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US09421910B1	Identifying road hazards An approach is provided for identifying, from a moving vehicle, an object proximate to a direction of the moving vehicle. The identified object is illuminated with a colored laser light with the colored laser light emanating from a laser included in the vehicle.
US09421900B2	Roll-up tarp conversion kit and methods of use A motorized conversion kit for converting manually operated roll tarps includes front and rear arm assemblies and a roll tube extension. The front arm assembly includes a drive assembly that drives an output shaft. The output shaft is removably connectable to the roll tube extension that is connected to a modified roll tube. The connection between the output shaft and the roll tube extension has two distinct modes. The output shaft can be removably connected to the roll tube extension with a clevis pin such that the output shaft and the roll tube extension rotate together or the output shaft can be retained within the roll tube extension by a roll pin residing in a peripheral grove in the output shaft so that the output shaft may rotate independently of the roll tube extension. Methods of installing and using the conversion kit are also disclosed.
US09421898B2	Trailer for lifting a heavy load and method for lifting the heavy load using the same The present document describes a trailer for lifting a heavy load, the trailer comprising a base frame defining an opening for receiving the load upon displacement of the trailer toward the load; and a structural frame upwardly extending from the base frame, the structural frame including a lifting frame above the heavy load for removable attachment to the heavy load; and a lifting device for lifting the heavy load removably attached to the lifting frame and thereby to permit displacement of the heavy load with the trailer.
US09421895B2	Vehicle seat assembly having a hardness gradient via “A” surface intrusions and/or protrusions In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a vehicle seat assembly comprising a cushion having an “A” surface and a “B” surface, a central portion, and two bolster areas, with each bolster area being adjacent the central portion, with the cushion having a plurality of intrusions extending from the “A” surface towards the “B” surface to form a hardness gradient between at least one of the bolster areas and the central portion of between 8% to 25%.
US09421888B2	Seat device for vehicle A seat device for a vehicle includes a seat back, an auxiliary member supported on the seat back and can pivot between a storage position at which the auxiliary member is housed in a housing recess part and a projecting position at which the auxiliary member projects forward of the seat back, and an inner board that closes a rear opening face of the housing recess part, a board support member having a retaining groove into which a lower end part of the inner board is fitted from above, wherein a latching projection and a latching groove are formed respectively on one and the other of opposing faces of the retaining groove and the lower end part of the inner board fitted thereinto, the latching projection and the latching groove being engaged with each other for suppressing upward movement of the inner board.
US09421886B2	Bucket seat with changing kinematics A seat having a bucket and a supporting structure on which the bucket is fixed. The height of the bucket on the supporting structure is adjustable. A lower sub-assembly of the supporting structure forms a seat subframe and of which at least one bucket support is mounted movable in height following at least one lower guide rail. An upper sub-assembly of the supporting structure is assembled movable in rotation relative to the lower sub-assembly around a pivot axis which is situated close to a lower end of the lower guide rails and situated close to a lower end of the upper sub-assembly. The bucket is fixed to the bucket support in an articulated manner at the seat base and has at least one guide element fixed to the backrest and sliding in an upper guide rail of the upper sub-assembly situated above the lower guide rails.
US09421883B2	Adaptive torque control circuit and method of operation A circuit controls a polyphase alternating current electric motor with adaptive adjustments to voltage magnitude and voltage frequency when it receives measurements of wheel slip and wheel skid. The apparatus receives target torque requests as well as sensor data from a wheel and local motion and acceleration detectors. When the target torque is not attainable because of loading or loss of traction, the circuit adaptively determines and provides an attainable torque and transmits the attainable torque value which enables other target torque requests to be amended.
US09421873B2	Construction machine Construction machine capable of incorporating an engine and using an external power source. The construction machine includes an electrical storage device performing a charge with the external power source, uses the electrical storage device to provide assist when the power of the engine is insufficient, uses an electrical charge in the electrical storage device systematically in accordance with work time, and efficiently uses the electrical storage device by controlling its discharge amount in accordance with load status. The construction machine includes the engine, accessory loads connected to the engine, an assist electric motor driven by the engine, electrical power converters for converting an AC current, which is the output current of the assist electric motor, to a DC current, and the electrical storage device connected to the DC side of each electrical power converter. The electrical storage device becomes charged through a charging device from the external power source.
US09421863B2	Multi-ratio power takeoff drive for agricultural tractor A multi-ratio PTO drive system is provided and having a first shaft drivingly coupled to a second shaft between an engine output and a splined PTO output stub by a plurality of selectable gear sets. Each gear set delivers a different input-to-output drive ratio and comprises at least a pair of gears drivingly coupled to one another. A first gear of each gear set is keyed on the first shaft and a second gear is selectively engageable with the second shaft by a respective selector mechanism. Each selector mechanism is hydraulically activated by pressurized fluid conveyed through respective fluid conveyance bores in the second shaft. The selector mechanisms may comprise respective coupling gears that are slidable on the second shaft between non-engaged and engaged positions. The coupling gears may serve as pistons within a chamber that can be pressurized wherein the pressurized fluid acts thereupon.
US09421856B2	Powertrain configurations for two-motor, two-clutch hybrid electric vehicles Powertrain configurations for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) are disclosed herein. One powertrain comprises: a prime mover; an electric motor-generator, said electric motor-generator mechanically coupled to said prime mover via a first clutch; an electric motor, said electric motor mechanically coupled to said electric motor-generator via a second clutch; a battery, said battery electrically coupled to said electric motor-generator and said electric motor, said battery capable of supplying electrical energy to said electric motor-generator and said electric motor; and a controller, said controller capable of supplying control signals to said prime mover, said first clutch, said electric motor-generator, said second clutch and said electric motor such that said controller is capable of dynamically affecting a plurality of operating modes; wherein further said plurality of operating modes comprises one of a group, said group comprising: all electric mode, series mode, series-parallel mode and parallel mode.
US09421843B2	Active suspension apparatus for vehicle and pump applied thereto An active suspension apparatus for a vehicle includes a pump configured to adjust movements of a fluid and actuators configured to receive the fluid from the pump and to compensate displacements of coil springs connected to wheels of the vehicle, in which the pump supplies the fluid contained in a cylinder to one of the actuators of left wheels of the vehicle and the actuators of right wheels of the vehicle based on the driving of a motor.
US09421834B2	Device for feeding a fluid to a vessel to be filled The present invention relates to a device for feeding a fluid to a vessel (T), including a fluid inflow or inlet opening, a distribution valve placed between the inlet opening and the vessel (T), a fluid supply line between the distribution valve and the vessel, and a valve member intercepting the supply line and movable between a first position and a second position.
US09421831B2	Magnetic force transmission type tire pressure sensor device and related setting tool and setting method A magnetic force transmission type tire pressure sensor device and related setting tool and setting method is disclosed. The invention uses a magnetic force sensor unit in the tire pressure sensor device to receive lines of magnetic flux being transmitted by a magnetic force transmitter unit in the setting tool, and then the received waveform is converted into a communication protocol and stored in the tire pressure sensor device. Therefore, the invention not only can achieve the purpose of wireless transmission but also can enhance the stability of signal transmission, eliminate wireless regulatory constraints and improve product quality.
US09421825B2	Geodesic belted tire A pneumatic tire having a pair of beads, a tread, a pair of sidewalls, and a carcass including a plurality of plies of tire cord fabric, said tire having one or more belt plies, wherein at least one of said belt plies has cords being defined by the equation ρ[cos α]n=K, when ρ is the radius from the rotational axis of the tire to a point on the carcass, α is the cord angle of said at least one ply at said point, n is a positive real number between 0.1 and 1, and K is a constant.
US09421820B2	Structurally supported non-pneumatic wheel with reinforcements and method of manufacture A non-pneumatic wheel with reinforcement bands that provide structural support for the wheel and a method of manufacture of such a wheel are described. The reinforcement band forms part of an annular reinforcement structure that includes foam spacers positioned between the annular reinforcement band. The foam can be a reticulated foam into which a matrix material such as a polyurethane is introduced. The matrix material can also be used to form one or more features of the non-pneumatic wheel such as spokes, a mounting band, and a hub.
US09421816B2	Apparatus and methods for displaying fabric based images A stretcher frame apparatus and methods for stretching and mounting a fabric, such as canvas, to a supporting surface, such as a wall. The apparatus has two opposing elongated frame members that are attached to opposite sides of a fabric. When the frame members are first mounted to the wall, the fabric will have slack, but the fabric is made taut when the user inserts removable elongated tension member(s) between the wall and rear side of the fabric. Preferably, two tension members are inserted between the wall and the mounted fabric and then slid in opposite directions toward the mounted frame members. This apparatus and method allows a user to forgo cumbersome four-sided box frames, and instead provides a simple, easy to use apparatus for mounting decorative fabric-based images to a wall.
US09421814B2	Marking blade A marking device for writing or drawing on a given surface can be made of any material that leaves a residue or makes legible marks on a surface. The marking device can be used to make precise lines or shapes on any material, including rough surfaces, such as, wood, concrete, drywall, tiles, etc. The marking device can consistently produce thin lines without needing any sharpening. The marking device can be attached to a support frame, which can serve as a handle for grasping and using the marking device. The support frame can further provide a housing to shield the marking device from damage when not in use. The marking device can be shaped as a razorblade and be configured to fit into any standard utility knife, which may serve as the support frame. Such an arrangement allows a utility knife to be reversibly converted into a carpenter pencil.
US09421800B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a moving portion that moves a printing medium, with the moving portion capable of being mounted to the image forming apparatus, an image forming portion that ejects ink droplets to the printing medium that is moved by the moving portion and forms an image thereon, and a reference portion mounted to the image forming apparatus. In addition, a positioning portion forces the moving portion, mounted to the image forming apparatus, to abut against the reference portion so that a distance between the moving portion and the image forming portion is a predetermined distance.
US09421796B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming system A sheet processing apparatus includes a trimming section, a container, a detector and a control section. The trimming section performs trimming to trim a sheet or sheet set. The container collects a chip produced by the trimming in the trimming section. The detector detects a presence of the chip at a predetermined height. The control section makes the trimming section perform the trimming of a next sheet or sheet set when the detector detects the chip. Then, the control section determines that a top of piled chips in the container has reached the predetermined height when the detector still detects the presence of the chip after the trimming of the next sheet or sheet set.
US09421795B2	Pallet conveyors for printers Pallet conveyors for printers are disclosed. In example implementations a pallet conveyor for a printer comprises a track, a train pallet to circulate on the track and a wagon pallet to circulate on the track towed by the train pallet. The train and wagon pallets may support a print substrate.
US09421788B2	Liquid circulation device and liquid discharging apparatus A liquid circulation device includes a housing having an outlet and an inlet, a circulation unit configured to convey liquid out of the housing through the outlet and recover liquid into the housing through the inlet, a liquid supplying unit configured to supply liquid into the housing, an air conveying unit configured to convey air into and out of the housing, a level detecting unit configured to detect a level of the liquid in the housing, a pressure sensing unit configured to detect a pressure of the air in the housing, and a control unit configured to control a pressure of the liquid in the housing by controlling the liquid supplying unit or the air conveying unit, based on the level and the pressure of the air.
US09421787B2	Abnormality sensing method for pressure sensor, and liquid discharge device The liquid discharge device includes a supply path which guides a liquid accumulated in a liquid accumulating unit to a liquid ejection head, a supply pump which feeds a liquid to the liquid ejection head from the liquid accumulating unit through the supply path, a damper which has a liquid chamber and an air chamber sectioned via a flexible membrane, and a pressure sensor, a pressure value is acquired from the pressure sensor in a state where the air chamber is open to atmosphere, and whether or not there is abnormality in the pressure sensor is determined based on comparison between a hydraulic head pressure between the damper and the pressure sensor, and the pressure value.
US09421777B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head in which a plurality of head units which eject an ink from a nozzle which is formed in an ejection surface are arranged, and a brush which includes a plurality of bristle members for cleaning a gap which is formed by the head units which are adjacent to each other.
US09421776B2	Recovery system for recording head and ink-jet recording apparatus including the same A recovery system for a recording head according to the present disclosure includes a wiper, a drive mechanism, and a control portion. The control portion is able to execute a recovery operation for a recording head that includes a first ink pushing-out operation that forcibly pushes out ink, a first wiping operation that wipes away purged ink, and a second wiping operation that moves the wiper in a direction opposite to the first direction. The wiper includes a first wiping surface, a second wiping surface, and an upper surface. The upper surface is provided with a first step portion that becomes higher from a first upper end portion of the first wiping surface to a second upper end portion of the second wiping surface.
US09421773B2	Process for producing liquid ejection head The invention provides a process for producing a liquid ejection head having an ejection orifice forming member in which an ejection orifice for ejecting a liquid has been formed, and a substrate having an energy-generating element for generating energy for ejecting a liquid from the ejection orifice on the side of a front surface thereof, the process includes the steps of providing a film having a support, a first layer and a second layer in this order, arranging the film on the substrate in such a manner that the second layer faces the front surface, detaching the support from the film arranged, forming the ejection orifice in the second layer, and removing at least a part of the first layer from the second layer.
US09421761B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and image recording apparatus If a plurality of ejection openings at identical positions in an array direction in which ejection openings are arrayed have experienced an ejection failure, complementary nozzles are selected so that the distance between ejection openings at both ends of the plurality of ejection openings in a cross direction crossing the array direction is the shortest.
US09421757B2	Method and apparatus for cleaning printing presses for three dimensional objects An apparatus and method cleans rollers on printing presses that print indicia on three dimensional objects such as candies, confectionaries and other comestible items. The cleaning apparatus moves in three axes to position itself alternately opposite an engraved roller and a blanket roller. The cleaning apparatus dry cleans one roller and dry and/or wet cleans the other roller. The apparatus has a cleaning pad that extends toward a web of cleaning material to press the cleaning material against a roller. The apparatus moves across the roller to wipe ink and/or debris from the surface of the roller.
US09421753B2	Printing apparatus and method for measuring and compensating for synchronization error A printing apparatus for measuring and compensating for a synchronization error is provided. The printing apparatus includes: a rotating part configured to include a roll of which the surface is made of a flexible material and a motor rotating the roll; a support part having a substrate disposed on an upper portion thereof to support the substrate and formed to relatively move in a direction parallel with a tangential direction of the rotating part and the roll; a printing pressure part formed to provide adhesion and printing pressure of the roll to the substrate by changing an interval between the rotating part and the support part; and a compensation unit configured to include a sensor unit which is disposed on a lower portion of the substrate to measure forces which are applied between the roll and the substrate at a contact position between the roll and the substrate and a control unit which performs a control to compensate for the synchronization error by using values of forces measured by the sensor unit.
US09421750B2	Platemaking method, platemaking device, and printing press There is provided a platemaking method of forming relief based on relief pattern data in a printing plate to be pressed on a printing matter, and the platemaking method includes steps of: estimating distribution of printing pressure of the printing plate pressed on the printing matter on the basis of image data and distribution data of plate thickness; calculating an amount of correction of engraving shape data on the basis of the distribution of printing pressure; correcting the engraving shape data on the basis of the amount of correction; and acquiring exposure amount data from the engraving shape data corrected. It is possible to form relief in consideration of deformation of a printing plate in accordance with the distribution of printing pressure in the printing plate to favorably print and reproduce an image on a printing medium.
US09421745B2	Method of adhering protective adhesive film to a device Applying and using a protective film on a portable electronic device includes provision and application of a protective film product to a surface of the portable electronic device. The protective film product includes at least a protective film, an adhesive layer on one surface of the protective film and a removable cap sheet on an opposite surface of the protective film. An adhesive area of the adhesive layer is applied to a surface of the electronic device, and pressure is applied to the cap sheet to remove air bubbles trapped between the adhesive layer and the electronic device. The cap sheet is removed, and remaining air bubbles are permitted to diffuse through the adhesive and protective film.
US09421741B2	Chassis and method for manufacturing chassis This chassis (2) is made of a clad material in which a first layer (21) made of austenite stainless steel, a second layer (22) made of Cu or a Cu alloy, stacked on the first layer, and a third layer (23) made of austenite stainless steel, stacked on the side of the second layer opposite to the first layer are roll-bonded to each other, and the thickness of the second layer is at least 15% of the thickness of the clad material.
US09421739B2	Graphene aerospace composites Composite prepreg materials made from a plurality of layers of graphene film having a size that spans an entire width and an entire length of the composite prepreg material, each of the layers of graphene film being functionalized with holes formed through the graphene film, amine groups formed on both an upper and a lower surface of the graphene film, epoxide groups formed on at least one edge of the graphene film, amine monomers and/or epoxy monomers. The plurality of layers may be formed by stacking a plurality of layers of graphene film to form a stacked composite prepreg material or by folding a graphene film to form a crumpled composite prepreg material.
US09421738B2	Chemically stable visible light photoemission electron source A method of producing electrons via photoemission comprising providing diamond doped p-type with boron, treating a surface of the diamond by exposing it to atomic hydrogen inside an ultrahigh vacuum chamber, illuminating the surface with photons, and extracting the photoemitted electrons. A chemically stable visible light photoemission electron source comprising a diamond film having a surface terminated with hydrogen and a light source.
US09421734B2	Fabric structure for manufacturing water sports garments The present disclosure provides a fabric structure for manufacturing water sports garments. The foamed rubber sheet has a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The inner fabric layer includes a draining fabric layer attached to the first surface of the foamed rubber sheet, an elastic fabric layer attached to the draining fabric layer, and a water repellent fabric layer attached to the elastic fabric layer. The outer fabric layer is attached to the second surface of the foamed rubber sheet. Water may directly pass into the draining fabric layer, through the water repellent fabric layer and the elastic fabric layer, and be drained out of the fabric structure. Therefore, the user wearing the water sports garment made of the fabric structure may feel comfortable and warm while water is drained out.
US09421725B2	Molding element comprising cutting means for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread A molding element of a mold for molding and vulcanizing a tire tread, this tread having a tread surface intended to come into contact with the ground when the tire is rolling. This molding element has a molding surface adapted to mold part of the tire tread surface and a blade adapted to mold a sipe or a groove in the tread. The molding element has two lamella positioned on either side of the blade at a distance from this blade, each lamella having a bulge at one extremity far away from the molding surface. Each lamella having cutting means extending from the bulge.
US09421721B2	System and method for designing scleral lenses A system and method for designing scleral lenses includes a computer, a camera and a lathe connected by a network. The camera captures a set of sagittal images at each of a set of sagittal planes of an eye. A combined sagittal image is created from each set of sagittal images. A spline curve is defined for each combined sagittal image creating a set of spline curves. A set of back surface curves is created from the set of spline curves. A back lens surface is generated from the set of surface curves. A front lens surface is generated adjacent the back lens surface. A point cloud is generated from the back lens surface and the front lens surface. The point cloud is converted to a lens image. The lens is converted to a text file for use by the lathe to cut the scleral lens.
US09421719B2	Production of a transparent optical component having a cellular structure The invention relates to a transparent optical component having a cellular structure, comprising a network of walls (106), that forms a set of cells (104) that are juxtaposed parallel to a component surface. In order to produce such a component, an irregular set of points (101, 105) in the surface of the component is determined, each point being used to form a center of one of the cells. A position and an orientation of each wall are then determined such that the set of cells forms a Voronoï partition of the surface of the component. The component has a level of transparency that is compatible with an optical or ophthalmological use.
US09421717B2	Manufacturing a composite An apparatus and method for manufacturing a composite is provided. A bottom release layer is disposed within a cavity of a volumetrically restraining body structure for supporting a cast material. An air bag is disposed between the bottom release layer and one or more surfaces of the volumetrically restraining body structure within the cavity. An air compressor connected to the air bag pressurizes the air bag. The pressurized air bag compresses the cast material against the bottom release layer. The resin inlets disposed on the cast material infuse resin into the cast material. A vacuum outlet insertably connected in the cavity of the volumetrically restraining body structure, in communication with the cast material, draws a vacuum through the cast material and draws the resin into the cast material. The compression of the cast material reduces excessive resin rich areas in the composite created from the resin infused cast material.
US09421713B2	Additive manufacturing method for printing three-dimensional parts with purge towers A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method including printing layers of the three-dimensional part and of a support structure for the three-dimensional part from multiple print heads or deposition lines, and switching the print heads or deposition line between stand-by modes and operating modes in-between the printing of the layers of the three-dimensional part and the support structure. The method also includes performing a purge operation for each print head or deposition line switched to the operating mode, where the purge operation includes printing a layer of at least one purge tower from the print head or deposition line switched to the operating mode.
US09421711B2	Device and method for providing a continuous tubular foil Method and device for forming a continuous tubular foil (106, 308). Foil (106, 308) is supplied and buffered. Foil (106) is supplied as flattened tubular foil (106) from a supply. A next piece of foil (308) is supplied from a next supply. The ends of tubular foil (304, 309) are connected. This then allows supplying and buffering next tubular foil (308) supplied from the next supply. The device and method allow connecting the ends of tubular foils (304, 309) by opening the end (309) of the next flattened tubular foil (308) supplied from the next supply and moving the end of the flattened tubular foil (304) in an upstream direction (299) into the opened end of next tubular foil (309) from the next supply. Connection is made using a tape (250, 270) applied onto the foil ends (304, 309).
US09421708B2	Blow molding device To effectively prevent occurrence of stretching unevenness during blow molding using a liquid as the pressure medium without significantly modifying the structure of a device, provided is a blow molding device including: a metal mold used for blow molding; and a blow nozzle that tightly communicates with a mouth tubular portion of a bottomed tubular preform, the liquid as the pressure medium being supplied into the preform through the blow nozzle. The blow nozzle is provided, at a lower end portion thereof, with an engaging tubular piece that is inserted into the mouth tubular portion, and the engaging tubular piece has a length by which a lower end of the engaging tubular piece extends further downward than a neck ring in a state where the blow nozzle is in communication with the mouth tubular portion, the neck ring being provided around a lower end of the mouth tubular portion.
US09421700B2	Three-dimensional printing apparatus A three-dimensional (3D) apparatus including a processing unit, a base and a printing head is provided. The processing unit is configured to read and process digital 3D model information. The base is coupled to and controlled by the processing unit. The base includes a plurality of heating regions. The processing unit is configured to selectively heat at least one of the heating regions according to the digital 3D model information. The printing head is disposed above the base. The printing head is coupled to and controlled by the processing unit to dispense a thermal melting material layer-by-layer on the heated heating region to form a 3D object related to the digital 3D model information.
US09421693B2	Method for forming shaped label stacks A method for shortening the processing time on creating shaped label stacks. Between a strip pack cross-cutter and a die-cutting device in the region of a conveying section, the strip packs cut by way of the strip pack cross-cutter into stack packs are transferred and then die-cut in the die-cutting device into shaped label stacks. Two or more stack packs are layered on one another in the region of the conveying section and the layered stack packs are die-cut into shaped label stacks, for increasing the die-cutting output. The layered, die-cut stacks can then be divided again into shaped label stacks that can be managed and banded.
US09421688B2	Robot A robot is disclosed. The robot can comprise a body and an emotion-expressing system. The emotion-expressing system can comprise a touch sensor embedded within the body, a feedback generator, and a controller in communication with the touch sensor and the feedback generator. The controller can be configured to determine the emotional state of the robot based on feedback from the touch sensor, and the feedback generator can be configured to generate feedback indicative of the emotional state.
US09421682B2	Multi-head power tool with reverse lock-out capability A handheld power tool having a detachable tool head is disclosed in which, depending on the type of tool head used, selection of reverse movement of the rotary assembly of the power tool can be prevented. Where reverse movement of the tool head is undesirable, such as for a saw blade, the tool head contains a contact plate that slides a plate member to a position to prevent selection of the reverse direction by the user. However, where reverse movement of a tool head is desired, such as for a drill head, the plate member remains in its original position such that forward and reverse directions can be selected by a user.
US09421669B2	Single grooved polishing pad A polishing pad, an apparatus for chemical mechanical polishing of semiconductor wafers and a method of making a device using the same are presented. The apparatus includes a first platform for mounting a semiconductor wafer; a second platform for mounting a polishing pad; a rotator for rotating the wafer against the polishing pad; and a diamond dresser for dressing the polishing pad. The polishing pad has a single groove of a width (w) surrounding the periphery of an undressed portion of the polishing pad thus eliminating contact of the undressed portion with the outer edge of the diamond dresser.
US09421668B2	CMP apparatus Provided is a chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) apparatus that includes a swing unit installed apart from a platen, on which a CMP pad to be conditioned is placed, at a predetermined interval, a connector installed on an upper end of the swing unit at one end thereof in a perpendicular direction to the swing unit and pivoting around the swing unit above the CMP pad, a rotator rotatably installed on the other end of the connector, a CMP pad conditioner coupled to the rotator and conditioning the CMP pad when rotated, and a vibration meter installed on the connector and detecting vibrations to measure a vibration acceleration of the CMP pad conditioner, thereby predicting a wear rate of the CMP pad based on the vibration acceleration and a state in which the CMP pad conditioner is installed or being used.
US09421667B2	Machine tool for measuring a workpiece The present disclosure relates to a machine tool, in particular a grinding machine, and to a method for measuring a workpiece, in particular a workpiece diameter, in a machine tool, in particular a grinding machine, which comprises a workpiece mount, a tool unit, a measuring device and a control device which is connectable to the measuring device and the tool unit, wherein the measuring device is accommodated on the tool unit and comprises at least two measuring probes, wherein in a measuring configuration the at least two measuring probes are spaced apart by a basic spacing which defines a measurement region, wherein the basic spacing is selected to be greater than a known reference dimension, wherein the control device is configured for acquiring values detected by way of the at least two measuring probes, of detecting an actual position of the tool unit, and, on the basis of a displacement path of the tool unit when probing a workpiece which is moved into the measurement region, of determining an actual spacing, in particular an actual diameter, with consideration to the reference dimension and/or the basic spacing.
US09421665B2	Pressure-adjusting lapping element A pressure-adjusting lapping element is included as a structural component of a carrier assembly in a lapping head. The lapping element includes actuator nodes that permit fine tuning of a lapping force applied through the lapping element to a work piece. An actuator assembly is directly attached to the lapping element and manipulates the individual actuator nodes. The lapping element further includes whippletree structure to permit a desired degree of flexibility in the lapping element to respond to force inputs at the actuator nodes.
US09421663B2	Grinding or polishing tool for an oscillating drive The invention discloses a tool for grinding and polishing, comprising a drive motor, which has a given machine power (rated input power) and by which a work spindle can be driven about its longitudinal axis in rotatingly oscillating fashion, and further comprising a tool-mounting fixture on the work spindle intended to receive a tool that has a working surface for grinding and polishing operations. The quotient of the working surface (in square millimeters) and the rated power input (in Watts) is at least 35 mm2/W, while the quotient of the working surface and the deadweight (in grams, without the tool) is at least 5.5 mm2/g.
US09421662B2	Polishing apparatus A polishing apparatus including a chuck for supporting a wafer while exposing a peripheral portion of the wafer, a polishing head for polishing the peripheral portion of the wafer, and a polishing solution supplying assembly provided above the chuck and configured to spray a polishing solution on the wafer and to form a liquid curtain on the chuck to protect the wafer when the wafer is polished may be provided.
US09421637B2	Super charger components A pulley assembly having a body, a shaft mount and a plurality of bolts is disclosed. The body is aligned to the shaft mount by providing a tight tolerance between a shoulder portion of the bolt and a neck portion of a counter sunk hole formed in the body. Additionally, an outer surface of the body may have a pattern of friction lines or patches formed by fusing particulate matter to the outer surface with heat generated by a laser beam.
US09421631B2	Squeezing detection control method for consumable electrode arc welding A squeezing detection control method is provided for consumable electrode arc welding in which a cycle of arc generation and short-circuiting is repeated between a consumable electrode and a base metal. First, squeezed droplet is detected as a premonitory sign of arc recurrence at the end of the short-circuiting. This detection is based on a fact that a squeeze detection reference value is attained by a differential value of the voltage or resistance between the consumable electrode and the base metal. Then, a welding current supplied to a short-circuit load is rapidly decreased upon detection of the squeezed droplet. Upon recurrence of the arc, the welding current is increased. This arc recurrence is detected by a fact that the differential value attains an arc recurrence reference value which is greater than the squeeze detection reference value.
US09421623B2	Apparatus for sharpening beet-cutter knives An apparatus for sharpening a beet knife has a plurality of roof-shaped blades next to each other on a knife body has a centering device carrying a centering piece and movable in a Y-direction, a milling device with a mechanically rotatable side miller with a roof-like milling edge movable in the Y-direction toward and away from the centering device, and a guide extending in an X-direction substantially perpendicular to the Y-direction. A grab shiftable in the X-direction on the guide is designed to hold the knife to be sharpened, and respective drives are connected to the centering and milling devices for moving same toward and away from each other in the Y-direction and to the grab for moving same along the guide in the X-direction.
US09421621B2	Single-lip drill The invention relates to a single-lip drill (10) having at least one cutting edge (160) for solid drilling, comprising a drill head (13) arranged on a shaft (12), a chip removal channel (151) extending substantially along the axis of the drill head (13) and of the shaft (12) and arranged in both the drill head (13) and the shaft (12), and a plurality of guiding elements (170, 171, 172, 173) arranged on the circumference of the drill head (13), wherein the single-lip drill is characterized in that at least one guiding element (170) is arranged at least partially in an angle range of greater than or equal to 245°, measured from the cutting edge (160) arranged at 0° in a direction opposite the rotational direction of the single-lip drill.
US09421615B2	Cutting tool and cutting insert having exactly four cutting portions therefor In a cutting tool having an indexable cutting insert with exactly four cutting portions, the cutting insert is removably securable to an insert holder by a fastener. The cutting insert has two opposing end surfaces with a peripheral side surface extending therebetween, and each cutting portion has a major cutting edge formed by the intersection of a rake surface and a relief surface. The peripheral side surface has first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces which include the four relief surfaces and the four rake surfaces, respectively. In an end view, four cutting points on the four major cutting edges define the transitions between the first and second pairs of opposing side surfaces, and a minimum first length dimension between the second pair of opposing side surfaces is less than six-tenths of a minimum second length dimension between two of the four cutting points.
US09421605B2	Mold release agent and casting method An object is to propose a mold release agent improving the state of a mold surface by repeating casting cycle so as to extend the life of the metal mold actively, and a casting method using the mold release agent. A water-soluble mold release agent applied on a mold surface of a metal mold contains organic acid or organic acid salt which is reducing and ligand, wherein concentration of a total thereof is not less than 0.01 wt % in using concentration and is not more than a fixed concentration which is stability limit of emulsion of the mold release agent in undiluted concentration. Construction weight ratio of the organic acid or organic acid salt which is reducing and the ligand is in the range from 99/1 to 30/70. The mold release agent is applied on a mold surface of a die casting metal mold, molten metal is injected into the metal mold, and the organic acid or organic acid salt which is reducing in the mold release agent is reacted with a component of the mold surface so as to deoxidize Fe2O3 on the mold surface to Fe3O4.
US09421573B2	Bellows for a passage between two pivotally connected vehicles or of an aircraft passenger bridge or stairway A bellows for a passage between two pivotally connected vehicles or an aircraft passenger bridge or stairway has bellows material with a coating. The material of the bellows has a protective layer printed on at least partially as a coating.
US09421560B2	Method and apparatus to deliver a fluid mixture An apparatus for conveying, and optionally mixing and conveying a building product such as a sealant, a mastic, paint or the like is provided.
US09421559B2	Air driven dispenser for delivery of undiluted chemical A chemical delivery system that delivers concentrated liquid chemical using a non-liquid motive fluid to deliver the concentrated liquid chemical in an undiluted form to a point of use. The concentrated chemical is delivered by the motive fluid by way of the aggressive interaction of a high-pressure jet stream of motive fluid causing a nearly complete local vacuum such that the concentrated chemical is drawn under low pressure into a jet vortex to form a chemical dispersion. Forming the chemical dispersion by way of this venturi eduction process occurs in a substantially continuous real-time manner allowing for multiple methods of controlling the total amount of chemical delivered and the rate in which it is delivered to the application device.
US09421556B2	Depressants for mineral ore flotation Depressants comprising one or more types of polysaccharides comprising one or more types of pentosan units are provided. Also disclosed are processes for enriching a desired mineral from an ore comprising the desired mineral and gangue, wherein the process comprises carrying out a flotation process in the presence of one or more collecting agents and one or more of the depressants.
US09421548B2	System and method for scutching material fibers In at least one or more embodiments, a system for scutching material fibers includes first and second plates defining a first cavity to receive and discharge material fibers, the first plate including a first number teeth extending into the first cavity and movable in a first direction, the second plate including a second number of teeth extending into the first cavity and movable in a second direction different from the first direction. Teeth as present in the first number and/or the second number of teeth may be spaced apart from each. In certain instances, the material fibers may be carbon fibers.
US09421546B2	Universal shelving system A washer, comprising a washing chamber defined by a pair of side walls, a top wall and a bottom wall, the washing chamber having an opened front face and an opened back face. A first shelf assembly is mounted within the washing chamber having at least one shelf section for receiving and supporting articles to be cleaned during a washing operation. A second shelf assembly is mounted within the washing chamber vertically above the first shelf. The second shelf assembly is mounted to the side walls having at least two shelf sections, at least one of the at least two shelf sections being selectively removable from the washing chamber so that additional space may be provided for larger articles on one side of the first shelf, and so that articles may be inserted into or removed from the washing chamber through the front face or back face of the washing chamber.
US09421544B2	Three-dimensional digital microfluidic system A three-dimensional digital microfluidic system comprises a first plate with a first electrode, a second plate with a second electrode, and a microfluidic drop in between the first and the second electrode. The electrodes are able to be actuated in sequence such that the microfluidic drop is able to be transported. A bridge plate is able to be included.
US09421539B2	Absorbent/solubilizing materials based on microporous organogels The present invention relates to the use of a microporous organogel for the capture of fluids by adsorption and/or for the controlled release of fluids after solubilization. The fluids are, in particular, air or water pollutants or volatile substances. The invention also relates to the use of a microporous organogel in a process for analyzing the captured fluids. The invention also relates to any fluid sensor by molding of a microporous organa gel.
US09421537B2	Catalyst for thermochemical water splitting The present invention relates to a catalyst for the thermochemical generation of hydrogen from water and/or the thermochemical generation of carbon monoxide from carbon dioxide comprising a solid solution of cerium dioxide and uranium dioxide.
US09421536B2	Device useful for hydrogenation reactions (II) The present invention relates to a device for treatment of material transported through the device comprising at least one porous element consisting of specific solid metallic structure which allows cross-flow of the material through the porous element and wherein the porous element is coated by a non-acidic metal oxide which is impregnated by palladium (Pd).
US09421529B2	Methods of reactivating an aromatization catalyst A method of reactivating a spent catalyst comprising a metal and a catalyst support, the method comprising redispersing the metal in the spent catalyst to produce a redispersed spent catalyst, contacting the redispersed spent catalyst with a reactivating composition to produce a redispersed, reactivated spent catalyst, and thermally treating the redispersed, reactivated spent catalyst to produce a reactivated catalyst. A method comprising employing a fresh aromatization catalyst in one or more reaction zones for a time period sufficient to produce a spent catalyst, reducing the amount of carbonaceous material associated with the spent catalyst to produce a decoked spent catalyst, contacting the decoked spent catalyst with a redispersing composition to produce a decoked redispersed spent, contacting the decoked redispersed spent catalyst with a reactivating composition to produce a decoked redispersed reactivated spent catalyst, and thermally treating the decoked, reactivated spent catalyst to produce a reactivated catalyst.
US09421527B2	Inorganic nanoparticle deposited catalyst for hydrogenation and manufacturing method of the same, and hydrogenation for biomass derived hydrocarbon compounds A hydrogenation catalyst and a method of hydrogenating a hydrocarbon compound as a substrate using the same are provided. The hydrogenation catalyst includes inorganic nanoparticles and a nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide support for supporting the inorganic nanoparticles, and the hydrocarbon compound is derived from a biomass and contains a functional group. Therefore, the hydrogenation catalyst which exhibits a high conversion rate and high selectivity, is stable, and can be easily separated after a hydrogenation reaction, and whose catalytic activities are not significantly altered even when recovered and repeatedly recycled can be provided. The method of hydrogenating a hydrocarbon compound in which hydrogen can be directly produced in a reactor using formic acid as a hydrogen source without supplying additional hydrogen gas and simultaneously be used under normal pressure can also be provided.
US09421524B2	Methods for preparing and using metal and/or metal oxide porous materials Disclosed are methods for producing carbon, metal and/or metal oxide porous materials that have precisely controlled structures on the nanometer and micrometer scales. The methods involve the single or repeated infiltration of porous templates with metal salts at controlled temperatures, the controlled drying and decomposition of the metal salts under reducing conditions, and optionally the removal of the template. The carbon porous materials are involve the infiltration of a carbon precursor into a porous template, followed by polymerization and pyrolysis. These porous materials have utility in separations, catalysis, among others.
US09421523B2	Processes for producing controlled porous catalysts for the dehydrogenation of organic compounds The current document is directed to processes for producing improved porous catalysts for the dehydrogenation of organic compounds. In one implementation, the process comprises providing a powder of metal particles, sieving the powder using vibrating-screen sieves, aligning metal particles collected from sieving under an external magnetic field, partially sintering the aligned metal particles to form a solid matrix by heating the aligned metal particles in a furnace or microwave oven, or heating the aligned metal particles using a laser sintering process with a controlled amount of external heat, to a temperature below the melting point of the metal powder, and oxidizing the matrix to produce the porous catalyst. The catalysts produced by the disclosed methods have a porous body with increased surface area, can assume various microstructures, and consist essentially of metal oxides.
US09421518B2	Process for producing carbon substrates loaded with metal oxides and carbon substrates produced in this way The present invention relates to a process for producing a carbon substrate loaded with metal oxides, in particular a carbon material which contains metal oxide nanoparticles and is preferably suitable for use in a catalyst and/or as a catalyst, wherein, in a first process step, nanoparticles of metal oxides are introduced into a matrix based on at least one organic polymer, in particular are dispersed therein, and, in a second process step, the polymer matrix containing the nanoparticles is subsequently carbonized to carbon, optionally followed by a third process step of activation.
US09421505B2	Turbulent flow devices and methods of use A device for creating turbulent flow in a fluid including a tank having an inlet, an outlet, and an interior; at least one jet in an inflow assembly in the interior of the tank, the jet being in fluid communication with the inlet, the jet circulating fluid in the tank; a plurality of holes in an outflow assembly in the interior of the tank, the plurality of holes being in fluid communication with the outlet; and a deflector positioned to circulate the bulk of the fluid away from the plurality of holes. Methods of using the device are also provided.
US09421502B2	Apparatus and method for enhanced wastewater treatment Systems and methods for treatment of wastewater in waste processing ponds and other enclosed bodies of water are provided. An aerator are configured to include a first set of concentric air hoses disposed at a first position between the water outflow lip and the water intake, the first set of concentric air hoses being in fluid communication with an air inlet disposed at a position on the upper float chassis above the surface level of the water; and a second set of concentric air hoses disposed at a second position between the water first set of concentric air hoses and the water intake, the second set of concentric air hoses being in fluid communication with the air inlet, wherein the first set of concentric air hoses and the second set of concentric air hoses emit jets of air bubbles into the water column between the water intake and the water outflow lip.
US09421491B2	CO2 recovery apparatus and CO2 recovery method The CO2 recovery apparatus is provided with a CO2 absorption portion for absorbing CO2 in a CO2-containing exhaust gas by a CO2 absorbing liquid, a water washing portion provided on the upper portion side of the CO2 absorption portion so as to cool a CO2-removed exhaust gas and also recover the accompanying CO2 absorbing liquid, a washing liquid circulation line for directly circulating a washing liquid containing the CO2 absorbing liquid recovered in the water washing portion, an extraction line for extracting part of the washing liquid containing the CO2 absorbing liquid as an extracted liquid from the washing liquid circulation line, a concentration portion for separating a gas component (water vapor) from the extracted liquid while concentrating the CO2 absorbing liquid, and a concentrated liquid feed line for feeding a concentrated liquid concentrated in the concentration portion to the side of an absorbing liquid regeneration tower.
US09421482B2	Method of straining fluid A strainer system comprises a strainer housing having an inlet for raw fluid and an outlet for strained fluid; a generally cylindrical strainer basket having a strainer screen and disposed within the housing, the external surface of the strainer screen being in flow communication with the raw fluid inlet and the internal surface of the strainer screen being in flow communication with the strained fluid outlet; a backwash collector assembly comprising a backwash conduit having an opening disposed adjacent the outer surface of the strainer screen, the backwash conduit and the strainer basket being moveable relative to each other, so as to allow the opening to pass across the external surface of the strainer screen. A method of straining a fluid, in particular a liquid, is also provided. Finally, a valve assembly for use in the selective opening and closing of a plurality of backwash conduits is disclosed.
US09421478B2	Refrigerator and cold trap This invention provides a cold trap using a Stirling refrigerator. A refrigerator includes a drive piston configured to drive a free piston so as to reciprocally move a working medium between a heat dissipation portion and a heat absorption portion, a vibration sensor configured to measure a vibration of a case, a dynamic vibration absorber configured to reduce the vibration of the case when the drive piston is driven, and a frequency adjustment device configured to adjust a driving frequency to reduce the vibration of the case when the drive piston is driven in a state in which the case is connected to a vacuum device.
US09421477B2	Biomass fractionation and extraction apparatus A biomass fractionation apparatus includes a vessel having a processing chamber, an inlet configured to receive a biomass into the processing chamber, and an outlet configured to discharge processed biomass from the chamber. A bed plate is movably positioned within the processing chamber and includes a plurality of elongated fins extending outwardly therefrom in substantially parallel spaced-apart relationship. A cylindrical rotor is rotatably secured within the processing chamber in adjacent, spaced-apart relationship with the bed plate. The rotor has a plurality of elongated blades extending radially outwardly therefrom in circumferentially spaced-apart relationship. Upon rotation of the rotor, the blades are configured to accelerate a biomass within the processing chamber against the fins of the bed plate and to cause the bed plate to pulsate against the rotor.
US09421476B2	Distillation process and multi-column heat-integrated distillation system A distillation system and process for separating a multi-component feed mixture in a distillation system comprising a first distillation column having a first fired reboiler, and at least a second distillation column having a second heat-exchange reboiler, comprising the steps of a) introducing the feed mixture to the first column, and separating into at least a first top and a first bottom product; b) taking part of the first bottom product for providing heat to the second reboiler as a utility stream; and c) feeding part of said utility stream after heat-exchange as main feed to the second column for further separation. This process allows significant energy savings, by reduction of the amount of external heat required for the fired reboiler and omission of a conventionally used heat-exchanger.
US09421470B2	Player model A player model for a video game is generated based on inputs received from users who have played past versions of the game. The player model can be used to simulate user actions in a new version of the video game and make predictions about average user session length, average earnings per session, number of games played per day, etc. More than one player model may be generated for a game. Each player model for a game may represent one or more features, such as a user skill level, for a group of users.
US09421467B2	Computer-readable storage medium having game program stored therein, and game apparatus In a predetermined storage section, display data used for displaying an approach moving image representing an approach method for a predetermined scene in the game is stored, so as to associate the display data with the predetermined scene. A game processor performs the game process, and displays a game image on a display device. An input made by a user for providing an instruction for displaying the approach moving image is received, and a scene in the game is determined when the input from the user is received. From the predetermined storage section, the approach moving image associated with the determined scene is read, and the approach moving image is displayed on the display device.
US09421464B2	System and method for providing performance in a personal gaming cloud A personal gaming system includes a home network router and a gaming host operable to request a bandwidth allocation from the home network router, the bandwidth allocation being associated with a multimedia stream between the gaming host and a client system, and provide the multimedia stream to the home network router for routing to the client system, where the multimedia stream is within the bandwidth allocation. The home network router is operable to receive the request for the bandwidth allocation from the gaming host, determine whether an available bandwidth for data traffic between the gaming host and the client system is greater than the bandwidth allocation, and if so to allocate the bandwidth allocation for data traffic between the gaming host and the client system, and provide an indication to the gaming host that the bandwidth allocation is allocated for data traffic between the gaming host and the client system.
US09421460B2	Offline Progress of console game via portable device Methods systems and computer programs method for playing a game using a portable device are presented. One method includes operations for establishing a connection between a portable device and a computing system executing a game, and for receiving a task at the portable device from the computing system. Further, the portable device is disconnected from the computing system allowing the task to be performed using the portable device independently from the computing system. The method includes interaction of a user with the portable device to receive at the portable device input from the user to perform the task. Once the task is performed, the portable device reports that the task has been performed to the computing system. As a result, the game being executed in the computing system progresses after the portable device reports that the task has been performed.
US09421459B2	Game apparatus, game replay displaying method, game program, and recording medium An object of the present invention is to provide a game apparatus that can replicate a game status by a replay display even in a game in which game result is changed by a character status or a game in which the game result is randomly changed within a constant range. In the game apparatus, the replay display of a game image obtained by causing the game to progress is performed in response to a replay display request of a player. In the game apparatus, perspective transformation of a virtual three-dimensional space is performed from a virtual camera onto a virtual screen to generate a two-dimensional image based on a character status, pad information inputted from the player, an initial value used to generate a random number during game progress, and virtual camera control information, and the replay display of the two-dimensional image is performed on a display device.
US09421458B2	Game system, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein game program, game process control method, and game apparatus A first input image is displayed in a predetermined area on a touch screen, and a second input image in which images in a plurality of areas are drawn so as to be distinguishable from each other by a player is displayed in accordance with a touch input on the first input image instead of the first input image. It is determined whether a touch input has been performed on any of the images in the plurality of areas of the second input image, and a process is performed in accordance with the touched image in the area. Then, a predetermined object is controlled on the basis of a timing of the touch input on the second input image and a result of the process corresponding to the touched image in area.
US09421455B1	Multiple user single avatar video game input system An avatar in a video game is controlled based on input from multiple users. An input composition system receives a first input from a first user. The first user uses a first input source for controlling the avatar. The input composition system receives a second input from a second user. The second user users a second input source for controlling the avatar. The input composition system alters the first input based on a first user performance modifier. The input composition system alters the second input based on a second user performance modifier. The input composition system creates an avatar input value based on the first altered input and the second altered input. The input composition directs the avatar in the video game based on the avatar input value.
US09421450B2	Mobile scoring system control In one implementation, a mobile device is integrated with a bowling center automatic scoring system. For example, a server receives a lane control command originating with the mobile device and determines or identifies a bowling lane that is associated with the mobile device. A response message or signal, which includes data indicative of the bowling lane and the lane control command to, is sent to the automatic scoring system. The automatic scoring system executes the lane control command.
US09421448B2	Methods for detecting and recording activity and devices for performing the same Data is received from an activity tracking device. The received data indicates an amount of movement of the activity tracking device. The received data is associated with an account of a user of the activity tracking device. Feedback is generated for the user based on the amount of movement of the activity tracking device as indicated by the received data. The feedback is presented on a website with an indication of points accumulated by the user for the amount of movement of the activity tracking device over time.
US09421444B1	System and method for training baseball foot positioning in hitter box A baseball training system configured to instruct a proper foot placement of a hitter in a hitters box includes a home plate having a body that forms an interior cavity, a foot positioning device secured to the home plate and configured to engage within the interior cavity. The foot positioning device is configured to extend outwardly from the interior cavity to a predetermined position within the hitters box and to provide visual location of a desired foot position.
US09421434B2	Golf club head A golf club head having a face part, a sole part, a side part, a crown part and a hosel part, all of which surround a hollow part comprises a penetration hole that is provided on the crown part, penetrating the crown part so that the hollow part is connected with an outer atmosphere of the golf club head and a non-metal cover that is provided over the penetration hole. A recess part, which forms a recess, is provided on a surface of the non-metal cover.
US09421432B2	Metal wood club A golf club head is provided a weight system to adjust the center of gravity. In one embodiment, the weight system is a tube having a weight at one end that may be inserted into the golf club head to move the center of gravity at least forward and backward within 6 mm and up and down within 6 mm. Preferably, the tube is angled downward toward the face by at least 3 degrees. In another embodiment, the weight system may adjust the center of gravity of the golf club head along the x and z axis simultaneously using a weighted insert.
US09421426B2	Multi-piece solid golf ball A multi-piece solid golf ball has a core, an envelope layer encasing the core, an intermediate layer encasing the envelope layer, and an outer layer which encases the envelope layer and has formed on a surface thereof a plurality of dimples. The core is made of an elastomer. The envelope layer is formed of an inner envelope layer and an outer envelope layer, and the intermediate layer is formed of an inner intermediate layer and an outer intermediate layer. Letting the average hardness of the core be expressed by the following formula: average core hardness (Shore D)=[core surface hardness (Shore D)+core center hardness (Shore D)]/2, the outer layer has a hardness (Shore D) which is higher than the average core hardness and each of the envelope layers and the intermediate layers is softer than the outer layer.
US09421420B2	Wellness/exercise management method and system by wellness/exercise mode based on context-awareness platform on smartphone A device, method and system provide a wellness management process and/or an exercise management process for use with a smartphone or other mobile computing device. Various data about the user is obtained and used for determining and recommending an action or exercise to the user to improve the user's wellness/physique/health. The action determined can be based on: (1) current biometric and/or motion data about the user (from the sensors), and (2) current physical condition(s), such as health/medical information or condition about the user (from the user's personal information, e.g., health library or programmed into the smartphone). Specific information about the user is taken into consideration when recommending user action or exercise, such as the user's specific physical, health or medical conditions.
US09421413B2	Resistive pull exercise device An example resistive pull exercise device includes a support housing having a first passageway and an opposing, second passageway, and a tension member to selectively impart a resistive force to a length of material spanning the first and second passageways.
US09421407B2	Starting block for swimming pools Herein described is a starting block (10) for swimming pools comprising a base portion (12), constrainable to the perimetrical structure of the swimming pool at one of its head vertical walls, an upper walkable portion (14), supported by the base portion (12) and aligned with the head vertical wall of the swimming pool so as to be used as a platform by a swimmer, and one or more handgrips (16), protruding from the base portion (12) towards the internal part of the swimming pool and useable by the swimmer during the starting stages of a swimming competition. To the starting block (10) there is operatively connected a means (18) for supporting the feet of the swimmer, provided with a moving system which allows such support means (18) to move between a first operating position and a second rest position, wherein such support means (18) is outside the swimming pool.
US09421405B1	Stovetop fire extinguisher initiator with fuse device and method An initiator with fuse device for an automatic self-contained fire suppressor and method are provided herein. Stovetop fires are a well-known residential and commercial hazard. The initiator with fuse device for an automatic stovetop fire suppressor has a rapid light time in the presence of flames. The time to light is consistent and reliable for the fuse described herein. Comparative tests show a shorter light time for the present fuse as compared to conventional fuses. Further, the variability in lighting times is shortened when the herein described configuration is employed. Deployment of an automatic stovetop fire suppressor can be safer than manual extinguishing means and via the initiator with fuse described herein, the time to deployment is greatly improved. Manufacturing of the initiator with fuse is readily adapted to existing processes.
US09421403B2	Amphibious aircraft fire fighting enhancement The instant invention relates to a system for enhancing the fire extinguishing properties of water. A volumetric screw feeder is employed to transfer super absorbent polymers from a storage vessel into a liquid reservoir employed with fire fighting equipped amphibious airplanes.
US09421401B2	Deposition from surfactant systems The invention presented in this application relates to a fragrance deposition system for high surfactant applications such as shampoo and body wash. The system will provide a long lasting release of the fragrance and is more efficient at low levels and does not deposit particles that can cause adverse properties.
US09421390B2	Methods and devices implementing dual criteria for arrhythmia detection Methods and devices providing multiple criteria for use in arrhythmia identification. Based on inputs including defined rules or parameters, one of a more conservative or more aggressive set of arrhythmia identification parameters can be selected. One or the other of the selectable sets of arrhythmia identification parameters may also be adaptive or modifiable during the use of the system, for example, in response to identified nonsustained episodes, the more conservative set of arrhythmia identification parameters can be modified to become still more conservative. Such modification of arrhythmia identification criteria allows reduced time to therapy when indicated, while allowing more deliberate decisions in other circumstances.
US09421388B2	Power generation for implantable devices A rechargeable medical system comprised of an implanted device, rechargeable power storage operatively connected to the implantable device, a charging module operatively connected to the rechargeable storage, and external devices including a patient programmer and external charging means. The charging module can harvest at least one of thermal, photovoltaic, movement, RF, and magnetic energy to generate electrical power. The system has components for charging the storage from the generated power, and for measuring power generation, usage and reserve levels. The system provides for physically initiating and disrupting charging operations, for generating and communicating signals relevant to power harvesting, for monitoring, providing, and displaying data related to energy generation and energy generation criteria, and for tracking historical harvesting and energy consumption. The system may also have long-range and short-range wireless power harvesting capability.
US09421385B2	Therapy delivery architecture for implantable medical device An implantable medical device (IMD) may include multiple power supply circuits and an electrostimulation therapy output circuit configured to, in response to a control signal specifying an electrostimulation therapy, controllably connect any one or more of the first or second power supply circuits to any one or more of a first electrostimulation output node or a second electrostimulation output node to deliver an electrostimulation. In an embodiment, the IMD may include an electrostimulation therapy return circuit configured to establish a return path for the electrostimulation delivered via one or more of the first electrostimulation output node or the second electrostimulation output node.
US09421378B2	Apparatus and method for spinal cord stimulation to treat pain A spinal cord stimulation device having a stimulation unit for generation and delivery of stimulation pulses, a control unit for controlling the stimulation unit with respect to stimulation intensity and an autonomic nervous system (“ANS”) sensing unit that is configured to generate ANS indicating signals that represent an increased sympathetic tone or an increased parasympathetic tone, respectively. The control unit is configured to control the intensity of respective stimulation pulses depending on a respective ANS indicating signal as generated by said ANS sensing unit.
US09421376B2	Systems and methods for adjusting electrical neuromodulation therapy in medication therapeutic window A neuromodulation system and method for managing electrical neuromodulation therapy for a patient in conjunction with administering a pharmacological agent to the patient. Electrical energy is delivered to a target tissue region of the patient, thereby electrically modulating the target tissue region providing therapy to the patient. The energy level of the electrical energy delivered to the tissue is automatically varied inversely to the effect of the pharmacological agent on the patient during a therapeutic window. An absorption level of the pharmacological agent in the patient may be continually detected, and the energy level of the delivered electrical energy automatically varied based on the detected absorption level of the pharmacological agent during a therapeutic window.
US09421372B2	Head pain management device having an antenna A device may include a primary antenna configured to be located external to a subject and at least one processor in electrical communication with the primary antenna. The at least one processor may be configured to cause transmission of a primary signal from the primary antenna to an implantable device, wherein the implantable device includes at least one pair of modulation electrodes. The at least one processor may be further configured to adjust one or more characteristics of the primary signal to generate a sub-modulation control signal adapted so as not to cause a neuromuscular modulation inducing current at the at least one pair of modulation electrodes when received by the implantable device and to generate a modulation control signal adapted so as to cause a neuromuscular modulation inducing current at the at least one pair of modulation electrodes when received by the implantable device.
US09421349B2	Angioplasty pressure transducer An angioplasty pressure transducer includes a cylindrical member defining an inner cavity. The first end of the cylindrical member is provided with a fluid port allowing the passage of fluid into and out of the cylindrical member due to pressure changes in the physiological fluid being monitored. The angioplasty pressure transducer also includes a cylindrical elastomeric sleeve surrounding the cylindrical member. A cylindrical, transparent housing member is positioned about the cylindrical member such that a substantial portion of the outer surface of the cylindrical member, as well as the elastomeric sleeve, are enclosed and encased within the housing member. The cylindrical wall includes a plurality of small apertures spaced cylindrically about the circumference of cylindrical wall at a position substantially located at the longitudinal center of the cylindrical member, the apertures permitting pressurized fluid to pass between the inner cavity and the outer surface of the cylindrical member.
US09421341B2	Laryngeal tube A laryngeal tube comprising a tubular component and a nozzle having a central cavity, an anterior opening and a tongue at least partially covering the central cavity. In one example, the laryngeal tube has a first lumen to deliver gases to a patient and a fluid barrier supported by the nozzle. In other examples, the laryngeal tube may include additional lumens including a service lumen to perform a function associated with the thorax and an inflation lumen to inflate the fluid barrier.
US09421340B2	Ergonomic and adjustable respiratory mask assembly with cushion A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame having a front surface and a rear surface adapted in use to face the patient. A cushion having a side wall is removably attachable to the frame. The cushion has a rim extending away from the side wall, and a membrane provided to substantially surround the rim. An inner edge of the membrane defines an aperture, the aperture having a generally trapezoidal shape.
US09421339B2	Patient interface A patient interface for use with the administration of CPAP therapy to a patient, comprising: a body for connection with a supply of pressurized breathable gas pressurized above ambient; and a compliant patient contacting element to communicate the pressurized gas to at least the patient's nasal passages, the element including a multilayered cushioning interface, the interface comprising an interior layer and an exterior layer being provided in spaced relation to the interior layer, the exterior layer being elastically and resiliently movable towards and away the interior layer in use. Along at least a portion of the perimeter of the exterior layer, a surface of the exterior layer is deformable from the spaced relation to abut against and contact against a surface of the interior layer in dependence at least in part on a deformation force applied to the exterior layer.
US09421334B2	Multiple use disposable injection pen A medication injection pen (51) includes a housing (1) and a dose set knob (2) having at least one internal tooth (22). A brake member (5) has a plurality of axially extending splines (52). A driver or setback member (9) includes at least one external tooth (92) engaging the at least one internal tooth (22) of the dose set knob (2) and at least one ratchet arm (96) engaging the plurality of axially extending splines (52). The driver (9) is prevented from rotating with the dose set knob (2) while moving axially with the dose set knob (2) during dose setting and dose correcting, and the driver (9) rotates with the dose set knob (2) during an injection.
US09421327B2	Dosing unit for an ambulatory infusion device A dosing unit for an infusion pump device is disclosed having a piston pump with a pump cylinder and a plunger arranged within said cylinder, coaxially arranged along a longitudinal axis. The plunger has a shaft with a thread and the cylinder has a threaded sleeve part with a thread. The two threads engaging with each other in such a way that a rotational movement of the plunger around the longitudinal axis results in an additional linear displacement of the plunger along said longitudinal axis. A separate bias force element biases the two threads in regard to each other along the longitudinal axis, such that the threaded engagement of inner thread and outer thread is free of play independent of a direction of a rotational movement and linear displacement of the plunger in regard to the cylinder.
US09421312B1	Modular chase systems A modular wall-chase system relating to the routing of mechanical elements (plumbing, electrical, data, etc.) within the interior of a new, or already built, structure and particularly relating to the interior of a kidney-dialysis treatment facility.
US09421305B2	Aligned scaffolding system for skeletal muscle regeneration Provided herein are anisotropic muscle implants that have a biodegradable scaffold comprising a plurality of fibers oriented along a longitudinal axis. The implants may include mammalian muscle cells seeded and/or fused into myotubes on the scaffold. Methods of forming the muscle implants are provided, as are methods of treating a subject in need of skeletal muscle reconstruction.
US09421300B2	Simple coacervates and methods of use thereof Described herein is the synthesis of adhesive from simple adhesive coacervates and their uses thereof. The adhesives are produced by (a) preparing a solution comprising (1) a polyelectrolyte, wherein the polyelectrolyte comprises a polyanion or polycation but not a combination thereof, the polyeletrolyte comprises at least one crosslinking group, and (2) a sufficient amount of a complimentary counterion to produce a simple adhesive coacervate; and (b) crosslinking the simple adhesive coacervate to produce the adhesive. The adhesives have numerous medical and non-medical applications.
US09421293B2	Filtration medium with electrospun metal oxide nanofiber layer A multi-layered filtration medium for detoxification of chemical contaminants and disinfection of biological contaminants. The filtration medium includes two disinfection nanofiber layers and one detoxification nanofiber layer disposed between the two disinfection nanofiber layers. The filtration medium is loaded with high content of a detoxifying material which capable of achieving about 95% detoxification efficiency with no leaching of the detoxifying material. The filtration medium may also include a medicinal substance for medical applications and a sensor for indicating the lifetime of the filtration medium.
US09421291B2	Hand dryer with sanitizing ionization assembly A hand dryer assembly including a blower assembly for generating a moving air stream. The moving air stream passes through an air channel to an air outlet where it exits the hand dryer assembly. An ionization assembly is disposed along the air channel and emits charged ions directly into the moving air stream, sanitizing the hands of the user, the moving air steam, and the ambient air that is entrained into the moving air stream.
US09421286B2	Heat-sanitization of surfaces Solutions for limiting the undesirable spread of pathogens by indirect contact are provided. The solutions involve heat-sanitization of contact regions on articles or fixtures by flowing selected electromagnetic radiation energy through underlying waveguide structures substantially parallel to the contact regions.
US09421279B2	Process for preparing purified nucleic acid and the use thereof The invention relates to a nucleic acid preparation with a content of below 1% protein, preferably below 0.1% protein, free of ethidium bromide, phenol, cesium chloride and detergents based on octyl phenol poly(ethylene glycol ether)n and with a content of below 1 EU/mg DNA of endotoxins. Said preparation is suitable as a drug particularly in gene therapy.
US09421278B2	Duocarmycin ADCS showing improved in vivo antitumor activity The present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for use in the treatment of human solid tumors and haematological malignancies expressing HER2, in particular breast cancer, gastric cancer, bladder cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, colorectal cancer, head and neck squamous cell cancer or osteosarcoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. In particular, the present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing ADCs for use in the treatment of human solid tumors with HER2 IHC 2+ or 1+ and HER2 FISH negative tissue status. Advantageously, the present invention relates to duocarmycin-containing ADCs for use in the treatment of triple negative breast cancer (TNBC).
US09421276B2	Clickable polyoxetane carrier for drug delivery A polymer is provided, comprising a subunit having the formula: wherein A, B, C, D, a, b, c, d, and p are defined herein. Compositions, methods of making, and methods of use are provided.
US09421267B2	Continuous administration of L-dopa, dopa decarboxylase inhibitors, catechol-O-methyl transferase inhibitors and compositions for same Provided herein, in part, is a method of treating a neurological or movement disorder in a patient in need thereof, comprising subcutaneously administering to said patient a pharmaceutically acceptable composition comprising levodopa and optionally carbidopa and optionally entacapone or tolcapone, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein said composition is administered substantially continuously, and compositions that can be used in the disclosed methods.
US09421266B2	Safety of pseudoephedrine drug products Drug substances comprising a amine containing pharmaceutically active compound, and at least one of an alditol acetal and an aromatic organic acid as an addition salt or an additive.
US09421265B2	Aqueous pharmaceutical compositions containing borate-polyol complexes The present invention is directed to the provision of multi-dose, ophthalmic compositions. The compositions possess sufficient antimicrobial activity to satisfy USP preservative efficacy requirements, as well as similar preservative standards (e.g., EP and JP). The compositions include at two different polyols in conjunction with borate and a low concentration of benzalkonium chloride.
US09421260B2	Thermal treatment of acne with nanoparticles with coatings that facilitate selective removal from the skin surface Treatment of skin tissue with photoactive materials and light, such as nanoparticles and formulations which are useful for cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications to mammals such as humans. In particular, embodiments of thermal treatment of acne with nanoparticles with coatings that facilitate selective removal from the skin surface are disclosed.
US09421259B2	Hair removal with coated metal nanoparticles Treatment of skin tissue with photoactive materials and light, such as nanoparticles and formulations which are useful for cosmetic, diagnostic and therapeutic applications to mammals such as humans. In particular, embodiments of hair removal with coated metal nanoparticles are disclosed.
US09421257B2	Methods for modulating Th1/Th2 cell balance by increasing leptin activity The present invention is directed to methods for modulating the Th/Th2 cell balance toward anti-inflammatory cytokine producing cells in a subject comprising decreasing the amount, the expression, or the activity of leptin in a subject sufficient to modulate the Th1/Th2 cell balance toward anti-inflammatory cytokine producing cells. The invention is also directed to methods of treatment of an immune-related disorder in a subject comprising decreasing the amount, the expression, or the activity of leptin in the subject sufficient to treat the immune-related disorder.
US09421256B2	Anti-VEGF antibody compositions and methods Disclosed are human antibodies that specifically inhibit VEGF binding to only one (VEGFR2) of the two primary VEGF receptors. The antibodies effectively inhibit angiogenesis and induce tumor regression, and yet have improved safety due to their specificity. The present invention thus provides new human antibody-based compositions, methods and combined protocols for treating cancer and other angiogenic diseases. Advantageous immunoconjugate compositions and methods using the new VEGF-specific human antibodies are also provided.
US09421251B2	Rapid responses to delayed booster immunisations Booster immunization can lead to rapid induction of protective immunity against pathogens (e.g. ≦7 days after the booster dose). This rapid response means that booster immunization can be used at short notice prior to an event that might require an activated immune response. For instance, a subject can be primed at a young age against a pathogen that typically affects more elderly subjects under specific circumstances such that, when the subject is older, the immune response can be mobilized rapidly if those specific circumstances are expected. An example would be to prime a subject against infections that are typically acquired nosocomially and then, soon before a scheduled hospital appointment, to boost their immune response so that they enter hospital in an immune-alert state.
US09421247B2	Biodegradable nanoparticles as novel hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers and methods of using the same Compositions of matter and methods for making, storing and administering artificial blood substitutes. Artificial blood substitutes may have oxygen carriers that encapsulate an oxygen-binding compound in a polymer vesicle. Oxygen-binding compounds may include hemoglobin, myoglobin, or other oxygen binding compounds having characteristics similar to hemoglobin. Oxygen carriers may include nanoparticles, polymers and/or polymersomes comprising of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) (PEO-b-PCL) and related diblock copolymers of poly(ethylene oxide)-block-poly(γ-methyl ε-caprolactone) (PEO-b-PMCL). The oxygen carriers may have tunable oxygen-binding capacities, uniform and appropriately small size distributions, and human bloodlike viscosities and oncotic properties.
US09421246B2	Ingestible formulations for transient, noninvasive reduction of gastric volume Provided are ingestible polymeric formulations and oral dosage forms for the reduction of gastric volume in the treatment of overweight and obese patients. The formulation includes an acid-sensitive, gelatin coating over a dehydrated hydrophilic polymer. When ingested, the acid-sensitive coating is quickly dissolved by gastric secretions and the hydrophilic polymer is exposed to the aqueous environment of the gastric milieu. The polymer absorbs water and expands to the point that will not allow the polymer to pass beyond the pyloric valve, and the expanded polymer is therefore trapped in the stomach.
US09421245B2	Targeted therapeutics The present invention relates to compositions, methods and kits for delivery of active agents (X) to cells or tissues that express proteoglycans. More specifically, the present invention relates to conjugates comprising (HB-linker)n-Xm-(linker-HB)o, where HB is a heparin binding protein, X is an active agents such as a therapeutic protein (including a functional fragment or variant thereof), or a therapeutic small molecule, linker is a linker entity and m is an integer of at least 1, and n+o is an integer of at least 1. Other aspects relate to use of a HB-X conjugate in methods to deliver active agents to cartilage for the treatment of cartilage related disease and disorders, the use of the HB-X conjugate in methods to deliver active agents to neuronal tissues (e.g., brain and spinal cord) for the treatment of neurological disorders, and the use of the HB-X conjugates in methods for the treatment of eye conditions and disorders and inflammatory conditions and disorders.
US09421240B2	Compstatin analogs for treatment of neuropathic pain In some aspects, the present invention provides methods of treating a subject in need of treatment for neuropathic pain, the method comprising administering a compstatin analog to the subject. In some embodiments, the compstatin analog is administered parenterally, e.g., intravenously.
US09421237B2	Tripeptide boronic acid or boronic ester, preparative method and use thereof The present invention discloses proteasome inhibitors of tripeptide boronic acids or boronic esters represented by Formula (I), preparative method and use thereof. The proteasome inhibitors are therapeutical agents for treating malignant tumor, various nervous system degenerative diseases, muscle cachexia or diabetes, wherein the malignant tumor is leukemia, gastric cancer, hepatocarcinoma or nasopharyngeal carcinoma.
US09421234B2	Orally administrable compositions comprising avocado/soybean unsaponifiables and lipoic acid and methods of administration Methods comprising administration of: (i) avocado/soybean unsaponifiables and (ii) lipoic acid or derivatives thereof, to a mammalian or an avian subject are provided. This invention also relates to orally administrable compositions comprising avocado/soybean unsaponifiables and lipoic acid or derivatives thereof.
US09421233B2	Fungal mycobiome as probiotics, diagnostics and therapeutics The present invention relates to methods of using fungal mycobiome as a means of treating and/or diagnosing diseases in a subject. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a method of diagnosing inflammatory bowel disease based on the composition of fungal strains present in the gut of a subject, and treating the subject by administering a probiotic biotherapy. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of diagnosing a severe form of ulcerative colitis by detecting the presence of a deficiency in dectin-1 expression in s. fibuligera in the gut of a subject.
US09421231B2	Pharmaceutical composition including dead cells of Lactobacillus acidophilus LB to treat or prevent allergic disease Provided is a pharmaceutical composition including dead cells of Lactobacillus acidophilus LB strain as an active ingredient for treating or preventing an allergic disease, and may be used to treat and prevent IgE-mediated allergic diseases and non-IgE-mediated allergic diseases such as atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, urticaria, and pollinosis by reducing the total content of IgE in the blood.
US09421225B2	Method and system for producing a substance or a signal with a coagulating or anticoagulant effect The invention concerns a method and a system for producing a signal, in particular an electric signal, or a substance having a coagulating or anticoagulant effect. The method is characterized in that it is based on a source substance with coagulating effect, in particular, Ca++ ions, or an anticoagulant affect, in particular heparin. The method consists in: transforming the electromagnetic field derived from said source substance located in the chamber, into a signal, in particular an electric signal, using a transducer-receiver sensing the electromagnetic field; applying to a receiving substance located in the chamber, in particular water or a water-ethanol mixture or homeopathic granules, said signal derived from said transducer-receiver, using a transducer-transmitter. After said treatment, the receiving substance, initially inactive, has a coagulating or anticoagulant effect.
US09421224B2	Method of inducing autophagy and activating toll-like receptor A method of inducing autophagy in a cell is achieved by contacting the cell with graphene oxide (GO) in an amount effective to induce autophagy in the cell, wherein the cell expresses at least one of TLR-4 (Toll-like receptor 4) and TLR-9 (Toll-like receptor 9). Differences between autophagy triggered by GO and other conventional agonists such as rapamycin have been observed. GO may activate autophagy in some cells that may not be triggered by rapamycin. The cell reveals no apparent apoptosis after treatment of the graphene oxide. A method of activating a Toll-like receptor in a cell is also herein provided.
US09421222B2	Treatment of compartment syndrome The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing compartment syndrome in a patient. According to the invention, the method includes: (a) identifying a patient suffering from compartment syndrome; and (b) administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a carbon monoxide (CO).
US09421217B2	Sweet taste receptor antagonist compositions The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising gymnemic acid, together with a form of zinc to block the unpleasant bitter taste of gymnemic acid as well as to extend the sweet taste blocking properties of gymnemic acid, resulting in palatable compositions for delivery to the oral cavity to block sweet taste receptors located therein. The present disclosure also relates to methods of reducing sugar consumption and reducing calorie intake via administration of such compositions to a subject.
US09421206B1	Hematological treatments based on levomefolate Methods of treating hematological disorders including macrocytosis, and for decreasing hematological markers such as mean corpuscular volume, homocysteine and methylmalonic acid are described, based on the administration of levomefolate, optionally in combination with vitamin B12, iron or an anti-folate drug.
US09421190B2	Compositions comprising amino acids for prevention and/or treatment of renal disorders Composition comprising leucine, isoleucine, valine, threonine and lysine for use in prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of renal disorders in a subject, preferably an elderly subject.
US09421188B2	Combination product comprising phentermine and topiramate, and preparation method thereof The present invention provides a combination product, which comprises immediate release pellet of phentermine and sustained-release pellet of topiramate, wherein the pellet of topiramate includes: a) a blank pellet core; b) an active drug layer that contains topiramate and is free of binding agent, the layer being located on surface of the blank pellet core; c) a sustained-release coating layer containing ethyl cellulose and PVP K30, the sustained-release coating layer being located on external of the active drug layer. The present invention further discloses a method for preparing the combination product.
US09421173B2	Nano delivery systems for siRNA The present invention makes use of a unique methodology of double nano-encapsulation for protecting and controlling the release of active agents, either hydrophobic or hydrophilic, from stable nanoparticles of opposite characteristics. The protection of the active agent was achieved by loading the agent to be protected, into nanocarriers, which were subsequently encapsulated into sub-micron nanoparticles. The sub-micron nanoparticles formation has been successfully achieved by the use of novel nano spray techniques.
US09421172B2	Lipidated glycoprotein particles and methods of use Lipidated micro- or macroparticles are prepared by covalently linking a glycoprotein, typically collagen, with at least one lipid. An amino group in the glycoprotein is joined with a primary amine in the lipid. These particles can be used to encapsulate active ingredients, such as drugs.
US09421167B2	Preparation of microvesicle-siRNA complexes and use thereof in AIDS treatment The present invention provides drugs for treating AIDS, which comprises microvesicles carrying anti-HIV specific siRNA. The present invention also provides a preparation method of the drug.
US09421164B2	Stimuli responsive adhesive gel for removal of foreign particles from soft tissue The present inventions are directed to novel aqueous compositions comprising a copolymer having water-soluble units and pendant catechols, said composition adapted for use on mammalian tissue and having a lower critical solubility temperature (LCST) of less than a physiological temperature, and their use, for example, in removing foreign particles from tissue surfaces, including ocular surfaces.
US09421155B2	Two-part tooth whitening composition and system, and methods of using the same A tooth whitening composition includes an aqueous activation part comprising a peroxide activating component, and a peroxide part comprising a peroxide component that does not contain a peroxide stabilizer, wherein the activation part and the peroxide part are each flowable compositions.
US09421149B2	Fluid collection system and methods of using same According to one aspect, a fluid collection bag comprises an inlet opening adapted to receive an inlet tube located on a first side of the fluid collection bag. The fluid collection bag has a length greater than the height. The first side of the fluid collection bag is generally parallel with a length of the fluid collection bag. The fluid collection bag further comprises an outlet opening located on a second side of the fluid collection bag. The fluid collection bag may be reversible such that a first surface or a second opposing surface of the fluid collection bag may face a support element.
US09421148B2	Integrated infusion container The present invention relates to unitary bottle for injection, more particularly, to a unitary medicine bottle having an integral structure where a medicine container is easily connected with a plastic container including a solution at a sterilized state so that powdered, freeze-dried or liquid medicine is mixed with the solution with one touch. The unitary medicine bottle for injection comprises: a plastic container equipped with a coupling member connected with a medicine container at one end and a releasing member for releasing a liquid medicine at the other end; a protection cap integrally formed with the coupling member to accept the medicine container; and a flue needle which moves forward in a direction of the medicine container, perforating a stopper of the medicine container and is inserted in the coupling member connecting the plastic container with the medicine container.
US09421147B2	Controller for an extremity hyperbaric device A controller is operable to selectively supply gas to, and evacuate gas from, regions of a hyperbaric wound treatment chamber. The controller operates to inflate a passage or rib of the device to provide that the device is made sufficiently rigid for inserting a limb therethrough, and inflate an inflatable cuff to create a seal against the limb. The controller also operates to evacuate ambient air trapped within the chamber, and optionally partially evacuate the passage or rib, after the seal is created by the inflatable cuff, and then introduce oxygen into the chamber, and optionally inflate the passage or rib. The cuff, when inflated and creating a seal against a limb, optionally is at least partially within the chamber, and the treatment gas is supplied to the chamber to maintain the seal of the cuff against the limb.
US09421145B2	Anti-reflux/heartburn treatment device A device worn by a patient for maintaining pressure at appropriate points on a patient's abdomen for treating gastroesophageal reflux and heartburn. The pressure is applied by the utilization of two protrusions. The position of both of the protrusions can be adjusted laterally relative to one another to ensure that pressure is applied to the correct position on the patient's body. Alternatively, the protrusions can be inflated to a particular level, allowing the protrusions to apply pressure to the body.
US09421135B2	Ergonomic tampon applicator A tampon applicator barrel includes an insertion tip at a forward end of the barrel, a main body section that extends from the insertion tip, and a reverse taper section that is joined to the main body section so that the main body section is between the insertion tip and the reverse taper section. The main body section tapers toward the insertion tip section. The reverse taper section tapers in a direction away from the insertion tip section. A finger grip section extends from the reverse taper section to a plunger receiving end of the barrel opposite the forward end. The barrel is straight from the forward end to the plunger receiving end that receives a plunger.
US09421133B2	Closed incision negative pressure wound therapy device and methods of use A surgical tissue therapy device includes a sealant layer and a collection chamber. The sealant layer functions so as to create a sealed enclosure or space between it and the surface of a patient by forming, preferably, an airtight seal around a surgical area of skin trauma. The closed incision tissue therapy device also comprises a collection chamber, which may comprise an elongate tubular chamber with a plurality of longitudinally spaced openings. The collection chamber may be configured to be in fluid communication with the sealant layer and the area of skin trauma and functions as to distribute the negative pressure applied to a surgically closed area of skin trauma. Preferably, the pressure under the sealant layer is reduced by expanding the volume of the enclosure space and thereby decreasing the density of air molecules under the sealant layer. The collection material may comprise a material and/or a configuration that permits length changes based upon the length of the corresponding surgical wound or incision.
US09421130B2	Glaucoma treatment device Methods and devices are adapted for implanting into the eye. An incision is formed in the cornea of the eye and a shunt is inserted through the incision into the anterior chamber of the eye. The shunt includes a fluid passageway. The shunt is passed along a pathway from the anterior chamber through the scleral spur of the eye into the suprachoroidal space and positioned in a first position such that a first portion of the fluid passageway communicates with the anterior chamber and a second portion of the fluid passageway communicates with the suprachoroidal space to provide a fluid passageway between the suprachoroidal space and the anterior chamber.
US09421127B2	Punctal plugs Punctal plugs for delivering therapeutic agents have a body, a portion into which the therapeutic agent is held, a winding about the body, and an enlarged portion or anchor at an end.
US09421126B2	Anterior segment drug delivery A therapeutic system comprises an ocular insert placed on a region outside an optical zone of an eye. The ocular insert comprises two structures: a first skeletal structure and a second cushioning structure. The first structure functions as a skeletal frame which maintains positioning of the implant along the anterior portion of the eye and provides support to the second, cushioning structure. This first structure maintains the attachment of the therapeutic system to the anterior portion of the eye for at least thirty days. In some embodiments the first structure remains a constant size and shape, e.g. a ring shape, a ring with haptics, or a curvilinear ring that is confined to and restrainingly engages the inferior and superior conjunctival fornices so as to retain the implant within the tear fluid and/or against the tissues of the eye.
US09421125B2	Head cooler A head cooler (10) comprises a thermal exchange cap (11) and an outer insulating cover (12) to be arranged on a patient's head. The cap (11) has a channel system (31, 32) for a cooling fluid forming an inside heat exchange surface to be applied on said head for cooling the head. The thermal exchange cap (11, 60) is adjustable and/or adaptable to compensate for a discrepancy in shape and size between the inside surface of the head cooler (10) and the head. The head cooler (10) may further comprise an eyebrow cooler (140) for cooling the area of the eyebrows. The head cooler (140) is used in medicine. A method for preventing hair loss of a patient is provided by arranging the head cooler (10) on the head of said patient.
US09421122B2	Thermotherapy and apparatus for thermotherapy Disclosed is a thermotherapy in which a thermal gas such as hot vapor which is warm vapor is inhaled through a mouth or a nose, and the inhaled thermal gas spreads to every alveolus of lungs. Due to such a thermotherapy, the whole respiratory organ is warmed and, at the same time, heat energy is applied to blood through the alveoli of the lungs so that human body tissues are easily warmed within a short time by transferring the heat energy to whole parts of a human body by making use of the circulation of blood. Accordingly, not only a healthy person but also a patient can easily enjoy advantageous effects of a thermotherapy which is equal to or higher than advantageous effects of a sauna or hot spring.
US09421121B2	Contraceptive devices and methods Contraceptive devices that provide substantially immediate and permanent sterilization are described herein. Systems and methods for transcervically delivering the contraceptive devices are also described herein. The contraceptive device may include an expandable implant. The implant includes hydrogel to provide substantially immediate sterilization, and tissue in-growth fibers to provide permanent sterilization. As an alternative or in combination to hydrogel, the implant may include copper or cupric ions to provide substantially immediate sterilization. The implant may also include hydrogel to improve trackability of the implant through an ovarian pathway.
US09421118B2	Digital control strap system A digital strapping system comprising an alternatively configurable hallux strap system for positioning and exercising a hallux of a foot, and/or an alternatively configurable osteotomy strap system for positioning and exercising a second and/or third digit of a foot.
US09421113B2	Spine surgery method and inserter A surgical inserter for use in inserting an implant into a vertebral space may include: (a) a handle; (b) a gripper having one end attached to the handle and a second end having a pair of arms; and (c) a grip activator having an opening that threadingly receives the gripper. The grip activator can be rotated in a first direction with respect to the gripper to cause the arms to move toward each other to grip the inserter and in a second direction with respect to the gripper to cause the arms to move away from each other to release the inserter. In one embodiment a compression force activator is used to deploy the implant and in another embodiment a tension force activator is used to deploy the implant.
US09421111B2	PLIF hinged spacer A spinal implant formed from a hinged distractor having an upper and lower support body that is hinged by use of pinions. An insert body is constructed and arranged to slide between the section to expand and maintain a space therebetween. The insert body includes a leading edge that is tapered to allow ease of insertion. A trailing edge that extends beyond a front edge of the upper support body will cause the insert body to be locked into position. A trailing edge engages the rear of the upper support body to prevent over insertion. A lower surface of the insert body may include locking surfaces.
US09421108B2	Implant system and method In various embodiments, an implant for interfacing with a bone structure includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue. In some embodiments, a method is provided that includes accessing an intersomatic space and inserting an implant into the intersomatic space. The implant includes a web structure including a space truss. The space truss includes two or more planar truss units having a plurality of struts joined at nodes and the web structure is configured to interface with human bone tissue.
US09421107B2	Anatomy accomodating prosthetic intervertebral disc with lower height An intervertebral disc includes a superior endplate having an upper vertebral contacting surface and a lower bearing surface, wherein the upper vertebral contacting surface of the superior endplate has a central portion that is raised relative to a peripheral portion of the superior endplate, and wherein the lower bearing surface has a concavity disposed opposite the raised central portion. The disc includes an inferior endplate having a lower vertebral contacting surface and an upper surface, wherein the lower vertebral contacting surface of the inferior endplate has a central portion and wherein the upper bearing surface has a concavity disposed opposite the central portion. A core is positioned between the upper and inferior endplates, the core having upper and lower core bearing surfaces configured to mate with the bearing surfaces of the upper and inferior endplates. The upper vertebral contacting surface of the superior endplate has a different shape than the lower vertebral contacting surface of the inferior endplate.
US09421105B2	Humeral component of a shoulder prosthesis A humeral component of a shoulder prosthesis encloses a stem module which has a shank and an upper shank portion with a stem support surface. A joint adapter is adapted to hold either a liner or a spherical cap. The joint adapter has an adapter support surface which interfaces with the stem support surface. Further, the stem support surface and the adapter support surface have corresponding radial arc shaped sections which allow positioning of the joint adapter against the stem module at different inclination angles. For fastening the joint adapter to the stem module, a bolt or screw is provided.
US09421104B2	Antioxidant doping of crosslinked polymers to form non-eluting bearing components Methods provide a non-eluting antioxidant doped UHMWPE in the form of an implant bearing component. The process includes the steps of: (a) providing a preform; (b) irradiating the preform with γ-irradiation to crosslink the UHMWPE; (c) doping the crosslinked preform by exposing it to an antioxidant composition at a temperature below the melting point of the UHMWPE; (d) removing the doped material from contact with the antioxidant composition; and then (e) annealing by heating the doped material at a temperature above 30° C. and below the melting point of the UHMWPE; followed by (f) making an implant bearing component from the doped material, wherein at least 1 mm but no more than about 15 mm of material are removed to make the component.
US09421095B2	Valve prosthesis for implantation in body channels The present invention regards a valve prosthesis (1; 40; 50; 60) comprising a stent (2) and characterized in that it comprises a valve (3) arranged in said stent (2) and bound thereto in at least one pre-established zone so that it can be deformed between a closed state in which said valve (3) is fully spread out in the stent (2), thus blocking the passage of a body fluid, and an open state in which said valve (3), due to the pressure of said body fluid, is substantially collapsed on an inner wall of said stent (2), thus permitting the flow of said body fluid. The invention also regards a method for making said valve prosthesis.
US09421079B2	Bioabsorbable mesh for surgical implants Described are methods, devices, and systems related to pelvic implants, including implants that include absorbable and non-absorbable materials.
US09421078B2	Implantable plate for reconstruction of walls The implantable plate for wall reconstruction comprises a textile support having anti-migratory protuberances on at least one face.If the support comprises thermoplastic fibers or filaments, each protuberance is formed with a conical configuration, by swaging, inside a peripheral zone in which said fibers or filaments are thermowelded, especially by ultrasound, a perforation being centered relative to the peripheral zone.The two faces can comprise protuberances, of a height substantially equal to the thickness of said support, for example distributed in a stagger and alternating from one face to the other, at the rate of 0.5 to 2 per cm2.The plate can comprise radio-opaque marking in the form of lines passing between the protuberances to constitute a grid.
US09421069B2	Surgical grasper for measuring force The present invention relates to a surgical grasper for measuring force, the surgical grasper having a first gripping part and a second gripping part, the first gripping part being provided with a first recess portion recessed inwardly from an outer surface of the first gripping part, the surgical grasper including: a first elastic dielectric body having one surface surface-contacting the first recess portion; an electrode part including a pair of electrodes opposed to each other on opposite surfaces of the first elastic dielectric body and having a distance between the electrodes, varied by external force applied thereto; and a first finishing part surface-contacting the other surface of the first elastic dielectric body and formed to correspond to the first recess portion to thereby be inserted into the first recess portion.
US09421064B2	Nerve modulation systems System and methods for channeling a path into bone include a trocar having a proximal end, distal end and a central channel disposed along a central axis of the trocar. The trocar includes a distal opening at the distal end of the trocar. The system includes a curved cannula sized to be received in the central channel, the curved cannula comprising a curved distal end configured to be extended outward from the distal opening to generate a curved path extending away from the trocar. The curved cannula has a central passageway having a diameter configured to allow a treatment device to be delivered through the central passageway to a location beyond the curved path.
US09421059B2	Device for endometrial ablation having an expandable seal for a cervical canal Methods, systems and devices for endometrial ablation. In accordance with a method, a working end of an RF ablation device is positioned in a patient uterus to contact endometrial tissue, the working end comprising a dielectric wall capable of non-expanded and expanded shapes and for conforming to an asymmetric or symmetric shape of the patient's cervix. An expandable seal is provided for sealing the cervical canal.
US09421058B2	Bone fixation system A bone fixation system is provided. The bone fixation system may include a plate, one or more fasteners configured to attach the plate to a target anatomical location such as bone, and a surgical device that facilitates the attachment of the plate and the fasteners.
US09421052B2	Orthopedic anchor assembly In an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an anchor assembly that can be used for the fixation or fastening of orthopedic devices or instruments to bone tissue. In particular, the present invention preferably provides a variable angle or fixed angle anchor assembly that is able to securely connect the orthopedic device to bone tissue even when there is a variance in the angle and position of the assembly with respect to the device. Furthermore, in an exemplary embodiment, the present invention provides an anchor assembly having a locking mechanism that will quickly and easily lock the anchor assembly with respect to the orthopedic device.
US09421047B2	Support instrument with modular intramedullary nail A supporting instrument with a modular intramedullary nail includes a plurality of intramedullary nails and a coupling module. Each intramedullary nail is in a form of a long rod and has a coupling portion arranged between two ends of the intramedullary nail and an abutting surface along a longitudinal face of the intramedullary nail. The coupling module is mounted to the coupling portions of the plurality of intramedullary nails for the abutting surfaces of the plurality of intramedullary nails to abut against each other and for assembling the plurality of intramedullary nails.
US09421046B2	Implantable dynamic apparatus having an anti jamming feature A bone transport system includes a nail having a proximal end and a distal end, the proximal end configured for securing to a first portion of bone, the distal end configured for securing to a second portion of bone. The system includes a housing having a wall with a longitudinal opening extending a length along a portion thereof. The system further includes a transport sled having a length that is shorter than the length of the longitudinal opening, the transport sled configured for securing to a third portion of bone, the transport sled further configured to be moveable along the longitudinal opening. The system further includes a magnetic assembly disposed within the nail and configured to be non-invasively actuated by a moving magnetic field, wherein actuation of the magnetic assembly moves the transport sled along the longitudinal opening. The system further includes a ribbon extending on opposing sides of the transport sled and substantially covering the longitudinal opening.
US09421042B2	Bone fixation apparatus What is provided is a fixation system that offers a strong and stable construct for maximum fusion augmentation and yet is versatile enough for any patient and is easy to use. Disclosed is a connection assembly for connecting a spinal implant, the assembly comprising: a body, the body including a body opening for receiving at least a portion of a first connector; a swivel having first and second ends and being operatively connected to the body, the first end including a swivel opening for receiving at least a portion of a second connector; a locking plate having an arm at least partially extending into the body opening; a locking unit operatively connected to the body and contacting the second end of the swivel; and whereby activation of the locking unit causes the arm to engage the first connector and swivel opening to engage the second connector thereby preventing relative rotation between the first and second connectors.
US09421037B2	Dispensing fasteners A surgical instrument enables dispensing of a series of fasteners within a patient's body. The device includes a magazine sized and dimensioned to hold a series of fasteners, the series of fasteners insertable through an opening at the end of the magazine. A splined guide bore is rotatably supported within the magazine, and slidingly supports a shaft having an external surface mateable with the splined guide bore to restrict radial rotation of the shaft with respect to the support about said longitudinal axis. A biasing element is connected between the support and the shaft, to urge the shaft along a longitudinal axis towards a distal end of the instrument. A ratchet is connected to the shaft and engages the magazine to permit sliding of the shaft in a direction for dispensing fasteners only, unless disengaged with the magazine.
US09421036B2	Automatically-deflating, postpartum tamponade An improved device for the management of a patient's uterine hemorrhage has improvements that include: (a) an inlet valve for controlling the flow of fluid into an expandable vessel, (b) an adapter having a free end and a connection end that connects to the third opening in a tube that has openings at each of its ends, (d) a pressure release component that connects to the adapter's free end and provides for the automatic release of a quantity of fluid sufficient to maintain an approximate, steady state, uniform operating pressure within the device, and (e) an attachment means that affixes the free end of the expandable vessel to the tube at a point that is distal from a tube end so that a portion of the tube extends into the expandable vessel and can be used as a core to assist with the placement of the vessel into the patient's uterine cavity prior to its inflation.
US09421032B2	Seal port with blood collector An access assembly for insertion through a single incision is provided. The access assembly includes a foam body having a proximal end and a distal end and a plurality of lumens extending through the foam body. Each of the lumens includes a sleeve extending the length of the body. The foam body has a central portion and a lower rim at a distal end of the central portion. The lower rim defines a circular recess, about the body, along a proximal side of the lower rim.
US09421031B2	Scalpel blade holder A scalpel blade holder including a handle, a blunt probe, and a blade. A method of using the scalpel blade holder including inserting the blunt probe into a small incision, and advancing the scalpel blade holder to create the incision.
US09421020B2	Drill guide with rotating handle A drill guide includes at least one drill guide lumen and a handle coupled to the at least one drill guide lumen. The drill guide lumen includes a proximal opening, a distal opening, and a longitudinal opening therebetween. The handle is movable between a first position relative to the drill guide lumen and a second position relative to the drill guide lumen.
US09421018B2	Methods of designing molds for machining cost reduction An orthopaedic knee cutting block prepared by a process comprising the steps of: creating a mold with a first core detail and a second core detail, each of the core details corresponding to a volume; filling the mold with a mixture of a binder and a metal; releasing a green part from the mold, the green part having a first void corresponding to the first core detail and a second void corresponding to the second core detail; removing the binder from the green part; heating the green part to create a sintered part; and machining the part by sawing a cutting slot such that the cutting slot overlaps with the first void and the second void. Alternatively, the orthopaedic knee cutting instrument may be made by a simple metal casting method.
US09421016B2	Apparatus and method for endoscopic colectomy Apparatus and methods for endoscopic colectomy are described herein. A colectomy device having a first and a second tissue approximation device is mounted on a colonoscope separated from one another. During deployment of the colectomy device, a diseased portion of the colon is positioned inbetween the tissue approximation devices. The tissue approximation devices are radially expanded such that they contact and grasp the colon wall at two sites adjacent to the diseased portion of the colon. The diseased portion is separated from the omentum and is transected using a laparoscope or is drawn into the colonoscope for later removal. The tissue approximation devices are then urged towards one another over the colonoscope to approximate the two free edges of the colon into contact together where they are fastened to one another using the tissue approximation device as a surgical stapler to create an end-to-end anastomosis.
US09421007B2	Acromioclavicular joint fixation using suture button contstruct with dog bone-shaped button Methods and systems for AC joint repair using a fixation device having a specific “dog bone” configuration in a minimally invasive approach. One AC fixation system is formed of dog bone shaped buttons and at least one suture tape used to secure the buttons during an AC joint repair. The buttons are provided with openings that allow the passage of suture/tape limbs. Another AC joint fixation system is formed of a metal button inserted over a fused/joined construct having multiple flexible strands. The fused/joined construct is formed of multiple independent and separate suture strands and/or suture tapes that are joined (fused together) at about the midpoint of the tapes and/or sutures, resulting in multiple independent limbs of suture/tape. A suture tape loop construct having an integrally formed eyelet at one end of the loop may also be used in the fixation systems.
US09421000B2	Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, method of producing ultrasound image, and recording medium Ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting is performed in response to an instruction to freeze, an instruction on an observation target range, an instruction to change image quality and an instruction to change an image mode, a reception signal obtained by the ultrasonic transmission and reception for sound speed setting is used to set the sound speed in a subject, and a reception signal obtained during ultrasonic transmission and reception is processed based on the set sound speed to produce an ultrasound image. Such method makes it possible to produce a high-quality ultrasound image subjected to delay correction appropriate to various operations on an ultrasound diagnostic apparatus, such as freezing and change in image quality.
US09420982B2	Mammography detector having multiple sensors, and mammography device capable of acquiring 3D image acquisition The disclosure relates to a mammography device including a main body, a gantry, an X-ray generator, an X-ray detector, a first rotating shaft, a supporting panel, and a pressing panel. The gantry is vertically movably connected to the main body. The X-ray generator is attached to one end of the gantry. The X-ray detector is attached to the other end of the gantry. The first rotating shaft is configured to rotate the gantry. The support panel is configured to support a patient's breast. The pressing panel is vertically movably disposed and connected to the main body. Such a pressing panel is configured to press the patient's breast on the support panel. The X-ray detector acquires 3-D images while rotating the gantry around the breast pressed by the pressing panel and the support panel.
US09420969B2	Biological information acquisition method and instrument, and physiologically-active substance measurement method and instrument A biological information acquisition method for acquiring information on a living body on a basis of a quantified value of a physiologically active substance originated from the living body, includes a step of collecting the physiologically active substance from a body surface of the living body.
US09420963B2	Apparatus and method for recognizing user's posture in horse-riding simulator An apparatus for recognizing a user's posture in a horse-riding simulator, the apparatus comprising: a standard posture model generation module configured to find out a standard posture model by selecting feature points from an expert database, and generate the standard posture model; and a posture recognizing module configured to obtain a user's posture from the horse-riding simulator, recognize a user's horse-riding posture by matching the obtained user's posture with the standard posture model generated in the standard posture model generation module, and suggest a standard posture model appropriate for a user's level.
US09420956B2	Methods and systems for arrhythmia tracking and scoring A dashboard centered around arrhythmia or atrial fibrillation tracking is provided. The dashboard includes a heart or cardiac health score that can be calculated in response to data from the user such as their ECG and other personal information and cardiac health influencing factors. The dashboard also provides to the user recommendations or goals, such as daily goals, for the user to meet and thereby improve their heart or cardiac health score. These goals and recommendations may be set by the user or a medical professional and routinely updated as his or her heart or cardiac health score improves or otherwise changes. The dashboard is generally displayed from an application provided on a smartphone or tablet computer of the user.
US09420955B2	Intravascular temperature monitoring system and method A system for monitoring one or more temperatures at a vessel wall of a vessel of a patient includes an optical fiber, an optical read-out mechanism, and a therapeutic device. The optical fiber may be deployed along an extent of the vessel and may include one or more fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensors disposed at one or more corresponding sensor locations along a length of the optical fiber. The optical read-out mechanism may be optically coupled to the optical fiber, and it may be configured to transmit light into the optical fiber and detect light reflected from the one or more FBG temperature sensors. The detected light reflected from the one or more FBG temperature sensors may encode local temperatures at each of the one or more corresponding sensor locations. The therapeutic device may be configured for performing a therapeutic procedure to or through the vessel wall.
US09420953B2	Method for implanting flexible and scalable sensor arrays into patient tissues An implantable sensor array incorporates active electronic elements to greatly increase the number of sensors and their density that can be simultaneously recorded and activated. The sensors can be of various configurations and types, for example: optical, chemical, temperature, pressure or other sensors including effectors for applying signals to surrounding tissues. The sensors/effectors are arranged on a flexible and stretchable substrate with incorporated active components that allow the effective size, configuration, number and pattern of sensors/effectors to be dynamically changed, as needed, through a wired or wireless means of communication. Active processing allows many channels to be combined either through analog or digital means such that the number of wires exiting the array can be substantially reduced compared to the number of sensors/effectors on the array.
US09420952B2	Temperature probe suitable for axillary reading Systems and methods of monitoring the axillary temperature of a person are disclosed. A portion of a temperature probe is provided within the axilla of the person. The temperature probe includes a wiring portion and a body connection portion and a sensing portion between the wiring and body connection portions. The sensing portion comprises a temperature sensing element. The wiring portion is coupled to a monitoring device and comprises a conductor having a first end and a second end, the first end coupled to the temperature sensing element, and the second end connected to the monitoring device. At least a portion of the body connection portion is attached to a second body portion of the person, such that the sensing portion is retained within the axilla.
US09420949B2	Integrated surgical microscope and wavefront sensor A wavefront sensor is integrated with a surgical microscope for allowing a doctor to make repeated wavefront measurements of a patient's eye while the patient remains on an operating table in the surgical position. The device includes a wavefront sensor optically aligned with a surgical microscope such that their fields of view at least partially overlap. The inclusion of lightweight, compact diffractive optical components in the wavefront sensor allows the integrated device to be supported on a balancing mechanism above a patient's head during a surgical procedure. As a result, the need to reposition the device and/or the patient between measuring optical properties of the eye and performing surgical procedures on the eye is eliminated. Many surgical procedures may be improved or enhanced using the integrated device, including but not limited to cataract surgery, Conductive Keratoplasty, Lasik surgery, and corneal corrective surgery.
US09420944B2	Method of performing a minimally-invasive intervention Apparatus for use in an operating theater equipped with a surgical table, comprises a lifting frame attachable to the surgical table and adapted for lifting a body part of a subject undergoing a surgical procedure upon the surgical table, and comprising an upright support post incorporating a jack, and a lifting arm pivotally mounted upon the post, whereby the arm can be turned about the upright support post on thrust bearing to either overhang the surgical table, or be pivoted away to permit access to the surgical table. The arm is adapted to support a retractor that comprises a blade portion incorporating a plurality of independent lighting devices positioned in light ports and configured to provide discrete illumination selectively to zones within the surgical field according to (a) a predetermined sequence program, or (b) a sequence determined by a user of the retractor.
US09420931B2	Surface treating machine A machine for treating a surface lying in an XY-plane comprising a body, a body plate attached to the body, a drive assembly attached to the body and a cleaning plate assembly. The drive assembly includes a motor having a motor drive shaft and a transmission having offset drivers driven by the motor drive shaft. The cleaning plate assembly has an eccentric drive member engaging the offset drivers to drive the cleaning plate assembly in an oscillating pattern parallel to the XY-plane and relative to the body plate.
US09420930B2	Manually guided floor cleaning machine A manually guided floor cleaning machine is provided, including a chassis with a front end and a rear end in relation to a straight ahead forward travel direction, a wheel arrangement, which is arranged on the chassis in the region of the rear end, and a cleaning head, which is pivotably arranged on the chassis in the region of the front end, at least one brush being arranged on the cleaning head and a drive device being arranged for the driven rotation of the at least one brush, a rotational axis of the at least one brush being parallel to a wheel axis of the wheel arrangement in the straight ahead forward travel direction.
US09420927B2	Vacuum cleaner tool A tool for a vacuum cleaner that includes a nozzle and a bristle assembly. An elongate suction opening is provided in a base of the nozzle. The bristle assembly is mounted within the nozzle and includes a carrier to which a strip of bristles is attached. The carrier pivots or flexes relative to the nozzle and has a pair of wings located on opposite sides of the bristles.
US09420921B1	Bath scrubbing system A bath scrubbing system for effectively scrubbing hard to reach areas on a body of a user features a shower having a vertical wall. The system features a planar base located on the vertical wall via a suction attaching means. The system features a sponge component, a brush component, and a luffa component each positioned on the base via a first hook and loop component and mated second hook and loop components. The sponge component, the brush component and the luffa component are designed to all fit on the base simultaneously or individually in an adjustable manner. The system features a removable lid designed to fit over and fully enclose the sponge component, the brush component and the luffa component when located on the base.
US09420919B2	Handheld grater with catch bin A handheld having a grater panel with a bottom surface from which grated particulates emerge and a catch bin removably attached to the grater panel, the catch bin having a substantially flexible body with one or more living hinges capable of adapting the catch bin from a collapsed configuration for storage to an expanded configuration for use. The catch bin has an open top for receiving the grated particulates and may also include an open front corresponding to the handle end of the grater panel from which the grated particulates can be poured.
US09420907B2	Beverage bottle with accessible station for portable electronic device A beverage bottle for a portable electronic device, includes a hand-held container comprising a surrounding wall and having a fluid compartment formed within the surrounding wall, and an accessible station integrated with the hand-held container, wherein the accessible station has a window cavity for accommodating the portable electronic device therein so as to allow the portable electronic device through the window cavity. Therefore, the portable electronic device is carried and protected by the container and is accessible through the accessible station.
US09420906B2	Stackable glass set A stackable liquor glass has a bowl and a stem with set of equidistantly spaced holes to reduce vacuum pressure. In addition the stackable liquor glass includes a drainage passage, vented by the equidistantly placed holes for passage of fluid and air through a drainage pathway. The drain passage drains fluid through an asymmetric pathway for drainage outside of the glass through an opening in the glass. In addition a flat surface inside the bowl of the glass provides for a structure for the stacked glass to rest upon.
US09420903B2	Commemorative plaque frame The commemorative plaque frame supports and displays a commemorative plaque on a funerary crypt or niche shutter. The commemorative plaque frame comprises a frame support for attachment to the shutter and a cover pivotally attached to the frame support in non-removable fashion so as to be pivotable between an opened position in which the cover is pivoted away from the shutter; and a closed position in which the cover is pivoted against the shutter. A plaque enclosure is defined on an inner side of the cover when the cover is in the closed position, the plaque enclosure sized for housing the commemorative plaque therein such that the commemorative plaque is at least partly visible through a window provided on the cover. A plaque support member is carried by one of the cover and the frame support, for supporting the commemorative plaque in the plaque enclosure.
US09420901B2	Low voltage plug and play display system for general application in gondola systems Disclosed is a low-voltage plug and play display system that separates a load support system (e.g., brackets and gondola uprights) from a conductive system. Three embodiments include: (1) an elongate vertical electrically-insulated conductive metal strip disposed on the surface of a gondola that works with a shelf connector to supply electric current to a lighting device; (2) an elongate vertical electrically-insulated conductive metal strip contained in an upright that fits inside the gondola upright that works with a shelf connector; and (3) a transmitter (TX) strip placed on the gondola surface, or remotely, to transfer power to receiver(s) to provide electric current to a lighting device. In all three embodiments, lower voltage DC current such as DC 12V converted by an adaptor is supplied to the conductive strip or transmitter TX strip. Lighting devices include LED devices. All three embodiments work for new, or for retrofitting existing, gondola systems.
US09420898B2	Decorative step stool cover A decorative step stool cover is provided, comprising: a body having a substantially flat top surface, the top surface configured to cover a planar step surface of a single step stool and the body configured to overhang sides of the step stool; a head attached to a first end of the body; a tail attached to a second end of the body, opposite the head; four legs attached to respective corners of the body, each leg comprising a compartment configured to enclose a leg of the step stool; and means for removably securing the step stool cover to the step stool.
US09420896B2	Replaceable basecover mechanism A replaceable basecover mechanism for securing a basecover on an automated furniture item is provided. In embodiments, the replaceable basecover mechanism includes a basecover border having a plurality of border panels, a center panel coupled to the plurality of border panels, and at least one stretch panel coupled to at least one of the plurality of border panels. The stretch panels include at least one j-shaped upholstery channel coupled to the stretch panel, and the j-shaped upholstery channels are configured to removably couple the basecover border to a deckboard of an adjustable furniture item. Additionally, the deckboard may include a locking channel configured to couple to the j-shaped upholstery channels.
US09420884B2	Overhead storage rack A storage rack including a platform and a plurality of upright support assemblies configured to mount the platform to one or more support structures located above the platform. The platform includes a peripheral frame with a plurality of corners. The support assemblies are mounted to the peripheral frame at other than the corners and extend upwardly from the platform. The platform may include a plurality of cross braces extending from a first side of the peripheral frame to a second side of the peripheral frame, and a plurality of poles supported by and extending transverse to the cross braces.
US09420882B2	Sliding and pivoting mechanism of a rack of an item of furniture, item of furniture and domestic appliance A sliding and pivoting mechanism of a rack of an item of furniture or domestic appliance for extending and raising the rack out of a body of the item of furniture or domestic appliance, having at least two pivoting arms which are fixed rotatably to at least one of the side walls of the body with a first end parallel to the plane of the side walls, and are arranged spaced apart parallel to each other, wherein a guide rail is fixed pivotably to respective second ends of the pivoting arms parallel to the plane of the side walls in such a manner that the guide rail can be pivoted out of a lower position within the body into a raised, upper position at least partially outside the body, and at least one running rail which is displaceable linearly in the guide rail and to which the rack is fastened, wherein the sliding and pivoting mechanism has a locking mechanism which is arranged on the guide rail and on one of the pivoting arms and is actuable by an activator fixed on the running rail in order to prevent a simultaneous pivoting and sliding movement of the running rail.
US09420877B2	Method for producing a toothbrush having an inner cavity Methods of producing a unitary personal care article such as a toothbrush having an inner cavity.
US09420876B2	Scraper broom A scraper broom integrates an elongated handle with a fixed scraper element attached thereto and a displaceable broom head. The displaceable broom is movable between a first position and a second position for conversion of the device from a broom to a scraper.
US09420842B2	Protective helmet A protective helmet includes an outer shell and a controlled air dissipation (CAD) assembly installed within the outer shell. The CAD assembly includes an inner shell liner releasably mounted to the outer shell, a primary bellows unit disposed between an outer surface of the inner shell liner and the inside surface of the outer shell, and a secondary bellows unit disposed between an inner surface of the inner shell liner and the head of a person wearing the protective helmet.
US09420837B2	Multilayered waterproof moisture management athletic garments A water proof moisture management garment and a method of constructing such a garment in accordance with the present invention utilizes at least three layers. An outer layer may comprise a stretch woven textile treated with a durable water repellant finish. The outer layer may be micro-perforated to permit perspiration to evaporate through the micro-perforations. An inner layer may comprise a moisture management textile to facilitate the transport of perspiration away from the skin of a wearer. An intermediate layer may bond the outer layer to the inner layer. The intermediate layer may provide holes to permit the evaporation of perspiration from the inner layer through the micro-perforations of the outer layer.
US09420835B2	Mouth mesh The Mouth Mesh invention is a round device that fits around a person's mouth area just under the nose and has an outer screen mesh with an inside nylon screen mesh with a tighter cell area to stop any spittle from a person's mouth to spray and spread into the air around other people. It allows the person wearing it to talk freely while it is adhered to the mouth area without falling off of the person's mouth area.
US09420828B2	Valve device for changing over the mass flow of rod-like articles in conveying channels of the tobacco industry A valve device for changing over the mass flow of rod-like articles of the tobacco industry, between at least two non-parallel conveying channels feeding the rod-like articles and a conveying channel receiving the rod-like articles or between a conveying channel feeding the rod-like articles and at least two non-parallel conveying channels receiving the rod-like articles, comprising at least one rotatable element changing over the mass flow comprising a through channel for the transfer of the mass flow between the feeding conveying channel and the receiving conveying channel, with the rotatable change-over element having different angular positions relative to its principally horizontal axis of rotation which allow connecting individual feeding and receiving channels, characterized in that in the rotatable change-over element (4) at least one conveying unit (5) situated at the wall (7a, 7b, 7c, 7d) of a through channel (7) of the rotatable change-over element (4) is disposed, with the conveying unit (5) having an operating section (8a, 8b, 8c, 8d) supporting the mass flow of the rod-like articles (E) via the through channel (7) in the direction from the feeding channel (2, 2a, 2b) to the receiving channel (3, 3a).
US09420825B2	Whitened tobacco composition A method of preparing a whitened tobacco material is provided, the method including the steps of (i) extracting a tobacco material with an aqueous solution to give a tobacco pulp and a tobacco extract; (ii) treating the tobacco pulp with at least one of a caustic reagent and an oxidizing agent for a time and at a temperature sufficient to lighten the color of the tobacco pulp to give a whitened tobacco pulp; (iii) clarifying the tobacco extract to remove higher molecular weight components; and (iv) combining the whitened tobacco pulp with a clarified tobacco extract to form a whitened tobacco material. The whitened tobacco material can be isolated and incorporated into a smokeless tobacco product. The invention also provides a smokeless tobacco product incorporating a whitened tobacco material. The smokeless tobacco product may be a snus-type formulation contained within a sealed pouch.
US09420824B2	System and method of encoding The present invention is a tool and method for imprinting encoded messages on a food product. The tool comprises an imprinting device that engages with the opening of a container that holds the food product. The imprinting device has a geometric configuration with at least 5 flat planes. The imprinting device functions as a lid of the container. Each of the flat plane contain the following symbols: a long line, a shorter liner, a large half-circle, and a shorter half-circle, and a small circle designating a period The method of the system involves creating each number and alphabet in the English language utilizing five designated symbols incorporated on each plane of the cube.
US09420823B2	Room temperature drying system The invention relates to a room temperature drying system, mainly comprising: an inner drying chamber, an outer chamber with temperature difference, more than one dry article trolleys placed in the inner drying chamber, an air-conditioning device set on the wall in the outer chamber with temperature difference. The temperature of the inner drying chamber is controlled by the air-conditioning device at 2 degrees Celsius higher than that of the outer chamber with temperature difference, and because the warm air flow of the heating component in the inner drying chamber blows to the wet articles to be dried and the higher air humidity in the inner drying chamber, moisture will be condensed on the cooler metal circumferential wall and the metal top wall, the condensed water drops along the inner wall of the metal circumferential wall and the metal top wall into the water-expelling slot and is in turn discharged, thereby achieving the purpose of drying the articles intended to be dried.
US09420818B2	Thickener composition for dysphagia patients The invention relates to thickening compositions for thickening nutritional products to make the nutritional product suitable for consumption by dysphagia patients, said thickening composition comprising starch, xanthum gum and/or methylcellulose and galactomannan and/or glucomannan.
US09420817B2	Agent for amelioration of dysphagia, and pharmaceutical or food composition comprising the same Disclosed is an agent for ameliorating dysphagia containing capsinoid as an active ingredient. Also disclosed is a pharmaceutical composition or food composition containing the agent. The agent, pharmaceutical composition or food can be administered to a subject suffering from dysphagia such as elderly person.
US09420815B2	Glucosylated steviol glycoside as a flavor modifier A taste and flavor profile modifying composition is described. The composition includes a blend of glucosylated steviol glycosides and residual steviol glycosides which can modify the intensity of a taste and/or flavor in a food or beverage product.
US09420813B2	Sweetener The body taste of a sweetener (for example, aspartame, sucralose, acesulfame, etc.) is improved by blending the sweetener with an amino acid or a peptide, which is able to activate a calcium receptor, such as γ-Glu-X-Gly (wherein X represents an amino acid or an amino acid derivative), γ-Glu-Val-Y (wherein Y represents an amino acid or an amino acid derivative), γ-Glu-Ala, γ-Glu-Gly, γ-Glu-Cys, γ-Glu-Met, γ-Glu-Thr, γ-Glu-Val, γ-Glu-Orn, Asp-Gly, Cys-Gly, Cys-Met, Glu-Cys, Gly-Cys, Leu-Asp, D-Cys, γ-Glu-Met(O), γ-Glu-γ-Glu-Val, γ-Glu-Val-NH2, γ-Glu-Val-ol, γ-Glu-Ser, γ-Glu-Tau, γ-Glu-Cys(S-Me)(O), γ-Glu-Leu, γ-Glu-Ile, γ-Glu-t-Leu, γ-Glu-Cys(S-Me), etc.
US09420794B2	Herbicidal composition To provide a high active herbicidal composition having a broader herbicidal spectrum against a wide variety of weeds to be controlled.A herbicidal composition comprising (a) nicosulfuron or its salt, (b) dimethenamid-P or its salt and (c) topramezone or its salt. This herbicidal composition has a wide herbicidal spectrum and has high activity.
US09420783B2	Making imprinted particle structure A method of making a multi-layer biocidal structure includes providing a support and locating a first curable layer on the support. A second layer is located on or over the first curable layer, the second layer having multiple biocidal particles located within the second layer. The first curable layer and the second layer are imprinted in a single step with an imprinting stamp having a structure with a depth greater than the thickness of the second layer. The first curable layer is cured to form a first cured layer with a second layer. The imprinting stamp is removed.
US09420780B2	Composition, method for producing the composition, and phytosanitary formulation containing same The present disclosure relates to compositions comprising from 10 to 90 wt % of a mixture M of compounds A having formula R1CONR2R3, wherein R1, R2, and R3 are described herein, and from 10 to 90 wt % of at least one compound B selected from the amide solvents, optionally combined with an ester solvent, and methods for producing the same. The present disclosure further relates to phytosanitary formulations comprising such compositions.
US09420777B2	Two-door cage trap with over-center set mechanism A cage-type animal trap with two opposed animal access openings that can operate in a one-door-opening configuration or a two-door-opening configuration. The trap has a set mechanism for holding one or both doors open to allow access through the corresponding trap access openings. The set mechanism includes a set lever that is movable from a set position to a tripped position and that is coupled to the doors of the trap by an actuating member. Upon actuation, the set lever moves from the set to the tripped position to allow movement of the actuating member which enables one of the doors to move from an opened position to a closed position when the trap is operating in a one-door-opening configuration, and both of the doors to move from the opened position to the closed position when the trap is operating in the two-door-opening configuration.
US09420776B2	Method and apparatus for treatment of targeted plants An apparatus for selectively treating plants is provided which may include a frame arranged to provide a plurality of horizontally spaced apart, non-overlapping treatment regions. Each treatment region may include at least one sensor which is arranged to monitor the respective treatment region for a plant to be treated. The apparatus may also include an electronic controller operatively coupled to the plurality of sensors and operatively coupled to a fluid delivery system. The electronic controller may control the fluid delivery system to deliver an application fluid through a respective application device when a targeted plant is detected in a respective treatment region.
US09420770B2	Methods of modulating thrombocytopenia and modified transgenic pigs The application provides methods of modulating platelet uptake by liver sinusoidal endothelial cells and of modulating thrombocytopenia. Transgenic pigs modified to bind fewer platelets are provided.
US09420761B2	Dual sheet detachable hock protector A device for protecting the skin of an animal from damage, abrasion and/or moisture is provided. A first version includes an elastic element attached to a pair of protective sheets. The elastic element in combination with the protective sheets encircles an animal limb proximate to a hock, wherein the protective sheets are positioned over the hock. One or more protective sheets may be partially curved to form a cup shape for at least partially enclosing the hock. A moisture absorbent material may be attached to and disposed between the skin of the animal limb and both the elastic sheet and the protective sheets. The absorbent material may be a wicking material, such as a moisture wicking fleece. The protective sheet may optionally be asymmetric as positioned about a sagittal plane central to the hock.
US09420752B2	Mobile drip irrigation with precise and uniform water distribution Water is emitted directly onto the soil from drip lines pulled from a mobile drip irrigation device. The forward ends of the drip tubes are anchored and retained to establish relatively fixed intervals of spacing between the forward ends of the adjacent drip tubes to guide the drip tubes across the soil and through growing plants. A pressure-regulated constant-volume flow of water is emitted from ports in the drip tubes.
US09420751B2	Plant manipulator An embodiment of a plant manipulator is disclosed, which may have a flexible cylindrical member that is bent to hold a plant in a particular configuration to train the plant. The plant manipulator may include a first end and a second end, a long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, a length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, and a slit along the length of the longest edge of the flexible cylindrical member. The plant manipulator may also have a malleable rigid member with a first and second end, a long edge of the flexible cylindrical member, and a length of the long edge of the malleable rigid member. The length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member may be coupled along the length of the long edge of the flexible cylindrical member.
US09420737B2	Three-dimensional elevation modeling for use in operating agricultural vehicles Novel tools and techniques for creating and implementing three-dimensional guidance paths for use in conjunction with more or one agricultural vehicles operating in an area of operation.
US09426934B2	Shield case and electronic apparatus A shield case 10 has, disposed upon a lateral plate 12, a first anchor part 123 for anchoring to a substrate, and a slit 127 which extends from a release edge part to a top plate 11, whereupon a leading end portion 127a thereof is formed upon the top plate 11.
US09426922B2	In-vehicle electronic control unit An in-vehicle electronic control unit includes a circuit board equipped with a coil and a power supply circuit, a resin member covering the circuit board, and a metal bracket fixed to the resin member for attaching the circuit board to a vehicle. The metal bracket includes a first shield portion and a second shield portion. The first shield portion is arranged to only a part of an upper surface of the resin member so that when projected in a winding axis direction of the coil, the first shield portion overlaps at least a part of the coil. The second shield portion extends from the first shield portion in the winding axis direction of the coil and is arranged to only a part of a side surface of the resin member.
US09426918B2	Socket package including integrataed capacitors A socket package is provided to be positioned between a circuit package and a printed circuit board (PCB). The socket package includes a plurality of interconnects, to connect portions of the circuit package to portions of the PCB. Additionally, a plurality of capacitors are included with the socket package. The capacitors connect the interconnects provided to the socket package, and may be provided in lieu of capacitors in a circuit package, thus decreasing the complexity and build cost of the circuit package.
US09426917B2	Socket assembly with pick up cap A socket assembly, adapted for connecting IC package to a printed circuit board, comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of conductive contacts received in the insulative housing; and a pick up cap covering the insulative housing. The pick up cap has a position unit and a moving unit assembled to the position unit. The moving unit is movable relative to the position unit in a horizontal direction. The moving unit has a plurality of latch latching the insulative housing to retain the pick up cap to the insulative housing when the moving unit slides.
US09426913B2	Assembly for the electronic processing of data with mutualized resources Assembly for the electronic processing of data, comprising a central module and peripheral modules linked to the central module by electrical power supply and data links, the modules comprising: a processing unit, a memory, an input/output unit and an isolation of the power and data links; the central module furthermore comprising an electrical power supply unit for the peripheral modules, a common startup unit shared by the modules, and a star communication interface with the peripheral modules; each peripheral module furthermore comprising a serial link interface to the communication interface of the central module.
US09426910B1	Transmission cable for electrical devices A transmission cable for an electrical device includes a first case, a second case, a line, a first connector and a second connector. The second case is detachably connected to the first case, and a space is formed between the first case and the second case when the first case is connected to the second case. The line having opposite ends connected to the first case and the second case respectively, and the first connector is connected to the end of the line connected to the first case while the second connector is connected to the end of the line connected to the second case. Both the first connector and the second connector are received in the space between the first case and the second case when the first case is connected to the second case for storage.
US09426905B2	Connection device for computing devices A connection device for computing devices is described. In one or more implementations, a connection device comprises a plurality of connection portions that are physically and communicatively coupled, one to another. Each of the plurality of connection portions has at least one communication contact configured to form a communicative coupling with a respective one of a plurality of computing devices and with at least one other communication contact of another one of the connections portions to support communication between the plurality of computing devices. Each of the plurality of connection portions also includes a magnetic coupling device to form a removable magnetic attachment to the respective one of the plurality of computing devices.
US09426904B2	Communication device in which an unauthorized removal of an electrical connector is detected Systems (100) and methods (1400) for detecting removal and attempted removals of an electronic component from an electronic device. The methods comprising: disposing the electronic component (112) on the electronic device such that a conductive surface of the electronic component contacts a ground conductor (802) disposed on a first surface (812) of an internal circuit board (500); using an electro-mechanical member (700) to mechanically couple the electronic component to the internal circuit board and to create an electrical path from the ground conductor to a sensing conductor (800) disposed on a second surface (814) opposed from the first surface of the internal circuit board; and sensing a break in the electrical path.
US09426898B2	Thermocompression bonders, methods of operating thermocompression bonders, and interconnect methods for fine pitch flip chip assembly A thermocompression bonder is provided. The thermocompression bonder includes: a bond head including a heated bonding tool for bonding a semiconductor element to a substrate; and a flux application tool for applying a flux material to conductive contacts of the substrate prior to bonding of the semiconductor element to the substrate.
US09426895B2	Method of fabricating touch screen panel A method of manufacturing a touch screen panel, including forming first and second conductive layers and an organic insulating layer on a substrate; forming a first organic insulating pattern having a first thickness and a second organic insulating pattern having a second thickness, the second thickness being larger than the first thickness; forming first and second conductive patterns; exposing a part of the second conductive pattern to form a third organic insulating pattern having a thickness smaller than the second thickness; removing the exposed second conductive pattern; forming an organic insulating capping layer surrounding the first and second conductive patterns positioned under the third organic insulating pattern; and forming a third conductive layer on the first conductive pattern and the organic insulating capping layer, the first conductive pattern being exposed, and then forming a connection pattern electrically connected with the exposed first conductive pattern using a second mask.
US09426894B2	Fabrication method of wiring structure for improving crown-like defect A wiring structure for improving a crown-like defect and a fabrication method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate, on which a seed layer and a patterned photoresist layer with an opening are formed, is provided. A copper layer, having a bottom covering the seed layer, is formed in the opening. A barrier layer covering at least one top portion of the copper layer is formed on the copper layer. An oxidation potential of the barrier layer is greater than that of the copper layer. The patterned photoresist layer is removed to perform an etching process, wherein the copper layer and a portion of the seed layer exposed are etched to form a wiring layer. An immersion process is performed to form an anti-oxidation layer comprehensively on exposed surfaces of the barrier layer and the wiring layer.
US09426886B2	Electrical connection with reduced topography The formation of substrate electrical connections on thin film heads is one source of resulting surface topography. In accordance with one implementation, such topography can be reduced by a process that includes depositing a first layer of basecoat, creating electrical recessed vias in one or more plating processes, and depositing a second layer of basecoat on top of the electrical vias and on top of the first layer of basecoat. In one implementation, the first and second layers of basecoat have a combined height that is substantially equal to the height of the electrical recessed vias. In one implementation, the resulting topographical features are small enough that they can be planarized without creating a lack of uniformity in the total basecoat thickness across the wafer.
US09426882B2	Flexible printed circuit for connecting touch screen and liquid crystal display device using the same Discussed is a Flexible Printed Circuit (FPC). The FPC includes a plurality of touch lines respectively connected to a plurality of touch electrode lines, a first film adhered to the touch lines, a second film overlapping the first film at an upper end surface of the first film and covering the touch lines, and a feedback compensation signal electrode adhered to a lower end surface of the first film, and receiving a feedback compensation signal for removing noise.
US09426880B2	Noise suppression assembly and electronic device having the same An electronic device includes a circuit board, a connector and a noise suppression assembly. The circuit board includes a substrate having a surface layer. The connector is disposed on the circuit board and has at least one electrical pin. The noise suppression assembly includes a wiring area located on the surface layer and adjacent to the connector and a conductive cover member. The wiring area includes at least one electrical contact, a transmission circuit and at least one ground contact, the electrical contact is used for being in electrical contact with the electrical pin of the connector. The transmission circuit is electrically connected to the electrical contact. The ground contact is located around the wiring area. The conductive cover member has a cover plate and at least one lateral plate. The lateral plate is connected to the cover plate for forming a shielded space.
US09426868B2	Commissioning LED (light emitting diode) lighting system and method of assembling same In one embodiment, the present invention includes a commissioning lighting system. The lighting system comprises a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) lighting elements, and a plurality of radio frequency (RF) enabled Ethernet power driver devices. The RF enabled Ethernet power driver devices are coupled to provide power to the plurality of LED lighting elements through Ethernet cables. Each power driver device of the plurality of RF enabled Ethernet power driver devices uses integrated firmware to form a network allowing each power driver device to be selectively programmed to control corresponding LED lighting elements.
US09426867B2	Lighting apparatus with brightness self-adjustment and self-adjusting method thereof A lighting apparatus (10) with a brightness control or self-adjustment, comprising an electronic power supply (11) having a brightness self-tuning and a brightness set-point self-calibrator, a sensor (14) for measuring the environment brightness (16) and a control circuit for automatically adjusting the emitted light (18) on the basis of the environment light, so as to keep steady the light in the environment and automatically reduce the emitted light (18) when the environment natural light increases. A method for self-adjusting the environment light sensor (14) allows for obtaining a self-adjusting lighting system on the basis of the natural light in the environment.
US09426855B2	Multi-stage LED lighting systems Multi-stage LED drivers and lighting systems are disclosed. The lighting system comprises a bridge rectifier receiving power from an AC power line source, two or more current limiting devices, and a string of LEDs having a corresponding number of LED lamps connected in electrical series. Each of the current limiting devices is coupled to and provides current to the corresponding LED. When the instantaneous voltage of the alternating current source is near zero volts, no significant current flows through the string of LEDs. As the instantaneous voltage from the bridge rectifier increases beyond the forward voltages of the LEDs in the string, the current limiting devices energize and provide current to the corresponding LEDs as well as the LEDs connected to the cathode of the corresponding LED. The equivalent circuits of the lighting system vary throughout the power cycle of the AC line power source.
US09426846B2	Induction heating apparatus In an induction heating apparatus, an infrared-ray detection portion includes an infrared-ray reception portion adapted to receive infrared rays radiated from an object to be heated, an amplification portion adapted to amplify a detection signal from the infrared-ray reception portion to form an infrared-ray detection signal, and a temperature detection portion adapted to detect the temperature of the infrared-ray detection portion and to output the temperature to the control portion. The control portion is adapted to correct the infrared-ray detection signal to form an infrared-ray real signal, when the temperature of the infrared-ray reception portion is equal to or higher than a temperature to be detected by the infrared-ray detection portion, based on information about a negative signal superimposed on the infrared-ray detection signal outputted from the infrared-ray detection portion, which is negative-signal information about the negative signal with the reverse polarity from that of the infrared-ray detection signal.
US09426843B2	Electrical connectors An electrical raft (200) is provided that has electrical conductors (252) embedded in a rigid material (220). The electrical raft is provided with an electrical connector (700). The electrical connector (700) is mounted in the electrical raft (200) at a mounting angle (730). The mounting angle is set such that the electrical conductors (252) can be connected to the electrical connector without having to turn through an angle or a radius of curvature that would subject them to excessive bending stress. Similarly, the mounting angle means that any conductors (766) that may be connected to the electrical connector (700) do not have to turn through an angle or a radius of curvature that would subject them to excessive bending stress. Furthermore, mounting the electrical connector (700) at the mounting angle (730) may allow the assembled electrical raft (200) to be more compact.
US09426841B2	Communication device session support between multiple access systems The disclosure relates to accessing a communication system. In accordance with the disclosed method a communication device communicating in a first access system based on an address is transferred to a second access system. The communication device sends an indication that the same address is to be used in the second access system, where after, if proxy mobility is available for the address, the same address is used for communications in the second access system.
US09426838B2	System and method of pairing wireless sensors with an access point control panel Systems and methods of pairing wireless sensing devices with an access point or control panel are provided. Some methods can include placing a sensing device within a predetermined distance of an access point or control panel, and responsive thereto, the sensing device communicating with the access point or control panel via near field talk on a pairing channel of the access point or control panel to pair the sensing device with the access point or control panel. The pairing channel can be different from a plurality of working channels of the access point or control panel.
US09426835B2	Communication between a client device and a wireless peripheral unit A communication between a client device (2) and a peripheral unit (14) uses tunneling over another communication mode. The other communication mode is implemented between the client device and a host device (1), in addition to a communication mode implemented between the host device and the peripheral unit. The host device and the client device are each provided with additional communication modules (3-6), at application level and transport level. Security issues against intrusions into the communication may be implemented by the modules added to the host or client unit.
US09426834B2	Method and apparatus for persistent communications, interoperability and situational awareness in the aftermath of a disaster A system for providing situational awareness outside a temporary incident area network includes a prioritized connection module for connecting a mesh network at the incident area to one of a plurality of available communications channels, with the selection based not only on the availability of a communications channel but also on the associated expense, speed, reliability or bandwidth, so that high bandwidth traffic such as video and pictures can be reliably sent from the incident area to a location outside of the incident area. In one embodiment switching to a satellite phone network bypasses problems with terrestrial networks such as cell phone networks and landlines which may be down.
US09426832B2	Methods and arrangements to coordinate communications in a wireless network Logic to coordinate communications of wireless communications devices to attenuate collisions, such as through coordination of communications by implementing slot logic in an access point. The slot logic may determine a time slot schedule for beacon intervals and may further transmit a synch frame at the time slot boundaries. If the channel is busy, the slot logic may not send the synch frame. The slot logic may also comprise distribution logic to determine a probability of collisions and to instruct one or more of the devices to spread out their channel accesses across beacons intervals to reduce the chance of collisions. A station associated with the access point may comprise synch logic to wake up at a slot boundary and wait for a synch frame or any other packets to synch to the medium.
US09426825B2	Method and a device for regulating transmission in a wireless telecommunications network A method and apparatus are provided for regulating transmissions according to a tournament method, implemented by a station having at least one data packet to be transmitted via a wireless communication network having a predetermined bandwidth. The method includes a step during which the station determines whether or not to participate in a tournament, the likelihood of a station participating in a tournament depending on the predetermined bandwidth. Specifically, the likelihood of a station participating in a tournament is selected to be higher as the predetermined bandwidth gets higher.
US09426824B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for communicating via a plurality of networks Access control information is received from a first network, which is the device's serving network (500). The received access control information is stored as access control settings (505). A first connection is established via the serving network based on one or more of the access control settings (510). It is determined that the device's serving network has changed to a second network (515). At least a portion of the access control settings is replaced with default access control settings (520). The access control settings may comprise one or more packet-domain settings and one or more circuit-domain settings. The access control information may comprise Domain Specific Access Control (DSAC) and/or Paying Permission with Access Control (PPAC) information. The default access control settings may comprise access class barring (ACB) information.
US09426823B2	Method and apparatus for random access Method and apparatus for random access are provided. A base station sends access control information to a UE. The access control information includes an identifier of the UE and an access control command. The UE obtains an access time slot and a preamble signature according to the access control information received from the bases station. Then the UE initiate, according to the access time slot and the preamble signature, a random access procedure with a preamble power ramping. With the embodiments of the present invention, time delay in random access procedures may be decreased so as to enable the UE to complete the uplink access as quickly as possible and provide a feedback for a downlink transmission. Therefore efficiencies of the downlink transmission are enhanced.
US09426819B2	Radio communication system, radio base station apparatus, user terminal and communication control method In order to signal information that is required in rate matching efficiently, even when CoMP transmission/reception techniques are employed, CoMP transmission is scheduled, in which a plurality of radio base station apparatuses (eNBs) serve as transmission points and carry out coordinated multi-point transmission with respect to a user terminal (UE), downlink control information is generated, in which a rate matching pattern is incorporated, in a physical downlink control channel, based on a table, in which rate matching patterns that are required are mapped to bit data in association with transmission modes in CoMP transmission, a physical downlink control channel is transmitted and also a physical downlink shared data channel is transmitted, to the user terminal (UE), and in the user terminal (UE), the rate matching pattern incorporated in the downlink control information, is specified, based on a table of the same contents as in the radio base station apparatuses (eNBs).
US09426814B2	Radio base station and a method therein for scheduling radio resources based on a path loss fraction A radio base station and a method therein are provided for scheduling a radio resource to a user equipment. The radio base station estimates a first channel quality and determines a pathloss between the user equipment and the serving radio base station and a gain based on the pathloss. The radio base station also obtains a gain of the user equipment towards of neighboring radio base stations, and determines a fraction of the determined pathloss, based on the gain and the obtained gains. The radio base station further determines a second channel quality of the channel based on the estimated first channel quality, the determined fraction and the determined pathloss to be compensated for; and schedules a radio resource for the user equipment based on the determined second channel quality.
US09426813B2	Interference cancellation receiving method and interference cancellation receiving terminal One embodiment of the present specification provides an interference cancellation receiving method. According to the method, interference estimation support information can be received from a serving cell. The information includes information for a time domain and information for a frequency domain, wherein the information for a time domain can indicate a section of a subframe or a radio frame in which the coherence of an interference signal is maintained, and the information for a frequency domain can indicate a section in which the coherence of the interference signal is maintained. According to the method, an interference signal introduced from a neighboring cell is estimated by using the information for a time domain and the information for a frequency domain of the interference estimation support information, and a signal from the serving cell can be detected by cancelling the estimated interference.
US09426811B2	Method and device for avoiding inter-cell interference in a wireless access system According to the present invention, a method for a relay node (RN) to reallocate a resource in order to avoid inter-cell interference (ICI) in a wireless access system includes: overhearing a control channel including downlink or uplink resource allocation information transmitted by a plurality of base stations to terminals in the coverage area of each base station; sharing the RN by means of the plurality of base stations; confirming that there is a resource area in which conflicts are occurring by comparing resource areas allocated to terminals in the coverage area of the RN through the control channel; and, if it is determined, on the basis of the confirmation result, that there is a resource area in which conflicts are occurring, reallocating a resource to the resource area in which conflicts are occurring.
US09426802B2	Transmission of sounding reference signals from a user equipment in response to multiple requests Methods and apparatuses are provided for sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. A plurality of parameter sets are received for an aperiodic SRS transmission. First downlink control information is received comprising an SRS request field with a first value indicating one of the plurality of parameter sets. Second downlink control information is received comprising an SRS request field with a second value indicating one of the plurality of parameter sets. A transmission of an aperiodic SRS is determined based on whether the first value is identical to the second value.
US09426791B2	Communication device and SRS transmission control method Provided are a communication device and an SRS transmission method capable of reducing the possibility of a difference in recognition between the presence or absence of an SRS transmission between a base station and a terminal or of an SRS resource so as to prevent degradation of system throughput. At a terminal (200), a reception processing unit (203) detects control information indicating whether or not to request transmission of a sounding reference signal (SRS), whereupon a transmission signal forming unit (207) transmits an A-SRS by way of control by a transmission control unit (206) on the basis of control information. The transmission control unit (206) determines whether or not to execute SRS transmission on the basis of an “SRS Transmission Execution Rule” and the reception status of trigger information.
US09426786B2	Sharing transmission intentions in wireless networks for CSMA optimization A method by a device of communicating with a wireless access point is disclosed. The method includes receiving information that characterizes intended future transmissions of one or more other devices. The method includes controlling transmission of a packet to the wireless access point based on the information. Related access points, methods by devices, and devices are disclosed.
US09426772B2	Method and apparatus for interactive mobile offer system based on proximity of mobile device to media source Content which is related to content being provided by a media source is synchronized with content being provided by the media source. A mobile device operates to receive content which is related to the content being provided by the media source. The system operates based on mobile device location, and the media source location. Based on the location, a server can determine what content is being provided by the media source and can therefore serve related content based on that to the mobile device. It works passively with periodic regular updates of the mobile device location or actively through the use of a button (touch screen, keyboard, etc.) on the mobile device to signal the server to check its location and therefore identifying which media source the mobile device is near.
US09426769B2	Method and apparatus for determining a geo-location correction-offset An approach is provided to process communication information for determining a possible correction-offset to location information of a user. A location verification platform may process and/or facilitate a processing of communication information associated with at least one user device. The location verification platform may also determine a current geo-location of the at least one user device based, at least in part, on the communication information. Further, the location verification platform may determine an accuracy of the current geo-location based, at least in part, on a comparison of the current geo-location with contextual location information associated with the current geo-location. Furthermore, the location verification platform may determine a correction-offset to the current geo-location based, at least in part, on an accuracy threshold.
US09426767B2	Method, gateway, proxy and system for implementing mobile internet services A method, gateway, proxy and system for implementing mobile Internet services are provided, in which an AOG receives a first register request from a terminal application proxy, and establishes a first data link with the terminal application proxy according to the first register request; receives a second register request from at least one application server and establishes a second data link with the at least one application server according to the second register request; performs application data forwarding between at least one application client in a terminal and the at least one application server through the terminal application proxy, the first and second data links. Arrangement of an AOI system between a terminal application proxy and an AOG converges a large number of data links in the present mobile Internet, lowers the network load, reduces network resource consuming of mobile Internet applications and improves the utilization performance of mobile Internet.
US09426765B2	Method of handling uplink synchronization and related communication device A method of handling uplink synchronization for a mobile device capable of receiving and transmitting on a plurality of component carriers in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises performing a first random access procedure on a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers to establish uplink synchronization on the first component carrier, and performing a second random access procedure on at least a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers to establish uplink synchronization on the at least a component carrier.
US09426763B2	Systems and methods for synchronizing timing between wireless networking devices Systems and methods are provided for synchronizing a timing of one or more access points in an area. The systems and methods utilize a timestamp frame exchange between the one or more access points based on a timestamp refresh interval that is changed after each timestamp frame exchange is performed.
US09426753B2	Radio network node, user equipment and methods therein Some embodiments herein relate to method in a user equipment (10) for determining a transmit power to be used by the user equipment when transmitting in a radio communications network, which user equipment (10) is served by a radio network node (12,12′) in the radio communications network. The user equipment (10) receives, from the radio network node (12,12′), an indication indicating a set of power control parameters out of multiple sets of power control parameters, which multiple sets of power control parameters are stored at the user equipment (10). The user equipment (10) determines a transmit power based on the indicated set of power control parameters.
US09426751B2	Methods and network nodes for improving OLPC functionality for HSUPA MIMO A control node is configured to control a SIR-target for use by the radio network node when operating an Inner Loop Power Control. The radio network node receives a primary stream and a secondary stream while employing HSUPA MIMO. The radio network node detects a first indication of number of HARQ re-transmissions. The first indication is related to the primary stream. The radio network node detects a second indication of number of HARQ re-transmissions. The second indication is related to the secondary stream. The radio network node configures an Iub frame based on one or more of the first and second indication. The control node is configured to perform OLPC. Subsequently, the control node receives the Iub frame from the radio network node and extracts the first and/or second indication/s from the Iub frame. Next, the control node determines the SIR-target based on the first indication.
US09426743B2	Systems and methods to optimize power consumption for LTE eMBMS Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a methods and systems operable by a network entity for wireless communication, that includes determining that User Equipment (UE) is in idle mode and receiving eMBMS (evolved Multimedia Broadcast and Multicast Service); and based on the determining, activating a power optimization procedure in order to reduce power consumption of the UE. Examples of a power optimization procedures include a single or multi-level hardware shut down procedure, lowering the clock rate of hardware, and shutting down a communication bus during periods of non-use.
US09426738B2	Systems and methods for multi-channel concurrency Systems and methods are disclosed to dynamically assign priorities to beacons sent from different networks to allow a device to selectively receive a beacon from one of the networks when a conflict occurs. When two or more beacons from different networks arrive at times that do not allow the client device to receive all of the beacons, one beacon may be selected for reception based upon a priority determination. An initial priority may be assigned to beacons from each network. Further, the initial priorities may be adjusted so that a more desirable rate of receiving the beacons may be achieved.
US09426737B2	Discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system A discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system are provided in the present invention. The discontinuous reception method in the wireless communication system includes the following steps: in case of a continuous carrier aggregation, setting a common On Duration timer and/or a common Discontinuous Reception inactivity timer for a primary cell and each secondary cell; and in case of a discontinuous carrier aggregation, setting an independent On Duration timers and/or an independent Discontinuous Reception inactivity timers for the primary cell and each secondary cells. The present invention realizes discontinuous reception of the carrier aggregation, thus saving power consumption of the mobile station.
US09426728B2	Network selection based on one or more factors A device may receive a network access request and perform at least one of signal strength measurements of a first wireless network and a second wireless network, a determination of a level of congestion of the first wireless network and a level of congestion of the second wireless network, or a determination of an access point name (APN) type associated with the network access request. The device may select one of the first wireless network or the second wireless network based on the performance of the at least one of the signal strength measurements, the determination of the level of congestion of the first wireless network and the level of congestion of the second wireless network, or the determination of the APN type associated with the network access request. The device may further connect to the selected one of the first wireless network or the second wireless network.
US09426713B2	Apparatus and method of inter-radio access technology measurement scheduling based on an undetected frequency Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network include operating a wireless device on a first wireless communication technology and detecting a first cell in first frequency of a second wireless communication technology. The aspects also include determining the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfies a first reselection criterion based on a first measurement and identifying a second frequency of the second wireless communication technology as an undetected frequency based on monitoring the second frequency without detecting a second cell. Aspects also include expediting a determination of whether to perform cell reselection to the second wireless communication technology based on the undetected frequency and the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology satisfying the first reselection criterion and determining to reselect to the detected cell of the second wireless communication technology.
US09426711B2	Traffic control within an IP multimedia subsystem A method of handling traffic within an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network. The method comprises registering an IMS user with a first Serving Call Session Control Function, S-CSCF, of the IMS network. Subsequently, at the first S-CSCF, a decision is made or instruction received to transfer said user to an alternative, second S-CSCF within the IMS network. A notification is sent from said first S-CSCF to a further IMS node, the notification including an explicit instruction to select a second S-CSCF and, upon receipt of said notification at the further IMS node, an S-CSCF reselection initiated for the user in order to select a second S-CSCF.
US09426705B2	Radio base station, server, mobile communication system, and operation control method A mobile communication system includes a radio base stations and further includes a determination unit for determining, on the basis of attribute information of the radio base stations, whether to establish a logical interface between the radio base stations. Since it is arranged that the determination unit determines, on the basis of attribute information of the radio base stations, whether to establish a logical interface between the radio base stations, the establishment of unnecessary logical interface (i.e., logical interface for which the necessity of maintenance is low) can be suppressed.
US09426695B2	Method and device for managing interference A method includes: reporting a scheduling parameter to a centralized control node, where the scheduling parameter includes information of a cell which interferes a serving cell of a user equipment and/or load information of the serving cell of the user equipment, the information of the cell which interferes the serving cell of the user equipment is generated from a measured result reported by the user equipment, and the measured result is obtained by performing a measurement on a cell adjacent to the serving cell of the user equipment; receiving scheduling control information sent by the centralized control node, where the scheduling control information is determined according to the scheduling parameter; and scheduling resources according to the scheduling control information.
US09426693B2	Robustness header compression processing method, compressor and system A robustness header compression processing method, compressor and system are disclosed. The method includes: after receiving a CONTEXT_MEMORY option transmitted by a decompressor, a compressor selecting to use Profile0 to perform data compression on packets to be compressed; and after determining that a first threshold is reached by using the Profile0, the compressor performing data compression using a Profile type to which the packets to be compressed belong. In the above robustness compression processing method, compressor and system, after receiving a CONTEXT_MEMORY feedback option, a compressor selects a compression packet format Profile0 and attempts to restore normal compression and decompression after a certain period of time, thus improving efficiency and accuracy of compression and decompression as well as utilization of wireless bandwidth.
US09426687B2	Method of handling non-access stratum message and related communication device A method of handling non-access stratum (NAS) mobility management (MM) messages for a user equipment in a wireless communication system when the user equipment is configured for dual priority includes sending a first NAS MM request message containing a first priority level to a network in the wireless communication system, and storing a priority indicator indicating the first priority level in a non-volatile memory if the user equipment receives a NAS MM reject message with a mobility management back-off (MMBK) timer from the network.
US09426685B2	Method and system for mitigation of unlisted cell impacts in idle mode of cellular systems A UE, in an idle mode, receives pilot signals and synchronization signals from a serving cell and neighbor cells comprising neighbor cells listed and/or unlisted in a neighboring cell list. The UE validates each of the serving cell, the listed neighbor cells and the unlisted neighbor cells from the received signals. The UE performs cell measurement on the listed cells as well as the unlisted cells for multipath profiles and associated power levels. In instances where number of attempts of the cell measurements on the unlisted cells exceeds a threshold value, the UE may validate presence of the unlisted cells. The best available cell is selected from the listed cells and the unlisted for the UE to camp on. I/Q samples of the received signals are stored while measuring or monitoring the cells. The stored I/Q samples may be utilized to carry out baseband procedures through offline processing.
US09426673B2	Virtual cell management for interference suppression and interference cancellation in LTE In some aspects, a method for performing wireless communication includes configuring a set of virtual cells for user equipments (UEs). One or more virtual cells of the set is associated with at least one set of parameters. The method also includes transmitting information, to the UEs, regarding the set of the virtual cells, and operating, for a same virtual cell, according to a same set of parameters for some or all of the UEs. In other aspects, a method for performing wireless communications includes receiving, from a node, information regarding, for a UE, a set of virtual cells associated with a set of parameters. The method also includes communicating with the node. The communication is based on a virtual cell and its associated set of parameters.
US09426672B2	Apparatus and methods for network detection and mitigation of hybrid client device operation Methods and apparatus for network-based detection and mitigation of hybrid client device reception outage events. For example, in one embodiment, a cellular device uses a single-radio solution to support circuit-switched calls on a CDMA 1X network and packet-switched calls on LTE. Periodically, the cellular device tunes away from LTE and monitors CDMA 1X activity, and vice versa. During these tuned-away periods, the network adjusts operation to mitigate adverse effects (e.g., underutilization of radio resources, synchronization loss, etc.).
US09426670B2	Method and apparatus for interference reporting in a N-MIMO communication system Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate interference measurement and reporting in a network multiple-in-multiple-out (N-MIMO) communication system. As described herein, a network device can measure and report interference corresponding to network nodes outside a designated set of nodes that can cooperatively serve the device. Respective interference reports can additionally identify dominant interfering nodes, correlation between transmit antennas of respective nodes, or the like. Subsequently, respective interference reports can be combined with per-node channel information to manage coordination and scheduling across respective network nodes. As further described herein, interference from a network node can be measured by observing reference and/or synchronization signals from the network node. To aid such observation, respective non-interfering network nodes can define null pilot intervals in which transmission is silenced or otherwise reduced. As additionally described herein, loading information broadcasted by respective interfering network nodes can be identified and utilized in connection with interference calculation.
US09426665B2	Method and apparatus for quantifying the customer impact of cell tower outages A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for quantifying a total number of customers impacted by a cellular tower outage are disclosed. For example, the method monitors a plurality of cellular towers, detects a failure of one of the plurality of cellular towers, identifies a subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in an affected region, calculates a number of additional customers served by each one of the subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in the affected region due to the failure of the one cellular tower, and quantifies the total number of customers impacted by the failure of the one cellular tower by adding the number of additional customers served by the each one of the subset of the plurality of cellular towers that are included in the affected region.
US09426663B2	Capacity sharing between wireless systems One wireless telecommunications system includes a Mobile Central Office (MCO) for capacity sharing. The MCO is communicatively coupled to a plurality of wireless base stations, each being operable to handle a session from a wireless device and to handoff the session to another base station when the wireless device moves into a range of the other base station. The MCO is operable to detect capacity on a base station to which it is coupled, to request capacity for the base station from a remotely located master scheduling system, to acquire at least a portion of the requested capacity from a base station of another MCO based on the request to the master scheduling system, to handle another session of another wireless device via the acquired capacity, and to release the acquired capacity to the master scheduling system when the first base station has completed use of the acquired capacity.
US09426659B2	Service activation using algorithmically defined key Systems and methods for service activation using algorithmically defined keys are disclosed. A consumer who has a relationship with a first party may wish to enroll in a service provided by a third party. The first party can maintain control of such enrollments through the use of algorithmically defined keys. The algorithmically defined keys also allow the third party service provider to verify data provided by the consumer as matching data stored by the first party. The verification provides for data synchronization without requiring the third party to have access to the first parties data systems.
US09426655B2	Legal authentication message confirmation system and method Provided is a system for preventing personal information leakage and, more particularly, related to a legal authentication message confirmation system and method which enables a user to identify whether an authentication message transmitted to the user's mobile communication terminal during user authentication originates from a trusted source, thereby preventing damage caused by pharming, smishing, and the like, such as personal information leakage and small sum payment fraud.
US09426646B2	User terminal, operator server, remote support method and user terminal program Mutual remote support between users is easily facilitated without troublesome complicated user registration. For user terminals between which remote support is performed and each of which sets a call to be an originator of remote support, a user can use an appropriate supporter user terminal to enable the supporter user terminal to access a supportee user terminal to thereby facilitate setting manipulation and check device (or terminal) status with regard to not only the supportee user terminal but also a supportee device that is communicably connected to the supportee user terminal, by merely selecting the supportee device (or terminal) from an address book stored in the corresponding user terminal.
US09426639B2	Beacon assisted commercial recognition system A system, comprising a primary communication path, a first communication device interfaced with the primary communication path, a second communication device interfaced with the primary communication path for communicating over the primary communication path to the first communication device, a controller for controlling the communication path between the first and second communication devices to allow or inhibit communication there over, a validation communication path, a first validation node interfaced with the validation communication path, a second validation node interfaced with the validation communication path for communicating with the first validation node over the validation communication path where in the presence of a transmission between the first and second validation nodes over the validation communication path constitutes a validation condition to control the mode of operation of the communication to be at least one of inhibiting communication over the primary communication path or allowing communication over the primary communication path.
US09426637B2	Cellular wireless network and method of operation A method of operating a cellular wireless network comprises broadcasting information about Internet Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) emergency call capability of the network on a broadcast channel in a cell of the network. This information may in one method concern the IMS emergency call capability of a base station included in the network and in another method it may include IMS emergency call capability of a base station and the core network.
US09426635B2	IMS and MMS interworking Providing multimedia message service (MMS) in an Internet protocol (IP) multimedia subsystem (IMS) network can include establishing a first session initiation protocol (SIP) session between a source IMS device and a next generation multimedia message service center (NG MMSC), encapsulating, at the source IMS device, an MMS message in a message session relay protocol (MSRP) message, transmitting the MSRP message from the IMS device to the NG MMSC; and storing the MMS message at the NG MMSC for further delivery to the destination device. Proving the multimedia message service can further include transmitting the MMS message to a destination legacy device via legacy MMS protocols or transmitting the MMS message to a destination IMS device via MSRP. Furthermore, providing the multimedia message service can include receiving a legacy MMS message and delivering the MMS message to a destination IMS device via MSRP.
US09426634B2	Electronic short messaging and advertising method and device The invention relates to an electronic short messaging and advertising method where minimal initiative is required from the consumer. Some embodiments of the invention may also be applied to an electronic sales method. The invention may also be applied for normal short messaging. The electronic short messaging method for collect calling may send transmissions to at least one subscriber terminal via the Internet and/or the telephony network. The method may include sending a first transmission to a recipient subscriber terminal for display, wherein the first transmission defines one or more active alternatives including at least one of initiating a collect call and deleting the transmission. In some embodiments, unless the collect call is initiated, the first transmission is automatically deleted after reception after a predefined time period.
US09426627B1	Queue information and prediction system Queue Information & Prediction System (QIPS) uses the probability of queue existing in a given venue to assess the queue time. The instantaneous queue time for a location may be determined using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or other wireless networks. QIPS uses the distances from signal strengths along with venue characteristics to determine an estimated queue time. Using queue probability for a venue and the instantaneous queue time for the same area QIPS may generate a Queue Decision Window (QDW). The QDW is a period of time leading up to a transaction or a consumption of a service. QIPS sorts through information surrounding a venue where crowds as well as queues may exists to determine queue time. Knowing the approximate queue time for transactions and consumption of services is helpful for consumers to manage their time.
US09426613B2	System and method for estimating positioning error within a WLAN-based positioning system In one embodiment, a technique is provided for estimating and using an expected error of a position estimate of a wireless local area network (WLAN)-enabled mobile device. The WLAN-enabled mobile device received signals transmitted by a plurality of WLAN access points that are in range. A position of the WLAN-enabled mobile device is estimated based on the signals from one or more of the plurality of WLAN access points. An expected error of the position estimate is estimated based on a combination of correlated parameters, such as a spatial spread of geographic positions of the one or more WLAN access points, the signal coverage areas of the one or more WLAN access points, and a number of the one or more WLAN access points. Based on the expected error, the position estimate may be weighted or excluded from use in deriving a position, speed, or direction of travel.
US09426608B1	GPS proxy for location-unaware devices A communication system, media, and methods that proxy location information to location unaware devices are provided. The communication system includes a wireless device that connects to a cellular network and personal area network. The cellular network includes a Global Positioning System server that provides location information based on the current location of the wireless device. A location-unaware device communicates with the wireless device to receive location information via the wireless device when the wireless device is within a predetermined distance of the location-unaware device. The location unaware device connects to a service database to store the location information and queries the service database to complete communication requests generated by a plain-old-telephone-system device that is connects to the location unaware device.
US09426605B2	Cross device information exchange using gestures and locations A method, apparatus and software related product (e.g., a computer readable memory) are presented for exchanging information between two or more devices when they are in a close proximity using gestures and web technologies. According to an embodiment, the identification of one or more devices using gestures is asynchronous, so that the two or more devices do not have to be shaken together at the same time synchronously, which is one advantage over conventional approaches. Another advantage is that various embodiments described herein do not require a user to download any special software (application), and it can work on all platforms, for example, with HTML5-compliant browsers.
US09426604B1	Prevention of inductive coupling between components of a mobile communication device A method of organizing components of a mobile communication device. The method comprises orienting a radio frequency identity chip of the mobile communication device relative to a general purpose near field communication transceiver of the mobile communication device, locating the radio frequency identity chip in a null region of an electromagnetic field radiated by the general purpose near field communication transceiver, whereby, the null region of the electromagnetic field may be below a threshold required to activate the radio frequency identity chip.
US09426603B2	System and method for using a device to operate on multiple networks A system and method whereby a device may operate on two IEEE802.15.4 networks is disclosed. In one embodiment, the multi-network device comprises exactly one radio portion, a processing unit and a computer readable medium, in communication with the processing unit The computer read medium comprises instructions which, when executed, allow the device to share the radio portion among a plurality of IEEE802.15.4 networks. In a further embodiment, the multi-network device acts as a sleepy end device on one of the IEEE802.15.4 networks in which it participates. In another embodiment, it may operate as a coordinator node on one of the plurality of IEEE802.15.4 networks.
US09426599B2	Method and apparatus for personalized audio virtualization A method and apparatus may be used to perform personalized audio virtualization. The apparatus may include a speaker, a headphone (over-the-ear, on-ear, or in-ear), a microphone, a computer, a mobile device, a home theater receiver, a television, a Blu-ray (BD) player, a compact disc (CD) player, a digital media player, or the like. The apparatus may be configured to receive an audio signal, scale the audio signal, and perform a convolution and reverberation on the scaled audio signal to produce a convolved audio signal. The apparatus may be configured to filter the convolved audio signal and process the filtered audio signal for output.
US09426595B2	Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method, and storage medium A signal processing apparatus includes a low-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of an input audio signal on the basis of a cutoff frequency; a high-pass-filter processing unit configured to perform processing for limiting a band of the input audio signal on the basis of the cutoff frequency; a delay processing unit configured to perform processing for delaying the audio signal band-limited by the high-pass-filter processing unit; and a combination processing unit configured to combine the audio signal band-limited by the low-pass-filter processing unit and the audio signal subjected to the delay processing performed by the delay processing unit.
US09426592B2	Audio clipping detection Methods and systems for detecting the presence and frequency of clipping in an audio signal are provided. A clipping detection algorithm detects the presence of hard and soft clipping using histograms with intervals of samples, rather than attempting to identify the clipping value. Therefore, it is not essential to the algorithm that there be a large number of bins. Furthermore, the bins may be non-uniformly distributed since the number of samples belonging to lower amplitudes is of little importance. The detection algorithm is also configured to determine the severity and/or perceptual effect of any clipping found to be present in the signal by calculating the ratio of clipped samples to non-clipped samples. Temporal information on the occurrence of clipping in the signal is also used to evaluate perceptual effect.
US09426588B2	Antenna for hearing device, ear tip and hearing device provided with such an antenna The present invention relates to an antenna module for a hearing device. The antenna module comprises a hollow core provided with an axial passageway and a winding around the core which is connectable with a hearing device. The antenna module is arranged to be at least partially contained within the ear canal of a user. This enables the antenna to be separated from sources of interference, since it can be positioned inside the ear canal away from hearing device electronics, thus reducing requirements for shielding and/or compensation. The invention further relates to an ear tip and a hearing device comprising such an antenna module.
US09426580B2	Electronic apparatus and panel unit An electronic apparatus that generates a vibration sound by vibrating a panel and may operate in an excellent manner is provided. An electronic apparatus 1 according to the present invention includes a housing 60, a first piezoelectric element 30, a second piezoelectric element 31, and a panel 10 that is vibrated by the first piezoelectric element 30 and the second piezoelectric element 31 and generates the vibration sound to be transmitted through a part of a human body.
US09426577B2	Magnetic assembly for speaker A magnetic assembly for a speaker is disclosed in this disclosure. The magnetic assembly includes a yoke including a receiving space; a main magnet received in the receiving space and installed on the yoke; a pole plate received in the receiving space, and including a base plate attached on the main magnet and a sidewall extending substantially perpendicularly from a periphery of the base plate for increasing an overlapping area between the yoke and the pole plate.
US09426572B2	Portable electronic device Embodiments of a portable electronic device are disclosed, the portable electronic device includes a housing, a hollow sleeve, a speaker assembly, and a keyboard module. The hollow sleeve is pivoted on the housing. The speaker assembly is movably disposed in the hollow sleeve. The keyboard module is movably disposed on the outer surface of the hollow sleeve. Through adjusting the position of the speaker assembly and the keyboard module relative to the housing, the usability of the portable electronic device is improved.
US09426568B2	Apparatus and method for enhancing an audio output from a target source A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer read-able medium that is programmed for transmitting audio data to at least one output for audio playback. The computer-program product comprises instructions for receiving at least one of a digital image of a target source using a camera, and distance and angle information of the target source entered at a user interface. The computer-program product comprises instructions for generating one or more first coordinates based on the at least one of the digital image and the distance and angle information. The computer-program product comprises instructions for adjusting a sensitivity of a first microphone based on the one or more first coordinates. The computer-program product comprises instructions for receiving audio data from the target source in response to adjusting the sensitivity of the first microphone and transmitting the audio data to one or more outputs for audio playback.
US09426562B2	Passive group delay beam forming A loudspeaker array and methods for generating sound in an arc pattern. The loudspeaker array includes a plurality of loudspeakers. A delay network is included, the delay network having a plurality of stages. Each stage has a stage input and a stage output. The stage output of each stage is coupled to the stage input of a next stage. Each stage output is also connected to at least one of the plurality of loudspeakers. The stage input of the first stage is coupled to an audio signal input. Each stage is configured to add an electrical delay of the audio signal at each subsequent stage. The electrical delay is adjusted such that the plurality of loudspeakers generates sound in a desired radiation pattern.
US09426561B2	Microphone arrangement with improved directional characteristic A microphone arrangement with improved directional characteristics is provided with at least two microphones (100, 102) and a signal processing arrangement (105). The signal processing arrangement is provided with a first (108) and a second input (109) for receiving the microphone signals of the at least two microphones. The inputs (108,109) are coupled to signal inputs of a first (110) and a second (111) multiplication circuit. The multiplication circuits are provided with control inputs for receiving respective first and second control signals, and with signal outputs. A control signal generator (112) is provided for generating the first and second control signals for the multiplication circuits (110,111). An arrangement (114) for a power corrected summation is provided, having a first and a second input coupled to the outputs of the first and second multiplication circuit, respectively, and having an output. A signal combination circuit (116) is provided with a first input (117) coupled to the output of the power corrected summation arrangement (114), a second input (118) coupled to one of the at least two microphones (102), and an output (119) coupled to the output (120) of the combination circuit (116). The first multiplication circuit (110) is adapted to multiply the signal applied to its input by a multiplication factor A(1−g)1/2, under the influence of the first control signal. The second multiplication circuit (111) is adapted to multiply the signal applied to its input by a multiplication factor Bg1/2 under the influence of the second control signal. The multiplication factor g is frequency dependent (g[f]), and A and B are constant values, whose absolute values are preferably equal to 1. Further, A=B or A=−B applies. Preferably, the multiplication factor g[f], below a first frequency value, has a smaller value for increasing frequencies. Below a second frequency value that is smaller than the first frequency value, g[f] is a constant value (V), preferably equal to zero. (FIG. 2a) Thereby, a microphone arrangement can be obtained which exhibits a desired directional characteristics over an increased frequency range.
US09426553B2	Microphone array arrangement structure in vehicle cabin A microphone array arrangement structure in a vehicle cabin is provided with multiple microphones arranged in a convex line. The microphones include a first microphone, and the direction of the axis of the first microphone faces the mouth of the driver. The microphone array arrangement structure is provided with covers housing the microphones and having multiple holes. The front surface of the covers form a convexly curved line, and each of the microphones is fixed inside of a cover to correspond to one of the holes.
US09426549B2	Flat panel loudspeaker system and method of making An exciter assembly for use with a flat panel loudspeaker system including a panel having a core, an inner sheet coupled to an inner surface of the core and an outer sheet coupled to an outer surface of the core. The exciter assembly may include an exciter having a voice coil assembly attachable to the outer sheet of the panel, the voice coil assembly having a lock pad, and a lock base releasably engaging the lock pad and attachable to the outer sheet of the panel, to vibrate the panel to generate sound energy; and an exciter support bracket connected to the exciter housing and attachable to the outer sheet of the panel.
US09426547B2	PON system, station side device and method for operating the same, and access control device The present invention relates to a station side device having a plurality of PON lines and connected thereto. A fallback mode where a partial access control unit is not allowed to communicate communication frames is performed by switching an upper switch and a lower switch in the manner shown in the following (a) and (b): (a) output destinations of downstream frames to the first and second PON lines and inputted to the upper switch are aggregated into a first access control unit, and output destinations of the downstream frames inputted from the first access control unit to the lower switch are distributed to first and second optical transmitting and receiving units and; and (b) output destinations of upstream frames inputted from the first and second optical transmitting and receiving units and to the lower switch are aggregated into the first access control unit.
US09426546B2	Maintaining a fabric name across a distributed switch Techniques are provided for distributing a fabric name to switching elements of a distributed switch configured to forward Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames. A distributed switch membership distributed (DMFD) message is transmitted that includes names of all switching elements in the distributed switch, and further includes a fabric descriptor that contains the fabric name.
US09426545B2	Dynamic intelligent bidirectional optical access communication system with object/intelligent appliance-to-object/intelligent appliance interaction Reduced Rayleigh backscattering effect enables a longer-reach optical access communication network-thus it eliminates significant costs. Furthermore, a wavelength to an intelligent subscriber subsystem can be dynamically varied for bandwidth on-Demand and service on-Demand. A software module renders intelligence (and context awareness) to a subscriber subsystem and an appliance. An object can sense/measure/collect/aggregate/compare/map and connect/couple/interact (via one or more or all electrical/optical/radio/electro-magnetic/sensor/bio-sensor communication network(s) within and/or to and/or from an object) with another object, an intelligent subscriber subsystem and an intelligent appliance utilizing an Internet protocol version 6 (1Pv6) and its subsequent versions.
US09426543B1	Server-based video stitching Approaches, techniques, and mechanisms are disclosed for the server-based stitching of a sequence of video segments. According to one embodiment, rather than combining the segments together into a single video file, a server (e.g. a segment-based HTTP server) is configured to dynamically switch between streaming the different segments in the sequence. That is, for instance, as the server reaches the end of one segment, instead of terminating the streaming, the server retrieves the video data for the next segment and continues streaming content from the next segment. Thus, the server streams a sequence of multiple and distinct video segments from a single addressable location (e.g. a URL), rather than streaming the distinct video segments from separate addressable locations. To a client, the stream appears to be a single video stream, even though composed of audio/video data from separate and distinct files or sources.
US09426540B2	Method for selecting and broadcasting a message, and system and message broadcasting server for implementing the method A method for selecting and broadcasting a message is implemented using a message broadcasting server that is coupled to a mobile device and a multimedia device and that stores a plurality of messages therein. The multimedia device is operable to continuously send out a device identification, and the mobile device being operable to send a personal identification upon receiving the device identification from the multimedia device. In the method, the message broadcasting server executes the operations of: receiving the personal identification and the device identification from the mobile device; and selecting one of the messages and transmitting the same to at least one of the mobile device and the multimedia device.
US09426537B2	Providing directed advertising based on user preferences A method determines user preference information for a user for a number of advertisements in a set of advertising blocks and a temporal distribution of the advertising blocks. When each advertising block in the set of advertising blocks occurs according to the temporal distribution during sending of a video program, the method determines a number of advertisements in the advertising block based on the user preference information, determines advertisements for the advertising block equal to the number of advertisements, and sends the determined advertisements during the advertising block.
US09426535B2	Synchronization algorithm for data streaming by proxy server through asynchronous multicast channel A guide data server stores program guide content in a memory and transmits the stored content to a multicast server. The multicast server transmits the received content to set top boxes according to three independent time periods. The three time periods include an update blocking time period, a multicast blocking time period, and a normal time period. During the update blocking time period, the multicast server transmits old program guide content to the set top boxes. During the multicast blocking time period, the multicast server (1) performs a one-time request for the new program guide content from the guide data server, and (2) receives new program guide content from the guide data server. During the normal time period, the multicast server receives new program guide content transmitted from the guide data server and transmits the new program guide content to the set top boxes.
US09426532B2	IPTV EPG linking broadcast channels to internet sources of scheduled programming An EPG presented on an IPTV lists broadcast TV programming but when an entry on the EPG is selected, an Internet server, and not the TV broadcast source, is accessed and streams the listed programming to the IPTV.
US09426531B2	Network video unit Providing content to content receiving devices, such as digital video recorders, connected to a computer network through a content provider is described. According to one aspect, a server maintains a database correlating contact information to content receiving devices in its network. A user navigates to a web site of the content provider and selects a piece of content, which prompts the content provider to query the server for the contact information, and then transmit a request to download the piece of content to the content receiving device. The request can be a set of content identification information that automatically populates a content guide at the receiving device with an entry corresponding to the requested piece of content. This entry allows the user to confirm, interrupt, resume and cancel a download of the content as desired.
US09426520B2	Multimedia content self-adaptive method and multimedia playing system The present technology relates to a multimedia content self-adaptive method and a multimedia playing system, wherein the multimedia content self-adaptive method includes: obtaining context information; solving the media content adaptation problem according to the obtained context information. Applying the multimedia content self-adaptive method and multimedia playing system provided by the present technology, the content adaptation for the AV playing environment can be realized under the UPnP AV standard, thereby providing intelligent multimedia services.
US09426518B2	Recording video content in relevant segments of a television program based on identifying keywords in on-screen text, closed captioning text and/or program audio A method, digital video recorder device and computer program product for recording program content. The digital video recorder (DVR) receives a selection of a television program or a television channel to record video content as well as the time period to record the video content in the selected television program or in the television program airing on the selected television channel from a user. Furthermore, the DVR receives keyword(s) to trigger the recording of the video content in the television program from the user. The DVR monitors the television program or the television channel for keyword(s) entered by the user in on-screen text, closed captioning text and/or program audio. In response to detecting one or more of these keyword(s) in the on-screen text, closed captioning text and/or program audio, the DVR records the video content in the television program for the selected period of time.
US09426516B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for accessing an initial portion of a media content event Systems and methods are operable to retrieve a previously broadcast initial portion of a media content event. An exemplary embodiment stores a media content event at a first media device as the media content event is communicated over a broadcast system; receives a request at the first media device from a second media device, wherein the request identifies an initial portion of a media content event that has previously been communicated over a broadcast system; identifies the initial portion of the media content event from the stored media content event; retrieves the identified initial portion of the media content event; and communicates the initial portion of the media content event from the first media device to the second media device.
US09426514B1	Graphic reference matrix for virtual insertions A system and method for automatically acquiring a matrix of digital reference images containing landmarks relevant to recognizing and tracking objects in a digital video image is disclosed. In order to virtually insert a digital graphic having a correct pose in a stream of images, an indexed matrix of images of the landmarks in a venue is accumulated. The system and method allow for automated acquisition of new landmarks within a venue, and for the automated expansion of the reference matrix to accommodate reference images indicative of changed conditions within a venue and for reference images of new landmarks. When a landmark is recognized in an image, the graphic reference matrix is queried to obtain a preferred reference image to be used in making a virtual insertion.
US09426504B2	Apparatus and method for providing information in conjunction with media content An apparatus and method for providing information in conjunction with media content, including a receiver, wherein the receiver receives at least one of a transmission of media content and a broadcast of media content, wherein the media content includes at least one of broadcast media content and entertainment media content, and further wherein the receiver receives information regarding the media content, a processor for processing at least one of the received media content and the received information regarding the media content, a display device for visually displaying the information regarding the media content, and/or a speaker device for audibly announcing the information regarding the media content.
US09426495B2	Reducing latency in video encoding and decoding Techniques and tools for reducing latency in video encoding and decoding by constraining latency due to reordering of video frames, and by indicating the constraint on frame reordering latency with one or more syntax elements that accompany encoded data for the video frames. For example, a real-time communication tool with a video encoder sets a syntax element that indicates a constraint on frame reordering latency, which is consistent with inter-frame dependencies between multiple frames of a video sequence, then outputs the syntax element. A corresponding real-time communication tool with a video decoder receives the syntax element that indicates the constraint on frame reordering latency, determines the constraint on frame reordering latency based on the syntax element, and uses the constraint on frame reordering latency to determine when a reconstructed frame is ready for output (in terms of output order).
US09426483B2	Video encoding method using offset adjustments according to pixel classification and apparatus therefor, video decoding method and apparatus therefor A video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus generate a restored image having a minimum error with respect to an original image based on offset merge information indicating whether offset parameters of a current block and at least one neighboring block from among blocks of video are identical.
US09426482B2	Video encoding method using offset adjustments according to pixel classification and apparatus therefor, video decoding method and apparatus therefor A video encoding method and apparatus and video decoding method and apparatus generate a restored image having a minimum error with respect to an original image based on offset merge information indicating whether offset parameters of a current block and at least one neighboring block from among blocks of video are identical.
US09426475B2	Scene change detection using sum of variance and estimated picture encoding cost A video processing device includes a complexity estimation module to determine a first sum of variances metric and a first estimated picture encoding cost metric for a first picture of a video stream. The video processing device further includes a scene analysis module to determine a first threshold based on a first statistical feature for sum of variance metrics of a set of one or more pictures preceding the first picture in the video stream and a second threshold based on a second statistical feature for estimated picture encoding cost metrics of the set of one or more pictures. The scene analysis module further is to identify a scene change as occurring at the first picture based on the first sum of variances metric, the first estimated picture encoding cost metric, the first threshold, and the second threshold.
US09426473B2	Mode decision simplification for intra prediction In general, techniques are described for reducing the complexity of mode selection when selecting from multiple, different prediction modes. A video coding device comprising a processor may perform the techniques. The processor may compute approximate costs for a pre-defined set of intra-prediction modes identified in a current set. The current set of intra-prediction modes may include fewer modes than a total number of intra-prediction modes. The processor may compare approximate costs computed for one or more most probable intra-prediction modes to a threshold and replace one or more of the intra-prediction modes of the current set with one or more most probable intra-prediction modes. The processor may perform rate distortion analysis with respect to each intra-prediction mode identified in the current set and perform intra-prediction coding with respect to the current block using a mode of the current set.
US09426471B2	Image decoding method using intra prediction mode An image decoding method is provided which includes reconstructing an intra prediction mode group indicator and a prediction mode index of a current block, constructing a first group using valid intra prediction modes of left and top blocks, and determining the intra prediction mode corresponding to the prediction mode index and the intra prediction mode group indicator. Therefore, by causing the first group to include modes having a high possibility of being equal to the prediction mode of the current block on the basis of the valid intra prediction modes of the left and top blocks of the current block and determining the intra prediction mode group indicator and the prediction mode index to be encoded using the first group, it is possible to reduce an amount of information of the intra prediction mode to be encoded.
US09426469B2	Combination HEVC deblocker/SAO filter Systems and methods are provided that allow a deblocking filter and a sample adaptive offset (SAO) filter to be combined in a loop filter stage of a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) decoder. In combining the deblocking filter and the SAO filter, an intermediate buffer may not be utilized, while still allowing for the deblocking filter and the SAO filter to operate substantially in parallel. The order of pixel processing and the parallelization of operation is such that the processing performed by the SAO filter need not hinder the processing performed by the deblocking filter within the loop filter stage. Additionally, and by combining the deblocking filter and the SAO filter without utilizing buffering therebetween, savings in space and cost in implementing the HEVC decoder may be realized.
US09426467B2	Image decoding method using a vertical inverse transform matrix and a horizontal inverse transform matrix An image decoding method which includes decoding transform coefficients for a target image. A combination of a vertical inverse transform matrix and a horizontal inverse transform matrix corresponding to a target image is set. The transform coefficients are inversely transformed along a vertical direction and a horizontal direction using the combination which has been set to obtain a prediction error. The decoded image is generated using the prediction error.
US09426447B2	Apparatus and method for eye tracking A gaze tracking apparatus and method are provided that may calculate a three-dimensional (3D) position of a user using at least two wide angle cameras, may perform panning, tilting, and focusing based on position information of the user and eye region detection information, using a narrow angle camera, may detect pupil center information and corneal reflected light information from an eye image acquired through an operation of the narrow angle camera, and may finally calculate gaze position information from the pupil center information and the corneal reflected light information.
US09426446B2	System and method for providing 3-dimensional images Disclosed herein are a system and method for providing 3-Dimensional (3D) images. The system includes: an image capturing apparatus that acquires an image of a subject; an accelerometer that measures acceleration; and a controller that synchronizes a series of images acquired by the image capturing apparatus with the respective locations of the images of the series. The location of each image is calculated based on acceleration with respect to the image. 3D image regions of the individual images are identified based on an image acquisition reference region. Locations of one or more 3D image regions are then adjusted. The 3D image regions (adjusted or otherwise) are then use to generate 3D images.
US09426440B2	Thumbnail image display apparatus and method for operating the same An image display apparatus and a method for operating the same are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input signal, extracting images from the input signal, generating thumbnail images by converting formats of the extracted images, and transmitting at least one of the thumbnail images to a connected external device.
US09426439B2	Exposing media processing features An apparatus and a system are described herein. The apparatus includes logic to render a video. The apparatus also includes logic to adjust a feature of a video in response to a power consumption, wherein the logic to adjust a feature of a video is integrated into an operating system of the apparatus.
US09426432B2	Remote interactive identity verification of lodging guests A method for using a doorbell to remotely identify a visitor, comprising the use of a doorbell apparatus that comprises a speaker, a microphone, a camera, and a button with an audible response to a visitors input, further using the doorbell to detect the visitor while the visitor is located outside of a secured lodging, and within a detectable range of the doorbell, further using the doorbell to take a video of the visitor while the visitor accepts lodging terms, recording the video to validate that the visitor accepted the lodging terms and sending the video of the visitor from the doorbell to a remote computing device for displaying images of the visitor on the remote computing device for the purposes of verifying the identity of the visitor and then enabling the visitor to control the lock in response to the identity verification.
US09426429B2	Scanning projective lensless microscope system A scanning projective lensless microscope device comprises a specimen surface, a scanning illumination source with a light element, a light detector outside the specimen surface, and a processor. The scanning illumination source scans the light element to a plurality of scanning locations to provide illumination to an object on the specimen surface. The light detector samples a sequence of sub-pixel shifted projection object images corresponding to the plurality of scanning locations. The processor constructs a high resolution image of the object based on the sequence of sub-pixel shifted projection images and a motion vector of the projections at a plane of interest.
US09426426B2	Method and systems for providing video data streams to multiple users A method for substantially simultaneously remote monitoring including receiving, at a server, one or more video data streams, and providing, from the server, the one or more video data streams to multiple users, each one of the multiple users being able to view and manipulate the one or more video data streams. Systems that implement the method are also disclosed.
US09426425B2	Method for measuring large components A method for measuring large components, including providing a large component with markings on at least one outer surface at predefined and spaced-apart locations, providing a camera sensor system having at least one camera and one image analysis device for evaluating a camera image, wherein the position and orientation of the camera in relation to a reference point at a distance from the camera are determined, recording camera images of the individual markings using the camera and transmitting the camera images to the image analysis device, evaluating the camera images using the image analysis device, wherein the position of the individual markings in relation to the position of the camera is determined, and calculating the position of the markings in relation to the reference point from the position of the camera in relation to the reference point and the position of the markings in relation to the camera.
US09426418B2	Reducing delay in video telephony In an example, a method of processing data includes transmitting data over a network at a first bit rate, identifying a reduction in a network link rate of the network from a first network link rate to a second network link rate, and in response to identifying the reduction in the network link rate, determining a recovery bit rate at which to transmit the data over the network, where the recovery bit rate is less than the second network link rate. The method also includes determining a buffering duration based on a difference between a time of the identification of the reduction in the network link rate and an estimated actual time of the reduction in the network link rate, and determining a recovery rate duration during which to transmit the data at the recovery bit rate based on the recovery bit rate and the buffering duration.
US09426406B2	Display device and control method Provided is a display device including an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range in an image display direction, a moving body detection unit that detects whether or not a moving body is present in a predetermined range in the image display direction, an image analysis unit that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit to detect whether or not a face is present, and a power control unit that controls power consumption with different patterns according to a plurality of modes that are set by combining whether or not the face detected by the image analysis unit is present and whether or not the moving body detected by the detection unit is present.
US09426404B2	Image display device and method for controlling the same Provided is an image display device. The image display device includes an external signal input unit connected to an external device, a user input unit, a memory unit, a controller, and a display unit. The user input unit selects the external device connected to the external signal input unit. The memory unit stores a label as information corresponding to the external device, set by a user. The controller controls the label as the information of the external device, stored in the memory unit, to be displayed. The display unit outputs the label.
US09426399B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic apparatus A solid state imaging device that includes a substrate having oppositely facing first and second surfaces and a photoelectric conversion unit layer having a light incident side facing away from the substrate. The substrate includes a first photoelectric conversion unit and a second photoelectric conversion and the photoelectric conversion layer includes a third photoelectric conversion unit.
US09426398B2	Solid-state image sensor and camera A solid-state image sensor has a pixel array and a processor configured to process a signal from the pixel array, the pixel array including a light-receiving pixel having first and second photoelectric converters and a light-shielded pixel having third and fourth photoelectric converters. The processor outputs (a) a pixel signal corresponding to charges of the first photoelectric converter, (b) an added pixel signal corresponding to a sum of charges of the first photoelectric converter and charges of the second photoelectric converter, and (c) an added reference signal corresponding to a sum of charges of the third photoelectric converter and charges of the fourth photoelectric converter, and does not output (d) a reference signal corresponding to charges of the third photoelectric converter and a reference signal corresponding to charges of the fourth photoelectric converter.
US09426393B2	Noise simulation flow for low noise CMOS image sensor design A method for noise simulation of a CMOS image sensor comprises performing a frequency domain noise simulation for a readout circuit of the CMOS image sensor using a computer, wherein the readout circuit includes a correlated double sampling (CDS) circuit, wherein the frequency domain noise simulation includes a CDS transfer function to refer a noise introduced by the CDS circuit back to an input node of the readout circuit. The method further comprises calculating noise at the input node of the readout circuit based on the referred back noises caused by one or more components in the readout circuit and estimating noise of the CMOS imaging sensor by comparing the calculated noise at the input node of the readout circuit to an original input signal to the readout circuit of the CMOS imaging sensor.
US09426392B2	Imaging device, image processing device, recording medium in which image file is recorded, recording method, image playback method, and computer-readable recording medium An imaging device includes: an imaging unit having an imaging element formed of a plurality of pixels, and configured to perform imaging under a first exposure condition to generate first image data and to perform imaging under a second exposure condition different from the first exposure condition to generate second image data; an image composition unit configured to generate composite image data with an expanded dynamic range based on the first image data and the second image data; and an image file generation unit configured to generate an image file in which the first image data, the second image data, the composite image data, and position information on positions of pixels mutually replaced in a first image corresponding to the first image data and a second image corresponding to the second image data when the image composition unit generates the composite image data, are recorded in association with one another.
US09426391B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus, method of controlling the same, and imaging system Provided is a solid-state imaging apparatus, including: a pixel array including: a first, a second, and a third non-effective pixel rows each including a non-effective pixel configured to output a signal that is independent of an amount of incident light; and a second pixel region having effective pixel rows each including an aperture pixel configured to output a signal that is dependent on an amount of incident light; and a mixing portion configured to: mix a signal output from the non-effective pixel in the first non-effective pixel row and a signal output from the non-effective pixel in the second non-effective pixel row; mix the signal output from the non-effective pixel in the first non-effective pixel row and a signal output from the non-effective pixel in the third non-effective pixel row; and mix signals together, which are output from the aperture pixels in the effective pixel rows.
US09426386B2	Method for performing preview control in an electronic device, and associated apparatus A method for performing preview control in an electronic device and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method may include the steps of: obtaining a specific preview image from a camera module of the electronic device, and obtaining a specific focus-related parameter corresponding to the specific preview image, wherein the specific focus-related parameter is related to focus control of the camera module; determining a specific resize parameter corresponding to the specific preview image according to a predetermined relationship between the specific resize parameter and the specific focus-related parameter; and performing a resize operation on the specific preview image according to the specific resize parameter, to control the specific preview image to be displayed in a quasi-scale-invariant manner with respect to a plurality of preview images.
US09426380B2	Camera having a light correction unit to correct the light quantity of abnormal pixels and an image processing method A spectroscopic analyzing apparatus includes a light source unit that applies light to an imaging object, an imaging unit that acquires an image by imaging the light reflected by the imaging object, pixel detection part for detecting abnormal pixels having ratios in respective pixels of the image equal to or more than one and normal pixels having the ratios less than one, and light quantity correction part for calculating light quantity correction values based on the light quantities of the normal pixels in a pixel area containing the abnormal pixels of the image and replaces the light quantities of the abnormal pixels by the light quantity correction values, wherein the light quantity correction part calculates the light quantity correction values by polynomial approximation based on the light quantities of the normal pixels located within a predetermined distance range.
US09426370B2	Image capturing device and exposure time adjusting method thereof The present invention discloses an image capturing device and an exposure time adjusting method thereof. The image capturing device comprises an image capturing module, a processing module and an image integrated module. The image capturing module is used to capture a plurality of temporary images. While the image capturing module captures the temporary images, the processing module dynamically adjusts the exposure times of the temporary images according to a predetermined file, a plurality of analysis results of the temporary images or the vibration information sensed by a vibration sensor. Next, the image integrated module controlled by a control module in the processing module integrates the temporary images to generate a stored image.
US09426367B2	Battery-operable electronic apparatus and method for controlling the same that effectively use information on battery usage An electronic apparatus generates authentication data including information representing a time when authentication processing for identifying whether or not a battery in use is a genuine product is performed, and information representing a result of the authentication processing. Then, the electronic apparatus generates an image file that includes the authentication data based on image data obtained by shooting, and records the generated image file in at least one of a recording medium that is removable from the electronic apparatus and an external device with which the electronic apparatus is communicable.
US09426364B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus comprises: first and second image capturing units with wide angle lenses which capture at least partly overlapping images; a vehicle speed detecting unit that detects the speed of a local vehicle; and a distance measuring unit that calculates the distance from the local vehicle to an object on the basis of a plurality of images captured by the first and second image capturing units. The higher the speed detected by the vehicle speed detecting unit is, the smaller the distance measuring unit makes the size of the pixel areas of the images output from the first and second image capturing units.
US09426361B2	Array camera configurations incorporating multiple constituent array cameras Systems and methods for implementing array camera configurations that include a plurality of constituent array cameras, where each constituent array camera provides a distinct field of view and/or a distinct viewing direction, are described. In several embodiments, image data captured by the constituent array cameras is used to synthesize multiple images that are subsequently blended. In a number of embodiments, the blended images include a foveated region. In certain embodiments, the blended images possess a wider field of view than the fields of view of the multiple images.
US09426356B2	Method, apparatus and computer program for selecting images The present disclosure relates to method, apparatus and computer program selecting captured images. According to an example, a method comprises causing, at least in part, actions that result in: capturing an image; associating the captured image with at least one parameter; capturing a reference image; associating the captured reference image with at least one reference parameter; and determining to select the captured image based on a comparison of its associated at least one parameter against the at least one reference parameter.
US09426350B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof In an image capturing apparatus comprising an image sensor has focus detection pixels and image forming pixels, a calculation unit calculates first and second charge accumulation periods, a control unit reads out an image forming signal from the image forming pixels accumulated for the first charge accumulation period and a focus detection signal from the focus detection pixels accumulated for the second charge accumulation period, a display unit displays the image forming signal, and a focus control unit performs phase difference focus control process based on the focus detection signal. When the second charge accumulation period is longer than the first charge accumulation period, the control unit reads out the focus detection signal and the image forming signal in parallel, and sets a readout rate of the focus detection signal to be lower than that of the image forming signal.
US09426340B2	Vehicle CCTV camera apparatus In a vehicle closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera apparatus mounted on a vehicle to capture images of internal and external surroundings thereof and to transmit the captured images, the camera apparatus includes: a camera module; a holding device configured to hold the camera module in a manner that enables capturing angles of the camera module to be adjusted; a housing configured to house the camera module while having an inner bottom surface coupled to the holding device; and a shock-absorbing member interposed between the holding device and the housing to absorb shock by elastically supporting the holding device and the camera module.
US09426338B2	Imaging apparatus and image forming apparatus having continuous pores in three dimensions in porous body An imaging apparatus for imaging a subject image from a lens on an imaging element through an optical filter has a porous body having pores which three dimensionally communicate with each other at least at a side opposite to the imaging element of the optical filter.
US09426324B2	Photoelectric conversion element, image reading device, image forming apparatus, and image reading method A photoelectric conversion element includes: a plurality of light receiving elements that are arranged in a main-scanning direction, are arranged in a sub-scanning direction according to colors of light to be received, and accumulates electric charge due to light exposure; and a plurality of AD conversion units that convert analog signals that indicate quantities of electric charge accumulated in the light receiving elements into digital signals are provide for each of groups each consisting of a predetermined number of pixels corresponding to the light receiving elements arranged in the sub-scanning direction. The AD conversion units convert the analog signals into the digital signals in an order in which the light receiving elements in the group are exposed to light. The light receiving elements constitute a correction unit that performs correction so as to reduce a difference relating to the timings in the sub-scanning direction.
US09426316B2	Image reading apparatus, display apparatus, non-transitory computer readable recording medium, and image displaying method Provided is an image reading apparatus including an image reading section that reads an image formed on a recording medium to generate image data, a display section that displays plural selection images that are registered in advance, used in selection of a storage destination of the generated image data, and an identifying section that identifies a user who stores the image data, wherein the display section displays, when the user is identified by the identifying section, the selection image corresponding to the identified user, and reduces a number of the selection images to be displayed to be less than a number of all the plural selection images to display the selection image.
US09426314B2	Image processing apparatus, image forming system, and image forming apparatus for correcting pixel density Provided is an image processing apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires first image information which is image information configured of plural pixels and which includes density information for each pixel, a first correction unit that corrects pixel density based on the first image information, a storage unit that stores image information obtained after the first correction unit performs the correction as second image information, a second correction unit that performs a reverse correction so as to cancel the correction by the first correction unit based on density of a pixel of the second image information, a display unit that displays an image on a display section based on third image information which is image information obtained after the second correction unit performs the reverse correction, and a transmission unit that transmits the second image information to an image forming apparatus.
US09426301B2	Exchange and use of globally unique device identifiers for circuit-switched and packet switched integration According to one aspect, a system and method of exchanging GRUUs (Globally Routed User Agent URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)) between a first telephony-enabled device and a second telephony enabled device using a circuit-switched message is provided. Once exchanged, the telephony enabled devices can exchange SIP (session initiated protocol) communications routed by the GRUUs. Any one of the telephony-enabled devices can add a media component to the SIP communications. According to another aspect, a system and method of generating GRUUs is provided. According to another aspect, a system and method of handing off communications to a packet switched network from a circuit switched network is provided.
US09426300B2	Matching reverberation in teleconferencing environments A system and method of matching reverberation in teleconferencing environments. When the two ends of a conversation are in environments with differing reverberations, the method filters the reverberation so that when both signals are output at the near end (e.g., the audio signal from the far end and the sidetone from the near end), the reverberations match. In this manner, the user does not perceive an annoying difference in reverberations, and the user experience is improved.
US09426297B1	Communication device, circuit and method for confirming receipt of messages sent through unidirectional communication channels An electronic communication device for facilitating communication between one or more remote devices for voice communication over a unidirectional radio communication channel, the device comprising a receiver for receiving an incoming voice message from a first remote device, a speaker for playing the incoming voice message, a microphone for receiving an output to generate an outgoing voice message, a transmitter for sending the outgoing voice message to a second remote device, an indicator to indicate whether the receiver is in a passive mode or an active mode, and a confirmation circuit to be connected to the receiver, the transmitter, the speaker and the indicator for recording the incoming voice message when the receiver is in an active mode, playing the recorded voice message and sending the played voice message to the remote device as a confirmation receipt of the incoming voice message when the receiver is in a passive mode.
US09426296B2	Systems and methods for routing callers to an agent in a contact center Techniques for handling contacts and agents in a contact center system are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for handling contacts and agents in a contact center system including identifying a plurality of contacts ordered for assignment to a plurality of agents, and assigning a first out-of-order contact from the plurality of contacts to a first agent of the plurality of agents who becomes available for assignment to any contact of the plurality of contacts based on information about the first agent.
US09426295B2	Method and device for distributing mobile attendant call A method and device for distributing an incoming call to a mobile agent are disclosed. The method includes: receiving a message for requesting a customer service representative; after determining that there is no idle online agent who has a skill of serving the call, selecting one agent from offline agents lists to serve the incoming call to provide the manual service; and sending a notification message to a mobile terminal corresponding to the selected agent, wherein, the notification message is used for notifying the customer service representative to login a call center system through the mobile terminal to provide the manual service. With the above technical scheme, it can at least solve the technical problem that it is difficult to perform real-time processing on a manual service request for certain agents not always in a state of logining the call center system in the related art.
US09426293B1	Systems and methods for location based call routing Disclosed herein are a system, method, and computer-readable medium with instructions for recommending a service provider based on a user's approximate current location. The service provider may be recommended for a service that is verified under a user's insurance policy and is also within proximity to the user's approximate current location. The user's approximate current location may be determined by location-based technology. The entity that receives and/or recommends the service provider may initiate a request for the service from the service provider. Further embodiments are related to routing a call to provide information to the user that is responsive to the user's location-relevant request. For example, systems, such as an automotive telematics system, may request information and be routed to the appropriate division of a user's insurance provider such that the automotive telematics system can provide services to the user that are user-specific (e.g., covered by the user's insurance policy).
US09426292B1	Call center anxiety feedback processor (CAFP) for biomarker based case assignment One embodiment provides a method for allocating assignments based on workload and physiological stress. The method comprises maintaining a queue of logged-in service representatives, and, in response to receiving a service request for a new assignment, scanning the queue to determine a subset of potential service representatives to assign the new assignment to. A corresponding workload level of each service representative of the subset is the smallest among all service representatives of the queue. For each service representative of the subset, a corresponding anxiety level is determined based on physiological sensor data captured by a wearable tracking device attached to the service representative. The new assignment is assigned to a service representative of the subset, the service representative having a corresponding anxiety level that is the smallest among all service representatives of the subset.
US09426288B2	Identifying and filtering incoming telephone calls to enhance privacy A method for filtering a telephone call is provided. The method may comprise receiving from a caller the telephone call directed to a communication device associated with an intended call recipient. The received telephone call may be scored based on predetermined scoring criteria to create a score indicative of a desirability of the telephone call. Furthermore, the method may comprise comparing the score to a predetermined threshold score. Based on the comparison, the method may further comprise selectively classifying the telephone call as an unwanted telephone call. Furthermore, the method may comprise selectively rejecting the unwanted telephone call.
US09426282B2	Method and apparatus for transmission line testing A method and device for transmission line testing are provided. The method includes applying, at a customer premises device, a test signal to a transmission line coupled to the customer premises device. The method further includes measuring, at the customer premises device, a reflection of the test signal. The method also includes determining, at the customer premises device, a characteristic of the transmission line based on the reflection of the test signal. The method includes determining, at the customer premises device, whether the transmission line supports a transmission service based on the characteristic. The method further includes generating an output, at the modem device, the output indicative of whether the transmission line supports the transmission service.
US09426280B2	Network-based timed ring suppression Alerts may be suppressed for communications. A timing parameter is retrieved describing an amount of time. An initial alert is processed to initially alert of an incoming communication. Subsequent alerts of the incoming communication are suppressed for the amount of time described by the timing parameter.
US09426269B2	System and method for performing certain actions based upon a dialed telephone number Systems and methods of placing a telephone call for a user include monitoring the telephone number that the user has requested to reach. Depending upon the telephone number requested by the user, the system might take an alternate action, rather than simply placing a call to the requested telephone number. In some instances, the system might take an action in addition to placing a call to the requested telephone number.
US09426263B2	Handheld electronic device, support assembly, and support assembly fabricating method The present invention provides a support assembly mounted between a rear cover and a screen of a handheld electronic device to support and fasten a component of the handheld electronic device. The support assembly includes an appearance part and an internal structure support part, where the appearance part and the internal structure support part are fabricated through integral molding of an amorphous alloy; the internal structure support part is formed by extending the top or the middle of the appearance part inwards; and an average thickness of the internal structure support part is less than 2 mm. The present invention simplifies a process of assembling the handheld electronic device. The present invention further provides a support assembly fabricating method and a handheld electronic device.
US09426261B2	Apparatus and methods for improved frames Systems, methods, and devices for communicating frames in a wireless network are disclosed. In one aspect, a method includes determining a protocol version field value for a frame control field of a wireless message, generating the frame control field, the frame control field generated to comprise a protocol version field having the protocol version field value, and a type field having a length based on the protocol version field value, generating the wireless message, the wireless message comprising a media access control header, the media access control header comprising the frame control field; and transmitting the wireless frame.
US09426251B2	Regulating server load by varying sizes of data sets used to generate content A system regulates server load by dynamically selecting variables that directly or indirectly control the type and/or quantity of processing performed in responding to content requests, such as requests for dynamically generated web pages. For example, the system may use current load level data to vary the sizes of input data sets used to generate personalized recommendations or other content for users.
US09426249B2	Providing an improved web user interface framework for building web applications Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for storing client-side information for identifying and requesting server-side actions. In some implementations, a computing device maintains a local cache storing client-side information maintained according to a local caching policy. The local cache includes responses received from the server in relation to performance of server-side actions based on requests previously communicated to the server. The local cache further includes an identifier of each server-side action associated with a respective response. The computing device receives, via a first component, a first request to perform a first server-side action. The computing device receives, via a second component, a second request to perform a second server-side action. The computing device determines, based on the local caching policy, that the first and second requests should be communicated to the server, and causes the first and second requests to be communicated to the server.
US09426238B2	System and method for providing simplified programming constructs for user activities in a telecommunications application In accordance with embodiments of the invention, the converged application framework of a converged application server is extended by providing a set of easily usable artifacts which enable easy creation of programs effecting user activities without detailed knowledge of the underlying SIP level protocol and events. In particular embodiments the present invention provides new communication beans implementing particular user activities including, for example, subscribing to the status of a user mailbox.
US09426237B2	Web navigation using web navigation pattern histories Web navigation pattern histories are used to navigate to a plurality of visited web sites. A navigation map is generated comprised of a node for each visited web site. Each node in the navigation map is connected by an edge to at least one other node in the navigation map, and the edge is associated with the link from the given visited web site to the next web site. For each visited web site, the corresponding node stores an address for the given web site, a relevance rating for the given visited web site, a link from the given visited web site to a next web site and optionally a title of the web site. A presentation of a node in the navigation map is based on the relevance rating. A plurality of navigation maps for a plurality of users can be merged by identifying navigation maps having similar search goals.
US09426229B2	Apparatus and method for selection of a device for content sharing operations An apparatus, method, and computer program product are described that provide for the selection of a device from among one or more devices that is best suited to receive and process content. Upon receipt of input from a user designating a target user with whom content is to be shared, at least one device associated with the designated target user is identified. A capability of one or more of the identified devices to experience the content to be shared is then determined. One of the identified devices is then selected to receive the content at least partially based on the capability determined. In this way, the content is shared with one of the designated target user's devices that is most appropriate for receiving the particular content, providing the target user with the best experience of the content and at the same time allowing for a “user-centric” content sharing experience.
US09426228B2	Cross layer service discovery for wireless networks Service discovery for services on a wireless network is presented. It is determined (e.g., from a received Layer 2 message) that an offering apparatus h made a service available to entities joined to a wireless network. Then in a message, that is available to entities not joined to the network, is placed information about the services and also at least one of location information about the offering apparatus and link metric information about a network path to the offering apparatus. A discovering apparatus reads one or more transmitted messages (from different apparatuses in the same network in different networks), sees the service it wants is available through both, compares the different locations and/or the different link metrics, and based on the comparing chooses which network to join, or with which apparatus on the single network to create a peer link.
US09426211B2	Scaling event processing in a network environment An example method for scaling event processing in a network environment is provided and includes maintaining a first portion of a decision tree at a first server in the network environment, delegating a second portion of the decision tree from the first server to a second server, processing event data substantially simultaneously at the first server using the first portion of the decision tree and at the second server using the second portion of the decision tree, wherein the processing comprises determining a match between the event data and information stored at nodes in the decision tree. In various embodiments, the decision tree is distributed across a plurality of servers in the network, wherein each participating server maintains a local copy of a respective portion of the decision tree and processes the event data using the respective portion.
US09426201B2	Transforming application cached template using personalized content Mechanisms are provided to implement a customizable mobile application utilizing a local template to personalize data. In one example, a local client application on a mobile device automatically changes the local content by utilizing a locally cached template and REST service supported by a remote application. In another example, the template further supports multiple phases of personalization.
US09426200B2	Updating dynamic content in cached resources The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for rendering content. One method includes: receiving a request for content for a previously-provided resource, the request including an entity tag, and the resource including dynamic and static content; generating delta information identifying the change for inclusion in a cookie associated with the resource where only a portion of the dynamic content has changed, the delta information included in the cookie associated with a particular location of the corresponding dynamic content within the resource; and providing a response that includes the cookie for updating the dynamic content. Information stored in the cookie is used by the requesting client to update portions of dynamic content while maintaining static portions based on a cached version of the static portions.
US09426180B2	Security policy editor A shared computing infrastructure has associated therewith a portal application through which users access the infrastructure and provision one or more services, such as content storage and delivery. The portal comprises a security policy editor, a web-based configuration tool that is intended for use by customers to generate and apply security policies to their media content. The security policy editor provides the user the ability to create and manage security policies, to assign policies so created to desired media content and/or player components, and to view information regarding all of the customer's current policy assignments. The editor provides a unified interface to configure all media security services that are available to the CDN customer from a single interface, and to enable the configured security features to be promptly propagated and enforced throughout the overlay network infrastructure. The editor advantageously enables security features to be configured independently of a delivery configuration.
US09426155B2	Extending infrastructure security to services in a cloud computing environment A cloud deployment appliance (or other platform-as-a-service (IPAS) infrastructure software) includes a mechanism to deploy a product as a “shared service” to the cloud, as well as to enable the product to establish a trust relationship between itself and the appliance or IPAS. The mechanism further enables multiple products deployed to the cloud to form trust relationships with each other (despite the fact that each deployment and each product typically, by the nature of the cloud deployment, are intended to be isolated from one another). In addition, once deployed and provisioned into the cloud, a shared service can become part of a single sign-on (SSO) domain automatically. SSO is facilitated using a token-based exchange. Once a product registers with a token service, it can participate in SSO. This approach enables enforcement of consistent access control policy across product boundaries, and without requiring a user to perform any configuration.
US09426152B2	Secure transfer of web application client persistent state information into a new domain A technique to reassign one or more stored elements of web application client state information is provided in an HTTP-based client upon receipt of an HTTP redirect in response to a request-URI. One or more stored elements associated to the request-URI are saved in or in association with the client. Upon receipt of an HTTP 301 (permanent) redirect, the client automatically reassigns (re-associates) the one or more stored elements to the redirect domain when the redirect can be verified as authentic (e.g., to originate from the application to which the client is attempting to connect).
US09426151B2	Determining identity of individuals using authenticators Systems are provided that allow users to access resources in a manner that addresses inherent deficiencies in existing authentication systems. During a typical authentication process, the system may connect the user to one or more authenticators in real time through a variety of communications channels so that the authenticators may verify that the user is who he/she purports to be. In this way, a user may be authenticated and allowed to complete transactions that require access to protected resources/transactions. In some embodiments, the system may automatically identify authenticators for a user via an onboarding process by searching the user's electronic files, accessing social and professional networking sites, searching one or more credit reporting databases, or other such means. Based upon the determinations made by the authenticators, and other factors, such as the trust scores assigned to authenticators, an authentication engine may be used to calculate a confidence score regarding the user's identity that may be utilized in determining whether to grant the user access to protected resources/transactions.
US09426150B2	Biometric authentication A biometric authentication system is disclosed that provides a trusted third party biometric authentication capability for independent confirmation of identity of parties. A repository of biometric templates for registered parties is disclosed that permit a biometric authenticator to perform independent authentication services for other parties by matching received biometric information against biometric information in the repository, or by providing requested biometric information.
US09426146B2	Digital certificate issuer-correlated digital signature verification A message including a digital signature of a message originator is received at a processor. In response to determining that the message originator is authorized by a data protection policy to originate the message, a determination is made as to whether a specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for the message originator within a data protection policy. In response to determining that the specific authorized certificate issuer is configured for the message originator within the data protection policy, a determination is made as to whether a message originator certificate used to generate the digital signature of the message originator is issued by the specific authorized certificate issuer configured for the message originator within the data protection policy.
US09426145B2	Designation of classes for certificates and keys Plural modes of operation may be established on a mobile device. Specific modes of operation of the mobile device may be associated with specific spaces in memory. By using a “class” designation within the existing certificate store structure and key store structure, certificates and keys can be assigned to one space among plural spaces. Accordingly, a personal certificate store and a personal key store may exist in a personal space. Similarly, a corporate certificate store and a corporate key store may exist in a corporate space. APIs designed to work within such a system may be arranged to employ a “class” attribute when managing certificates and cryptographic keys.
US09426142B2	Systems and methods for logging into an application on a second domain from a first domain in a multi-tenant database system environment A system and method for logging into an application across separate domains in a multi-tenant database environment is provided. The method may include receiving, by a server associated with a first domain, a substitute user request from a user of the first domain, the substitute user request including a request for the user of the first domain to become a user on a second domain, posting, to a server associated with the second domain, the substitute user request, and posting, by the server associated with the second domain, a new session identification allowing the user of the first domain to login to an application on the second domain.
US09426141B2	Verifiable tokenization Use rules are included within tokenized data either before or after tokenization. The use rules can be appended to the data before or after tokenization, can be used to modify the data before or after tokenization, and can be used to select or generate token tables for use in tokenizing the data. The use rules limit how, where, and when the tokenized data can be used, who can use the tokenized data, and the like. In addition, data can be tokenized such that the tokenized data can be identified as tokenized based on the tokenized data failing a validation test. The data is tokenized using one or more token tables, and the validation test is applied to the tokenized data. If the tokenized data passes the validation test, the data is modified with formatting rules or re-tokenized with additional token tables until the tokenized data fails the validation test.
US09426137B2	Mobile device user authentication based on user behavior information Authentication involves collecting information relating to a user's behavior relative to a mobile device carried by the user, over a number of time periods that correspond to each other. An authentication technique includes processing the collected information to generate baseline data representing typical user behavior. The authentication technique includes collecting additional information relating to the user's behavior relative to the mobile device over another time period that corresponds to the time periods used to generate the baseline data. The additional information relating to the user's behavior is compared to the baseline data, and a difference between the additional information and the baseline data is determined. An authentication procedure is then applied based on the difference. The authentication may be performed by a mobile device such as a smartphone.
US09426132B1	Methods and apparatus for rules-based multi-factor verification In one embodiment, a verification platform is adapted for communication with at least a first device. The verification platform receives a verification request from the first device, identifies one or more verification rules previously established by a user of the first device for processing of the verification request, sends a notification regarding the one or more verification rules, receives verification input responsive to the notification, and grants or denies the verification request based at least in part on the received verification input. The verification rule or rules specify multiple distinct types of verification selected by the user, and a sequence in which the selected verification types are to be applied in processing the verification request. The verification request may be generated in conjunction with an attempted launch of a designated application on the first device. The first device may comprise a mobile telephone, a computer or another type of device.
US09426118B2	Remote grant of network access Systems and techniques for granting of network access to a new network device are described. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for connecting a new network device to a network and limiting access of the network device while authenticating the new network device. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method. The method comprises receiving, at a gateway on a network, a communication including a request for a new network device to join the network; establishing a connection between the new network device and the gateway; generating a firewall configured to prevent the new network device from communicating with an additional device on the network; transmitting a query, wherein the query includes a request to determine whether the new network device is associated with the network; receiving a communication including a response to the query indicating that the new network device is associated with the network; removing the firewall so as to allow the new network device to communicate with the additional network device.
US09426111B1	Tracking conversation threads among electronic communications A method for identifying a conversation thread among electronic communications. The method includes a computer processor identifying that a user is accessing a first electronic communication from a plurality of electronic communications. The method further includes a computer processor analyzing meta-data of the first electronic communication to identify a unique identifier included in the meta-data. The method further includes a computer processor determining that the unique identifier is associated with content included in the first electronic communication that was copied from a second electronic communication. The method further includes a computer processor providing the user that is accessing the first electronic communication access to the second electronic communication.
US09426104B2	Group management method and system in interworking system of IMPS system and simple IM system A group management method and system for group communication in an interworking system of an IMPS system and a SIMPLE IM system is provided. In the method, a client currently connected to one of the IMPS system and the SIMPLE IM system requests the retrieval of the group properties of a group included in the other system to which the client is not connected. The group property retrieval request is converted into a protocol format supported by the other system and is forwarded to the other system. The other system retrieves the group properties of the group, generates a group property response including the retrieved group properties, and forwards the group property response. The group property response is converted into a protocol format supported by the currently connected system and is forwarded to the currently connected system. The currently connected system forwards the group property response to the client.
US09426102B1	Efficient conversation transmission to mobile clients A first method includes, at a server, receiving a new message in a message thread, identifying quoted text (e.g., text from a previous message in the message thread) in the new message, replacing the quoted text with a token that includes information uniquely associated with the previous message to produce a modified incoming message, and sending the modified incoming message to a client. Optionally, the token includes information identifying the previous message in the message thread. Optionally, the token identifies a range of text in the previous message, and the text replaced by the token corresponds to the range of text in the previous message identified by the token. Optionally, the token comprises a tag having text to be displayed by the client. In some embodiments, the method includes sending to the client all messages in the message thread, including the modified incoming message.
US09426100B2	Enforced unitasking in multitasking systems A computer system includes one or more devices that are capable of multitasking (performing at least two tasks in parallel or substantially in parallel). In response to detecting that one of the devices is performing a first one of the tasks, the system prevents the devices from performing at least one of the tasks other than the first task (such as all of the tasks other than the first task). In response to detecting that one of the devices is performing a second one of the tasks, the system prevents the devices from performing at least one of the tasks other than the second task (such as all of the tasks other than the first task).
US09426098B2	Synchronizing out-of-sync elements in a distributed fibre channel forwarder Techniques are provided for synchronizing, in a distributed Fiber Channel fabric or a distributed FCoE fabric in which FC frames are encapsulated in Ethernet frames, a controlling FCoE forwarder (cFCF) with the FCoE data-plane forwarder (FDF). The operation includes entering a recovery mode at the FDF. The FDF is modified based on a route distribution message provided by the cFCF which includes fabric-provided MAC addresses (FPMAs). The FDF notifies the cFCF of differences between the FPMAs supplied by the route distribution message with the FPMAs known by the FDF. The FDF leaves the recovery mode and sends an acknowledgement to the cFCF.
US09426094B2	Network arrangement having network devices coupled to one another in a ring topology Systems and methods are provided for operating a network arrangement including multiple network devices that are coupled to each other in a ring structure. Each network device includes a control device and a switch device with at least two ports for coupling to a communication path. During operation, at least two VLANs are simultaneously provided in the ring structure, and the sending of a data packet from the control device of a selected network device is performed via a port of the switch device in one of the two VLANs. In order to achieve this, the other port of the switch device of the selected network device is deactivated for the one VLAN. By using two VLANs, a redundant and reliable data transmission may be achieved. A destabilization of the VLANs in the network ring is prevented by the targeted deactivation of specific ports of the sending network device.
US09426090B2	Method and system for policy based lifecycle management of virtual software appliances A system and method for managing dynamically allocated resources assigned to a service includes providing a service to be used by a plurality of sites in a federation. Usage information associated with the service is communicated to each of the plurality of sites. A disposition of the service is determined based on local policies and the usage information received from other sites by a service owner. The disposition of the service is updated across a plurality of sites in accordance with messages sent by the service owner to reduce resource usage.
US09426082B2	Low-voltage differential signaling or 2-wire differential link with symbol transition clocking Systems, methods and apparatus are described for use in a communications link having a number of connectors. A method for communication using differential signaling with symbol transition clocking signaling communicates symbols over a communications link without transmitting a clock signal in a dedicated lane of the communications link. At a receiver, clock information may be extracted without using a phase-locked loop. The method includes converting data bits into a plurality of transition numbers, converting the plurality of transition numbers into a sequence of symbols, and transmitting the sequence of symbols over a plurality of signal wires. A clock signal may be embedded in transitions between consecutive symbols in the sequence of symbols. Each consecutive pair of transition numbers in the plurality of transition numbers may include two transition numbers that are different from one another. The sequence of symbols may be transmitted as a plurality of differential signals.
US09426080B2	Data communication apparatus, data transmission method, and computer system Provided is a data communication apparatus which includes a transmission interval calculator configured to calculate an effective transfer speed of the data based on a difference between an actual arrival time at which response data to transmission data transmitted to the other data communication apparatus has arrived and a predictive arrival time calculated by multiplying the number of relay devices passed until the response data from the other data communication apparatus arrives at the data communication apparatus by a transfer delay time necessary to pass through one relay device and a buffer size of the relay device on a communication path of the data, and calculate a transmission interval of transmission data based on the effective transfer speed and a transmission controller configured to perform transmission control of transmission data based on the transmission interval. Thus, congestion control is efficiently implemented in an interconnection network configured as a regular network.
US09426075B2	Method and system to represent the impact of load variation on service outage over multiple links Increased resource utilization efficiency can be improved by modeling path costs during admission and path-selection. Specifically, path costs for candidate paths are modeled based on load characteristics (e.g., current load, load variation, etc.) of links in the candidate paths. Path costs can represent any quantifiable cost or liability associated with transporting a service flow over the corresponding path. For example, path costs can correspond to a probability that at least one link in the path will experience an outage when transporting the service flow, a price charged by a network operator (NTO) for transporting the traffic flow over the candidate path, or a total network cost for transporting the flow over a candidate path. The candidate path having the lowest path cost is selected to transport a service flow.
US09426074B2	System detection method and apparatus and flow control method and device A system detection method and apparatus. The throughput and response time of the system are acquired, where the throughput reflects the number of requests from outside the system that has been processed by the system. The response time reflects time required by the system to process requests from outside the system. The system performance characteristic parameter based on the throughput and response time is obtained and is used to describe congestion condition of the system to determine whether there is a bottleneck in the system. Also provided are a method and device for flow control. The system detection method and apparatus allow detecting a bottleneck and flow control in a simple and effective way to ensure that requests are processed in time.
US09426059B2	Systems and methods for utilizing protection paths The present disclosure includes a method of utilizing protect paths, the method includes receiving a first message regarding a first failure in a first working path and receiving a second message regarding a second failure in a second working path. The method also includes matching a pattern comprising received messages regarding working path failures to a stored group comprising a plurality of connection identifications (IDs) that share identical protection paths and share a resource trail, the group being associated with a group identification (ID). The method additionally includes transmitting a third message to provision the identical protect paths for the group associated with the group identification. The present disclosure may also include associated systems and apparatus. The present disclosure may further include methods, systems, and apparatuses associated with provisioning groups utilized in methods of the present disclosure.
US09426052B2	System and method of managing publications A system and method of managing publications is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a Address Book System (ABS) having a controller element to adjust publication privileges of a publisher of a portion of an address book stored in the ABS responsive to detecting that a number of recipients of an invitation to subscribe to the portion of the address book have declined the invitation and the number of declined invitations exceeds a first threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09426047B2	Automatic transformation of messages between service versions A method and system are provided for automatic transformation of messages between service versions. The method includes collecting message data of messages sent to two or more versions of a service. Message data is identified as relating to a version of a service. Relationships are inferred between structure and content of messages sent to different versions of a service, and message transformation rules are created based on the inferred relationships.
US09426045B2	Proactive monitoring tree with severity state sorting The disclosed embodiments relate to a system that displays performance data for a computing environment. During operation, the system first determines values for a performance metric for entities that comprise the computing environment. Next, the system displays the computing environment as a tree comprising nodes representing the entities and edges representing parent-child relationships between the entities. While displaying the tree, the system displays the child nodes for each parent in sorted order based on values of the performance metric associated with the child nodes.
US09426033B2	Target mapping and implementation of abstract device model A Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) for a target computing device that is equipped with an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or other hardware element that provides forwarding and/or switching capability is used to analyze an abstract candidate device model. The abstract candidate device model is received from a controller and specifies intended forwarding behavior for the target device. The HAL analyzes the abstract candidate device model based on its knowledge of the architecture of the ASIC or other hardware element providing forwarding or switching capability to the target device. If the behavior is supported by the target device's architecture, the model may be implemented in a specific manner supported by that architecture and used to control forwarding behavior on the target device.
US09426030B1	Automatically generating configuration images and deploying computer components in a computing environment that comprises a shared pool of configurable computing resources Generating configuration images and deploying computer components in a computing environment that comprises a shared pool of configurable computing resources may be provided. Configuration templates from a plurality of repositories may be mined and classified. Base templates may be created that represent different service configurations based on the configuration templates classified into classes of different service configurations. For deploying a requested service with specified requirements, a plurality of candidate templates may be created based on the base templates that represent configurations for the requested service and configurations that meet the specified requirements. A target template from the plurality of candidate templates may be selected that most meets the specified requirements. Computer resources for the requested service may be deployed by running the target template.
US09426028B2	Configuring a computing system to delay a system update Configuring a computing system to delay a system update, including: receiving, by an update management module, an update descriptor associated with an available system update, the update descriptor including information identifying a targeted system configuration to be updated by the available system update; determining, by the update management module, whether the available system update should be blocked; responsive to determining that the available system update should be blocked, determining, by the update management module, whether the computing system can be reconfigured such that the computing system does not operate using the targeted system configuration; and responsive to determining that the computing system can be reconfigured such that the computing system does not operate using the targeted system configuration, reconfiguring, by the update management module, the computing system to operate without using the targeted system configuration.
US09426024B2	Establishing communication between enterprise nodes migrated to a public cloud and private enterprise infrastructure An agent is deployed to a node of an enterprise network, where the agent is configured to establish communication with the enterprise network after migration of the node to a cloud infrastructure. Further, the node is migrated to the cloud infrastructure, and communication is established between the node and the enterprise network using the agent.
US09426019B1	Resource pooling and subletting from user to another user Various electronic resources, such as multi-tenant or cloud resources, can be pooled together for access by specified members associated with a given pool. For example, users with access to different resources can enable their resources to be pooled together for purposes such as reduced pricing and increased flexibility. In some instances, a user can pool resources configured for a particular purpose, such that the user can effectively lease out an entire environment. The users accessing the pool can pay for some or all portion of the cost of the resources during the period of usage.
US09426018B1	Feedback optimized video coding parameters A system for managing delivery of video content. The system includes a controller and one or more players. The controller may be configured to control generation of a plurality of streams containing the video content based upon feedback regarding decoding at least one of the plurality of streams. The one or more players may be configured to select a stream from the plurality of streams, generate decoding statistics for the selected stream, and send the decoding statistics to the controller as the feedback.
US09426011B2	Reducing out-of-band emission Disclosed is a transmitter for a communication system. The transmitter comprises a sidelobe suppression module configured to apply a suppression matrix to an input vector comprising symbols to be transmitted by the transmitter; a modulation module configured to modulate the precoded vector to a time-domain symbol using a plurality of subcarriers, each symbol in the precoded vector having a corresponding subcarrier; and a digital-to-analog conversion module configured to convert the time-domain symbol to an analog waveform for transmission. The suppression matrix is constructed such that emissions at one or more predetermined suppression distances lying outside a frequency band defined by the subcarriers are set to zero according to a predetermined emission model.
US09426010B1	Adaptive symbol transition method for OFDM-based cognitive radio systems Modulated orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) subcarriers generate high sidelobes, resulting in adjacent channel interference (ACI). Current sidelobe suppression techniques, such as inserting guard intervals or cancellation carrier bands, diminish the useful radio spectrum or consume significant wireless device resources. Disclosed is a method of suppressing sidelobes through adding an adaptive extension to OFDM symbols that is calculated to avoid ACI while keeping power consumption to low levels. Bandwidth and user location information are collected by a cognitive radio an utilized to determine the extension used. The method significantly reduces ACI to other bands and reduces the required guard bands, opening the radio spectrum to more efficient use.
US09426004B1	Method for reducing jitter in receivers A receiver equalizer that provides improved jitter tolerance relative to common adaptation mechanisms and that also provides inter-symbol interference. Improved jitter tolerance is an important benefit for SERDES receivers as tolerance to Sinusoidal Jitter is an important performance metric specified in most industry standards.
US09426002B2	Methods of receiving MIMO transmissions and related devices A method of operating a terminal in a radio access network may include receiving a transmission of first and second data blocks over respective first and second multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) layers during a transmission time interval (TTI). Respective first and second demodulated codewords may be generated corresponding to the transmission of the first and second data blocks, and the first and second demodulated codewords may be decoded. Responsive to failure decoding the first demodulated codeword and success decoding the second demodulated codeword, a negative acknowledgement may be transmitted indicating failure receiving the first and second data blocks. Related terminals are also discussed.
US09425998B2	Analog nyquist shaping of a low pass filtered transmission system An analog signal processing device for equalizing a low pass filter to create a Nyquist filter in accordance with the present invention includes a low pass filter for passing a predetermined bandwidth, and a tapped delay filter connected with the low pass filter to create the Nyquist filter. In more detail, the tapped delay filter is used to sample an input analog signal having a predetermined symbol rate. The samples from the input signal are then respectively weighted to establish a system transfer function for the Nyquist filter. The purpose here is to minimize both inter-symbol interference and transmission bandwidth. A decision circuit can be provided to convert the input signal into a desired data format for creation of an output signal to be transmitted by the data transmission system. Also, the Nyquist filter can be selectively evaluated as an “eye diagram” and the system transfer function appropriately adjusted accordingly.
US09425989B2	Social network enabler A method and apparatus are provided for connecting a first group of users from at least one first social network with users from at least one second social network. The first group of users is registered on the second social network as a generic first user. The method is carried out by a network scheduler and includes collecting a first message from at least one second user from the second social network intended to the generic first user, selecting a user from the first group of users based on a predefined criterion, and providing the first message to the selected user and presenting the second user as the sender of the first message.
US09425986B2	System and method for multiple concurrent virtual networks Techniques are provided for establishment of multiple concurrent virtual networks. In one example, there is provided a method operable by a message management unit (MMU) or the like. The method may involve establishing communication handles with a plurality of virtual network interfaces (VNIs) operatively coupled to an operating system, and establishing a network communications socket (NCS) operatively connected to a plurality of virtual layered networks. The method may involve establishing data channels that couple the MMU and its components with the respective VNIs of the MMU, and allowing the virtual layered networks to be concurrently transported on top of physical network(s). The method may involve facilitating communication between the operating system and the virtual layered networks via the combination of the established data channels, the established handles and a network software stack of the operating system.
US09425984B2	System and method for using energy efficient ethernet to control energy efficiencies in lower layers A system and method for using energy-efficient Ethernet to control energy efficiency in lower layers. In one example, an energy-efficiency control policy in a first Ethernet device can be configured to determine a need for transitioning of at least a part of the first Ethernet device into an energy saving state. Based on such a determination, an energy-efficiency control signal can be transmitted from the first Ethernet device to a first non-Ethernet device. The receipt of the energy-efficiency control signal by the first non-Ethernet device is used to initiate a transition by the first non-Ethernet device into an energy saving state, which in turn may initiate a transition by downstream non-Ethernet devices into an energy saving state. This process creates a single unified energy-efficiency policy domain.
US09425979B2	Installation of network devices using secure broadcasting systems and methods from remote intelligent devices Secure installation of a new device onto a home-control network uses pairing with an intelligent device. The new device receives a private key for secure communications on the home-control network from the intelligent device. For security, the private key is transmitted over a second network different from the home-control network using a communication medium such as such as optical pulses, audible tones, or short-range radio frequency signals. The new device decodes the transmission and is capable to securely communicate with other network devices and a network controller over the home-control network using the private key.
US09425974B2	System and method for increasing clarity and expressiveness in network communications Embodiments for increasing clarity and expressiveness in network communications include: obtaining a message from a first user as part of a network-enabled conversation with a second user; analyzing the message to identify an expressiveness keyword indicative of an emotion, mood, or level of expressiveness; selecting a level or degree of emotional expressiveness to which a corresponding emotion or mood should be expressed in relation to the identified expressiveness keyword; applying, by use of a processor, at least one embellishment to the message to produce an embellished message, the embellishment including either an explicitly user-selected embellishment or an automatically generated embellishment based on content of the message, the at least one embellishment being configured in a manner consistent with the selected level or degree of emotional expressiveness; and causing transmission of the embellished message via a network to the second user.
US09425964B2	Display device with mobile high-definition link port and signal processing method thereof A signal processing method for a display device is provided. The display device is capable of connecting a portable consumer electronic device via a high-definition link (MHL) port. Via the communication bus (CBUS) in the MHL port, a set of encryption codes is provided to the portable consumer electronic device. Based on an encrypted identification fed back from the portable consumer electronic device, it is determined whether the portable consumer electronic device passes authentication. If the portable consumer electronic device passes the authentication, when a human interface device provides a user command to the display device, the user command is encrypted according to the set of encryption codes to generate an encrypted user command compliant to the CBUS specification. Via the CBUS of the MHL port, the encrypted user command is provided to the portable consumer electronic device.
US09425962B2	Low energy Bluetooth system with authentication during connectionless advertising and broadcasting Validation information is communicated in a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) connected session. Validation data is generated using said validation information. An advertisement string is broadcast from the BLE device in a connectionless session along with said validation data.
US09425961B2	Method for performing an encryption of an AES type, and corresponding system and computer program product A polynomial representation (bi(x)) in an AES finite field ( Z 2 ⁡ [ x ] ( r ⁡ ( x ) ) ) of input bytes (bi) of a state matrix (B) is obtained. A plurality (1) of irreducible polynomials (fi(y)) and a moving map (ψi) are used to map each polynomial (bi(x)) of the polynomial representation into a respective field of polynomials ( Z 2 ⁡ [ y ] ( f i ⁡ ( y ) ) ) computed with respect to one of the irreducible polynomials (fi(y)), to obtain respective moved polynomials (αi(y)). The moved polynomials (αi(y)) are mapped into a polynomial (a(z)) of a polynomial ring ( Z 2 ⁡ [ z ] ( p ⁡ ( z ) ) ) , obtained by applying an isomorphism (ω) between the fields of polynomials ( Z 2 ⁡ [ y ] ( f i ⁡ ( y ) ) ) and the polynomial ring ( Z 2 ⁡ [ z ] ( p ⁡ ( z ) ) ) based upon the Chinese remainder theorem (CRT). AES encryption is applied to the polynomial (a(z)). The polynomial (a(z)) is reconverted into the AES finite field ( Z 2 ⁡ [ x ] ( r ⁡ ( x ) ) ) to obtain an encrypted state matrix (CB).
US09425956B2	Method and system for transferring firmware or software to a plurality of devices A method for transmitting a file from a file source (101) to a plurality of electronic devices (110j) is described herein. To each electronic device are associated an encryption key and a unique identifier code. According to the method described herein, to the plurality of electronic devices are transmitted: a file encrypted by means of a session key, and a plurality of encrypted session keys, each paired with a respective electronic device, with whose encryption key the respective encrypted session key was obtained; Moreover, each electronic device decrypts its own encrypted session key using the respective encryption key to obtain the decrypted session key, and decrypts the encrypted file by means of the decrypted session key.
US09425954B1	Device and method for resonant cryptography A system for secure communications using resonate cryptography includes a resonator that has a random number generator (RNG). The RNG can be at least one of a true random number generator, pseudo-random number generator, and any non-repeating sequence of numbers having a characteristic of a random number stream, and generating a first stream of random numbers. A transmitter, electrically coupled to the random number generator, is also included to transmit the generated first stream of random numbers.
US09425953B2	Generating multiple secure hashes from a single data buffer One embodiment provides an apparatus. The apparatus includes a single instruction multiple data (SIMD) hash module configured to apportion at least a first portion of a message of length L to a number (S) of segments, the message including a plurality of sequences of data elements, each sequence including S data elements, a respective data element in each sequence apportioned to a respective segment, each segment including a number N of blocks of data elements and to hash the S segments in parallel, resulting in S segment digests, the S hash digests based, at least in part, on an initial value and to store the S hash digests; a padding module configured to pad a remainder, the remainder corresponding to a second portion of the message, the second portion related to the length L of the message, the number of segments and a block size; and a non-SIMD hash module configured to hash the padded remainder, resulting in an additional hash digest and to store the additional hash digest.
US09425933B2	Terminal device, base station device, and intergrated circuit There are provided a terminal device, a base station device, and an integrated circuit that enable a base station device and a terminal device to determine parameters related to uplink signals or uplink reference signals and to perform efficient communication. A terminal device that transmits a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink shared channel includes determining a value related to a cyclic shift on the basis of a value of a parameter configured by a higher layer, determining the value related to the cyclic shift on the basis of a physical layer cell identity, and generating a sequence of the demodulation reference signal on the basis of the value related to the cyclic shift, wherein the value related to the cyclic shift is determined on the basis of the physical layer cell identity in a case where a transmission on the physical uplink shared channel corresponding to a downlink control information format to which CRC parity bits scrambled by a Temporary C-RNTI are attached is performed.
US09425931B2	PUCCH resource management mechanism for coordinated multi-point operation A method for uplink control signaling in CoMP operation is described. The method includes allocating a first set of CCEs for an associated transmission from an AP to an associated UE. The method also includes transmitting, to a RRH, a message including an indication of the first set of CCEs. The message including the indication of a first set of CCEs is received at the RRH. The method also includes allocating, by the RRH, a second set of CCEs for an associated transmission from the RIM to an associated UE. A UE receives the transmission of downlink control information beginning at a first CCE. The method includes receiving a PUCCH resource offset parameter, the PUCCH resource offset parameter indicating the reception point for the UE. The UE determines an uplink control channel resource based on the first CCE and the PUCCH resource offset parameter.
US09425915B2	Interference cancellation A method to enhance coverage and/or throughput in a heterogeneous wireless network includes detecting interference between a neighboring cell and a serving cell. The method also includes cancelling the interference using an adaptive technique based on whether the interference has colliding Common Reference Signal (CRS) tones or whether the interference has colliding Dedicated Reference Signal (DRS) tones.
US09425913B2	Multi-port serial media independent interface A media independent interface in an integrated circuit device includes a first plurality of channels, each including a data transmit path and a data receive path, and a second plurality of channels, each including a transmit path to transmit an idle symbol and a receive path to receive the idle symbol. The interface also includes a codec, coupled to the transmit paths of the first and second pluralities of channels, to encode data and symbols on the transmit paths, and a multiplexer, coupled to the codec, to multiplex the data on the transmit paths of the first and second pluralities of channels as encoded by the codec. The interface further includes a Ser Des to serialize the multiplexed data.
US09425904B2	Rack server Provided herein is a rack server including a rack, a plurality of system boards and a fan plate. The system boards are disposed within the rack, and each system board has a first wireless transceiver. The fan plate is also disposed within the rack, and the fan plate has a plurality of second transceivers, and the second transceivers are wirelessly connected to the first transceivers, respectively.
US09425898B2	Optical transmission system, optical phase modulator, and optical modulation method The optical transmission system includes signal output means (11S) for outputting a drive signal according to an input signal to the first optical modulator (11a), first waveform shaping signal output means (12S) for outputting a first waveform shaping signal to the second optical modulator (10A), and second waveform shaping signal output means (13S) for outputting a second waveform shaping signal to the third optical modulator (13a). The first waveform shaping signal is output to the second optical modulator (10A) at a timing relatively later than a timing of an output of a signal by the first optical modulator (11a). The second waveform shaping signal is output to the third optical modulator (13a) at a timing relatively earlier than the timing of the output of the signal by the first optical modulator (11a).
US09425895B2	Signal receiving module and display apparatus A signal receiving module, adapted to receiving a signal light, includes an optical sheet, at least one light-emitting device, and at least one sensing device. The optical sheet includes a first surface, a second surface, and at least one hole, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface, and the at least one light-emitting device is disposed in the at least one hole respectively. The light-emitting device includes a light-emitting unit and a first lens. The first lens is disposed on the light-emitting unit. The optical sheet is located above the sensing device, and the sensing device is distant from the hole, wherein the first lens of the light-emitting device refracts the signal light, and the sensing device receives the refracted signal light. A display apparatus is also provided.
US09425882B2	Wi-Fi radio distribution network stations and method of operating Wi-Fi RDN stations A Wi-Fi radio distribution network (RDN) station is provided for use in a wireless communications network comprising a plurality of wireless stations. The Wi-Fi RDN station comprises a multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) receiving system configured to operate in accordance with a channel estimation MIMO receiving scheme; and a RDN connected to the MIMO receiving system. The RDN comprises at least one beamformer arranged to be fed by two or more antennas, wherein each of the beamformers includes a combiner configured to combine signals coming from a plurality of antennas associated with the respective beamformer into a single signal. The MIMO receiving system is configured to perform one or both of channel estimation using a single antenna or beamforming. Both channel estimation and beamforming may be based on one or more packets addressed to one or more wireless stations in the communications network other than the Wi-Fi RDN station.
US09425881B2	Method and device for transmitting channel state information in a wireless communication system The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. A method for a terminal to transmit channel state information (CSI) comprises the steps of: determining a precoding matrix by selecting a first precoding matrix and a second precoding matrix; and transmitting the CSI including an index of the said first precoding matrix and an index of the said second precoding matrix. The said first precoding matrix relates to a method for transmitting CSI in which a revision factor according to a relationship between the said terminal and a transmission point is applied.
US09425879B2	Mobile communications using base station controlled optimization of adaptive antenna selection parameters, terminals with adaptive antenna system, and method A mobile communications terminal with plural antennas for uplink communications with a network base station in a cell, uses an adaptive antenna selection algorithm to select antennas. A method of operating a mobile communications terminal. The cell operator or base station provides parameters and/or settings to the terminal to determine algorithm behavior in selecting antennas, for example, according to operative characteristics of signals in uplink communications in the network, operation of the terminal, and/or network conditions. A communications method includes sending from a base station one or more parameters and/or settings for a terminal to select which of plural antennas of the terminal to use transmitting signals to the base station. A base station transmits to terminals one or more such parameters and/or settings for use in the adaptive antenna selection algorithm to select antennas for transmitting signals to the base station.
US09425866B2	Method and apparatus for receiving coupled signal of terrestrial signal and mobile signal A receiving apparatus estimates a transmission channel of a signal through a training signal that is inserted into a data area of a received multipath signal, i.e., a mobile signal and a terrestrial signal that is coupled to the mobile signal, and estimates a transmission channel by detecting a received mobile signal using a previously equalized signal of a mobile signal and a transmitting signal corresponding to a terrestrial signal that is coupled to the mobile signal through determined data. Mobile signal data corresponding to training signal distortion existing in terrestrial signal data are compensated based on a channel estimation value.
US09425865B2	Wireless chip for chip-to-chip wireless transfer Provided is a wireless chip for chip-to-chip wireless transfer. A wireless chip for chip-to-chip wireless transfer according to the present invention includes: an antenna used as a wireless transfer path of data or power; a circuit unit providing information about whether there is input/output data; a mode control unit connected with the circuit unit and outputting a first or second level signal in accordance with whether there is input/output data; a data communication unit activated and inputting/outputting the data between the circuit unit and the antenna, only when the first level signal is inputted from the mode control unit; and a power relay unit activated and relays the power between the circuit unit and the antenna, only when the second level signal is inputted from the mode control unit.
US09425833B2	Wireless devices having reduced clock feed-through Implementations of radio frequency switch controllers within the scope of the appended claims are configured to reduce the impact of the clock signal induced spurs. In particular, implementations of switch controllers described herein include a poly-phase clocking scheme, as opposed to a single phase to clock the charge pump stages of an negative voltage generator. In some implementations poly-phase clocking schemes reduce the clock signal induced spurs and may preclude the need for additional on-chip or off-chip decoupling capacitors that add to the cost and physical size of a complete front end module solution.
US09425831B1	Electronic device An electronic device including a tunable antenna, a radio frequency (RF) signal transceiving module, a coupler and a control unit, is provided. The RF signal transceiving module is coupled to the tunable antenna, transmits at least one RF signal through the tunable antenna. The coupler is coupled between the tunable antenna and the RF signal transceiving module, and couples the at least one RF signal to derive a coupling signal. The control unit receives the coupling signal and generates at least one control signal according to a signal strength of the RF signal in a specific frequency band, and outputs the at least one control signal to the tunable antenna so as to adjust a working frequency band of the tunable antenna.
US09425826B2	Interleaver employing quotient-remainder reordering A method of generating an interleaved symbol sequence location from a symbol location of a symbol sequence comprises determining the interleaved symbol location based on an interleaver sequence function which relates a linear symbol location to the interleaved symbol location. This is done by acquiring values of the interleaver sequence function in quotient and remainder form and then calculating the interleaved symbol location by performing operations of the interleaver sequence function in quotient and remainder form.
US09425822B2	Simplified range and context update for multimedia context-adaptive binary arithmetic coding design In some aspects, the disclosure is directed to methods and systems for a context-adaptive binary arithmetic encoder and decoder utilizing a fixed point design for range and context updates. Symbol probabilities and probability adaptation factors can be scaled to a predetermined range, such as an 8-bit range, reducing the need for complex and operationally costly table look-ups.
US09425820B2	Vector quantization with non-uniform distributions Systems and methods are described for encoding quantized vector parameters in a bitstream are described. An exemplary method may include receiving a vector of integers used in a data compression codebook, the sum of the integers equaling a pulse sum. An initial expected magnitude may be determined for a first integer, the initial expected magnitude being based on the pulse sum, a distribution parameter, and a value corresponding to a number of integers in the vector. The actual magnitude of the first integer may be encoded based on the initial expected magnitude of the first integer. The pulse sum may be adjusted using the encoded actual magnitude. Also, the value corresponding to the number of integers in the vector may be reduced by one. Expected magnitudes for each of the remaining integers of the vector may then be calculated recursively.
US09425800B2	Reconfigurable logic device [Problem] To be able to provide a reconfigurable logic device having a small area and enhanced reprogramming characteristics.[Solution] A reconfigurable logic device for forming a plurality of logic circuits in accordance with configuration data information. Each of the multi-lookup table units includes: a configuration memory that stores configuration data; data input lines; data output lines; and a reconfigurable logic multiplexer that, in response to the configuration data, selectively links data inputted to the data input lines to data outputted to the data output lines, and/or outputs, to the data output lines, data obtained by performing a logical operation on data pertaining to the inputted data. The multi-lookup tables that are adjacent to one another are connected through the data input lines and the data output lines of the respective multi-lookup table units.
US09425792B2	Reconfigurable power switch chains for efficient dynamic power saving Traditionally, designs have been very conservative on power grid design using higher margins than those needed for safe operation. This is especially true for process driver designs which may not have enough data on process characteristics. This invention allows us to recoup these inefficiencies and to speed up the power up/power down dynamically. This invention sequences plural power supply switches serially or in plural parallel sets as set by a wake up mode.
US09425784B2	Circuit having a power transistor and a drive circuit A circuit having a power transistor and drive circuit is disclosed. One embodiment provides a drive terminal and a load path. The power transistor is integrated in a first semiconductor body. A first sensor arrangement having a sensor transistor is integrated in the first semiconductor body. The sensor arrangement provides a first sensor signal dependent on a threshold voltage of the sensor transistor. A drive circuit to which the first sensor signal is supplied and designed to drive the power transistor via its drive terminal as a function of the first sensor signal.
US09425780B1	Apparatus and methods for anti-aliasing in electronic circuits A circuit operating with a switching clock signal and a sampling clock signal can have one or more of its switching and sampling clock signals periodically phase-reversed. The period of phase reversal can be greater than twice the period of the original switching and/or sampling clock signal, and in certain configurations the switching and sampling clock signals can be synchronized. With a selection of phase reversal period (or frequency), aliasing frequency components of the mixed signal from the switching and sampling clock signals can be removed.
US09425778B2	Continuous adaptive data capture optimization for interface circuits A continuously adaptive timing calibration function for a data interface is disclosed. A first calibration method is performed for a mission data path, typically at power-on, to establish an optimal sample point. Reference data paths are established for a second calibration method that does not disturb normal system operation. Data bit edge transitions are examined at fringe timing points on either side of the optimal sample point. Assuming that a timing change for the edge transitions indicates a drift of the optimal sample point, when a drift amount is determined to be greater than a correction threshold value the optimal sampling point for the mission path is adjusted accordingly. At no point does the continuous calibration function determine that any data bit is invalid since the optimal sampling point is always maintained. Also, at no point does continuous calibration require successive alternating data bit values such as 1-0-1 or 0-1-0.
US09425763B2	Longitudinally-coupled-resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter A longitudinally-coupled-resonator-type surface acoustic wave filter includes an unbalanced terminal, balanced terminals, a piezoelectric substrate, a first surface acoustic wave filter unit, a second surface acoustic wave filter unit, an unbalanced signal wiring line, balanced signal wiring lines, a pair of interstage wiring lines that connect the first surface acoustic wave filter unit and the second surface acoustic wave filter unit to each other, and ground wiring lines. The first surface acoustic wave filter unit includes a first IDT and a pair of a second IDT and a third IDT. The first IDT includes a pair of first divided comb tooth shaped electrodes obtained by dividing a comb tooth shaped electrode on the side spaced from the unbalanced terminal along a central axis.
US09425760B2	Composite electronic component, board having the same mounted thereon, and power smoothing unit comprising the same A composite electronic component may include: an input terminal receiving power which has been converted by a power management unit; a power smoothing unit including a capacitor including a ceramic body in which a plurality of dielectric layers and internal electrodes are stacked such that the internal electrodes are disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and an inductor including a magnetic body including a coil part and a magnet, and smoothing power; and an output terminal supplying the smoothed power. The inductor may suppress an alternating current (AC) component of supplied power and the capacitor may reduce ripples in the supplied power.
US09425759B2	Receiver circuit and gain controlling method thereof There is disclosed a receiver circuit and a method for controlling gain in a receiver circuit. The receiver circuit includes a first amplifying stage, a mixer, a filter and a second amplifying stage. The receiver circuit further includes a first feedback loop coupled to the first amplifying stage and configured to generate a first gain control signal for controlling the first signal gain according to a first amplified signal, wherein the first feedback loop operates to maintain the strength of the first amplified signal at a first threshold. The receiver circuit further includes a threshold controller coupled to the first feedback loop, wherein the threshold controller is configured to generate a first threshold control signal for adjusting the first threshold.
US09425758B2	Wireless communication system with power amplifier mechanism and method of operation thereof A wireless communication system includes: a switching capacitor; a multi-way switch, having at least a first voltage input port, a second voltage input port, and an intermediate voltage input port, coupled to the switching capacitor; and a CORDIC processor, coupled to the multi-way switch, configured to select the first voltage input port, the second voltage input port, or the intermediate voltage input port.
US09425752B2	Distributed amplifier with improved stabilization A distributed amplifier with improved stabilization includes an input transmission circuit, an output transmission circuit, at least one cascade amplifier coupled between said input and output transmission circuits. Each cascade amplifier includes a common-gate configured transistor coupled to the output transmission circuit, and a common-source configured transistor coupled between the input transmission circuit and the common-gate configured transistor. The distributed amplifier also includes a non-parasitic resistance and capacitance coupled in series between a drain and a gate of at least one of the common-gate configured transistors for increasing the amplifier stability.
US09425749B2	DC-DC converter incorporating trim cell A novel and useful radio frequency (RF) front end module (FEM) circuit that provides high linearity and power efficiency and meets the requirements of modern wireless communication standards such as 802.11 WLAN, 3G and 4G cellular standards, Bluetooth, ZigBee, etc. The configuration of the FEM circuit permits the use of common, relatively low cost semiconductor fabrication techniques such as standard CMOS processes. The FEM circuit includes a power amplifier made up of one or more sub-amplifiers having high and low power circuits and whose outputs are combined to yield the total desired power gain. An integrated multi-tap transformer having primary and secondary windings arranged in a novel configuration provide efficient power combining and transfer to the antenna of the power generated by the individual sub-amplifiers.
US09425748B2	Amplifier circuit, bi-stage amplifier circuit, multi-stage amplifier circuit, RF-amplifier circuit, receiver section, RF-transceiver, and integrated circuit The present invention relates to an amplifier circuit, comprising: first to fourth semiconductor amplifiers for controlling first to fourth currents between supply and output terminals, a first input terminal connected to provide a first input signal to a first control terminal of the first semiconductor amplifier and to a fourth control terminal of the fourth semiconductor amplifier, and a second input terminal connected to provide a second input signal to a second control terminal of the second semiconductor amplifier and to a third control terminal of the third semiconductor amplifier.The present invention also relates to a bi-stage amplifier circuit, and to a multi-stage amplifier circuit comprising a cascade of a number of amplifier circuits complying to the present invention, the multi-stage amplifier circuit having a gain control logic prepared to control a gain of at least one of the amplifier circuits.
US09425744B2	Multi mode bias modulator operating in envelope tracking mode or average power tracking mode and envelope tracking power amplifier using the same A multi-mode bias modulator operating in envelope tracking mode or average power tracking mode and an envelope tracking power amplifier using the same are disclosed. The envelope tracking power amplifier includes a multi-mode bias modulator and a power amplifier. The multi-mode bias modulator generates a variable bias voltage using a linear amplifier and a switching amplifier operating in envelope tracking mode or average power tracking mode in accordance with an operation mode control signal that determines any one of envelope tracking mode and average power tracking mode. The power amplifier is biased in response to the variable bias voltage, power-amplifies a radio frequency (RF) signal, and outputs the amplified RF signal to an antenna.
US09425739B1	Tunable quadrature oscillator A tunable quadrature oscillator includes a first oscillator having an output, a second oscillator having an output, and a variable gain amplifier. The variable gain amplifier includes an input coupled to the output of the second oscillator, and an output inductively coupled to the output of the first oscillator.
US09425738B2	Spin current generation with nano-oscillator A device including a spin channel to transport a spin current, a nano-oscillator, and a magnetoresistive device that receives the spin current from the nano-oscillator. The nano-oscillator includes a magnetization state that oscillates between a first state and a second state in response to an input voltage or current. The oscillation of the nano-oscillator may induce the spin current within the spin channel. The magnetoresistive device includes a magnetization state that is set based at least in part on the received spin current.
US09425729B2	Motor control devices and methods A system and method for preventing thermal damage to an electric motor in a vehicle includes arrangements for monitoring the motor and detecting a cycle of the motor. If the cycle occurred within a predetermined increment time, a cycle count is incremented. If no cycle occurs for a predetermined decrement time, the cycle count is decremented if the cycle count is greater than zero. If the cycle count is at least equal to a cycle limit, power operation of the motor is deactivated for at least the decrement time. The method may include continuously calculating energy consumed by the motor and, if the energy consumed exceeds one or more allowable energy thresholds, setting the cycle count equal to the cycle limit. The method may further include detecting a failure condition and setting the cycle count equal to the cycle limit when the failure condition is detected.
US09425723B2	System comprising an electrically excited machine A system includes an n-phase separately excited electrical machine, wherein n≧1, and a controllable first energy store that has n parallel energy supply branches. Every energy supply branch includes a first connection that is connected to a respective phase connection of the electrical machine, and a second connection that is connected to a common reference bus. The reference bus is connected to a neutral point of the electrical machine via an exciter winding of the electrical machine.
US09425714B2	Single phase motor energy economizer for regulating the use of electricity A system for controlling power from an AC voltage to an induction motor to reduce surge when power is restored to a power grid is disclosed including, a device for switching power to the induction motor that has a trigger controllable to enable the device to provide a variable amount of power to the induction motor. The system includes a second device for measuring the AC voltage at the source to determine when power is available, hence determining when the AC voltage is within operating range. Responsive to the AC voltage coming within operating range, the system delays for a time period then initiates power to the induction motor by controlling the device for switching power.
US09425712B2	Vibration power-generating strain wave gearing The strain wave gearing includes a rigid internally toothed gear, a flexible externally toothed gear that is disposed coaxially therein and is flexible in the radial direction, and a wave generator that is disposed coaxially inside the externally toothed gear. The flexible externally toothed gear is bent in the radial direction by the wave generator and meshes with the rigid internally toothed gear in sections. When the position of meshing of the rigid internally toothed gear with the flexible externally toothed gear moves in the circumferential direction as the wave generator rotates, a relative rotation that corresponds to the difference in number of teeth of the two gears is generated between the two gears. A vibration-powered generator is disposed on the flexible externally toothed gear. The vibration-powered generator is provided with a piezoelectric element.
US09425707B2	Inverter device capable of appropriately fixing a power module having a switching element and a smoothing capacitor in a limited region A compact inverter device that includes a power module having a switching element and a smoothing capacitor that converts electric power between DC power and AC power. The inverter is configured with a plate-like DC bus board to which the smoothing capacitor is fixed, a fixing member that maintains a relative positional relation between the DC bus board. The DC bus board has a plurality of connection positive terminals that are electrically connected to the positive electrode pattern and that are respectively electrically connected to the positive terminals of the plurality of power modules. The DC bus board and power modules are fixed to the fixing member by connection positive terminal and positive terminals through a common fastening member, and similarly on the negative terminals.
US09425705B2	Method and apparatus for bypassing cascaded H-bridge (CHB) power cells and power sub cell for multilevel inverter Multilevel power converters, power cells and methods are presented for selectively bypassing a power stage of a multilevel inverter circuit, in which a single relay or contactor includes one or more normally closed output control contacts coupled between a given power cell switching circuit and the given power cell output, along with a normally open bypass contact coupled across the power stage output, with a local or central controller energizing the coil of the relay or contactor of a given cell to bypass that cell.
US09425702B2	System and method for safe switching in an AC-to-AC converter A system and method for controlling switching in an AC-AC converter is disclosed. A controller for the AC-AC converter determines a direction of current flow on supply lines that provide AC power to the AC-AC converter and determines a switching pattern for each of a plurality of line-side switches and each of a plurality of floating-neutral side switches in the AC-AC converter based on the determined direction of current flow on each of the supply lines. The controller causes the line-side switches and the floating-neutral side switches to operate in an ON or OFF condition according to the determined switching pattern, such that a controlled current flow is output from the AC-AC converter. The controller also implements a safe-switching routine when transitioning from a first switching pattern to a second switching pattern that prevents a non-zero current from being interrupted during the transitioning between the first and second switching patterns.
US09425701B2	Power conversion device There is disclosed a power conversion apparatus 3 for converting polyphase ac power directly to ac power. A conversion circuit includes a plurality of first switching devices 311, 313, 315 and a plurality of second switching devices 312, 314, 316 connected, respectively, with the phases R, S, T of the polyphase ac power, and configured to enable electrical switching operation in both directions. Output lines 331, 332 formed by a pair of busbars are connected with the conversion circuit. The first switching devices and the second switching devices are so arranged that output terminals are arranged in a row. The output lines 331, 332 are connected with the output terminals and drawn out rectilinearly in one direction.
US09425694B2	Current resonance type DC-DC converter and method for operating current resonance type DC-DC converter A current resonance type DC-DC converter includes a transformer that has a primary winding and a secondary winding, a switching circuit that has a pair of first switching elements and that is connected to the primary winding, an AC/DC transfer circuit that has four rectifying devices, which are connected in full bridge and include a pair of second switching elements, that is connected to the secondary winding, that converts an AC voltage, which is induced at the secondary winding, into a DC voltage and that outputs the DC voltage, and a control circuit that controls ON and OFF operations of the pairs of the first and second switching elements. The control circuit controls the ON and OFF operations so as to synchronize the pair of the first switching elements with the pair of the second switching elements.
US09425690B2	Current controlling mode direct current (DC)-DC converter There is provided a current controlling mode DC-DC converter that operates in a PWM mode or a PFM mode by adjusting a turned-on time of a gate depending on power consumption of a load. The DC-DC converter includes a first comparator that receives a first input voltage and a second input voltage and outputs a first output signal, a second comparator that receives a reference voltage for mode switching and the second input voltage and outputs a second output signal, and a first logic element that outputs a reset signal for turning off a gate at a point of time when both the first output signal and the second output signal are applied. Examples may also include additional elements to facilitate mode switching.
US09425681B2	Battery energy storage and power system Battery energy storage arranged to be connected to a direct current capacitor, which is connected in parallel to a power converter. The battery energy storage includes a battery module and a controllable voltage source adapted to inject a voltage opposite to a voltage ripple of the direct current capacitor. A power system including such battery energy storage and a direct current capacitor is also disclosed.
US09425678B2	Switching power supply apparatus and semiconductor device Provided is a switching power supply apparatus that shifts to an OFF mode when electronic equipment is on standby, and includes: an OFF mode delay circuit that delays shifting to the OFF mode; and an electric storage unit and a power supply circuit that function as a power supply source of an OFF mode control circuit. With the configuration, the power consumption can almost be eliminated, and the switching power supply apparatus can start without any charge in an electricity storage component such as a primary battery or a secondary battery.
US09425674B2	System for producing stacked lamina elements of an electrical machine stator A cutting machine for producing lamina elements includes a cutting mechanism for cutting out a first lamina element from a foil at a first position within the foil and for cutting out a second lamina element from the foil at a second position within the foil. With respect to a centerline of the foil the first position has a first distance and the second position has a second distance being different to the first distance. The cutting machine is adapted for releasing the cut out first lamina element and the cut out second lamina element, such that by utilizing the gravitational force the first lamina element and the second lamina element are transferred to a container, in which they are arranged in a stacked and in an aligned manner with respect to each other.
US09425671B1	Low-speed towed power generating apparatus A low-speed towed power generating apparatus may include a mobile base comprising a platform and an axle with a pair of wheels and a differential gear set and a pair of axle shafts extending from the differential gear set and having a said wheel mounted on each of the axle shafts such that rotation of the wheels rotates the shafts and the differential gear set. The axle may include an output pulley mounted on the differential gear set. A generator assembly on the mobile base may comprise an electrical generator having an input shaft with an input pulley mounted on the input shaft, a drive belt being mounted on the input pulley and the output pulley, and a power output circuit electrically connected to the generator. A battery may be electrically connected to the generator for receiving power from the power output circuit of the generator assembly.
US09425660B2	Orbital motor and generator Described herein is a technology for an electric motor system that reduces stress in motor shaft bearings. Furthermore, the electric motor system that provides an adequate heat ventilation is described herein.
US09425659B2	Sheet metal holder for retaining permanent magnets A rotor for an electric motor. A rotor for an electric motor has a main rotor body which includes radial support surfaces. In addition, the rotor has permanent magnet bodies which are arranged radially externally on the radial support surfaces. Associated with each permanent magnet body is a sheet metal holder which at least partially covers the respective permanent magnet body on the side thereof remote from the support surface and which is designed and arranged such that it secures this permanent magnet body in the radial direction.
US09425655B2	Magnetic pole-piece support A pole piece support comprising a frame having a spaced array of non-magnetic support structures, wherein disposed between at least a pair of adjacent non-magnetic support structures is a magnetic pole piece supported along at least a portion of its body by the adjacent non-magnetic support structures.
US09425651B2	Staggered charging system A consumer electronic system for holding and providing power to any number of consumer electronic devices includes any number of cradles in a staggered configuration, such that, displays of consumer electronic devices in each of the cradles are each visible without being substantially blocked by other consumer electronic devices. In one embodiment, the consumer electronic system for holding and providing power comprises multiple sub-systems, each having one or more cradles, such that, the sub-systems are joined to produce a consumer electronic system for holding and providing power to the desired number of possible consumer electronic devices at one time.
US09425650B2	Systems, methods, and devices for control of multimode UPS Systems and methods are provided to control a multimode uninterruptible power supply (UPS) using external information relevant to the stability of the power source. In one example, a UPS system may include at least one inverter feed path and at least one bypass feed path. A controller may command the inverter feed path and the bypass feed path based at least in part on information relevant to the stability of the power source that supplies the first inverter feed path or the first bypass feed path, or both. This information relevant to the stability of the power source may derive from at least one information provider external to the UPS system.
US09425638B2	Alignment independent and self-aligning inductive power transfer system An inductive power transfer device is provided for recharging cordless appliances. The device includes a plurality of inductors arranged in an array and connected with a power supply via switches which are selectively operable to activate the respective inductors. The inductors serve as the primary coil of a transformer. The secondary coil of the transformer is arranged in the appliance. When the appliance is arranged proximate to the power transfer device with the respective coils in alignment, power is inductively transferred from the device to the appliance via the transformer.
US09425622B2	Power converter circuit with AC output and at least one transformer A power converter circuit includes a synchronization circuit that is configured to generate at least one synchronization signal. A series circuit includes a number of converter units configured to output an output current. At least one of the converter units includes a transformer and is configured to generate an output current such that a frequency or a phase of the generated output current is dependent on the synchronization signal.
US09425618B2	Power supply device, electrical storage device, electric vehicle, and electric power system capable of switching between PFC control and MPPT control A power supply device includes: an input determination section configured to determine which one of a commercial power supply and a power generator is an input power supply, and to generate a determination signal; a conversion section of a switching type configured to convert an input voltage into an output voltage; and a drive-signal generation section configured to be supplied with determination output from the input determination section, and to generate a switching drive signal for the conversion section, the drive-signal generation section being configured to serve as a power-factor correction control section and to generate the switching drive signal when the determination signal indicates that the commercial power supply is the input power supply, and being configured to serve as a maximum power point tracking control section and to generate the switching drive signal when the determination signal indicates that the power generator is the input power supply.
US09425616B2	RC triggered ESD protection device An RC triggered ESD protection device comprises a discharge transistor, a driver circuit and a trigger circuit. The trigger circuit comprises a plurality of native NMOS transistors connected in parallel with a plurality of PMOS transistors operating as resistors. The relatively small resistance of the plurality of native NMOS transistors helps to keep a stable RC time constant value so that the ESD protection device can avoid a leakage current during a power up operation.
US09425608B2	Overvoltage protection system and method An electrical system for use with an alternator that supplies electrical power, an internal combustion engine including such an electrical system, and related methods of operation are disclosed. In one example embodiment, such an electrical system includes a first circuit portion configured to govern whether the power is communicated from the alternator system to a terminal associated with a battery and/or a load, and a second circuit portion configured to determine whether a voltage is elevated above a predetermined threshold and to provide a first signal upon determining that the voltage is so elevated. The electrical system also includes a third circuit portion coupled at least indirectly to the other two circuit portions. The third circuit portion is configured to provide a second signal upon receiving the first signal, the second signal being configured to cause the first circuit portion to cease allowing communication of the power to the terminal.
US09425605B2	Method for protecting a cable splice connection with a cover assembly A method for protecting a cable splice connection including a cable, the cable including an electrical conductor surrounded by a cable insulation layer, includes providing a splice body assembly including: an electrically insulative, elastomeric splice body having an interior surface defining an interior passage; and a layer of a conformable medium pre-mounted on the interior surface of the splice body. The conformable medium is a flowable, electrically insulative material. The method further includes mounting the splice body assembly on the cable splice connection such that the layer of the conformable mastic is interposed between and engages each of the interior surface of the splice body and an opposing interface surface of the cable insulation layer.
US09425600B2	Aircraft electrical cable raceway An electrical cable raceway for an aircraft, the electrical cable raceway being formed at least in part from a ceramic material.
US09425599B2	Devices, systems, and methods to secure wires and prevent wire theft Devices, systems, and methods to secure wires and prevent wire theft. In an exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises a wire grip portion comprising a compressible material and having a first aperture and a first groove defined therein, the first groove extending from an outer boundary of the wire grip portion to the first aperture, a collar configured to surround the outer boundary of the wire grip portion, and a first locking mechanism coupled to or formed as part of the collar, the first locking mechanism configured so to tighten the collar relative to the wire grip portion.
US09425597B2	Grommet A grommet body includes: a cylinder portion into which a wire harness is inserted; a first conical flange portion which extends onto an outer circumference of the cylinder portion, and is formed in a conical shape expanding toward a vehicle body panel; an annular seal lip which is formed in a shape protruding onto an outer circumferential edge portion of the first conical flange portion, the edge portion being on a surface opposing the vehicle body panel; and a second conical flange portion which extends from an outer circumferential end of the first conical flange portion, and is formed in the conical shape expanding toward the vehicle body panel at a conical angle smaller than the conical angle of the first conical flange portion.
US09425586B2	Method for producing a corona ignition device The invention relates to a method for producing a corona ignition device, in which a center electrode is plugged into an insulator and is connected to a coil, the coil is arranged in a housing tube, a mount for the insulator is fastened to a front end of the housing tube, and a plug connector is fastened to a rear end of the housing tube, and the housing tube is filled with insulating gas. In accordance with this disclosure, the insulating gas is introduced into the housing tube through a bore which is later sealed by welding. In one embodiment, a peg is plugged into the bore to facilitate sealing. In another embodiment, the bore is drilled into the plug connector.
US09425585B2	Insulator and spark plug An insulator used in a spark plug having improved strength and dielectric strength performance. The insulator comprises a sintered compact whose main constituent is alumina. In the sintered compact, a content ratio of a rare earth element (R. E.) and a group 2 element (2A) satisfies 0.1≦R. E./2A ≦1.4, and the content ratio of the R. E. and barium oxide (BaO) satisfies 0.2≦BaO/R. E.≦0.8. At least one virtual rectangular frame of 7.5 μm×50 μm surrounding crystals containing the rare earth element lies within a region of 630 μm×480 μm in any cross section of the sintered compact.
US09425581B2	Anisotropic beam pumping of a Kerr lens modelocked laser Apparatus and methods for anisotropic pumping of a Kerr lens modelocked laser. Direct diode laser pumping of an ultrafast Kerr lens modelocked laser oscillator is accomplished. Diode lasers generate severely anisotropic beams, meaning the pump beam has a higher-beam-quality dimension and a lower-beam-quality dimension. By spatially overlap of the pump beam higher-beam-quality dimension and the KLM laser mode, KLM operation is accomplished. Multiple laser diode pump beams are combined in counterpropagating and same-side configurations.
US09425570B2	Power receptacle assembly A power receptacle assembly includes a first housing, a second housing, one or more receptacle units, one or more functional receptacles, and a decorative bordered frame. Two or more through holes are disposed at lower portions of two opposing sides of the first housing to admit a hook portion formed by extending downward two outer sides of the second housing engaged with the one or more receptacle units and admit a hook portion formed by extending downward two outer sides of the one or more functional receptacle. Not only does the power receptacle feature a flexible combination of a conventional receptacle unit and a functional receptacle in operation to meet user needs and application needs, but the assembly process also features simple engagement and precise positioning.
US09425566B2	Power strip and cord thereof A power strip adapted for receiving an alternating-current power includes a plug, a main body, and a cord connected there between. The plug includes at least two conductive pins and an output device. The main body includes at least one socket and a converting circuit. The cord includes an electrically insulating cover, and an alternating-current transferring wire and a direct-current transferring wire, which are wrapped in the electrically insulating cover. The alternating-current transferring wire is electrically connected between the conductive pins and the socket. The direct-current transferring wire is electrically connected between the output device and the converting circuit. The plug is for transferring the alternating-current power to the main body through the alternating-current transferring wire. The converting circuit is for converting the alternating-current power to a direct-current power and transferring the direct-current power to the output device through the direct-current transferring wire.

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