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US09120711B2	Carboxylation catalysts The use of a complex of the form Z—M—OR in the carboxylation of a substrate is described. The group Z is a two-electron donor ligand, M is a metal and OR is selected from the group consisting of OH, alkoxy and aryloxy. The substrate may be carboxylated at a C—H or N—H bond. The metal M may be copper, silver or gold. The two-electron donor ligand may be a phosphine, a carbene or a phosphite ligand. Also described are methods of manufacture of the complexes and methods for preparing isotopically labelled caboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives.
US09120709B2	Method of making controlled release fertilizer particles The invention pertains to a method of making urea-containing particles wherein with a lower degree of cooling, high mechanical strengths are obtained. The method comprises the steps of (a) providing a first polymer 10 layer; (b) feeding urea droplets onto said first polymer layer, (c) cooling the droplets provided on the first polymer layer to a temperature between 55° C. and 120° C.; (d) applying a second polymer layer onto the first polymer layer comprising the droplets so as to form encapsulated urea droplets; and (e) separating the encapsulated urea droplets.
US09120703B2	Mounting mat and exhaust gas treatment device A mounting mat for mounting a catalyst support structure within a housing in an exhaust gas treatment device. The mounting mat includes a layer of high silica content fibers and a layer of polycrystalline and/or high alumina inorganic fibers. The exhaust gas treatment device includes an outer housing, a fragile catalyst, and a mounting mat disposed in the gap between the housing and the fragile catalyst support structure. Additionally disclosed are methods of making the mounting mat and for making an exhaust gas treatment device incorporating the mounting mat.
US09120700B2	Non-contact etching of moving glass sheets Methods and apparatus are disclosed for etching flexible glass sheets (13) in which the sheets (13) are transported in a vertical or near vertical orientation past non-contact, liquid-ejecting bearings (3) which apply an etching solution (e.g., an aqueous NaF/H3PO4 solution) to one or both sides of the sheets (13). In certain embodiments, the uppermost liquid-ejecting bearing (3) is above the top edge of the sheet (13) and thus is able to apply etching solution to the top of the sheet. In other embodiments, a top shower (11), which includes a set of spray nozzles (21) located above and distributed along the length of the apparatus, is used to apply etching solution to the top of the sheet (13). Using the disclosed methods and apparatus, glass sheets (13) produced by a fusion process are provided which have areas greater than five square meters and average surface roughness values in the range of 0.5 nanometers to 1.1 nanometers.
US09120695B2	Dark neutral gray glass composition with low transmittance, and glass formed therefrom The present invention relates to a dark neutral gray glass composition with a low transmittance, and a glass formed therefrom, and more specifically, to a dark neutral gray glass composition with a low transmittance and a low color purity, wherein an appropriate amount of Fe2O3, CoO and Se are used as a colorant component, and the FeO content in Fe2O3 and the CoO and Se relative content are delimited by a predetermined range, so as to lower the transmittance of visible rays, solar energy and ultraviolet rays and color purity, thereby protecting privacy in a vehicle, a building and the like, enabling harmony among the various colors thereof, and protecting an interior material and people from ultraviolet rays, and to a glass formed therefrom.
US09120691B2	Isopipe sag control using improved end support conditions The invention is directed to a method of preventing isopipe sag when using the overflow drawdown fusion process for making flat glass sheets. The method applies a vertical restraint on at least one end of an isopipe resting on a support to thereby reduce sage and/or the rate of sag during use of the isopipe. Using the vertical restraint block in accordance with the invention, the sag and/or rate of sag has been found to be reduced by at least 40 percent relative to an isopipe that does not use the vertical restraints of the invention or a compressive force along the sides of the isopipe.
US09120685B2	Method for recycling deoiled water using counterflow falling-film evaporators A method for treatment of produced water, particularly deoiled water, by evaporation. Methods use a vertical tube heat exchanger bundle where the brine is distributed in a falling film along the inside of the tube wall. Condensing steam causes a portion of the deoiled water to evaporate; this water vapor travels upward in a counterflow direction relative to the deoiled water. Evaporator sump volume is minimized, and evaporators may have a multi-piece construction to lower the center of gravity of an evaporator installation. This technology provides several advantages over conventional vertical tube co-current flow evaporators (where the vapor flows downward with the falling film). These advantages include a minimal total installed cost (TIC) and enhanced water chemistry management.
US09120684B2	Chemical/biochemical water purification reactor and method of implementing same A water purifier includes a chamber having a perimetric wall, a bottom wall at a first end, and an opening at a second, opposed end. A collection pipe extends along the bottom wall. A siphon pipe fluidly coupled with the collection pipe extends along the perimetric wall away from the bottom wall. An exit pipe fluidly coupled with the siphon pipe extends through a perimetric wall discharge opening. A layer of granular material in the chamber contains and sustains a biological layer of microorganisms for reducing water-borne pathogenic microorganisms. An inorganic anti-microbial disinfectant source is incorporated into a portion of the granular material. The granular material and biological layer provide progressive biochemical remediation of pathogenic microorganisms. The inorganic disinfectant source provides progressive chemical and biochemical remediation of pathogenic microorganisms. Water containing pathogenic microorganisms percolates through the granular material, and flows into and discharges from the pipes as potable water.
US09120677B2	Bulk preparation of holey graphene via controlled catalytic oxidation A scalable method allows preparation of bulk quantities of holey carbon allotropes with holes ranging from a few to over 100 nm in diameter. Carbon oxidation catalyst nanoparticles are first deposited onto a carbon allotrope surface in a facile, controllable, and solvent-free process. The catalyst-loaded carbons are then subjected to thermal treatment in air. The carbons in contact with the carbon oxidation catalyst nanoparticles are selectively oxidized into gaseous byproducts such as CO or CO2, leaving the surface with holes. The catalyst is then removed via refluxing in diluted nitric acid to obtain the final holey carbon allotropes. The average size of the holes correlates strongly with the size of the catalyst nanoparticles and is controlled by adjusting the catalyst precursor concentration. The temperature and time of the air oxidation step, and the catalyst removal treatment conditions, strongly affect the morphology of the holes.
US09120672B2	Selective hydrogen adding equipment for living organism applicable fluid Living organism applicable hydrogen-contained fluid is obtained through storing a hydrogen generating system, which contains a hydrogen generating agent as an essential component, in a hydrogen bubble forming implement which has a gas/liquid separating section including a gas-permeable film or an open-close type valve, causing the hydrogen generating system and a generating-purpose water to react in the hydrogen bubble forming implement, and supplying hydrogen gas generated in the hydrogen bubble forming implement into living organism applicable fluid via the gas/liquid separating section.
US09120671B2	Ultrathin magnesium nanoblades A nanostructure includes a plurality of metal nanoblades positioned with one edge on a substrate. Each of the plurality of metal nanoblades has a large surface area to mass ratio and a width smaller than a length. A method of storing hydrogen includes coating a plurality of magnesium nanoblades with a hydrogen storage catalyst and storing hydrogen by chemically forming magnesium hydride with the plurality of magnesium nanoblades.
US09120657B1	Power hand truck The present invention features a powered hand truck including a flat base, a first frame and a second frame, a first back brace, a first handle and a second handle, a drive axis, an electric motor, a battery, a shift box, a power switch, a first wheel and a second wheel. The drive axle may optionally include a differential allowing easy turning of the hand truck. The battery is replaceable and rechargeable to provide power to the hand truck. A power switch control the ON/OFF of the motor. The shift control box has a Forward, Reverse and Neutral gears section for controlling the motor. The motor further provides regenerative braking to charge battery when the shift is set as Neutral. The powered hand truck may include a recharger port for battery recharging.
US09120653B2	Method of monitoring crane safety during the setup procedure, as well as crane and crane control The present invention relates to an angle-related method of monitoring crane safety during the setup procedure of a crane, wherein the crane has a sensor system and a crane control and the crane control receives one or more measured values from the sensor system during the setup procedure and compares the measured value or values received with at least one corresponding limit value and triggers a measure on an exceeding and/or falling below of the limit value or values.
US09120648B2	Disk hoisting tool Provided is a disk hoisting tool which can prevent deformation or fracture of corner portions of a fitting groove, falling of a disk, and damage to a surface forming the fitting groove, and can safely reverse the disk. The disk hoisting tool which is mounted so as to hoist a disk where a plurality of fitting grooves penetrating in a plate thickness direction are circumferentially formed in a peripheral portion, the disk hoisting tool including a hoisting body (11) that includes: an eye plate (21) having a through hole penetrating in a plate thickness direction; and a fitting projection (22) formed so as to be fitted with the fitting groove.
US09120647B2	Inverter and an escalator control device with the inverter An inverter for an escalator control device and an escalator control device are provided. The inverter includes: a control unit for receiving a detection signal from the passenger detector; a frequency inverting unit for inverting current frequency, input terminals of which are connected to the public electrical net, and which is connected with the output terminal of the control unit; a frequency inverting unit contactor, input terminals of which are connected to the frequency inverting unit, and output terminals of which are connected to a motor of the escalator; and a public electrical net contactor, input terminals of which are connected to a public electrical net, and output terminals of which are connected to the motor of the escalator.
US09120639B2	Document processing device and document processing method There is provided a document processing device and a document processing method capable of aligning and loading documents being transported surely and at a high speed. The document processing device includes: a document inverter for inverting a transport direction of documents being transported; a first guide that is provided in nearly the same direction as the transport direction positions document stacked layers when stacking documents inverted by the document inverter; a second guide that is provided to further tilt at a predetermined angle than orthogonal angle to the transport direction and capable of guiding the transported documents in the first guiding means direction, positions document stacked layers when stacking documents inverted by the document inverting means in conjunction with the first guiding means; and a holder for loading and holding the documents positioned and stacked by the first guide and the second guide. The second guide is constituted by a flat transported document abutting surface capable of making ends of the documents being transported slide down in a positioned state.
US09120636B2	Method for moving a reel of packaging material from a storage station to a supply station of a packaging unit for producing sealed packages of food product, and clamping unit for clamping such reel A method for moving a reel of packaging material from a storage station to a supply station of a packaging unit involves clamping a peripheral edge of reel by using a pair of clamping elements of a clamping unit, rotating clamping elements relative to the reel, and supporting the reel on the pair of clamping elements by interacting with a portion of reel radially inner with respect to circumferential edge.
US09120625B2	Tool for handling and grouping together products and method for adjusting said tool A tool for handling and grouping products aligned one behind another and separated by a given spacing. The tool has a row of supports, each able to carry a grasping element for grasping a product, the supports mounted to move on a rail, each support connected to an adjacent support by an attachment. The attachment includes a rod that connects two adjacent supports and a member for locking the position of at least one of the two adjacent supports on the rod. The locking member can be deactivated to adjust the distance between two supports to the distance between two products. The mechanism for grouping together includes at least one cylinder, the cylinder including a body fixed on a support and a rod.
US09120615B2	Storage device for granular material A groove inclined path for diagonally downwardly delivering hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets loaded through a loading port is provided in a storage hopper for storing the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets. The groove inclined path is defined by a plurality of groove-inclined-path members each having an inclined plate and side plates to define a groove structure, the groove-inclined-path members being vertically disposed so that flow directions of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets become opposite. The vertically adjacent ones of the groove-inclined-path members are disposed so that the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets dropped from upper one of the groove-inclined-path members are brought into contact with the plate member of immediately lower one of the groove-inclined-path members to reverse a flow direction thereof, thereby reducing a flow speed of the hydrogenated petroleum resin pellets.
US09120607B2	Sealable secondary packaging for pharmaceutical product blister pack A pharmaceutical product supply is disclosed in the form of a container, a pharmaceutical product receiver, pharmaceutical product, an adhesive, and at least one release liner. The pharmaceutical product receiver includes a plurality of receptacles for pharmaceutical product. The container is initially disposed in a first configuration where all of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles may be accessible. The container is thereafter disposable in a second configuration where no covering for any of the pharmaceutical product receiver receptacles is accessible through any openable access incorporated by the container. One or more release liners may be moved to expose adhesive for disposing and retaining the container in its second configuration. The noted second configuration of the container facilitates disposal of the pharmaceutical product supply (e.g., now being in a form that should reduce the potential for gaining access to any remaining pharmaceutical product still enclosed within the pharmaceutical product receiver).
US09120604B2	Drinking container with a drinking vessel and a drinking cap A drinking container with a drinking vessel, a drinking cap and a threaded ring. The drinking vessel has an inner space, a circular vessel opening, an opening edge surrounding the vessel opening and an external thread next to the vessel opening. The drinking cap has a bottom wall, a ring flange surrounding the bottom wall for abutment on the opening edge of the drinking vessel, a drinking element protruding outwards from the bottom wall and a valve for sealing and opening a passage from the inner space to the outside of the mouthpiece, which is openable for drinking and otherwise closable. A ventilation channel is present in the bottom side of the ring flange or in the top side of the opening edge.
US09120599B2	Dual chamber drink container A beverage container having at least two compartments separated by a partition, allowing the container to hold two separate liquids at once. A top open end of the container is secured via a rotatable threaded ring and a gasket fitted cap, the cap having two openings each positioned over a separate chamber, and with a means for securing the cap in a liquid-tight and secure fashion that ensures proper positioning of the cap openings over each compartment.
US09120589B2	Plastic container with strapped base A container may have a base, a sidewall connected to the base, a bell connected to the sidewall, and a finish connected to the bell. The base may have strap ribs to resist deformation of the base. The sidewall may have recessed columns to resist bending, leaning, crumbling, and/or stretching. The strap ribs and recessed columns may vertically line up along a central axis of the container to communicate forces on the container vertically along the container to continuously resist deformation in the base and the sidewall.
US09120587B2	In-package non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation sterilization A method for reducing microorganisms (sterilization) in a free-flowing product in a container. The product in the container is radiated with non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation at an energy density sufficient to achieve commercially sterile temperature and is manipulated in a manner to distribute heat and ensure that the product and the container reach a temperature sufficient to commercially sterilize the product and the interior surfaces of the container.
US09120585B2	Device for the transfer of a medium The device for the transfer of a medium comprises a magazine (2) and at least one transfer element (3) for transfer of said medium, said transfer element (3) comprising a duct (45) for transfer of said medium provided at one end with a needle (31), a septum (32), and a maneuvering unit (33) of said needle (31), said transfer element (3) also comprising means for locking (61, 65) adapted to cooperate with complementary locking means (15) of said magazine (2) to lock said needle (31) in a waiting position, said locking means (61, 62, 65) belonging to said maneuvering unit (33) and cooperating with said complementary locking means (15) at a location of said magazine (2) distinct from the location through which said duct (45) issues from the cavity (20), at the opposite end from the needle (31).
US09120579B2	Unmanned aircraft with failsafe system An unmanned aircraft configured to fall or crash in a controlled and safe manner. The unmanned aircraft includes a drive system to thrust the unmanned aircraft during a flight, and a reverse thrust system to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft during a landing. The unmanned aircraft further includes a controller operationally coupled to the reverse thrust system, and a detector to detect and notify to the controller that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation during the flight. The controller is adapted to activate the reverse thrust system in order to reverse thrust the unmanned aircraft in-flight upon notification from the detector that the unmanned aircraft is in an uncontrolled situation.
US09120564B1	Tip jet attachment apparatus and method A rotor blade assembly is disclosed including a blade spar having a duct extending therethrough and having upper and lower surfaces. A mounting structure is secured to the blade spar and defines a fluid path in fluid communication with the duct. The mounting structure likewise has upper and lower surfaces. A tip jet is secured to the mounting structure in fluid communication with the fluid path. The blade spar and mounting structure abut one another at a joint and the upper surfaces of the blade spar and mounting structure lie on a common airfoil contour extending across the joint. The lower surfaces of the blade spar and mounting structure also lie on the common airfoil contour. One or both of the blade and mounting structure include a composite material. The mounting structure may include two portions secured to one another having a distal portion of the blade spar captured therebetween.
US09120558B2	Electrical power transmitting telescopic strut A telescopic strut comprises a plurality of hollow members arranged to slide one within another between a retracted and an extended position. Adjacent hollow members are arranged to be electrically connected by one or more electrical connector assemblies as the hollow members move between the retracted and extended positions. Each electrical connector assembly includes an electrically conductive pad on one of the hollow members which is in sliding contact with an electrically conductive strip on the other of the hollow members. The telescopic strut may be used to electrically connect a moveable control surface to a fixed aerofoil structure in an aircraft.
US09120552B2	Fuselage and method for reducing drag Aircraft engineering applicable for improving aerodynamic quality of helicopters, airplanes, including big airbuses and amphibian airplanes, aerodynamic ground-effect and air-cushion vehicles, by reducing contact area between the external fuselage tail section surface and a high-speed air flow, area of contact is reduced by increasing surface area of holes in the fuselage tail section. To increase lifting force without increasing pressure resistance, the aerodynamic channel bottom is convex upwards, for example, curved upwards according to the shape of the airfoil convex side. The upper hole for the aerodynamic channel in the fuselage skin may be located along the fin middle portion divided lengthwise by the fin to right and left, in two. The aerodynamic channel is made through and may be open. The upper front edge aligned hole of the aerodynamic channel has a greater surface area than the rear hole aligned with the fuselage end.
US09120551B1	Balloon launch tower Aspects of the disclosure relate to launching high-altitude balloons. For example, a launching system may include a tower having a tubular portion and a top portion. The tubular portion may include an interior space for launching the balloon and the top portion may be configured to allow the balloon to pass into to a space outside of the tower. The tubular portion may also include a plurality of openings configured to redirect air from outside of the tower and into the interior space in order to cause a cyclone of air from the opening towards the top portion. A covering device may be positioned within the tower in order to control airflow from the outside of the tower through the plurality of openings and to cause the cyclone of air.
US09120549B2	Engine, outboard motor, and watercraft An engine includes a cylinder block including a plurality of cylinders disposed along a V-shaped line, a pair of exhaust manifolds disposed inside the V-shaped line, and an exhaust pipe disposed inside the V-shaped line. Each of the pair of exhaust manifolds includes a first passage that includes a plurality of inflow ports into which exhaust gases from the cylinders flow, a collecting portion at which exhaust gases are collected, and an exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The exhaust pipe includes a connection passage that includes a pair of intermediate inflow ports that are connected to the exhaust ports, at least one intermediate exhaust port from which exhaust gases are discharged. The connection passage is arranged to connect the pair of intermediate inflow ports and the at least one intermediate exhaust port.
US09120543B2	Boat hoist apparatus and method of use A boat hoist apparatus for accessible manipulation of toggle switches of a boat hoist control. The boat hoist is comprised of a boat hoist control box, a winch, winch cables, and a boat cradle. The boat hoist switch handle is comprised of a vertical rotatable control shaft mounted on upper and lower bearing brackets, a switch control lever, middle and lower horizontal handles attached to the control shaft, a pivoting. connection link between the switch control lever and the first hoist switch, and a pivoting connection link between the first hoist switch and the second hoist switch. Rotation of the control shaft by means of the lower or middle horizontal handle will pivot the switch control lever in the same direction and simultaneously turn the first and second hoist toggle switches by weans of the pivoting links, actuating the boat hoist control box to raise or lower a boat.
US09120535B1	Wake enhancing method and apparatus A method and apparatus for emptying liquid from a flexible, portable bladder that enhances the wake of a boat, including locating a submersible pump within the bladder and activating the pump to evacuate liquid from the bladder.
US09120518B2	Seat post for a bicycle A seat post for a frame, the seat post comprising, a tubular section having a circumference; the tubular section including one or more slots; and the one or more slots extending through a portion of the circumference of the tubular section.
US09120517B2	Carbon fiber shells for customizing the appearance of a vehicle A carbon fiber shell is used to change the appearance or look of a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, and is formed to be non-permanently installed over an existing vehicle component to customize the appearance of a vehicle while still being removable. The carbon fiber shell is molded to match the contours or the shape of the original vehicle component so that, when installed, the shell has the same contours and thus the same physical shape as the original vehicle component. Moreover, the carbon fiber shell is configured to be mounted onto the vehicle using existing mounting brackets, holes or other structure on the vehicle that is provided to mount or secure the original vehicle component, thereby eliminating the need to drill holes into, or apply glue or other adhesives to the original vehicle component. This feature additionally allows the carbon fiber shell to be removed in the same manner as the original vehicle component. The carbon fiber shell may also incorporate lighting effects and may be ordered via a system for customizing the vehicle.
US09120516B2	Circumferential movement device The invention relates to circumferential movement field, including all circumferential movement devices such as transport vehicle, toy vehicle, space vehicle, blender etc, especially for energy-saving vehicles utilizing force of gravity. The energy-saving vehicle utilizes force of gravity as driving force, the vehicle body connects with the wheel by swing structure method or eccentric swing structure to utilize force of gravity more efficiently. The invention also provides solutions about two-wheel gravitational vehicle and multi-wheel vehicle and train connected by integrated vehicles or two-wheel vehicles.
US09120508B2	Cross member of a motor vehicle body A cross member of a motor vehicle body is provided. The cross member is designed for forming a load-transmitting connection between two side members of the body and can be structurally connected to these. The cross member includes at least one floor portion that is depressed relative to a marginal rim, which together with at least one side wall adjoining thereon forms at least one stowage space for receiving items.
US09120506B2	Subframe for a motor vehicle A subframe of a front or rear part of a motor vehicle includes two longitudinal members arranged in spaced-apart relationship in a vehicle transverse direction and connected to one another by a cross member. A reinforcement is connected to the longitudinal members and the cross member for increasing a torsion resistance of the subframe and has integrated therein a charge module which is configured to transmit energy in a contactless manner.
US09120504B2	Steering linkage interface between steering cylinder and ground drive pump displacement control arms A four-bar linkage is provided as a mechanical interface for transferring respective outputs from a speed/direction control device and a hydraulic steering cylinder to displacement control arms of a pair of pumps of a dual-path hydrostatic transmission including a pair of motors respectively coupled for driving a pair of front wheels of a vehicle. The hydraulic steering cylinder is fixed and has a piston rod slidably coupled to an input arm of the four-bar linkage in such a way that a rotation speed decrease occurs as the arm and a linked control plate are pivoted from a neutral position, the control plate transferring pivotal movement to effect differential movement of the displacement control arms. This results in the vehicle speed decreasing during a turn.
US09120495B1	Dolly for moving objects A dolly capable of allowing relatively heavy and bulky objects to be easily manipulated and moved without adding significantly to the dimension of the object thereby allowing the object to be easily moved through conventional door openings. Preferably, the dolly comprises a first frame having generally vertical legs mechanically coupled to a generally horizontal brace and a second frame having generally vertical legs mechanically coupled to a generally horizontal brace such that the first frame and the second frame are in position on opposite sides of the object and the generally horizontal braces are positioned under corresponding edges of the object. The generally vertical legs of the first frame and the second frame when moved into a more vertical orientation operate to mechanically lift the generally horizontal braces to lift the object and allow the object to be transported to a desired location.
US09120494B2	System, method and computer software code for remotely assisted operation of a railway vehicle system A method for operating a train having at least one locomotive vehicle, the method including controlling operation of the train via a first crew member located on-board the locomotive unit, providing information that may be required for operation of the train to a second crew member located remote from the first crew member, and using the information to enable the second crew member to assist the first crew member in the controlling of the train.
US09120488B2	Integrated engine torque model A method of operating a vehicle having at least a driven wheel, the driven wheel driven at least by a driving torque, includes maintaining an inclination angle of the vehicle in memory during a vehicle off condition; after starting the vehicle from the vehicle off condition, first updating a vehicle mass based on operating conditions including vehicle traveling conditions; and after updating the vehicle mass, updating the inclination angle based on operating parameters including vehicle traveling conditions.
US09120487B2	Driving force control apparatus of vehicle In a driving force control apparatus of a vehicle of the present invention, a calculation portion of a meter_ECU outputs a mode selected by a mode selection switch or a temporary switch to a calculation portion as a request mode and has a multi-information display 12 display the mode selected by a driver. A calculation portion of an E/G_ECU outputs the request mode to a throttle control calculation portion and a transmission control calculation portion as a control mode for throttle opening-degree control and transmission control of a transmission with a driving force characteristic of the corresponding mode. A control mode arbitration calculation portion forcedly switches the control mode to a normal mode during warming-up driving or when a shift select lever is set to an R range. At this time, display of the request mode is not switched but the mode selected by the driver is displayed.
US09120482B2	Control device A control device for a vehicle drive configured with a power transfer path that includes a first engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a second engagement device. These elements being arranged in this order from an input member coupled to an engine to an output member that is coupled to the wheels of the vehicle. The control device is configured with an control section that controls output torque of the rotary electric machine such that a rotational speed becomes closer to a target rotational speed with both the first and second engagement devices brought into a slip engagement state and with the rotary electric machine generating electric power. The control section maintains control in which at least one of a temperature of the rotary electric machine and a temperature of an inverter is monitored as a monitoring target temperature.
US09120480B2	Battery warm-up apparatus of hybrid electric vehicle A hybrid electric vehicle includes a wet clutch device that establishes and interrupts a connection between an engine and an electric motor, and a transmission switchable between a driving range in which driving force can be transmitted to driving wheels and a non-driving range in which transmission of the driving force is interrupted. When a battery temperature is greater than a warm-up determination value while the vehicle is at a standstill with the transmission switched to the non-driving range, the wet clutch device is kept disengaged. When the battery temperature is less than the warm-up determination value, a battery warm-up control unit switches the wet clutch device into engaged state to connect the engine and the electric motor together and vary driving force of the electric motor alternately to a positive side and a negative side so as to repeatedly charge and discharge the battery.
US09120478B2	Transitory torque modifications using skip fire control Methods and devices are described that utilize skip fire techniques to rapidly meet requests for transitory changes in the output of an engine. Specifically, the fraction or percentage of the working cycles that are fired can be changed during a transitory event so that the engine delivers the desired transitory engine output. Once the transitory event is over, normal engine operation may be restored. The described techniques are useful in a variety of applications that require a relatively quick, but transitory, reduction in engine output to meet vehicle control requirements. One particularly useful application is during transmission shift events. Other representative applications include: loss of traction events, stability control events, wheel hop prevention events, etc.
US09120477B2	Automotive vehicle braking management system and method A system for managing braking of an automotive vehicle including an assisted parking brake with at least one brake actuator capable of acting on at least one wheel of the vehicle and a mechanism applying the parking brake. The system includes a mechanism automatically increasing firmness with which the parking brake is applied after the vehicle engine stops, which includes a module that detects stopping of the engine and a module that commands an increase in the firmness of application. The module is configured to emit a signal characteristic of the stopping of the engine as a function of a status of the engine and of a status of an electrical supply. The module is configured to emit a signal demanding an increase in the firmness of application as a function of a status of the brake actuators and of signal characteristic of the stopping of the engine that comes from the module.
US09120475B2	Oil replacement apparatus An oil replacement apparatus has a housing, an oil replenishing assembly and a controlling assembly. The oil replenishing assembly has a base, a vacuum pump, an oil tank and multiple control cylinders. The base has a canal set formed inside the base. The vacuum pump and the oil tank are mounted on the base and communicate with the canal set. The control cylinders are mounted on the base to close the canal set and can selectively open or close holes of the canal set. The controlling assembly is connected with the oil replenishing assembly. Accordingly, the oil replacement apparatus can automatically drain or inject oil in a hydraulic brake assembly.
US09120474B2	Mechanical bypass valve for regenerative air brake module An air braking system for a vehicle blends regenerative and foundation braking during low deceleration conditions in an effective and controlled manner. The braking system also includes a mechanical override that bypasses system electronics in response to an aggressive brake request such that treadle circuit pressure is sent directly to a brake relay circuit to actuate vehicle brakes.
US09120465B2	Vehicle fluid filling arrangement, an assembly comprising such a filling arrangement and a vehicle with such a filling arrangement A vehicle fluid filling arrangement comprises a fluid receiving part and a fluid conveying arrangement adapted to convey a vehicle fluid supplied on the fluid receiving part into a fluid reservoir of a vehicle. The fluid receiving part comprises a fluid receiving surface which is adapted to directly receive the supplied fluid and to direct the fluid to the fluid conveying arrangement, wherein the fluid receiving part has a first retracted position where supply of fluid on the fluid receiving surface is not possible and a second extracted position where supply of fluid on the fluid receiving surface is possible. The disclosure also relates to an assembly for filling vehicle fluid comprising at least two of said fluid filling arrangements and also to a vehicle comprising said fluid filling arrangement.
US09120461B2	Hood latch and striker system for pedestrian protection A system for releasing and lifting an automobile hood includes a sensor located proximate a front location of an automobile that detects impact with an object. Also included is a hood having a striker pin operably connected to the hood for engaging a rotatable latch, wherein such engagement places the hood in the secured position. Further included is a releasing mechanism operably connected to one of the striker and the latch for lifting a front region of the hood in response to a signal from the sensor.
US09120452B2	Vehicle operation authorization system A vehicle operation authorization system includes a server that receives identification information, which identifies a first portable electronic device that is used as an electronic key for a vehicle, from the first portable electronic device, verifies the identification information, and transmits an operation permission signal to the vehicle to permit a vehicle operation in accordance with a request from the first portable electronic device. A key registration unit registers an encryption key, which is provided from the server, to the first portable electronic device. An access authorization unit uses the encryption key, which is registered in the first portable electronic device, to grant access authorization for accessing the server to a second portable electronic device so that the second portable electronic device functions as the electronic key authorized to operate the vehicle.
US09120443B2	Reverse-drive elastomeric helical-thread hood bumper A hood bumper is provided and includes a first end including a body defining a longitudinal axis and a surface having an angular edge oriented along the longitudinal axis, a second end opposite the first end and including a skirt portion and a bumper portion protruding from a longitudinal end of the skirt portion in a protrusion direction defined along the longitudinal axis and an intermediate section interposed between the first and second ends. The intermediate section includes reverse-drive helical threading.
US09120439B2	Method and system for controlling the management of the electric power supply of a vehicle after the power unit has stopped A method for controlling electric power supply of a motor vehicle including a power unit and an electric power supply battery, the vehicle including at least one autonomous computer, at least one master computer, and at least one slave computer, the computers connected by a data network, the autonomous computers each configured to carry out at least one task after the power unit has stopped, and the power supply to the computers being maintained for a first period of time. The control method includes: reporting absence of the autonomous computer to the master computer; interrupting the power supply of each slave computer; interrupting the power supply of the master computer; maintaining the power supply of the autonomous computer beyond the first period of time; interrupting the power supply of each autonomous computer once it has finished its task.
US09120433B1	Self-aligning trim strips for vehicle instrument panel assemblies A trim strip for lining an opening of an interior panel for a vehicle includes a first trim segment having a panel engaging side and an exposed side. A second trim segment extends outwardly from the first trim segment at a first end of the first trim segment. The second trim segment has a panel engaging side and an exposed side. A third trim segment extends outwardly from the first trim segment at a second, opposite end of the first trim segment. The third trim segment has a panel engaging side and an exposed side. A detachable support member is connected to the second trim segment along a first line of weakness and to the third trim segment along a second line of weakness. The detachable support member includes a datum member arranged and configured to be engaged by a panel datum member during installation of the trim strip at the opening to align and maintain spacing between the second and third trim segments. The detachable support member is removable from the first and second trim segments along the first and second lines of weakness.
US09120426B1	Wheelhouse cladding step A wheelhouse cladding step assembly includes a step movable between a closed position and an open or deployed position in which the step is located proximal the wheelhouse of the vehicle and provides improved access to the roof and/or rooftop cargo storage of the vehicle. The step is designed to have a shape matching the shape of the wheelhouse of the vehicle and is preferably curved and when in the closed position shows a surface that matches the vehicle trim to hide the step. The assembly includes hinges and a latching mechanism that are also contained within the assembly so they are hidden when the step is in the closed position.
US09120413B2	Tonneau positioning system A tonneau cover system is provided for a cargo box of a pickup truck. The tonneau cover system includes a framework system being positionable over the cargo box of the pickup truck. The system further includes a tonneau cover positioning system having a first positioner mount that is coupled or joined to the framework system. The first positioner mount has at least one downwardly-extending leg member extending from a main body portion to define a cross-sectional profile engageable with the cargo box of the pickup truck to inhibiting movement of the framework system relative to the cargo box of the pickup truck in vehicle fore and/or aft directions. In some embodiments, movement of the framework system can be inhibited in the vehicle fore and/or aft directions and also the cross vehicle direction. A bed rail extender clip is also provided.
US09120410B2	Seat suspension A seat suspension for boats and other vehicles having a seat support, a base and a suspension assembly positioned between the seat support and the base and permits relative movement between the seat support and the base. The suspension assembly has a first fluid container, a second fluid container, and an orifice member positioned between the first and second fluid containers. The orifice member includes a first orifice in fluid communication with the first and second fluid containers. A piston is positioned within the second fluid container and movable by fluid flowing through the first orifice.
US09120397B2	Attachment structure of weight sensor for seat occupant detection An attachment structure of a weight sensor for seat occupant detection includes an insert member extending from a skin member of a seat portion into a concave groove provided on a pad member of the seat portion, and at least one connection member connected to an end part of the insert member inside the concave groove. An opening part is provided in the insert member, and the weight sensor inserted in the insert member through an opening of the opening part across the concave groove.
US09120396B2	Occupant classification system with seat back sensor A classification system for determining the occupancy state of a seat of a vehicle. The classification system includes a first sensing electrode located in a back portion of the seat and a second sensing electrode located in a base portion of the seat. The system includes a measurement circuit configured to measure a first property associated with the first sensing electrode and a second property associated with the second electrode. A controller is configured to send an occupancy signal indicative of the occupancy state of the seat based on the measured properties associated with the first and second sensing electrodes. The controller may be configured to send the occupancy signal to a Seat Belt Reminder (SBR) system.
US09120394B2	Battery heating circuits and methods based on battery discharging and charging using resonance components in series and multiple charge storage components Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a battery heating circuit, comprising a plurality of switch units 1, a switching control module 100, a damping component R1, an energy storage circuit, and a polarity inversion unit 101, wherein: the energy storage circuit is connected with the battery, and comprises a current storage component L1 and a plurality of charge storage components C1; the plurality of charge storage components C1 are connected with the plurality of switch units 1 in series in one-to-one correspondence to form a plurality of branches; the plurality of branches is connected in parallel with each other and then connected with the current storage component L1 and damping component R1 in series; the switching control module 100 is connected with the switch units 1, and is configured to control ON/OFF of the switch units 1.
US09120380B2	Display control device In an adjustment mode, a control unit of a display control device displays, on a display, frame bodies imitating shapes of measuring instruments, and changes the display positions or/and the shapes at which or in which the frame bodies are displayed on the basis of input operation received by the input unit, and stores, to the parameter storage unit, the determined display positions or/and the determined shapes of the frame bodies as parameters of the display positions or/and the shapes of the measuring instruments.
US09120377B2	Method, system and computer readable medium embodying a computer program product for determining a vehicle operator's expectation of a state of an object The present invention generally relates to a method, a system and/or a computer readable program. An embodiment of the method includes acquiring an input signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state of the object at a first point in time; determining a state of the object at a second later point in time based on the input signal; acquiring an input signal indicative of an estimated visual input of the operator at the second point in time; determining the operator's expectation of the state at the second point in time, based on the operator's expectation of the state of the object at the first point in time, and the estimated visual input and the state of the object at the second point in time; and providing an output signal indicative of the operator's expectation of the state at the second point in time.
US09120375B2	Sudden acceleration preventing electronic accelerator pedal and method thereof Embodiments relate to a pedal module including an accelerator pedal; a pedal sensing unit; a pedal monitoring unit; and a control unit. The pedal monitoring unit determines whether an accelerating state of a vehicle is in an abnormal sudden acceleration state using abnormal sudden acceleration determination information transmitted from the pedal sensing unit, and transmits an accelerator pedal output signal to the control unit. The accelerator pedal output signal is based on the rotation angle of the accelerator pedal when the accelerating state of the vehicle is not in the abnormal sudden accelerating state. The accelerator pedal output signal is a controlled accelerator pedal output signal when the accelerating state of the vehicle is in the abnormal sudden accelerating state. The control unit controls the vehicle according to the accelerator pedal output signal. The abnormal sudden acceleration determination information includes information on the force applied to the accelerator pedal.
US09120371B2	Mounting structure for in-vehicle power battery and vehicle comprising the same A mounting structure for an in-vehicle power battery may be provided. The mounting structure may comprise an upper cover (3), a suspension tray (1) and a bracket (2) for supporting at least a peripheral bottom portion of the suspension tray (1). The suspension tray (1) may be hermetically connected with the upper cover, forming a sealed space for receiving the power battery. The bracket (2) may be detachably fixed to a bottom surface of a body floor in a vehicle. Further, a vehicle (100) comprising the mounting structure described above is also provided.
US09120370B2	Drive apparatus for an electric automobile A drive apparatus for an electric automobile in which a planetary gear transmission 12 is assembled for which it is possible to lengthen the traveling distance per one electric charge, and thus improve the convenience of the electric automobile. A planetary gear transmission 12 comprises a first single-pinion planetary gear mechanism 16 and a second double-pinion planetary gear mechanism 17, and after changing the power from first and second electric motors 10, 11 by a desired gear ratio, transmits the power to a driven-side rotating shaft 15. A one-way clutch 18 is provided between a first carrier 19 and a portion 27 that is fastened to the vehicle so as to allow the first carrier 19 to rotate in a specified direction and prevent the first carrier 19 from rotating in a direction opposite the specified direction.
US09120365B2	Automatic temperature override pattern recognition system Each vehicle in a fleet comprises a climate controller having an auto mode. The auto mode controls climate actuators in response to a model relating sensed climate conditions to respective settings for the actuators. The vehicle has a buffer memory periodically storing sample vectors comprised of actuator/operation settings and sensed climate conditions. A user interface in the vehicle is responsive to a user override commands to modify respective operation settings while in auto mode. Each vehicle has a wireless communication system for sending data packages to a remote server when the user generates the override. Each data package is comprised of a plurality of stored sample vectors and an identification of the override command A central database associated with the remote server receives the data packages from the fleet vehicles in order to identify patterns within the received vectors that are associated with any given override command
US09120362B2	Bypass for a suspension damper A vehicle suspension damper comprises a cylinder and a piston assembly including a damping piston along with working fluid within the cylinder. A bypass permits fluid to avoid dampening resistance of the damping piston. A fluid path through the bypass is controlled by a valve that is shifted by a piston surface when the contents of at least one predetermined volume is injected against the piston surface which acts upon the valve. In one embodiment, the bypass is remotely operable.
US09120358B2	Hitch ball angle sensor A hitch ball assembly includes a hitch ball supported on a housing, a bore within the hitch ball and housing, and a pin rotatable with respect to the hitch ball and housing. The pin is configured to engage a trailer coupler and rotate therewith. An angle sensor measures rotation of the pin to determine rotational movement of the trailer.
US09120347B1	Ergonomic writing instrument An ergonomic writing instrument having longitudinal and oppositely longitudinal ends, the writing instrument having a T body including a column having upper and lower ends, a lateral arm having proximal and distal ends, and an oppositely lateral arm having proximal and distal ends; lateral and oppositely lateral column plates, each plate among the lateral and oppositely lateral column plates having upper and lower ends, the T body's column consisting of the lateral and oppositely lateral column plates; lateral and oppositely lateral hinges respectively interconnecting the lateral column plate's upper end and the lateral arm's proximal end and the interconnecting oppositely lateral column plate's upper end and the oppositely lateral arm's proximal end; and a ballpoint pen fixedly mounted at the lateral and oppositely lateral arms' proximal ends.
US09120342B2	Method for full bleed printing The invention relates to a method for full bleed printing using an inkjet printing apparatus. In the method for full bleed printing, a reference pattern is applied on the receiving medium in a current swath. The carriage of the inkjet printing apparatus and the receiving medium are moved with respect to one another in the sub scanning direction and in a subsequent swath, the distance between the reference pattern and a side edge of the receiving medium is determined, and based on the determined distance between the reference pattern and the side edge of the receiving medium, dots to be printed in an area between the side edge of the receiving medium and the reference pattern are determined.
US09120341B2	Inkjet printer and method for acquiring gap information of the inkjet printer An inkjet printer, including an inkjet head, a conveyer unit to convey a recording medium in a conveying direction, a position detecting unit to detect a position of the recording medium along the conveying direction, a wave shape generating mechanism to deform the recording medium into a predetermined wave shape along a direction orthogonal to the conveying direction, a gap information storing device to store gap information related to a gap between an ink discharging surface of the inkjet head and the recording medium, and a correcting device to correct the gap information according to a position of the recording medium along the conveying direction, is provided.
US09120333B2	Printing apparatus and control method A printing apparatus according to the present invention includes a feeding unit, a conveying unit, a printing unit, and a control unit. The control unit performs a successive feeding operation. An operating state of the feeding unit changes between a first operating state and a second operating state in which a feeding stop is more unstable than that in the first operating state, in a period from a start of feeding a printing medium until the printing medium reaches the conveying unit. In the successive feeding operation, a subsequent printing medium is fed without stopping until a leading end of the subsequent printing medium reaches a stoppable position. The stoppable position is arranged on an upstream side of the conveying unit. The subsequent printing medium can be stopped in the first operating state at the stoppable position.
US09120329B2	Printing apparatus for printing on print receiving tape, printing method and recording medium A printing apparatus includes an image data generating device to generate image data based on a touch detection signal supplied from a written character inputting area of a touch panel inputting device, a blank space detecting device to detect and identify line data and blank space data based on the image data, an alignment processing device to delete the blank space data from the image data and to align the remaining line data end to end in a tape conveying direction of a print receiving tape, a printing data generating device to generate printing data by executing a size conversion of the line data aligned end to end so as to match the line data to a tape width, and a printing processing device to execute a printing process on the print receiving tape based on the printing data.
US09120328B2	Marking device for marking containers, container handling device and a method for marking containers The disclosure relates to a marking device for marking containers, for example, in the food industry, with devices for receiving measured feature data of a container and/or one or more container configurations, where the measured feature data is determined by a measuring device, and where the measured feature data relates to at least one criterion of several criteria which the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy. Furthermore, the marking device includes devices for creating marking data based on the measured feature data, where the marking data can be created such that it is indicated which of the several criteria the container and/or the one or more container configurations do not satisfy, and devices for physically applying at least one marking on the container, where the at least one marking is based on the marking data. The disclosure further relates to a container handling device with the marking device and a method for marking containers using the marking device.
US09120327B2	Tape drive and method of operating a tape drive A tape drive for transferring tape between a first spool and a second spool, the tape comprising at least one marker indicative of a property of the tape, the tape drive having: two spool supports, each of which is suitable for supporting a spool of tape, and a tape control system which includes: two motors and a controller for controlling the operation of the motors, each motor driving a respective one of the spool supports, and a detector that is operable, in use, to detect the presence of one or more markers on a portion of a tape, the tape control system being operable to identify a property of the tape according to the detected marker or markers.
US09120326B2	Automatic sublimated product customization system and process An automatic product sublimation process is disclosed allowing for point-of-sale customization of sublimation parameters in a retail environment. A dye sublimation transfer printing system is configured to print one or more images onto transfer media, then position the media onto a substrate. A selected product is positioned on top of the media. The system is configured to automatically determine, by a processor, one or more of a temperature and duration of a single thermal cycle to sublimate the one or more images onto the selected product. The determination may be based on properties of the product, characteristics of the images, or both. One or more heating platens engage the transfer media to sublimate the product in a single thermal cycle, wherein at least one of the cycle's temperature and duration match the determined values. The disclosed process improves the quality of the sublimation technique, yet requires no substantive operator training.
US09120312B2	Liquid ejecting head and liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting head may include a first flow path, a linking flow path that is provided on a downstream side of the first flow path and is connected to the first flow path, and a second flow path that is connected to the linking flow path. The first flow path, the linking flow path, and the second flow path are provided in a portion between a liquid receiving portion and a filter. The second flow path includes wall portions that partition a central flow path and external flow paths which are provided on both external sides of the central flow path. The linking flow path includes an inclined portion which is formed in a width direction and extends in a portion between the first flow path and the second flow path.
US09120310B2	Recording element substrate, method of manufacturing the recording element substrate, and liquid ejection head A recording element substrate includes a substrate; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate; a plurality of heating portions which are arranged on the insulating layer and which produce thermal energy used to eject a liquid; and a plurality of heat conduction members, each being located between adjacent heating portions with respect to an arrangement direction of the heating portions, the heat conduction members being located between the substrate side principal surface of the insulating layer and the heating portion side principal surface of the insulating layer and having higher thermal conductivity than the insulating layer. The heat conduction members are in contact with a heat conduction layer which has higher thermal conductivity than the insulating layer.
US09120299B2	Aluminum substrates and lithographic printing plate precursors Electrochemically grained and anodized aluminum supports are treated with a post-treatment coating solution containing a polymer derived at least in part from vinyl phosphonic acid and phosphoric acid. This post-treated support is useful as substrates in the preparation of lithographic printing plate precursors. The post-treatment substrate treatment enables wide latitude in manufacturing and compatibility with silicate-free developers to achieve negligible background staining and oxide attack.
US09120292B2	Manufacturing method of vehicle tailgate inner panel Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing an inner panel of a vehicle tailgate, which is formed in a bending plate shape and to which reinforcing members are coupled to improve rigidity, including: temporarily coupling a plurality of sub-blanks to a main blank by spot welding; forming the main blank into an inner panel and the plurality of sub-blanks into a plurality of reinforcing members, using a forming mold; and permanently coupling the plurality of reinforcing members to the inner panel.
US09120289B2	Sealing film with hidden tab A sealing film with a hidden tab includes a bottom layer and a top layer. The bottom layer includes a heat sealing layer, an aluminum foil layer, and a polypropylene layer. The top layer includes a nylon layer and a polyethylene terephthalate layer, and is defined with a connection portion and a tab portion. The nylon layer in the connection portion is adhered to the polypropylene layer by an adhesive. At least a contact is disposed between the nylon layer in the tab portion and the polypropylene layer. Due to physical properties of the material of which the nylon layer in the tab portion is made, the sealing film is likely to sever but easy to peel off. The contact not only prevents the tab portion of the top layer from warping but also enables a user to determine whether the sealing film has ever been used before.
US09120287B2	Techniques for bonding substrates using an intermediate layer A method includes depositing a thin film on a first surface of a first substrate and moving a second surface of a second substrate into contact with the thin film such that the thin film is located between the first and second surfaces. The method further includes generating electromagnetic (EM) radiation of a first wavelength, the first wavelength selected such that the thin film absorbs EM radiation at the first wavelength. Additionally, the method includes directing the EM radiation through one of the first and second substrates and onto a region of the thin film until the first and second substrates are fused in the region.
US09120278B2	Method for producing progressive power eyeglass lens A method for producing a progressive-addition plastic lens having a prism thinning applied thereto without cutting and polishing includes: a lens molding die forming step of forming a lens molding die configured by a first molding die having a molding face for forming one optical surface, which is a progressive-addition surface, of the lens and a second molding die having a molding face for forming the other optical surface of the lens, wherein the first molding die and the second molding die are arranged so that the respective molding faces thereof face inner side; a filling step of filling a lens material liquid containing a monomer composition into the formed lens molding die; and a curing step of polymerizing and curing the filled lens material liquid so as to form the lens. The molding face of the first molding die is formed so that a normal line at a point where the molding face of the first molding die intersects with a reference axis of the first molding die is inclined in the vertical direction with respect to the reference axis of the first molding die.
US09120274B2	Method for producing a hollow component and device A method and apparatus for producing a hollow component, in particular in the field of aviation or aerospace, including the following steps: provision of an inner contour closed along its circumference; laying of a fiber material over the inner contour; and curing of a matrix of the fiber material to form the component.
US09120272B2	Smooth composite structure Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to a smooth finish composite structure and methods for making the composite structure. In particular, in one embodiment, a method is provided that includes creating a first layer of a composite structure. The creation of the first layer includes positioning the first layer in a mold and curing the first layer. Additional layers of the composite structure are created and bonded to the first layer.
US09120259B2	Counterweight structure of a traffic cone A counterweight structure of a traffic cone contains a base pre-molded and placed into a conical mold so as to injection mold a conical post. The base includes a groove for connecting with the conical post, a connecting piece mounted around the groove, and a plurality of retaining tabs arranged on the connecting piece. Each retaining tab has a neck portion coupled with the groove, and between any two abutting retaining tabs is defined an elongated hole communicating with the connecting piece, two orifices are arranged on two sides of the neck of the each retaining tab and communicate with the connecting piece, such that when the conical post is injection molded to cover the base, the connecting piece, the plurality of retaining tabs and a plurality of retaining tabs horizontally retain together, and a plurality of orifices are provided to vertically connect the conical post and the base together.
US09120256B2	Injection molding method and injection molding machine After a first die and a second die are opened, a base film of a film is separated from the first die so as to tilt the surface of the film with respect to a parting face of the first die.
US09120253B2	Methods of RTM molding A method of RTM molding including laminating a plurality of reinforcing fiber materials in a mold to form a reinforcing fiber material laminate, and impregnating a resin into said reinforcing fiber material laminate by injecting a resin in a direction from an end surface of said reinforcing fiber material laminate along a laminate surface while reducing pressure in said mold by evacuation.
US09120251B2	Composite material and method for making This invention relates to an improved method for making composite structures by dispersing a high tenacity fiber such as aramid in a polymeric matrix to form a premix, combining the premix with a natural fiber such as wood flour and extruding the resulting mixture through a fiber alignment plate and die such that the fibers are substantially aligned in the flow direction of the extrudate.
US09120247B2	Wind turbine blade mould side shape adjustment device An wind turbine blade mould side adjustment device is provided, characterized in that the device is provided at a flange of the mould, and the side adjustment device comprises an upper part and a lower base, wherein the lower base is fixed on the mould frame and the upper part is capable of sliding over the lower base in a direction substantially parallel to the blade width direction. Such an improved side shape adjustment device for wind turbine blade moulds makes adjustment of the mould width easier and more efficient, and meanwhile allows the mould to readily expand in the blade longitudinal direction.
US09120244B2	Apparatus for regenerating vulcanized rubber Disclosed is a regenerated rubber, a method and an apparatus for obtaining regenerated rubbers from vulcanized crumb rubber, such as rubber from scrap. The apparatus is a thermokinetic mixer having the particularity to have an air tight stationary chamber with inner non-uniform surface. The method comprises the steps of raising the speed of the rotor shaft in order to increase a temperature of a mixture made of vulcanized crumb rubber and a lubricant, such as oil, until a devulcanizing temperature is reached; and reducing the temperature of the mixture to a lower temperature during a second period of time. The method of the invention is environmentally friendly or “green” since the regeneration method does not use chemicals, includes a shorter period of treatment at higher temperature avoiding the risks of rubber cracking and spontaneous combustion, and further allowing mass-production of regenerated rubber with lower energy consumption.
US09120239B2	Cutting tool and cutting insert having insert key recesses for extracting and mounting therein A cutting insert has upper and lower faces, and a peripheral surface with two longitudinal insert side surfaces. Two similar through-going transverse insert key recesses open out to the insert side surfaces and to the insert lower surface. Each insert key recess has a similar profile when viewed in transverse cross sections of the cutting insert. Each insert key recess is limited by an insert recess top surface and insert recess side surfaces. The insert recess side surfaces are symmetrical about a plane. A holder blade for holding the cutting insert has upper and lower jaws for clamping the cutting insert therein, and a holder recess. The lower jaw has a leading surface and lower jaw recess. A cutting-tool key has two key members, fitted into the holder recess and an insert key recess, to force the cutting insert to mount it to or extract it from the cutting tool.
US09120234B2	Locking folding knife A folding knife includes a handle, a blade pivotably connected to the handle, and a lockbar for locking the blade in an open position relative to the handle. The lockbar and the handle are separate pieces. The handle includes a pocket into which at least a portion of the lockbar is fit.
US09120227B2	Human motion tracking control with strict contact force constraints for floating-base humanoid robots A controller for floating-base humanoid robots that can track motion capture data while maintaining balance. Briefly, the controller includes a proportional-derivative (PD) controller that is adapted to compute the desired acceleration to track a given reference trajectory at every degree-of-freedom (DOF) of the robot including the six unactuated ones of the floating base. Second, the controller includes a component (joint torque optimization module) that computes the optimal joint torques and contact forces to realize the desired accelerations given by the first component (i.e., the PD controller). The joint torque optimization module performs this computation considering the full-body dynamics of the robot and the constraints on contact forces. The desired accelerations may not be feasible for the robot due to limits in normal contact forces and friction (e.g., the robot sometimes cannot exactly copy or perform the modeled human motion defined by motion capture data).
US09120224B2	Framework and method for controlling a robotic system using a distributed computer network A robotic system for performing an autonomous task includes a humanoid robot having a plurality of compliant robotic joints, actuators, and other integrated system devices that are controllable in response to control data from various control points, and having sensors for measuring feedback data at the control points. The system includes a multi-level distributed control framework (DCF) for controlling the integrated system components over multiple high-speed communication networks. The DCF has a plurality of first controllers each embedded in a respective one of the integrated system components, e.g., the robotic joints, a second controller coordinating the components via the first controllers, and a third controller for transmitting a signal commanding performance of the autonomous task to the second controller. The DCF virtually centralizes all of the control data and the feedback data in a single location to facilitate control of the robot across the multiple communication networks.
US09120207B2	Pliers A pair of pliers includes two parts pivotably connected to each other. The two parts respectively have jaws located correspondingly. A control member has one end pivotably connected to one part and an operation rod is pivotably connected to the other part and has one end movably inserted into the control member. A control lever has a first hole through which the operation rod extends. The operation rod has a first engaging portion which is engaged with a second engaging portion of the control lever. A resilient member is in contact with the control lever to engage the second engaging portion with the first engaging portion to set a desired angle between the two parts.
US09120206B1	Cam-activated bench vise In one embodiment a cam-activated bench vise comprises a fixed jaw having a first gripping surface, a moveable jaw having a second gripping surface, a threaded rod for providing movement of the moveable jaw relative to the fixed jaw, a hinged split nut for selectively engaging the threaded rod, and a lever actuated cam that rotates a beveled plunger against a first end of the split nut, forcing a second end of the split nut to engage a bevel-mouthed receiving block which causes the split nut to close and to engage the threaded rod.
US09120204B2	Polycrystalline superhard material A polycrystalline superhard material comprises a sintered mass of superhard grains having a mean superhard grain contiguity of at least 62 percent and at most 92 percent. There is also disclosed a method of making such a polycrystalline superhard material. The method comprises providing a precursor body comprising superhard grains and interstices between the superhard grains, and introducing additive particles into the interstices to form a pre-sinter body. The pre-sinter body is submitted to a temperature and pressure at which superhard material is thermodynamically stable, sintering it and forming polycrystalline superhard material.
US09120202B2	Shield assembly for a power tool The present invention is directed toward a shield assembly for a handheld tool device such as an angle grinder. The shield assembly is selectively repositionable with respect to the cutting tool. A lock mechanism secures the shield assembly in discrete rotational positions relative to the cutting tool. The shield assembly includes a guard member and a bumper member, and an alignment feature configured to align the relative positions of guard member and the bumper member, thereby positing the members in a predetermined relative orientation. With this configuration, the shield assembly is selectively repositionable via a “hands-free” mechanism that permits a user to adjust the position of the shield assembly by simply contacting the shield assembly against a work surface.
US09120191B2	Manufacturing apparatus for flattened tube fins A flattened tube fin manufacturing apparatus includes a press apparatus equipped with a mold apparatus forming cutaway portions into which flattened tubes are inserted to produce metal strips; an inter-row slit apparatus cutting the metal strip, in which the cutaway portions have been formed, into predetermined widths to form a plurality of metal strips of a product width arranged in the width direction; and a cutoff apparatus cutting each metal strip of the product width formed by the inter-row slit apparatus into predetermined lengths. The metal strips of the product width outputted from the inter-row slit apparatus advance into the cutoff apparatus after entering a downwardly sagging state. A support portion that contacts and supports lower surfaces of the metal strips of product width in the downwardly sagging state is also provided.
US09120187B2	Multilayer 3D glass window with embedded functions A method for the manufacturing of thin 3D glass window is described. The method includes layering a plurality of thin films. The plurality of thin films includes at least one glass film. The method also includes molding the plurality of thin films to form a three dimensional shape and laminating the plurality of thin films in the three dimensional shape. The 3D glass window and apparatus including the 3D glass window are also described.
US09120184B2	Method and apparatus for manufacturing vehicle power transmission device A method for manufacturing a vehicle power transmission device having a case and a ring gear fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the case to transmit drive power from a drive source. The method includes: a welding step in which an annular flange is provided on the case or the ring gear and butt welding is performed by lapping a weld bead along the contact portion of one side surface of the annular flange and the case or the ring gear; a measurement step in which the outline of the other side surface of the annular flange placed in close proximity to the one side surface are measured; and an evaluation step in which a weld condition is evaluated based on part of the outline, which is determined in the measurement step, of a portion corresponding to the lapping portion of the weld bead.
US09120181B2	Singulation of layered materials using selectively variable laser output Systems and methods for processing, selectively ablating, and singulating layered materials. According to some embodiments, methods for selectively ablating a layered material may include selectively varying a wavelength of at least a portion of a primary ultrafast laser beam to create a secondary ultrafast laser beam with a second wavelength, the primary ultrafast laser beam being configured to ablate a layer of the layered material, the secondary ultrafast laser beam being configured to ablate an additional layer of the layered material and applying the first and second ultrafast laser beams to the layered material to create a singulated product.
US09120179B2	Multi-step cutting process Methods related to efficient processing of sapphire are discussed which are expected to both speed manufacture of corundum for applications and make the use of conundrum cost effective. In particular, one embodiment may take the form of a method of cutting a hard transparent material having a polished surface. The method includes roughening the polished surface, directing a laser beam at the hard transparent material to melt the material and removing the melted hard material.
US09120177B2	Laser machining apparatus A laser machining apparatus includes a main control unit executing NC program; a laser oscillator oscillating laser light according to instruction from the main control unit; a distance sensor measuring distance L between a nozzle and a workpiece; a sensor-data processing unit sampling a measured value of the distance sensor; and a copying control unit moving a machining head to maintain the distance constant based the measured value, wherein the sensor-data processing unit samples the measured value with an operation period shorter than that of the main control unit and, when a portion corresponding to the through hole in the workpiece comes off and the distance becomes larger than a predetermined value during the inner hole machining, causes oscillation of laser light to be stopped by outputting a stop signal to the laser oscillator.
US09120176B2	Laser processing machine and laser processing method A laser processing machine includes a work head, a plate-like work working table for processing a plate-like work, a rod-like work working table including a rod-like work holder for processing a rod-like work, and a work area in which the work head is movably provided. The plate-like work working table is provided movably from one side of the work area into the work area. The rod-like work working table is provided movably from another side of the work area into the work area that is opposite side of the one side. According to the laser processing machine, when switching over between a processing of a plate-like work and a processing of a rod-like work, it is needed only to move/evacuate the plate-like work working table and the rod-like work working table to/from the work area, so that the switching-over operation can be easily done.
US09120171B2	Automatic tin-adding machine An automatic tin-adding machine for adding a plurality of tin rods to a molten tin tank comprises a base, two transmission shafts, at least one first flexible transmission member, a plurality of tin rod carrying members, a tin stock detector, a drive and a circuit control system. The base has a tin rod adding opening corresponding to the molten tin tank. The two transmission shafts are pivoted on the base side by side. The at least one first flexible transmission member is sleeved on the two transmission shafts. The tin rod carrying members are fixed to the first flexible transmission member and configured to carry the tin rods. The tin stock detector is configured to detect the stock of tin liquid in the molten tin tank. The drive is connected to one of the transmission shafts. The circuit control system comprises a circuit control unit.
US09120167B2	Method for manufacturing screw-shaped tool A method for manufacturing a screw-shaped tool for grinding a face gear with high precision. The tool is formed in such a manner that the diameter thereof gradually increases from an axial end to an intermediate section in the axial direction, and is used for cutting a face gear. The method includes setting up, on the basis of a prescribed pinion which is to mesh with the face gear to be machined, a virtual gear that is to mesh with the prescribed pinion, and has a greater number of teeth than the prescribed pinion; setting up, on the basis of the virtual gear, a virtual inner gear which has the same number of teeth as the virtual gear, said teeth being on the inside; and setting up, on the basis of the virtual inner gear, a screw-shaped grindstone having various elements that are used for cutting the virtual inner gear.
US09120165B2	Robust method for skiving and corresponding apparatus comprising a skiving tool Method and an apparatus for setting up and plunging a skiving tool with respect to a work piece, on which a rotational-symmetric, periodic structure is to be manufactured with application of the skiving tool, wherein a radial feed motion in the direction of the work piece is performed, so to bring the skiving tool in contact with the work piece for the first time, and the skiving tool is plunged from the moment of the first contact down to a predetermined depth in a radial plunging movement, before the proper skiving of the rotation-symmetric, periodic structure is carried out.
US09120159B2	Spindle device of a machine tool Disclosed is a spindle device (5) for a machine tool such that draw bar (22) is inserted into spindle (20) which is rotatably supported in housing (12), and draw bar (22) is biased to a rear of spindle (20) by an elastic force of disc springs (23), resulting in tool holder (51) being clamped to spindle (20). Spindle device (5) is equipped with unclamping device (60) that comprises piston (63) which is provided in annular space (55) between spindle (20) and draw bar (22), and which, by means of fluid pressure, causes draw bar (22) to move toward the front of spindle (20) in resistance to the elastic force.
US09120151B2	Methods for manufacturing titanium aluminide components from articles formed by consolidation processes Substantially defect-free titanium aluminide components and methods are provided for manufacturing the same from articles formed by consolidation processes. The method includes providing an intermediate article comprised of a titanium aluminide alloy and formed by a consolidation process. The intermediate article is encapsulated with an aluminum-containing encapsulation layer. The intermediate article is compacted after the encapsulation step. A substantially defect-free titanium aluminide component comprises a compacted three-dimensional article comprised of titanium aluminide and formed by a consolidation process and an aluminum-containing encapsulation layer on at least one surface of the compacted three-dimensional article. The aluminum-containing encapsulation layer comprises an aluminide material, MCrAlY wherein M is cobalt, nickel, or a combination of cobalt and nickel, or TiAlCr.
US09120149B2	Methods and articles including nanomaterial A method of depositing a nanomaterial onto a donor surface comprises depositing a composition comprising nanomaterial onto a donor surface from a micro-dispenser. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a method of depositing a nanomaterial onto a substrate. Methods of making a device including nanomaterial are disclosed. An article of manufacture comprising nanomaterial and a material capable of transporting charge disposed on a backing member is disclosed.
US09120148B2	Submerged entry nozzle A pour tube for casting molten metal is adapted to reduce turbulence and mold disturbances, thereby producing a more stable, uniform outflow. The pour tube includes a bore having a body in communication with an enlarged outlet portion. Exit ports in communication with the outlet portion have an offset design in which at least one wall of the exit port is tangent to a circle having a larger radius than the body of the bore.
US09120144B2	Casting core for twisted gas turbine engine airfoil having a twisted rib A casting core (200) for a twisted gas turbine engine blade, including: an airfoil portion (202) having: an airfoil base end (208), an airfoil tip end (210), a concave side exterior surface (212), a convex side exterior surface (214), a leading edge (204), and a trailing edge (206). The airfoil portion is twisted in a radial direction from the airfoil base end to the airfoil tip end. The airfoil portion includes a first void (220) between the concave side exterior surface and the convex side exterior surface and extending radially to define the shape of a rib of an airfoil to be cast around the core. A first leading edge surface and a first trailing edge surface of the void are twisted from the airfoil base end to the airfoil tip end.
US09120133B2	Ground water purification plant based on biological oxidation and reduction processed The present invention relates to an artificial aquifer for decreasing the contents of metals, metalloids, nitrate, nitrite, pesticides and organic micro contaminants in natural ground water or artificial infiltrated groundwater from surface water. The system comprising a basin of filling material creating a reaction zone, a feeding line, one or more satellite wells, at least one main well and a pumping well, whereby the feeding line is applied in the upper outer periphery of the basin and wherein the main well is connected to a pumping well via a bottom outflow provided with a regulating valve to maintain a given level of water in the aquifer. The invention further relates to a method for purifying water.
US09120122B2	Roll coatings sol-gel precursors A roll coater with a recirculation loop is disclosed. Waste coating material form the roll coater is treated in an agitator unit containing, for example, one or more ultrasonic transducers, and optionally a filtration unit and/or temperature control unit to produce reconditioned coating solution, such as a reconditioned sol-gel precursor solution. Also disclosed is preventative maintenance module comprising a cleaning unit that is designed to engage and clean the applicator and/or metering rolls in a roll coater.
US09120117B2	Polylactide/silicon-containing block copolymers for nanolithography A diblock copolymer system that self-assembles at very low molecular weights to form very small features is described. One polymer in the block copolymer contains silicon, and the other polymer is a polylactide. The block copolymer may be synthesized by a combination of anionic and ring opening polymerization reactions. This block copolymer may form nanoporous materials that can be used as etch masks in lithographic patterning.
US09120105B2	Electronic device for pathogen detection An apparatus and method for separating an analyte from a test sample, such as bacteria from blood components, based on their dielectric properties, localizing or condensing the analyte, flushing substantially all remaining waste products from the test sample, and detecting low concentrations of the analyte. Species movement is caused by a module array imparting opposing dielectrophoretic forces. The module array includes a plurality of microfluidic channels with connecting microfluidic waste channels for directing undesired material away from the analyte. An electric field is applied causing a positive dielectrophoretic force to the analyte to capture the analyte. The Clausius-Mossotti factor of the analyte is changed by flushing the analyte with a reference solution, which causes a negative dielectrophoretic force to facilitate release of the analyte. A field effect nanowire or nanoribbon sensor detects the analyte after capture.
US09120101B2	Method and system for reusing materials and/or products by pulsed power A method and device for reusing materials and/or products by pulsed power according to which a series of electrical discharges are generated between at least two electrodes in a reactor containing an ambient liquid as well as the materials and/or products to be reused. The energy of the electric discharges, the voltage between the electrodes, the switching time and the frequency of the discharges are selected such that said discharges generate electric arcs that pass through the materials and/or products to be reused, and mechanical shock waves that propagate across the materials and/or products to be treated in the reactor. The result is fragmentation, pulverisation, dispersion and separation of the elements that make up the materials and/or products to be reused.
US09120096B2	Manipulating the size of liquid droplets in digital microfluidics A biological sample processing system (1) includes a liquid droplet manipulation instrument (20) with an electrode array (21) for inducing a movement of a liquid droplet (19) by electrowetting; a substrate (22); and a control unit (23). An electrode selector (34) of the control unit (23) is configured to individually select and provide each electrode (35) of the electrode array (21) with a voltage. The control unit (23) includes a central processing unit (36) for individually selecting at least one electrode (35) and for providing the selected electrode(s) (35) with an individual voltage pulse. The biological sample processing system (1) also includes a cartridge (40) with a container (2).
US09120086B2	Copper Chromite hydrogenation catalysts for production of fatty alcohols Provided are hydrogenation catalysts for processing esters into fatty alcohols. More particularly, the catalysts are for vapor-phase hydrogenation of methyl esters to fatty alcohols under fixed-bed conditions, where conditions are typically in a temperature range of 200 to 250° C. and a pressure range of 30 to 50 bar. Methods of making and using the same are also provided. These catalysts comprise a copper chromite, an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal component, and an inorganic matrix component, which are processed together to form the catalyst. The alkali metal component can comprise sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), or combinations thereof. The alkaline earth metal can comprise magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), barium (Ba), or combinations thereof.
US09120085B2	Silica-based material and process for producing the same, noble metal supported material and process for producing carboxylic acids by using the same as catalyst A silica-based material comprising: silicon; aluminum; at least one fourth period element selected from the group consisting of iron, cobalt, nickel and zinc; and at least one basic element selected from the group consisting of alkali metal elements, alkali earth metal elements and rare earth elements, wherein the silica-based material comprises 42 to 90 mol % of the silicon, 3 to 38 mol % of the aluminum, 0.5 to 20 mol % of the fourth period element and 2 to 38 mol % of the basic element, based on a total mole of the silicon, the aluminum, the fourth period element and the basic element.
US09120083B2	Porous inorganic/organic hybrid particles having high organic content and enhanced pore geometry for chromatographic separations Novel particles and materials for chromatographic separations, processes for preparation and separations devices containing the chromatographic particles and materials are provided by the instant invention. In particular, the invention provides a porous inorganic/organic hybrid particle, wherein the inorganic portion of the hybrid particle is present in an amount ranging from about 0 molar % to not more than about 49 molar %, wherein the pores of the particle are substantially disordered. The invention also provides a porous inorganic/organic hybrid particle, wherein the inorganic portion of the hybrid particle is present in an amount ranging from about 25 molar % to not more than about 50 molar %, wherein the pores of the particle are substantially disordered and wherein the particle has a chromatographically enhancing pore geometry (CEPG). Methods for producing the hybrid particles, separations devices comprising the hybrid particles and kits are also provided.
US09120080B2	Acetylene storage using metal-organic frameworks with open metal sites This invention provides, but is not limited to, methods of using metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) with open metal sites for acetylene storage. Also provided are compositions and materials comprising MOFs with open metal sites and acetylene, e.g., an acetylene storage material comprising HKUST-1 and acetylene.
US09120077B2	Surface-coated zeolite materials for diesel oxidation applications A diesel oxidation catalyst for the treatment of exhaust gas emissions, such as the oxidation of unburned hydrocarbons (HC) and carbon monoxide (CO) is described. Also described is a novel washcoat composition including a surface-coated zeolite coated with at least one of zirconia and alumina, and a platinum group metal supported on a high surface area alumina.
US09120076B2	Additives for transmission oils The subject of the disclosure concerns microcapsules including a core containing one or more alkali metal borates, optionally hydrated, dispersed in one or more lubricating base oils of mineral, synthetic or natural origin, and a polymer shell. Another subject of the disclosure is a lubricating oil including microcapsules. A further subject of the disclosure is the use of microcapsules according to the disclosure as anti-wear and/or extreme pressure additive for lubricant compositions. A further subject of the disclosure is a method for preparing microcapsules by interface polymerization.
US09120073B2	Distributed dielectric barrier discharge reactor A plasma reactor consisting of a plurality of elements placed between two or more plasma generating electrodes is presented. Said elements consisting of surfaces, conducting, and/or dielectric which allow for the dielectric isolation of the electrodes from each other and creating a plurality of dielectrically isolated spaces for plasma generation. This plasma reactor achieves a high surface area, with low capacitance allowing simplified construction and is suitable for high frequency operation.
US09120067B2	Micro mixer and microfluidic chip There are provided a micro mixer capable of efficiently mixing at least two types of liquids in a simple structure and a microfluidic chip provided with the micro mixer. In order to achieve the object, the micro mixer includes a minute passage through which first and second liquids are caused to flow respectively, and a mixing vessel in which a liquid injecting port caused to communicate with the minute passage is provided in a bottom part, and the liquid injecting port is provided in a shifted position from a center of the bottom part in the bottom part. Moreover, the liquid injecting port may be provided in a shifted position from a center line of the mixing vessel.
US09120056B2	Catalyst assembly for treating engine exhaust According to one aspect of the present invention, a catalyst assembly is provided for treating an exhaust from an engine. In one embodiment, the catalyst assembly includes a first catalyst material catalytically active at a first temperature and loaded at a first catalyst material loading, the first catalyst material including a first base metal loading, and a second catalyst material catalytically active at a second temperature lower than the first temperature and loaded at a second catalyst material loading, the second catalyst material including a second base metal loading, wherein the second base metal loading is higher than the first base metal loading.
US09120052B2	Plasma spray method for the manufacture of an ion conducting membrane and an ion conducting membrane A plasma spray method for the manufacture of an ion conducting membrane, in particular of a hydrogen ion conducting membrane or of an oxygen ion conducting membrane. In the method, the membrane is deposited as a layer on a substrate in a process chamber, wherein a starting material is sprayed onto a surface of the substrate by means of a process gas in the form of a process beam. The starting material is injected into a plasma at a low process pressure which is at most 10000 Pa and is partially or completely melted there. In accordance with the invention, the substrate has pores which are connected amongst one another so that the substrate is gas permeable and a portion of an overall pore area of an overall area of the coating surface amounts to at least 30% or, in a particular embodiment, to at least 40%.
US09120044B2	Fume extraction An operational monitoring apparatus for a fume extraction filter assembly having a pressure sensor assembly and a data processor. The pressure sensor assembly senses fluid pressure at an outlet to a downstream filter, fluid pressure from an inlet to an upstream filter, and fluid pressure from fluid flowing from an outlet of the upstream filter to the inlet of the downstream filter. The data processor processes fluid pressure difference values between the respective inlet and outlet of each filter.
US09120038B2	Wastewater treatment system design Embodiments of the invention describe components to be utilized on the design, management and implementation of a wastewater treatment system. Said wastewater treatment system may include containers that, for example, may be consistent with ISO specifications for intermodal containers. In some embodiments, these containers act in concert to perform the same wastewater management function (e.g., the containers may function together as equalization basins). In other embodiments, said containers may each perform a separate function (e.g., some containers may function as an aeration tank while others container may function as a membrane basin), or may each perform a plurality of functions. Furthermore, said containers may form an independent wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), or may be utilized to augment a pre-existing WWTP (e.g., a WWTP according to the prior art).
US09120032B2	Microchip, microchip device, and evaporation operation method using the microchip Provided is a microchip capable of integrating liquid evaporation as an operation on the microchip. In the microchip 10 having a gas flow path 13 inside, liquid is dispersed by capillary action and pooled in a pool portion 12 at a bottom of the gas flow path 13, and at least a part of the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 is evaporated. As the capillary action is used, the liquid can be dispersed and pooled in the pool portion 12 at the bottom of the gas flow path 13 inside the microchip 10. Besides, the liquid pooled in the pool portion 12 remains in the pool portion by a surface tension even if gas is made to flow in the gas flow path 13 or the gas flow path is evacuated for evaporation. This enables highly efficient evaporation inside the microchip 10.
US09120028B2	Device for adapting toy roadway track and bricks A toy track and brick adapter for toy tracks and bricks comprising a base having a top surface and a bottom surface with indentations in the bottom surface of the base for receiving building blocks. A first arm assembly and a second arm assembly mounted to the top surface generally perpendicular to the base distally disposed in a parallel relationship to grip toy tracks. Roadway retention lips are attached to the arm assemblies which in conjunction with the tension springs hold the toy track in place within the toy track and brick adapter. Also attached to the roadway retention lips are pull-tab accessory brackets configured to releasably connect a variety of useful, functional educational accessories such as side railings, overhead signs, stoplights, traffic controls, signs and the like to increase the versatility and constructive play value of the various toy systems.
US09120026B2	Toy projectile A toy projectile apparatus and method are disclosed in which the apparatus may include an elongated body having a wall defining an open interior, a closed end and an open end. A base member may be positioned in the open interior and configured to be moveable along the length thereof. A spring may also be positioned in the interior of the body with one end contacting the closed end of the body and another end contacting the base member so that the base member is biased toward the open end of the body. A resilient member or cap may also be mounted on an exterior of the body at the closed end. One or more toy accessories may also be used in conjunction with the toy projectile apparatus.
US09120024B2	Water based amusement structure A water based amusement structure includes: a ring shaped base; a dome like structure fixed on the ring shaped base, wherein the ring shaped base and dome like structure define an amusement area; a plurality of water carrying lines, wherein each water carrying line includes at least one opening for providing a splashing path; a plurality of lighting means for illuminating the amusement area; a plurality of at least one of the following: disco lights, beam lights, strip lights, laser beam lights, disco floor, ceiling lights, mounted fountains, entrance fog effect water jets, and sprinklers; a music system fixed inside the amusement area; a support structure having a base and an elongated portion fixed on the base, wherein the ring shaped base rests on the elongated structure; at least one ladder like structure; and a temperature control system with a fan provided in different locations for a cyclonic effect.
US09120023B1	Human flying apparatus The lever, wheel and axle, pulley, wedge, screw, and inclined plane are the six Simple Machines of the Classical era. Over 2000 years ago a man from Syracuse used them to create a way to move water against the pull of gravity. The Archimedes' screw is still a standard for simple efficiency. In homage to those early machines and the dreamers who built them, the Human Flying Apparatus provides a carriage, wheels and an axle, a harness, and a braking and steering system and, in specific embodiments, thrusters, all suspended from a single rail, which allows a human being to soar in simulated flight that is safe, sustained, and suitable for all skill levels.“For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the Earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you long to return.” -Leonardo Da Vinci
US09120022B2	Game control server apparatus A game control server apparatus connected to terminal devices of a plurality of players via a network, includes a developing stage management unit that determines, in a developing stage in which a common character commonly owned by a plurality of players in a same team is developed, a capability parameter of the common character based on an action of each of the plurality of players; and a team battle stage management unit that provides, in a team battle stage in which one team battles against another team, a common character in a team battle while setting a capability parameter of the common character to the capability parameter of the common character determined by the developing stage management unit, upon accepting a calling instruction from a player in the one team.
US09120019B2	Systems and methods for user-based arbitration and peer review for online multiuser systems The field of the invention relates to systems and methods for managing user behavior in online multiuser systems, and more particularly to systems and methods that provide user-based arbitration for online multiuser systems. In one embodiment, a multi-user online system enables a first user to report a second user's behavior while online. The system receives the report and merges the report with the second user's recorded interactions with the online system related to the report to create an arbitration file. The arbitration file is then made available to a third user to review the arbitration file and determine whether action is warranted.
US09120016B2	Interactive guitar game designed for learning to play the guitar An interactive game designed for learning to play a guitar. A guitar may be connected to a computer or other platform, capable of loading music and displaying notes and chords and other feedback and visual learning aids on a display screen, allowing a user to read music and play along. The goal of the software or interactive game engine is for players to learn how to play a guitar. Users may operate the game in a number of modes with different goals, playing mini-games throughout the levels of the game. The game provides feedback and statistics to help users learn how to play the guitar.
US09120006B2	Combination poker and simulated sporting event wagering game A game method of play that combines features of the game of poker with features from a variety of competitive sporting events. A deck of 56 cards is utilized containing four suits and fourteen rank cards for each suit (the rank of “1” for each suit is added to a standard deck of 52 cards). Indicated on the face of each card is a scoring value associated with a particular sporting event competition. The players carry out the play of the game in a manner similar to that of poker, playing for a poker outcome using the poker values, as well as a scoring outcome using the sports scoring indicia on the cards accumulated in the player's hand. Depending on the embodiment of the game being played, winning can occur in three ways: by holding the best poker hand value; by holding the best scoring hand value; or by having the best cumulative scoring outcome over multiple hands. In this manner, players bet during the play of the game on both the anticipated value of their poker hand and the anticipated value of the sporting event scoring values reflected on the cards they retain. Score cards and rank value reference cards facilitate the play of the game and the process of betting on the outcome.
US09119987B2	Personalized exercise simulation system The present application is provided a personalized exercise simulation system. The system includes a microprocessor, an equipment adjustment unit, a displayer, a reality controlling parameter transmitting port, a reality controlling parameter unit, a reality image unit, a path trajectory data memory, a displayer, a controlling instruction outputting port. The microprocessor acquires a path coordinate, path parameter from the reality controlling parameter unit and an equipment adjustment instruction produced by the equipment adjustment unit. Then the processor outputs the instruction to the exercise device by the outputting port to adjust one of speed, gradient, or resistance of the exercise device. Meanwhile, the microprocessor acquires a reality image corresponded to the path coordinate from the reality image unit, and then display the reality image on the displayer. The present application further includes one of a camera device, a position system, or one piece of map information.
US09119979B2	Method of controlling a powered air purifying respirator A method of controlling a powered air purifying respirator blower system to deliver a substantially uniform volumetric airflow to a user includes the steps of determining one of (a) ambient air density or (b) ambient air temperature and ambient air pressure, and adjusting an electrical characteristic of the electric motor in response to the determination and the at least two calibration values. The powered air purifying respirator blower system may include a fan powered by an electric motor, the motor being controlled by an electronic control unit for delivering a forced flow of filtered air to a user. In some embodiments, the electronic control unit may be operable to adjust an electrical characteristic of the motor in accordance with a predetermined correlation between the speed of the fan and the applied motor electrical characteristic for a selected substantially uniform volumetric airflow from the fan.
US09119978B1	Safety lowering device A U-shaped frame supporting three bars of circular cross section movable along the arms of the rod, enlarged abutments on the free ends of the rod preventing removal of the bars, and the first bar being attached to a handle so that the bar may be moved up/down the arms by holding/releasing the handle.
US09119973B2	Fragrance composition for core shell microcapsules The invention relates to a core shell microcapsules containing a fragrance composition which comprises, prior to encapsulation: A) 40 to 100% by weight of at least one cyclic aromachemical material with a density between 0.950 g/cm3 and 1.500 g/cm3 and a ClogP value between 1.00 and 6.00; B) 0 to 80% by weight of at least one fragrance material with a density between 0.630 g/cm3 and 0.950 g/cm3; and C) 0 to 50% by weight of at least one oil soluble organic compound having a density between 0.950 g/cm3 and 1.500 g/cm3, where the sum of A), B) and C) equals 100%.
US09119969B2	System and method for programming neurostimulation devices using cached plug-in software drivers A system for programming a plurality of different models, or generations, of neurostimulation devices includes a plurality of plug in software drivers stored on a hard drive of the system, wherein the plurality of plug-in software drivers are respectively configured for facilitating communication between the plurality of different models of neurostimulation devices and the system processor via a transceiver. In a method of programming a plurality of different models of neurostimulation devices, the system processor dynamically identifies the model of an interrogated neurostimulator and determines which plug-in software driver to use for programming the interrogated neurostimulator. The plug-in software drivers are cached into memory upon start-up of the system.
US09119967B2	Systems and methods for reducing electromagnetic field-induced heating from an implantable pulse generator An implantable control module for an implantable electrical stimulation system includes a housing with at least a portion of the exterior forming a metallic structure and at least a portion of the interior defining a sealed compartment. The control module further includes an electronic subassembly disposed in the sealed compartment; a connector assembly coupled to the housing and defining a port for receiving a lead; connector contacts disposed in the port to electrically couple with terminals of the lead; feedthrough interconnects extending from the connector assembly into the sealed compartment and coupling the connector contacts to the electronic subassembly; and a coil disposed within or on the housing and configured and arranged to be shorted when an external electromagnetic field is applied in order to resist generation of an eddy current in the metallic structure of the exterior of the sealed housing in response to the external electromagnetic field.
US09119961B2	Hadron treatment planning with adequate biological weighting Treatment planning methods are provided that determine the variability of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) along a beam line and calculate, among other things, what intensity of hadron beam such as a proton or a carbon ion beam should be applied to achieve a desired biological dose at treatment site of a patient afflicted with a medical condition. Typically, three or four RBE values at three or four corresponding spacially-dispersed intervals along the beam line are calculated. In one embodiment, two RBE values for the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) region of the treatment site; one for the proximal section and one for the declining distal section is calculated. A third and different RBE value may be determined for the distal edge region of the SOBP. A fourth value may also be calculated for a pre-SOBP region.
US09119951B2	Energetic modulation of nerves A system for applying high intensity ultrasound energy to a nerve surrounding an artery of a patient includes a piezoelectric array comprising a plurality of ultrasound elements, a controller configured to individually control a phasing of each of the ultrasound elements, a platform on which the ultrasound elements are coupled, wherein the platform is configured to support at least a part of the patient, a programmable generator configured to generate an output power for at least one of the ultrasound elements, and a programmable processor configured to process a signal transmitted from one of the ultrasound elements and reflected back from tissue, and determine a tissue characteristic based on the reflected signal.
US09119944B2	Device for treating hardened lesions and method of use thereof A balloon catheter is provided that may be used to dilate hardened regions of a stenosis on a vessel wall. The balloon catheter is provided with cutting elements that extend along a surface of a balloon. At least one bioactive is present, either on the cutting element, within the interior of the balloon, within the material of the balloon or on an outside surface of the balloon. The bioactive is delivered to the vessel wall upon dilation of the balloon.
US09119939B2	Rotatable hypodermic needle and method of use One possible embodiment of the invention could be a hypodermic needle that rotatably connects to a shield comprising a hypodermic needle denoted into a distal needle portion and a proximal needle portion, the distal needle portion's injection aperture continuously connected to the proximal needle portion's connection aperture; a shield that comprises at least a skin pad portion, the proximal needle portion being rotatably held within a portion of the shield in a manner that allows the distal needle portion to be moved between an operative position, wherein the distal needle portion descends downward and away from a bottom of the skin pad portion to hold the needle tip away from the skin pad portion to a stored position that has the needle tip of the distal needle portion placed proximate to the skin pad portion.
US09119934B2	Pressure relief in a respiratory assistance system A pressure relief device comprising a valve configured to resiliently deform in response to a predetermined pressure; and a sound dampener configured to dampen a sound generated by the valve when the valve resiliently deforms in response to said predetermined pressure.
US09119931B2	Mask system A mask system has a shroud module with headgear connectors adapted to removably attach to respective headgear straps of headgear; and a cushion module, including a frame defining a breathing chamber; and a cushion to form a seal with the patient's face in a nasal bridge region, a cheek region and a lower lip/chin region of the patient's face. The cushion is constructed of a first, relatively soft, elastomeric material and the frame is constructed of a second material that is more rigid than the cushion, and a nasal bridge portion of the cushion includes one or more folds to provide in use a higher level of adaptability or flexibility to the nasal bridge region of the cushion module relative to another region of the cushion module. The shroud module and the cushion module are configured to be removably coupleable to one another.
US09119916B2	Device for detecting moisture for use with a device for monitoring an access to a patient, in particular for monitoring the vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment A device for detecting moisture for use with a device for monitoring an access to a patient for an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus is described. The device for detecting moisture is constituted as a two-dimensionally extending fabric to be placed on the patient's skin, having an electrically conductive structure as a moisture sensor and constituted by non-conductive and conductive warp and weft threads configured to produce in the woven fabric a defined electrically conductive structure through spatial separation of the warp and weft threads. By the use of conductive warp and weft threads, an electrically conductive structure can be constituted having sections running in different directions, thereby creating a moisture sensor exhibiting a particularly high degree of sensitivity. The electrically conductive structure is preferably terminated with a terminating resistor, preferably not a component part but rather part of a connection part of the device, so that production is simplified.
US09119910B2	Holographic occlusion detection system for infusion pumps A holographic occlusion detection system has a holographic label placed onto a sensing portion of a pressure sensor connected to infusion tubing. The sensor at the sensing portion can have a relatively thin wall section and may be wider and flatter than a normal cross section of the tubing. The label is then illuminated by a polychromatic light source, and the light reflected off the holographic label is then received by a photodetector. Pressure changes within the tubing cause a change in orientation of the holographic label, thereby resulting in a shift in the peak wavelength of the light sensed by the photodetector. This wavelength shift can then be calibrated to the swelling of the sensing portion so that pressure within the line can be calculated. In another variation, monochromatic light is reflected off a holographic label, and pressure changes are detected by measuring the amplitude of the reflected light.
US09119907B2	Digitally controlled aspirator A digitally controlled aspirator is provided with a processor that allows the user to select operating conditions including one or more default settings. The processor further includes sensors for sensing operational and environmental conditions and adjusts the operation of the aspirator to reflect the sensed conditions.
US09119906B2	In-vivo biodegradable medical implant In-vivo biodegradable medical implants, containing at least in part at least partially fine-grained metallic materials that are strong, tough, stiff and lightweight, are disclosed The in-vivo biodegradable implants are used in a number of stent applications, for fracture fixation, sutures and the like. The in-vivo biodegradable medical implants enable the reduction of implant size and weight and consequently result in reducing the release of implant degradation products into the body.
US09119903B2	Porous composite with graded bioabsorbability, artificial bone using the same, and manufacturing method thereof The object of the present invention is to provide a calcium phosphate-collagen fiber composite which has an excellent mechanical property, can induce bone replacement by rapid bone remodeling, and can be used in a high-load region. The object can be solved by a porous composite comprising a calcium phosphate crystal and a collagen fiber at a weight ratio of 80:20 to 20:80, wherein (1) a bioabsorbability of the porous composite is graded, and (2) the density of the porous composite determined by gravimetric method is 300 to 1500 mg/cm3.
US09119900B2	Unitary endoscopic vessel harvesting devices Unitary surgical devices are disclosed. Such devices may include an elongated body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, and having one or more lumens extending through the elongated body and a tip disposed at the distal end of the elongated body. The harvesting device may further include a first gripping element disposed about the dissection tip and a second gripping element disposed about the dissection tip distally of the first gripping member. The second gripping member may be moveable with respect to the first gripping member for capturing a blood vessel between the first gripping member and the second gripping member. The blood vessel captured between first gripping member and the second gripping member may then be sealed and, subsequently, severed by a cauterizing element disposed between the first gripping member and the second gripping member.
US09119896B2	Polymeric sealant for medical use The invention provides a polymeric medical sealant. The medical sealant is useful for application to the tonsils and adenoids, wherein the sealant performs at least one of the following functions, a) inhibit the colonization of bacteria, b) inhibit the binding of bacteria to tissue, c) reduction of tissue morbidity, d) hemostasis, e) coating and protection of tissue during healing. f) promotion of healing, and g) reduction of pain.
US09119894B2	Method for modifying non-woven chitosan fabric A method for modifying a non-woven fabric of chitosan fiber. The method includes: adding succinic anhydride to an industrial alcohol, ethanol, or acetone; controlling the mass ratio of succinic anhydride to the non-woven fabric at between 0.8 and 3.5; and stirring the resulting mixture until the succinic anhydride has dissolved to yield a succinic anhydride mixed solution; placing the succinic anhydride mixed solution in a constant temperature shaking bath; heating the succinic anhydride mixed solution; adding an HCl solution to the succinic anhydride mixed solution, and stirring evenly to yield a HCl mixed solution; immersing the non-woven fabric in the HCl mixed solution; dehydrating; immersing the non-woven fabric in ethanol or acetone; immersing the non-woven fabric in anhydrous ethanol or pure acetone; dehydrating; and air drying the non-woven fabric.
US09119893B2	Method and apparatus for securing an object to bone, including the provision and use of a novel suture assembly for securing an object to bone A suture assembly comprising: a first suture having a generally O-shaped configuration comprising a first arm, a second arm, a first bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm, and a second bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm, the first bridge opposing the second bridge so that the first suture comprises a closed loop; a second suture comprising a first arm, a second arm and a bridge connecting the first arm to the second arm; the first arm of the second suture being wrapped around the first arm of the first suture in a first direction, and the second arm of the second suture being wrapped around the second arm of the first suture in a second, opposite direction; the suture assembly being capable of assuming (i) a longitudinally-extended, radially-contracted first configuration, and (ii) a longitudinally-contracted, radially-expanded second configuration.
US09119887B2	Low-density magnesium-aluminum-silicate (MAS) microparticles for radiotherapy and/or radioimaging This invention relates to low density radioactive magnesium-aluminum-silicate (MAS) microparticles that contain either samarium-yttrium, samarium, or lutetium as medical isotopes for radiotherapy and/or radioimaging.
US09119883B2	Reversible pegylated drugs Reversible pegylated drugs are provided by derivatization of free functional groups of the drug selected from amino, hydroxyl, mercapto, phosphate and/or carboxyl with groups sensitive to mild basic conditions such as 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) or 2-sulfo-9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (FMS), to which group a PEG moiety is attached. In these pegylated drugs, the PEG moiety and the drug residue are not linked directly to each other, but rather both residues are linked to different positions of the scaffold Fmoc or FMS structure that is highly sensitive to bases and is removable under physiological conditions. The drugs are preferably drugs containing an amino group, most preferably peptides and proteins of low or medium molecular weight. Similar molecules are provided wherein a protein carrier or another polymer carrier replaces the PEG moiety.
US09119882B2	Volatile distillate by-product of mint oil that promotes absorption and/or bioavailability of compounds of bio-medical and nutritional interest Disclosed is an adjuvant for improving the bioavailability of bioactive compositions. The adjuvant is prepared from a byproduct of mint flavor production. In vitro and in vivo testing confirms effectiveness. The adjuvant contains a mixture of compounds which is effective to improve the oral bioavailability of a bioactive composition normally having limited absorptivity, and it comprises a mixture of nonpolar compounds and compounds with some polar characteristics. In preferred form the nonpolar compounds comprise compounds selected from a group that includes terpene hydrocarbons and terpene derivatives and the compounds with some polar characteristics comprise compounds selected from a group that includes aldehydes, alcohols and ketones. The preferred compositions will have a ratio of nonpolar compounds and compounds with some polar characteristics is within the range of from 5:1 to 20:1. The adjuvants can enhance delivery of CoQ10 and other bioactive compositions, such as carotenoids (e.g., β-carotene), curcuminoids, lycopene, resveratrol, flavonoids and other phenolic compounds, organosulfur compounds, saponins, sterols, stanols, and mixtures of at least two of these, to the interior cellular environment, including organelles, such as the mitochondria.
US09119878B2	Extended-release formulation for reducing the frequency of urination and method of use thereof A method for reducing the frequency of urination is disclosed. The method comprises administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more analgesic agents and one or more α-blockers. In one embodiment, the one or more analgesic agents are formulated for extended-release.
US09119873B2	Use of a composition comprising a poly-organosiloxane A composition based on a poly-organosiloxane which is suitable for its use as a bolus in radiotherapy treatments. Other possible uses of this composition are the production of an immobilizing mask for radio surgery or cranial stereotaxy treatments and the production of an intraoral depressor.
US09119865B2	Compositions and methods for alleviating symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome and premenstrual dysphoric disorder The present invention discloses pharmaceutical/nutritional compositions and methods for alleviating symptoms associated with premenstrual syndrome (PMS) and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD). The pharmaceutical/nutritional compositions include at least 2% (w/w) phosphatidyl-L-serine, or salts thereof, out of a total effective composition, as a first effective ingredient; and a suitable amount of at least one bio-available form of magnesium as a second effective ingredient. Preferably, the bio-available form of magnesium is magnesium oxide, magnesium citrate, magnesium hydroxide, magnesium stearate, or a magnesium salt of the phosphatidyl-L-serine. Preferably, the composition further includes a pharmaceutical or nutritional excipient. Preferably, the total effective composition is administrable in a multi-part regimen. Preferably, the total effective composition is administrable by intravenous or oral delivery. Preferably, the pharmaceutical/nutritional composition further includes at least 2% (w/w) phosphatidic acid, or salts thereof, out of the total effective composition, as a first effective ingredient.
US09119864B2	Bioeffective krill oil compositions This invention discloses new krill oil compositions characterized by having high amounts of phospholipids, astaxanthin esters and/or omega-3 contents. The krill oils are obtained from krill meal using supercritical fluid extraction in a two stage process. Stage 1 removes the neutral lipid by extracting with neat supercritical CO2 or CO2 plus approximately 5% of a co-solvent. Stage 2 extracts the actual krill oils by using supercritical CO2 in combination with approximately 20% ethanol. The krill oil materials obtained are compared with commercially available krill oil and found to be more bioeffective in a number of areas such as anti-inflammation, anti-oxidant effects, improving insulin resistances and improving blood lipid profile.
US09119862B2	Compositions, methods and kits for treating cancer Compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject (e.g., human) include a first anti-cancer drug consisting of: Δ12-prostaglandin J3 or a derivative thereof, or a prostaglandin D receptor (DP) agonist. The compositions may further include a second anti-cancer drug. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 is a stable metabolite of omega-3 fatty acid, eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and was discovered to have anti-leukemic properties. Δ12-prostaglandin J3 was shown to be highly effective in eradicating the leukemia stem cells (LSC) in two murine models of leukemia, thus increasing the survival of the mice. DP agonists were shown to induce apoptosis of human primary Acute Myelogenous Leukemia cells and may be used in compositions, kits and methods for treating leukemia in a subject. The compositions, kits and methods may be particularly useful for treating human subjects who are resistant to one or more anti-cancer drugs.
US09119856B1	Method for treating cancer using a dihydropyrimidine derivative A method of treating cancer using a dihydropyrimidine derivative includes administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a dihydropyrimidine derivative having the following formula: wherein: R2 is S or O and R, R1, R3, and R4 each independently represent hydrogen, optionally substituted straight-chain or branched C1 to C7 alkyl, halogen, optionally substituted haloalkyl, alkoxy or haloalkoxy in which the alkyl is straight-chain or branched C1-C4 alkyl and the halo derivatives are mono, di, tri or poly halosubstituted, the optional substituents including halogen, amino, substituted amino, C1-C4 alkyl, halo (C1-C4) alkyl, alkoxy or haloalkoxy having C1-C4 alkyl group, or R, R1, R3, and R4 each independently represent aryl, substituted aryl, heteroaryl, or substituted heteroaryl, the substituents including halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, alkylamino, aryl, heteroaryl, aryloxy, haloaryloxy, arylthio, or arylamino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09119852B2	Pharmaceutical formulation for treating herpes virus infection comprising 2,3-dimethyl-6-(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl)-6H-indolo-(2,3-b) quinoxaline A pharmaceutical composition for topical administration including 2,3-dimethyl-6-(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl)-6H-indolo-(2,3-b)quinoxaline (B-220) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The composition is useful for the treatment of herpes virus infections of the skin or mucous membranes in a mammal subject.
US09119848B2	Morphinan derivatives for the treatment of drug overdose The instant application relates to morphinan derivatives of Formula I with sustained effectiveness in treating drug toxicity and overdose:
US09119841B2	Compositions and methods for preventing cardiac arrhythmia Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing cardiac arrhythmia in a subject.
US09119829B2	Methods and compositions for delivering interleukin-1 receptor antagonist Methods, systems, and compositions related to generating and using a solution rich in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist are provided. Methods include contacting a liquid comprising white blood cells with a solid extraction material and stimulating with an electromagnetic field to activate production of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist. The interleukin-1 receptor antagonist can be separated from the solid extraction material. Methods for treating a site of inflammation in a patient include administering the solution rich in interleukin-1 receptor antagonist to the site of inflammation.
US09119816B2	Method for prevention or treatment of diabetic angiogenesis impairment using C-peptide Disclosed are a method and composition for the prevention or treatment of diabetic angiogenesis impairment or diabetic wound-healing impairment, using C-peptide. Found to be able to induce angiogenesis through chemotactic migration of endothelial cells, cell migration to wounded areas, capillary-like network formation, and extracellular signal-regulated kinases 1/2 and Akt phosphorylation and nitric oxide production, C-peptide has prophylactic or therapeutic applications in a broad spectrum of various diabetic complications including diabetic angiogenesis impairment.
US09119810B2	Compositions and vaccines against influenza A and influenza B infections Novel models of interactions of the Nonstructural Protein of influenza A and influenza B viruses (NS1A and NS1B, respectively) with dsRNA are presented. On the basis of the models, novel recombinant viruses and vaccines against influenza A and influenza B viruses are provided.
US09119807B2	Methods and materials for the generation of regulatory T cells Methods are disclosed for the generation of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells. The methods can include contacting a population of CD4+CD25− T cells with a T cell receptor (TCR)/CD3 activator, a TCR co-stimulator activator, and rapamycin. Kits for the generation of immunosuppressive regulatory T cells, methods of use, and cell populations are also disclosed.
US09119806B2	Culturing circular ssDNA viruses for the production of vaccines The present invention relates to the use of interferon in the in vitro cultivation of animal circular ssDNA virus such as Porcine Circovirus 2 or human TT virus in an animal cell line. Increased titres of animal circular ssDNA virus are obtained by addition of interferons or agents which ensure the production of endogenous interferons by said cell line and/or by the reduction of endosomal-lysosomal system acidification.
US09119802B2	E. coli LpfA antigen for prevention and treatment of infectious diseases The present disclosure relates to methods and compositions for the treatment and prevention of microbial infections and for the enhancement of resistance to infection. The disclosure includes administration of an effective amount of an E. coli LpfA antigen to enhance the immune system to prevent infections that cause, e.g., inflammatory bowel diseases, bovine mastitis and metritis. The disclosure also includes methods for diagnosing microbial infection and conditions associated with microbial infection by detecting an E. coli LpfA polypeptide or nucleic acid.
US09119801B2	Cancer vaccine composition A cancer vaccine composition for human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-A*0206-positive persons, comprising a protein product of the tumor suppressor gene WT1 or a partial peptide thereof.
US09119798B2	Combination of a light ray with a cytochrome C oxidase substrate particularly for improving the appearance of the skin and/or hair The invention relates to the combination of a light ray with a cytochrome C oxidase substrate for improving the appearance of the skin and/or the hair.
US09119795B2	Tooth-bleaching preparations The present invention relates to a tooth bleaching preparation comprising an adduct formulated from starting materials comprising peroxide, urea and an alkali metal polyphosphate, the adduct being provided in the preparation in aqueous conditions and the preparation having a pH in aqueous solution which rises on dilution of the solution.
US09119782B2	Drug delivery means The invention broadly comprises a chemical composition including a plurality of cholesteryl esters arranged to form a vesicle. In several embodiments, all of the plurality of cholesteryl esters have a same molecular length, which in some embodiments provides a vesicle having a generally smooth outer surface, while in other embodiments, a portion of the plurality of cholesteryl esters have different molecular lengths, which in some embodiments provides a vesicle having a generally irregular outer surface. In yet further embodiments, a shape of the vesicle is selected from the group consisting of spherical, oval, disc-like, tubular and polyhedral shapes, and in yet other embodiments, a wall of the vesicle is selected from the group consisting of a monolayer and a bilayer. In still further embodiments, the chemical composition further includes a polyethylene glycol coat of mixed polymer size. In some embodiments, the plurality of cholesteryl esters include at least two different cholesteryl esters, and in some of these embodiments, the at least two different cholesteryl esters are selected from the group consisting of: cholesteryl myristate, cholesteryl laurate, cholesteryl dodeconate, cholesteryl palmitate, cholesteryl arachidonate, cholesteryl behenate, cholesteryl linoleate, cholesteryl linolenate, cholesteryl oleate and cholesteryl stearate.
US09119776B2	Dosage form for insertion into the mouth Oral dosage forms as a biodegradable, water soluble film for delivering pharmaceutically active agents, to patients through insertion into the mouth of patient and methods for administering pharmaceutically active agents to patients by insertion into the mouth to provide selective uptake of said agents through the mucosa and thus avoiding the gastrointestinal tract.
US09119770B2	Reconstitution device A reconstitution device (10) for mixing a first component (70) with a second component (72) wherein there are provided first and seconds housings (12, 14) which are engageable together, a conduit (28) having an internal passageway (30) having a dispensing end and an inlet end, first, second and third plungers (52, 54) mounted in said internal passageway (30), first and second compartments (70, 72) being defined by the plungers, a shearing channel (32) formed in a side wall of conduit (28) to permit mixing of contents located in the first and second compartments (74, 76), a plunger rod (58) to cause initial mixing of the first and second components (70, 72), and a spring member (48) biasing against the moveable member (42).
US09119766B2	Massage device The invention relates to a massage device having a device housing, an electromechanical arrangement arranged in the device housing for generating mechanical vibrations, an electronic controller for controlling the electromechanical arrangement, and a power source, connected to the electromechanical arrangement and the electronic controller. the electromechanical arrangement includes at least one coil element and at least one ferromagnetic core arranged parallel or coaxial with the coil element and a cylindrical member, wherein the at least one coil element surrounds the cylindrical member such that the at least one ferromagnetic core is coaxially guided through the cylindrical member, wherein the core has a mass m1, the mass ratio m1:m2 where m2 represents a total mass m2 of the massage device, and the mass ratio is in the range from 1:100 to 1:3. In operation, the massage device as a whole vibrates in a direction substantially parallel to a cylinder axis of the cylindrical member.
US09119760B2	Compression device in combination with lower limb protection The present invention relates to a support for a body part including a compression device in combination with a lower leg protection system. The compression device can be integral with the outer support at a position received over the lower leg. One or more valves can extend from a compression bladder for attachment to a pneumatic device. Inflation of the compression bladder positioner adjacent the lower leg also displaces air in the outer support toward the foot which causes simultaneous massaging of the foot. The pneumatic device can be adjusted to provide either sequential or intermittent therapies.
US09119755B2	Low profile rolling support assembly Disclosed is a low profile rolling support assembly useful for supporting loads above a supporting surface where at least one end of the rolling support assembly is positionable beneath a structure having minimal clearance above the supporting surface. The rolling support assembly includes a load bearing member and a caster assembly containing a wheel where the load bearing member extends laterally away from the caster assembly at substantially the same height or less as the caster assembly.
US09119742B2	Prosthesis delivery and deployment device A device for delivering and deploying a prosthesis is described and comprises an elongate sheath having a sheath lumen and a delivery catheter slidably disposed within the sheath lumen. A deployment assist mechanism may be coupled to the delivery catheter and the sheath and configured to apply a retraction force to the delivery catheter and the sheath. Additional devices, systems, and methods of delivering and deploying a prosthesis are described.
US09119740B2	Introducer sheath An introducer sheath has a proximal segment and distal segment. The proximal segment includes an inner portion, and a polymeric outer covering portion. The inner portion is formed from a plurality of elongated strands circularly positioned around a longitudinal axis. Each strand includes axial twist portions arranged to define a generally helical strand profile, wherein the twist portions are complementary with twist portions of adjacent strands to define the tubular segment. A tubular distal segment is dimensioned to receive an elongated stent for deployment. The length of the proximal segment is greater than the length of the distal segment, and the outer diameter of the distal segment may exceed that of the proximal segment. A stability sheath may be received over the proximal segment to enhance the stability of the sheath.
US09119721B2	Method for treating joint pain and associated instruments The embodiments provide provides devices, instruments, and associated methods for treating joint pain. A joint is evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging to detect any defects in the subchondral bone. For example, using T2-weighted MRI images, bone marrow lesions or edemas can be identified, and using T1-weighted MRI images, associated regions of sclerotic bone adjacent to the bone marrow lesion can be identified. The treatment method may involve introducing a bone void filler material at the site to address the bone marrow lesion or edema, and/or drilling and inserting an implant to address the sclerotic bone, bone marrow lesion or edema, and insufficiency or stress fractures. An access path is mapped to a location in the subchondral region where the insufficiency fracture resides. The access path attempts to preserve an articular surface of the joint. A reinforcing member that stabilizes the insufficiency fracture is then implanted via the access path.
US09119713B2	Transcatheter valve replacement A prosthetic heart valve having an inflow end and an outflow end includes a collapsible and expandable stent. A collapsible and expandable valve assembly is disposed within the stent and includes a plurality of leaflets. A collapsible and expandable frame formed of braided wires has a body portion and a lumen extending through the body portion for receiving the stent and the valve assembly. The frame may include features for holding the prosthetic heart valve in place in a patient.
US09119711B2	Methods and systems for multi-monopolar current steering in an auditory prosthesis system An exemplary method includes a sound processor 1) mapping an analysis channel associated with a frequency band to a stimulation channel that comprises at least three electrodes communicatively coupled to an auditory prosthesis associated with a patient, 2) identifying a spectral peak included in an audio signal presented to the patient, the spectral peak having a peak frequency included in the frequency band, and 3) directing the auditory prosthesis to apply electrical stimulation representative of the spectral peak to a stimulation site associated with the peak frequency by simultaneously stimulating at least two of the at least three electrodes at substantially fifty percent or less of their respective most comfortable current levels (M levels) in accordance with a multi-monopolar current steering strategy. Corresponding methods and systems are also disclosed.
US09119708B2	Devices to dilate nasal airways for various applications involving: activities using goggles with a helmet or goggles alone; swimming with goggles, without or with a swim cap; sleep; sleep with a CPAP mask; and for physical activities Medical devices are disclosed as providing nasal airway dilation in subjects in need thereof whose nasal airways are partially or completely blocked, such as for sleep; with CPAP masks; for exercise; wearing goggles alone or with helmets; and for swimming. In an aspect, the devices with a group of application provide nasal dilation to overcome obstruction caused by nasal valve dysfunction. Methods of employing the same to dilate nasal airways are further disclosed.
US09119706B2	Intravascular filter and method A filter disposed at the distal end of an elongate guidewire. Catheters are provided for delivering the filter to, and retrieving the filter from, a treatment site. The catheters can be over-the-wire or single operator exchange. The catheters include a housing for receiving the filter therein. The housing has an atraumatic distal end.
US09119693B2	Dynamic bracket system This invention is an adjustable orthodontic bracket system which allows brackets to be adjusted for the particular angulations required for each individual tooth of any patient, while continuously attached to the tooth surface. The orthodontist manually adjusts the relationship of the bracket component with the frame and bracket base during treatment eliminating the necessity of repositioning bracket components due to erroneous positioning. The bracket component is positioned such that it can move completely in all directions to achieve the proper angulation for tooth repositioning. The base of the bracket component and the interior surface of the bracket compartment are textured to provide friction and secure the components once positioned for proper tooth movement. The exterior of the bracket component is also textured to provide more secure attachment to the surface of the tooth. This system will lead to lower treatment cost and quicker adjustments of the orthodontic bracket system.
US09119688B2	Holding device for dental implant A holding device for retaining and transporting a dental implant, particularly a dental implant stored in an ampule having preserving fluid, is provided. The holding device has a securing section, which has a force transmission element for rotationally securing the dental implant and an attachment element having one or more resilient arms formed integrally with and distally of the force transmission element, for longitudinally retaining the dental implant. The resilient arms do not extend beyond the radial perimeter of the force transmission element. The resilient arms can be transformed between a first operative configuration and a second compressed configuration under forces during operation, to allow a radially enlarged end of the arms to releasably engage an undercut of the dental implant.
US09119686B2	Oral orthosis handle A handle for removably attaching to a moldable orthosis positions the orthosis in boiling water. The handle includes an arm with an oral orthosis engaging member at one end. The engaging member includes one of a tab or slot which removably engages the oral orthosis. In a preferred embodiment, the arm further includes a hook-like member for supporting the oral orthosis on the rim of a container of boiling water during the molding process. In one embodiment, the handle forms the cover of a storage case for the orthosis.
US09119683B2	Interspinous implant with overlapping arms Spinal implants and methods of inserting the implants into an interspinous space and into engagement with spinous processes. The implants may include first and second arms that are separately inserted into the patient. The arms may be attached together within the patient in an overlapping arrangement and pivotally connected at a joint. The arms may be moved about the joint with first ends of each of the arms on a first side of the joint contacting against opposing lateral sides of a first spinous process and second ends of each of the arms on a second side of the joint contacting against opposing lateral sides of a second spinous process. A securing member may contact against the arms and secure the orientation of the arms.
US09119676B2	Bone screw fixation Various methods and devices are provided for bone screw fixation. In one exemplary embodiment, the methods and devices provide a bone fixation device that includes a receiving head having a recess adapted to seat a spinal rod therein and a shank extending distally from the receiving head. An anti-rotation mechanism can be located distal of a distal end of the receiving head and around a proximal portion of the shank, and it can be configured to interact with bone to prevent rotation of at least a portion of the bone fixation device relative to the bone.
US09119668B2	Surgical lamps and methods for illuminating operating sites A surgical lamp for illuminating an operating site includes a lamp body that includes first and second light sources that respectively generate first and second light fields of different diameter on the operating site. When a change in a distance between the lamp body and the operating site is detected, the first and second light intensities of the first and second light sources, respectively, can be controlled such that the predetermined diameter (dx) at which the preset relative central illuminance (Ecx) of the resultant light field is generated is maintained at a substantially constant value as the distance changes.
US09119662B2	Material removal device and method of use A catheter having a tubular body and a rotatable shaft disposed within a lumen of the tubular body. A cutting element is coupled to the rotatable shaft, the cutting element having a cutting edge, the cutting element and rotatable shaft being longitudinally moveable within the tubular body between a stored position in which the cutting element is positioned distal of a side opening and a cutting position in which the cutting element is contained within the lumen of the tubular body and longitudinally aligned with the side opening. The cutting element is configured to extend through the side opening and to cut material from the wall of a vessel at a treatment site as the catheter is pulled proximally through the treatment site. The catheter may optionally have a rotating distal tip with an abrasive surface. The catheter includes a collection chamber positioned proximally of the cutting window.
US09119661B2	Rotational atherectomy device with electric motor An atherectomy device is disclosed, which is rotationally driven by an electric motor. In some designs, the device includes features unavailable on gas turbine-driven systems, such as the storing in memory of low/medium/high preset rotation speeds for particular models of handle, calculations of the amount of saline left in the IV and associated warnings when it gets sufficiently low, and automatic adjustment of the IV pump rate to a predetermined or calculated level when the rotational speed of the motor is changed. The electric motor has far more rotational inertia than a comparable gas turbine, so the system includes a control mechanism that helps prevent damage from excessive torque being applied to the distal end of the drive shaft. When an obstruction at the distal end is detected, by a drop in the motor rotational speed, the motor is released and is allowed to spin freely as a flywheel. The freely-spinning motor allows the large angular momentum of the system to dissipate rapidly and safely, without excessive torque to the drive shaft.
US09119660B2	Rotational atherectomy device with electric motor An atherectomy device is disclosed, which is rotationally driven by an electric motor. In some designs, the device includes features unavailable on gas turbine-driven systems, such as the storing in memory of low/medium/high preset rotation speeds for particular models of handle, calculations of the amount of saline left in the IV and associated warnings when it gets sufficiently low, and automatic adjustment of the IV pump rate to a predetermined or calculated level when the rotational speed of the motor is changed. The electric motor has far more rotational inertia than a comparable gas turbine, so the system includes a control mechanism that helps prevent damage from excessive torque being applied to the distal end of the drive shaft. When an obstruction at the distal end is detected, by a drop in the motor rotational speed, the motor is released and is allowed to spin freely as a flywheel. The freely-spinning motor allows the large angular momentum of the system to dissipate rapidly and safely, without excessive torque to the drive shaft.
US09119659B2	Safe cutting heads and systems for fast removal of a target tissue A safe and efficient cutting heads for removing a target tissue from a subject during a surgical procedure are provided, the cutting heads composing a part of systems that address several problems, including clogging of state-of-the-art systems during removal of such tissue, for example. The target tissue can include any tissue that is accessible through a small surgical opening, for example, a joint tissue such as a meniscus or an intervertebral tissue, such as a nucleus pulposus. The devices can be referred to as orthopedic tissue removal devices having cutting heads associated with vacuum systems, making the systems useful in several procedures, including X-LIF (lateral approach to an intervertebral fusions) procedures, T-LIF (transforaminal approach to intervertebral fusions) procedures, P-LIF (posterior approach to intervertebral fusions), and a percutaneous, transforaminal approach (Kambin triangle access).
US09119657B2	Rotary actuatable closure arrangement for surgical end effector A surgical instrument may include an end effector, an input drive shaft, a closure drive, and/or a firing drive. The end effector may comprise a jaw assembly including a first jaw member and a second jaw member. The end effector may comprise an I-beam member axially translated between a proximal position and a distal position within the end effector. In one embodiment, the input drive shaft may selectively engage the firing drive and/or the closure drive. In one configuration, the closure drive is threadedly engaged with the firing drive allowing the input drive shaft, during a firing stroke, to simultaneously move the closure drive and the firing drive until the closure drive is disengaged from the firing drive. On a reverse stroke, the closure drive may be reengaged with the firing drive.
US09119648B2	System and method for treating tissue using an expandable antenna An ablation device includes an antenna assembly having a radiating portion configured to deliver energy from a power source to tissue of a patient. The radiating portion has an outer conductor and an inner conductor extending therethrough. The inner conductor is disposed within the outer conductor and defines a longitudinal axis. One of the inner conductor and the outer conductor is movable relative to the other to cause at least a portion of the outer conductor to expand radially relative to the longitudinal axis.
US09119638B2	Device and method for treating parts of a human or animal body A device and method for treating all types of parts, in particular bones, organs, etc. of the human/animal body, which includes a housing (3), a tool (1) associated with the housing (3), and an actuation unit causing a relative movement between the housing and the tool. The device is designed and constructed to permit process control by the user, while utilizing the specific possibilities of robotics and computer-assisted navigation in such a manner that the position of the tool can be detected, and that the position of the body part being treated can be detected or predetermined, with the actuation unit being activatable in such a manner that it moves the tool within a predetermined work area to a predetermined relative position with respect to the body part being treated.
US09119633B2	Apparatus and method for intra-cardiac mapping and ablation An intra-cardiac mapping system is based on locating the ports through which blood flows in or out the heart chambers. For many procedures, such as ablation to cure atrial fibrillation, locating the pulmonary veins and the mitral valve accurately allows to perform a Maze procedure. The location of the ports and valves is based on using the convective cooling effect of the blood flow. The mapping can be performed by a catheter-deployed expandable net or a scanning catheter. The same net or catheter can also perform the ablation procedure.
US09119625B2	Devices, systems and methods for enclosing an anatomical opening The present technology is directed generally to devices, systems, and methods for enclosing anatomical openings. In several embodiments, an aneurysm device is endovascularly deliverable to a site proximate to an arterial aneurysm. The aneurysm device includes a closure structure having a distal-facing aspect configured to at least partially occlude the aneurysm and a proximal-facing aspect configured to arch over lumina of an artery. The device further includes a supplemental stabilizer connected to the closure structure and configured to reside in the artery and press outward against a luminal wall thereof. In some embodiments, the device can also include a barrier spanning at least a portion of the distal-facing aspect of the closure structure and configured to further occlude a neck of the aneurysm. In further embodiments, the closure structure can be configured to restrict and/or divert flow to or from the aneurysm.
US09119622B2	Methods and apparatuses for reshaping the esophagus and other body lumens Described are methods and systems for treating a patient to modify a body passage of the patient. The methods may involve removing tissue from a luminal surface of a body passage such as the esophagus or stomach, for the purpose of inducing a healing response that will result in a reshaping of the body passage.
US09119620B2	Elastic strip The disclosed elastic strip includes an elastic substrate and an overlying carrier. The elastic strip allows for controlled stretch of the elastic substrate. After stretching and applying to skin, the elastic strip can pull portions of the adhered skin. Therefore, the elastic strip can be used as a wound closure or as a nasal dilator, for example.
US09119613B2	System and method for trapezium bone replacement A carpometacarpal joint replacement system for replacing the trapezium bone in the hand is provided. The system includes a trapezial implant for the carpometacarpal joint resulting in replacement of the carpal trapezium bone with a prosthesis having the same anatomical configuration as the trapezium bone. The implant device comprises a plurality of concave surfaces, with the plurality of concave surfaces articulating with the carpal and metacarpal bones.
US09119606B2	Sealant delivery device for anastomotic stapler The present invention relates to surgical instruments and a method for applying an adhesive or sealant to an anastomosis site immediately prior and/or during anastomotic surgical stapling. The present invention further relates to surgical instruments, devices, and methods for applying sealant to a target tissue of a surgical site being anastomotically joined so as to prevent leakage.
US09119603B2	Tunnelling instrument for subcutaneously placing an article, and method of use of said instrument An improved tip and handle for a tunnelling instrument are provided along with an improved tunnelling instrument. The tip is configured for attachment to a tunnelling instrument and includes a first portion configured to form a tunnel, a second portion sized to fit within a tubular component to be placed in the tunnel, and a third portion configured for attachment of the tubular component. The handle is configured to be attached to and detached from a tunneller shaft of a tunnelling instrument, at any point along the length of the tunneller shaft. The tunnelling instrument comprises a pair of tips, a connection means for forming a link between the tips, and a tunneller shaft slidably engagable with the connection means and attachable to either of the tips. Various forms of use of the tunnelling instrument are also disclosed.
US09119602B2	Temperature based fertility monitoring system and related method A fertility monitoring apparatus measures body temperature and saliva or cervical fluid resistivity. The clinical device includes a sensor, processor and transmitter to wirelessly deliver information to a computerized device such as a smart phone, tablet, or laptop for further analysis and display. The computerized device is programmed with software to receive, analyze, display, and/or transmit the raw or processed information. The programmed computerized device computes fertility information of the user. A central fertility platform includes a programmed computing device, and a database of fertility information from multiple users. Input from user accounts are fed into the platform and stored in the database. Exemplary inputs include the user's age, cycle length, diagnosis of fertility, reproductive health information. The platform both provides feedback to the user and learns from the data collected to improve upon or self-modify calculations using machine learning, artificial intelligence, and data mining approaches.
US09119600B2	Device and methods for renal nerve modulation monitoring Systems and methods for monitoring and performing tissue modulation are disclosed. An example system may include an elongate shaft having a distal end region and a proximal end and having at least one modulation element and one sensing electrode disposed adjacent to the distal end region. The sensing electrode may be used to determine and monitor changes in tissue adjacent to the modulation element.
US09119599B2	Medical image display apparatus, medical image display method and non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored therein medical image display program First tomographic-image information for identifying a first tomographic-image included in a first image and first region-of-interest information for identifying a first region of interest on the first tomographic-image are obtained. An image deformation amount of one of the first image and the second image for deforming the one of the first image and the second image to match the first image and the second image with each other is calculated. A slice image in the second image corresponding to the first tomographic-image is identified, based on image deformation amounts at plural positions in the first region of interest and the first tomographic-image information, as a second tomographic-image, and a region of interest in the second image corresponding to the first region of interest is identified, as a second region of interest. The first tomographic-image and the second tomographic-image onto which the second region of interest is projected are displayed.
US09119595B2	Reflection-detector sensor position indicator A reflection-detector sensor position indicator comprises emitters that transmit light having a plurality of wavelengths. A detector outputs a sensor signal. At least one reflection detector outputs at least one sensor position signal. An attachment assembly attaches the emitters, the detector and the reflection detector onto a tissue site. A sensor-on condition indicates that the attachment assembly has positioned the emitters generally centered over a fingernail, the detector on a fingertip opposite the fingernail and the reflection detector over the fingernail. The sensor signal, in the sensor-on condition, is at least substantially responsive to the emitter transmitted light after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow perfused within a fingernail bed underneath the fingernail. The sensor position signal, in the sensor-on condition, is at least substantially responsive to the emitter transmitted light after reflection off of the fingernail.
US09119592B2	Interleaved resonant converter A CT system includes an x-ray source, a high-voltage (HV) tank coupled to the x-ray source, and an inverter coupled to the HV tank. The inverter includes an H-bridge configuration of switches comprising a first leg and a second leg, wherein the first and second legs include respective upper and lower switches, and at least one additional leg of switches having respective upper and lower switches. The system includes a controller configured to interleave switch operation between the H-bridge configuration and the at least one additional leg of switches.
US09119585B2	Sensor attachment for three dimensional mapping display systems for diagnostic ultrasound machines A sensor attachment for use with three dimensional ultrasound mapping devices is presented. According to the invention, one or more sensors are attached to specific locations on the body, such as the nipple and sternum, the inventive sensor attachments enabling accurate recording of target information, including location and size; the present invention especially helpful in subsequent and comparative examinations. A method of use is also presented.
US09119584B2	Radiation image capture device A radiation image capture device is provided with a radiation detection panel including optoelectronic conversion elements, a signal processing board that performs signal processing of the signals provided by the radiation detection panel, a flexible printed circuit, and a casing. One end of the flexible printed circuit is connected to the radiation detection panel and the other end is connected to the signal processing board. The flexible printed circuit includes a base film fowled of an insulating resin film, wiring disposed over the base film, a coating layer formed of an insulating resin disposed over the wiring, and a shield layer provided between the base film and the wiring and/or between the wiring and the coating layer. An insulator is interposed between the shield layer and the wiring, and the shield layer is connected to a fixed potential.
US09119573B2	Stent marker detection using a learning based classifier in medical imaging Stent marker detection is automatically performed. Stent markers in fluoroscopic images or other markers in other types of imaging are detected using a machine-learnt classifier. Hierarchal classification may be used, such as detecting individual markers with one classifier and then detecting groups of markers (e.g., a pair) with a joint classifier. The detection may be performed in a single image and without user indication of a location.
US09119571B2	Ophthalmologic apparatus An ophthalmologic apparatus comprises a light source 12, an optical measurement system 13 that radiates first light from the light source to inside an eye to be examined and guides first reflected light from the eye, an optical reference system (24, 22) that radiates second light from the light source to a reference surface and guides second reflected light from the reference surface, a photo detector 26 that detects interfering light between the first reflected light from the optical measurement system and the second reflected light from the optical reference system, and a processor that determines a position of a measuring portion of the inside of the eye based on the detected interfering light. The optical measurement system comprises an incident angle changing member 46 that changes an incident angle of the first light radiated to the eye within a predetermined angular range relative to an axis of vision of the eye.
US09119562B2	Imaging control apparatus, ophthalmic imaging apparatus, imaging control method, and program An imaging control apparatus capable of causing a first imaging unit to capture a fundus image of a subject's eye and causing a second imaging unit to capture a tomographic image of the subject's eye includes a control unit configured to cause the first imaging unit to capture an image of the fundus of the subject's eye in a limited area smaller than the fundus image, a detection unit configured to detect a positional deviation of the fundus of the subject's eye based on an image of the area acquired according to the control, and a correction unit configured to correct an image capturing position of the tomographic image captured by the second imaging unit based on the detected positional deviation.
US09119547B2	Arrhythmia discrimination based on determination of rate dependency Cardiac systems and methods provide for discriminating between supraventricular tachyarrhythmia and ventricular tachyarrhythmia based on a determination that the patient's supraventricular rhythm exhibits rate dependency. One approach involves determining if a patient's supraventricular rhythm exhibits rate dependent morphology. If the patient's supraventricular rhythm is determined to exhibit rate dependent morphology, an implantable device classifies a detected tachyarrhythmia episode based on one or more templates selected from a plurality of rate-indexed templates stored in the device. Determining if the supraventricular rhythm exhibits rate dependent morphology may also include determining one or more rates at which the rate dependent morphology occurs.
US09119546B2	R-PEAK detection apparatus and control method thereof A method of controlling of an R-peak detection apparatus, which detects an R-peak from an ElectroCardioGram (ECG) signal, includes receiving the ECG signal, reading out a pre-stored ECG template, comparing the EG signal with the pre-stored ECG template to determine a similarity between the ECG signal and the pre-stored ECG template and determining whether the similarity is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and determining a corresponding interval as the R-peak when the similarity is equal to or greater than the threshold value.
US09119545B2	Arrhythmia classification An implantable medical device, is designed to collect a signal representative of the electric activity of the heart and determine a cardiogenic impedance signal for at least a portion of the heart. An R-wave detector of the IMD detects the timing of an R-wave during a cardiac cycle based on the signal representative of the electric activity. A minimum detector detects the timing of a cardiogenic impedance minimum in the cardiogenic impedance signal and within a systolic time window of the cardiac cycle. A detected arrhythmia is then classified by the IMD based on the timing of the R-wave detected by the R-wave detector and the timing of the cardiogenic impedance minimum detected by the minimum detector.
US09119529B2	Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently monitoring a host's glycemic condition after an alert is triggered Systems and methods for providing sensitive and specific alarms indicative of glycemic condition are provided herein. In an embodiment, a method of processing sensor data by a continuous analyte sensor includes: evaluating sensor data using a first function to determine whether a real time glucose value meets a first threshold; evaluating sensor data using a second function to determine whether a predicted glucose value meets a second threshold; activating a hypoglycemic indicator if either the first threshold is met or if the second threshold is predicted to be met; and providing an output based on the activated hypoglycemic indicator.
US09119526B2	Configurable health-care equipment apparatus An apparatus, system and method for providing health-care equipment in a plurality of customizable configurations. A configuration includes a selection and arrangement of health-care equipment modules that each provide specialized support for the provision of health care, including the measurement of physiological parameters. Various types of configurations include those adapted to be mounted upon a desk top or a wall surface, or adapted for wheel mounting or hand-carriable mobile configurations.
US09119522B1	Dish washer sign systems A dishwasher cycle visual indicator system has a dishwasher cycle visual indicator assembly including a housing having a front-side, a back-side, a top-side, a bottom-side, a left-side, a right-side, and an inner-volume; a plurality of lights for displaying at least one message according to a condition realized within a dishwashing appliance; a powerer; a wiring assembly; a wireless receiver; and at least one attacher. The dishwasher cycle visual indicator assembly includes in functional combination the housing, the plurality of lights, the powerer, the wiring assembly, the wireless receiver, and the at least one attacher.
US09119511B2	Centrifugal dirt separation configurations for household-type and shop-type vacuum cleaners A cyclonic separation device in accordance with an embodiment of the present application preferably includes a first cyclone chamber having a cylindrical shape with a predetermined diameter, the first cyclone chamber including, a tangential inlet positioned on a first longitudinal end of the first cyclone chamber, a baffle plate positioned in the first cyclone chamber a predetermined distance from the tangential inlet, a tangential dirt outlet positioned on a second end of the cyclone chamber, opposite the inlet and on an opposite side of the baffle plate from the tangential inlet and a center exit duct mounted in the center of the cyclone chamber having an inlet opening positioned upstream from the baffle plate such the centrifuged fluid without particles flows into the center exit duct and out of the cyclone chamber.
US09119506B2	Aerodynamic device for use in organizing and holding food and liquid substances and eating utensils and for subsequent recreational use An aerodynamic device includes a plate having a generally circular periphery, a central portion, and a plurality of compartments for holding food substances during a dining activity. Each compartment is bounded by curved ribs, each rib extending continuously from the central portion along an arcuate path to the periphery. All of the ribs are aerodynamically shaped to provide lift during a subsequent recreational activity in which the device is thrown through the air. An insert is mounted in the central portion for holding a dining item, e.g., a drink container, for use during the dining activity, and a different recreational item for use during the recreational activity.
US09119501B2	Electric heating cooker with weighing function and weighing control method thereof An electric heating cooker with weighing function and a weighing control method thereof are provided. An electronic scale (5) with weighing function is added under the traditional electric heating cooker and stores cooking experience database and food information database. It solves the problem that users aren't accurate about the amount of water to add for a given weight of ingredient. And experience curve of heating power are designed at different weight points for food such as rice or meat, and also it makes the cooker to intelligently adjust parameters according to the taste feedback of the user so as to be more closer to the user's taste for the cooking next time; additionally it is capable of showing the total and average content of heat quantity, cholesterol, protein, fat, salt and cook oil of various foods in current cooking or if there are unmatched foods.
US09119498B2	Culinary extruding and mincing tool A culinary tool is provided including a handle and a housing that pivot relative to one another during a forward stroke of the handle to incrementally move, and optionally ratchet, a ram within the housing toward a cutting grid, thereby extruding food through the cutting grid. A cutting blade, joined with the handle distal from the pivot, travels along a blade path near the cutting grid to mince the extruded food. The blade can be joined with the handle at a cantilevered connection, and can be flexible so that as it moves along the blade path, a portion of the blade flexes to allow the blade to cut the extruded food material without binding as the blade moves across the cutting grid. The blade can include one or more sledded feet that project outwardly from the blade and that guide the blade near the cutting grid in a non-binding manner.
US09119496B2	Window blind A window blind includes a headrail, a bottom rail, a plurality of slats, and a cord. The slats are arranged between the headrail and the bottom rail, and each slat has two bores and one or plural of locking slots. Each locking slot has an open end and a closed end, and the opening end of the locking slot is connected to the bore. The cord passes through the headrail and the bores of the slats, and being fastened to the bottom rail. A diameter of the cord is greater than or equal to a width of the locking slot. As a result, the cord goes into the locking slot quickly and can be clamped by edges of the locking slot while a kid is trying to pull the cord out of the slats.
US09119493B2	Dishwasher Basket Unit A dishwasher includes a basket unit including an upper basket and a lower basket. The upper basket is separated from the lower basket so that cutlery in the upper basket is easily separated from the upper basket.
US09119492B2	Perimeter track lazy Susan A track system comprises a plurality of track components. Each of the plurality of track components has a substantially coplanar and substantially continuous pair of tracks extending about an upper surface of a platform. At least one carrier has a plurality of rolling surfaces having a first and a second rolling surface coupled by a body to engage the continuous pair of tracks. A loading portion may be removeably coupled to the platform for loading carriers to the track.
US09119477B1	Seat pad tie down apparatus and method of using same A seat tie apparatus and method of using same, the apparatus including a cushion material contained within an enclosure. A first strap is connected at each end thereof to the enclosure and extends across a first back corner of the enclosure. A second strap, spaced apart from the first strap, is connected at each end thereof to the enclosure and extends across a second back corner of the enclosure. First and second ties are slidably coupled to the first and second straps, respectively. Each of the first and second ties is constructed of at fabric strip coupled to itself about a central portion thereof to form a loop. The straps are arranged to extend through the loops and allow the ties to slide there along.
US09119475B1	Convertible furniture frame assembly A convertible furniture frame assembly includes a base frame assembly having one or more support members attached to the base frame assembly which are disposed to maintain the convertible furniture frame assembly in an operative position, such as, relative to an underlying floor surface. A cushion support assembly is interconnected to the base frame assembly and is disposable between an upright seated configuration and an extended horizontal configuration. A biasing assembly having a simple and compact construction is interconnected between the base frame assembly and the cushion support assembly to facilitate disposition of the cushion support assembly between the upright seated configuration and the extended horizontal configuration.
US09119473B2	Seat with adjustable back profile A seat comprising a back support portion (100) with adjustable surface profile, comprising an adjustable core column (101) arranged along the height direction of the back support portion (100) and comprising a plurality of holders (110, 210, 211, 310, 410) and a plurality of side members (120, 220, 221, 320, 420) fixed to the holders (110, 210, 211, 310, 410) and extending substantially in the width direction of the back support portion (100) such as to profile the surface of the back support portion (100). It further comprises profile locking means (130) coupled with a plurality of holders (110, 210, 211, 310, 410) and adjustable to an unlocked configuration, in which the holders (110, 210, 211, 310, 410) are individually rotatable around a plurality of axes and the profile of the surface of the back support portion (100) is adjustable and to a locked configuration, in which the holders (110, 210, 211, 310, 410) are fixed still with respect to each other and the profile of the surface of the back support portion (100) is locked.
US09119467B2	Ironing board storage device assembly and method The present invention is an ironing board storage device that removeably attaches to a wall and rests on a support surface. The device includes an ironing board moveably mounted to a frame assembly within a housing for vertical movement between different elevations and pivotal movement of the ironing board between a generally vertical storage position with a distal end positioned beneath the proximal end to and generally horizontal operating position.
US09119452B1	Handle structure for a draw bar of a luggage case A handle structure for a draw bar of a luggage case includes a handle, a handle casing, a push member, and a connecting device. The handle includes two control members each having a movable member pivoted to a stationary member. The movable member includes a press portion and a reaction portion at two sides of the pivot point. The handle casing is fixed around the handle to hold the press portion. The push member has a head portion disposed in the handle casing and connected to the reaction portions, and a shaft portion extending out of the handle casing. The connecting device is fixed to the rod portion, and the shaft portion is inserted in the connecting device. When the press portion is subjected to a force in a direction, the reaction portion is moved toward that direction, the reaction portion moves the shaft portion toward the rod portion.
US09119451B2	Paper plate and plastic sandwich bag insert and combination A combination in accordance with the present invention comprises two elements; an insert and a sealable plastic bag. In the preferred embodiment, the insert comprises an outer perimeter; a plurality of primary folds formed within the outer perimeter; a plurality of side supports extending outwardly from the plurality of primary folds; and a plurality of secondary corner folds at the outer perimeter. The insert is used with a pliable and portable food item, such as a sandwich, and placed within the sealable plastic bag. The insert further comprises elements to tent or protect the food item during transport of the insert and food item within the bag.
US09119444B2	Versatile hook-and-loop fastener system An improved hook and loop fastener system enables fastening to each other of two objects each provided solely with respective pluralities of flexible loops via an intermediate connection element that has two faces each provided solely with flexible hooks and is sandwiched between the two objects. The intermediate connection element can be easily removed and washed separately as needed, for example when either or both of the objects are to be washed with other fibrous objects, to eliminate the likelihood of the hooks inadvertently engaging with and ripping off any ambient fibers that could then clog the hooks and diminish their future performance. Selective retention of the intermediate connection element in engagement with only one of the two objects leaves the other object free of hooks and thus safely contactable by ambient objects that contain frangible fibers.
US09119442B2	Shoe with a width measuring device measuring means A shoe-measuring gadget for determining the accuracy of fit of shoes has a foot length-measuring device for determining the foot length of a foot positioned in the shoe-measuring gadget and an inner shoe length-measuring device for determining the spatial length remaining between the longest toe of the foot and the inner shoe wall opposite this toe. The gadget can be used for determining the accuracy of fit after the foot measurement determination in the shoe. The shoe-measuring gadget has a width-measuring device designed in such a way that it is capable of recording the foot width of the foot positioned in the shoe-measuring gadget and, the inner shoe width in the shoe-measuring gadget inserted in the shoe.
US09119436B1	Fast transition running shoe A running shoe design focused on the heel section of running shoes used in, for example, T2 transition phase of the sport of triathlon. The heel reclines to facilitate the insertion of the foot without use of hands or need to bend in any way. Straps partially on the heel sides, kept at bay from premature contact with attachment pads on the forward portion of the running shoe, are kept away, and may also be kept later from premature contact by wire guides. Upon foot insertion, these straps, one on each side of the foot, are guided and securely affixed into place, for example, by a pressure movement of the opposite foot of the athlete.
US09119429B2	Garment with watertight closable ventilation opening The invention relates to a garment, comprising an outer fabric extending over at least a part of the garment and provided with a closable ventilation opening, a closing means for the opening comprising an orientation closing the opening and an orientation leaving clear the opening, a material extending at least over the ventilation opening and provided with at least one ventilation hole, a water barrier at least partly enclosing the at least one ventilation hole, wherein the water barrier lies against the closing means with a bias in the orientation of the closing means closing the opening.
US09119418B2	Smoking article A smoking article (1) in which a patch of web material (7) such as paper containing an adsorbent material therein, such as activated carbon, is positioned towards the mouth end of the smoking article (1) to achieve a flatter puff profile compared to a conventional cigarette by decreasing the smoke constituents in the final few puffs. Characteristics of the smoking articles may be changed to increase the delivery of smoke constituents in the first few puffs in order to maintain a constant ISO NFDPM yield. The adsorbent-containing paper extends over only a portion of the smoking article towards the mouth end and does not comprise a flavorant therein.
US09119414B2	Bifidobacterium for dust mite allergy A composition comprising Bifidobacterium breve for use in improving lung function in human subjects suffering from dust mite allergy.
US09119413B2	Edible energy composition An energy composition includes a methylated xanthine, a choline derivative, and at least one flavorant in a sufficient amount to render the energy composition palatable. The energy composition may also include vitamins, amino acids, preservatives, and the like.
US09119412B2	Reduced heavy cream substitutes and methods of making and using same Cream products formed by dispersing gum and lactose in water prior to the addition of butter and dry ingredients, subjecting the mixture of ingredients to heating, followed by rapid cooling and shear forces, provides a stable product. The cream products may replace traditional liquid cream-based products, and instead use dry cream up to about 7.5 weight percent mixed with butter up to about 30 weight percent, gum at about 0.75 weight percent, lactose, and water forming the balance of the product. The product may form a reduced heavy cream replacer with a fat content of up to about 35 weight percent. The product includes at least one of a flavor, appearance, and texture substantially similar to that of a traditional reduced heavy cream but withstands stresses and abuses that are not tolerated by the traditional reduced heavy cream.
US09119411B2	Melt extrusion encapsulation of flavors and other encapsulates in a carrier containing spices and herbs Active encapsulation compositions which are stable in the glassy state at ambient temperatures are prepared by melt extrusion of a ternary carrier blend comprising of 1) a food polymer, 2) a spice or herb, and 3) a low molecular weight sugar or polyol. Such glassy matrices are useful for the encapsulation of encapsulates, in particular, flavors and medications.
US09119407B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for manufacturing food products Processes, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed relating to edible meat pieces obtained from a continuous process where each piece generally appears to be home cooked on a grill or cooked in a smoke house with randomized sear and grill marks and smoke aroma. The invention, in its various embodiments, provides processes for manufacturing shelf-stable food treats comprising: starting with proteinaceous material (ground or whole), mixing the proteinaceous material with preservatives and flavor enhancers to form a foodstuff, extruding proteinaceous material (if ground) through at least one die opening that is at least partially irregular to form at least one strip of extrudate, cooking the extrudate or whole proteinaceous material to form a cooked product, coating the cooked product with a basting solution, grilling the basted products to obtain grilled products with searing, grill marks, and smoke aroma; and cutting the grilled product at a cutting angle into pieces.
US09119404B2	Oyster liquor-collecting and oyster beak-opening device The new device of the present invention is a unique oyster-beak opening device with elements and mechanical features that allow the user of the device to capture an oyster's consumable liquor while safely opening the oyster's beak section. A user of the device can safely and efficiently open the oyster's beak section without the worry or actual potential of being stabbed or injured by this device while minimizing the unintended loss of the valuable oyster liquor.
US09119391B1	Polymer coated ceria nanoparticles for selective cytoprotection Methods, systems and compositions are disclosed wherein normal, non-transformed, healthy biological cells are protected from oxidative stress, radiation therapy and chemotherapy while diseased, transformed cells, such as, cancer cells, are provided no protection by the biocompatible, polymer coated nanoceria composition of the present invention. The polymer-coated nanoceria preparation herein exhibits no toxicity to normal cells and exhibits pH-dependent antioxidant properties at neutral or physiological pH values, between approximately 6.5 to approximately 11.0 and is inactive as an antioxidant at acidic pH values between approximately 2.0 to approximately 6.4. Improved therapeutic agents and cytoprotecting devices are based on the newly discovered, pH dependent properties of polymer-coated nanoceria that provide selective cytoprotection.
US09119389B2	Methods and systems for humane capture, maintenance, and release of wildlife A method for humane capture, maintenance, and release of wildlife includes capturing, by a wildlife capture unit, a wild animal in a wildlife containment unit. The method includes transmitting, by the wildlife capture unit, to a remote communications device, a notification of the capture of the wild animal. The method includes modifying, by the wildlife capture unit, an environmental condition of a wildlife containment unit to sustain the wild animal.
US09119384B2	Fishing reel A fishing reel can include a reel frame and a spool shaft extending through the reel frame and rotatably supported about the reel frame. A crankable handle can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft such that a rotation of the handle causes a rotation of the spool shaft. A non-rotating pivotable bail can be coupled to the reel frame. A spool can be mechanically coupled to the spool shaft and configured to rotate with the rotation of the spool shaft relative to the bail.
US09119382B2	Portable basket colony for growing and transport and method of use A colony basket and method of using the same for handling poultry from DOC through the growing process and on to a production facility comprising a harvesting system, a loading system, a transport system, an unloading and storing system, hanging system and cleaning system. The system and method performs the steps of harvesting and colonizing live poultry into a singly stackable and transportable colony basket, stacking and loading the trays on a transport, unloading and temporarily storing the poultry for subsequent processing.
US09119373B2	Facilities for and method of separating and sorting livestock Assembly comprising a passageway for livestock, the passageway being delimited by side delimitations, for passage of the livestock from a first space to a second space. The assembly comprises a gate system mounted in the passageway, the gate system comprising at least one self-closing gate leaf which is movable between a closed position and one or more open positions which include a pass position wherein passage to the second space is possible for an animal from the livestock, and wherein the gate leaf is moveable to an open position by pressure exerted by an animal from the livestock for passing through the passageway to the second space. The assembly also comprises a device for determining an ID of an animal from the livestock, and a device for blocking the gate leaf from moving to the pass position, wherein the blocking device can be activated to a blocking position in response to data from the ID determining device.
US09119363B1	Maize hybrid X05D977 A novel maize variety designated X05D977 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X05D977 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X05D977 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X05D977, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X05D977. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X05D977.
US09119358B1	Soybean variety XB54S12 A novel soybean variety, designated XB54S12 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB54S12, cells from soybean variety XB54S12, plants of soybean XB54S12, and plant parts of soybean variety XB54S12. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB54S12 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB54S12, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB54S12, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB54S12. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB54S12 are further provided.
US09119356B1	Soybean variety XBP08004 A novel soybean variety, designated XBP08004 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP08004, cells from soybean variety XBP08004, plants of soybean XBP08004, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP08004. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP08004 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP08004, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP08004, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP08004. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP08004 are further provided.
US09119343B1	Rail-mounted automated grass cutter The automated grass cutter is a sickle mower that is driven along a rail in order to autonomously cut grass. The automated grass cutter places a rail of an undefined length or track, which is supported via fence posts. A drive wheel system is engaged onto the rail in order to drive the sickle grass mower along the rail. The fence posts may include a fence rail spanning between consecutive fence posts. The sickle grass mower extends laterally from the rail, and relies on a drive motor to drive the drive wheel system and sickle mower along the rail. The sickle mower includes a reciprocating blade that reciprocates back and forth via movement of guide wheels.
US09119342B2	Methods for improving the robustness of an automated unloading system System utilizes stereo cameras to sense the position of a tractor-drawn grain cart relative to a combine during the unloading (on-the-go) process. The sensing system also detects the fill level of grain in the cart and adjusts the relative position of the tractor to the combine to achieve an even fill to the desired fill level.
US09119337B2	Foldable multipurpose apparatus A foldable multipurpose apparatus including a tool, a gripping mechanism, and a connecting element, extending along a first axis between the tool and the gripping mechanism, the tool being articulated at one end of the connecting element around a second axis transversal to the first axis, the gripping mechanism being articulated at an opposite end of the connecting element around a third axis separated from the second axis and transversal to the first axis. The second transversal axis and the third transversal axis are perpendicular to each other.
US09125334B2	Method for manufacturing multilayer printed circuit board In a method for manufacturing multilayer PCBs having n circuit layers, a double-sided flexible substrate strip is provided. The strip comprises a number of PCB units, each comprising m segments, wherein m=n/2 if n represents an even integer, and m=(n+1)/2 if n represents an odd integer. Each segment includes two foil portions. In a reel to reel process, the strip is treated to form n−2 foil portions of each PCB unit into traces, further remove one foil portion if n represents an odd integer. The other two foil portions are left untreated. Then the strip is cut to separate the PCB units from each other. The PCB unit is folded in such a manner that the traces are arranged between the other two foil portions. The folded PCB unit is laminated to form a multilayer substrate and traces are formed in the two foil portions.
US09125325B2	Container module with cooling system A container module includes a first container, a second container, a first passage and a second passage, a first fan and a second fan. The first passage and the second passage each are connected between the two containers. The two fans are installed at corresponding two junctions in the corresponding two passages, which can control the drawing and exhausting of the airflow between the two containers.
US09125321B2	Package A package includes a main unit having formed therein a through hole that penetrates the package from a first surface to a second surface; and a connection terminal that is provided inside the through hole. The second surface is a bottom surface of the main unit, and has an electric circuit incorporated therein. The connection terminal is electrically connected to the electric circuit incorporated in the main unit, and configured to be contactable by an insertion target that is inserted in the through hole from a side of an inserting direction.
US09125318B2	Handle lockout mechanism for scaling blade-style servers A system includes a chassis, first and second blade servers, and a scalability device. Each blade server is securable within the chassis and includes a scalability port, cam handle for selectively securing the blade server in the chassis, and handle latch for selectively latching the cam handle in a closed position, and lockout mechanism moveable into a position that blocks the handle latch in a latched position. The scalability device includes first and second scalability connectors, wherein positioning the scalability device so that the first scalability connector is coupled to a scalability port of the first blade server and the second scalability connector is coupled to a scalability port of the second blade server causes each lockout mechanism to move into the position that blocks the handle latches in the latched position. Accordingly, the scalability device must be removed before either of the blade servers can be removed.
US09125315B2	Conductive film and method for its production To provide a method for producing a conductive film with excellent transparency and conductivity by a simple method suitable for large-area production.A method for producing a conductive film comprising a step of placing a template (B), having openings in a mesh structure running from the side that is to contact a substrate (A) through to the back side, on the surface of the substrate (A), and spreading a dispersion (D) of conductive particles (P) on the surface of the substrate (A) on which the template (B) has been placed, and drying it, thereby forming a mesh-like structure (C) of the conductive particles (P) near the points of contact between the substrate (A) and the template (B), and then removing the template (B) from the substrate (A) to form a mesh-like structure (C) of the conductive particles (P) on the surface of the substrate (A).
US09125311B2	Hollow sealing structure A hollow sealing structure includes a substrate, an element part provided on a first surface of the substrate, a cap that covers the element part, and a resin layer that covers the cap. The substrate includes a positioning part positioning the cap. The cap includes a fixation part being arranged at the positioning part and fixing the cap on the substrate. The resin layer is connected to the positioning part and the fixation part.
US09125307B2	Flexible metal-cladded base material, method for producing flexible metal-cladded base material, printed wiring board, multilayer flexible printed wiring board, and flex-rigid printed wiring board The flexible metal-cladded base material pertaining to the present invention includes a metal foil and a first resin layer. The first resin layer is of a first resin composition containing a polyamide-imide resin. The polyamide-imide resin includes a first constituent unit represented by Formula (1) and a second constituent unit represented by Formula (2). The percentage of the second constituent unit is in a range of 5 to 35% by mol.
US09125302B2	Electronic equipment enclosures and methods related thereto Electronic equipment enclosures of the present disclosure are configured to house electronic equipment. The enclosures generally include vent opening configured to allow air to flow into and out of the enclosures, and fans configured to circulate the air within the enclosures around the electronic equipment housed therein. The enclosures also include backflow assemblies located between the vent openings and the fans, and configured to inhibit movement of unwanted materials through the enclosures between the vent openings and the fans. In addition, the backflow assemblies may include multiple vanes disposed adjacent the vent openings and arranged to block straight paths from the vent openings into the enclosures past the multiple vanes. The multiple vanes may be operable both to inhibit the movement of the unwanted materials through the enclosures and to allow air to flow out of the vent openings from the enclosures without moving.
US09125301B2	Integral heater assembly and method for carrier or host board of electronic package assembly A multilayer printed circuit board has an embedded heater layer having at least one elongated heater element trace of copper which is densely arranged in a predetermined circuitous path over at least part of the area of the board. The heater element has inputs configured for connection to a standard high current, low voltage power supply, and may also have ground connections for selective connection to a ground layer. The heater layer may be embedded in a carrier board of a surface mount module close to the lower solder interface layer, or may be embedded in a host board of an electronics assembly close to the mounting surface.
US09125298B2	Fused glass device housings An electronic device may have a glass housing structures. The glass housing structures may be used to cover a display and other internal electronic device components. The glass housing structure may have multiple glass pieces that are joined using a glass fusing process. A peripheral glass member may be fused along the edge of a planar glass member to enhance the thickness of the edge. A rounded edge feature may be formed by machining the thickened edge. Raised fused glass features may surround openings in the planar glass member. Multiple planar glass members may be fused together to form a five-sided box in which electronic components may be mounted. Raised support structure ribs may be formed by fusing glass structures to a planar glass member. Opaque masking material and colored glass may be used to create portions of the glass housing structures that hide internal device components from view.
US09125297B2	Protective enclosure for an electronic device A protective enclosure for an electronic device can include a structural layer having a plurality of openings. The structural layer can provide rigidity to the protective enclosure. The protective enclosure can include a flexible cushion layer disposed over an outer surface of the structural layer. The flexible cushion layer can provide cushioning to the protective enclosure and can include a plurality of protrusions extending through the plurality of openings in the structural layer inward toward an interior of the protective enclosure. The plurality of protrusions can be configured to make contact with an electronic device when installed in the protective enclosure.
US09125290B2	Flexible circuit electrode array Polymer materials are useful as electrode array bodies for neural stimulation. They are particularly useful for retinal stimulation to create artificial vision, cochlear stimulation to create artificial hearing, or cortical stimulation many purposes. The pressure applied against the retina, or other neural tissue, by an electrode array is critical. Too little pressure causes increased electrical resistance, along with electric field dispersion. Too much pressure may block blood flow. Common flexible circuit fabrication techniques generally require that a flexible circuit electrode array be made flat. Since neural tissue is almost never flat, a flat array will necessarily apply uneven pressure. Further, the edges of a flexible circuit polymer array may be sharp and cut the delicate neural tissue. By applying the right amount of heat to a completed array, a curve can be induced. With a thermoplastic polymer it may be further advantageous to repeatedly heat the flexible circuit in multiple molds, each with a decreasing radius. Further, it is advantageous to add material along the edges. It is further advantageous to provide a fold or twist in the flexible circuit array. Additional material may be added inside and outside the fold to promote a good seal with tissue.
US09125286B2	X-ray dose estimation technique Embodiments of the disclosure relate to projection-based volumetric dose estimation for X-ray systems, such as X-ray imaging systems. For example, in one embodiment, an X-ray system is capable of estimating an X-ray dose based on an energy interaction of the X-rays with respective portions of an object. In another embodiment, the X-ray dose estimate may be provided on a per voxel, per region, and/or per organ basis.
US09125276B2	Backlight unit including first and second driving currents and display apparatus using the same A backlight unit and a display apparatus are provided. The display apparatus includes a driving unit which applies a driving current using a duty cycle controlling to the light emitting unit; and a controller which controls a first driving current to be applied to the light emitting unit in a section of a plurality of frame sections, and a second driving current to be applied to the light emitting unit in another section of the plurality of frame sections. Therefore, luminance representation of backlight in a low grayscale region can be improved.
US09125266B2	LED driver operating in boundary condition mode An LED driver for controlling a current supplied to an LED fixture, the LED driver including a switched mode power supply (SMPS) for providing the current to the LED array and a control unit for controlling a switch of the SMPS. The control unit includes an input terminal connected to a current sensing circuit and the switch is connected to the LED fixture at a node downstream of the LED fixture. The current sensing circuit of the LED driver provides a feedback signal to the input terminal of the control unit; the current sensing circuit including a current sensor arranged to provide, when the switch is closed, the feedback signal representing a level of the current supplied to the LED fixture; the current sensing circuit further providing the feedback signal indicating a zero-crossing of the current supplied to the LED fixture when the switch is open.
US09125262B2	Circuit configuration for operating LEDs for a micromirror arrangement A circuit configuration for operating at least one LED, comprising: an input with a first input terminal (E1) and a second input terminal (E2) for coupling to a DC voltage supply (UG); an output having a first output terminal (A1) and a second output terminal (A2) for providing an output current (IA) to the at least one LED; a micromirror arrangement (12) comprising a plurality of micromirrors; a first control device (16) configured for providing, at the output thereof, a first control signal (Sa) for the micromirror arrangement (12), the first control signal (Sa) being synchronized to a first clock frequency (fc11); a switching regulator (10), the input thereof being coupled to the first input terminal (E1) and the second input terminal (E2), and the output thereof being coupled to the first output terminal (A1) and the second output terminal (A2), the switching regulator (10) comprising a switch (S1); and a second control device (18) configured for providing, at the output thereof, a second control signal (Sb) for the switch (S1) of the switching regulator (10); wherein the second control signal (Sb) is synchronized to a second clock frequency (fc12), wherein the equation fc12=n*fc11 applies, where nε.
US09125260B1	Control system for feedback controlled LED driving circuit A control system for a feedback controlled LED driving circuit, which includes a valley detect regulator unit and a control and feedback unit. The valley detect regulator unit detects a sine-like DC voltage input by a rectification unit, and stores the electric energy in the storage capacitor when the input voltage is lower than a preset valley voltage. The stored electric energy converted into the system required voltage by a system power supply unit. The control and feedback unit electrically connect to the feedback controlled LED driving circuit, providing PFC, step dimming or color temperature adjustment for driving the LED light-emitting element and detecting a feedback signal of the LED driver circuit for controlling an output current of the LED driver circuit or providing protective measures.
US09125259B1	Constant current drive circuit for multi-channel LED lighting An LED driver circuit is provided for driving a multi-channel LED string with constant and balanced current. The driver circuit includes a half-bridge inverter and a resonant tank circuit in a power stage. An isolating (first) transformer includes a primary winding coupled between a resonant tank output and circuit ground and a plurality of secondary windings, while a balancing (second) transformer includes a plurality of balancing windings. A plurality of output stages each provide an output power to a respective load, and each of the output stages further includes one of the balancing windings of the balancing transformer and one of the secondary windings of the isolating transformer coupled in series, and a rectifier circuit coupled to an output end of the series coupled windings. In an embodiment, an impedance value of the balancing transformer is further configured to be greater than three times a maximum load impedance value.
US09125258B2	Light source driving apparatus, light source device including the same and light source driving method of the light source driving apparatus Provided are a light source driving apparatus, a light source device including the same, and a light source driving method. The light source driving apparatus includes: a first external input terminal and a second external input terminal; a thermistor with an end connected to the first external input terminal; a discharge resistor with an end connected to the second external input terminal; and a switch which selectively connects, according to a control signal, another end of the discharge resistor to another end of the thermistor or the first external input terminal to the other end of the thermistor.
US09125252B1	Power line communication system and method for control of lamp dimming A power line communication system and signaling protocol is usable for quick dimming of an electronic ballast. An encoding circuit transmits message frames having encoded control signals across a AC power line. Each of a first set of frames includes a bit pattern corresponding to a lighting zone, and a second set of frames includes hamming-encoded bit patterns corresponding to respective hexadecimal digits of a dimming level for the lighting zone. A ballast in a first (quick-dim) configuration detects the second set of frames, decodes the hamming-encoded digits and immediately adjusts the ballast output to the desired power level. The ballast in a second (normal) configuration determines the desired power level based on a pattern density in the first set of frames, and adjusts the output current of the ballast accordingly. If the ballast of the first configuration fails to detect the second set of frames, it defaults to pattern density recognition.
US09125250B1	Constant current control based on indirect current sensing for critical conduction mode buck converter A light fixture includes a converter operable to drive a light source of the light fixture. The buck converter is operable to provide a predetermined average current to the light source or load. A switch of the buck converter is located in the low side of the buck converter such that a controller of the buck converter may drive the switch directly without the use of an isolation transformer. The buck converter controls operation of the switch based on current through the switch and current through the primary inductor of the buck converter.
US09125248B2	Intelligent LED drive power An intelligent LED drive power has an EMI filter, two AC/DC constant current units, a microcontroller, a switch unit, two state detect circuits and an assistant power. The input and output of the constant current units are alternatively connected to the output of the EMI filter and the LED light source through the switch unit. The inputs of each state detect circuits are separately connected to the output of one of the constant current units. The outputs of each state detect circuit are separately connected to the microcontroller input; the microcontroller output is connected to the switch unit input; the assistant power input is connected to the EMI filter output. The assistant power output is connected to the microcontroller. The switch controls the two AC/DC constant current units by detecting the mains supply input voltage and the AC/DC constant current unit output voltage and current.
US09125247B2	Electrical connections for film insert molded windows A plastic window including a transparent plastic substrate having first and second sides. Bonded to the first side of the substrate is a plastic film, the film being thinner than the substrate. An electrically conductive grid, including at least one conductive connector location, is encapsulated between the substrate and the film. Extending into the substrate, at least one electrical connector is positioned in electrical contact with the conductive mounting so that an electrical voltage supply can be connected to the conductive mounting and an electrical current can be caused to flow through the conductive grid.
US09125246B2	Heatable glazing inspection A method of inspecting a heatable glazing is disclosed. A heatable glazing comprises a heater array having at least one heater wire. The method comprises the steps of (i) illuminating the heatable glazing with a light source to produce a shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing; (ii) passing a sufficiently high electrical current through the heater array such that the heater wire is observable in the shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing, such a shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing being referred to as an active shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing; and (iii) capturing the active shadowgraph image of the heatable glazing with an imaging sensor. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also disclosed.
US09125235B2	Wireless communication signaling for aggregate data units Systems and techniques relating to wireless communications are described. A described technique includes obtaining data for transmission to a wireless communication device, the device being configured to process incoming transmissions based on an aggregate data unit format that specifies signaling for aggregating multiple medium access control (MAC) protocol data units (MPDUs); generating, based on the data and the aggregate data unit format, an aggregate MPDU (A-MPDU) that includes a single MPDU having a length greater than zero, the single MPDU residing in a subframe of the A-MPDU; setting a delimiter of the subframe to indicate that the single MPDU is the only MPDU within the A-MPDU that has a length greater than zero, and to cause the device to accept the A-MPDU without a corresponding block acknowledgement agreement; including, in a physical (PHY) frame, the A-MPDU; and transmitting the PHY frame to the device.
US09125234B1	Femtocell bridging in media local area networks A femtocell is provided. The femtocell comprises a processor, a memory, and a radio transceiver to communicate with a mobile communication device using a wireless cellular communication protocol and to communicate with the mobile communication device in a data session using one of evolution-data optimized (EV-DO), one times radio transmission technology (1x-RTT), high-speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), long-term evolution (LTE). The femtocell also comprises an application stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, receives simple service discovery protocol messages from a media local area network identifying content stored in the media local area network and provides information about the content to the mobile communication device.
US09125226B2	Wireless communication system, neighbor cell list optimization system, base station, and neighbor cell list update method The present invention is applicable to a wireless communication system provided with mobile terminals and base stations that manage cells to which the mobile terminals are connected. The wireless communication system of the present invention has a new cell detection unit that detects, from among neighbor cells which are adjacent to the cells to which the mobile terminals are connected, new cells that have newly started or whose operation has resumed or whose geographical range has changed, and a neighbor cell list generation unit which preferentially registers new cells that have been detected by the new cell detection unit in neighbor cell lists in which are registered neighbor cells that are candidates for handover destinations of the mobile terminals.
US09125222B2	Methods for coordinating transmission and reception operations of radio modules in a communications apparatus and communication apparatuses utilizing the same A method for coordinating transmission and reception operations of a first and a second radio module in a communications apparatus, the first radio module communicating with a first communications device in a first protocol to provide a first wireless communications service and the second radio module communicating with a second communications device in a second protocol to provide a second wireless communications service. The method includes estimating, by the first radio module, time remaining for the second radio module; receiving, by the second radio module, information regarding the estimated remaining time from the first radio module; determining, by the second radio module, whether time required for the operations of the second radio module exceeds the estimated remaining time; and scheduling, by the second radio module, operations of the second radio module according to the information regarding the estimated remaining time received from the first radio module.
US09125220B2	Mobile communication system, base station, and mobile communication method A radio network controller includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a radio communication state of a neighboring cell located around a cell formed by a base station which the mobile station camps on among base stations, and a level determination unit configured to determine the in-out reception level based on an acquisition result of the radio communication state by the acquisition unit. The level determination unit calculates an estimated reception level of the radio channel in a reception level tie point P in which the reception level of the radio channel transmitted by a base station 200 and the reception of the radio channel transmitted by a target base station 202 become substantially equal to each other, and determines the in-out reception level based on the calculated estimated reception level α.
US09125203B2	Method and apparatus for managing wireless communication network radio resources A method and apparatus for managing radio resources in one or more wireless communication networks. At least one radio resource manager (RRM) is provided within a network node, or as an independent entity. The RRM monitors performance on wireless communication links of the network(s) and interacts with nodes associated with those links to change the configuration on a particular wireless communication link if its performance (i.e., quality) falls below an established threshold. Information regarding current resource usage of the network is sent to the RRM by the nodes. Each of the nodes may send a quality report to the RRM including wireless communication link quality measurements and performance statistics. Alternatively, the RRM may perform the wireless communication link quality measurements. The RRM facilitates the broadcasting of information regarding current resource usage of one network to other networks to avoid collisions and interference.
US09125195B2	Method and terminal of transmitting an uplink signal with fewer transmission resource blocks to prevent a lowering in reference sensitivity in intra-band non-contiguous uplink carrier aggregation A method for transmitting an uplink signal by a user terminal includes: transmitting the uplink signal to a base station on a primary component carrier using allocated resource blocks (RBs), if a carrier aggregation (CA) is configured, if the configured CA corresponds to an intra-band CA, and if the configured CA corresponds to non-contiguous CA, wherein if a channel bandwidth by an aggregation of the primary component carrier and a secondary component carrier is at least one of 25 RBs, 50 RBs, 75 RBs and 100 RBs and if a gap between two sub-blocks corresponds to a predetermined range, the allocated resource blocks (RBs) in the primary component carrier is limited to 10 RBs to meet a requirement for a reference sensitivity on a downlink of the secondary component carrier.
US09125192B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink signal including data and control information via uplink channel A method and device for transmitting a first and second uplink signal, each having data and control information is provided. The method includes channel encoding the control information of the second uplink signal based on a number of symbols of control information to produce. The channel encoding includes determining the number of symbols in accordance with a payload size of the data of the first uplink signal and a total number of transmissible symbols of a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) of the first uplink signal.
US09125188B2	Carrier aggregation of carriers with subframe restrictions Embodiments contemplate enabling relay node uplink control information transmission on an interface between a relay node and a donor eNodeB (DeNB) in one or more subframes. Embodiments contemplate techniques to avoid restrictions on uplink transmissions on a cell (perhaps due to subframe configuration), such as on a primary cell, where the restrictions may make relay node uplink control information transmission difficult (if not impossible) on the interface between a relay node and a donor eNodeB (DeNB). Embodiments also contemplate that resources on the interface between the relay node and the donor eNodeB may be scheduled across one or more component carriers or serving cells.
US09125186B2	Wi-Fi access point and system for establishing data transmission channel A Wi-Fi access point (AP) is provided. The Wi-Fi AP includes a femtocell signaling interface, a WAN interface, a Wi-Fi AP radio access interface, and a controller sub-system. The controller sub-system connects with a user equipment through the femtocell signaling interface, and connects with a CN through the WAN interface. The controller sub-system performs a first security establishment with the user equipment, and performs a second security establishment with the cellular core network. The controller sub-system obtains security parameters according to the first security establishment and the second security establishment. The controller sub-system performs a first Wi-Fi bearer setup procedure and a second Wi-Fi bearer setup procedure with the user equipment and the cellular core network. The controller sub-system performs a security information exchange procedure with a Wi-Fi AP radio access interface. The controller sub-system establishes a data transmission channel with the UE according to the security parameters.
US09125176B2	Mobile terminal, base station and methods therein Embodiments herein relate to a method in a mobile terminal (10) for requesting access to a wireless communication system. The mobile terminal (10) receives broadcasted system information directly indicating first access request preambles for a first contention based channel, and indirectly indicating second access request preambles for a second contention based channel based on the directly indicated first access request preambles. The mobile terminal (10) further derives the second access request preambles from the first access request preambles. Additionally, the mobile terminal requests access using the second access request preambles or the first access request preambles to access the wireless communication system.
US09125173B2	Device and method for access probe enhancements Methods and wireless communication devices for access procedure enhancement are provided. The wireless communication device for access procedure enhancement includes a transceiver module and a communication protocol module. The transceiver module performs wireless transmissions and receptions to and from a network. The communication protocol module divides an access channel into a plurality of narrow band frequency division multiplexing (FDM) channels, groups a plurality of reverse link FDM access channels (R-FACH) into a plurality of R-FACH groups, determines whether a base station in a network supports an access probe. If yes, the base station joins at least one R-FACH group. The wireless communication device sends the access probe in a chosen R-FACH during each access procedure.
US09125170B2	Linking existing Wi-Fi access points into unified network A plurality of users are associated with a system having at least one information processor coupled to a communication network. Multiple wireless access points to the communication network are provided; and multiple of the users associated with the system are provided access to the communication network via the access points.
US09125164B2	Method of transmitting power headroom reporting in wireless communication system Disclosed is related to a method of effectively transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) from the terminal to the base station in an evolved universal mobile telecommunications system (E-UMTS) evolved from universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) or a long term evolution (LTE) system, and more particularly, to a method of providing the power headroom report after determinations of whether the power headroom reporting is triggered and whether allocated uplink resource(s) accommodate a medium access control (MAC) control element.
US09125163B2	Persistent interference mitigation in a wireless communication Techniques for transmitting data with persistent interference mitigation in a wireless communication system are described. A station (e.g., a base station or a terminal) may observe high interference and may send a request to reduce interference to interfering stations. The request may be valid for a time period covering multiple response periods. Each interfering station may grant or dismiss the request in each response period, may dismiss the request by transmitting at full power, and may grant the request by transmitting at lower than full power. The station may receive a response from each interfering station indicating grant or dismissal of the request by that interfering station in each response period. The station may estimate SINR based on the response received from each interfering station and may exchange data with another station based on the estimated SINR. Persistent interference mitigation may reduce signaling overhead and improve resource utilization and performance.
US09125159B2	Mobile terminal and operation control method thereof Disclosed herein is a mobile terminal and an operation control method thereof in which the status of a wireless communication unit is controlled based on a user's usage pattern for the wireless communication unit in the mobile terminal, thereby reducing the consumption of a battery caused by the abuse of the wireless communication unit in the mobile terminal and allowing the user to conveniently connect to an external device. In order to accomplish the foregoing object, the mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a wireless communication unit; a storage unit configured to store a usage pattern of the wireless communication unit; and a controller configured to provide an interface of changing or capable of changing the wireless communication unit to an active or inactive state based on the usage pattern, wherein the usage pattern is changed based on time or location information.
US09125157B2	Paging method and apparatus for communication of M2M/MTC device operating in high power saving reception mode in a mobile communication system, and system thereof Method is provided for communicating with a User Equipment (UE) supporting a High Power Saving Reception Mode (HPSRM) mode by an evolved Node B (eNB) in a wireless communication system. The method includes receiving Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle information from a network entity performing mobility management for the UE by the eNB communicating with the UE over a wireless link; and broadcasting system information including the DRX cycle information. The DRX cycle information is set longer than DRX cycle information of a UE non-supporting the HPSRM mode. By doing so, an efficient paging method for an UE operating in the HPSRM mode may be provided.
US09125154B2	Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of simultaneous receivers in a wireless communications device A method for power management for use in system selection by simultaneous receivers taking into account power use during an idle state. A power penalty is determined for each of a plurality of wireless technology systems available to a receiver when conducting page monitoring sequences. Combined power penalties are determined for various combinations of wireless technology systems. Wireless technology systems are selected in a preferred combination having a least combined power penalty for monitoring pages during an idle mode.
US09125148B2	Method and apparatus for enabling provision of routing information and network selection information to one or more devices An apparatus for providing route information to a device(s) may include a processor and memory storing executable computer program code that cause the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving route information from a network device defining rules for devices for connection to a network(s). The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to convert the route information into a type of packet data to obtain route selection information corresponding to the route information. The route selection information is generated on behalf of a device(s) that is unable to communicate with the network device to use the route information to select an interface(s) for communication of content. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to provide the route selection information to the device to utilize the route information to select an interface(s) for communication of data. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.
US09125129B2	Mobile communication device and associated control method A mobile communication device for a wireless communication network includes an evaluation module, a determination module and an informing module. The evaluation module evaluates a connection ability between the mobile communication device and a plurality of base stations. The determination module determines whether a report is to be issued according to the connection ability and a customized rule different from a standard rule. The standard rule corresponds to a threshold of the connection ability defined by the wireless communication network. When a determination result of the determination module is yes, the informing module issues the report to the wireless communication network.
US09125128B2	Telephone with automatic switching between cellular and VoIP networks A mobile communication device includes, in part, a cellular communication module, a first antenna adapted to receive and transmit data between the mobile communication module and a cellular network, a Wireless Fidelity (Wi-Fi) communication module, a second antenna adapted to receive and transmit data between the Wi-Fi communication module and a VoIP network, a signal monitoring circuit, and a switching circuit adapted to switch an existing communication from the cellular communication module to the Wi-Fi communication module or vice versa.
US09125125B2	Method for performing handover in broadband wireless access system The present invention relates to a broadband wireless access system, and more specifically aims to define an efficient handover (HO) procedure when a base station having a relatively narrow coverage, such as femto base station, and a macro base station are both present. A method for performing a handover by a mobile station (MS) in a broadband wireless access system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining the type of a target base station that satisfies the pre-set handover trigger conditions; starting the handover procedure for the target base station when the target base station is a first type base station according to the determined results, and starting a first timer when the target base station is a second type base station having narrower coverage than the first type base station according to the determined results; and determining whether communication with the target base station is possible after the first timer has been completed, if the first timer had been started.
US09125119B2	Transitioning of a packet-switched emergency call between first and second types of wireless access networks A mobile station that is initially attached to a first type of wireless access network is involved in a packet-switched emergency call. Upon detection of transitioning of the mobile station, a message is sent indicating transitioning of the mobile station from the first type wireless access network to the second type wireless access network to cause the packet-switched emergency call to be performed over the second type wireless access network.
US09125118B2	Method and apparatus for performing access control in wireless communication system A method and apparatus of performing access control in a wireless communication system is provided. A first home eNodeB (eNB) determines whether an X2 interface between the first HeNB and a second HeNB is available or not for an X2 handover based on a cell access mode of the second HeNB. Or, a first macro eNB determines whether an X2 interface between the first macro eNB and a second HeNB is available or not for an X2 handover based on a cell access mode of the second HeNB. Or, access control is performed by a home eNB gateway (GW).
US09125114B2	Inter radio access technology (IRAT) measurement A user equipment (UE) may perform an inter radio access technology (IRAT) measurement in time slots not deemed to be carrying critical data. In such instances, the UE only transmits and decodes critical data in the critical time slots when a serving cell signal is low for a determined period of time. Otherwise, when the time slots do not carry critical data, i.e., non-critical time slots, the UE stops transmitting and decoding and uses the non-critical time slots for IRAT measurement.
US09125111B2	Methods and systems for inter-RAT handover in multi-mode mobile station Described herein are aspects related to communicating with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second RAT, wherein a set of multi-input, multi-output (MIMO) resources is allocated for communication between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS) of the first RAT. A request message is sent to the BS of the first RAT requesting reallocation of at least a portion of the set of MIMO resources in a scan duration. During the scan duration, signals are received from a BS of the second RAT over a reallocated subset of the set of MIMO resources and communications occur with the BS of the first RAT over a non-reallocated subset of the set of MIMO resources. During a normal duration subsequent to the scan duration, communications occur with the BS of the first RAT using the set of MIMO resources including at least some of the reallocated subset of the set of MIMO resources.
US09125109B1	Determining a reordering timer In systems and method of determining a reordering timer in a wireless communication network, when it is determined that a packet reordering of a plurality of data packets meets a reordering threshold, a handover probability that the wireless device will be handed over to a second access node is estimated based on a first congestion metric of the first access node and a second congestion metric of the second access node. The plurality of data packets is examined to determine application requirements of an application of the wireless device. Based on the handover probability, the application requirements and the second congestion metric, a reordering timer is determined for use by the second access node.
US09125099B2	Access point, communication system and method for estimating a path loss value therefor A method for estimating a path loss value for a femto cell. The method comprises, at the femto access point of the femto cell, receiving at least one indication of signal strength for at least one neighbor cell from at least one wireless communication unit, analyzing the received at least one indication of signal strength for the at least one neighbo cell to determine at least one location characteristic, and estimating a path loss value for the femto cell based at least partly on the determined at least one location characteristic.
US09125096B2	Method and apparatus for reducing interference in a wireless system Techniques for performing interference reduction are described. In a design of an apparatus, system, method and computer program of the present disclosure, a mobile device may at least partially identify an interfering resource using at least energy received from the interfering resource, and the mobile device may report the interfering resource to a base station for mitigation of the interference. The identifying may include extracting, from the received energy, information distinguishing the interfering resource from other devices. The interfering resource may interfere in one of a communication time slot, and a communication frequency.
US09125095B2	User apparatus and method in mobile communication system A method in which a user apparatus including at least operation modes of a connection mode (CONN) and an idle mode (IDLE), includes: a measurement unit that measures radio quality in the idle mode according to measurement target information indicating that the user apparatus is set beforehand to report a measurement value of radio quality to a base station; a storage unit that stores the measurement target information and the measurement value of radio quality measured by the measurement unit; and a transmission unit that transmits, in the connection mode, an indicator indicating that there is the measurement value of radio quality to the base station, and transmits a report signal including the measurement value of radio quality according to a request from the base station, wherein when a predetermined condition for deleting measurement target information (configuration flush condition) is satisfied, the storage unit deletes the measurement target information.
US09125084B2	Systems and methods for performing layer one link aggregation over wireless links A first layer one link aggregation master comprises a first port coupled to receive customer traffic; a first channel; a second channel; an aggregation engine coupled to the first and second channels; a first switch circuit coupled to the first port and to the first channel, and configured to communicate the customer traffic from the first port over the first channel to the aggregation engine, the aggregation engine including a splitter circuit configured to use layer one information to segment at least a portion of the customer traffic into a first virtual container and a second virtual container, the aggregation engine further including an encapsulation circuit configured to encapsulate the second virtual container using Ethernet standards for transport over the second channel; a radio access card configured to generate an air frame based on the first virtual container for wireless transmission over a first wireless link of a link aggregation group to the receiver; and a second switch circuit coupled to the second channel, and configured to communicate the Ethernet-encapsulated second virtual container over an Ethernet cable to a slave for wireless transmission over a second wireless link of the link aggregation group to the receiver.
US09125083B2	Multiple access communication The application concerns interference mitigation in a CSMA/CA system (e.g. WLAN/WIFI); a distinction is made between two kinds of interference, namely “noise” and “congestion/collision”; a measure of congestion is determined as follows: if packets are queued waiting for transmission, a timer is started and the clear channel assessment (CCA) function is initiated. Periodically a check is made to determine whether a channel is available and when a channel becomes available the first queued packet is transmitted and the timer is stopped. The value recorded by the timer is used to indicate a measure of congestion.
US09125081B2	Adaptive cross-radio access technology (RAT) channel assignment Systems and methods for channel assignment configuration in a multiple access point (AP) environment are provided. The multiple APs can be homogeneous or heterogeneous and can implement one or more radio access technologies (RATs), including Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (M-MIMO) RATs. A channel assignment configuration for a user equipment (UE) can identify one or more communication channels to be established to serve the UE by one or more of the APs.
US09125073B2	Quality-aware adaptive streaming over hypertext transfer protocol using quality attributes in manifest file A wireless network device to support quality-aware adaptive media streaming includes a radio-frequency transceiver, a processor operably coupled to the radio-frequency transceiver, and a memory device operably coupled to the processor. The memory storing instructions that configure the processor to parse a manifest file to read information characterizing media content available for hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming, obtain quality information of the media content based on a quality attribute parsed from the manifest file, and dynamically switch streaming between different encoded portions of the media content in response to the quality information for an encoded portion of the media content deviating from a desired quality value.
US09125067B2	System and method for mobile location using ranked parameter labels A system and method for generating a calibration database in a communications network. A grid of geographic locations may be generated to cover a region in a communications network having a plurality of cellular sites. A set of network measurement reports (NMRs) is generated for the region, the NMR being a collection of measurement parameters observed at selected geographic locations in the grid. A label may then be generated representing a first measurement parameter observed from ones of the plural cellular sites at one of the selected geographic locations, the label including a relative ranking by cellular site of the first measurement parameter. Using this generated label, a calibration database for the communications network may be populated and locations of mobile devices determined therefrom.
US09125060B2	Methods, systems, and computer program products for intercepting, in a carrier network, data destined for a mobile device to determine patterns in the data A method includes intercepting, in a carrier network, data communicated from a sending entity and destined for a mobile device, comparing the data that has been intercepted with a data pattern to determine whether the data that has been intercepted matches the data pattern, and blocking the data that has been intercepted from reaching the mobile device when the data that has been intercepted matches the data pattern.
US09125059B2	Password-free, token-based wireless access A method, system, and/or computer program product establish a password-free, token-based wireless network access for a mobile device that is within a wireless communication range of a wireless access point. A wireless connection is established between the mobile device and the wireless access point, where the wireless connection utilizes an extended existing protocol, and where the extension of the existing protocol is based on data stored as content in a data field in a token stored in a memory of the mobile device. The mobile device transmits a portion of the token as part of an initialization message to a verification server that is connected to the wireless access point. The mobile device receives a confirmation message for establishing the wireless connection based on a verification application running on the verification server.
US09125058B2	Method and system for selecting VPN connections in response to wireless network identifiers A method and system for providing connections from a wireless access point. The wireless access point has multiple VPN tunnels. The access point detects a wireless-network identifier (such as a service set identifier (SSID)) provided by a terminal via an air interface, and the access point uses the wireless-network identifier as a basis to select one of the VPN tunnels. The access point then sends communication from the terminal via the selected VPN tunnel.
US09125051B2	Protocol for allocating upstream slots over a link in a point-to-multipoint communication system A system for controlling a contention state for a communication link between a base station controller and customer premises equipment in point-to-multipoint communication. The contention state is controlled using a state machine, which includes a grant pending absent state in which a unicast request slot is maintained open for use by the customer premises equipment. During the grant pending absent state, the customer premises equipment sends no upstream data to the base station controller but can use the unicast request slot to request a data slot for sending upstream data to the base station controller. In the grant pending state, the customer premises equipment preferably uses piggybacking to request grant of a next data slot while sending upstream data to the base station controller.
US09125048B2	Method and/or apparatus for location privacy via uniform resource identifier (URI) provisioning The subject matter disclosed herein relates in one particular implementation to a method, apparatus, and/or system for transmitting, by a location server, a location identifier to a mobile device. The location identifier may be transmitted from the mobile device to one or more trusted entities. Access to a location estimate of the mobile device may be selectively authorized at least partially in response to a request received at the mobile device from the location server including the location identifier.
US09125047B2	Cloud-based radio access network for small cells A wireless communications system is disclosed. The system comprises a baseband processing unit (BBU) pool including one or more baseband processing units (BBUs), and a plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) connected to the BBU pool through a front-haul network, wherein the wireless communications system has a plurality of sectors, each of which includes one or more small cells, each of which is deployed by one of the plurality of RRHs, wherein a BBUs is mapped to two or more RRHs in a sector in a one-to-many configuration, and a BBU is mapped to a single RRH in a sector in a one-to-one configuration, and wherein a combination of the one-to-one configuration and the one-to-many configuration is applied to each sector. Other systems, apparatuses, and methods also are disclosed.
US09125035B2	Call preview system A caller may initiate a phone call to a device. A call preview system may send a preview message in conjunction with the phone call. The preview message may contain preview information that identifies the caller. The call preview system may use a text or media messaging service to send the preview message. Callers can manage their own preview information relieving each user from continuously updating contact information in personal contact directories. The call preview system may use different schemes for initiating phone calls. In one example, the call preview system may initiate or forward phone calls in conjunction with sending the preview message. In another example, the call preview system may delay calling a phone number or delay forwarding the phone call until a message is received acknowledging the preview message or accepting the phone call.
US09125028B2	Methods and apparatus for vehicle state control A system includes a processor configured to receive a text message from a remote device including an instruction for a vehicle system. The processor is also configured to determine a specific vehicle associated with the remote device. Further, the processor is configured to send the instruction as a text message to a phone provided to the specific vehicle associated with the remote device. The processor is additionally configured to receive confirmation from the vehicle that the instruction was processed and send a confirmation text to the remote device.
US09125025B2	Wireless communication system and method A device and method arranged to control access to resources of a communication network by a User Equipment (UE). One embodiment includes an apparatus for a user equipment for use in controlling access to resources of a communication network, the apparatus including a processing system arranged to cause the apparatus to: monitor for a change in a state of association between a Closed Subscriber Group (CSG) cell and the user equipment, said CSG cell having a Public Land Mobile Network Identity (PLMN ID) and a CSG Identity (CSG ID) associated therewith; and in response to a said change, communicate data indicative of the change, of said CSG ID and of said PLMN ID, for receipt by a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) associated with the user equipment, whereby to enable the UICC to control access to resources of said CSG cell.
US09125021B2	Methods and apparatuses for use in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions Methods and apparatuses are provided which may be implemented in various devices for to determine or assist in determining that a mobile station is at one or more particular indoor regions and to provide positioning assistance data and/or the like to the mobile station with regard to at least the one or more particular indoor regions.
US09125016B2	Tracking of physical locations An apparatus and method for tracking physical locations from which a service is provided are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a communication module operable to send and receive messages, a location identifier and a query element operable to request the communication module to send a location request message for a service. The communication module is operable to receive a location response message responsive to said location request message, said location response message comprising location information for the service; and forward the location information of the service to the location identifier. The location identifier is operable to identify the physical location associated with the location information of the service.
US09125015B2	User activity tracking system and device The present disclosure provides a system for tracking and recording movements of a mobile communication device that includes one or more movement sensors. The mobile communication device communicates sensor signals to the system, wherein the sensor signals are indicative of motion associated with activities to which the mobile communication device is exposed by its user. The sensor signals are pre-classified to generate the intermediate data, where the intermediate data is processed in one or more processors to generate indications of likely activities associated with the sensor signals, and an aggregate of the indications is computed to provide an analysis of activities associated with the sensor signals. The information indicating most likely activity types is then sent to the mobile communication device.
US09125014B2	Location-based ticket books Location-based ticket books are described. A mobile device can present a virtual ticket to a service provider based on a location of the mobile device. The mobile device can receive a virtual ticket for accessing a service from a service provider. The virtual ticket can be associated with a signal source. The signal source can be pre-programmed to broadcast a beacon signal that includes an identifier identifying the signal source. The signal source can be placed at a venue where the service is available. The mobile device, upon arriving at the venue, can detect the beacon signal from the signal source. In response, the mobile device can activate a ticket manager. The ticket manager can automatically select, from a ticket book, the virtual ticket associated with the signal source. The mobile device can present content of the selected virtual ticket at the venue where the service is available.
US09125010B2	Systems and methods to implement demand response events A computing device for use with a demand response system is provided. The computing device includes an interface for receiving customer data that includes at least a location for each customer and/or a preference selection made by each customer associated with at least one demand response program. A processor coupled to the interface and programmed to select a plurality of participants from the customer data to receive a plurality of signals representative of at least one demand response event. The processor selects the participants based at least in part on the customer location and/or the preference selection associated with each customer.
US09125009B2	Determination and representation of call appropriateness A method, performed by a mobile communication device, may include receiving a request to call a contact; determining a location associated with the contact; determining a local time associated with the contact based on the determined location; and determining an appropriateness level for calling the contact, based on the determined local time. The method may further include generating a graphical representation that relates a local time associated with the mobile communication device, the local time associated with the contact, and an indication of the determined appropriateness level for calling the contact.
US09124999B2	Method and apparatus for wireless communications in a process control or monitoring environment A method in a communication device that implements a communication stack to wirelessly communicate with a remote device according to a general purpose wireless communication protocol, where the remote device operates in a process control environment, includes receiving a request from a software module to establish a wireless communication link with the remote device, establishing a direct connection between the software module and the communication stack, where the direct connection is free of intermediate services, and communicating process data between the software module and the remote device in accordance with an industrial automation protocol over the wireless communication link, where the wireless communication link utilizes the general purpose wireless communication protocol.
US09124993B2	Hearing aid with a wireless transceiver and method of fitting a hearing aid A hearing aid comprising a wireless transceiver (100) having an inductive antenna (101) and a trimming capacitor (104, 105, 300, 404) with at least two parallel signal paths, wherein at least one of said signal paths comprises a first capacitor (309, 310, 311, 312), a second capacitor (301, 302, 303, 304) and a switching transistor (305, 306, 307, 308) arranged such that the switching transistor (305, 306, 307, 308) is coupled in parallel with said first capacitor (309, 310, 311, 312) and coupled in series with said second capacitor (301, 302, 303, 304), whereby the voltage drop across the switching transistor (305, 306, 307, 308), when the switching transistor is set to off, will be lower than the voltage applied across the trimming capacitor (104, 105, 300, 404) due to voltage division between said first capacitor (309, 310, 311, 312) and said second capacitor (301, 302, 303, 304). The invention also provides a method of fitting a wireless transceiver (100) for a hearing aid.
US09124989B2	Hearing aid sleeve A hearing aid sleeve is made from a pliable and flexible rubber material. The sleeve is configured to minimize acoustic feedback in an ear canal by restricting movement of a hearing aid relative to the ear canal. The hearing aid sleeve includes a pliable rubber body configured to flex to the contours of an ear canal, the rubber body having an outer surface. The opposing ends of the sleeve form a tapered contour. An aperture passes from a first end to a second end. The aperture is configured to accept contact with the hearing aid. The outer surface of the body is configured to flex to the contour of the ear canal and grip the surface of the ear canal, thereby increasing the compressive forces around the hearing aid sufficient to minimize acoustic feedback.
US09124980B2	System and method for optimized playback of audio signals through headphones The application discloses a system and method for playback of audio signals though a large variety of headphone devices. To optimize playback, the specific headphone device is identified so the proper amplifier gain and equalization settings can be applied. Such identification is determined by measuring the headphone impedance as a function of frequency, and comparing the impedance data with data of know devices in a database. Once a match is found, the appropriate audio gain and equalization settings can be applied.
US09124979B2	Method and apparatus for sensory substitution An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.
US09124965B2	Adaptive system for managing a plurality of microphones and speakers Methods and systems are provided for adaptively managing a plurality of microphones and speakers in an electronic device. A mode of operation of the electronic device may be determined, and operation of at least one speaker may be managed, based on the determined mode of operation. The managing may comprise adaptively switching or modifying functions of the at least one speaker. For example, the at least one speaker may be configured to act as microphone or as vibration detector. Input obtained using the at least one speaker may be utilized in optimizing audio related functions, such as noise reduction and/or acoustic echo canceling.
US09124961B2	Control device for driving multi-function speaker by using digital mixing scheme and related control method thereof A control device and an associated method for driving a multi-function speaker supporting a plurality of predetermined functions including at least an audio function and a non-audio function includes a digital signal mixing block and a digital-to-analog block. The digital signal mixing block is arranged for receiving a plurality of digital input signals corresponding to the predetermined functions, respectively, and generating a digital mixed signal according to the digital input signals. The digital-to-analog block is coupled to the digital signal mixing block, for generating an analog driving signal to the multi-function speaker according to the digital mixed signal.
US09124959B2	High connectivity multiple dimension optical network in glass An optical communications system includes a first plurality of optical components having optical ports, a second plurality of optical components having optical ports and an optical cross-connect. The optical cross-connect includes a block of a single continuous construction and material having a first side adjacent the first optical components and a second side adjacent the second optical components, and a plurality of non-intersecting, continuous waveguides formed within the block and extending from the first side of the block to the second side of the block. The refractive index of each waveguide is different than the surrounding material of the block, and each waveguide changes direction at least once within the block. The waveguides are optically aligned with the optical ports of the first optical components at the first side of the block and with the optical ports of the second optical components at the second side of the block.
US09124955B2	Vehicle driver monitor and a method for monitoring a driver A method and a monitor for monitoring a driver of a vehicle, the monitor includes: multiple sensors coupled to at least one vehicle element or integrated with at least one vehicle element; a processor for: receiving physiological information relating to the driver from the multiple sensors; detecting, based on the physiological information, a health problem of the driver, an awareness level of the driver and a stress level of the driver; determining a selected action to be performed based on the detection, wherein the action is selected from a list consisting of: establishing a call to a remote assistance site, transmitting the physiological information to a remote assistance site, generating an audio alert, and generating a visual alert; and assisting in a completion of the selected action.
US09124954B2	Video processing device for generating time-coded metadata based on a search and methods for use therewith A video processing device includes a content analyzer that receives a video signal and generates content recognition data based on the video signal, wherein the content recognition data is associated with at least one timestamp included in the video signal. A metadata search device generates time-coded metadata in response to content recognition data and in accordance with the at least one time stamp. A metadata association device generates a processed video signal from the video signal, wherein the processed video signal includes the time-coded metadata.
US09124944B1	Synchronization of control signal transmissions for a multicast service In a method for transmitting control signals in a multicast communication system, wherein the multicast communication system broadcasts one or more multicast channels, one or more occurrences of a first control signal are transmitted. The first control signal includes at least control information corresponding to the one or more multicast channels. Additionally, one or more occurrences of a second control signal are transmitted for each of the one or more multicast channels. The second control signal includes at least control information corresponding to the respective multicast channel. At least one transmission of an occurrence of the second control signal is synchronized with at least one transmission of an occurrence of the first control signal.
US09124937B2	Multi-option sourcing of content and interactive television A content manager receives a request to display a content guide of available content. In response to receiving the request, the content manager initiates display of the content guide on a display screen. In the displayed content guide, the content manager initiates display of multiple selectable content viewing options. A first selectable channel viewing option of the multiple content viewing options can be configured to correspond to a television channel from which to view content originating from a content sponsor. A second channel viewing option of the multiple content viewing options can be configured to correspond to an auxiliary channel with respect to the television channel from which to access available over-the-top content associated with the content originating from the content sponsor. Accordingly, a user can be easily notified of the availability of content on a television channel and over-the-top content associated with the television channel.
US09124931B2	Managing a TV application for over-the-top TV A method of displaying content on a TV using over-the-top (OTT) processes where the viewer has a user experience similar to or identical with conventional TV usage. The viewer powers on the TV and the last channel or service that was watched is displayed wherein all the content is displayed using OTT and the viewer does not have to execute any other steps, such as going to an app menu and launching a TV app in order to watch OTT content. It is determined whether an input source for the TV is set to a virtual input source. A TV app that enables OTT viewing (viewing TV content via an IP network) is executed. Once the TV app launches, normal TV operations can be performed. The virtual input source of the TV is linked to the TV application.
US09124927B2	Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
US09124926B2	Server device and network system A server device includes a communicating portion that sends content data through a communication network to a client machine and a controlling portion that acquires processing capability information of the client machine that plays back the content data, and generates a playback format list that includes playback format information corresponding to the content data, based on, at least, the processing capability information acquired for the client machine. The content data is converted into a playback format based on playback format information selected by the client machine side from the playback format list, and is sent through the communicating portion to the client machine.
US09124922B2	Capture of stylized TV table data via OCR In certain implementations consistent with the present invention, a method of detecting text in a television video display table involves saving a frame of video to a memory device; determining that the frame of video contains a table having cells containing text; storing a working copy of the frame of video to a memory; isolating text in the table by: removing any table boundaries from the image; removing any cell boundaries from the image; determining if the image has three dimensional or shadow attributes and removing any three dimensional or shadow attributes identified; thereby producing text isolated against a contrasting color background; and processing the isolated text using an optical character recognition (OCR) engine to extract the text as data. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09124920B2	Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify media presentation devices Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to identify media presentation devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method to identify a media presentation device includes intercepting, using a processor in communication with a local network, a data packet comprising a source identification, the data packet being addressed to a destination in a wide area network and originating from a media presentation device in the local network, identifying a device type of the media presentation device based on the source identification, and storing the device type and an indication of media exposure.
US09124919B2	Remote network video content recorder system A concept and method for the remote management of and recording of digital video content from a remote IP video camera to an application server via the internet. The recorder system comprises a user device capable of running a user interface, a server running a communications interface, a recorder module, and a digital recording device, and at least one remote IP camera. Upon system initialization, a recorder object and an associated unique ID for the recorder instance are transmitted with the user interface to the user device. A remote user of the device may request a video image from an associated remote camera to be sent to the server where it is recorded on the recording device. The image does not transmit to the user device, minimizing bandwidth requirements on the control side. The server provides a safe, secure and network-optimized environment for capturing the recording.
US09124918B2	Digital broadcast receiver controlled by screen remote controller and space remote controller and controlling method thereof A data processing method and a television controlled by a remote controller are described. The television includes a tuner to receive a broadcast program, an infrared (IR) module to receive an IR signal from a physical remote controller, a controller to change a power-off state into a power-on state based on the received IR signal, a radio frequency (RF) module configured to receive an RF signal from the physical remote controller, and a display module to display a screen remote controller in a predetermined region while displaying the received broadcast program in a screen of the television. The screen remote controller's size is changeable depending on a user's selection. The screen remote controller comprises a first control region comprised of sub-regions used to change at least one channel of the television and a second control region comprised of at least one sub-region used to link to the Internet.
US09124916B2	Interactive reward associated with a broadcast An interactive technique for generating a supplementary, program-related output. A programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal containing rewards data for product or service purchases are combined into a broadcast signal which is then broadcast from a program signal source. The broadcast signal is received, and the programming signal of the received broadcast signal is performed with reproduction equipment for an audience. The rewards data is stored on a portable storage media for use in accessing rewards corresponding to the rewards data. The rewards data can be used for printing coupons used in redeeming the rewards or for use in accessing rewards validation codes for storage on the portable storage media. The portable storage media and/or the printed coupons can then be used to purchase the corresponding goods or services.
US09124915B2	National insertion of targeted advertisement Systems and methods are disclosed that allow for providing targeted asset/advertisements for broadcast-wide programming feeds. The systems and methods allow network platforms to select among asset options provided with a content stream and/or replace assets in the content stream. In one arrangement, after selecting an asset, the asset is inserted into the content stream and the content stream is disseminated to subsequent network platforms (e.g., local platforms). At this time, the local platforms may insert local assets into the content stream in predetermined local asset insertion spots.
US09124913B2	Wireless communication device and wireless communication method As a parameter control unit that controls video encoding parameters regarding video encoding in a video encoding unit and transmission channel parameters regarding error correction coding and modulation in a channel coding/modulation unit so as to be linked to each other, a cross layer rate control unit is provided. The cross layer rate control unit performs variable control of the GOP size according to propagation changes by reducing the GOP size when the amount of change in the predicted value of the PHY transmission rate is larger than a determined amount of change and increasing the GOP size when the amount of change in the predicted value of the PHY transmission rate is equal to or less than the determined amount of change.
US09124912B2	System and method for saving and recalling state data for media and home appliances A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.
US09124910B2	Systems and methods of processing closed captioning for video on demand content A method includes receiving closed captioning data at a computing device. The closed captioning data is associated with a video on demand asset and is represented in a first format. The method also includes, during a single video on demand streaming session, converting the closed captioning data from the first format to a platform-independent format and converting the closed captioning data from the platform-independent format to a second format. The method further includes transmitting, during the single video on demand streaming session, the closed captioning data in the second format to a destination device.
US09124903B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video by using deblocking filtering, and method and apparatus for decoding video by using deblocking filtering A method and apparatus for encoding video by using deblocking filtering, and a method and apparatus for decoding video by using deblocking filtering are provided. The method of encoding video includes: splitting a picture into a maximum coding unit; determining coding units of coded depths and encoding modes for the coding units of the maximum coding unit by prediction encoding the coding units of the maximum coding unit based on at least one prediction unit and transforming the coding units based on at least one transformation unit, wherein the maximum coding unit is hierarchically split into the coding units as a depth deepens, and the coded depths are depths where the maximum coding unit is encoded in the coding units; and performing deblocking filtering on video data being inversely transformed into a spatial domain in the coding units, in consideration of the encoding modes.
US09124894B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video by compensating for pixel value according to pixel groups, and method and apparatus for decoding video by the same Provided are a method and apparatus of encoding a video by compensating for a pixel value and a method and apparatus of decoding a video by compensating for a pixel value. The method of encoding the video includes: encoding image data; decoding the encoded image data and generating a restored image by performing loop filtering on the decoded image data; determining a compensation value corresponding to errors between a predetermined group restored pixels in the restored image and corresponding original pixels, and a pixel group including a restored pixel to be compensated for by using the compensation value; and encoding the compensation value and transmitting the encoded compensation value and a bitstream of the encoded image data.
US09124884B2	Image display device and method for operating the same An image display device and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method for operating the image display device including a plurality of backlight lamp includes receiving a 3-Dimensional (3D) image, alternately aligning the left-eye image and the right-eye image of the 3D image, and displaying any one of the aligned left- and right-eye images if a display switching signal for switching the 3D image to a 2-Dimensional (2D) image is input. In the displaying step, the backlight lamps are turned on in synchronization with any one of the aligned left- and right-eye images. Accordingly, it is possible to easily view the 3D image as the 2D image.
US09124883B2	3D shutter glasses synchronization signal through stereo headphone wires 3D shutter glasses with a synchronization signal sent through a stereo headphone wire are presented. In some embodiments, the 3D shutter glasses receive a synchronization signal through the same wire that transmits audio data to headphones or other audio devices. The synchronization signal may be combined with the audio data through various techniques so as to not disrupt the audio a listener hears, but to still provide the data to the 3D shutter glasses to synchronize with a display.
US09124882B2	3D glasses, display apparatus and control method thereof A display apparatus switching between a two-dimensional (2D) display mode and a three-dimensional (3D) display mode is provided. The display apparatus includes: an imaging device configured to capture an image a pair of 3D glasses worn by a user to view an image displayed in the 3D display mode, wherein the 3D glasses are switchable between a plurality of different states; a transmitter/emitter module configured to remotely control the 3D glasses so as to switch the states of the 3D glasses; and a controller configured to determine whether the user is wearing the 3D glasses based on a state of the 3D glasses in the image captured by the imaging device, and to control the display apparatus to operate in the 3D display mode when it is determined that the user is wearing the 3D glasses.
US09124877B1	Methods for acquiring stereoscopic images of a location The present invention provides new and improved methods for acquiring stereoscopic image data and, in particular, stereoscopic images of a location. Some of the benefits of these methods include acquiring by a single user, without producing one or more substantially abrupt transitions in or between respective views or images, or capability for interactive adjustment of image aspects including interpupillary distance and convergence. The invention is capable of producing high resolution, real-time image data while avoiding or mitigating the deleterious effects of spurious parallax.
US09124873B2	System and method for finding correspondence between cameras in a three-dimensional vision system This invention provides a system and method for determining correspondence between camera assemblies in a 3D vision system implementation having a plurality of cameras arranged at different orientations with respect to a scene involving microscopic and near microscopic objects under manufacture moved by a manipulator, so as to acquire contemporaneous images of a runtime object and determine the pose of the object for the purpose of guiding manipulator motion. At least one of the camera assemblies includes a non-perspective lens. The searched 2D object features of the acquired non-perspective image, corresponding to trained object features in the non-perspective camera assembly can be combined with the searched 2D object features in images of other camera assemblies, based on their trained object features to generate a set of 3D features and thereby determine a 3D pose of the object.
US09124863B2	Device and method for creating multi-view video contents using parallel processing A device for creating multi-view video contents includes a virtual view position and distribution unit that calculates a plurality of virtual views corresponding to the number of predetermined virtual views based on input information and distributes the calculated positions of the plurality of virtual views to a plurality of view synthesis processing units; a view synthesis processor that operates the plurality of view synthesis processing units in parallel, allows each of the view synthesis processing units to create at least one virtual view video corresponding to a position of at least one virtual view distributed from the virtual view position calculation and distribution unit, and performs partial multiplexing based on at least one created virtual view video; and a video integration unit that integrates a plurality of partially multiplexed videos output from the plurality of view synthesis processing units.
US09124860B2	Storing a video summary as metadata A method for storing a video summary for a digital video sequence captured with a digital video capture device, comprising: capturing a digital video sequence with the digital video capture device, wherein the digital video sequence includes a plurality of video frames; storing the digital video sequence in a processor-accessible memory; identifying one or more key video snippets, each key video snippet corresponding to a set of video frames from the stored digital video sequence; assembling the key video snippets to form a video summary; and storing the video summary in a processor-accessible memory by storing metadata associated with the stored digital video sequence, wherein the metadata provides an indication of the video frames corresponding to the video summary.
US09124857B2	Method and apparatus for context-aware automatic zooming of a video sequence A computer implemented method and apparatus for context-aware automatic zooming of a video sequence. The method comprises receiving a command to alter a selected video clip of a video sequence visualized on a timeline display; automatically adjusting a timeline display representative of the video sequence to a calculated zoom level, wherein the zoom level allows visualization of editable content in the timeline display; receiving an indication that the altering operation is completed; and automatically resetting the timeline display representative of the video sequence to an original zoom level.
US09124847B2	Video multiviewer system for generating video data based upon multiple video inputs with added graphic content and related methods A video multiviewer system may include a plurality of video inputs and a multiviewer video processor coupled to the plurality of video inputs. The multiviewer video processor may include a central processing unit (CPU) and a graphics processing unit (GPU) cooperating therewith for generating video data based upon the plurality of video inputs and with added graphic content. The video multiviewer system may further include a display coupled to the multiviewer processor for displaying multiple video windows based upon the video data.
US09124845B2	System and method to control media display functions A system and method to control media display functions is disclosed. A system includes a processing logic and memory accessible to the processing logic. The memory includes instructions executable by the processing logic to perform a method including receiving input associated with a media display function. The instructions are also executable by the processing logic to determine one or more media devices to be controlled. The instructions are also executable by the processing logic to send first control data adapted to cause the media display function to be implemented at a first media device when the first media device is to be controlled. The instructions are also executable by the processing logic to send second control data when the first media device and a second media device are to be controlled concurrently. The second control data is adapted to cause the media display function to be implemented at the first media device and at the second media device.
US09124836B2	Image sensor and method of driving the same An image sensor is provided. An image sensor can include a plurality of unit pixels. Each of the unit pixels can include a photoelectric converter as a light receiving element. In each unit pixel, a transport switching unit can transport charges in the photoelectric converter to a floating diffusion region, and a first switching unit can selectively connect the floating diffusion region to a first sensing line. A second switching unit can selectively connect the floating diffusion region to a second sensing line, and a first sensing part can be connected to the first sensing line, and a second sensing part can be connected to the second sensing line.
US09124827B2	Image-capturing apparatus having a control unit to vary a variable sensitivity voltage based on an output level of image-captured data An image-capturing apparatus including a solid-state imaging device including unit-cells arranged in a matrix, in which each of the unit-cells includes a photoelectric conversion unit including: a photoelectric conversion film formed above a semiconductor substrate; a pixel electrode formed on a surface of the photoelectric conversion film, the surface facing the semiconductor substrate; and a transparent electrode formed on a surface of the photoelectric conversion film, the surface being opposite the surface on which the pixel electrode is formed, and the image-capturing apparatus further includes: a voltage applying unit which applies, between the pixel electrode and the transparent electrode, a variable sensitivity voltage for controlling sensitivity of the solid-state imaging device; a level detecting unit which detects an output level of image-captured image data from the solid-state imaging device; and a controlling unit which varies the variable sensitivity voltage based on the output level detected by the level detecting unit.
US09124819B2	Watermark and manufacturing method therefor A watermark and a manufacturing method therefor are provided. The watermark has a first region comprising amplitude modulation (AM) halftone dots and a second region comprising frequency modulation (FM) halftone dots, and each of the amplitude modulation halftone dots has ink portions and blank portions, each of which is located between the two ink portions in the same amplitude modulation halftone dot. The ink area percentage of the amplitude modulation halftone dots are dispersed by filling the blank portions into each of the amplitude modulation halftone dots, so that the density calibration of the amplitude modulation halftone dots and frequency modulation halftone dots can be omitted.
US09124815B2	Capturing and processing of images including occlusions captured by arrays of luma and chroma cameras Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. An imaging device in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes at least one imager array, and each imager in the array comprises a plurality of light sensing elements and a lens stack including at least one lens surface, where the lens stack is configured to form an image on the light sensing elements, control circuitry configured to capture images formed on the light sensing elements of each of the imagers, and a super-resolution processing module configured to generate at least one higher resolution super-resolved image using a plurality of the captured images.
US09124813B2	Information processing device using compression ratio of still and moving image data The server device draws a processing result from software in an image memory, detects an update area containing an update between frames in the image, performs still image compression, and calculates the compression ratio of still image compressed data in the update area. The server device identifies a high-frequency change area, performs moving image compression, and calculates the compression ratio of moving image compressed data. The server device transmits the still image compressed data and the moving image compressed data. The server device stops the moving image compression based on the result of comparing the compression ratio of the moving image compressed data and a compression ratio of still image compressed data in a previous update area is the update area in a previous frame detected before the start of the moving image compression and has been detected at a position associated with the high-frequency change area.
US09124808B2	Foveated imaging system and method A time-varying image is synthesized having at least one time-varying region of interest therewithin. The image is spatially modulated with an array of modulating pixels to form a modulated image. The array of modulating pixels has a modulator resolution. The modulated image is sensed with an array of sensor pixels. The array of sensor pixels has a sensor resolution. The modulator resolution is finer than the sensor resolution. Each sensor pixel corresponds to a plurality of modulating pixels. Said sensor pixel and said plurality of modulating pixels subtend the same region in the image. Outside the region of interest, the modulated image is synthesized at the sensor resolution and at a sensor video frame rate. Inside the region of interest, the modulated image is synthesized at the modulator resolution and at an effective synthesized video frame rate that is less than sensor video frame rate.
US09124805B2	Adapting an optical image stabilizer on a camera Disclosed are methods and systems of adapting an optical image stabilizer (OIS) for a camera, the methods comprising acquiring an image of the scene; obtaining image context associated with the image of the scene; selecting a mode of operating the OIS based on the obtained image context; and, applying the OIS using the selected mode of operation.
US09124803B2	Image pickup apparatus, method of controlling the same, reproduction apparatus, and method of controlling the same An image pickup apparatus includes an image pickup unit that generates moving object image data. A detection unit detects a shooting direction of the image pickup and/or an attitude of the image pickup apparatus. A storage unit temporarily stores moving image data generated by the image pickup. An instruction unit instructs operation to photograph a still image. A recording unit reads out the moving image data traced back by a predetermined time period from a timing when still image photographing is instructed by the instruction unit, from the storage unit, and records the read-out moving image data in a recording medium. In the moving image data, traced back by the predetermined time period, the recording unit does not record, in the recording medium, at least a portion of the moving image data in the predetermined time period, based on the detected shooting direction and/or attitude of the image pickup apparatus.
US09124802B2	Digital 3D/360 degree camera system The digital 3D/360° camera system is an omnidirectional stereoscopic device for capturing image data that may be used to create a 3-dimensional model for presenting a 3D image, a 3D movie, or 3D animation. The device uses multiple digital cameras, arranged with overlapping fields of view, to capture image data covering an entire 360° scene. The data collected by one, or several, digital 3D/360° camera systems can be used to create a 3D model of a 360° scene by using triangulation of the image data within the overlapping fields of view.
US09124796B2	Eyewear including a remote control camera Eyewear is provided including a frame, and a camera connected with the frame, in which the camera is configured to be controlled by a remote controller. The camera may be configured to capture video and/or a photo. The eyewear may include data storage, and the camera may be connected to the data storage. A wrist watch may be configured to act both as a time piece and a controller of the camera. The eyewear may also include a heads up display and/or a video file player. The eyewear may also include an electro-active lens.
US09124777B2	Device and method for extracting information from characteristic signals The present invention relates to a device and a method for extracting information from detected characteristic signals. A data stream (76, 78, 80, 82) derivable from electromagnetic radiation (14) emitted or reflected by an object (11) is received and a plurality of characteristic index elements (50) varying over time can be extracted therefrom. The index elements (50) comprise physiological information (48) indicative of at least one at least partially periodic vital signal (12), and a disturbing signal component (58). For eliminating the disturbing signal component (58) to a great extent, the characteristic index elements (50) can be projected to a disturbance-reduced index element (64) having a distinct orientation in relation to a presumed orientation of the disturbing signal component (58). The disturbance-reduced index element (64) is chosen so as to reflect a dominant main orientation and length of the disturbing signal component (58) over time. Consequently, the mainly genuine physiological information (48) extracted from the data stream (76, 78, 80, 82) in this way can be utilized for determining the at least one at least partially periodic vital signal (12).
US09124775B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, program, and imaging apparatus including optical microscope An information processing apparatus is provided and includes: a first storage section to store coordinates of luminance change points in a calibration pattern having a luminance distribution in two axis directions orthogonal to each other; a generation section to generate standard pattern information on a luminance distribution of a calibration image; a determination section to determine coordinates of a luminance change point of the calibration image, as coordinates of a correction luminance change point; a first calculation section to calculate a difference between the stored coordinates of the luminance change points and the coordinates of the correction luminance change points, as a distortion vector field; a second calculation section to calculate a component obtained by removing a translation component and a rotational component from the distortion vector field, as a correction vector field; and a correction section to correct an image captured by the imaging section by using the calculated correction vector field.
US09124773B2	Elementary bitstream cryptographic material transport systems and methods Systems and methods for providing multimedia content from one process or component to another process or component over an unsecured connection are provided. One embodiment includes obtaining the cryptographic information, extracting the at least partially encrypted video data from the container file to create an elementary bitstream, enciphering the cryptographic information, inserting the cryptographic information in the elementary bitstream, providing the elementary bitstream to a video decoder, extracting the cryptographic information from the elementary bitstream at the video decoder, deciphering the cryptographic information, decrypting the elementary bitstream with the cryptographic information and decoding the elementary bitstream for rendering on a display device using the video decoder.
US09124768B2	Portable electronic entity capable of receiving broadcast multimedia data flow A portable electronic entity includes a communication interface (110) with a host terminal (TH), a conversion system (170) for a signal received in a secure multimedia data flow and an element to transmit to the host terminal a flow of multimedia data obtained from the secure multimedia data flow. It also includes systems (160) capable of allowing host terminal restitution of the multimedia data flow that was transmitted.
US09124767B2	Multi-DVR media content arbitration Multi-DVR (digital video recorder) media content arbitration is described. In an embodiment, client devices are each a node of a multi-DVR system where the nodes are implemented for communication with each other. An arbitration algorithm can arbitrate media content rendered by the client devices so as not to exceed a media content usage capacity of the multi-DVR system. Each of the client devices of the multi-DVR system can communicate status messages to each of the other client devices to indicate rendered media content, and can receive the status messages from each of the other client devices. Each of the client devices can also implement the arbitration algorithm to independently determine which of the client devices has lowest priority media content that can be terminated to provide capacity for higher priority media content at one of the client devices of the multi-DVR system.
US09124765B2	Method and apparatus for performing a video conference A method for performing a video conference in a mobile phone is provided. The video conference involves a plurality of conferencing devices that display presentation content and a video image of one or more participants in the video conference. The mobile phone receives a first and second real-time transport protocol (RTP) packets including a video image of a participant and presentation content in the video conference, respectively. The video image of the participant includes a face portion of the participant and a background portion. The mobile phone decodes the video image of the participant and the presentation content, extracts the face portion of the participant from the video image of the participant, overlays the face portion of the participant over a portion of the presentation content to form a composite image, and displays the composite image on a display device of the mobile phone.
US09124764B2	Method, device and system for adjusting image display The present invention discloses a method, a device, and a system for adjusting image display and belongs to the field of videoconferencing technologies. The method includes: receiving an image of a second conference site and an environmental parameter of the second conference site that are sent by a presence terminal of the second conference site; converting the image of the second conference site according to a pre-stored environmental parameter of a first conference site and the environmental parameter of the second conference site to obtain an image for display, wherein a conference site environmental parameter of the image for display is consistent with the environmental parameter of the first conference site; and displaying the image for display.
US09124760B2	Systems and methods for interfacing video games and user communications Systems and methods for interfacing video games and user communications are provided. Communications amongst users can affect a video game provided to the users. For example, communications can be monitored to determine when a video game event occurs and then a video game event can be generated. Moreover, one or more aspects of the video game can affect communications amongst the users. For example, the active user of a video game may be used to adjust the prominence of communications amongst the users.
US09124755B2	Apparatus and method for compressive imaging and sensing through multiplexed modulation Compressive imaging apparatus employing multiple modulators in various optical schemes to generate the modulation patterns before the signal is recorded at a detector. The compressive imaging apparatus is equally valid when applying compressive imaging to structured light embodiments where the placement is shifted from the acquisition path between the subject and the detector into the illumination path between the source and the subject to be imaged.
US09124750B2	Image processing apparatus, and function executed method and function executed program in the apparatus An image processing apparatus includes: a user identification unit that identifies a user of the apparatus; a registration determination unit that determines whether the settings required for using a function of the apparatus are registered in a user registration unit when a user issues an instruction to execute the function, the settings being related to the user having issued the instruction, the user registration unit being capable of registering settings for each user with respect to setting items including items required for using the function and arbitrary items; a first execution unit that executes the function when the registration determination unit determines that the settings required for using the function are registered; and a second execution unit that performs a predetermined operation other than execution of the function when the registration determination unit determines that the settings required for using the function are not registered.
US09124741B2	Electronic device for displaying a print preview An electronic device in the present disclosure includes the following: an imaging device configured to scan a paper sheet, wherein the paper sheet comprises a first side and a second side, wherein scanning the paper sheet produces an image; a display device; a printing image acquisition unit configured to acquire a printing image; an image forming apparatus configured to print the printing image; and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display, if the produced image includes an image of a paper sheet, a composite image that combines the acquired printing image and the image of the paper sheet within the produced image.
US09124739B2	Image forming apparatus, page image displaying device, and display processing method A page image displaying device includes a display control portion configured to keep displaying, when a designated region is set, and when a touch-sensitive panel detects a touch action of giving a command to changes pages to be displayed from one to another, a page image of a first page in a region other than the designated region of a page display region in which the page image is displayed, and, to change partly what is displayed in the page display region in a manner to display a part of a page image of a second page of the document in the designated region, said part corresponding to a part in position in the designated region of the page image of the first page.
US09124729B2	Shared image device synchronization or designation In certain aspects, designating an attribute of at least one shared image at least partially with a designating shared image device that can be utilized to capture an image with at least one capturing shared image device. In other aspects, synchronizing a capturing shared image device to a sharing session in a manner that at least partially allows conveying between the capturing shared image device with at least another shared image device at least some shared images captured during the sharing session.
US09124721B2	Method for prompting user confirmation Prompting user confirmation of an action in a display window on a display of a mobile electronic device including displaying a pair of soft key icons, receiving a request to initiate an action from a user and displaying a confirmation message to confirm that a user wishes to proceed with the action. When the confirmation message is displayed, the pair of soft key icons are modified to create a pair of updated soft key icons. The receiving of the request may include detection of a soft key event. The updated soft key icons provide a first response and a second response to the confirmation message for selection by the user. The soft key icons and updated soft key icons may be displayed at the bottom portion of the display in a manner that does not obstruct the display window.
US09124718B2	Media delivery platform A method of delivering an audio and/or visual media file including, for example, one or more of full or partial master recordings of songs, musical compositions, ringtones, videos, films, television shows, personal recordings, animation and combinations thereof, over the air wirelessly, from one or more servers to an electronic device with or without an Internet connection, said method comprising transmitting and audio and/or visual media file in compressed format to said electronic device, and wherein the electronic device is effective to receive said audio and/or visual file and playback said audio and/or visual content on demand by a user.
US09124710B2	Apparatus and method for controlling built-in microphone of portable terminal An apparatus and method for controlling a built-in microphone of a portable terminal is provided. The method includes checking whether a connection device connected to the portable electronic device includes an external microphone; operating the built-in microphone of the portable electronic device to receive a first signal, upon connecting a call, when the connection device does not include the external microphone; and selecting, upon connecting the call while a plurality of connection devices are connected to the portable electronic device, one connection device from among the plurality of connection devices to output a second signal.
US09124706B2	Method and system for interoperation between multiple conference systems A method for interoperation between multiple conference systems is described. In the method, a first conference system sends a call request message, which includes conference authentication information of a second conference created by a second conference system, to a second conference system for authentication. After the authentication is passed, the first conference system joins the second conference as a participant, where a type of the participant is a conference.
US09124703B2	Controlling mobile device functions This provides for controlling mobile device functions and features, along with systems incorporating these devices and methods. For example, it limits or disables the use of some of mobile device features which could cause distraction to the user, when the user is engaged in another activity. In an example, it enables other mobile device features based on occurrence of events related to the user or environment. Another example addresses controlling the mobile device features, such as SMS, while the user is in a vehicle or driving. Another example restricts the ability of the driver of a vehicle to text, while the vehicle is in motion, by automatically disabling the texting ability of mobile device within and around the perimeter of the driver's seat. Other variations, examples, improvements, detection mechanisms, models, techniques, calculations, verification mechanisms, and features are also described in details.
US09124692B2	System and method for optimizing communication An optimal communication system may include an optimal communication module, executed by a computer system, to ascertain a first and second user's available modes of communication. A first user communication system may allow the first user to link a communication criterion with a preferred mode of communication. A second user communication system may allow the second user to send a message to the first user by the first user's preferred mode of communication.
US09124688B2	System and mobile terminal for displaying caller information and method thereof Caller information display system includes a caller terminal, a service system and a receiver terminal. The caller terminal stores caller information and transmits data including the caller information during a call. The service system receives the data including the caller information from the caller terminal and transmits the data to a receiver terminal. The receiver terminal receives the data from the service system, stores the caller information to be linked with a telephone number of the caller terminal, and displays the caller information when a paging signal is received.
US09124678B2	Powered portable handle remote system for mobile communications device The powered portable handle remote system wirelessly controls a mobile communications device's application using wireless technology. It serves as a remote for the mobile communications device and as a handle to stabilize and hold the mobile communications device while using the mobile communications device. The powered portable handle remote system is a 3 piece system including a mobile communications device case, a powered handle remote, and a detachable section. The case has a unique built-in feature allowing it to be attached to the powered handle remote and the detachable section. The powered handle remote functions as a remote control using a set of buttons or a joystick to wirelessly control the mobile communications device. The powered handle remote separates into 2 pieces revealing a detachable section, such as a tripod adaptor, used to attach the case to a camera tripod or to support the mobile communications device case in itself.
US09124669B2	Cooperative client and server logging Various embodiments enable automatic cooperative logging of information associated with a connection between at least two computing devices. In some cases, a first computing device can automatically trigger logging on a second computing device upon detection of at least one scenario. Alternately or additionally, the second computing device can respond to the first computing device with additional and/or supplemental logging requests.
US09124667B2	State-based provisioning of a client having a windows-based embedded image Examples of methods and apparatus are provided for state-based provisioning of a local client having a windows-based embedded image. The apparatus may include a retrieval module of the local client that facilitates locating a remote repository server containing a configuration file and that facilitates obtaining the configuration file from the remote repository server. The apparatus may include a reset check module of the local client that determines whether to reset a previous state of the image based on the configuration file. The apparatus may include an apply settings module of the local client that applies, to the image, one of a first configuration change and a second configuration change based on the determination. The first configuration change may include a configuration update to the previous state of the image. The second configuration change may include a change to the image independent of the previous state of the image.
US09124666B2	Reliability and availability of distributed servers A system of network proxies distributes data to multiple servers. Each network proxy is associated with a server. A network proxy intercepts a client request for data. If the network proxy determines that the request can be served using a copy of data stored on the local server, rather than the data stored on a remote server, it diverts the request to the local server. If the network proxy determines that the request cannot be served using a data from the local server, the network proxy diverts the request to a remote server storing the primary copy of the data. A server map specifies the locations of the primary copies of data. When a primary copy of data is updated on one of the servers, the associated network proxy propagates the updated data to the other servers. The servers can provide data from files, e-mail services, databases, or multimedia services.
US09124665B2	Server including components for accessing and displaying internet content and for providing same to a client A server maintains and provides access to application media packages for accessing and displaying Internet content. These packages include a definition for rendering a graphical user interface within which Internet content may be presented outside of and without utilization of a web browser application. The packages also include a network reference, such as a URL, pointing to the Internet content such that the Internet Content may be downloaded and presented within said user interface. A representation of each package on the server available for downloading is provided. A user may select one or more desired packages for downloading. An application media viewer may also be made available for downloading.
US09124664B1	Distributing multi-platform content A system and method are disclosed for loading content such as a software program onto a computing device in a computing environment using a network. Applications are prepared for downloading by using multiple compilers to target an application for multiple computing environments. The multiple compiled applications are assembled into a software container that can be stored on a web server on a network and accessed to download the appropriate application to a computing device depending upon the computing environment available on the computing device.
US09124660B2	Dynamic access to external media content based on speaker content An interactive conference based is supplemented based on terminology content. Terminology content from a plurality of interactive conference participants is monitored. A set of words from the terminology content is selected. Supplemental media content at an external source is identified based on the selected set of words, and selectively made available and presented to an audience member for the interactive conference.
US09124658B2	Crowdsourced content publication platform A system, computer-readable storage medium, and computer-implemented method for creating a crowdsourced content publication. Layout information defining a layout of elements of a crowdsourced content publication is received. Contribution privilege information identifying a group of users of a social networking service as contributors to the crowdsourced content publication is received. The group of users may belong to a common organization as defined by a social graph maintained by the social networking service. Content criteria information specifying one or more criteria for selection of content included in the crowdsourced content publication is then received. The layout information, contribution privilege information, and content criteria information are then processed to generate a template for the crowdsourced content publication.
US09124650B2	Digital rights management in a mobile environment Embodiments provide a method that causes a plurality of virtual machine instructions to be interpreted for indications of a mobile device's hardware identification information, thus forming a plurality of hardware instruction interpretations. The embodiment also combines each of the plurality of hardware instruction interpretations and hashes the combination to form a quasi-hardware device identifier. An encryption process is based on the quasi-hardware encryption device identifier and the media is then encrypted using the encryption process. The encrypted media is transferred to the mobile device wherein the mobile device decrypts the media based at least in part on the mobile device's internal knowledge of the quasi-hardware device identification.
US09124648B2	Soft type binding for distributed systems Data communications are enabled to be performed between first and second computer systems without having to match data types at the first and second computer systems. A first data type is associated with a request for a resource. The request for the resource is transmitted from a first agent at the first computer system to a second agent at the second computer system. The resource is instantiated at the second computer system according to a second data type that is different from the first data type. The resource is received by the first agent from the second agent. The received resource is materialized into an instance of the first data type using the first agent.
US09124647B2	Communication protocol abstraction One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for processing data requests received over various communication protocols. In particular, a data transfer component may be configured to process data requests and/or responses between requesting devices and data handlers utilizing various communication protocols (e.g., peer-to-peer communication protocols, web based communication protocols, etc.). In particular, communication protocol functionality may be abstracted away from the data handlers, and may be handled by the data transfer component. In this way, data handlers may be communication protocol agnostic because the data transfer component may perform the communication protocol functionality on behalf of the data handlers, which may allow the data handlers to be more “lightweight” and focus primarily on fetching and/or formatting requested data.
US09124646B2	Method and system for obtaining availability status for multiple SIP users Systems and methods for obtaining availability status in respect of a plurality of user identifiers are provided. For each user identifier, a respective SIP cluster identifier is obtained. The user identifiers are then grouped according to SIP cluster identifier, each such group of user identifiers containing at least one user identifier for which the same SIP cluster identifier was obtained. For each SIP cluster identifier for which there is a group of user identifiers, a request is sent for availability status information in a single message to a SIP cluster associated with the SIP cluster identifier, the request containing the user identifiers of the group of user identifiers. A response to each single message is received in a single message containing availability status information for the user identifiers belonging to the group of user identifiers.
US09124644B2	Script-controlled egress packet modifier An egress packet modifier includes a script parser and a pipeline of processing stages. Rather than performing egress modifications using a processor that fetches and decodes and executes instructions in a classic processor fashion, and rather than storing a packet in memory and reading it out and modifying it and writing it back, the packet modifier pipeline processes the packet by passing parts of the packet through the pipeline. A processor identifies particular egress modifications to be performed by placing a script code at the beginning of the packet. The script parser then uses the code to identify a specific script of opcodes, where each opcode defines a modification. As a part passes through a stage, the stage can carry out the modification of such an opcode. As realized using current semiconductor fabrication process, the packet modifier can modify 200M packets/second at a sustained rate of up to 100 gigabits/second.
US09124638B1	Applying group policies Information corresponding to a set of signatures is maintained, and for each signature in the set, an associated group policy of a network is maintained. A message from a device on the network is intercepted, and the message includes a header. At least a portion of the header matches a signature in the set of signatures. Responsive to determining that the portion of the header matches the signature, the matched signature's associated group policy of the network is applied to the device on the network.
US09124623B1	Systems and methods for detecting scam campaigns A computer-implemented method for detecting scam campaigns is described. A plurality of web pages that are pre-filtered according to predetermined criteria is identified. Pattern detection is performed on the pre-filtered web pages. A pattern is detected among the pre-filtered web pages. The detected pattern is compared to a user input.
US09124620B2	Establishing a remote session between a receiving station and a sending station A method is described that comprises a receiving station determining whether at least one sending station (coupled to the receiving station in a peer-to-peer configuration) meets a filtering criterion, and establishing a remote session between the receiving station and a sending station for which the filtering criterion is met.
US09124609B2	Ensuring consistency over time of data gathered by distinct software applications A method for keeping synchronized data collected by a first and at least one second software applications from respective information sources and stored in a respective first and second data repositories. The method comprises: a) receiving a request to refresh data stored in the first data repository; b) causing the at least one second software application to collect data from the respective information source; c) receiving the data collected by the first and the at least one second software applications from the respective information sources, and d) uploading the received data to the respective first and second repositories.
US09124603B2	Methods and apparatus to select a peered voice over internet protocol (VoIP) border element Methods and apparatus to select a peered voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) border element are disclosed. An example method comprises receiving a session initiation protocol (SIP) message that includes an identifier representative of a location of a voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) access border element, querying a telephone number mapping (ENUM) database to identify two or more peered VoIP border elements, and selecting a one of the two or more peered VoIP border elements based on the identifier.
US09124602B2	Method and apparatus for creating custom access control hierarchies The Custom Access Controller adds a custom security hierarchy to the organizational data in the View Processor of WEBSPHERE Virtual Member Manager. Whenever an entity or application attempts to access a resources the access control engine starts the View Processor to identify the organizational data and assigned security policy for the resource. The assigned security policy is applied to a delegated administration path which is part of the delegated administration hierarchy but includes the appropriate path and security policy for the resource. The delegated administration path is sent to an access control engine that grants or denies access to the resource. A View Processor Interface allows network administrators to create and modify custom security hierarchies.
US09124600B2	Smart phone system for dialing through local call and methods thereof A smart phone system includes a smart phone with wireless local area communication function, a home phone, a public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Internet, a radio base station, a smart wireless phone gateway and an outside phone, the system utilizing the wireless local area communication system for the smart phone to register in the smart wireless phone gateway, and utilizing the smart wireless phone gateway for dialing out through the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or Internet.
US09124598B2	Method and apparatus of establishing a connection between devices using cached connection information Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing a connection setup between two or more endpoint devices communication over a data network. An example connection setup operation may include receiving an initial command at the at least two endpoint devices, retrieving at least one IP address from a cache file in response to the initial command, assigning a port number to the at least one retrieved IP address based on a common session identifier (ID) shared between the at least two endpoint devices, and listening for a connection communication message on the assigned port number associated with the at least one IP address.
US09124589B2	RSS feed generation using objects A really simple syndication (RSS) feed generator provides a set of data related to an entity to a user in the form of a really simple syndication (RSS) feed in a manner so that the set of data includes entity information at the feed-level. A user of the RSS feed may use the feed-level entity information to consume the set of data in a number of different ways. In an embodiment, the feed-level entity information includes meta-data defining the entity such that a user may use the metadata to display the entity on the client side. The RSS feed generation system allows a user to manipulate a copy of an instance of entity data as necessary for a client.
US09124583B1	Device registration using device fingerprint Embodiments of the invention are directed to apparatuses, methods and computer program products for registering a device. An exemplary apparatus is configured to: determine a device accesses an application; determine whether the device is a trusted device; in response to determining the device is not a trusted device, forward an approval request; and in response to receiving approval, register the device based on a device fingerprint associated with the device.
US09124580B1	Method and system for securely establishing cryptographic keys for aircraft-to-aircraft communications A method and system for encrypting communications between two aircraft on the ground at an airport. Each aircraft is coupled to a ground network via a broadband over power line communications (BPL) network, which may be provided via the respective ground power connectors for each aircraft. A mutually authenticated communications channel is established between each aircraft via the ground network. A shared pairwise key is established at each aircraft. The shared pairwise key may be separately established based upon channel state characteristics such as channel attenuation, bandwidth or delay. In the alternative, the shared pairwise key may be shared from one aircraft to the other or may be generated from public keys based upon a predetermined protocol such as Diffie Hellman. Data encrypted using the shared pairwise key may then be transmitted from one aircraft to the other aircraft. The encrypted data may be transmitted via the PBL network or a separate wireless network.
US09124579B2	Security-enhanced cloud system and security management method thereof A security-enhanced cloud system is provided. The system includes a mobile terminal for creating fingerprint recognition information and face recognition information or biometric recognition information by recognizing a fingerprint and a face or a body of a user; and a private virtualized cloud server allowing use of first class document data of a high security level and second class document data of a low security level by permitting only connection of a computer of the user after being activated in response to the wake-on command transmitted from the control system. The user authentication is completed by transmitting the created fingerprint recognition information and face recognition information or biometric recognition information to the control system in response to the authentication request.
US09124575B2	Self-single sign-on Techniques are described for providing sign-on within a trusted environment across multiple application servers. For example, a method can be provided for a single sign-on within a trusted environment across application servers. The method comprises, by a first application operating within the trusted environment, connecting to a first application server via a first access channel, and retrieving an authentication token from the first application server via the first access channel. The method further comprises, by a second application operating within the trusted environment, connecting to a second application server via a second access channel, and authenticating with the second application server with the authentication token.
US09124574B2	Secure non-geospatially derived device presence information This invention includes a system and method to enable a device to determine the presence information of another device over a secure communication network. First, the device and a presence server establish a secure connection. Next, while the initial secure connection with the presence server is established, the device generates a randomly created token and provides it to the presence server. The token is used as a shared-secret by the device and the presence server to secure future presence communications over a non-secure connection. Next, without the need to again enter a password or establish a secure connection with the presence server, the device uses the shared-secret to sign, encrypt and convey presence information to the presence server over an arbitrary connection. Finally, the presence server may share the first device's presence information with another device.
US09124571B1	Network authentication method for secure user identity verification In a network authentication method, a content-provider server redirects a user terminal to an identity verification server for acquiring therefrom an encrypted web address signed with an asymmetrical private key and downloaded from a downloading unit. The user terminal transmits hardware scan data associated therewith to the identity verification server upon determining, based on the encrypted web address and an asymmetrical public key from the downloading unit, that the identity verification server is currently valid to perform identity verification. The identity verification server verifies the identity of the user terminal based on relationship between the hardware scan data and pre-stored reference hardware scan data.
US09124568B2	Device and method for asset protection scheme A device and method for an asset protection scheme includes receiving, by a data chunk serving server, a first request for an asset from a client device; transmitting, by the data chunk serving server, a plurality of data chunks to the client device, each of the data chunks corresponding to a portion of the asset; receiving, by a key serving server, a second request for key data from the client device, the key data corresponding to data removed from the asset to create the plurality of data chunks, wherein the plurality of data chunks and the key data correspond to an entirety of the asset; and transmitting, by the key serving server, the key data to the client device.
US09124559B2	System and method for temporary obfuscation during collaborative communications Systems and methods for temporary obfuscation during collaborative communications are provided. A method for obfuscation during collaborative communications, comprises entering a message including content into a first messaging device, marking the content as sensitive, sending the message including the content via a network to a second messaging device, and obfuscating the marked content and displaying any remaining portions of the message on the second messaging device.
US09124555B2	Tunnel interface for securing traffic over a network Methods and systems for a flexible, scalable hardware and software platform that allows a managed security service provider to easily provide security services to multiple customers are provided. According to one embodiment, a method is provided for delivering customized network services to subscribers of a service provider. Multiple virtual routers (VRs) are provided within each of multiple service processing switches of a service provider. Each VR is supported by an object group and each object of the object group supports a network service. One or more VRs are assigned to a subscriber of multiple subscribers of the service provider. Customized network services are provided to the subscriber by the one or more VRs assigned to the subscriber.
US09124545B2	Lock screen with socialized applications In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more interactive elements of one or more applications for display to the user on a computing device based at least in part on activity by one or more second users of the social-networking system associated at least in part with one or more applications. The second users are identified for the determination based at least in part on social-graph information associated with a first and the second users at least in part from a social graph of the social-networking system. The method also includes providing for display on a user interface (UI) of the computing device one or more of the interactive elements.
US09124536B2	Managing data flows in overlay networks Embodiments relate to managing data flows at a virtual forwarding element. A system for managing data flows is provided. The system includes a network interface card (NIC) attached to or integrated with a host. The system is configured to perform a method. The method receives a plurality of data flows from a virtual forwarding element executing in the host. The plurality of data flows originate from a plurality of virtual machines executing in the host. Each of the plurality of data flows carries a different network identifier and a different tunnel header. The method maps, by the NIC, a plurality of tunnels defined by the plurality of tunnel headers to the plurality of data flows using the plurality of network identifiers. The method sends the plurality of data flows out of the host through the plurality of tunnels.
US09124535B2	System for using attributes to deploy demand response resources A system for using attributes to deploy demand response resources. A service provider may provide energy to customers. The provider may via interactions modify consumption of the energy by the customers. Customers that participate in these interactions may be regarded as demand response resources. Interactions may incorporate demand response signals sent to the resources at their respective facilities. Each resource may have a demand response client which has an association with a customer account in a demand response management system of the provider. The association may be regarded as a binding of the demand response client. The binding may involve inputting an attribute of the demand response client, which can be correlated to the customer account. The attribute may be, for example, a location of the demand response client. Such attribute may be used for the association of the demand response client with a proper customer account.
US09124526B2	Switch system, and data forwarding method The upper limit of the number of the flow entries subjected to retrieval is increased by making it possible to retrieve the flow entries in plural switches for one communication data. Specifically, the control server registers flow entries by distributing them to the flow table in each switch belonging to a switch group. When acquiring the communication data, each switch checks whether the communication data is matched with any of the flow entries registered in the flow table. When the communication data is matched with a flow entry, the communication data is forwarded based on the forwarding procedure defined in the flow entry. When the communication data is not matched with any flow entry, the communication data is forwarded to “flow table unretrieved switch” belonging to the same switch group. When there is no flow table unretrieved switch, a query of the forwarding procedure is performed to the control server.
US09124525B2	User-equipment-initiated framed routes on customer-premises equipment for wireless wide area networks Systems and methods are disclosed for processing framed routes initiated by user equipment (UE) at customer-premises equipment (CPE) and gateways using protocol configuration options (PCO). The PCO can include encoding and decoding framed route information using a PCO information element (IE). The framed route information can include a framed route and a virtual private networking routing and forwarding (VRF) name. The framed route information can also include a tunnel identifier and a packet data protocol (PDP) address. The gateway can include a packet data network gateway (PGW) and a gateway general packet radio service support node (GGSN). When the gateway receives an attach request message from the UE with the encoded PCO, the gateway decodes the PCO to extract the framed route and VRF name, associates a tunnel identifier and PDP address with the extracted framed route and VRF name, and installs the framed route in a corresponding VRF.
US09124504B2	System and method for implementing label switch router (LSR) overload protection A method and apparatus for implementing Label Information Base (LIB) overload protection for a respective Forwarding Equivalency Class (FEC) type associated with a Label Switched Path (LSP).
US09124502B2	Method and apparatus of determining blocking in ring network An apparatus of determining blocking in an Ethernet ring network sets blocking with respect to each of the plurality of links in an Ethernet ring network, and determines one of the plurality of links as a link to be blocked by using traffic request amounts of a plurality of service flows with respect to the respective links set to be blocked.
US09124496B2	System and method for end- or service-node placement optimization A method for producing a set of optimized node placement solutions for plural nodes of a computer network includes temporarily relocating movable ones of the nodes in the network; for each temporarily relocated movable node, determining a thermal energy of the network resulting from its temporary relocation in the network; for each temporarily relocated movable node, determining a potential energy reduction in the network resulting from its temporary relocation in the network; for each temporarily relocated movable node, determining whether to accept or reject its temporary relocation in the network; accepting the temporary relocation if an acceptance probability is greater than a randomly generated number, the acceptance probability being a function of the potential energy reduction in the network; and repeating the aforementioned steps to generate a set of optimized node placement solutions.
US09124494B2	Method and apparatus of performing remote management of a managed machine Disclosed are an apparatus and method of remotely communicating with a managed machine. One example method of operation may include identifying the managed machine operating in a communication network, and transmitting a connection establishment message to the managed machine over the communication network. The method may also include receiving an acceptance message from the managed machine, requesting an administrative service of the managed machine, initiating the administrative service on the managed machine, and forwarding received commands to the administrative service. Such a procedure provides an administrator with the capability to access, modify, update, etc., administrative services operating on a remotely managed machine.
US09124489B2	Method, apparatus and system for setting a size of an event correlation time window Transmitting and receiving arrangements and methods in a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) system having a plurality of modems and vectored transmission capability. A first part of an available frequency band is reserved for vectored DSL transmission and reception using modems operating in the first part of the frequency band. The remaining, second, part of the available frequency band is reserved for both vectored and non-vectored transmission using modems operating in the second part of the frequency band.
US09124486B2	Method for establishing multi segment pseudowire across domains having different pseudowire signaling protocol A method of establishing a multi-segment pseudowire (MS-PW) across domains executing different pseudowire signaling protocols augments a Label Distribution Protocol (LDP) label message to include a MS-PW Type-Length-Value (TLV). The MS-PW TLV carries pseudowire signal protocol information associated with signaling protocols of other segments of the MS-PW. As a result, a multi-segment pseudowire can be extended between domains that execute different pseudowire signaling protocols.
US09124485B2	Topology aware provisioning in a software-defined networking environment An example method for topology aware provisioning in a software-defined network environment is provided and includes receiving, at a provider edge device (PE), access network topology information associated with a customer edge device in a network environment, synthesizing the access network topology information and a local router information associated with the PE into a topology message, and publishing the topology message to a central controller in the network environment. The synthesizing can include aggregating the access network topology information and the local router information, modeling the aggregated information in a representation-independent format and encoding the representation-independent formatted aggregated information in standardized machine-parsable format.
US09124482B2	Delay budget based forwarding in communication networks In one embodiment, certain nodes in a computer network maintain a plurality of routing topologies, each associated with a different corresponding delay (e.g., dynamically adjusted). Upon receiving a packet with an indicated delay budget at a particular node, the node updates the delay budget based on an incurred delay up to and including the particular node since the indicated delay budget was last updated, and selects a particular routing topology on which to forward the packet based on the updated delay budget and the corresponding routing topology delays. The packet may then be forwarded with the updated delay budget on the selected routing topology, accordingly.
US09124477B2	Frequency interleave within communication systems A communication device includes a communication interface and a processor. In one example, the processor generates an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol that includes information modulated within sub-carriers and then interleaves the sub-carriers of the OFDM symbol to generate an interleaved OFDM symbol. This interleaving of the sub-carriers operates to write the plurality of sub-carriers to rows of a two dimensional (2D) array and read the plurality of sub-carriers from columns of the 2D array. This interleaving also operates to read a column of the columns using a bit-reversed address of the column when the bit-reversed address is less than a number of the columns and using the address of the column when the bit-reversed address is greater than or equal to the number of the columns. The processor transmits, via the communication interface, the interleaved OFDM symbol to another communication device.
US09124476B2	System and method for data distribution in VHF/UHF bands Whitespace devices can use unused television frequencies for transmission and reception of WiFi OFDM signals. Three contiguous bands, such as former channels 2, 3, and 4, may be bonded together to define a whitespace band. In order to fit a WiFi OFDM signal into this whitespace band, a whitespace device compresses the bandwidth of each WiFi OFDM signal using a specific spectrum mask. Very low transmission power is needed for the modified WiFi OFDM signals, eliminating the need for high power amplifiers and most of the WiFi OFDM designs such as PHY and MAC can be reused with minor modifications.
US09124473B2	Delivery performance analysis for Internet services One preferred embodiment of the present invention provides systems and methods for analyzing the delivery performance of newsgroup services. Briefly described, in architecture, one embodiment, among others, includes a newsgroup evaluation system configured to determine a delivery rate for a newsgroup server. In other embodiments, methods and systems are provided for analyzing completion and retention for newsgroup services.
US09124461B2	Method and apparatus for reducing jitter Aspects of the disclosure provide a method. The method includes causing a voltage level of a signal transmitted on a transmission line to be non-linearly modified to reduce a voltage variation at a target level, and providing the modified signal to a receiving circuit that is disposed on the transmission line. In an embodiment, the method includes causing the voltage level of the signal transmitted on the transmission line to be non-linearly modified to reduce a first voltage variation at a first target level corresponding to a first digital value and to reduce a second voltage variation at a second target level corresponding to a second digital value.
US09124455B1	Link equalization mechanism Techniques for embedded high speed serial interface methods are described herein. The techniques provide an apparatus for link equalization including an equalization control module to determine at least a first coefficient setting and a second coefficient setting at a remote transmitter based on an algorithm. The apparatus also includes a receiver margining module to determine a first margin value to be associated with the first coefficient setting and a second margin value to be associated with the second coefficient setting. The receiver margining module is to further determine if at least the first margin value is higher than the second margin value.
US09124451B2	Frequency correction circuit, radio receiving apparatus, and frequency correction method A radio receiving apparatus according to the present invention receives a preamble signal through one frequency band and also detects a periodic symbol timing in a receiving period of a part of a symbol that composes the preamble signal. A frequency correction circuit includes a generating unit, a detecting unit, and a correction unit. The generating unit generates a detection window of a predetermined time width including each of a first and a second symbol timing that are previously determined among the periodic symbol timings in the receiving period of a remaining symbol that composes the preamble signal. The detecting unit sequentially receives a correlation value between the preamble signal and a reference signal and detects a maximum value from the correlation value input during a period when the detection window is opened. The correction unit corrects a frequency deviation of the one frequency band based on the maximum value.
US09124447B2	Interactive client computer communication Two way communication is provided in a one to many pub/sub environment. A community of users admitted to the community by subscription authorization receive messages (preferably Instant Messages) published from a requesting user. The request message is sent to a robot user (program application) that represents the community of users but appears to the community as simply another user. The robot user publishes the request message (using a pub/sub service) to the community of users. A user in the community of users receives messages to the community according to his personal message filter. The user responds to the requesting user with a response message. The response message includes information identifying the request message.
US09124444B2	Method of facilitating servicing an appliance A method of facilitating servicing an appliance includes establishing two way communications between an appliance and a remote client, and monitoring and communicating to the remote client operational data associated with the appliance. In this way, the remote client can use the operational data to service the appliance.
US09124422B2	System and method for digital rights management with secure application-content binding Various embodiments of a system and method for digital rights management with secure application-content binding are described. Various embodiments may include a system configured to decrypt an encrypted application key with a private key. The system may also be configured to decrypt an encrypted application including a binding key with the decrypted application key. The system may also be configured to decrypt an encrypted content key with the binding key from the decrypted application. The system may be further configured to decrypt encrypted content with the decrypted content key. In various embodiments, the system may also be configured to consume the decrypted content with the decrypted application.
US09124407B2	Method of generating reference signal in wireless communication system A method of generating a reference signal includes acquiring a base sequence and acquiring a reference signal sequence with a length N from the base sequence. Good PAPR/CM characteristics of the reference signal can be kept to enhance performance of data demodulation or uplink scheduling.
US09124406B2	Fallback operation for cross-carrier signaling in multi-carrier operation Techniques for supporting fallback operation in a multi-carrier communication system are described. In one aspect, a UE may determine at least one first downlink control information (DCI) format to monitor on a first carrier. The UE may monitor for the first DCI format(s) on the first carrier to detect DCI sent to the UE. The UE may receive a reconfiguration message related to communication on a plurality of carriers by the UE with cross-carrier signaling, and may determine at least one second DCI format to monitor on the first carrier based on the reconfiguration message. The UE may monitor for the first DCI format(s) and the second DCI format(s) on the first carrier after receiving the reconfiguration message.
US09124404B2	Method and apparatus for configuring compressed mode A method and apparatus for configuring compressed mode operation comprises detecting a compressed mode pattern or pattern sequence scheduling three or more consecutive compressed mode frames and taking appropriate mitigation action. In a first aspect a non activation construction is suppressed and the compressed mode pattern sequence is activated. In the second aspect if a pattern or sequence scheduling three or more consecutive compressed mode frames is identified, activation is suppressed. In a third aspect if such a patent or sequence is identified, a normal frame is inserted in the pattern sequence replacing a compressed mode frame.
US09124400B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving uplink signaling information in a single carrier FDMA system A method and an apparatus method are provided for transmitting uplink information in a Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) wireless communication system. The method includes determining whether Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information indicating whether or not downlink data has been received exists to be transmitted, if uplink data exists to be transmitted; multiplexing the uplink data and control information for the uplink data and transmitting multiplexed data including the uplink data and the control information, through a frequency resource allocated for the uplink data, if no ACK/NACK information exists; and multiplexing the uplink data, the control information for the uplink data, and the ACK/NACK information, and transmitting multiplexed data through the frequency resource allocated for the uplink data, if the ACK/NACK information exists. The ACK/NACK information is located adjacent to a pilot for the uplink data.
US09124388B2	Cellular communication system computation of RSRP in the presence of large frequency errors A Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) value is produced from a received Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexed (OFDM) signal that comprises a plurality of reference symbols located at known sub-carrier frequencies and times within the received OFDM signal. RSRP value production involves, for each hypothesized error state selected from a plurality of different hypothesized error states, ascertaining a corresponding hypothesized RSRP value, and then using the hypothesized RSRP values as a basis for determining a value for use as the produced RSRP value (e.g., by selecting a maximum one of the hypothesized RSRP values as the produced RSRP value). In this technology, each of the hypothesized error states is a hypothesized frequency error paired with a hypothesized timing error and the corresponding hypothesized RSRP value is produced by adjusting one or more measured channel estimates as a function of the hypothesized error state.
US09124386B2	System, device, and method for securing voice authentication and end-to-end speech interaction A method, device, and system for secure end-to-end audio recognition is disclosed. A client device launches an application that connects with a server. The client device and server exchange cryptographic keys and establish a secure connection and a shared cryptographic key. The server transmits an encrypted audio prompt to the client device. The client device decrypts the encrypted audio prompt and stores the decrypted audio prompt in secure memory inaccessible to the operating system using an audio engine of the client device. The audio engine then retrieves the audio and renders it for the user through the speakers of the client device. The client device captures the user's audio response with a microphone and stores the audio response in the secure memory. The stored audio response is encrypted and transmitted to the server.
US09124381B2	Systems/methods of carrier aggregation Various embodiments of carrier aggregation are provided that increase communications capacity and throughput. According to some embodiments, a transmitter is configured with a plurality of transmitter chains and, responsive to an aggregate bandwidth and/or frequency content of an overall signal that is to be transmitted by the transmitter, the overall signal is segmented into a plurality of components, each one of which comprises a bandwidth that is smaller than the bandwidth of the overall signal, and is thus transmitted by the plurality of transmitter chains of the transmitter. Accordingly, each component of the plurality of components of the overall signal is processed by a respective transmitter chain of the plurality of transmitter chains. Systems/methods of spatial multiplexing are also provided further increasing network capacity and throughput.
US09124380B2	Packet delay distribution rate filtering To test the timing-recovery process of a receiving (i.e., slave) node in a packet-based network, a packet filter is configured in a test configuration that already contributes a natural delay distribution to the packet flow arriving at the slave node. The resulting delay distribution of the arriving packet flow is the combination of that natural delay distribution and the effects of the packet filter, which deterministically or statistically reduces the number of packets with delays within the anchor value window arriving at the slave node (i.e., received packets having packet delays within the slave node's anchor value window). The packet filter can be adjusted to test the slave node's timing-recovery process for a wide variety of packet-flow conditions (e.g., different rates of packets with delays within the anchor value window).
US09124371B2	Apparatus to control carrier spacing in a multi-carrier optical transmitter Consistent with the present disclosure, data, in digital form, is received by a transmit node of an optical communication system, and is then provided to a modulator that, in turn, modulates light, received from an optical source at one of a plurality of periodically and preferably minimally spaced wavelengths. The plurality of periodically spaced wavelengths or carriers are grouped together with minimal carrier spacing, to form a superchannel. The carrier spacing between adjacent carriers is determined by detecting a beat frequency of a combined optical signal that includes the outputs of two adjacent optical sources. The beat frequency corresponds to a frequency difference between the outputs of the adjacent carriers. This frequency difference should correspond to a desired carrier spacing between each of the plurality of carriers. A frequency error between the beat frequency and the desired carrier spacing is then measured by down-converting the beat frequency with respect to a target reference frequency corresponding to the desired carrier frequency spacing. Based on the determined frequency error, the optical sources are controlled to adjust in frequency to minimize or reduce the frequency error to zero. For every pair of adjacent carriers, the corresponding outputs of the optical sources are compared in the above manner to determine a plurality of frequency errors. Each optical source can thus be tuned in order to realize a precise carrier spacing between each of the adjacent carriers.
US09124368B2	Transceiver for use in fibre network A method performed by a transceiver for use in fiber network for sending and/or receiving signals. Transceiver includes SCM device; laser diode; Red-Blue Filter, RBF, having red, blue and common channels; PD; and Subcarrier Demultiplexing, SCDM, device. SCM device receives electromagnetic signals on at least two input ports, multiplexes electromagnetic signals and outputs signal to laser diode. Laser diode receives signal, converts signal to optical signals comprising plurality of subcarriers of different frequencies distributed in frequency around main optical carrier, and outputs subcarriers to red channel of RBF. RBF receives subcarriers and outputs to the fiber network via common channel. RBF receives subcarriers on common channel and filters out blue frequencies and outputs to photo diode. Photodiode receives the subcarriers having blue wavelengths, converts subcarriers into electromagnetic signal and outputs electromagnetic signal to SCDM device. SCDM device demultiplexes electromagnetic signal into at least two electromagnetic signals and outputs.
US09124362B2	Optical amplification stage for OTDR monitoring and related method and system for OTDR monitoring of an optical communication link Optical amplification stage (1) for OTDR monitoring, comprising a first (2a) and a second optical signal path (2b), a first (3a) and a second optical amplifier (3b), a first optical coupler (4a) placed along the first optical signal path downstream the first optical amplifier, a second optical coupler (4b) placed along the second optical signal path downstream the second optical amplifier, an optical by-pass path (5) optically connecting the first and the second optical coupler, a first (11a) and a second optical reflector (11b) optically connected to respectively the first and second optical coupler, and an optical filter (10) placed along the optical by-pass path which has attenuation high on the whole WDM band and low at the OTDR wavelength(s).
US09124350B2	Case for mobile device A case is provided for a mobile device. The case includes a first component having a back wall and a plurality of side walls for encasing the mobile device, and having at least one aperture in the back wall. The case also includes a second component disposed within the back wall and the plurality of side walls of the first component, and having at least one adhesive device that extends from a back surface of the second component and through the at least one aperture in the back wall of the first component.
US09124348B2	Mobile terminal having a microphone sound hole and speaker sound hole disposed on the same plane The purpose of the present invention is to provide a mobile terminal device that: suppresses the generation of echoes and howling that cause a deterioration in call quality; and achieves good call performance. The mobile terminal device (100) comprises a rear surface casing (120) and a battery cover (130) that covers the entire rear surface of the rear surface casing (120). Sound holes (125) for a microphone (170) and speaker sound holes (124) for a speaker (150) are arranged on the same rear surface of the rear surface casing (120). The rear surface casing (120) comprises a concave groove section (129), at least on the speaker (150) side and around the sound holes (125) for the microphone (170). The battery cover (130) comprises a convex protruding section (139) that fits into the groove section (129).
US09124346B2	Switching gates mixer This invention concerns a sub-harmonic homodyne mixer suitable for operation at the millimeter waveband (MMW); for instance the 60 GHz RF radio band. The mixer comprises: A first pair of transistors connected together with common source and common drain, and having an input port across their gates to receive the in-phase voltage signal from a local oscillator. A second pair of transistors also connected together with common source and common drain, and having an input port across their gates to receive the quadrature voltage signal from the local oscillator. Wherein, an input voltage port is defined directly across the common sources of the first and second pairs of transistors, and an output voltage port is defined between the common drains of the first pair of transistors and the common drains of the second pair of transistors. According to another aspect the present invention is a transceiver comprising a mixer according to the first aspect.
US09124345B2	If process engine and receiver having the same and method for removing if carriers used therein A GNSS receiver having an IF process engine is disclosed. The IF process engine provides a plurality of carriers with different frequencies and down converts IF signals into baseband signals by using the carriers in a time division multiplex (TDM) schedule. The IF process engine has a local oscillator part for generating the carriers with different frequencies; an IF down-converter for respectively mixing the IF signal with the carriers generated by the local oscillator part to generate IF removed signal segments; a time division multiplex (TDM) controller for scheduling the respective mixing operations of the IF down-converter for the IF signal with the respective carriers; and a buffer for storing the IF removed signal segments generated by the IF down-converter.
US09124338B2	Method and apparatus for efficient DC calibration in a direct-conversion system with variable DC gain A wireless communication receiver includes a multitude of look-up tables each storing a multitude of DC offset values associated with the gains of an amplification stage disposed in the wireless communication receiver. The entries for each look-up table are estimated during a stage of the calibration phase. During such a calibration stage, for each selected gain of an amplification stage, a search logic estimates a current DC offset number and compares it to a previous DC offset estimate that is fed back to the search logic. If the difference between the current and previous estimates is less than a predefined threshold value, the current estimate is treated as being associated with the DC offset of the selected gain of the amplification stage and is stored in the look-up table. This process is repeated for each selected gain of each amplification stage of interest until the look-up tables are populated.
US09124333B1	Improving uplink performance for a beam-forming antenna configuration A method, system, and medium are provided for improving uplink performance of an antenna array configured for downlink beam forming. Beam forming requires an antenna element spacing that results in correlated downlink signals. Uplink reception preferably uses an element spacing such that uplink signals are uncorrelated. For an eight-element antenna configured for beam forming, using eight-branch combining to produce a single resultant signal is thus less than optimal. In an embodiment, non-adjacent elements in the antenna array, which receive uncorrelated signals, may be combined in pairs with two-branch combining. The four resultant signals may then be combined using four-branch combining to provide a single resultant signal.
US09124330B2	Channel state information transmission/reception method and apparatus of downlink coordinated multi-point communication system A Channel State Information (CSI) transmission/reception method and an apparatus for transmitting/receiving CSI efficiently in a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) communication system are provided. The CSI transmission method of a terminal for receiving Joint Transmission (JT) from a first Transmission Point (TP) and a second TP includes receiving a first CSI Reference Signal (CSI-RS) corresponding to the first TP, receiving a second CSI-RS corresponding to the second TP, generating an aggregated CSI corresponding to the first and second CSI-RSs, and transmitting the aggregated CSI, wherein generating an aggregated CSI comprising creating the aggregated CSI with a transmission timing of the aggregated CSI. The CSI transmission/reception method and apparatus is capable of transmission CSI efficiently in the CoMP system.
US09124329B2	Methods of determining rank information and related communications devices and systems A method of operating a wireless terminal communicating with a base station over a wireless channel may include determining whether the wireless terminal is in an edge area or an interior area of coverage of the base station. Responsive to determining that the wireless terminal is in an edge area of coverage of the base station, a transmit diversity communications rank indicator may be selected to select diversity communications over the wireless channel between the wireless terminal and the base station. Related wireless terminals are also discussed.
US09124328B2	System and method for channel information feedback in a wireless communications system A system and method for channel information feedback in a wireless communications system is provided. A method for communications device operation includes receiving a pilot transmitted by a controller, computing a channel estimate for a channel between the controller and a communications device, the computing based on the pilot, computing a channel correlation matrix for the channel based on the channel estimate, and transmitting a reduced rank representation of the channel correlation matrix to the controller as a first feedback information. The method also includes adapting a first codebook based on the reduced rank representation of the channel correlation matrix, computing a representation of the channel using the adapted codebook, transmitting the representation of the channel as a second feedback information, and receiving a transmission beamformed based on the first feedback information and the second feedback information.
US09124326B2	Look-up table based digital filter array using digital transmitter Disclosed are structures and methods for slicing a broadband signal into multiple, narrower bandwidth sub-bands through the use of a look-up table (LUT). An input broadband signal is first loaded by a pre-defined LUT. The LUT is designed with multiple parallel outputs, wherein each output is one individual sub-band.
US09124322B2	Method and apparatus for constructing codebook, and method, apparatus and system for precoding The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for constructing a codebook. The method comprises: receiving grouping information on a plurality of transmit antennas of a base station; obtaining a channel model for a channel between a mobile terminal and the base station; and determining an optimal precoding matrix corresponding to each antenna group according to the grouping information and the channel model, so as to construct a codebook used for precoding. The present invention further discloses a method and apparatus for selecting a precoding matrix, as well as a method, apparatus and system for precoding.
US09124321B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting precoding matrix index and preforming precoding A method and an apparatus for sending a Precoding Matrix Index (PMI) and performing precoding are provided in the embodiments of the present invention. The method for sending the PMI comprises the following steps: a user equipment acquires the transmission channel capability of carrying the PMI; according to the transmission channel capability of carrying the PMI, the precoding matrices are selected from a locally-stored first codebook set to form a second codebook set; a first precoding matrix is selected from the second codebook set; an index corresponding to the first precoding matrix is sent to a base station over the transmission channel so as to make the base station can find out the first precoding matrix according to the index and precode the data according to the first precoding matrix. The embodiments of the present invention can realize the flexible configuration and use of the PMI.
US09124316B2	Transmit circuit, method for adjusting a bias of a power amplifier and method for adapting the provision of a bias information A transmit circuit includes an envelope tracker configured to determine an envelope of a transmit signal and provide bias information based on the determined envelope of the transmit signal. The transmit circuit further includes a power amplifier configured to generate an RF output signal based on the transmit signal, a bias provider configured to provide a bias for the power amplifier based on the bias information, and an impedance determinator configured to determine a measure of a load impedance of a load coupled to an output of the power amplifier. The envelope tracker is configured to adapt the bias information based on the measure of the load impedance.
US09124315B2	Compressed amplitude wireless signal and compression function Compression of an input signal prior to high power radio frequency (RF) amplification and transmission is disclosed. A compression device can receive an input signal and generate a compressed signal that can be passed to an amplification stage to reduce intermodulation effects. The compression device can further generate compression information that can be transmitted to enable a mobile device receiving an amplified version of the compressed signal and the compression information to decompress the amplified version of the compressed signal. Further, a mobile device that can receive an amplified compressed signal and compression information, such that the mobile device can decompress the amplified compressed signal, is also disclosed. The disclosed subject matter can enable use of lower cost, smaller, and less complex RF amplifiers within a wireless network environment.
US09124314B2	Method and device for delivering service data A method and device for sending service data are provided in the present invention, so as to realize simplification of a precoding matrix calculation method. The method includes: a network side executing the following steps: calculating a value space matrix according to a signal channel matrix of a serving cell of a terminal; calculating a null space matrix according to an interference channel matrix of a coordinating cell of the terminal; projecting a vector of the value space matrix to a space on which a vector of the null space matrix is located to obtain a precoding matrix of the terminal; and sending the service data in the serving cell of the terminal according to the precoding matrix.
US09124310B2	RF transmitter having broadband impedance matching for multi-band application support Systems and methods are provided for a broadband, closed-loop RF transmitter for multi-band applications that employs a single RF path to service multiple bands of operation. Embodiments of the present disclosure implement a broadband impedance matching module, which avoids the need for several costly and complex narrow-band matching networks. In an embodiment, the broadband impedance matching module includes concentric, mutually-coupled inductors. By adding this broadband impedance matching functionality, delay is significantly reduced because a single path can be used to service multiple bands.
US09124306B2	Wireless data transmission via inductive coupling using di/dt as the magnetic modulation scheme without hysteresis The disclosed couplers operate in a “near field” mode, meaning energy, whether used to transmit data or power, is transferred through magnetic induction using a ∂i/∂t circuit (meaning a change in current over a change in time), such as by using inductive transmission and receive coils in which resistors and/or other components such as diodes are placed into series and/or in parallel with the coils and used to control the shape of the pulse, e.g. its voltage and/or frequency. In embodiments, no hysteresis circuit is required for data transmission.
US09124300B2	Error correction coding in non-volatile memory A method includes encoding data bits into codewords according to a first error correction encoding scheme. The method includes storing the codewords into a memory and generating a combined codeword by encoding, at the memory, the codewords according to a second error correction encoding scheme to generate parity bits of the combined codeword. The method includes, after storing the codewords into the memory, storing the parity bits of the combined codeword into the memory.
US09124295B2	System and method for data compression and transmission A system, method, and apparatus for compressing binary code comprising at least a processor, memory, storage, and an encoding device or decoding device or both. The methods include comparing a given binary code string having a certain size to be compressed or decompressed with a table comprising all possible combinations of zeroes and ones for any binary data of size x. The given binary code string and all possible combinations are partitioned in packets of size y and each packet assigned a value. A second value representing an assembly of all the values into a second value is performed. The assembly may be performed n times to obtain an nth value. The second or nth value is transmitted or received or both by the encoding and decoding devices, respectively, in place of the given binary code. Table comparison may be performed using pattern recognition.
US09124288B2	Semiconductor device To determine the accuracy of an AD converter more simply than in the related art, a semiconductor device includes a successive approximation AD converter. The AD converter includes one or a plurality of testing capacitors used in a test mode, separately from a C-DAC used for AD conversion in a normal mode. In the test mode, the accuracy of a capacitor under test among a plurality of capacitors configuring the C-DAC is determined by comparing a potential occurring in the capacitor under test and a potential occurring in the testing capacitors.
US09124282B1	Digital-to-analog converter with correction for parasitic routing resistance An embodiment of a digital-to-analog converter circuit includes a resistor network connected to an output node, a switch network having a first plurality of switches connecting the resistor network to a first circuit node and a second plurality of switches connecting the resistor network to a second circuit node, a voltage reference to supply a reference voltage to the first circuit node, and a current generator connected to the first circuit node and the second circuit node, to generate a compensation current, draw the compensation current from the first circuit node, and supply the compensation current to the second circuit node. The current generator can generate the compensation current as a function of a current or a voltage of a component of the voltage reference or as a function of an analog output voltage produced at the output node.
US09124273B2	Sensor device and method for grip and proximity detection A sensor device is provided, with a first electrode structure and a second electrode structure, wherein the first electrode structure has a transmitting electrode, a compensation electrode and a reception electrode and wherein the second electrode structure has a number of field sensing electrodes. The first and the second electrode structure are coupled with an evaluating device. The evaluating device has a signal generator for supplying the transmitting electrode and the compensation electrode with an alternating electrical signal. The reception electrode, the transmitting electrode, the compensation electrode and the field sensing electrodes are arranged in relation to each other in such a way that a first alternating electrical field emitted at the transmitting electrode may be coupled into the reception electrode and into one of the field sensing electrodes and a second alternating electrical field emitted at the compensation electrode may be coupled substantially only into the reception electrode.
US09124265B2	Method and apparatus for transistor switch isolation A transistor switch that provides isolation is described. The transistor switch is adapted to receive an input signal at an input terminal and either transmit the input signal to an output terminal when the transistor switch is in a first state or ground the input signal when the transistor switch is in a second state. The transistor switch comprises series switches, which couple the input terminal to the output terminal when the transistor switch is in the first state; shunt switches, which couple the input terminal to ground when the transistor switch is in the second state; and filters to provide isolation between the input terminal and the output terminal.
US09124262B2	Reconfigurable flip-flop A device (300, 1000) provides a dual-edge triggered flip-flop (DETFF) that is reconfigurable to a master-slave flip-flop (MSFF). The device includes a reconfigurable MUX-D flip-flop including two distinct circuit configurations. In a first configuration, two latches or storage elements (340, 360, 1040, 1060) are operating in series to provide a MUX-D flip-flop. In a second configuration, the storage elements (340, 360, 1040, 1060) are operating in parallel to provide a dual-edge triggered flip-flop (DETFF).
US09124256B2	Tunable clock system A memory-like structure composed of variable resistor elements for use in tuning respective branches and leaves of a clock distribution structure, which may be used to compensate for chip-by-chip and/or combinatorial logic path-by-path delay variations, which may be due, for example, to physical variations in deep submicron devices and interconnections, is presented. A single system clocked scan flip-flop with the capability to perform delay test measurements is also presented. Methods for measuring combinatorial logic path delays to determine the maximum clock frequency and delays to program the variable resistors, as well as methods for calibrating and measuring the programmed variable resistors, are also presented.
US09124249B1	Channel scanning method and apparatus A receiver is tuned to a first channel in a plurality of channels, and at least one beacon signal from at least one other channel is received while the receiver is tuned to the first channel. The at least one other channel is determined to be active based on the at least one beacon signal received while the receiver is tuned to the first channel. A channel that is determined to be “active” may be, for example, a communication channel on which an access point in a communication network is communicating or is able to communicate.
US09124248B2	Impedance-matching network using BJT switches in variable-reactance circuits This disclosure describes systems, methods, and apparatuses for impedance-matching radio frequency power transmitted from a radio frequency generator to a plasma load in a semiconductor processing chamber. Impedance-matching can be performed via a match network having a variable-reactance circuit. The variable-reactance circuit can comprise one or more reactive elements all connected to a first terminal and selectively shorted to a second terminal via a switch. The switch can comprise a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) or insulated gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) controlled via bias circuitry. In an on-state, the BJT base-emitter junction is forward biased, and AC is conducted between a collector terminal and a base terminal. Thus, AC passes through the BJT primarily from collector to base rather than from collector to emitter. Furthermore, the classic match network topology used with vacuum variable capacitors can be modified such that voltages do not overload the BJT's in the modified topology.
US09124244B2	Method and device for generating a filter coefficient in real time The present invention provides a method and device for generating a filter coefficient in real time. The method includes: looking up a converted window function value in a converted window function table based on a current coefficient index; generating a current cut-off angular frequency; generating a look-up table address based on the current coefficient index, the filter order and the current cut-off angular frequency and looking up a sine value in a sine table based on the look-up table address; and multiplying the converted window function value by the sine value to obtain the filter coefficient. The device includes a first memory, a second memory, a look-up table address generation module and a first multiplier. The present invention is easily implemented with low hardware resource consumption and high flexibility, and is particularly applicable for the hardware implementation of high-order finite impulse response filters.

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