upon detecting the denormal value. The prenormalized value and any other operands of the instruction may be communicated to a dot product adder of the vector execution unit. The dot product adder performs at least a portion of the floating point operation with the prenormalized value and any other operands of the instruction.
US09092245B2	Information processing apparatus, execution method, and object program There is provided an information processing apparatus including a message storage unit for storing a message sent to a component, and an execution processing unit for loading the component body into a computer in response to receiving an execution instruction on the component to execute the component body and process the message stored in the message storage unit prior to the execution instruction.
US09092242B2	Computing device to connect to a portable device A computing device to connect to a portable device. The computing device can establish a secure connection to the portable device and determine an application on the portable device. In one embodiment the computing device can present the application. In one embodiment the computing device can execute the application in a hardware virtualizer or in a dynamic translator.
US09092234B2	Refactoring device, refactoring method and program In a method for obtaining a system by combining program components, the relocation of the program components can be facilitated. When a component has been moved between upper and lower level composites by a relocation processing unit, if a move source composite has a wiring between an element and a component to be moved, a complement processing unit performs complement processing in which a service or a reference is added to the lower level composite, a wiring for connecting the added service or reference and the element is set to the move source composite, and a wiring for connecting the added service or reference and the component to be moved is set to a move destination composite.
US09092226B2	Efficient parallel floating point exception handling in a processor Methods and apparatus are provided for handling floating point exceptions in a processor that executes single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) instructions. In one example a numerical exception is identified for a SIMD floating point operation and SIMD micro-operations are initiated to generate two packed partial results of a packed result for the SIMD floating point operation. A SIMD denormalization micro-operation is initiated to combine the two packed partial results and to denormalize one or more elements of the combined packed partial results to generate a packed result for the SIMD floating point operation having one or more denormal elements. Flags are set and stored with packed partial results to identify denormal elements. In one example a SIMD normalization micro-operation is initiated to generate a normalized pseudo internal floating point representation prior to the SIMD floating point operation when it uses multiplication.
US09092224B2	Method and system to automatically enforce a hybrid branching strategy A method and system for automatically enforcing a hybrid branching strategy include receiving a changeset designated for a branch. In response to receiving the changeset, the system may automatically determine whether a merge conflict associated with the changeset exists between the branch and an associated protected branch, and the system may automatically determine whether the changeset is up to date. Upon determining that no merge conflict exists, the system automatically initiates execution of a continuous integration testing pipeline. The continuous integration testing pipeline includes a series of tests applied to the changeset. If the changeset passes the series of tests, the system automatically merges the changeset with the associated protected branch.
US09092216B2	Transactional object container A processing device receives a transactional object at runtime of a compiled application, the transactional object comprising first transactional logic. The processing device determines a locking strategy to use for the transactional object. The processing device generates a transactional proxy for the transactional object, the transactional proxy comprising a transactional marker, a pointer to the transactional object, and second transactional logic that supersedes the first transactional logic. The processing device passes the transactional proxy to the application, wherein the application is to make calls on the transactional proxy instead of on the transactional object.
US09092213B2	Functional unit for vector leading zeroes, vector trailing zeroes, vector operand 1s count and vector parity calculation A method of performing vector operations on a semiconductor chip is described. The method includes performing a first vector instruction with a vector functional unit implemented on the semiconductor chip and performing a second vector instruction with the vector functional unit. The first vector instruction is a vector multiply add instruction. The second vector instruction is a vector leading zeros count instruction.
US09092209B2	Wireless cloud-based computing for rural and developing areas A framework that enables a local computing cloud infrastructure for rural (and third world) populations with the ability to connect into the global cloud. The framework include is a low cost architecture of long distance, wireless based, renewable energy powered, and small datacenter (DC) (referred to as a pico-DC) nodes that can fully operate off-grid, both power-wise and Internet connection-wise at a very low cost. Additionally, the framework includes power management and storage techniques that effectively enable low power and efficient power use. Thus, systems are self-sufficient, low maintenance and weather proof with no need for power or data connections.
US09092199B2	Information processing apparatus An information processing apparatus includes a display panel unit and a top plate. The display panel unit has a first surface with a display screen and a second surface opposed to the first surface. The top plate has a third surface in contact with the second surface, a fourth surface opposed to the third surface, and a fifth surface connecting an end portion of the third surface and an end portion of the fourth surface, the top plate containing a fluorescent dye to collect light toward the fifth surface.
US09092196B2	Multi-panel display apparatus A display apparatus includes a first display panel. The first display panel includes a first display area and a first non-display area. The first display area includes a first pixel part and a second pixel part. The second pixel part is configured to display a first image. The display apparatus further includes a second display panel. The second display panel includes a second display area and a second non-display area. The second display area including a third pixel part and a fourth pixel part. The fourth pixel part is configured to display a second image. The display apparatus further includes an optical member. The optical member includes a first set of optical units and a second set of optical units. The first set of optical units is connected to the second set of optical units. The first set of optical units is connected to the second pixel part for displaying a third image, the third image corresponding to the first image. The second set of optical units is connected to the fourth pixel part for displaying a fourth image, the fourth image corresponding to the second image.
US09092192B2	Electronic mobile device seamless key/display structure A key/display assembly includes a first switch and a display module disposed aside the first switch. A touch-sensitive input panel overlies the first switch and the display module, and the touch-sensitive input panel includes a first touch-sensitive region proximate the first switch. The electronic mobile device further includes a first key defined by the first switch and the first touch-sensitive region. As such, the first key is actuated by pressing the first touch-sensitive region to displace the first touch-sensitive region and thereby actuate the first switch.
US09092188B2	Display transformation assembly for a visualization system A display retraction assembly for a multi-display visualization device is provided comprising a first track in a first vertical plane, a second track in a second vertical plane offset from the first track, a display support member operably connected to the first track and second track and a display connected to the display support member wherein the display is movable simultaneously with the display support member along the first track and second track.
US09092179B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling communication apparatus, and storage medium A communication apparatus allows a user to set whether each of a plurality of services provided by the communication apparatus is or is not to be provided to an external device while the external device is connected with the communication apparatus via wireless communication.
US09092177B2	Smart phones that include a digital camera, a touch sensitive screen, support for voice activated commands, and support to at least part of a protocol within IEEE 802.11 standards A Smart Phone specification is disclosed, the Smart Phone supports voice activated commands and may include a touch sensitive screen, a digital camera, a wireless communication unit supporting at least partly a protocol within IEEE802.11 standards, an operating system, a graphical user interface, an e-mail application, an Internet browsing application, and an application for playing audio or video content. The Smart Phone may provide an application programming interface (API) to support applications. The Smart Phone may further include a microphone, a speaker, and voice activated command functions for receiving voice commands from the user. In some examples, the digital camera of the Smart Phone may take a picture and transfer the picture to an output device. In other examples, the Smart Phone may stream or transfer digital content over the air or wirelessly in response to voice activated commands or selections over the touch sensitive screen.
US09092169B2	Device-driver installation with visual confirmation A non-transitory recording medium includes an installer program that causes a computer within an information processing device to function as a device list generation unit, a display control unit, and an installation processing unit. The device list generation unit generates a device list. The display control unit causes the device list to be displayed in a first display area; causes a driver list to be displayed in a second display area; causes the device selected from the device list to be displayed in a third display area; and causes the driver selected from the driver list to be displayed corresponding to the device displayed in the third display area. The installation processing unit installs, into the information processing device, the driver displayed corresponding to the device.
US09092166B2	Information processing apparatus allowing a user certain print setting operations in an environment where an image processing apparatus is undetermined A common setting screen through which a common setting that does not depend on an image processing apparatus model can be set, and an individual setting screen through which an individual setting that depends on an image processing apparatus model can be set, are controlled so as to be displayed on a print setting screen.
US09092159B1	Object classification and identification from raw data Raw data is accessed from a storage device. A sample survey technique is used on the raw data to select a sample data. A data science technique is used on the sample data to determine a sample data category. The raw data is classified at least in part by considering the sample data category. A tier of storage is identified for the raw data on the storage device based on the classification.
US09092155B2	Cascaded, point-in-time-copy architecture with data deduplication A method for performing a write to a volume x in a cascaded architecture is described. In one embodiment, such a method includes determining whether the volume x has a child volume, wherein each of the volume x and the child volume have a target bit map (TBM) associated therewith. The method then determines whether the TBMs of both the volume x and the child volume are set. If the TBMs are set, the method finds a higher source (HS) volume from which to copy the desired data to the child volume. Finding the HS volume includes travelling up the cascaded architecture until the source of the data is found. Once the HS volume is found, the method copies the data from the HS volume to the child volume and performs the write to the volume x. A method for performing a read is also disclosed herein.
US09092154B2	Device information backup method, device, and system Embodiments of the present invention disclose a device information backup method, device, and system for information backup between a first device and a second device. The first device and the second device are directly connected through a cable, and the first device acquires, from the second device through the cable, information to be backed up and back up the information to be backed up. In this way, information backup can be completed quickly and simply, and shortcomings of a poor reliability and a poor security of a pluggable storage medium are avoided.
US09092150B2	Systems and methods of performing a data save operation A method includes determining, based on an indication from a host device operatively coupled to a data storage device that includes a controller, a non-volatile memory including a hibernate area, a volatile memory, a non-volatile memory interface, and a volatile memory interface, that the data storage device is to enter a low-power state. The method includes, in response to determining that the data storage device is to enter a low-power state, performing a data save operation. The data save operation bypasses the non-volatile memory interface and the volatile memory interface and copies data from the volatile memory of the data storage device to the hibernate area of the non-volatile memory of the data storage device.
US09092142B2	Storage system and method of controlling the same For first write request to a virtual volume, the first storage apparatus performs processing by a method of either a first write processing method that stores write data in a first logical volume associated with the virtual volume as well as transfers a first write request, to the second storage apparatus, for storing the write data in a second logical volume associated with the virtual volume of the second storage apparatus or a second write processing method that transfers a first write request, to the second storage apparatus, then selects a processing method according to a first IO load on a first area of the virtual volume of the first storage apparatus and a second IO load on the first area of the virtual volume of the second storage apparatus to perform a processing for the first write request.
US09092140B2	Dispersed storage write process A dispersed storage (DS) method begins by issuing a plurality of write commands to a plurality of DS storage units. The method continues by receiving a write acknowledgement from one of the plurality of DS storage units to produce a received write acknowledgement. The method continues by issuing a plurality of commit commands to the plurality of DS storage units when a write threshold number of the received write acknowledgements have been received. The method continues by receiving a commit acknowledgement from a DS storage unit of the plurality of DS storage units to produce a received commit acknowledgement. The method continues by issuing a plurality of finalize commands to the plurality of DS storage units when a write threshold number of the received commit acknowledgements have been received.
US09092139B2	Management apparatus and management method using copy pair of virtual volumes A management apparatus and management method capable of simplifying system management and constructing copy pairs with fault tolerance intended by a user are suggested.With a computer system for providing a host system with logical volumes in the system respectively as virtual volumes in one virtual storage apparatus, each storage apparatus is grouped in accordance with a designated grouping policy and a group ID specific to a storage group, to which the relevant storage apparatus belongs, is assigned to each storage apparatus; and when setting a copy pair, a part or whole of each logical volume is switched to an appropriate logical volume as needed in accordance with a copy pair setting policy, including a location relationship of the respective logical volumes associated with the respective virtual volumes constituting the copy pair, based on the group ID of each storage apparatus.
US09092138B2	Media library monitoring system and method Embodiments of methods and systems comprise collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in repository. By collecting data associated with a library or library components and storing the collected data in a repository, the degradation of library components can be monitored and the reliability of library components determined, allowing unreliable components to be bypassed or replaced, enhancing the reliability of the library and preventing data loss.
US09092136B1	Projected button display system A projected button display system, including a detector system, a projector system, and a controller. The detector system includes: a coarse detector subsystem comprising a proximity sensor configured to detect an operator's hand in an activation region; and, a fine detector subsystem configured to detect the position of an operator's finger on a display surface. The projector system is operatively connected to the detector system configured to provide a projected keyboard on the display surface in response to the detection of the operator's hand in the activation region. The projected keyboard is responsive to the touch of the operator's finger on the display surface. The controller is operatively connected to the detector system and the projector system. The controller provides an output signal a control/management system.
US09092134B2	User touch display interface providing an expanded selection area for a user selectable object In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a user interface configured to: display a plurality of selectable objects on a display, each of the plurality of selectable objects having a selection area. The apparatus further comprises a processor configured to: receive a user input within the selection area to select a first object, the first object being at least one of the plurality of selectable objects. Further, the apparatus comprises the user interface further configured to display an expanded selection area for the first object based at least in part on the user input.
US09092131B2	Highlighting of tappable web page elements Methods for highlighting tappable web page elements in response to a touch detect a touch to a touchscreen display, determine that a touched element displayed at the touch location, and determine whether and how the touched element is to be highlighted. Highlighting can be based on various touched element properties. In one embodiment, if a touched element is not tappable, the element is not highlighted. If the touched element is editable, the element is highlighted. A region around the touch location is highlighted if the touched element is an image map or SVG element and a portion of the element at the touch location is tappable. A touched element is also highlighted if the element has an inline display style or is a highlight element type. The touched element is not highlighted if its size and complexity exceed size and complexity thresholds.
US09092130B2	Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for document manipulation An electronic device displays at least a portion of an electronic document with a predefined page layout at a first magnification level on a display; detects a first input indicating a first insertion point in the document, where the first insertion point is proximate to a first portion of text in the document; and in response to detecting the first input: selects a second magnification level different from the first magnification level, where the second magnification level is selected so as to display the first portion of text at a target text display size, and, while maintaining the predefined page layout of the document, displays, at the second magnification level, a portion of the document that includes the first portion of text.
US09092129B2	System and method for capturing hand annotations A capture device for remote, virtual on screen data input by hand annotation comprises at least three functional layers including a bottom rigid layer, a middle pressure sensor layer and a top flexible layer. The bottom rigid layer has a surface that provides a mechanical support for writing. The middle pressure sensor layer is adapted to measuring a pressure array or map on the capture active area and to send data representing the measured pressure to a personal computer. The top flexible touch-sensitive passive LCD display layer includes an LCD surface by which whatever is written down on the LCD is impressed graphically due to its liquid crystal physical properties wherein applied pressure changes the crystal particles orientation and light properties, such that when a stylus presses against a writing surface thereof, it leaves a visible trace allowing the user to produce a drawing though no real ink has flown.
US09092126B2	Communication apparatus with display section and computer-readable media A communication apparatus is configured to, and a computer-readable medium causes a communication apparatus to store position information, acquire content relational information including titles summary information, and display each title of each content relational information in a scrolling single-line form. An accepting section accepts a selection of the displayed content title, and a summary display control section displays the summary information corresponding to the selected title. A selection information storage section stores selection information corresponding to the selected title. A priority setting section sets a priority for each content title of the content relational information based on the corresponding selection information stored in the selection information storage section. The display control section displays and scrolls each title of each of content relational information in a single-line form in a descending order based on the priority of each title.
US09092124B2	System and method for effective plant performance monitoring in gas oil separation plant (GOSP) The invention provides a facility monitoring system and method of using the system that allows for prioritization of performance parameters to be improved based on deviations from target performance parameters. Improvement incentives are provided to users on a user interface such that the user appreciates the value of the improvement to be conducted.
US09092120B2	System and method for creating a connected market using social media interaction units and interactive process gadgets A user interface associated with interactive, multi-dimensional gadgets that interact across and through one another—via programmatic interfaces made available by feeds from outside sources, and user input. The gadgets operate interactively to create work flows.
US09092114B2	Effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform Exemplary implementations may facilitate effectuating modifications within an instance of a virtual space presented via multiple disparate client computing platforms responsive to detection of a token associated with a single client computing platform. In some implementations, tokens may be detected based on signals received from token readers associated with individual ones of the multiple client computing platforms. A given token may be a standalone physical object. The given token may be detectable based on a signal conveying information associated with the given token. The information associated with the given token conveyed by the signal may be devoid of virtual space content.
US09092107B2	Electromagnetic pen with electromagnetic and ink writing functions An electromagnetic pen with electromagnetic and ink writing functions is disclosed. The electromagnetic pen includes at least one pen tube assembly, a core mechanism, a pen tip, a ferrite core, a core holder, an elastic conductor and a circuit board. The pen tip and the core are configured in the pen tube assembly and are controlled by the core mechanism.
US09092091B2	Optical touch tomography An optical touch-sensitive device has the capability to determine touch locations of multiple simultaneous touch events. The touch events disturb optical beams propagating across the touch sensitive surface. With multi-touch events, a single beam can be disturbed by more than one touch event. In one aspect, a non-linear transform is applied to measurements of the optical beams in order to linearize the effects of multiple touch events on a single optical beam. In another aspect, the effect of known touch events (i.e., reference touches) is modeled in advance, and then unknown touch events are determined with respect to the reference touches.
US09092076B2	Electronic transaction card with stylus An electronic transaction card for completing an electronic transaction is provided, the transaction card includes an integrated stylus can be used to interact with a touchscreen. In one embodiment a transaction card is provided that is substantially rectangular and at least one of the corners has a shape that defines a stylus tip and differs from at least one or more of the other corners of the card. In another embodiment a transaction card is provided with an extendible stylus. Thus, the card can include a mount that supports a stylus that is movable between a stored position, in which the stylus tip does not protrude beyond the perimeter of the card, and an extended position, in which the stylus tip extends beyond the perimeter of the card.
US09092075B2	Fingertip mouse and base The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a system that includes a tracking device to generate movement information for use in moving a user interface object on a graphical user interface. The tracking device is configured to receive at least a portion of a user's finger. The system also includes a base device configured to receive the tracking device. The base device is configured to translate movement of the base device relative to an adjacent surface for use in moving the user interface object.
US09092074B2	Mouse device A mouse device includes an upper cover, a lower cover, a circuit board, a first switch, a second switch, and a triggering element. The circuit board is fixed between the upper cover and the lower cover. The first switch and the second switch are disposed on a bottom surface of the circuit board. The triggering element is pivotally coupled to the lower cover and protruded through a bottom side of the lower cover. When a first side or a second side of the upper cover is depressed, the upper cover, the lower cover and the circuit board are rotated relative to the triggering element. Consequently, the first switch or the second switch is correspondingly triggered.
US09092069B2	Customizable and predictive dictionary A first list of forbidden words is selected from a plurality of lists of forbidden words on a computing device when the computing device is set to a first user mode corresponding to the first list of forbidden words, wherein each of the plurality of lists of forbidden words corresponds to at least one user mode of a plurality of user modes and contains user mode-based forbidden words whose use on the computing device is prohibited when the computing device is set to one or more corresponding user modes. First mode-based forbidden words of the first list of forbidden words are prevent from being be used on the computing device for as long as the computing device is set to the first user mode.
US09092067B2	Phase disciplined, direct digital synthesizer based, coherent signal generator A phase coherent signal generator apparatus is disclosed that has fast frequency shifting and numerous phase memory points, outputting a coherent continuous phase signal that includes fast switched multiple different frequency bursts. The apparatus comprises: a clock generator including an input that receives a reference clock signal, an output that supplies a master clock signal, and an output that supplies a slave clock signal; an accumulating digital synthesizer that includes a first input that receives the slave clock signal, a second input that receives a digital frequency tune word signal, a third input that receives a phase tune word signal, a fourth input that receives a reset signal, and an output that supplies a digital coherent continuous phase signal; a master digital synthesizer that includes a first input that receives the master clock signal, a second input that receives the digital frequency tune word signal, a first output that supplies the digital phase tune word signal, and a second output that supplies a reset signal; and a converter that receives the digital coherent continuous phase signal and supplies the coherent continuous phase signal.
US09092066B1	Palm held rear-facing keyboard for electronic device A rear-facing keyboard for use with a mobile electronic device to enhance typing efficiency and accuracy of a user while allowing for a larger front display area of the device includes a cover secured to the mobile electronic device, and a plurality of key groups affixed to a rear side of the cover, the plurality of key groups having a separate group corresponding to each thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and pinky finger of the user, the plurality of key groups being disposed along a path on the cover having a non-concentric curvature that follows a natural resting position of the fingers when the electronic device is held horizontally with the bottom corners of the cover placed within the palms of the user.
US09092065B2	Input device and lifting structure for the input device An input device has a base, two shafts, a touchpad and a switch. The shafts are pivotally connected between the base and the touchpad, and intersect each other. When the touchpad is pressed, the shafts rotate relative to the base and the touchpad simultaneously. As the shafts intersect each other, an intersection of the shafts is nearby or exactly on a center of the touchpad, such that the shafts can pull down the touchpad from the center. Thus, no matter what location on the touchpad is pressed, a pressing force is spread uniformly, which makes the touchpad move down evenly without tilting. Besides, pulling down the touchpad from the center can further prevent leverage and deformation of the touchpad, thereby avoiding affecting the user's feel of pressing. To sum up, the input device can make the touchpad move down evenly, and prevent the touchpad from deformation.
US09092064B2	Head mounted display and method of controlling therefor The present specification relates to a head mounted display and a method of controlling therefor, and more particularly, when a user wearing the head mounted display captures an image, a method of storing a captured image according to whether a preview via an image preview interface exists or not.
US09092061B2	Augmented reality system The present invention is directed to a video display and user control for the video display. In the preferred embodiment, multiple video feeds are combined into a single video display, where one feed, preferably live, includes an encoded marker which is used by a computer to select a second and display a second feed, wherein the location and orientation of the second feed changes based on the location and orientation of the encoded marker in the first feed. At least a portion of the display gives the appearance of depth, such as through use of superimposed animation. The live image is controlled by the user's movement, causing at least a part of the display to move in concert with the user's motion, thereby creating an enhanced three dimensional effect for a superimposed display.
US09092060B1	Intuitive thermal user interface An electronic device that provides thermal feedback to a user is described. In particular, when the user provides a setting via tactile interaction with a surface of a user-interface device in the electronic device, a thermal mechanism in the electronic device establishes a temperature gradient on the surface based on the setting. For example, the thermal mechanism may include a heat source that increases a temperature of the portion of the user-interface device and/or a heat sink that decreases a temperature of another portion of the user-interface device. Moreover, the thermal mechanism may dynamically modify the temperature gradient based on the tactile interaction and an environmental condition (such as the temperature) in an external environment that includes the electronic device. Note that the tactile interaction with the user may occur with a physical control object (such as a knob) and/or with a virtual icon displayed on a multi-touch display.
US09092057B2	Electronic device including touch-sensitive display and actuator for providing tactile feedback An electronic device includes a housing, a touch-sensitive display exposed by a front of the housing, an actuator disposed between a back and the front of the housing and configured to move the touch-sensitive display and the front of the housing relative to the back when actuated, and functional components comprising memory and a processor coupled to the memory and the touch-sensitive display.
US09092052B2	Method and apparatus for obtaining entity-related decision support information based on user-supplied preferences In a portable computing device having at least one kind of input, at least one kind of output, and a data communications interface, a method and apparatus for obtaining entity-related “acceptable or unacceptable” decisions based on matching the results of internet information retrieval against user-supplied, persistent preferences are described. User-supplied preferences consist of a list of internet information resources the user wants to be examined to obtain a decision about whether or not an entity is acceptable, and of a list of criteria that an entity from said internet information resources has to meet to be found acceptable by the user. In one embodiment, a graphical user interface on the portable computing device is provided, allowing the identification of an entity. Identification of an entity automatically initiates information retrieval about the identified entity from the internet information resources of the user's preferences, automatically yielding, upon completion, a clearly discernible output in the form of a ternary “acceptable”/“unacceptable”/“undecidable” indicator on the portable computing device. The “acceptable” indicator is output if at least one criterion from the user's preferences has been met and no criterion from the user's preferences has been violated; the “unacceptable” indicator is output if at least one criterion from the user's preferences has been violated; the “undecidable” indicator is output otherwise.
US09092039B2	HVAC controller with user-friendly installation features with wire insertion detection A thermostat includes a housing, a user interface, and a processing system configured to control an HVAC system using setpoint temperature values. The thermostat may also include a plurality of HVAC connectors configured to receive corresponding HVAC control wires, and a connection sensing module configured to determine the identities of HVAC connectors into which corresponding wires have been inserted. The processing system is further configured to select and display one or more user inquiries using the user interface based on which connectors have wires inserted, thereby enhancing and streamlining the user installation procedure.
US09092035B2	Internal pilot type pressure regulator An internal pilot type pressure regulator 10 reduces a pressure of compressed air supplied to a primary port 11 and causes it to flow out to a secondary port 12. The pressure of air which flows into the secondary port 12 is set by rotating a handle 61 so as to adjust a spring force which is added to a pilot diaphragm 49. When a bonnet 47, into which the pilot diaphragm 49 and a pressure regulating member 59 are incorporated, is inserted in a pressure regulating adapter 28 and then rotated, an outward projecting portion 71 abuts on an inward projecting portion 73 and is mounted. When a lock member 77 is inserted between the outward projecting portion 71 and the inward projecting portion 73, the pressure regulating adapter 28 is locked.
US09092031B2	Method for operating a system, and driver-less transport system In a method for operating a system, the system includes at least one path, which includes path sections. Vehicles are able to travel along the path, and an electronic circuit is included for controlling at least the speed of the vehicle. Codes are situated along the path, and the vehicle includes at least one sensor, e.g., for detecting the codes, which is connected to the electronic circuit. A data exchange is implementable between one vehicle or a plurality of vehicles and at least one stationary unit.
US09092016B2	Universal validation module for access control systems A validation module provides for the upgrading of a physical access control system (PACS) to full HSPD-12 compliance without requiring modification or replacement of the existing PACS. The validation module may contain all of the validation functionality required by federal specifications and technical requirements. The validation module may be installed between an existing PACS panel and a supported card/biometric reader. Readers may be selected based on assurance level requirements, e.g., contactless or contact readers for low and medium assurance level areas and full biometric readers for high assurance areas. The validation module may validate a card according to the assurance level setting, extract ID information from data on the card and then pass the ID information to the PACS panel for an access decision. Cardholder data captured by one validation module may be distributed to other validation modules of the PACS using a management station.
US09092014B2	Multi-event time and data tracking device A battery operated multi-event data and time tracking device for monitoring baby care comprising a plurality of buttons on the face of the device, wherein buttons are brightly colored, illuminated and labeled with integers 1-12 as well as icons representing various baby care events. The buttons indicate the aggregate number of instances of a particular baby care event for a period of time, through the simultaneous illumination of integer buttons and a numeric display on an information screen. The information screen will additionally display various temporal and numerical data corresponding to particular baby care events. There is also a decimal point button, a clear button and scanning buttons as well as locking, alarm and lighting control switches. The device further comprises a microprocessor, a USB port, WiFi capability for data transfer to a permanent memory storage, wherein data will be organized in graphic format for the analysis of infant behaviors.
US09092013B2	Time-to-digital converter Time-to-digital converters (TDC) with improved resistance to metastability are provided. The TDC includes a ring oscillator gated by a start signal. A stop signal triggers capturing values of phase signals from the ring oscillator using master-slave flip-flops. Signals from two of the master stages of the flip-flops are logically combined to produce a counter clock signal that causes a counter to count. The outputs of the flip-flops and of the counter are encoded to produce a digital representation of the time between transitions of the start signal and the stop signal. Since the signals from the master stages of flip-flops are captured (and stop toggling) by the stop signal, the counter clock signal stops toggling, and the counter stops counting. This assures that the values of the captured phase signals and the counter are consistent and avoids metastability errors that could otherwise occur.
US09092006B2	Image forming apparatus having cartridge detachably mounted therein In an image forming apparatus, a sensing body is disposed at a first position when a cartridge has been removed from an apparatus body, is disposed at a second position when a first part of the sensing body contacts a housing of the cartridge that has been mounted in the apparatus body, and is disposed at a third position when a second part of the sensing body contacts a movable member of the cartridge that has been mounted in the apparatus body. A judging unit determines that the cartridge has been removed from the apparatus body if the sensing body is at the first position, determines that the cartridge has been mounted in the apparatus body if the sensing body is at the second position, and determines that the cartridge is a new product if the sensing body is at the third position.
US09092002B2	Image forming apparatus While providing an easy access to a working space between a secondary transfer roller and an intermediate transfer belt, an image forming apparatus is capable of ensuring a working space wider than a rotation radius of the secondary transfer roller in a state that the rotation center portion is pivotally supported on the image forming apparatus side. In a state that a rotation center portion engages with a rotation center hole provided in a housing frame, a secondary transfer unit is rotated on the rotation center hole to position the secondary transfer roller with respect to a secondary transfer counter roller. When the rotation center portion, which is engaged with the rotation center hole, is disengaged accompanying the opening operation of the exterior door, the exterior door supporting the secondary transfer unit is capable of opening widely outward.
US09091998B2	Printing apparatus, print head control apparatus, print head control method and storage medium A printing apparatus includes: a print head; an image carrier; a print controller which controls the print head to execute printing on a recording medium for printing via the image carrier, based on print data; a judgement unit which judges whether a lubricant is to be provided on a surface of the image carrier or not, based on a coverage rate by the print data, wherein the coverage rate is the total number of dots to be printed for an area divided by the total number of dots of the area; and a lubricant controller which controls provision of the lubricant on the surface when the judgement unit judges that the surface is to be provided with the lubricant.
US09091996B2	Medium conveying device with skew conveying member cleaner A medium conveying device includes an alignment member, a skew conveying member, and a removal member. The alignment member faces one end of a medium and aligns the medium while contacting with the medium when the medium is conveyed in a first direction. The skew conveying member conveys the medium in a second direction crossing to the first direction so that the one end comes in contact with the alignment member and that includes a drive member and a driven member opposed to the drive member and driven by the drive member. The removal member has a tip end coming in contact with a face of the drive member to remove a deposit on the face. The removal member is placed along a rotation direction of the drive member so that the tip end faces downstream of the rotational direction.
US09091994B2	Transmission device for photosensitive drum A transmission device for a photosensitive drum includes a sleeve having at least one guiding groove, a transmission unit having a shaft disposed in the sleeve and capable of moving and rotating at the same time, an elastic member, and a gear member receiving the sleeve and the elastic member so that the elastic member exerts elastic force on the shaft of the transmission unit. The transmission unit has two L-shaped engagement blocks defining a receiving space therebetween. Each L-shaped engagement block has an inclined outer surface, an inner surface, an inclined top surface and an engagement concave connecting the inner and outer surfaces are is rotatably secured to a base. The engagement concaves are opened toward opposite directions for engagement with two pillars of a drive member of an electronic image forming apparatus. Accordingly, the transmission device can be connected with and separated from the drive member smoothly.
US09091991B2	Stripping mechanism, image-forming unit, and image-forming apparatus A stripping mechanism includes a substantially sheet-shaped stripping member that has a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, that is elastically deformed with part of the first surface in contact with an image carrier which rotates and carries an image, and that strips a recording medium from the image carrier; and an opposing member that is disposed downstream of the stripping member in a direction in which the image carrier moves, that extends toward the image carrier, and that is opposite the first surface of the stripping member.
US09091990B2	Device failure predictor and image forming apparatus incorporating same A device failure predictor includes data acquisition unit to acquire internal data of a target device, a peak value calculator to calculate a plurality of peak values of the internal data for a prescribed period of time, and a failure sign identification unit to set individual criteria for the plurality of peak values and determine whether or not the target device shows signs of failure according to the plurality of peak values and the individual criteria.
US09091981B2	Image heating apparatus An image heating apparatus includes an endless belt for heating an image on a sheet in a nip; a supporting roller for rotatably supporting the endless belt; a displacing mechanism for displacing the supporting roller so as to maintain the endless belt in a predetermined zone in a widthwise direction; an electrical discharging member for electrically discharging the endless belt; and a holding member for holding the electrical discharging member so as to displace together with the supporting roller.
US09091967B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus (100) is equipped with a plurality of photoreceptor drums (31A to 31D), an intermediate transfer belt (41), a separating and contacting mechanisms (20), a tension roller (44), a meandering correction mechanism, and a controller. The separating and contacting mechanism (20) displaces the intermediate transfer belt (41). The meandering correction mechanism increases and decreases a biasing force applied to each of the opposite end portions of the tension roller (44) according to the amount of movement of the intermediate transfer belt (41) in the axial direction (94) of the tension roller (44). The controller, during a non-image forming period, at a predetermined timing during rotation of the intermediate transfer belt (41), executes a belt displacement process in which the intermediate transfer belt (41) is displaced from a predetermined reference position and then returned to the reference position.
US09091964B2	Electrophotographic image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, an image carrier carrying on a surface thereof a developer image formed by the image forming unit, a transfer unit for transferring the developer image carried on the image carrier to a recording medium, a voltage supplying unit for supplying a transfer voltage to the transfer unit, a transfer current measuring unit for measuring a transfer current value at a time that a prescribed voltage is applied from the voltage supplying unit to the transfer unit in a state that no recording medium exists in the transfer unit, a resistor serially coupled between the transfer current measuring unit and the transfer unit, a memory unit for memorizing electrical character information of the recording medium, and a controller for controlling the transfer voltage supplied from the voltage supplying unit to the transfer unit where the developer is transferred to the recording medium, based on a consequence measured by the transfer current measuring unit, a recording medium width in a widthwise direction in association with the kind of the recording medium, the electrical character information, and a resistance value of the resistor, to precisely adjust a secondary transfer current value.
US09091963B2	Developing device, cartridge and electrophotographic image forming apparatus A developing device includes: a flexible container, provide with an opening, for accommodating the developer; a frame for accommodating the container; an urging member, rotatably provided inside the frame, for urging the container by rotation thereof to deform the container; and a developer carrying member for carrying the developer on its surface to feed the developer. A distance X from a rotation center of the urging member to the surface of the developer carrying member and a length T from the rotation center of the urging member to a free end thereof for urging the container satisfy a relationship of X
US09091956B2	Image forming apparatus for performing exposure a plurality of times An image forming apparatus includes; an exposure unit configured to perform, based on the image data, first exposure for a photosensitive member and second exposure for the photosensitive member exposed by the first exposure; a determination unit configured to determine a type of the image to be formed based on image data; and a control unit configured to control the exposure unit such that a difference in an exposure amount between the first exposure and the second exposure performed based on the image data when the type of the image is a character is larger than the difference in the exposure amount between the first exposure and the second exposure performed based on the image data when the type of the image is a picture.
US09091940B2	Lithographic apparatus and method involving a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet In a lithographic projection apparatus, a structure surrounds a space between the projection system and a substrate table of the lithographic projection apparatus. A gas seal is formed between said structure and the surface of said substrate to contain liquid in the space.
US09091929B2	Method of forming tight-pitched pattern A method of forming a tight-pitched pattern. A target pattern including a plurality of first stripe patterns is provided. Each of the first stripe patterns has a first width and a first length. A photomask includes a plurality of second stripe patterns corresponding to the first stripe patterns is provided. Each of the second stripe patterns has a second width and a second length. A first exposure process with the photomask is provided in an exposure system. The first exposure process uses a first light source with a higher resolution that is capable of resolving the second width of each of the second stripe patterns. Finally, a second exposure process with the photo-mask is provided in the exposure system. The second exposure process uses a second light source with a lower resolution that is not adequate to resolve the second width of each of the second stripe patterns.
US09091926B2	Method of making planographic printing plate and planographic printing plate A method of making a planographic printing plate includes exposing, to infrared light, a planographic printing plate precursor including a recording layer provided on a substrate, and developing the precursor using an aqueous alkaline solution. The recording layer comprises a copolymer containing a structural unit derived from (meth)acrylonitrile and at structural unit derived from styrene, a water-insoluble and alkali-soluble resin, and an infrared absorbing agent, the solubility of the recording layer in the aqueous alkaline solution being increased by the exposure. The aqueous alkaline solution has a pH of 8.5 to 10.8 and contains a betaine-based amphoteric surfactant and an ammonium salt represented by Formula (I): R1, R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent an alkyl or aryl group; the total number of carbon atoms in R1, R2, R3, and R4 is not more than 20; and X− represents a counter anion.
US09091921B2	Layered structure and photosensitive dry film to be used therefor In a layered structure having at least a substrate and a photosensitive resin layer or cured film layer formed on the substrate and containing an inorganic filler, the content of the inorganic filler in the photosensitive resin layer or cured film layer is low on the side contacting the substrate and high on the surface side away from the substrate, so that a linear thermal expansion coefficient of the photosensitive resin layer or cured film layer as a whole is maintained as low as possible. Preferably, the inorganic filler content in the layer gradually increases continuously obliquely or stepwise from the side contacting the substrate to the surface side away from the substrate. A photosensitive dry film containing the above-mentioned photosensitive resin layer is suitable for use as a solder resist or an interlayer resin insulation layer of a printed wiring board.
US09091915B2	Resist composition, method of forming resist pattern, polymeric compound and method of producing polymeric compound A resist composition which generates acid upon exposure and exhibits changed solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid, the resist composition including a polymeric compound containing a base decomposable group in a main chain thereof.
US09091911B2	Device and method for omnidirectional image display The invention generally relates to the display of images viewable from any direction and devices therefor. In some aspects, the invention provides an apparatus for displaying a hologram-like image. The apparatus includes an inverted, truncated pyramid bearing semi-reflective facets visible from outside of the apparatus in all horizontal directions. A base frame supports the truncated pyramid, houses an imaging system, and provides image source surfaces that display images beneath each of the facets to be reflected by each of the facets.
US09091906B2	Projector, image projecting system, and image projecting method A projector may include an imaging unit, a positional-information generating unit, and a projecting unit. The imaging unit picks up an image of a projection target area with light in a first wavelength band and generates a first pickup image and picks up an image of the projection target area with light in a second wavelength band and generates a second pickup image. The positional-information generating unit generates, on a basis of the first pickup image, adjustment data for performing adjustment of positional information indicating a position of indication light and generates, on a basis of the second pickup image, the positional information. The projecting unit projects an image based on the positional information.
US09091902B2	Focal plane shutter for camera A first blade includes two arms and four blades, and is arranged between a shutter base plate and an intermediate plate. A second blade includes two arms and four blades, and is arranged between the intermediate plate and an auxiliary base plate. During an exposure operation, the four blades of the first blade are brought into an overlap state from a development state and the four blades of the second blade are brought into the development state from the overlap state. Since a contour forming edge of the intermediate plate above the opening portion is formed in the shape of an arc, the four blades of the second blade are able to start an operation appropriately from the overlap state.
US09091899B2	Light-controlling device and method of manufacturing the same The light-controlling device includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a partition wall separating the first and second substrates to define a cell. A light-adjustment medium containing a plurality of charged particles is disposed between the first and second substrates. One of the first electrode on the first substrate and the second electrode on the second substrate covers lesser area of the light-controlling device than the other electrode. The electrode covering lesser area of the light-controlling device may have grooved surface to increase the surface area without increasing the overall area of the light-controlling device covered by the electrode. Particle guidance member can be used to create a reservoir for holding increased amount of charged particles on the electrode covering lesser area of the light-controlling device.
US09091896B2	Electrochromic device with anti-iridescent coating The invention relates to a device (1) of the electrochromic type comprising successively a substrate (2), a reflection control coating (8), a laminating interlayer (10), a functional system (4) of the electrochromic type and a substrate (2). This particular arrangement of the laminating interlayer between the reflection control coating and the functional system and the choice of the refractive index and thickness of the reflection control coating are such that the saturation values of C* in the colorimetric system (L, a, b) of the device in reflection are less than or equal to 10 for angles of incidence of 60° and 8° relative to the normal (N) to the outer face (6B) of the counter-substrate and that the absolute value of the difference between the value of C at an angle of incidence of 8° and the value of C* at an angle of incidence of 60° is less than or equal to 6.
US09091891B2	Liquid crystal optical apparatus and stereoscopic image display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical apparatus includes a first substrate unit, a second substrate unit, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface and first electrodes provided on the first major surface to extend along a first direction, and arranged in a direction non-parallel to the first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate having a second major surface opposing the first major surface and a second electrode provided on the second major surface to oppose the first electrodes. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first and second substrate units. One of the first electrodes includes a first main body portion and a first tip portion. The first main body portion extends along the first direction, and the first tip portion is provided at a tip of the first main body portion.
US09091885B1	Method and apparatus for manufacturing curved liquid crystal display The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for manufacturing a curved liquid crystal display. The method includes: step a) providing a box body which is filled with liquid crystals and packaged; step b) curving the box body; and step c) polymerizing the liquid crystals at the inner surface of a first substrate and the liquid crystals at the inner surface of a second substrate in the box body respectively, so as to form respective pre-tilt angles corresponding to each other. The liquid crystal display obtained in this manner will present no abnormal dark fringes, so that the display quality of the liquid crystal display is improved.
US09091883B2	Display unit A display unit for a motor vehicle, having a display area with a back-lit liquid crystal display device bounded by a border area is provided. The display unit includes a light source, and behind the display area a liquid crystal cell, a first polarizer and a second polarizer, the light source being configured to provide back-light illumination to the cell and the polarizers forming a pair of polarizers on opposite sides of the cell such that, in use, the first polarizer polarizes the illumination and the second polarizer either passes or blocks this illumination when the polarization of the illumination is rotated by the cell. A first cover sheet extends over said cell, and a second cover sheet extends over the first cover sheet.
US09091881B2	Roll of continuous web of optical film laminate with predefined slit lines, and method and system for manufacturing the same A roll of a continuous web of an optical film laminate with predefined slit lines for use in a continuous manufacturing system by laminating optically functional film sheets to liquid-crystal panels. The optical film laminate with predefined slit lines comprises an optically functional film having an adhesive layer which is subjected to a preliminary inspection, and a carrier film releasably laminated to the adhesive layer. Defect-free normal sheets and defective or defect-containing sheets having predefined length corresponding to the dimension of the liquid-crystal panel are formed on the carrier film by sequentially forming slit lines along the transverse direction with respect to the lengthwise direction of the optical film laminate.
US09091878B2	Liquid crystal display for preventing a light leakage A liquid crystal display for preventing a light leakage is discussed. According to an embodiment, the liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate having a black matrix that defines a non-display region and a display region, a second substrate on which a pixel array is formed, a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein a distance between the sealant and the black matrix is different in accordance with a position on which the sealant is formed.
US09091877B2	Display device A display device includes a reflective image display unit having a sheet-like anisotropic scattering member. The sheet-like anisotropic scattering member has a surface in which both a low refractive index area and a high refractive index area exist. The sheet-like anisotropic scattering member is disposed so that a light enters from a first surface thereof and exits as scattered light from a second surface thereof, when an extent of refractive index difference at a boundary or vicinity thereof between the low refractive index area and the high refractive index area is relatively large in the first surface and relatively small in the second surface.
US09091864B2	System and method of calculating visual performance of an ophthalmic optical correction using simulation of imaging by a population of eye optical systems A method of calculating clinical performance of an ophthalmic optical correction using simulation by imaging a series of objects of different sizes by each of a plurality of eye optical systems, each of the eye optical systems including the ophthalmic optical correction, the method comprising A.) at an object distance, calculating a set of indicia of image quality, each indicium of the set of indicia corresponding to an object in the series of objects when it is imaged by a given one of the plurality of eye optical systems, B.) at the object distance, comparing the set of indicia to a threshold to determine a just-discernable object size for the given one of the plurality of eye optical systems, and C.) repeating steps A and B for each eye optical system in the plurality of eye optical systems.
US09091853B2	Device for forming an interference grating on a sample A device for forming an interference grating on a sample. The device including a laser emitting a light beam of wavelength λ, a beam splitter plate splitting the light beam into first and second beams, the first beam being deflected in a first direction, a first stationary deflection mirror for deflecting the first beam onto a point P of the sample at a first constant angle of incidence θ1, and at least one second stationary deflection mirror for deflecting the second beam along a final path that reaches point P of the sample at a second angle of incidence θ2 in order to form an interference grating on the sample at a pitch that depends on the angular difference θ. The device includes a movable deflection mirror to deflect the second beam from a plurality of first deflection points towards a plurality of second deflection points on the second mirror.
US09091852B2	Wearable device with input and output structures A head-wearable device includes a center support extending in generally lateral directions, a first side arm extending from a first end of the center frame support and a second side arm extending from a second end of the center support. The device further includes an extension arm configured to present information to the user via a display element. The extension arm extends at least partially along the first side arm on a first side of the center support and further extends from the first side arm to a display end that supports the display element in a position on a second side of the center support. The extension arm has a joint therein configured for movement of the display element at least in a direction having a lateral component relative to the center support.
US09091848B2	Wearable displays with holders that retain displays at particular positions A wearable display includes a display and a holder. The display emits light toward a light receiver. The holder retains the display in a first position relative to the light receiver when the wearable display is in an operational state. A first area of the display and a second area of the display are the only areas of the display that face the light receiver and are within a field of view of the light receiver when the display is in the first position. The first area is the only area of the first area and the second area in an overlap region when the display is in the first position. The overlap region is a portion of the field of view of the light receiver that overlaps a field of view of another light receiver. The first area is greater than the second area.
US09091847B2	Head-mounted image display device Provided is a head-mounted image display device, including: a main body for emitting an image light beam; an eyepiece optical portion having a light-guide portion in a polyhedral shape, the eyepiece optical portion allowing the image light beam emitted from the main body to be incident on one surface of the light-guide portion and causing the image light beam incident on the one surface of the light-guide portion and emitted from another surface on the same side as the one surface or on the different side from the one surface; an attaching portion for connecting the main body and the eyepiece optical portion, in which the attaching portion has a movement mechanism for moving the eyepiece optical portion relative to the main body so as to adjust the position of an exit pupil of the eyepiece optical portion.
US09091845B2	Confocal scanning microscope A confocal scanning microscope including: an objective system (second objective lens 23 and objective lens 24) illuminating a sample SA with illumination light; a scanning mechanism 31 scanning the sample SA to obtain an intensity signal; and a scanning optical system 32 provided between the scanning mechanism and the objective system. The scanning optical system composed of, in order from the scanning mechanism side, a first positive lens group G1, a second negative lens group G2, and a third positive lens group G3. The third lens group has two chromatic aberration correction portions each formed by a positive lens and a negative lens or negative lens and positive lens. Glass materials are selected such that one performs chromatization and the other performs achromatization, thereby providing a confocal scanning microscope capable of correcting lateral chromatic aberration generated in the objective system in the specific wavelength region by the scanning optical system.
US09091843B1	Optical assembly for a wide field of view point action camera with low track length to focal length ratio An optical assembly for a point action camera with a wide field of view has multiple lens elements configured to provide a field of view in excess of 150 degrees. One of more of the lens elements has an aspheric surface. The optical assembly exhibits a low ratio of total track length to effective focal length that is less than 8.
US09091842B2	Imaging lens Disclosed herein is an imaging lens suitable for a camera module using a high resolution imaging sensor, decreasing a flare phenomenon and reducing the sensitivity. The imaging lens comprises, in order from the object side, a first lens having positive (+) refractive force; a second lens having negative (−) refractive force; a third lens having positive (+) refractive force; a fourth lens having positive (+) refractive force; and a fifth lens having negative (−) refractive force, wherein an object side plane of the third lens is convexly formed.
US09091841B2	Zooming optical system, optical apparatus having the zooming optical system, and method for manufacturing zooming optical system A zoom optical system ZL to be mounted on an optical apparatus such as a single lens reflex camera 1, comprising, in order from an object side, a first lens group G1 having positive refractive power, a second lens group G2 having negative refractive power, a third lens group G3 having positive refractive power, a fourth lens group G4 having negative refractive power, a fifth lens group G5 having positive refractive power, and a sixth lens group G6 having negative refractive power. The zoom optical system is configured such that at least a portion of any one lens group among these lens group G1 to G6 may be moved such that a component in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis may be included. Thus, there are provided a zoom optical system that can suppress well variation in aberrations upon zooming, an optical apparatus equipped therewith and a method for manufacturing the zoom optical system.
US09091838B2	Thin-type wide-angle imaging lens assembly with five lenses A thin-type wide-angle imaging lens assembly comprises a fixing diaphragm and an optical set including five lenses. An arranging order from an object side to an image side is: a first lens; a second lens; a third lens; a fourth lens; a fifth lens; and the fixing diaphragm disposed between an object and the third lens. At least one surface of the first, second, and third lenses is aspheric. At least one surface of the fourth and fifth lenses is aspheric. By the concatenation between the lenses and the adapted curvature radius, thickness, interval, refractivity, and Abbe numbers, the assembly attains a shorter height and a better optical aberration.
US09091836B2	Lens module There is provided a lens module, including: a first lens having positive refractive power, an object-sided surface thereof being convex; a second lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave; a third lens having positive refractive power; a fourth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being convex; and a fifth lens having negative refractive power, an image-sided surface thereof being concave, wherein the fourth lens satisfies Conditional Expression 1, f ⁢ ⁢ 4 f < - 3.0 [ Conditional ⁢ ⁢ Expression ⁢ ⁢ 1 ] where f is an overall focal distance of an optical system and f4 is a focal distance of the fourth lens.
US09091835B2	Fiber optic assembly with loopback A fiber optic assembly includes an optical cable supporting a plurality of optical fibers and a furcation integrated with the optical cable. The furcation separates optical fibers of the plurality into a first set and a second set. The first set includes a loopback channel that enters the furcation, loops around within the furcation, and then returns to the optical cable such that optical transmissions passing along the loopback channel pass twice through the optical cable in opposing directions. The second set passes through the furcation without looping back into the optical cable.
US09091834B2	Fiber splice housing with temperature compensation A method and device for relieving thermal stresses on the optical fibers in fiber optic splice housings used in hostile thermal environments.
US09091813B2	Systems and methods for photonic polarization beam splitters An integrated photonic polarization beam splitter includes an optical coupler having an input port, a first output port, and a second output port. The optical coupler is operable to couple a portion of an input light beam at the input port into the first output port and another portion of the input light beam into the second output port. The integrated photonic polarization beam splitter also includes a first waveguide having a first linear polarizer embedded therein and coupled to the first output port of the optical coupler and a second waveguide having a second linear polarizer embedded therein and coupled to the second output port of the optical coupler.
US09091812B2	Energy-efficient transparent solar film An energy-efficient transparent solar film is presented. The solar film has a first film layer with metal nanostructures. The metal nanostructures have plasmon resonances in wavelength bands greater than, or both less than and greater than visible wavelengths, depending on size and shape. The metal nanostructures have no plasmon resonance at visible wavelengths. In another aspect, metal oxide nanocrystals are formed with the first film layer. The metal oxide nanocrystals have absorption in a band of wavelengths less than visible wavelengths, and absorption in a band of wavelengths greater than visible wavelengths. Also provided is a solar film window and fabricating method.
US09091809B2	Integrated planar polymer waveguide for low-loss, low-crosstalk optical signal routing The present invention provides an apparatus comprising a plurality of planar waveguides and method of making the same. The apparatus includes first, second, and third layers formed above a substrate and adjacent each other. The second layer is formed between the first and third layers of a material and comprises a plurality of organofunctional siloxane-based resin or polymer waveguides. Each waveguide has an input on one edge of the second layer and an output on one edge of the second layer so that the input and output are on different line-of-sight paths. The plurality of waveguides is formed such that intersections of the waveguides occur at approximately right angles and the outputs and inputs located on edges that are opposite one another are offset from each other in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction of the corresponding input or output signal.
US09091803B2	Apparatus for delivery of laser-beams of different wavelengths to a flow-cytometer An optical apparatus for delivering to a flow-cell of a flow-cytometer a plurality of beams of laser radiation each thereof having a different wavelength. The apparatus includes a dispersion compensation-prism and a plurality of directing-prisms equal in number to the number of laser-beam. The directing-prisms are arranged to direct the laser radiation beams directly therethrough into the dispersion compensation-prism as converging fan of beams in a first plane. The beams are transmitted by the compensation-prism as a converging fan of beams intersecting then proceeding as a diverging fan of beams in the first plane. A spherical focusing lens is arranged cooperative with a cylindrical lens for focusing the plurality of laser-beams as a plurality of spaced apart elongated focal spots in a plane in which the cytometer flow-cell is located.
US09091799B2	Lens barrel and imaging apparatus A lens barrel includes a lead screw that is rotatably driven by a focus motor, a pulse plate that is provided at a root section of the lead screw on the focus motor side and rotates integrally with the lead screw, a photo interrupter holder that holds a photo interrupter configured to detect a signal of the pulse plate, a rack that is screwed to the lead screw and advances or retracts in the direction of the optical axis of an imaging optical system in accordance with the rotation drive of the lead screw, and a fourth group holder that holds a fourth group lens and advances or retracts in the direction of the optical axis by engaging with the rack. When the fourth group holder is retracted toward the focus motor side, the pulse plate and the fourth group holder or the fourth group lens are overlapped with each other as viewed from the direction orthogonal to the optical axis.
US09091763B2	Weather detection using satellite communication signals Disclosed is a satellite weather detection system that uses atmospheric precipitation density data. Subscribers detect the signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio of signals that are transmitted from the satellite. Upstream transmit power data is also collected, which is needed to achieve a given SNR at a gateway. The values of the downstream signal strength and signal-to-noise ratio data as well as the upstream transmit power data are normalized and compared with current atmospheric data. The data can be color coded and graphically displayed to show weather patterns. Location and velocity of high precipitation density cells can be tracked to predict movement of storms.
US09091754B2	Distance measurement methods and apparatus Distance measurement methods and apparatus use laser pulse sets having signatures which enable returned pulses to be correlated with emitted pulses. Each pulse set comprises at least one pulse and a signature selected from a set of possible signatures. Pulse sets reflected from at least one surface are detected and, for each set, the signature is recognized and a time of flight is determined. Signatures are defined by one or more of: spacing in time between pulses of a set, wavelength of the at least one pulse of the set, spacing in time between a first subset of a set and a second subset of a set, difference of wavelength between pulses of a set, and difference of wavelength between a first subset of a set and a second subset of a set. Each set can have multiple groups of pulses and pulses within a group can have different amplitudes.
US09091740B2	Apparatus and method for synchronizing clocks between devices of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system A method of synchronizing clocks between a central controlling unit and a radio frequency (RF) coil which are wirelessly connected to each other in a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system, which includes receiving a first clock from the central controlling unit, synchronizing a second clock of the RF coil with a received first clock, and discontinuing the receiving of the first clock from the central controlling unit when the second clock is synchronized with the first clock.
US09091733B2	Method of inspecting secondary battery A method of inspecting a secondary battery includes: discharging the secondary battery initially charged, at a discharge current, from an initial voltage to a discharge ending voltage; calculating an interval capacity in a voltage interval from a check starting voltage to a check ending voltage, based on the discharge current, and discharge time taken in the voltage interval; measuring a voltage change amount from a point in time when the voltage reaches a first voltage to a point in time when a length of time elapses from the above point in time, when the secondary battery is discharged from the initial voltage to the discharge ending voltage; and determining whether a total capacity satisfies a performance requirement, by comparing the calculated interval capacity with a first threshold value, and determining whether an output satisfies a performance requirement, by comparing the measured voltage change amount with a second threshold value.
US09091731B2	System and method for testing electrical equipment used in a power system A system and method are provided for using a class H amplifier in a tester for testing protective relaying equipment, particularly useful in conducting end to end testing. The class H amplifier is configured to provide separation between the amplifier and the power supply of the tester using a DSP which also offers flexibility for programming algorithms to realize efficiencies in matching the waveform to the output rail. End to end testing is also improved by including expected results for the test case used by the tester to enable the tester to determine how close the results are to what is expected. This offers time savings and is less prone to error in that the expected results can be predetermined by a qualified/experienced professional.
US09091719B2	Systems and methods of identifying connections in a communications patching system using common-mode channel signal transmissions Communications patching system and methods utilizing common-mode channel communications are provided for identifying patch panel ports to which a backbone cable is connected in a communications patching system, for identifying a patch panel port to which a horizontal cable terminating at a telecommunications outlet is connected in a communications patching system, and for identifying the physical location of first and second connectors of a patch cord in a communications patching system having multiple patching zones.
US09091716B2	Method and apparatus for measuring performance of electronic device A method and an apparatus for measuring performance of an electronic device are provided. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave measuring device for measuring an actual level of an electromagnetic wave of an electronic device, and an analysis controller for applying a previously stored level change value to the actual level of the electromagnetic wave to compute a measured level of the electromagnetic wave. The method and the apparatus for measuring performance of an electronic device can easily measure an electromagnetic wave level of the electronic device without using a device suggested by an international standard.
US09091715B2	Wearable device with capacitive sensor and method of operation therefor A wearable device includes a capacitive sensor and capacitance sensing and calibration logic operative to determine that component drift for a capacitive sensor cannot be determined based on a capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor. The capacitance sensing and calibration logic deactivates a drift calibration operation for the capacitive sensor while the capacitive sensor senses the capacitance. The capacitance sensing and calibration logic is further operative to determine that the capacitance sensed by the capacitive sensor is within a detection threshold that indicates that a conductive surface is within proximity of the capacitive sensor. The capacitance sensing and calibration logic can also determine that a wearable device, that includes the capacitive sensor, is in motion based on sensed intermittent changes in the capacitance. Various other methods of operation are disclosed.
US09091713B2	Method and device for characterizing or measuring a capacitance A method for characterizing or measuring a capacitance includes linking the capacitance to a first mid-point of a first capacitive divider bridge, applying to the divider bridge a bias voltage, maintaining the voltage of the first mid-point near a reference voltage, discharging a second mid-point of a second divider bridge in parallel with the first using a constant current, and measuring the time for a voltage of the second mid-point to become equal to the voltage of the first mid-point. The method may be applied in particular to the control of a touch screen display.
US09091700B2	Modified peptide substrate The invention provides novel reagents and methodologies for detecting free versus bound enzyme. It is particularly useful to detect thrombin when it is not bound to A2M in the presence of thrombin bound to A2M by using a modified substrate that is sterically hindered from reacting with the bound thrombin.
US09091697B2	Use of 2 anti-SPARC antibodies to predict response to chemotherapy for pancreatic adenocarcinoma The invention provides anti-SPARC antibody-based techniques for predicting a response to chemotherapy.
US09091695B2	Methods and systems for quantification of peptides and other analytes Disclosed are LC-LC-MS/MS techniques for the analysis of endogenous peptides and other highly polar small molecules. The methods and systems of the present invention can be applied in all industries that utilize LC-MS/MS for the evaluation and quantification of biological analytes in complex matrixes.
US09091693B2	Plug unit and connection system for connecting capillary tubes, especially for high-performance liquid chromatography A plug unit for connecting capillary tubes includes a plug housing that has an axial borehole, a plug capillary tube that projects through the axial borehole, and a sealing element that surrounds the plug capillary tube. The front end of the plug capillary tube is sealed by an elastic and/or plastic deformation of the sealing element against the capillary tube receptacle opening of a bushing unit. A hollow cylindrical pressure piece is provided that surrounds the sealing element in an axial region facing away from the end surface of the plug capillary tube, and the pressure piece has a rearward end side that faces away from the end surface of the plug capillary tube and that can be loaded by the plug housing with an axial pressure force when the plug unit and bushing unit are connected.
US09091690B2	Methods of renal cancer detection Disclosed are methods for detecting, diagnosing or monitoring a renal cancer in a subject. The methods include detecting quantity of one or more polypeptides or fragments thereof comprised by body fluid such as urine, wherein the one or more polypeptides or fragments thereof, can be present at elevated levels in a subject with a kidney cancer, as compared to a subject without a kidney cancer. Non-limiting examples of such polypeptides include aquaporin-1, adipose differentiation-related protein and paired box protein-2. Antibody probes can be used to detect or quantify the polypeptides. In some embodiments, mass spectroscopy can be used to detect or quantify the polypeptides, or to identify a polypeptide in a body fluid sample from a subject with a kidney cancer.
US09091662B1	System and method for automatic camera calibration and alignment determination This invention provides a system and method for automatic runtime determination of calibration and alignment of multiple cameras in a cross surface inspection arrangement. A plurality of flags each move into and out of a field of view of each of the cameras. These flags actuate at predetermined times. When actuated, the flags present a known geometric shape to the region of interest, which can be used to determine whether a camera has drifted in calibration or alignment with respect to a previously calibrated, trained image of the flags. The flags can be mounted on rotary actuators that are placed at predetermined intervals along an illumination bar. The illumination bar can be located on a side of a moving web opposite a side facing the cameras. The illumination bar projects a light line through the translucent web that is momentarily interrupted at periodic intervals by the actuated flags. In operation, the cameras operate a runtime inspection process. A validation controller signals each camera to cease a runtime inspection process and begin a validation process within the cameras. The flags move into a deployed orientation. While deployed, the validation application within the camera treats the flags as inspection defects and compares them to trained models. The system determines whether the cameras are within accepted parameters.
US09091658B2	Paramagnetic gas sensor apparatus and adjustment method This present invention relates to a device for the measurement of the amount of oxygen in a gas mixture, or other gas with significantly different magnetic susceptibility than the background gas mixture, by the use of a suspended test body in a magnetic field that experiences force due to the magnetic susceptibility of the measurand gas. In order to enable a fast time response for the system with a change in oxygen concentration, a flow regime is presented which allows a fast sweep of the measurement volume combined with adjustable, balanced pressure drops via a flow balancing element (or elements) within the flow channels to independently minimise flow related uncertainties.
US09091655B2	Photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) test of quantum dot (QD) films Photoluminescence quantum yield (PLQY) testing of quantum dots is described. In one embodiment, a method involves heating a sample including quantum dots and illuminating the sample with a light source. The method involves measuring spectra of luminescence from the illuminated quantum dots of the sample at each of a plurality of temperatures. The method involves measuring each of the plurality of temperatures with a temperature sensor. The PLQY at each of the plurality of temperatures is computed based on the measured spectra. The method further involves computing a relationship between QD emission wavelength of the measured spectra and the plurality of temperatures measured with the temperature sensor. The relationship is used to determine the QD temperature corresponding to each of the PLQY computations. In one embodiment, an integrating sphere moves on a gantry over the samples.
US09091654B2	Serial-line-scan-encoded multi-color fluorescence microscopy and imaging flow cytometry A system for performing high-speed, high-resolution imaging cytometry includes a scanning region that is illuminated by light including at least first and second wavelength bands. The system also includes a cell transport mechanism that transports a cell through the scanning region such that the cell is illuminated. The system further includes a set of at least one linear light sensor, and an optical system that selectively directs light emitted from the cell to two portions of the linear light sensor set such that emitted light in a third wavelength band is primarily directed to a first portion of the linear light sensor set, and emitted light in a fourth wavelength band is primarily directed to a second portion of the linear light sensor set. The system repeatedly takes readings of light falling on the linear light sensor set while the cell is transported through the scanning region.
US09091653B2	Microscope and method for wavelength-selective and high spatial resolving microscopy A method for wavelength-selective and high spatial resolving fluorescence microscopy. In a specimen fluorescence emitters are repeatedly excited and specimen frames are produced with a microscope. The fluorescence emitters are excited to emit fluorescence radiation such that at least a sub-set is isolated in each frame and the positions of the isolated fluorescence emitters are localized with a localization precision exceeding the optical resolution and a high-resolution complete image is produced. The imaging beam path of the microscope has a spectrally selective element which, during production of the frames, generates a spectrally-dependent rotational asymmetric point-spread function, such that images of isolated fluorescence emitters have a rotational asymmetry which depends on a wavelength at which the isolated fluorescence emitters fluoresce, and the images of the isolated fluorescence emitters are analyzed with respect to rotational asymmetry and an indication of the wavelength of the isolated fluorescence emitters is derived therefrom.
US09091638B2	Apparatus and method for non-destructive testing using ultrasonic phased array The present invention is related generally to the field of non-destructive materials testing using ultrasonic devices, more particularly, ultrasonic devices in a phased array and includes a wedge for conducting pitch-catch ultrasonic phase array testing of materials wherein the wedge includes a liquid column and is manufactured with specific angles so as to control the angle at which the ultrasonic waves pass into the wedge and then are refracted when passing from the liquid in the liquid column into the material being analyzed, thus providing a wider range of analysis via sweeping the beams from the wedge than was possible with known wedges.
US09091630B2	Nanosensors and method of manufacture A nanosensor and methods to manufacture are disclosed. For example, a detection system for detecting the presence of a target substance can include a nanosensor that includes a sensing layer, and a plurality of sockets embedded within the body of the sensing layer, each socket having a physical profile matching a shape of the target substance such that, when target substances occupy the sockets, at least one measurable physical characteristic of the sensing layer changes.
US09091621B2	Multiple slide processing apparatus A slide processing apparatus comprises a slide or processing station which may include a plurality of cuvettes, each cuvette configured to receive a slide. A reagent fluid supply is coupled to each cuvette to deliver and apply reagent for treatment of the slide. A slide gripper is disposed above the slide processing station and is configured to move the slide in and out of the cuvettes. A screw assembly is disposed adjacent the slide processing station, the screw assembly configured to receive a plurality of slides, wherein rotation of the screw assembly advances the plurality of slides for engagement by the slide gripper.
US09091615B2	Method for monitoring the functional software of control devices in a control device system The invention relates to a monitoring method for a control device system with several electronic control devices for driving an internal combustion engine in a motor vehicle, whereby operating variables of the individual control devices are compared with each other, in order to detect a malfunction of the control devices. It is proposed that the control devices are monitored across-the-system, by comparing the operating variables of different control devices of the control device system with one other.
US09091614B2	Wavefront optical measuring apparatus An apparatus for measuring a wavefront of light traveling through test optics includes: a light source; a lenslet array where light from the light source travels through; a detector array configured to acquire a light intensity distribution through the lenslet array; and a processing unit, wherein the processing unit executes data processing with the acquired light intensity distribution, the data processing comprising an estimation process using a beamlet-based propagation model or a ray-based propagation model as a forward propagation model.
US09091612B2	Method for leak testing and leak testing apparatus For leak testing closed containers (9) which are filled with a filling product containing at least one liquid component the container is introduced in a test cavity (1) which is evacuated at least down to vapor pressure of that liquid component. The pressure in the surrounding of the container (9) and thus within test cavity (1) is monitored. Monitoring is performed by a vacuum pressure sensor (7), whereas lowering pressure surrounding the container (9) is performed by a vacuum pump (5). Leakage is detected by monitoring a pressure change in the surrounding of the container which is due to evaporation of liquid emerging from a leak and being evaporated in the low pressure surrounding.
US09091611B2	Leak detection system with secure sealing mechanism An automotive leak detection system that includes means for forming a secure, leak-proof interconnection between a source of pressurized leak detection vapor and the automobile engine's air induction system ducting or hose. The system includes a sealing mechanism that is specially contoured and configured to matingly interconnect about the opening defined about the distal-most end of the air induction system ducting or hose such that the sealing device and hose form a secure, leak-proof interconnection. The sealing device may be provided with a customized periphery that is designed to correspond and matingly engage with the footprint or specific configuration of the distal end of the air induction system ducting or hose of a specific car manufacturer and/or specific make and model air induction system ducting or system.
US09091590B2	Magneto-optic dispersion spectrometer A method and apparatus is disclosed for measurement of probe light frequency. The apparatus includes an optical spectrometer comprised of a medium of rapidly changing circular birefringence. The circular birefringent medium changes the polarization of probe light an amount that is dependent upon probe light frequency. Thus probe light frequency is deduced by analyzing probe light polarization after it propagates through the birefringent medium. The birefringent medium is constructed from a gaseous substance and a magnetic field, where the gaseous substance has one or more absorption lines near the probe light frequency. The magnetic field permeates the gaseous substance and shifts the frequency of the absorption line(s) by the Zeeman effect. The method includes probe light emitted from a transmitter, which scatters off of a target, then the scattered probe light is collected and transmitted through the optical spectrometer where frequency is measured. With measurement of probe light frequency, a variety of information about the target can be deduced.
US09091564B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing apparatus including: an appliance power consumption estimating unit estimating power consumption of each of a plurality of appliances disposed inside a large region that is divided into a plurality of regions; an appliance presence probability estimating unit estimating appliance presence probabilities that are probabilities that the respective appliances are present in the respective regions; a responsible share deciding unit deciding responsible shares that are proportions for respective people when power consumption in each region is shared among people who may be present in the large region; and a power consumption allocating unit calculating an allocated amount of power consumption of each person based on the power consumption of each of the plurality of appliances, the appliance presence probabilities, and the responsible shares.
US09091562B2	Navigation system efficiently utilizes power by providing instructions to the driver for only the driver selected portion(s) of route A method, system and computer program product for conserving power in a GPS-based navigation system. The navigation system receives input from the driver selecting a portion(s) of the route (route from the current location of the vehicle to the destination) where the driver requests guidance. For those portions of the route not selected by the driver to receive guidance, the navigation system implements a low detail mode of operation. In such a mode of operation, the navigation system reduces its update frequency as well as displays less detailed graphics so as to consume less power. For those portions selected by the driver to receive guidance, the navigation system implements a high detail mode of operation, where the navigation system is capable of audio-visually communicating to the driver instructions for reaching a given destination. In this manner, the power consumed by the navigation system will be more efficiently utilized.
US09091558B2	Autonomous driver assistance system and autonomous driving method thereof An autonomous driver assistance system is integrated with a vehicular control system to constantly detect ambient road environment of the vehicle, identify a vehicle ahead with same driving route to a destination, and follow the vehicle ahead by autonomous driving to the destination. Signals of direction indicators of the vehicle ahead can be recognized to determine a driving direction and driving state of the vehicle ahead beforehand, thereby reducing the chances of emergency brake and collision and increasing driving efficiency. Without expensive radar detection equipment, the present invention can be easily integrated with a vehicular control system to tackle the high installation cost and integration difficulty of conventional autonomous driver assistance apparatuses.
US09091554B2	Safety-critical updating of maps via a data channel of a satellite navigation system A device, system and method for an update system for updating a digital map for a vehicle. The update data is sent from a control center via a satellite navigation system to the individual receivers. The update data is received by the receivers in parallel with the position data from the satellites. For this purpose, a subchannel is provided. This allows large portions of the worldwide population to be supplied with the update data.
US09091552B2	Combined location and attitude determination system and methods A system and methods for calculating an attitude and a position of an object in space are disclosed. Measurements in relation to an object, stars, and a signal timing are received at a combined orbit and attitude determination system to provide received measurements. An estimated separation angle error, an estimated position error, and an estimated attitude error are estimated based upon the received measurements to provide estimated errors.
US09091541B2	Compass The invention relates to a compass or direction determination device comprising one or more rotation sensitive sensors and means for rotating the one or more rotation sensitive sensors, wherein the means for rotating is configured to produce two or more rotation speeds of the one or more rotation sensitive sensors during a single direction determination operation.
US09091537B2	Tire pressure monitor system tool with active tire pressure display A wheel alignment apparatus is capable of automatically obtaining tire pressure information from a plurality of tire pressure monitor systems. The wheel alignment apparatus may include an alignment bay configured to receive a vehicle and an optical system located at an end of the alignment bay and configured to provide an image of wheels of the vehicle. The wheel alignment apparatus may also include a camera configured to receive the image of the wheels of the vehicle and a computer configured to display the image of the wheels of the vehicle and automatically display tire pressure information of the wheels of the vehicle when the vehicle is located within a predetermined proximity of the wheel alignment apparatus.
US09091536B2	Method and device for three-dimensional surface detection with a dynamic reference frame The surface shape of a three-dimensional object is acquired with an optical sensor. The sensor, which has a projection device and a camera, is configured to generate three-dimensional data from a single exposure, and the sensor is moved relative to the three-dimensional object, or vice versa. A pattern is projected onto the three-dimensional object and a sequence of overlapping images of the projected pattern is recorded with the camera. A sequence of 3D data sets is determined from the recorded images and a registration is effected between subsequently obtained 3D data sets. This enables the sensor to be moved freely about the object, or vice versa, without tracking their relative position, and to determine a surface shape of the three-dimensional object on the fly.
US09091535B2	3D scanning system and method of obtaining 3D image Disclosed are a 3D laser scanning system and a method of obtaining a 3D image by using the system that detect, with a linear array type photo detector, a reflected light reflected from a target after rotation-emitting a line-shaped pulsed laser light through 360 degrees and obtain a 3D image through point cloud data obtained by measuring a distance to the target.
US09091527B2	Wire core diameter testing system and method A wire processing machine includes a signal applicator that applies a sensing signal to a section of wire. When the signal applicator is applying the sensing signal to the wire core of a section of wire, the wire processing machine is actuated to move a pair of wire processing blades until the wire processing blades contact the wire core. When the blades contact the wire core, the wire core is grounded, which is sensed by the control unit of the device. The position of the wire processing blades when the wire core is grounded is used to determine the diameter of the wire core.
US09091509B2	Armor assembly An armor assembly for providing resistance to penetration by projectiles includes an impact surface or strike face layer featuring an organic resin composite into which multitudinous ceramic shapes are distributed, a secondary or transition layer to provide mechanical support to the strike face and distribute the imposed load over a wider bearing area, a spacer layer that facilitates reflection of stress waves in the assembly layers between the space and incident projectile, and a back surface that defines the space as well as intercepts any projectile or projectile fragments transiting the space so defined. To this basic assembly can be added components that increase deformation and deflection of incident projectiles, reduce transmitted stresses, or strengthen at least one of the layers.
US09091499B2	Bolt hold open actuator for use with AR-15/M16 type firearms A bolt hold open (BHOA) catch assembly configured for operating with rimfire ammunition for use with a firearm including a receiver with an exposed receiving chamber. A BHOA housing is supported upon the lower receiver in communication with a receiver chamber in communication with a bolt assembly. A catch is supported in elevatable fashion relative to an end of the actuator housing and an end most and downward extending structural portion of the elevatable catch is capable of being manipulated by an externally configured and toggled bolt catch so that an inner pivoting end portion thereof engages the structural portion to raise the BHOA supported catch into contact with a forwardly traveling bolt, such as upon release of a previously retracted charging handle. The BHOA catch can alternatively be actuated upwardly by a suitably configured follower associated with an attachable and cartridge holding magazine, this again following a last shot hold open protocol.
US09091490B2	Open loop heat pipe radiator having a free-piston for wiping condensed working fluid An open loop heat pipe radiator comprises a radiator tube and a free-piston. The radiator tube has a first end, a second end, and a tube wall, and the tube wall has an inner surface and an outer surface. The free-piston is enclosed within the radiator tube and is capable of movement within the radiator tube between the first and second ends. The free-piston defines a first space between the free-piston, the first end, and the tube wall, and further defines a second space between the free-piston, the second end, and the tube wall. A gaseous-state working fluid, which was evaporated to remove waste heat, alternately enters the first and second spaces, and the free-piston wipes condensed working fluid from the inner surface of the tube wall as the free-piston alternately moves between the first and second ends. The condensed working fluid is then pumped back to the heat source.
US09091482B2	Method and substrate for curing a honeycomb structure The invention relates to a process for firing a porous ceramic structure of the honeycomb type on a firing setter, said structure comprising a plurality of longitudinal through-channels terminating in two ends of the structure, the end bearing on the setter having a maximum width LS before firing, in a longitudinal sectional plane passing through the principal axis of the structure, said process being characterized in that the setter has, in said longitudinal sectional plane: a first level corresponding to a first face of the setter serving as bearing surface for the structure to be fired, said level having a maximum width L1; a second level, spaced away from said first face of the setter by a thickness E1-2, said second level having a maximum width L2; the width L1 being equal to or greater than LS; and the width L2 being less than L1, and also to the setter as described above.
US09091479B2	Dryer apparatus An apparatus for drying produce and small parts or pieces utilizing a fluid flow, typically air, through passages in a treatment member, and that is well suited for use in association with the drying of small fruit (i.e. blueberry, strawberry, blackberry, etc.). The dryer apparatus includes a frame, a treatment member, and a fluid supply member. The treatment member holds the items while the fluid supply member directs fluid through the treatment member and into contact with the small parts or pieces. The treatment member may be a flexible belt which is passed along a plurality of rollers. Advantageously, the fluid supply member can be controlled so that the small parts or pieces rotate or lift off the treatment member thereby exposing multiple surfaces thereof to the fluid.
US09091476B2	Refrigerator and method of manufacturing inner door thereof A refrigerator including a storage compartment, an inner door having an opening in a size corresponding to the storage compartment, a plurality of door guards provided at the opening, and an outer door to open/close the opening, the refrigerator further including a plurality of reinforcing members to prevent the inner door having the opening from being distorted.
US09091472B2	Nozzle for spraying liquid, especially water in a snow production cannon The invention relates to a nozzle for spraying liquid, especially water in a snow production cannon. The nozzle consists of a cylindrical body 1 and a cap nut 2 having an axial spraying hole 5 connected from inside by means of an inlet cone 6 to a vortex chamber 7. Between the body 1 and the nut 2 a swirl insert 4 is mounted. The insert divides a fluid supply channel 9 having a partition wall 8 with at least two vortex channels 10. The swirl insert 4 has a flange 11 which fixes the insert axially between the nut 2 and the body 1 through a front 12 and a rare 13 scaling rings, and both of said rings have circular cross-sections. The front sealing ring 12 is mounted in a rectangular groove made on the face of the swirl insert 4 tangent to the face of the nut 2. The rear sealing ring 13 is mounted in a semicircular socket IS made at the inner corner of the rear surface of the flange 11.
US09091468B2	Fastener incorporated with nut provision An attachment system for two members includes a primary attachment device and a secondary attachment device for connecting the two members. When damage to the primary attachment device occurs, the secondary attachment device can be used to connect the two members without having to repair the primary attachment device.
US09091467B2	Thermal control of thermal chamber in high-performance liquid chromatography systems A sample manager of a liquid chromatography system implements a thermal system that uses a dual-loop feedback control system to control temperature within a thermal chamber. The sample manager includes an external heatsink disposed externally to the thermal chamber, an internal heatsink disposed within the thermal chamber, and one or more thermoelectric devices thermally coupled to the external and internal heatsinks to transfer heat therebetween in response to a pulse-width modulated power signal. A first temperature sensor disposed within the thermal chamber continuously measures a chamber temperature. A second temperature sensor coupled to the internal heatsink within the thermal chamber continuously measures temperature at the internal heatsink. A feedback control system controls a duty cycle of the pulse-width modulated power signal in response to a target chamber temperature and real-time temperature measurements produced by the first and second temperature sensors.
US09091465B2	Magnetocaloric heat generator A method for generating a heat flow from a magnetocaloric element (1) comprising at least one magnetocaloric material (2) comprising a hot end (3) associated with a hot chamber (4) and a cold end (5) associated with a cold chamber (6), the method comprises magnetically and alternately activating and de-activating the magnetocaloric element (1) and circulating a heat transfer fluid through the magnetocaloric element (1) alternately towards the hot chamber (4) and the cold chamber (5) in synchronisation with the magnetic activation and de-activation phases. This method is characterized in that the method comprises reversing the direction of circulation of the heat transfer fluid during the magnetic activation and de-activation phases and also relates to a magnetocaloric heat generator implementing the method.
US09091463B1	Pulse tube refrigerator with tunable inertance tube An inertance tube for a pulse tube refrigerator which can be tuned to optimize performance. Apertures in the inertance tube fluidly communicate the inertance tube with a fluid reservoir. The effective length of the inertance tube is changed by alternatively closing or opening the apertures. Changing the effective length of the inertance tube causes a phase shift between the mass flow and pressure waves in the working gas which, in turn, changes the acoustic power. Controlling the phase angle improves Carnot efficiency. The cooling load capacity of the pulse tube refrigerator is a function of the acoustic power.
US09091456B2	Indoor unit of air conditioner A casing (34) contains a rotating brush (151) for removing dust on an air filter (40), and a dust container (160) for containing the removed dust. A supply duct (71) through which air blowing from an indoor fan (39) enters the dust container (160), and a discharge duct (74) through which the dust contained in the dust container (160) is discharged out of the casing (34) together with the air are provided.
US09091453B2	Enclosure cooling using early compressor turn-off with extended fan operation Systems and methods are described for controlling fan-only cooling duration following normal air conditioning operation. Following normal AC cooling, economical fan cooling is used. The duration of the fan cooling period is adjusted based on temperature measurements made during the previous cooling cycle that ended with fan cooling. An expected temperature drop to be provided by fan cooling as well as an expected time to achieve that drop is calculated based on prior measurements. The expected values are then used improve fan cooling for subsequent cooling cycles. In some cases, fan cooling is not initiated unless: (1) a time limit has an elapsed, such that sufficient condensation is allowed to form on the evaporator coil during the first phase, and (2) indoor relative humidity is below a predetermined threshold.
US09091452B2	Misting fan A misting fan includes a body, a nebulizing member, a directing member and a fan member. The body has a motor, a sink and a plurality of channels defined thereon. The channels communicate with the sink. The nebulizing member is assembled on the body, corresponds to one side of the motor, and communicates with the channels. The fan member is assembled to the motor and is defined between the nebulizing member and the motor. The directing member is assembled on the body and is defined between the fan member and the nebulizing member. Under this arrangement, when a volume of water is delivered from the sink to the nebulizing member via the channels so as to eject mists, the gas flows are delivered to each directing portion to forwardly spread the mists outside.
US09091435B2	Two-chamber gas burner device A two-chamber gas burner with a case body, a cavity, an opening, a burner plate, and a plate unit connected to an upper surface of the burner plate, comprising a first chamber and at least one second chamber freely positioned in and supplementary to the first chamber. The plate unit comprises a first plate member directly mounting the burner plate onto the case body by screw nut connector; and a second plate member on top of the burner plate and the first plate securely mounting the burner plate for the second chamber. The gas burner is compact, small, light and has a generally one-piece structure with safe lighting process and stable flame, thereby effectively solving the ignition and explosion problems in high pressure gas burner, and hence is particularly suitable for high pressure high heat value gas burner. Its wind resistance and flame extinction arrangement further stabilized the burning process.
US09091419B2	Light emitting device A light emitting device comprises a resin molded body having a recess, the recess having a first bottom surface and a second bottom surface arranged at a higher location of an outer periphery than the first bottom surface; a first electrically conductive member and a second electrically conductive member each having terminal portions respectively exposed from a first outer side surface and second outer side surface which are opposite outer side surfaces among the outer side surfaces of the resin molded body; a light emitting element mounted on the first electrically conductive member; a protective element mounted on the second electrically conductive member; and another electrically conductive member separated from the first electrically conductive member and the second electrically conductive member.
US09091416B1	Pathway illumination devices, methods, and systems Apparatus and systems for providing environmental lighting are disclosed. An environmental lighting assembly may include a structural element, which may be a tubular J-shaped element or other shape or structure, as well as an LED lighting engine assembly with a removable locking assembly for generating output light to streets, the ground, trees, or other surfaces, objects, or structures. A projection element may be positioned relative to the output light from the LEDs to generate patterns, images, or other controlled light output.
US09091411B2	Illumination techniques and devices Techniques are disclosed for extracting light from within a lightguide by providing therein a plurality of internal light extraction features. A broad range of internal light extraction feature configurations (e.g., geometries/shapes, materials, refractive index changes, etc.) can be provided, and a variety of processes/techniques (e.g., 3-D printing, laser cutting/etching, injection molding, embossment, layer stacking, extrusion, etc.) can be used to do so. The features can be configured to achieve any desired set of photometric performance criteria (e.g., single/double-sided emission, optical efficiency, energy efficiency, spatial/angular luminance distribution, intensity gradients, etc.) for a given lightguide-based fixture/device. In some cases, internal and surficial light extraction features can be used together to extract light. Also, a wide variety of lighting fixtures/devices (e.g., panels, bulbs, tubes, rings, containers, three-dimensional structures/sculptures, multi-layered, multi-sectioned, etc.) can be produced using the disclosed techniques. In some cases, transparent/semi-transparent devices can be produced.
US09091410B2	Backlight unit and display using the same Disclosed are a backlight unit and a display using the same. The backlight unit includes a first reflector, a second reflector, and at least one light source disposed between the first reflector and the second reflector, and the end of the second reflector is separated from the at least one light source by a first distance in the upward direction of the at least one light source.
US09091408B2	Recycling backlights with semi-specular components A recycling cavity such as used in a backlight or similar extended area source includes a front and back reflector, the front reflector being partially transmissive to provide an output illumination area. The recycling cavity also includes a component that provides the cavity with a balance of specular and diffuse characteristics so as to balance cavity efficiency and brightness uniformity over the output area. The component can be characterized by a transport ratio of greater than 15% for a 15 degree incidence angle, and less than 95% for a 45 degree incidence angle.
US09091406B2	Vehicle headlamp with laser lighting source A vehicle headlamp includes a laser lighting source and a controlled reflector module. The controlled reflector module is arranged on a light path of the laser lighting source to reflect a laser beam emitted from the laser lighting source to an outside of an vehicle to illuminate. The controlled reflector module includes a motor, a rotor and a reflector. The rotor is used for connecting the motor with the reflector. The reflector rotates rapidly with the rotor controlled by the motor to change the illuminated area of the reflector. The headlamp has a uniformly distributed lighting beam and high luminance, and the size of the headlamp is small.
US09091405B2	Liquid motion lamp holder improvement The invention relates to a liquid motion lamp holder improvement, comprising: a holder having a base, a first mounted seat, a second mounted seat, a support bracket connecting to a lower end of the holder and the second mounted seat, transparent bottle having at least two immiscible substances therein and arranged between the first mounted seat and second mounted seat; and at least a joint sleeve mounted on an end of the transparent bottle for securely positioning on the vertical axis of the base. Whereby the transparent bottle turns into liquid motion lamp visual effect through a projected light of an LED bulb at a bottom of the first containing room and can be moved along the vertical axis of the base up and down for easily installed and removed between the first mounted seat and second mounted seat.
US09091398B2	Light A lamp includes an LED module, a drive unit supplying power to the LED module, and a base via which power is fed from an external power supply to the drive unit. The drive unit is located between the LED module and the base. The drive unit includes a circuit board having a main surface on which lead-type electronic components are mounted, lead wires (first lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the LED module, and lead wires (second lead wires) extending from the main surface of the circuit board and connected to the base. The circuit board has a through-hole extending from the main surface to an opposite surface thereof. The lead wires pass through the through-hole.
US09091391B2	Six degrees of freedom motion platform A motion platform includes a base, a platform, and a suspension supporting the platform above the base. Strings preload the platform toward the base while the suspension pushes the platform away from the base. Actuators pull and release the strings to manipulate the platform in multiple degrees of freedom.
US09091387B2	Composite rod, manufacturing method and tool The present invention describes composite rods keeping two elements apart a determined distance carrying the loads between them, such as railways, industrial premises, etc. Besides, the manufacturing method thereof and the tool involved in this process are also described.
US09091385B2	Pig launcher As shown a carrier module (2) includes a magazine (9) having five chambers (10) each adapted to receive a pipeline pig, rotatably mounted on a blind hub (8) attached to a frame (7). A hanging eye 14 allows the module to be lowered to an undersea location where, guided by a ROV via a grab handle, its frame member (16) is received by guides (17) of a launcher module (1). The magazine passes through a large connector (4) which engages the blind hub. The ROV operates a bucket drive (22) causing the connector to engage the blind hub in sealing fashion thus enclosing the magazine in a launch chamber (3). A hydraulic ram (11) indexes the magazine to select a chamber from which a pig is to be launched or an empty chamber to receive a pig. Indexing is achieved by a roller on the free end of the ram shaft engaging in a cusped track (26) on the magazine. A pressure connection (12) for launching fluid goes through the center of the magazine, through the blind hub and back into a selected chamber.
US09091378B2	Tube coupling device A tube coupling device includes a coupling member having a lower casing and an upper housing and a peripheral flange extended between the casing and the housing, a water guide plate is engaged into the housing and has one or more off-center passages, a partition member is engaged in the housing and includes a pathway for the water to flow from the water guide plate and into the casing, and the partition member includes an inclined inner peripheral surface formed around an upper recess for defining an inner peripheral projection and for engaging with the water guide plate and for anchoring and retaining the water guide plate in the housing, a receptacle is engaged in the casing for preventing the materials in the coupling member from being released into the water.
US09091371B2	Single axis gate valve for vacuum applications A gate valve useful for pumping a high-vacuum processing chamber. The valve housing includes a first port for attachment to the vacuum chamber and a second port on the opposed wall and aligned with the first port for the external mounting of a pneumatic or other actuator having a shaft supporting on its end a valve gate plate within the housing. An expandable bellows sealed between the gate plate and the actuator surrounds shaft. The actuator can press the valve plate against a valve seat around the first port to close the valve or withdraw the plate to the opposed wall to provide high pumping conductance. A third port in the housing disposed from the valve is connected to the high-vacuum pump. The gate plate may be water cooled through channels in the shaft. An auxiliary vacuum pump, such as a cryo pump, may be placed inside the valve housing.
US09091370B2	Ball valve with control handle and ring-nut spanner tool A ball valve including a valve body with connection portions, one or more threaded ring-nuts screwable to the connection portions to connect them, a control handle and a ring-nut spanner tool suitable for engaging the ring-nut to screw and unscrew the ring-nuts from the connection portions. The ring-nut spanner tool is housed in a rest position in the control handle and can be moved from the rest position to a working position outside the control handle. In the working position, the ring-nut spanner tool can engage the ring-nut.
US09091368B2	Method and manufacture of valves driven by an actuator A method of manufacturing valves which are driven in particular in magnetic manner. At least one pressing piece is fastened to a rocker for moving a sealing element, in fact in a position of adjustment for adjusting a fixed valve stroke. Further, a valve and a valve bank are suggested.
US09091362B2	Automatic gas intake and exhaust valve device Disclosed is an automatic gas intake and exhaust valve device including a main body part having an orifice hole at one side and an intake and exhaust hole at an opposite side, an opening/closing member movably inserted into the main body part to open/close the intake and exhaust hole, and a coupling member extending along one side of the main body part to couple the main body part with a pipe in the communication state of the pipe. The opening/closing member floats according to a flow velocity of a fluid introduced into the main body part and discharged out of the main body part, to close the intake and exhaust hole, and drops down to the bottom of the main body part by a weight of the opening/closing member to open the intake and exhaust hole if a fluid level is lowered, thereby automatically introduce and exhaust internal air of the pipe and facilities.
US09091361B2	Fluidic device unit structure Provided is a fluidic device unit structure in which a plurality of fluidic devices are integrated into a single unit and in which retention of a chemical solution or the like can be prevented. The fluidic device unit structure includes a plurality of fluidic devices connected through a channel; a base member on which the plurality of fluidic devices are integrally disposed; a fastened portion disposed inside the base member; and a fastening member fastened to the fastened portion through at least the fluidic device to thereby hold the fluidic device with the base member.
US09091354B2	Solenoid valve unit A solenoid valve unit is described for shutting off or enabling a throughflow of a medium along a hollow duct, which flows under application of pressure along the hollow duct, having at least one first magnet unit which is fixedly arranged along the hollow duct, which is implemented in the form of a hollow cylinder and is arranged in an axial section along the hollow duct in such a way that the first magnet unit radially completely surrounds the hollow duct and has a flow opening, which is circular in cross-section, on its downstream end, as well as a second magnet unit, which is mounted so it is movable to the first unit and is implemented as a ball, whose ball diameter is greater than the flow opening diameter of the first magnet unit and which, on account of an attractive magnetic force prevailing between both magnet units, can be brought into indirect or direct contact with the first magnet unit and seals the hollow duct in a fluid-tight manner, while the medium loads the first magnet unit under application of pressure opposite to the action direction of the magnetic force. A contour surface, which is angled in relation to a plane defined by the flow opening and surrounds the flow opening, and along which the spherical second magnet unit can be deflected axially and radially relative to the flow opening, indirectly or directly adjoins the flow opening, which is circular in cross-section.
US09091350B2	Spinning reel waterproofing member and spinning reel using the same A spinning reel waterproofing member is provided for waterproofing a space between a tubular portion and a rotating member of a spinning reel. The tubular portion is disposed on a front end of a reel main body. The rotating member is disposed on an inner peripheral portion of the tubular portion and a front portion of the tubular portion. The spinning reel waterproofing member includes a main body portion being fixed to the inner peripheral portion of the tubular portion and including a distal end portion, a first lip portion extending in a radial direction so that the distal end portion of the main body portion is in contact with an outer peripheral portion of the rotating member, and a second lip portion extending in an axial direction from a front surface of the first lip portion toward a rear surface of the rotating member.
US09091346B2	Method for roughening and coating a surface A method for roughening and thermally coating a surface, in particular a cylinder running surface of an internal combustion engine, the roughening being the preparation of the surface for the thermal coating of the surface with a coating. The method is characterized in that different roughening profiles are introduced into the surface during the roughening and the coating has different properties distributed over the surface. This allows the coating or spraying process during the later thermal coating to be carried out with substantially constant spraying parameters. The different properties of the coating, such as hardness, porosity, machinability, chemical composition, oxidation and adhesion, are then obtained just on the basis of the differently roughened surface.
US09091344B2	Medium pressure control device of continuously variable transmission and continuously variable transmission A medium pressure control device of a continuously variable transmission includes a pump unit capable of switching a discharge volume of an operating medium to a control system, which controls a contacting surface pressure of rotation members and a transmitting member and the transmission ratio by a pressure of the operating medium, in plural stages; and a transmission ratio control unit that controls the control system and relatively delays a transmission shift when the discharge volume of the operating medium to the control system by the pump unit switches from a relatively small volume to a relatively large volume with the transmission shift.
US09091343B1	Infinitely variable transmission with controlled coasting A system for driving a machine is provided. A user input device inputs a desired throttle setting for the machine. The system includes an infinitely variable transmission having a transmission ratio that is adjustable. At least one sensor determines an inclination of the machine relative to a reference plane. A controller is configured to determine and apply a variable rate limit upon change in the transmission ratio based on the inclination of the machine when the desired throttle setting is reduced more than a predetermined amount and to adjust the rate limit based on the difference between an actual engine speed and a desired engine speed.
US09091340B2	Latching shifter with override feature A latching shifter with override feature is interfaced with a shift-by-wire transmission, wherein the latching of the shifter with respect to a gear cam is autonomously synchronized to a gear selected by the electronics of the transmission whenever the shifter is physically at another gear via autonomous actuation of a gear synchronization cam having an inclined cam follower guide surface. The incline urges the cam follower under its inherent biasing into the gear notch corresponding to the gear selected by the electronics of the transmission.
US09091335B2	Electric linear motion actuator and electric brake system In an electric linear motion actuator for transmitting torque of a rotary shaft (4) to planetary rollers (7) and thus to a linearly driven output member constituted by an outer race member (5), axial movement of a carrier (6) supporting the planetary rollers (7) is restricted, and the outer race member (5) is axially slidably fitted in a radially inner surface of a cylindrical portion (1a) of a housing (1) and is rotationally fixedly coupled to an object to be driven via keys (25) The planetary rollers (7) have their radially inner surfaces rotatably supported, on respective support pins (6c) of the carrier (6), and are radially inwardly biased by radial compression ring springs (21) wound around the support pins (6c) so as to envelop the support pins. The planetary rollers (7) are thus pressed against the radially outer surface of the rotary shaft (4).
US09091334B2	Linear actuator and height-adjustable table A linear actuator comprises a drive unit housing (10) with a drive unit (7, 8) arranged therein, a driveshaft (1), hollow on the inside, driven by the drive unit (7, 8), and a profile tube (2) non-rotatably and longitudinally movably connected on the outside to the driveshaft (1). A threaded hollow spindle (3) with an outside thread is arranged between the driveshaft (1) and the profile tube (2) and fixedly connected to the drive unit housing (10). A hollow-spindle nut (4) is fixedly connected to the profile tube (2) at a first end of the profile tube (2) and cooperates with the outside thread of the threaded hollow spindle (3). A spindle nut (6) is fixedly connected to the profile tube (2) at a second end thereof. A threaded spindle (5) is arranged in the interior of the driveshaft (1) and cooperates with a thread of the spindle nut (6).
US09091319B2	Shock absorber with hydraulic flow ducts The present invention provides a hydraulic shock absorber. A solid main piston is designed to slide in a damping cylinder parallel to the movement generated when the shock absorber is subjected to a compression or a rebound stroke, the main piston dividing the damping cylinder into a first damping chamber containing the piston rod and a second damping chamber which does not contain the piston rod. A pressurization reservoir is pressurized by a force acting on a moving piston. The pressurization reservoir is arranged outside the damping cylinder and oriented at an angle relative to the damping cylinder. Two separate, adjustable valves generate a damping force acting in opposition to the stroke movement by restricting a damping medium flow between the damping chambers. A fourth defined chamber is hydraulically connected via separate flow paths to both the first and the second damping chamber and the pressurization reservoir.
US09091318B2	Vibration damper with frequency-selective damping force A vibration damper includes a piston rod which is axially movable in a cylinder and at which is arranged a housing in which an auxiliary piston is axially movably supported, wherein the auxiliary piston is connected to a piston rod portion at which a main piston is arranged, wherein the auxiliary piston and the main piston are outfitted with damping valves which generate a damping force for both movement directions of the piston rod and piston rod portion, wherein the main piston divides the cylinder into a working chamber on the piston rod side and a working chamber remote of the piston rod, both of which working chambers are filled with damping medium, and the auxiliary piston divides the housing into two auxiliary chambers, wherein the auxiliary piston generates a damping force over its entire stroke path, which damping force is always greater than the damping force of the main piston at an identical stroke speed.
US09091304B2	Torsional vibration attenuation apparatus A torsional vibration damping device is configured to have hysteresis torques in the positive and negative sides varied by a simple construction, thereby improving the efficiency of production work and preventing an increase in production cost. Friction materials are respectively provided on surfaces of a hub member and the disc plates, the surfaces facing each other in the radial direction when the hub member is twisted in the positive side with respect to the disc plates. The friction materials are to be brought into friction contact with each other when the hub member is twisted by a specific angle with respect to the disc plates.
US09091302B2	Bearing with magnetic fluid seal A bearing with a magnetic fluid seal, wherein a plurality of rolling elements are interposed between an inner ring and an outer ring, and a ring-shaped magnet is arranged at an opening side of the inner and outer rings so as to retain magnetic fluid for sealing the plurality of rolling elements, and wherein the ring-shaped magnet is magnetized such that magnetic poles are oriented in an axial direction, the bearing comprising: a ring-shaped pole plate arranged so as to be in contact with an outer side surface of the ring-shaped magnet in the axial direction; outer-ring-side magnetic fluid retained between the outer ring and the ring-shaped pole plate and/or between the outer ring and the ring-shaped magnet; and inner-ring-side magnetic fluid retained between the inner ring and the ring-shaped pole plate and/or between the inner ring and the ring-shaped magnet.
US09091294B2	Suction disk structure A suction disk structure including: a soft rubber suction disk (1) with a draw bar (11), a base (2) provided on a back face of the soft rubber suction disk (1) and a return spring (3) located between the soft rubber suction disk (1) and the base (2). Two sides of an end of the draw bar (11) is provided with a pin shaft (12) radially extended, and the suction disk further includes a driving device (4) for driving the draw bar (11) to rise and fall. The driving device (4) comprises a pushing switch (41) mounted on the base (2) and a driving slide cover (5) connected with the pushing switch. The pin shaft (12) can be driven to move up and down along the inclined step (43) at the center of the driving device, and the pin shaft (12) is moved up and down along the inclined step (43) and can be stopped on the upper and lower end supporting surfaces of the inclined step, respectively, thereby driving the draw bar (11) to rise and fall to drive the soft rubber suction disk, to thereby achieving an adsorption state and a release state. The pushing switch (41) can be easily pushed to the end to be is in a self-locking state, and the suction disk structure has a strong adsorption force and is easy to operate.
US09091287B2	Washer, screw or nut with increased coefficient of friction The invention relates to a washer (10), screw or nut having an end surface (12) which faces toward a workpiece, wherein the end surface (12) is provided with a concentric, annularly encircling web (14), and that region (18) of the end surface (12) which is situated outside the encircling web (14) tapers conically toward the web (14) from the outside, with the inclination from the outside to the inside being directed away from the workpiece.
US09091286B2	Hydraulic control system having electronic flow limiting A hydraulic control system is disclosed for use with a machine. The hydraulic control system may have a tank, a pump, an actuator, and a control valve configured to direct fluid from the pump to the actuator and from the actuator to the tank. The hydraulic control system may also have a pressure sensor to generate a first signal indicative of a pressure differential across the control valve, an operator input device to generate a second signal indicative of a desired movement of the actuator, and a controller. The controller may be configured to make a first determination of an opening amount of the control valve based on the second signal, and to make a second determination based on the first signal of whether the opening amount will result in overspeeding of the actuator. The controller may also be configured to reduce the opening amount based on the second determination.
US09091276B2	Sleeve element for axially fixing a bearing and exhaust gas turbocharger In a sleeve element for the axially fixing at least one bearing of a rotatable shaft, in particular a shaft of an exhaust gas turbocharger, which sleeve element has at least one through-opening in its circumferential surface, the at least one through-opening has a substantially conical shape in the radial direction of the sleeve element at least in a section thereof, and also in a turbocharger for an internal combustion engine, which comprises a speed detection device and a sleeve element for axially fixing at least one bearing of a shaft of the turbocharger, wherein the sleeve element has at least one opening through which the speed detection device extends and which has a substantially conical shape in the radial direction of the sleeve element at least in a section thereof.
US09091273B2	Controlling circuit for outputting a square wave signal to control a fan rotating speed A controlling circuit for outputting a square wave circuit to control a fan rotating speed is disclosed, where an output unit continuously outputs the square wave signal and the output unit is electrically connected to a time-delaying adjustment circuit, so that a duty-ratio formed not equal to 50% is outputted to control the fan rotating speed, whereby a particular duty-ratio is provided to control the fan rotating speed after a control chip for fan rotating speed is pulled out.
US09091267B2	Controller for varying flow rate from fixed displacement pump A controller for varying flow rate of a fluid from a fixed displacement pump is provided. The controller includes a pump speed control gear set, a ratio control pump, and a relief valve. The pump speed control gear set includes a sun gear configured to be driven by a prime mover, a planet carrier including one or more planet gears meshed with the sun gear, and a ring gear meshed with the planet gears. The ring gear is configured to connect to an input shaft of the fixed displacement pump. The ratio control pump includes a stationary body, and a rotor coupled to the planet carrier of the pump speed control gear set. The rotor is configured to co-act with the body to pump fluid. The relief valve is connected to the ratio control pump and configured to restrict fluid egress from the ratio control pump.
US09091263B2	Internal gear pump In an internal gear pump 9, a diameter of a base circle is set to A mm, a radius of a rolling circle is set to b mm, a diameter of a locus circle is set to C mm, and an amount of eccentricity is set to e mm. A trochoidal curve T is drawn by rolling the rolling circle along the base circle without slipping and by using a locus of a fixed point distant from a center of the rolling circle by e. A tooth profile of an inner rotor 2 having n teeth is formed based on an envelope of a group of the locus circles each having a center on the trochoidal curve T. A pump rotor 1 is formed by combining the inner rotor with an outer rotor having (n+1) teeth. A tooth-profile curve of the inner rotor satisfies the following expression (1). Because K<1 is satisfied, cusps s are not formed at opposite edges of each addendum of the inner rotor 2. K = C 6 · n + 2 n + 1 · n + 2 3 ⁢ n ⁢ ⁢ ( b 2 - e 2 ) < 1 ( 1 )
US09091260B2	Miniature pump A miniature pump includes a driving unit and an airflow control unit, which includes a bladder supporter, a compression unit, a valve base and an output valve. The compression unit has multiple intake valves and multiple bladders, each intake valve covers the corresponding intake through hole, each intake through hole is surrounded by a circular wall, wherein the circular wall is disposed on a bottom surface of the corresponding intake valve or a top surface of the corresponding bladder supporter. The valve base is arranged over the compression unit, and the valve base has multiple output through holes aligned with the bladders respectively. When the bladder is compressed, air inside the bladder is output via the output through hole and the output valve. When the bladder is decompressed, external air is introduced into the bladder via the intake through hole and the intake valve.
US09091259B2	Method and controller for operating a pump system A method and controller for operating pumps wherein each pump is modelled by a QH model indicating a high-efficiency region, a high-H region and a high-Q region and a rotational speed limit. A controller dynamically maintains a current set of operating pumps and controls their rotational speed (n). In steady-state operation, wherein the pumps operate in the high-efficiency region and below the rotational speed limit, all pumps of the current set are controlled together. If the pumps operate in the high-Q region or beyond the speed limit, a new pump is added to the current set, started and brought to a speed that produces flow. A balancing operation (12-3) follows the pump addition operation, wherein the speed of the pumps of the current set are adjusted for equal heads. If the pumps operate in the high-H region, a pump is removed from the current set of pumps.
US09091254B2	Fluid working machine and method of operating a fluid working machine A fluid working machine comprises a working chamber of cyclically varying volume, a high pressure manifold, and an actuated high pressure valve for regulating the flow of fluid between the working chamber and the high pressure manifold. The actuated high pressure valve comprises a moveable valve member, operable between a closed position and at least one open position. A controllable opening mechanism provides an active urging force to urge the moveable valve member from the said closed position towards at least one said open position, the volume of the working chamber varying between a maximum volume and a minimum volume. The controllable opening mechanism provides the active urging force more than once while the volume of the working chamber is intermediate the maximum of chamber volume and the minimum of chamber volume.
US09091249B2	Integrated cooling and climate control system for an offshore wind turbine An integrated cooling and climate control system for an offshore wind turbine featuring a reservoir having first and second chambers located in an upper region of the tower. Upper and lower cooling circuits distribute coolant fluid through heat generating structures in the nacelle to a lower portion of the wind turbine where the heated coolant fluid is thermally connected to a sea water heat sink. The cooled coolant fluid is then distributed back to the reservoir. The reservoir has a hollow center and is positioned on a platform having a hollow center. The inlet and outlet pipes of the upper cooling circuit freely hang inside the reservoir chambers so that they may be displaced as the nacelle yaws in order to maintain sufficient circulation of the coolant fluid in the upper cooling circuit. In jacket foundation configurations, the tubular support structures may serve as the lower cooling circuit pipes.
US09091247B2	Wind power generator A wind power generator having a nacelle, which is mounted to an upper end of a support tower, supports in rotary manner a rotor, and is oriented around a rotation axis by an orienting device provided with at least one gearmotor. The gearmotor presents an output gear coupled with a crown gear fixed to the support tower and is hinged to the nacelle so as to rotate around a fulcrum axis, which is substantially parallel to the rotation axis under the thrust of an actuation device.
US09091231B2	Regulating device for adjustment angle of pilot screw for carburetor Provided are a tamper cap (30) which synchronously rotates a pilot screw (20) as being fitted to the pilot screw (20), engaging portions (26−1, 26−2, 33) which engage the pilot screw (20) and the tamper cap (30), a plurality of elastically deforming portions (25−1, 25−2) to which the tamper cap (30) is fitted, and a holding member (40) which is press-fitted to a groove (24) formed at a center part of the elastically deforming portions (25−1, 25−2) and which maintains the engaged state by preventing elastic deformation of the elastically deforming portions (25−1, 25−2). Owing to that the tamper cap (30) is made of metal, the pilot screw (20) and the tamper cap (30) are stiffly fixed with a mechanical structure without using glue, while increasing non-destructivity compared to a resin-made tamper cap.
US09091229B2	Aircraft powerplant A gas turbine engine system is disclosed which includes a core passage and a bypass passage which can be configured as a fan bypass duct or a third stream bypass duct. The core passage and bypass passage are routed to flow through a nozzle before exiting overboard an aircraft. The nozzle includes moveable members capable of changing a configuration of the nozzle. In one form the moveable members are capable of changing throat areas for portions of the nozzle that receive working fluid from the core passage and the bypass passage. The bypass passage can include a branch. In one form the branch can include a heat exchanger. The bypass passage can also provide cooling to one or more portions of the nozzle, such as cooling to a deck of the nozzle.
US09091228B2	Method of controlling a diesel engine A method of controlling a diesel engine includes sensing a speed of the diesel engine, and closing a throttle of the diesel engine when the sensed speed of the diesel engine is equal to or greater than a maximum allowable engine speed to prevent oxygen from entering an intake manifold of the diesel engine, thereby preventing combustion and stopping the operation of the diesel engine. An Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve is actuated to regulate circulation of exhaust gas from the diesel engine through the intake manifold to control pressure within the intake manifold to prevent damage to other engine components from excessive positive or negative pressure.
US09091227B2	Leak detection based on fuel level Methods and systems for fuel system leak detection are disclosed. In one example approach, a method comprises, during an engine-on condition, delivering fuel from a fuel tank to one or more cylinders of the engine while the fuel tank is sealed off from atmosphere, and indicating a leak based on pressure in the fuel tank. For example, a leak may be indicated in response to a pressure decrease in the fuel tank greater than an expected pressure decrease, where the expected pressure decrease is based on a fuel level in the fuel tank.
US09091225B2	System and method for controlling the number of pilot injections A system and a method for controlling the number of pilot injections reduces combustion noise and improves fuel economy by deciding the actual number of the pilot injections based on a change amount of a driving condition and injecting a fuel according to the actual number of the pilot injections in a case of acceleration. The system may include a detecting portion detecting a driving condition of an engine; a control portion calculating a change amount of the driving condition from the driving condition of the engine, and deciding the actual number of the pilot injections based on the driving condition of the engine and the change amount of the driving condition; and an injector injecting a fuel to the engine through a main injection and/or the pilot injections according to the actual number of pilot injections.
US09091223B2	Exhaust gas recirculation system for an internal combustion engine An exhaust gas recirculation device for an internal combustion engine having a supercharger has an intake air passage that intakes intake air for the internal combustion engine, an exhaust passage that carries away exhaust air from the internal combustion engine, an exhaust gas recirculation passage connected to the intake air passage, and an exhaust gas recirculation valve interposed within the exhaust gas recirculation passage. The exhaust gas recirculation passage recirculates a part of the exhaust gas based on an openness of the exhaust gas recirculation valve to control an amount of exhaust recirculation introduced into the intake air passage. A first end of the exhaust gas recirculation passage is connected to the intake air passage upstream of a compressor of the supercharger. A second end of the exhaust gas recirculation passage is connected to the exhaust passage downstream of a turbine of the supercharger.
US09091221B2	Engine speed control device for industrial vehicle An engine speed control device for an industrial vehicle includes an approach detector that detects an approach of the industrial vehicle to an object to be approached; and an engine speed controller that restricts an upper limit of a rotation speed of an engine when the approach detector detects an approach of the industrial vehicle to an object to be approached.
US09091220B2	Start clutch control device A first torque determining unit determines a value of a torque input to a transmission on the basis of a load acting on a start clutch (12), and a second torque determining unit determines a value of a torque input to the transmission on the basis of a manipulated amount of an accelerator pedal. After the accelerator pedal is manipulated while the start clutch (12) is in a released state, as long as the torque determined by the first torque determining unit (31a1) is less than the torque determined by the second torque determining unit (31a2), the torque input to the transmission is limited to the torque determined by the first torque determining unit (31a1).
US09091216B2	Systems and methods for changing a speed of a compressor boost stage in a gas turbine Systems and methods for changing a speed ratio between a compressor boost stage (12) and at least one power turbine (16) of a gas turbine engine (10) are described. Such a system may comprise a coupling device (20) configured to selectively transmit energy from the at least one power turbine (16) to the boost stage (12) according to at least a first speed ratio and a second speed ratio. The system may also comprise an auxiliary power device (22, 26) configured to cause a rotational speed of the boost stage (12) to change from a first speed corresponding substantially to the first speed ratio to a second speed corresponding substantially to the second speed ratio when the boost stage (12) is decoupled from the at least one power turbine (16).
US09091213B2	Processing biomass Methods for the processing of biomass, particularly but not exclusively poultry litter, to generate energy. A method is presented for generating power from biomass comprising a gasification process involving the gasification of biomass to produce a combustible fuel gas and a power generation process involving combustion of the combustible fuel gas to produce a combustion exhaust gas which is fed to a power generator to generate power and a generator exhaust gas. Compressed air is placed in thermal contact with the generator exhaust gas to facilitate heat transfer between the compressed air and the generator exhaust gas. A first portion of compressed air that has thermally contacted the generator exhaust gas is fed to the gasification process to assist in gasification of further biomass.
US09091211B2	Method for operating a gas turbine A method for operating a gas turbine includes supplying fuel via at least one control valve regulated using an open-loop control system based on a predetermined load setpoint value. A valve stroke control command (scmd) is generated based on a fuel mass flow control command (mcmd) using a mass flow-valve stroke converter. The valve stroke control command (scmd) is compared with a valve stroke limit value (min{slim1, slim2}) using a variable pressure regulator. A load limit value is generated if the valve stroke control command (scmd) exceeds the valve stroke limit value (min{slim1, slim2}) to reduce the load setpoint value. Operation of the gas turbine is stabilized using a low limit value (xlim) of a pressure drop ratio (x), wherein the pressure drop ratio (x) is a quotient of a pressure drop (dp) which occurs at the control valve and of a pressure (p1) upstream of the control valve.
US09091208B2	Turbocharger bearing housing assembly An assembly for a turbocharger that includes a bearing housing with a cylindrical portion with a bore configured for receipt of a bearing, an extension that extends radially outwardly from the cylindrical portion to a base, the base configured with one or more features for securing the bearing housing to another component, a compressor fitting, a turbine fitting, and lubricant flow paths; and a fluid jacket that includes a cylindrical wall configured for placement over at least a portion of the cylindrical portion of the bearing housing where the cylindrical wall includes a recess configured to accommodate at least a portion of the extension of the bearing housing, a fluid inlet, and a fluid outlet. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09091207B2	Gas turbine engine air intake in a nacelle An assembly including a gas turbine engine and a nacelle in which the engine is housed, the nacelle including an air intake fairing that forms an air inlet and includes: a member for deflecting foreign objects, which together with the fairing, forms an air intake duct; and, downstream from the deflecting member, a secondary deflecting channel, and a main channel for supplying air to the engine. The air intake duct is configured to deflect at least some of the foreign objects sucked in through the air inlet towards the secondary deflecting channel. The secondary deflecting channel is shaped such that the flow velocity of the air flowing therethrough increases from upstream to downstream, the secondary channel having an outlet with an opening leading into the outer wall of the nacelle.
US09091203B2	Operation of an internal combustion engine An apparatus to use waste heat from an internal combustion engine in a vehicle, wherein the apparatus has an exhaust gas line to remove exhaust gases from the internal combustion engine, the exhaust gas line is thermally connected to a high-temperature side of a thermoelectric generator, and a latent heat accumulator is thermally connected to the high-temperature side of the thermoelectric generator.
US09091197B2	Honeycomb structural body A honeycomb structural body includes porous partition walls arranged to form a plurality of cells which become through channels of a fluid, porosities of the partition walls are from 45 to 70%, a pore diameter distribution of the partition walls is measured by mercury porosimetry, the pore diameter distribution indicates a bimodal distribution, in the bimodal distribution, a pore diameter at the maximum peak value of a small pore side distribution is from 1 to 10 μm, and a pore diameter at the maximum peak value of a large pore side distribution exceeds 10 μm, and a ratio between a pore volume of the small pores and a pore volume of the large pores is in a range of 1:7 to 1:1 in the honeycomb structural body.
US09091186B2	Lash adjuster A lash adjuster includes a plunger and a partitioning member inserted into the plunger. The plunger has a bottom wall with a valve hole and a peripheral wall having an oil passage hole. The plunger defines a high-pressure chamber between the bottom wall and a body. The partitioning member has a baffle having first and second plate surfaces. The baffle has an upper end serving as oil passage end. The plunger has an interior divided into two spaces. The passage hole is located at one space side. An oil passage is defined by an inner peripheral wall surface of the plunger and the first plate surface. A low-pressure chamber is defined at the other space side to store hydraulic fluid. The low-pressure chamber supplies the fluid through the valve hole into the high-pressure chamber and is defined by the inner peripheral wall surface of the plunger and the second plate surface.
US09091179B2	Variable geometry turbine and assembly thereof A variable geometry turbine has a housing for receipt of the turbine wheel. A gas flow control mechanism in the housing upstream of said turbine wheel is operable to control gas flow through a gas flow inlet passage. The control mechanism has a movable nozzle ring or shroud for varying the size of the gas flow inlet passage. A transmission mechanism for connection between an actuator and the control mechanism converts movement applied by the actuator into movement shroud or nozzle ring. The transmission mechanism comprises a yoke having a shaft that is rotatably supported by a wall of the housing. The yoke defines arms that extend outwardly of the shaft and which engage with the shroud or nozzle ring. There is provided at least one recess defined in an inside surface of the housing, the recess extending from shaft rotation axis and configured to allow passage of an end of the yoke shaft along it during insertion of the yoke into the housing.
US09091176B2	Turbomachinery component cooling scheme A turbomachinery component includes a surface exposed to hot working fluid flow. The surface has an undulating contour formed from a series of alternating protuberances and troughs. A set of three cooling outlets is associated with each trough.
US09091175B2	Hollow core airfoil stiffener rib A stiffener rib for a non-cooled, hollow core airfoil of a turbine blade is described. The stiffener rib is constituted by an elongated solid metal piece dimensioned for securement in a hollow region of a core portion of the airfoil. The stiffener rib is shaped and oriented upwards from a leading edge of the airfoil at a predetermined calculated angle to minimize mode 2 deformation of the blade at a trailing edge thereof while improving the rigidity of the turbine blade.
US09091171B2	Temperature control within a cavity of a turbine engine A turbine engine including an intermediate space defined between outer and inner portions of the turbine engine. A flow energizer is provided including a flow body located within the intermediate space and including an inlet port, an outlet port and a flow passage extending within the flow body between the inlet and outlet ports. The inlet port receives a flow of a first medium located within the intermediate space and the flow body injects an energizing flow of a second medium to a portion of the first medium within the flow body to create an energized flow of a mixed medium from the outlet portion, the energized flow of mixed medium creates a flow of the first medium adjacent to the flow body within the intermediate space.
US09091170B2	One-stage stator vane cooling structure and gas turbine A one-stage stator vane cooling structure consisting of: a plurality of linking members that are provided between a plurality of combustors disposed in the circumferential direction of a gas turbine; and cooling holes that are provided in each of the one-stage stator vanes to discharge a cooling gas from the inside to the outside of the one-stage stator vanes in order to cool the one-stage stator vanes on the periphery of the stagnation line of the combustion gas flowing in from the plurality of combustors; in which the cooling holes are formed at positions that are determined according to the relative positions of the one-stage stator vanes and the linking members disposed near the one-stage stator vanes.
US09091169B2	Fluid flow in a control arrangement for a rotary piston engine Kinematics of a rotary piston engine are guided by a sliding guidance mechanism mounted in a biangular piston. The mechanism is arranged relative to a fixed point of a housing having a runway formed with a single-arc trochoid. A sliding component moves within a groove in the piston. A housing-mounted pin is coupled to the sliding component and defines a rotating radius during motion relative to the piston. The piston has a minimal opening in a sidewall for the pin to couple to the sliding component allowing a maximal portion of the piston to be available for lateral fluid exchange during piston movement.
US09091163B2	Insensitive explosive composition and method of fracturing rock using an extrudable form of the composition Insensitive explosive compositions were prepared by reacting di-isocyanate and/or poly-isocyanate monomers with an explosive diamine monomer. Prior to a final cure, the compositions are extrudable. The di-isocyanate monomers tend to produce tough, rubbery materials while polyfunctional monomers (i.e. having more than two isocyanate groups) tend to form rigid products. The extrudable form of the composition may be used in a variety of applications including rock fracturing.
US09091158B2	Processing oil from steam assisted production Methods and apparatus relate to treating hydrocarbons recovered with steam condensate from a formation. The treating removes particulates from the hydrocarbons by addition of a flocculant to produced fluids containing the hydrocarbons and an aqueous phase with the condensate. The flocculant causes the particulates suspended in the hydrocarbons to agglomerate and be transferred to the aqueous phase, which is then separated from the hydrocarbons.
US09091156B2	Downhole fluid injection systems, CO2 sequestration methods, and hydrocarbon material recovery methods Downhole fluid injection systems are provided that can include a first well extending into a geological formation, and a fluid injector assembly located within the well. The fluid injector assembly can be configured to inject a liquid CO2/H2O-emulsion into the surrounding geological formation. CO2 sequestration methods are provided that can include exposing a geological formation to a liquid CO2/H2O-emulsion to sequester at least a portion of the CO2 from the emulsion within the formation. Hydrocarbon material recovery methods are provided that can include exposing a liquid CO2/H2O-emulsion to a geological formation having the hydrocarbon material therein. The methods can include recovering at least a portion of the hydrocarbon material from the formation.
US09091155B2	Reducing disturbance during fiber optic sensing Reducing disturbance during fiber optic sensing. An in-well fiber optic sensing system includes a device insulated to be disturbance-resistant. The device is in a fiber optic communication path between a source and a target configured to be received in a well. The device is configured to receive a parameter sensing signal transmitted from the source to the target and produce a reference signal. The fiber optic sensing system includes a signal interrogation system connected to the device in the fiber optic communication path. The signal interrogation system is configured to receive the reference signal from the device and to receive a response signal from the target in response to the parameter sensing signal. The response signal represents the parameter of interest. The signal interrogation system is configured to determine the parameter of interest based, in part, on the reference signal and the response signal.
US09091154B2	Systems and methods for hybrid cable telemetry Systems, apparatuses, and methods for hybrid cable telemetry. The methods can include positioning a toolstring in a wellbore. The toolstring can include an uphole telemetry cartridge and a downhole telemetry cartridge respectively adapted to send and receive telemetry data. The toolstring can also include a hybrid logging cable having optical fibers and copper conductors that can operatively couple the uphole telemetry cartridge to the downhole telemetry cartridge. The method can also include transferring data between the uphole telemetry cartridge and the downhole telemetry cartridge across the optical fibers and the copper conductors. The method can further include measuring a data transmission rate on the optical fibers and the copper conductors. The method can also include comparing the data transmission rate to a predetermined threshold. The method can further include detecting a data transmission failure when the data transmission rate falls below the predetermined threshold.
US09091152B2	Perforating gun with internal shock mitigation A perforating gun can include at least one explosive component, and a shock mitigation device including a shock reflector which indirectly reflects a shock wave produced by detonation of the explosive component. Another perforating gun can include a gun housing, at least one explosive component, and a shock mitigation device in the gun housing. The shock mitigation device can include a shock attenuator which attenuates a shock wave produced by detonation of the explosive component. Yet another perforating gun can include a shock mitigation device with an explosive material which produces a shock wave that interacts with another shock wave produced by detonation of an explosive component in a gun housing.
US09091140B1	Computer assisted method for horizontal, lateral, and directional drilling using data from a drill string A method for geo-steering, during directional drilling of a wellbore, including a processor, a data storage, and client devices in communication with the processor through a network. The processor can receive data from directional drilling equipment and can present that data to users in an executive dashboard. Users can send data and/or commands to the directional drilling equipment. The executive dashboard can present a portion of interest in a stratigraphic cross section for user identification of: the drill bit in the stratigraphic cross section, formations in the stratigraphic cross section, and other formation data. The method can be used to identify a projected path for the drill bit, import data, compute wellbore profiles and stratigraphic cross sections, plot actual drilling paths, overlay the actual drilling path onto the projected path, and present control buttons to the user.
US09091134B2	Expendable mechanical release packer plug for heavy mud An apparatus and method for plugging a well during subterranean operations is disclosed. Specifically, a mechanical release packer plug assembly is disclosed. The mechanical release packer plug assembly includes a debris chamber and is releasably engaged with a packer of a suitable packer assembly.
US09091133B2	Swellable material activation and monitoring in a subterranean well Systems and methods are provided for swellable material activation and monitoring in a subterranean well. A sensor system for use in a subterranean well includes a swellable material, and at least one sensor which is displaced to a wellbore surface in response to swelling of the swellable material. Another sensor system includes a sensor which detects swelling of a swellable material. A swellable well tool system includes a base pipe, a swellable material on an exterior of the base pipe, and eccentric weighting for inducing rotation of the swellable material about a longitudinal axis of the base pipe.
US09091130B2	Rock bit having a radially self-aligning metal faced seal A sealing system includes a first gland in a cone and a second gland in a shaft region. A first ring is mounted in the first gland, a second ring is mounted in the second gland and a third ring is positioned between the first and second rings. The first and third rings present a pair of metal seal faces. A third ring is mounted to the second ring through a set of mounting pins which permit axial movement of the third ring. A biasing spring is mounting in the second ring and configured to exert an axial force against the third ring so as to keep the metal seal faces in sealing contact. A third gland is formed between the second and third rings, with an o-ring sealing member installed within the third gland and compressed in a sealing relationship between the second and third rings.
US09091124B2	Wear and buckling resistant drill pipe A drill pipe includes one or more sections which are strengthened, or their shape is altered, in order to improve the wear and buckle resistance of the drill pipe. The sections are strengthened using various hardening methods such as heat treatment processes and/or expansion techniques. A sleeve can also be applied to the strengthened portions. Surface enhancers, such as hardbanding, can be applied to the strengthened portions or the sleeve in order to provide abrasion resistance or to reduce friction.
US09091122B2	Annular device for radial displacements of interconnected parts An annular device generates essentially radial displacements of a shaft disposed within the device includes a frame, a swiveling ring and in internal ring with which the shaft is associated. Actuators and guide rods within the housing cause the swiveling ring to rotate relative to the frame and the internal ring to be displaced radially such that a shaft associated with the internal ring is radially displaced. The device is useful for drilling trajectory control devices.
US09091120B2	Collabsible platform assembly for an extension ladder A platform in combination with ladder-like rails combine to form an add-on device that is connected to a rung near the top of an extension ladder so that the platform is rotatably connected to the extension ladder and the ladder-like rails. In a storage or retracted position, the add-on device is generally co-planar with the extension ladder; and in a use position, the platform can be extended from the extension ladder and directly supported by a roof. The platform acts as a rigid support for the top of the ladder and does not deflect under load. The ladder-like rails act as “grab rails” so that a user can “grab” or hold on to them while walking through the top of the extension ladder. Also, one or more retractable hand rails provide added safety when the user moves onto the platform.
US09091117B2	Universal child safety tensioner for roller blind The present invention is a tensioner for securing a loop of roller blind chain to a window frame and to a wall adjacent the window frame. The tensioner includes a member having a top portion with a peripheral edge, a bottom portion, opposite end portions, opposite side portions, and a central aperture passing through the opposite side portions and positioned between the opposite end portions and between the top and bottom portions. The central aperture is dimensioned to permit the roller blind chain to pass there through. The member has a first thickness separating the opposite first and second sides of the member and a second thickness between the central aperture and the peripheral edge, the first thickness and the second thickness each being greater than the distance separating the beads of the chain. The member is configured such that the member is mountable in both a vertical orientation on the window frame wherein the opposite side portions are oriented in horizontal alignment and the end portions are oriented in vertical alignment and a horizontal orientation wherein the opposite side portions are oriented in vertical alignment and the end portions are oriented in horizontal alignment. Finally, the top portion of the member is curved such that the loop of roller chain is positioned perpendicular to the wall when the member is mounted in its horizontal orientation.
US09091114B2	Profile seal with trim strip for a vehicle A profile seal has a trim strip for a vehicle, including a clamping section for fastening the profile seal to a vehicle component, at least one sealing section for sealing contacting to at least one corresponding vehicle component, and one holding section for form-fitted receiving of the trim strip, wherein the holding section comprises at least one harder partial section along the longitudinal extension thereof and wherein the partial section is designed as an insert that consists of a harder material than the rest of the holding section.
US09091107B2	Tilt-up door A tilt-up door for a building having an opening, a pair of substantially vertically juxtaposed members, cam surfaces extending laterally from the vertical members at the upper portion and a door sized to span the opening. The door can be pivotally coupled to carriages arranged for vertical movement along the vertical members and can have cam followers extending laterally from the upper portion of the door to contact the cam surfaces. Hydraulic actuators can be connected to the carriages to move the carriages along the vertical members. When the actuator or actuators are operated to move the carriages vertically along the members the cam followers can move along the cam surfaces to tilt the door to a horizontal position as the door is moved vertically upward into an open raised position.
US09091104B2	Hinge structure and electronic device having the same A hinge structure includes a hinge, a first bracket, a second bracket and a third bracket. The first bracket and the second bracket are pivoted with each other through the hinge, wherein the second bracket has a first connecting portion. The third bracket has a second connecting portion, wherein the second connecting portion is rotatably connected to the first connecting portion. When the third bracket receives a force and wobbles, the second connecting portion rotates relatively to the first connecting portion, and a kinetic energy of the third bracket is consumed by a kinetic friction between the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion. In addition, an electronic device having the hinge structure is also provided.
US09091087B2	Configurable elevated stand The present invention is directed at a stand that can elevate a user above the ground at a desired location and also be reconfigured into a two wheel cart which can be pulled or pushed by a user or a transporter (like an all terrain vehicle.) A pair of wheels are mounted on a “U” shaped split axle assembly wherein a ladder assembly and a pair of legs are each coupled to one of the wheels to form an elevated base when the footings of the ladder assembly and the pair of legs are in contact with the ground. Once the base is erected, a seat is fixed to the inside of the “U” shaped split axle assembly below the free wheel to form a covered seat assembly. A user gains access to or egresses from the base by the ladder assembly. The elevated stand can be reconfigured into a cart by uncoupling the legs and ladder assembly from the base and repositioning the split axle assembly such that both wheels are in rolling contact with the ground. The ladder assembly is repositioned and fixed to the split axle assembly to form a frame capable of holding cargo between the pair of wheels.
US09091083B1	Adjustable staircase Disclosed herein is an adjustable staircase wherein each tread of the staircase is suspended from a tread adjustment mechanism. The tread adjustment mechanism allows the coordinated movement of all the treads to a desired rise height, and allows the positioning of the first tread directly on a supporting surface when it is in a fully lowered position.
US09091073B2	Method and apparatus for temporary surface protection A system for protecting floor and wall surfaces using at least one long fiber paper board made from 100% recycled materials. The flat paper board is entirely environmental friendly. The paper board has smooth top and bottom layers to protect the covered surfaces. The top and bottom layers are held together by an adhesive layer. The board uses no inks or dyes and the identifying marks are all embossed on the top or bottom layers of the board. The board in an embodiment has serrated edges and the board can be cut by a knife.
US09091060B2	Sound panel and method for assembly of a sound panel A sound panel includes an outer fabric, an absorption member that at least indirectly connects to the outer fabric, and a frame that is at least indirectly connected to the absorption member, where the outer fabric is fastened to the frame.
US09091057B2	Thermally cooled and heated decking Deck components and related systems and methods for circulating a fluid for thermally cooling and/or heating a deck component. An exemplary embodiment of a deck component has a body that comprises a passageway for receiving a fluid, which is adapted to cool and/or heat the deck component. The passageway may extend partially or completely through the body of the deck component.
US09091051B2	Suspended ceiling system, securing members, and process of installing a suspended ceiling system Disclosed is a suspended ceiling system, a securing member, and process of installing a patterned suspended ceiling system. The suspended ceding system includes a grid system having first members and second members, and at least one substrate which extends below the grid system. The at least one substrate has an exposed surface and a concealed surface, and the at least one substrate has first sides and second sides which extend between the exposed surface and the concealed surface. Securing members attach to the concealed surface proximate the first sides, and the securing members have grid engagement members which secure the at least one substrate to the grid system. The securing members cooperate with the first members and the second members of the grid system to properly position the substrate and the spacing between adjacent at least one substrates is controlled.
US09091045B2	Cartridge assembly for faucet The present invention provides a cartridge assembly for a faucet that provides improved flow rate, flow modulation, and particulate passage.
US09091043B2	Forward eight-bar linkage working device for loading end of a backhoe loader A forward eight-bar linkage working device for the loading end of a backhoe loader comprises a front frame, a movable boom, a rotatable bucket oil cylinder, a movable boom oil cylinder, a rotatable bucket lever, a rotatable bucket pull link, a movable boom pull rod, a movable boom lever and a bucket; and the forward eight-bar linkage mechanism enables a working device of the loading end to achieve a larger breakout force in the case of the same engine power, and makes the axle load distribution ratio of the machine more reasonable, enhancing the operation efficiency and the operation balance.
US09091039B2	Ride control system A ride control system and method where the system includes first hydraulics for equalizing pressure between ride control accumulators and boom cylinder head side, and second hydraulics for providing low pressure drop connection between ride control accumulators and boom cylinder head side. When ride control is engaged, the first hydraulics equalizes pressure between ride control accumulators and boom cylinder head side to within a pressure threshold, then the second hydraulics provides the low pressure drop connection between ride control accumulators and boom cylinder head side. Ride control system can include third hydraulics for providing fluid connection between boom cylinder rod side and tank; where after first hydraulics equalizes pressure to within pressure threshold, then third hydraulics provides connection between boom cylinder rod side and tank. The ride control system can also monitor the condition of the ride control accumulators.
US09091038B2	Construction machine A construction machine includes an exhaust duct for discharging a lower airflow to the exterior of an engine room. An air inlet for introducing air into the exhaust duct is provided in an upper portion of the exhaust duct, and an air outlet for discharging the air from the exhaust duct is provided in a lower portion of the exhaust duct. An air passage is formed in the interior of the exhaust duct between the air inlet and the air outlet. The exhaust duct is disposed on an exhaust side of the engine room such that the air introduced into the air passage in the exhaust duct through the air inlet is discharged below the engine room from the air outlet through a discharge port, and such that a hydraulic pump provided on the exhaust side of the engine room is shielded from the discharge port by the exhaust duct.
US09091031B2	Pick and pack scooper A pet waste disposal device has a handle, a body, and a waste handling portion with two opposing scoops, which pivot outwardly between an open position and a closed position. A heating block and a pressing block extend along the free edges of the opposing scoops. Current from a power source, operable at the handle, runs through a heating wire on the heating block to seal pet waste within a plastic bag pressed between the contact faces of the heating block and pressing block.
US09091025B2	Method for manufacturing a resin-impregnated decorative paper, and decorative panel The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a resin-impregnated decorative paper, which method comprises the following steps: i) providing a paper, ii) impregnating the paper obtained in step i) with a first, actinic radiation-curable resin, iii) subjecting the paper obtained after step ii) to a drying step, iv) applying a second, actinic radiation-curable resin to the dried paper obtained after step iii), and v) curing the paper obtained after step iv) to obtain the resin-impregnated decorative paper.
US09091023B2	Method for separating lignin from black liquor A method was developed for: a) improving the filterability of acid-precipitated lignin from kraft black liquors, b) increasing the dry solids content of the final lignin product, c) reducing the acid requirements and d) minimizing or eliminating TRS emissions during the acidification of black liquor to produce lignin and/or the subsequent suspension of the lignin in acid and/or the washing of the lignin with acid. No major difference in the chemical composition, MWD and main functional groups was found in the lignin of the present invention compared with lignins produced by conventional methods.
US09091022B2	Process and apparatus for modification of lignocellulosic materials and products of modified lignocellulosic materials obtained by the process A process and apparatus for the preparation of a modified lignocellulosic material by treating the lignocellulosic material in a first activator zone having an atmosphere of one or more acid anhydrides in vapour form in a gas at a gauge pressure of 0-50 kPag and a temperature of 100-160° C., and then treating the lignocellulosic material in a second reactor zone having an atmosphere of a gas at a gauge pressure of 0-50 kPag and a temperature of 120-190° C., thereafter stripping the lignocellulosic material with steam or water in a stripper zone, and optionally further processing. The process is more efficient as compared with the prior art processes by providing a better access of the acid anhydrides to the sites of the reactive lignocellulosic hydroxyl groups (—OH), which are located on the internal surfaces of pores and capillary channels in the lignocellulose. Furthermore, the apparatus is relatively simple. This makes the inventive process and apparatus suitable for a cost-efficient preparation of modified lignocellulosic fibre in industrial scale.
US09091016B2	Garment steamer A garment steamer has a housing with a reservoir and a boiler for converting water to steam. The housing includes a normally closed valve in a flow path between the reservoir and the boiler. A removable fill plug in a fill opening or inlet of the reservoir is configured to engage the valve to permit water to be communicated from the reservoir via an outlet to the boiler for conversion into steam. The plug-actuated valve isolates the boiler from the reservoir when the plug is removed, providing safer refilling when the boiler is hot. The garment steamer also includes a steam discharge head coupled by a hose to the housing and configured to direct steam onto a garment or similar item.
US09091004B2	Biodegradable polylactic acid for use in nonwoven webs A method for forming a biodegradable polylactic acid suitable for use in fibers is provided. In one embodiment, for example, a polylactic acid is melt blended with an alcohol to initiate an alcoholysis reaction that results in a polylactic acid having one or more hydroxyalkyl or alkyl terminal groups. By selectively controlling the alcoholysis conditions (e.g., alcohol and polymer concentrations, catalysts, temperature, etc.), a modified polylactic acid may be achieved that has a molecular weight lower than the starting polylactic acid. Such lower molecular weight polymers also have the combination of a higher melt flow index and lower apparent viscosity, which is useful in a wide variety of fiber forming applications, such as in the meltblowing of nonwoven webs.
US09091003B2	Device and kit for making knotted lanyard accessories Disclosed herein are embodiments of devices for making knotted string accessories. Embodiments of the device may include a center axis, a base having a substantially planar surface such that the center axis extends perpendicular to the substantially planar surface of the base, a securing member proximate to the center axis and configured to secure a central portion of each of a plurality of individual strings, and a plurality of holders connected to and extending away from the substantially planar surface of the base, the plurality of holders configured to retain a first end portion and a second end portion of each string in the plurality of individual strings, the plurality of holder spaced apart from and positioned symmetrically about the securing member.
US09091002B2	Wrappable end fray resistant protective textile sleeve and method of construction thereof A wrappable textile sleeve and method of construction includes an elongate wall having warp yarns extending generally parallel to a longitudinal central axis of the sleeve and fill yarns extending circumferentially about the sleeve. The warp yarns and the fill yarns are woven in an overlying and underlying weave pattern with one another. The warp yarns are arranged in discrete groups alternating about a circumference of the wall with adjacent groups having a different number of the warp yarns. As such, the wall is provided with groups of increased numbers of warp yarns that provide the sleeve with enhanced rigidity and abrasion resistance, while also being provided with groups of decreased numbers of warp yarns that provide the sleeve with enhanced flexibility along the longitudinal central axis.
US09090996B2	Multizone electroblowing process Methods and apparatuses are provided for producing fibers via electroblowing. In an embodiment of the present invention, a polymer stream, formed from a spinning nozzle, passes through a first temperature zone for a first residence time, and subsequently passes through a second temperature zone for a second residence time, where the second zone has a higher average temperature than the first zone. In an embodiment of an apparatus of the present invention, the apparatus has a region between the spinning nozzle outlet and collector that includes at least two zones through which a polymer stream passes, where the second zone has a higher average temperature than the first zone.
US09090990B2	Manufacturing apparatus and method for semiconductor device An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes an out-heater including a heater element formed in an annular shape with a disconnected portion at one place, a first electrode component connected to a first heater electrode part of the heater element, a second electrode component connected to a second heater electrode part of the heater element, and a base including a first groove in which the first electrode component is fixedly disposed, and a second groove in which the second electrode component is movably disposed and a groove width in a circumferential direction of the heater element is formed such that a width of a second gap formed between a side of the second electrode component and an inner wall of the groove is wider than a width of a first gap formed between a side of the first electrode component and an inner wall of the first groove.
US09090988B2	Method of producing crystals of nitrides of group 13 elements and melt compositions It is provided a method of producing a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element in a melt by flux method. The melt is generated by heating a composition including a material for the group 13 element, a material for at least one of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal and a liquid material for germanium. Upon producing a crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element in a melt by flux method, it is thereby possible to reduce in-plane distribution of a property such as carrier density of the thus obtained crystal of a nitride of a group 13 element.
US09090980B2	System for electrochemical generation of hypochlorite The invention relates to a system for a point-of-use electrochemical generation of hypochlorite on demand in a wide range of volumes and concentration. The system is provided with a processor which adjusts the electrolyte composition, the current density and the electrolysis time, commanding an alert system capable of warning in advance whenever the replacement of electrodes is needed. Automated detection of the insertion and the correct type of several collecting vessels can also be provided, triggering the set-up of electrolysis parameters accordingly.
US09090977B2	Silver cathode activation The selective electrochemical reduction of halogenated 4-aminopicolinic acids is improved by activating the cathode at a final potential from about +1.0 to about +1.8 volts.
US09090974B2	Electronic device manufacturing method and sputtering method An electronic device manufacturing method includes a first step of moving a substrate holder close to a first shield member and locating a first projecting portion formed on the first shield member and having a ring shape and a second projecting portion having a ring shape and formed on a second shield member installed on the surface of the substrate holder at the outer peripheral portion of a substrate at a position to engage with each other in a noncontact state, a second step of, after the first step, sputtering a target while maintaining the first projecting portion and the second projecting portion at the position to engage with each other in the noncontact state, and a third step of, after the second step, setting the first shield member in an open state and sputtering the target to perform deposition on the substrate.
US09090973B2	Beam-induced deposition of low-resistivity material An improved method of beam deposition to deposit a low-resistivity metal. Preferred embodiments of the present invention use a novel focused ion beam induced deposition precursor to deposit low-resistivity metallic material such as tin. Applicants have discovered that by using a methylated or ethylated metal such as hexamethylditin as a precursor, material can be deposited having a resistivity as low as 40 μΩ·cm.
US09090971B2	Ultra-thin metal oxide and carbon-metal oxide films prepared by atomic layer deposition (ALD) Ultra-thin porous films are deposited on a substrate in a process that includes laying down an organic polymer, inorganic material or inorganic-organic material via an atomic layer deposition or molecular layer deposition technique, and then treating the resulting film to introduce pores. The films are characterized in having extremely small thicknesses of pores that are typically well less than 50 nm in size.
US09090969B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing and processing methods and apparatuses for forming a film A semiconductor device manufacturing method includes: accommodating a substrate in a processing chamber; and supplying a silicon-based gas and an amine-based gas into the processing chamber that is heated to form a film including silicon and carbon on the substrate. The forming of the film including silicon and carbon includes: supplying the silicon-based gas and the amine-based gas into the processing chamber and confining the silicon-based gas and the amine-based gas in the processing chamber; maintaining a state in which the silicon-based gas and the amine-based gas are confined in the processing chamber, and exhausting an inside of the processing chamber.
US09090958B2	Cast steel alloy and cast component The present invention relates to a cast steel alloy for producing cast parts with ferritic structure, wherein the alloy contains iron (Fe), carbon (C), chromium (Cr) and molybdenum (Mo). An increased resistance to intercrystalline corrosion is obtained when the alloy additionally contains titanium (Ti) and niobium (Nb).
US09090949B2	Method for the production of tools made of alloyed steel and tools in particular for the chip-removing machining of metals The invention relates to a method for the production of tools for a chip-removing machining of metallic materials and to a tool with improved wear resistance and/or high toughness. The invention further provides an alloyed steel with a chemical composition comprising carbon, silicon, manganese, chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, and cobalt as well as aluminum, nitrogen, and iron. The alloyed steel may be used to make tools to a hardness of greater than 66 HRC and increased chip-removing machining performance.
US09090947B2	Detection of mutations in a gene associated with resistance to viral infection, OAS1 A method for detecting a mutation related to the gene encoding OAS1. This and other disclosed mutations correlate with resistance of humans to viral infection including hepatitis C. Also provided is a therapeutic agent consisting of a protein or polypeptide encoded by the mutated gene, or a polynucleotide encoding the protein or polypeptide. Inhibitors of human OAS1, including antisense oligonucleotides, methods, and compositions specific for human OAS1, are also provided.
US09090942B2	Method for detecting esophageal carcinoma and agent for suppressing esophageal carcinoma An object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting cancer and an agent for suppressing cell growth by identification of genes showing behaviors characteristic in cancer such as esophageal carcinoma. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting canceration through detection of amplification of at least one gene existing in an 1q32-1q41 chromosomal region in a specimen.
US09090941B2	Use of lecithin:retinol acyl transferase gene promoter methylation in evaluating the cancer state of subject The present invention relates to a method of evaluating the cancer state of a subject using lecithin:retinol acyl transferase (LRAT) gene promoter methylation status. Methods of analyzing and quantifying LRAT gene promoter methylation level are also disclosed. The present invention also relates to methods of determining the prognosis for s subject having cancer by assessing LRAT mRNA expression and LRAT protein expression. Methods of cancer detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are also disclosed.
US09090940B2	Identification of surface-associated antigens for tumor diagnosis and therapy The invention relates to identifying tumor-associated genetic products and encoding nucleic acids thereof. A therapy and diagnosis of diseases in which the tumor-associated genetic products are aberrantly expressed, proteins, polypeptides and peptides which are expressed in association with tumor and the encoding nucleic acids for said proteins, polypeptides and peptides are also disclosed.
US09090938B2	Methods for selecting competent oocytes and competent embryos with high potential for pregnancy outcome The present invention relates to a method for selecting a competent oocyte or a competent embryo.
US09090931B2	Method for measuring glycated hemoglobin It is to provide a method for measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample, comprising: reacting glycated hemoglobin in the hemoglobin-containing sample with a proteolytic enzyme in the presence of at least one salt selected from the group consisting of a pyridinium salt, a phosphonium salt, an imidazolium salt, and an isoquinolinium salt; reacting the obtained reaction product with fructosyl peptide oxidase; and measuring the generated hydrogen peroxide. The present invention provides a method for accurately measuring glycated hemoglobin in a hemoglobin-containing sample.
US09090930B2	Method and unit for preparing a sample for the microbiological analysis of a liquid The preparation unit comprises a body (2) within which are fixed a first (3) and a second (4) membrane, said first membrane (3) having a first predetermined pore diameter and said second membrane (4) a second predetermined pore diameter smaller than said first predetermined pore diameter of said first membrane (3), said body also comprising means (16, 20) for retrieving said sample collected on said second membrane (4). The method of preparing such a sample comprises the step of procuring such a preparation unit (1), the step of passing a predetermined volume of said liquid through said first membrane and through said second membrane (4) in order to collect a sample on said second membrane (4); and the step of retrieving said sample so collected on said second membrane (4).
US09090927B2	Method and apparatus for conversion of cellulosic material to ethanol The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for conversion of cellulosic material, such as chopped straw and corn stover, and household waste, to ethanol and other products. The cellulosic material is subjected to continuous hydrothermal pre-treatment without addition of chemicals, and a liquid and a fiber fraction are produced. The fiber fraction is subjected to enzymatic liquefaction and saccharification. The method of the present invention comprises: performing the hydrothermal pre-treatment by subjecting the cellulosic material to at least one soaking operation, and conveying the cellulosic material through at least one pressurized reactor, and subjecting the cellulosic material to at least one pressing operation, creating a fiber fraction and a liquid fraction; selecting the temperature and residence time for the hydrothermal pretreatment, so that the fibrous structure of the feedstock is maintained and at least 80% of the lignin is maintained in the fiber fraction.
US09090922B2	Process for the preparation of nebivolol The present invention relates to a novel process for the synthesis of the Nebivolol product depicted in Scheme 1, comprised of a reduced number of high-yield steps, and characterized by the enzymatic resolution of the chroman ester precursor.
US09090915B2	Sulfite pretreatment for biorefining biomass The present invention relates to a method using sulfite pretreatment to overcome recalcitrance of lignocellulose (SPORL). More specifically, it relates to a sulfite-based chemical process for pretreating biomass in solutions to reduce access barriers of enzymes to the lignocellulose, resulting in efficient conversion through enzymatic saccharification.
US09090914B2	Extraction of nitrogen from organic materials through ammonification by mixed bacterial populations The invention provides a process for producing ammonia or ammonium from an organic material by fermenting a medium comprising organic material in the presence of a mixed bacterial population capable of ammonification, wherein the fermenting is under conditions, and for a sufficient period of time, to produce a fermentation product that comprises ammonia or ammonium. The organic material includes nitrogenous compounds suitable for conversion to ammonia or ammonium.
US09090902B2	Nucleic acids encoding desaturases and modified plant oil The present invention relates to nucleic acids derived from Drechslera tritici-repentis, Cylindorcarpon herteronema, Diploida natalensis, Stagonospora nodorum, Microdochium nivalae and Periplaneta americana. The invention also relates to the individual coding sequences and to proteins encoded by these sequences in combination with other sequences as well as to a process for converting oleic acid to linoleic acid to Iinoleic acid and the production of arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid in a plant.
US09090894B2	Modulating immune system development and function through microRNA MIR-146 The present disclosure relates to the finding that microRNA-146 plays a role in modulating the development and function of the immune system. Immune cell development and function can be modulated by delivery of microRNA-146 (miR-146) or antisense miR-146 to target immune cells or precursor cells. For example, in some embodiments, activity and/or proliferation of certain immune cells is regulated by administering miR-146 oligonucleotides or anti-miR-146 oligonucleotides. In other embodiments, pro-inflammatory cytokine expression in immune cells is regulated by administering a miR-146 oligonucleotide or anti-miR-146. In further embodiments, methods of regulating macrophage activity using antisense miR-146 are provided. Additional methods and compositions for regulating immune system function and development using miR-146 are disclosed.
US09090892B2	Plant chimeric binding polypeptides for universal molecular recognition Libraries of nucleic acids encoding chimeric binding polypeptides based on plant scaffold polypeptide sequences. Also described are methods for generating the libraries.
US09090891B2	Pen-shaped device for biological sample preparation and analysis Methods and devices for biological sample preparation and analysis are disclosed. A device may have a circular arrangement of containers, with a connecting structure such as a disk. Fluidics channels between containers allow the performance of different techniques for sample preparation, such as lysing, washing and elution. The device may be pen-shaped and have a sample drawing needle connected to the containers.
US09090885B2	Co-incubating confined microbial communities This invention provides devices and methods that enable co-incubation of microorganisms. Also provided are methods of making such devices for co-incubation of microorganisms, and various applications of such devices.
US09090883B2	DNA polymerases with improved activity Disclosed are DNA polymerases having increased reverse transcriptase efficiency relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the DNA polymerases.
US09090876B2	Methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of therapeutic antibodies using NK cell potentiating compounds The present invention relates, generally, to methods and compositions for increasing the efficiency of therapeutic antibodies. Their efficiency is enhanced through the increase of the ADCC mechanism. More particularly, the invention relates to the use of a therapeutic antibody in combination with compounds that block an inhibitory receptor or stimulate an activating receptor of an NK cell in order to enhance the efficiency of the treatment with therapeutic antibodies in human subjects.
US09090866B2	Method for manufacture of macrobeads The invention relates to an improved method for making agarose coated, agarose beads which contain cells. The method which is preferably automated, involves placing manufactured beads in a sample of mineral oil at a temperature gradient, such that the temperature drops as the bead moves through the oil. Preferably, a “trumpet tool” and a “straw tool” are employed in the method.
US09090857B2	Solidification matrices using phosphonocarboxylic acid copolymers and phosphonopolyacrylic acid homopolymers Stability enhancement agents for use in a solidification matrices and solid detergent compositions are described. Stability enhancement is provided by a hydratable salt, water and phosphonocarboxylic acid copolymers or phosphonopolyacrylic acid homopolymers binding agents forming a dimensionally stable composition. Preferred phosphonocarboxylic acid copolymers or phosphonopolyacrylic acid homopolymers have phosphono end groups and a molecular weight of between about 1,000 and about 30,000 grams/mole. The stability enhancement composition for use in a solid detergent and solid detergent compositions are preferably biodegradable and substantially free of phosphorus and NTA-free.
US09090851B2	Oil extraction method and composition for use in the method A composition is disclosed for aiding extraction of an emulsified oil from an oil and water emulsion. The composition includes silicon containing particles at a level of 0.1 wt. % to 30 wt. %; an emulsifying agent at a level of 1 wt. % to 30 wt. %; and water at a level of 40 wt. % to 99 wt. %. A method of extracting oil from an oil and water emulsion in a material is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) dispersing silicon containing particles into the material using a mechanical blending device; and (b) separating the oil from the material. A method of extracting oil from an oil and water emulsion in a material is also disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) providing a dispersion of silicon containing particles in water; (b) metering the dispersion into the material; and (c) separating the oil from the material.
US09090846B2	Lubricating composition containing an antiwear agent The invention provides a lubricating composition containing an antiwear agent and an oil of lubricating viscosity. The invention further relates to the use of the lubricating composition in a mechanical device such as an internal combustion engine, or a driveline device.
US09090838B2	Active reformer The invention provides an apparatus and method for producing synthetic gas. The apparatus has a pyrolysis chamber (12) for generating synthetic gas, a reformer unit (14), conduit means (22, 24) forming a circulation loop for repeatedly circulating gases between said pyrolysis chamber and said water-gas shift reaction zone and means for adding hydrogen to said gas circulating in said loop by way of a water-gas shift reaction.
US09090835B2	Preheating feeds to hydrocarbon pyrolysis products hydroprocessing The invention relates to upgraded pyrolysis products, hydroconversion processes for upgrading products obtained from hydrocarbon pyrolysis, equipment useful for such processes. In particular the invention provides methods for reducing coke fouling in such equipment.
US09090830B2	Method of manufacturing high-carbon number saturated hydrocarbons from biomass-derived benzyl phenyl ethers using acid-metal complex catalyst Provided is a method for producing a high-carbon number saturated hydrocarbon compound by subjecting a mixed biomass solution containing benzyl phenyl ether (C6H5CH2OC6H5) to a two-step reaction process using a difunctional catalyst having an acid catalyst combined with a metal catalyst. The method allows development of a fuel substituting for and supplementing petroleum through decomposition and conversion of a biomass containing lignin or the like, thereby providing a non-petroleum based biofuel.
US09090818B2	Liquid-crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid-crystal display device comprising a polarizing plate comprising a polarizing element and a thermoplastic-resin film which comprises a lactone ring-having polymer and satisfies the following formulas (I) and (II): (I) 0=\|Re(630)\|=10, and \|Rth(630)\|=25 (II) \|Re(400)−Re(700)\|=10, and \|Rth(400)−Rth(700)\|=35 wherein Re(?) means retardation (nm) in plane at a wavelength ? nm; and Re(?) means retardation (nm) along the thickness direction at a wavelength ? nm.
US09090814B2	Well treatment fluids containing an ylide or a vitamin B and methods of using the same Viscosifying polymers are effectively degraded during a well treatment operation with an ylide breaker or a vitamin B cofactor. The vitamin B cofactor is an ylide, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B3, vitamin B6, vitamin B9 or vitamin B12 or mixtures thereof. Such breakers are effective at room and elevated temperatures and high pH environments.
US09090804B2	Methods for generating mixtures of diisocyanates by phosgenation of diamino alkyl esters The present invention relates to an improved composition comprising a blend of diisocyanates of Formula (II) derived from their corresponding dianiino alkyl esters obtained from soy protein source, wherein R is an alkyl and n is 1-4, and methods of making and using such compositions as construction material resin binders, in particular, wood resin binders and/or adhesives.
US09090796B2	Organic-inorganic composite materials containing triazine rings and electrical devices using the same The present invention provides an organic-inorganic composite material having excellent thermal stability, electrical insulation and adhesiveness. The organic-inorganic composite material includes a resin composed of a triazine ring and obtained by thermally curing a varnish containing a mixture of a layered clay mineral (clay) subjected to interlayer modification with a curing catalyst for a cyanate ester compound and a cyanate ester compound, wherein the amount of the clay is from 0.1 to 12 wt % of the amount of the cyanate ester compound. The invention also provides a varnish which gives the organic-inorganic composite material, and an electrical device and a semiconductor device, each of which includes the organic-inorganic composite material.
US09090794B2	PVDF coating composition A composition comprising at least one vinylidene fluoride (VDF) polymer [polymer (F)]; and inorganic particles at least partially coated with at least one perfluoropolyether block copolymer [polymer (E)] comprising: A) one or more (per)fluoropolyoxyalkylene segment (chain Rf), comprising recurring units having at least one catenary ether bond and at least one fluorocarbon moiety, and B) one or more polyalkylene segment (chain Ra) comprising recurring units of formula: —(CR1R2—CR3R4)—, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, equal to or different from each other, are selected from the group consisting of H, halogens (preferably F, Cl); C1-C6 (hydro)carbon groups, optionally containing fluorine or other heteroatoms, referably perfluoroalkyl or (per)fluorooxyalkyl. The invention also discloses a method of coating various substrates using said composition.
US09090788B2	Aqueous inkjet inks containing polymeric binders with components to interact with cellulose Disclosed are aqueous inkjet inks containing a polymeric ink additive as a binder. The binder contains a component capable of interacting with cellulose. Certain heterocycles having similar Hansen solubility parameters as cellulose were incorporated into the polymeric binders. Prints from these inks have better durability and optical properties than similar additives that do not have the components capable of interacting with cellulose.
US09090779B2	Compositions for treating textile fibers and floor coverings comprising the same In one aspect, compositions are described herein which, in some embodiments, can improve or enhance the oil and soiling resistance of textile fibers, including fibers used in carpet and floor coverings. A composition described herein, in some embodiments, comprises a fluoropolymer component, a hydrophilic soil release polymeric component and a hardening component comprising one or more polymeric species having a glass transition temperature (Tg) greater than about 85° C.
US09090770B2	Polyacetal resin composition, method for producing the same, and molded article A polyacetal resin composition and molded article having a high metallic gloss, small change in a color tone according to the viewing angle, high weld performance, and high mechanical properties can be provided in which the amount of formaldehyde to be produced in molding and recycle is suppressed, the mold deposit is improved, and the repeated impact resistance after aging is high. A polyacetal resin composition comprising: (A) 100 parts by mass of a polyacetal copolymer resin, and (B) 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of an aluminum pigment, the aluminum pigment having a coin-like or flake-like flat shape, a volume average particle size D50 of 15 to 50 μm, an average surface roughness Ra of 20 to 50 nm, and an average height Rc of depressions and projections in a surface roughness curve of 80 to 200 nm.
US09090768B2	Styrol/butadiene block copolymer mixtures for shrink films A mixture which comprises from 5 to 50% by weight of a block copolymer A, which comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)A each composed of from 65 to 95% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 35 to 5% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgA in the range from 40° to 90° C.; from 95 to 50% by weight of a block copolymer B, which comprises at least one hard block S composed of vinylaromatic monomers and comprises one or more copolymer blocks (B/S)B each composed of from 20 to 60% by weight of vinylaromatic monomers and from 80 to 40% by weight of dienes and of a glass transition temperature TgB in the range from −70° to 0° C.; from 0 to 45% by weight of polystyrene or of a block copolymer C other than A and B; and from 0 to 6% by weight of a plasticizer; and its use for production of shrink films.
US09090763B2	Resin blend capable of forming a layer-separated structure and method of making layer-separated structure therefrom Provided are a resin blend for forming a layer-separated structure, a pellet, a method of preparing a resin article using the same, and a resin article. The resin blend may include a first resin, and a second resin including a resin to which a fluorine or fluorine-substituted organic functional group is introduced and having a difference in surface energy from the first resin at 25° C. of 0.1 to 35 mN/m. The resin blend can improve mechanical and surface characteristics of a resin article. Also, the resin blend can realize excellent contamination resistance of a resin article. Further, since coating or plating is not required for manufacturing a resin article, a manufacturing time and/or cost can be reduced, and productivity can be increased.
US09090758B2	Phase change ink comprising modified naturally-derived colorants A phase change ink composition comprising an ink vehicle; an optional dispersant; and a modified naturally-derived colorant comprising a naturally-derived colorant that is modified with an aliphatic quaternary ammonium salt, an aromatic quaternary ammonium salt, or a mixture or combination thereof. The modified naturally-derived colorant is compatible with phase change ink vehicles.
US09090756B2	Tire with component comprised of rubber composition containing silica and graphene platelet reinforcement This invention relates to a rubber composition comprised of diene-based elastomer, precipitated silica and nano-scale exfoliated graphene platelets. A tire is provided having a component comprised of such rubber composition.
US09090752B2	Multi-layered carbon nanoparticles of the fulleroid type Multi-layered carbon nanoparticles of the fulleroid type having an inter-layer distance in a range of from 0.34 to 0.36 nm, wherein the nanoparticles have a toroidal shape, a ratio between an outer diameter and a thickness of a multi-layered body of said toroidal nanoparticles being comprised in a range of from 10:1 to 3:1, and an averaged size being in a range of from 15 to 100 nm as measured by transmission electron microscope.
US09090750B2	Plastic component for a lighting systems The invention relates to a plastic component for use in a lighting system, the plastic component comprising a semi-aromatic polyamide (X) comprising repeat units derived from aliphatic diamines and dicarboxylic acids wherein: (a) the aliphatic diamines consist a mixture of 10-70 mole % of a short chain aliphatic diamine with 2-5 C atoms and 30-90 mole % of a long chain aliphatic diamine with at least 6 C atoms; (b) the dicarboxylic acids consist of a mixture of 5-65 mole % aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and optionally aromatic dicarboxylic acid other than terephthalic acid, and 35-95 mole % terephthalic acid; and (c) the combined molar amount of terephthalic acid and the long chain aliphatic diamine is at least 60 mole %, relative to the total molar amount of the dicarboxylic acids and diamines. The invention also relates to a polymer composition that can be used for making the said plastic component comprising 100 pbw of a semi-aromatic polyamide (X) and 1-250 pbw of an inorganic material.
US09090726B2	Low molecular weight multivalent cation-containing acrylate polymers Low molecular weight polymers useful in aggregating mineral components in aqueous mineral slurries to release and separate individual components of the slurry, which may then be recovered from the slurry.
US09090717B2	UV cross-linking neat lubricant mixtures for magnetic recording media A method, system and apparatus are disclosed for forming a lubricant film for magnetic recording applications. The method includes, in certain embodiments, providing at least one substantially solvent free lubricant having a plurality of lubricant molecules with each lubricant molecule comprising a polymer chain having a backbone section and at least one functional end group. The method also includes treating the at least one substantially solvent free lubricant with a physical treatment to cross-link the backbone section of each polymer chain with at least one other molecule to create a cross-linked lubricant.
US09090710B2	Method of arraying ferritin A method of selectively arraying ferritin and inorganic particles on a silicon oxide substrate at regions having vanadium, niobium or tantalum. An aspect of the method includes steps of: preparing a solution which contains ferritin modified at an N-terminal part of a subunit with a peptide set out in SEQ ID NO: 1, and from 0.01 v/v % to 10 v/v % of a nonionic surfactant and having a pH of from 7.4 to 8.2; and a binding step of bringing the solution in contact with regions of the substrate having vanadium, niobium, or tantalum to selectively array peptide-modified ferritin to vanadium, niobium or, tantalum portion. The method may also include a step of selectively arraying ferritin modified with the peptide set out in SEQ ID NO: 1, and the inorganic particles contained in ferritin at the vanadium, niobium, or tantalum portion by removing the solution.
US09090707B2	Pro-angiogenic fragments of prominin-1 and uses thereof Described have herein are peptide analogs of a prominin-1 peptide, DRVQRQTTTVVA (SEQ. ID. NO:1) which have enhanced regenerative and/or angiogenesis activity, increase VEGF binding to endothelial cells, and/or increase wound healing activity relative to the peptide of SEQ ID NO: 1. Provided herein are fusion proteins and compositions comprising these pep tide analogs and uses thereof.
US09090705B2	Process for preparation of insulin compounds The present invention relates to the preparation of insulin compounds including their analogs or derivatives thereof from their corresponding precursor forms by a one step enzymatic reaction involving the combinatorial and concurrent use of optimal quantities of trypsin and carboxypeptidase B that work synergistically directing the reaction in a controlled manner to avoid production of random undesired byproducts. Particularly, the enzymatic conversion reactions of the instant invention offer advantages of reduction in the number operational steps, higher yield and purity of the desired end products.
US09090704B2	Protein therapy for treatment of retinal diseases The present invention encompasses methods, compositions, and devices for treating an ocular disease, disorder or condition in a mammal. The invention includes polypeptides that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, immune modulatory and anti-tumorigenic properties, and their application in the treatment of eye disease, particularly diseases of the retina. In particular aspects, the invention includes administration of a therapeutic polypeptide such as a stanniocalcin family member protein for the treatment of an eye disease. Also included are fusion proteins and cells stimulated or modified to express the therapeutic polypeptides as set forth herein.
US09090703B2	Silk fibroin porous material and method for producing same By a silk fibroin porous material containing silk fibroin and an amino acid and a method for producing a silk fibroin porous material including freezing a fibroin solution having an amino acid added to a fibroin aqueous solution and subsequently thawing the solution to obtain a porous material, a porous material which does not contain a solvent and which is high in safety and a method for producing the same are provided.
US09090702B2	Genes associated to sucrose content Modern sugarcane cultivars are complex hybrids resulting from crosses among several species of the Saccharum genus. Traditional breeding methods have been extensively employed in different countries along the past decades to develop varieties with increased sucrose yield, and resistant to plagues and diseases. Conventional varietal improvement is, however, limited by the narrow pool of suitable markers. In this sense, molecular genetics is seen as a promising tool to assist in the process of molecular marker identification. The present invention concerns the identification of 348 genes associated with sucrose content in sugarcane plants. The genes were found to be differentially expressed when high sucrose and low sucrose plants and populations of plants were compared and/or when high and low sucrose internodes were compared. The expression data was obtained using cDNA microarray and quantitative PCR technologies. The genes identified can be used to identify, distinguish, characterize and/or develop plants with increased sucrose content. More preferably SEQ ID Nos: 1 to 203 should be useful as molecular markers. SEQ ID Nos: 204 to 228 are given as controls or examples of genes never associated with sucrose content. SEQ ID Nos. 1-203 and SEQ ID Nos. 229 to 373 can be targeted in the development of transgenic or non-transgenic varieties with increased sucrose content.
US09090701B2	Methods of detecting oxidized calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been found to be directly oxidized, and direct oxidation of CaMKII was observed to result in calcium independent activation of CaMKII. Antibodies that bind specifically to oxidized forms of CaMKII (oxCaMKII) were generated and were utilized to detect oxCaMKII in blood from: (1) mice with cancer; (2) mice with a knock out of the gene encoding methionine sulfoxide reductase; (3) mice injected with angiotensin II; (4) mice injected with bacterial endotoxin; (5) mice fed a pro-oxidant (ketogenic) diet; and (6) mice with cancer that had been treated with experimental therapy.
US09090699B2	Mig-7 as a specific anticancer target Aspects of the present invention provide novel Mig-7 encoding nucleic acids and Mig-7 polypeptides, recombinant DNA expression systems and host cells containing same, as well as methods of inhibiting expression of the subject nucleic acid molecules, inhibiting production of the encoded proteins or polypeptides, inhibiting metastasis of a carcinoma cell in a subject (including in humans), inhibiting migration/invasion of and mimicking of normal cells by carcinoma cells in a subject, detecting the presence of a cancer cell (e.g., a migrating/invading cancer cell or carcinoma cell mimic, and tumor neovascularization) in a sample of a subject's tissue or body fluids, and inhibiting the migration/invasion of or endothelial cell mimicking by a placental cell into the blood stream or vessels of a female mammal. Particular aspects relate to novel anti-Mig-7 antibodies, diagnostic and/or prognostic methods, and therapeutic methods comprising use of the inventive nucleic acids, polypeptides and antibodies or derivatives thereof.
US09090695B2	Antibodies for guanylyl cyclase receptors Monoclonal antibodies that act as potentiators, stimulators and agonists of guanylyl cyclase receptors are disclosed.
US09090692B2	Antibody targeting osteoclast-related protein Siglec-15 To provide a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using a gene strongly expressed in an osteoclast; a method of screening a compound having a therapeutic and/or preventive effect on abnormal bone metabolism; and a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing abnormal bone metabolism. Provision of a method of detecting abnormal bone metabolism by using the expression of human Siglec-15 gene as an index; a pharmaceutical composition containing an antibody which specifically recognizes human Siglec-15 and has an activity of inhibiting osteoclast formation; and the like.
US09090690B2	Anti Notch-1 antibodies This invention is directed toward monoclonal antibodies that bind specifically to Notch1. In one embodiment, the antibodies binds to at least a first epitope and a second epitope, wherein the first epitope resides with the LinA domain of the Notch1 negative regulatory region (NRR), and the second epitope resides within the HD-C domain of the Notch1 NRR.
US09090686B2	Antibodies for the treatment of HIV The present invention relates to novel isolated antibodies, or the derivatives or antigen binding fragments of same, capable of binding to CXCR4 but also of inducing conformational changes of the CXCR4 homodimers and able to inhibit HIV-1 primary isolate replication in PBMC. More particularly, the present invention relates to the 515H7 and 301aE5 monoclonal antibodies, specific to the CXCR4 protein, as well as their use for the treatment of HIV infection. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such antibodies and a process for the selection of such antibodies are also covered.
US09090684B2	Stable and soluble antibodies inhibiting VEGF The present invention relates to soluble and stable anti-VEGF immunobinders comprising CDRs from rabbit monoclonal antibodies. Said antibodies are designed for the diagnosis and/or treatment of VEGF-mediated disorders. The hybridomas, nucleic acids, vectors and host cells for expression of the recombinant antibodies of the invention, methods for isolating them and the use of said antibodies in medicine are also disclosed.
US09090683B2	Methods of detection, diagnosis, and monitoring using anti-DLL3 antibodies Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US09090682B2	Methods and compositions for treating and diagnosing diseases Methods and compositions for diagnosing and treating diseases, particularly cancer, associated with differential expression of cancer-associated targets (CAT) in disease cells compared to healthy cells are provided. Also provided are antagonists and agonists of CAT, and methods for screening agents that modulate CAT level or activity in vivo or in vitro.
US09090680B2	Antibodies that specifically bind to abeta oligomers and uses thereof The present inventors successfully produced monoclonal antibodies that are specific to only soluble Aβ oligomers, but do not recognize soluble Aβ monomers, which are physiological molecules. It was demonstrated that the antibodies are useful as diagnostic/therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease.
US09090679B2	Antibodies that specifically bind to A beta oligomers and use thereof The present inventors successfully produced monoclonal antibodies that are specific to only soluble A beta oligomers, but do not recognize soluble A beta monomers, which are physiological molecules. It was demonstrated that the antibodies are useful as diagnostic/therapeutic monoclonal antibodies for Alzheimer's disease.
US09090678B2	Monoclonal antibody STRO-4 The present invention relates to a monoclonal antibody designated STRO-4 which specifically binds human and ovine HSP-90beta and its use for enriching multipotential cells such a mesenchymal precursor cells (MPCs).
US09090674B2	Rapid isolation of monoclonal antibodies from animals Methods and compositions for identification of candidate antigen-specific variable regions as well as generation of antibodies or antigen-binding fragments that could have desired antigen specificity are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods for determining amino acid sequences of serum antibody CDR and abundancy level are described. In some aspects, methods for determining nucleic acid sequences of antibody variable region sequences and frequency are provided. Furthermore, the invention provides methods for identification and generation of antibody or antigen-binding fragments that comprise highly-represented CDR.
US09090673B2	Synthetic conjugate of CpG DNA and T-help/CTL peptide Highly effective vaccine compositions are constructed according to the methods of this invention. The methods are amenable to use with any peptidic antigen sequence and involve covalent attachment of an immunostimulatory nucleotide sequence to an antigenic peptide sequence. Preferred antigenic peptides are fusion peptides made up of one or more CTL epitope peptides in sequence fused to a T helper peptide.
US09090671B2	Macrocyclic peptides Disclosed are cyclosporine derivatives in which the 3-Sarcosine carbon and 5-Valine nitrogen are each substituted by a non-hydrogen substituent, and their use as pharmaceuticals, in particular for the treatment of hepatitis C virus.
US09090668B2	Process for synthesizing cyclic peptide compound The objective is to provide a novel process for synthesizing a cyclic peptide compound. It is also an objective to provide a novel cyclic peptide compound. The novel process for synthesizing a cyclic peptide compound comprises the steps of: (1) translationally synthesizing a non-cyclic peptide compound having in a molecule a functional group 1 and a functional group 2, which are a pair of functional groups capable of reacting to form a bond, and (2) cyclizing the non-cyclic peptide compound by the reaction of the functional groups 1 and 2 to form a bond. The novel cyclic peptide compound can be synthesized by the process.
US09090654B2	Boc and Fmoc solid phase peptide synthesis A solid phase method for synthesizing a peptide containing three or more amino acid residues utilizing both Boc and Fmoc protected amino acids and a chloromethylated polystyrene resin.
US09090653B2	Macrocyclic inhibitors of flaviviridae viruses Provided are compounds of Formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof. The compounds, compositions, and methods provided are useful for the treatment of virus infections, particularly hepatitis C infections.
US09090646B2	Biotinylated compounds The invention provides new biotinylated compounds and methods for their use.
US09090639B2	Cold menthol receptor-1 antagonists The invention is directed to TRPM8 antagonists of Formula (I). More specifically, the present invention relates to certain novel compounds, methods for preparing compounds, compositions, intermediates and derivatives thereof and methods for treating TRPM8-mediated disorders. Pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions and methods of treating pain and various other disease states or conditions using compounds of the invention are also described.
US09090634B2	Azolium metal-organic frameworks Disclosed herein are metal-organic frameworks comprising at least two azolium rings. The azolium groups are used as a strategy for controlling catenation and morphology in metal-organic frameworks.
US09090627B2	Batrachotoxin analogues, compositions, uses, and preparation thereof Compounds relating to batrachotoxin are provided, in particular analogs that modulate the activity of sodium channels. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, including vehicles that modulate transdermal permeation of the compound. The subject compounds are useful in treatments, including treatments to reduce neuronal activity or to bring about muscular relaxation. The compounds also find use in the treatment of subjects suffering from a voltage-gated sodium channel-enhanced ailment or from pain. Further methods are provided for the preparation of the batrachotoxin-related compounds.
US09090611B2	Pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridin-4-yl-amines and pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidin-5-yl-amines as janus kinase inhibitors The present invention provides pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyridine-4-yl amines pyrrolo[2,3-b]pyrimidin-4-yl amines that modulate the activity of Janus kinases and are useful in the treatment of diseases related to activity of Janus kinases including, for example, immune-related diseases and cancer.
US09090601B2	Thiazole derivatives The present invention relates to a compound represented by the formula (I) or (I′): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a salt thereof, and a PI3K and(or) mTOR inhibitor containing the compound or a prodrug thereof.
US09090598B2	Nilotinib salts and crystalline forms thereof Nilotinib salts and crystalline forms thereof have been prepared and characterized.
US09090595B2	Reduced central corneal thickening by use of hydrophilic ester prodrugs of beta-chlorocyclopentanes Compositions and methods for treating glaucoma are provided. In particular hydrophilic ester prodrugs and their use to reduce central corneal thickening is provided.
US09090582B2	Highly pure pentamycin Described is pentamycin in a purity exceeding 95%, certain polymorphs and solvates of pentamycin, processes for their manufacture, and a method for decreasing the rate of degradation of pentamycin.
US09090581B2	Process for the conversion of a carbohydrate-containing feedstock A carbohydrate-containing feedstock is converted in a process by contacting the feedstock in a first step with an alcohol in the presence of a first acid catalyst at a temperature below 100° C. to yield an intermediate product, and contacting at least part of the intermediate product in a second step with an alcohol in the presence of a second acid catalyst at a temperature of at least 100° C. Products of such conversion may include hydroxymethylfurfural, hydroxymethylfurfural ethers, levulinic acid, esters thereof and furfural.
US09090576B2	2-substituted-p-quinone derivatives for treatment of oxidative stress diseases Methods of treating or suppressing oxidative stress diseases including mitochondrial diseases, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging are disclosed, as well as compounds useful in the methods of the invention, such as 2-substituted-p-quinone derivatives as disclosed herein.
US09090573B2	Compounds as lysophosphatidic acid receptor antagonists Described herein are compounds that are antagonists of lysophosphatidic receptor(s). Also described are pharmaceutical compositions and medicaments that include the compounds described herein, as well as methods of using such antagonists, alone and in combination with other compounds, for treating LPA-dependent or LPA-mediated conditions or diseases.
US09090570B2	Compounds for inflammation and immune-related uses The invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I) and structural formula (VI): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate, or prodrug thereof, wherein R, R1, R2, Z, L, and n are defined herein. These compounds are useful as immunosuppressive agents and for treating and preventing inflammatory conditions, allergic disorders, and immune disorders.
US09090564B2	5-alkynyl-pyridines The present invention encompasses compounds of general formula (1) wherein R1 to R4, m and n are defined as in the specification, which are suitable for the treatment of diseases characterized by excessive or abnormal cell proliferation, and the use thereof for preparing a medicament having the above-mentioned properties.
US09090563B2	Bivalent linkers and conjugates thereof Bivalent linkers to be included in or for preparing vitamin, drug, diagnostic agent, and/or imaging agent conjugates are described.
US09090561B2	Acetylenic heteroaryl compounds This invention relates to compounds of the general formula: in which the variable groups are as defined herein, and to their preparation and use.
US09090557B2	Method for producing di(2-ethylyhexyl) terephthalate Disclosed is a method for producing di(2-ethylhexyl)terephthalate (DOTP), which comprises subjecting terephthalic acid and 2-ethylhexanol to esterification in the presence of a chelate catalyst. The method of the present invention increases the reaction rate, improves the filtration efficiency of the ester product and yields DOTP with low APHA.
US09090555B2	4-hydroxy benzoate derivatives for use in the treatment of infection, inflammation or pain A compound of the general formula (I) is provided for use in the topical treatment of infection, inflammation and/or pain: wherein R1 independently represents a methylene group, an ethylene group or a straight or branched chain C3 to C6 alkylene group; R2 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, an ethyl group or a straight or branched chain C3 to C20 alkyl group; x represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 4 and y represents 0 or an integer from 1 to 4, wherein the sum of x and y is 4; and Z represents a hydrogen atom or (HOR1)yR2XN+; compositions including the compound; use of the compound in the manufacture of a medicament; and methods of medical treatment including the topical application of the compound.
US09090546B1	Fluoronation of alpha-haloalkyl ketones The present invention provides methods and processes for producing α-fluoroalkyl ketones from non-fluoro α-haloalkyl ketones using a fluorohydrogenate compound. In some embodiments, the fluorohydrogenate compound is an ionic liquid. One particular method of the invention utilizes a fluorohydrogenate ionic liquid compound of the formula: Q+[F.(HF)n], wherein Q+ is an onium cation and n is a number from 0 to 3.
US09090538B2	Uses of esteramide compounds The use of an esteramide compound, alone or as a mixture of the following formula (I): R1OOC-A-CONR2R3 (I) is described, wherein: A is a covalent bond or a methylene group —CH2—, R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 36 carbon atoms, R2 and R3, either identical or different, are groups selected from a hydrogen atom and optionally substituted hydrocarbon groups comprising from 1 to 36 carbon atoms, R2 and R3 may form together a ring having the nitrogen atom to which they are bound, said ring being, if need be, substituted and/or having an additional heteroatom and R2 and R3 not being simultaneously hydrogens. Also described, are applications for using the esteramide compound as a solvent, a co-solvent, a coalescence agent, a crystallization inhibitor, a plasticizer or an agent for increasing biological activity.
US09090532B2	Organic electroluminescent device The present invention relates to white emitting organic electroluminescent devices having at least one blue fluorescent emitter layer.
US09090522B2	Method and apparatus for recovering ethylene from fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) off-gas A method and apparatus for concentrating and recovering ethylene from the off-gas from an apparatus which produces gasoline, propylene and the like by fluidized catalytic cracking (FCC) of heavy oils such as atmospheric residue, generated in a crude oil refining process, is provided. The method and apparatus can reduce the amount of ethylene rinse in the subsequent ethylene displacement desorption process by increasing the ethylene purity of a raw material gas and reducing the concentration of weakly adsorbing components in the raw material gas and can reduce the loss of a desorbent during a distillation process for separating the desorbent from the weakly adsorbing components. Thus, ethylene can be recovered from the off-gas from fluidized catalytic cracking of heavy oils at high concentration and low cost.
US09090520B2	Fischer-Tropsch process for producing hydrocarbons from biogas A Fischer-Tropsch process for producing hydrocarbons from synthesis gas which originates e.g. from biomass gasification, using membrane separators. In the process, an input stream which comprises hydrogen, carbon monoxide as well as further gases and/or vapours is initially fed to a first membrane stage which comprises a steam-selective and carbon dioxide-selective membrane and through which at least some of the steam present in the input stream and some of the carbon dioxide present in the input stream are separated from the input stream to form a permeate stream of the first membrane stage comprising steam and carbon dioxide and a retentate stream of the first membrane stage containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
US09090519B1	Green hypergolic fuels Provided is an ionic liquid (IL) having anions and cations with a metalohydride in the IL of borohydrides and/or aluminum hydrides, as fuel and a choice of one or more oxidizers, which fuel and oxidizer have hypergolic tendencies.
US09090515B2	Method for concrete crack repair A method for repairing an open shrinkage crack in a concrete slab employs expansive mortar. A saw cut is created next to the shrinkage crack, and then expansive mortar is applied into the open saw cut. The expansive mortar material gradually expands and urges the saw cut apart. This shifts the portion of the slab between the saw cut and the slab in the direction to close the shrinkage crack tightly. The expanded mortar material is removed from the saw cut and a rigid spacer is installed in the saw cut. An adhesive can be installed between the two sides of the crack. The surface of the repaired slab can be given cosmetic repairs, and let dry before applying a sealer.
US09090512B2	Anisotropically shaped powder and method for producing the same There is provided an anisotropically shaped powder preferred as plate-like crystals used in the process of producing niobate-based KNbO3—NaNbO3—LiNbO3-based crystal-oriented ceramics and the like, and a method for producing the same. The production method includes, an oxide powder, such as Nb2O5, and a surfactant are added to an aqueous solution of alkali hydroxides, such as NaOH and KOH to perform hydrothermal synthesis, the product obtained after this reaction is washed with an organic solvent, and further, the product after the washing is fired at 170° C. to 700° C. In addition, according to this production method, it is possible to obtain an anisotropically shaped powder having a ratio of an average particle length in a major axis direction to an average particle length in a thickness direction in the range of 2 to 20 and having a pseudo-cubic perovskite structure in which a crystal face is oriented in a (100) plane.
US09090507B2	Low cement spinel stabilized silicon carbide composite material An oxidation resistant low cement silicon carbide composite material, including a high alumina cement matrix portion in an amount of about 8 weight percent, a high alumina spinel portion in an amount between about 5 weight percent and about 20 weight percent, a silica fume portion in an amount of about 8 percent, a chrome aluminum stainless steel alloy needle additive portion, and a silicon carbide portion in an amount defining a remainder of the composition. The high alumina cement portion contains about 68 weight percent alumina and about 31 weight percent calcia, and the high alumina spinel portion contains about 78 weight percent alumina and about 22 weight percent magnesia.
US09090506B2	Method for in-situ manufacture of a lightweight fly ash based aggregate A method of making a rapid setting lightweight homogeneous foamed fly ash based cementitious aggregate composition with improved compressive strength for products such as panels is disclosed. The method mixes fly ash, alkali metal salt of citric acid, foaming agent for entraining air, optional foam stabilizing agent, a calcium sulfate such as stucco or gypsum, and water. Compositions are also disclosed which include mixtures of fly ash, particularly Class C fly ash alone or in mixtures with Class F fly ash, alkali metal salts of citric acid, foaming agents, a calcium sulfate such as calcium sulfate dihydrate or hemihydrate and an optional portland cement.
US09090505B2	Microwave-based glass laminate fabrication Methods of fabricating a glass laminate is provided. According to one embodiment, a glass laminate comprised of a microwave absorbing layer and a microwave transparent layer is formed. The microwave absorbing layer is characterized by a microwave loss tangent δH that is at least a half order of magnitude larger than a loss tangent δL of the microwave transparent layer. An area of the glass laminate is exposed to microwave radiation. The exposed area comprises a cross-laminate hot zone having a cross-laminate hot zone temperature profile. Substantially all microwave absorbing layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile and substantially all microwave transparent layer portions of the hot zone temperature profile reside above the glass transition temperature TG of the various layers of the glass laminate prior to impingement by the microwave radiation. In accordance with another embodiment, a method of fabricating a glass laminate is provided where the exposed area of the glass laminate is characterized by a viscosity below approximately 1×104 poize.
US09090499B2	Method and apparatus for light induced etching of glass substrates in the fabrication of electronic circuits A method of etching a glass substrate using an etchant that is reversibly activated to etch only in precise locations in which such etching is desired and is deactivated when outside of these locations. The method involves exposing a first side of the glass substrate to a mixture of chemical substances that includes a neutralized etchant that is photosensitive. The neutralized etchant is formed by reacting a neutralizer with an etchant. The method also includes transmitting light from a direction of a second side of the glass into the mixture of chemical substances. In response to exposure to this light, the etchant is reversibly released from a bond to the neutralizer to form the etchant on predetermined areas of the first side of the glass, wherein the predetermined areas are defined by the dimension of the light.
US09090495B2	Slow release tablet composition for treating industrial water systems The present invention provides for a slow release composition, preferably as a tablet, for industrial water systems, under an alkaline pH or high water hardness, using as an active ingredient a multifunctional amine of Formula (I) and a hydrophilic polymer, and other components such as a compression agent, in one composition as a biocide, biostat, biodispersant, deposit penetrant aid, organic deposit remover, detergent, surfactant, antifoam, scale inhibitor, scale remover, and a corrosion inhibitor. The composition is used in multiple water cycles, can remove, disperse or inhibit fouling. The active ingredient(s) of the composition is released over a long time, up to 6 months.
US09090484B2	Treatment device and treatment bag The present invention provides a treatment device that can greatly decrease not only an installation area but also a power cost and can further improve durability of a movable member and a treatment bag used for this treatment device. The present invention is characterized in that the inside of a water tank is partitioned into an interior space of a treatment bag main body and an exterior space in which filling water is stored by immersing a treatment bag in the water tank storing the filling water whose water level is constantly maintained, the treatment bag comprising: the treatment bag main body hermetically formed of an impermeable flexible sheet; a supply port through which a treatment target liquid is supplied into the treatment bag main body; and a discharge port through which a treated liquid is discharged to the outside.
US09090475B1	In situ oxide removal, dispersal and drying for silicon SiO2 A method of removing silicon-dioxide from silicon powder. The method comprises: providing a silicon powder defined by each particle having a silicon core and a silicon dioxide layer surrounding the silicon core; dispersing the particles in a dispersing solution; adding an etching solution, wherein the etching solution removes the silicon dioxide layer; adding an organic solvent, thereby producing an organic phase and an aqueous phase, the organic phase comprising the silicon cores and the organic solvent, and the aqueous phase comprising the dispersing solution, the etching solution, and the etching by-products; coating each silicon core with an organic material; draining out the aqueous phase; washing the organic phase, wherein the remaining material from the aqueous phase is removed; and providing the silicon powder as a plurality of silicon cores each absent a silicon dioxide layer and having an organic coating.
US09090468B2	Process of making metal chalcogenide particles There is disclosed a process of making metal chalcogenide particles. The process comprises the steps of reacting a metal salt solution with a precipitant solution under conditions to form metal chalcogenide particles and by-product thereof, coating the metal chalcogenide particles with a surfactant; and separating the surfactant coated chalcogenide particles from the by-product to obtain metal chalcogenide particles substantially free of by-product.
US09090465B2	Method for producing catalyst reforming tar-containing gas, method for reforming tar and method for regenerating catalyst for reforming tar-containing gas The present invention provides a method for producing a highly active catalyst for reforming tar-containing gas used to treat crude gas for chemical energy conversion consisting of converting to a fuel composition consisting mainly of methane, hydrogen and the like, by utilizing sensible heat possessed by crude gas generated during thermal decomposition of carbonaceous raw materials, and using the high chemical reaction activity of high-temperature tar contained in and incidental to the crude gas to convert the tar to light hydrocarbons in the presence of a catalyst; a tar reforming method; and, a method for regenerating a catalyst for reforming tar-containing gas.
US09090464B2	Hydrogen generation apparatus and fuel cell system A hydrogen generation apparatus and a fuel cell system including: a reformer (1) configured to generate a hydrogen-containing gas by causing a reforming reaction of a raw material; a hydrodesulfurizer (4) configured to remove a sulfur compound from the raw material; an adsorption desulfurizer (3) configured to remove a sulfur compound from the raw material; a first raw material passage (15) through which the raw material that is supplied to the reformer not through the adsorption desulfurizer but through the hydrodesulfurizer flows; a second raw material passage (16) through which the raw material that is supplied to the reformer through the adsorption desulfurizer flows; a switch (17, 18) configured to switch, between the first raw material passage and the second raw material passage, a raw material flowing passage through which the raw material flows; and a controller (12) configured such that when the reformer is generating the hydrogen-containing gas, the controller sets the raw material flowing passage to the first raw material passage by means of the switch if an oxygen concentration in the raw material is in a first state where the oxygen concentration is relatively low, and the controller sets the raw material flowing passage to the second raw material passage by means of the switch if the oxygen concentration in the raw material is in a second state where the oxygen concentration is relatively high.
US09090463B2	Method for producing gas products from syngas The invention relates to a method and a device for recovering a first gas product (13) consisting essentially of hydrogen and a second gas product (12) containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide, wherein a synthesis gas (4) generated by partial oxidation (POX) from a production substance (3) containing a coal and/or heavy oil is transformed by conversion (S) and subsequent drying and the removal of acid gases (A) into a hydrogen-rich gas mixture (6), which in turn is decomposed into a hydrogen fraction (7) of product purity and a residue gas (8) containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide. According to the invention, at least a part (10) of the residue gas (8) containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide is used to recover the second gas product (12).
US09090461B2	Temporary optical wave diffusion-promoting film adhered to lidded MEMS wafer for testing using interferometer A temporary optical wave diffusion-promoting film is adhered to a lidded microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) wafer. Testing is performed on the lidded MEMS wafer using an interferometer directed towards the temporary optical wave diffusion-promoting film applied to the lidded MEMS wafer. The temporary optical wave diffusion-promoting film is peeled from the lidded MEMS wafer to remove the temporary optical wave diffusion-promoting film from the lidded MEMS wafer after performing the testing.
US09090458B2	Ultrasonic transducer and method of manufacturing the same An ultrasonic transducer and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The ultrasonic transducer includes a conductive substrate, a projection which is disposed on the conductive substrate and which forms a cavity therein, a via hole which penetrates the projection and conductive substrate, a first electrode which includes a metal and which fills the via hole, a second electrode which is provided on a bottom of the conductive substrate, a membrane which is provided on the projection and which covers the cavity, and an upper electrode which is provided on the membrane and which contacts the first electrode.
US09090457B2	Electronic device According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a drive circuit on a semiconductor substrate, an insulating region including a first insulating part provided on the semiconductor substrate and formed of interlayer insulating films, and a second insulating part provided on the first insulating part, an element for a high-frequency provided on the insulating region and driven by the drive circuit, an interconnect including a first conductive part in the first insulating part, and a second conductive part in the second insulating part, and transmitting a drive signal from the drive circuit to the element, a first shield provided inside the insulating region and below the element, and a second shield provided inside the insulating region and below the second conductive part.
US09090446B2	Appliance with dispenser An appliance having a housing including a body defining a compartment and a door attached to the body, a water supplier including a first valve actuator configured to cause water to be dispensed by the water supplier, a supply container holder configured to hold a supply container for a liquid supply, at least one user input device including a touch screen configured to enable a user to make an input to request dispensing of the liquid supply from the supply container, a supply dispenser including a second valve actuator and configured to cause the liquid supply in the supply container to be selectively dispensed from the supply container based on the input made by the user using the touch screen, and a dispensing computer configured to receive a dispense signal from the touch screen, in response to receipt of the dispense signal, cause the second valve actuator to cause the liquid supply in the supply container to be dispensed from the supply container for a first period of time to dispense an appropriate amount of liquid supply, and store data representative of the amounts of the liquid supply dispensed by the supply dispenser.
US09090440B2	Tool and method for lifting a reservoir A two-part tool for lifting from a ground surface a reservoir located substantially adjacent a wall, the reservoir defining a reservoir bottom end supported on the ground surface and a reservoir top end substantially opposed to the reservoir bottom end. The two part-tool includes: a wedge component defining a wedge component first end and a substantially opposed wedge component second end, the wedge component defining opposed first and second contact surfaces each extending between the wedge component first and second ends, the first and second contact surfaces diverging from each other in a direction leading from the wedge component first end toward the wedge component second end; a jack component, the jack component including a base, a lifting member operatively coupled to the base so as to be movable relatively thereto, and an actuator operatively coupled to the lifting member and to the base for selectively moving the lifting member relatively to the base.
US09090439B2	Drive device A drive device for a winch (8) comprising a large belt pulley (1) or chain pulley, a winch drum which is connected to the large belt pulley (1). The large belt pulley (1) is rotatably connected to at least one prime mover such as a motor (7). The device has at least two rotatable secondary shafts (4, 4′), each being parallel to the rotational axis of said belt pulley (1). The secondary shafts (4, 4′) are in rotational connection with the large belt pulley (1) via at least one belt/chain. The motor is in rotational connection with one of the secondary shafts. Drive devices according to the same principles for a floating vessel propeller, a hydro turbine and a wave power plant are also described.
US09090437B2	Trolley of overhead crane The invention relates to a trolley (1) of an overhead crane, supported to be movable between two main girders (2), whereby there is a service platform (5) on the side of the trolley, the service platform being turnable or slidable in the upward direction and/or towards the trolley.
US09090430B2	Lead wire pull-out apparatus A lead wire pull-out apparatus includes: a lead reel configured to have a lead wire wound thereon; two fixed lead bearings fixed at predetermined positions, on which the lead wire pulled out from the lead reel is slidable; a movable lead bearing arranged between the two fixed lead bearings, the movable lead bearing being movable in a vertical direction and configured such that a lower portion thereof is able to be in contact with the lead wire; and a press-down part configured to press down the movable lead bearing.
US09090424B1	Drive roller configuration providing reduced web wrinkling A web-guiding system for guiding a web of media along a transport path comprising a drive roller rotated by a motor and a plurality of nip rollers. The drive roller includes a first section, a second section and a third section along the length of the roller, the second section being located between the first section and the third section. A diameter of a surface envelope around the exterior surface of the drive roller is substantially constant within the second section, and is larger in the first section and the third section than in the second section. The nip rollers are aligned with the second section of the drive roller, with the web of media passing between the drive roller and the nip rollers.
US09090421B2	Optical disk retrieval device and method An optical disk retrieval device separates and retrieves a plurality of loaded optical disks one by one in order from top. The device includes: a base that loads the plurality of optical disks; A pulling-up unit for pulling up the top optical disk of the plurality of loaded optical disks; a separation member that can cause a force to act on an inner wall of an inner hole of a plate-like member having the inner hole; and A separation member elevating unit for moving the separation member in a vertical direction. The pulling-up unit lifts the top optical disk upward, and the separation member elevating unit passes the separation member through an inner circumferential hole of the top optical disk lifted by the pulling-up unit from an upper side to a lower side. The separation member causes the force to act on the inner wall of the inner hole of the plate-like member adhering directly beneath the top optical disk to thereby separate the plate-like member.
US09090416B2	Paper feed apparatus, image forming apparatus and image forming system A paper feed apparatus capable of properly feeding various types of sheets is described. The paper feed apparatus includes a plurality of paper feed units, and a control unit which determines the printing suitability of a combination of the sheet and the paper feed unit on the basis of the size and stiffness of the sheet stored in the paper tray. Each of the paper feed units includes a paper tray, a paper feeding device for feeding sheets, and conveyance rollers for conveying sheets fed from the paper feeding device. The plurality of paper feed units include at least one first paper feed unit configured in order that a sheet enters the conveyance rollers through a conveying route which is curved, and at least one second paper feed unit configured in order that a sheet enters the conveyance rollers through a conveying route which is linear.
US09090413B2	Potential fluidization device for conveying powder materials in a hyperdense bed Device for transporting powder comprising a conveyer, which includes a lower channel in which a gas circulates, and an upper channel, designed for the circulation of powder and said gas, said lower channel and said upper channel being separated by a porous wall that said gas can pass through, the lower channel being supplied with gas at a pressure allowing the potential fluidization of said powder in said upper channel, said upper channel being provided in its upper part with transverse walls placed so that they delimit with the upper wall of said upper channel at least one upper zone in which a gas bubble under pressure is formed as a result of putting said air chute under potential fluidization pressure. At the level of at least one bubble so formed, the wall of the upper channel includes a means of removal for fluidization gas provided with a means of creating pressure drop, which creates a substantially constant pressure drop.
US09090410B2	Conveyor device for coins A conveyor device for coins, having a mechanism for moving at least one coin in a predetermined movement direction which differs from the effective direction of gravity, under a force uninfluenced by a moved mechanical component, the conveyor device being coupled to a detection device which identifies the presence of the coin, in order to accelerate the coins in the predetermined movement direction in accordance with requirements.

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