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US09489698B2	Media content recommendations based on social network relationship A system includes a plurality of media content processing devices, a content server, and a recommendation server. Each media content processing device is configured to receive media content from a content provider. The content server is configured to provide the media content to each of the media content processing devices. The recommendation server is configured to collect viewing data from each of the media content processing device. The recommendation server is further configured to provide each media content processing device with a viewing recommendation based at least in part on the viewing data collected from one or more of the other media content processing devices and a social network relationship between at least two of the media content processing devices.
US09489696B1	Estimating a cost using a controllable inspection vehicle Disclosed systems and methods automatically assess claims. A device may receive one or more images of a claimed object, such as a building or vehicle, compare the images to reference images and generate an estimate of financial damages to the object. The device may then generate a claim assessment based on previous comparisons and generated estimates. The claim assessment may be sent directly to a client or to an agent for review and/or processing.
US09489680B2	Systems and methods for providing location based coupon-less offers to registered card members The system provides location based coupon-less offers based upon a location of a card member (CM). A location of a CM may be determined based upon one or more of a travel itinerary, a GPS signal, a proximity of a mobile communication device to a cellular base station, and/or a zip code. An offer from a merchant registered to provide coupon-less offers may be transmitted to a mobile communication device based upon the location. An offer, once accepted by a CM, may be matched to a record of charge associated with a transaction account held by the CM. A credit may be applied to the CM's transaction account and a debit may be applied to a transaction account of the registered merchant. One or more offer categories and/or one or more offer category classes may be transmitted to the mobile communication device based upon the CM's location.
US09489674B2	Frequency-based transaction prediction and processing Methods, apparatus, and systems are provided for tracking and analyzing data of consumer activity. The tracked data can be organized (e.g. as stored in cache, RAM, hard drives) in certain types of tables, where the tables can be associated with certain tags (keys) for efficiently accessing the data. The organization and associations of the data can also provide simple mechanisms for manipulating the data to obtain results specifically relevant for a task, such as detection of fraud or prediction of consumer behavior to provide better customer service or new services. For example, the tables may contain counters that store the number of times that two correlated consumer events occur within specific time intervals of each other. Such time data can provide efficient determination of patterns of consumer activity.
US09489673B2	Payment system and methods Disclosed are payment system and methods in which a shopper pays with a temporary payment token that is a number (such as a 7-digit number that appeared on the screen of the shopper's mobile phone) at a POS device, without the shopper needing have his own mag-stripe card.
US09489672B1	System and method for providing contactless payment with a near field communications attachment A system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include an attachment with a near field communication antenna, a secure element, a plug capable of connecting the attachment to an audio jack on a mobile device. Further, a system and method in accordance with exemplary embodiments may include receiving a payment initiation instruction from a customer, using a near field communication antenna, sending payment information to a point of sale device, using one or more computer processors, encoding data related to the payment as audio data, and transmitting the data related to the payment through an audio jack.
US09489661B2	Messaging system apparatuses circuits and methods of operation thereof A messaging system may include a messaging client device that may be configured to output web browser renderable code comprising a text message and further configured to manage the web browser renderable code in accordance with a message management policy associated with the text message. The messaging system may further include a messaging server that is configured to validate said messaging client device as complying with the message management policy prior to sending a link to the web browser renderable code. The messaging system may include a second messaging client device configured to validate a first messaging client device as complying with the message management policy prior to authorizing transmission of the message to the first messaging client device.
US09489660B2	Methods and systems for public collaborative interface for private network groups Systems and methods are provided for a public collaborative interface for private computer networks. A system receives a domain name that enables users associated with the domain name to subscribe to a private network group, wherein the domain name differs from a domain name for the private network group. The system outputs a network feed from a user of the private network group to a display device associated with a user associated with the domain name in response to a determination that the user associated with the domain name is subscribed to the private network group. The system outputs a network feed from the user associated with the domain name to display devices associated with users of the private network group in response to a determination that the user associated with the domain name is subscribed to the private network group. The received domain name can be an email address.
US09489651B2	Autonomic manufacturing operator authorization adjustment Operator authorizations are autonomically adjusted in many ways to automatically account for many different variables. Operator authorization may be adjusted according to an operator's past activity record so previous experience is not lost when the operator is rehired. Operator authorization may be adjusted according to the operator's quality and performance. Operator authorization may also be adjusted by recognizing similar operations to those the operator is authorized to perform, and authorizing the operator to perform one or more similar operations. Operator authorization may also be adjusted to a lesser level or may be revoked for an operation based on the passage of time. A manufacturing system may efficiently track operators taking into account different activity periods, the passage of time, the operator's performance, and similar operations to autonomically adjust the authorization of the operators as needed.
US09489650B2	Radio frequency identification system for tracking and managing materials in a manufacturing process A process management system uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) detection system in the form of, for example, a phased array antenna based RFID detection system to track and manage material storage and flow in a manufacturing process or plant. The process management system operates in conjunction with the various machines that implement manufacturing stages or steps of the manufacturing process to assure that the correct materials and processing procedures are used at or on the various production machines of the process to produce a particular product as defined by a job number or job order. The process management system is thereby able to increase the efficiencies of the plant and to increase the quality of the plant production by reducing or eliminating waste, manufacturing errors and shipping errors in the production facility.
US09489649B2	Message payload editor Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are provided for editing messages via a message-specific user interface. In some implementations, a method may be provided. The method may include receiving, at a user interface, data content of a message corresponding to a business object; presenting, at the user interface, the data content of the message corresponding to the business object, the user interface generated specifically for a type associated with the message; and initiating, at the user interface, at least one of a change and a save to the data content. Related systems, methods, and articles of manufacture are also disclosed.
US09489644B2	Vehicle drive matching system and method A vehicle includes a route collection module that collects drive history data describing a plurality of routes traveled by the vehicle and associated departure and arrival times for each of the routes, and a vehicle computing system that sends the drive history data and, in response, receives contact information for at least one driver of at least one other vehicle based on a similarity between the collected drive history data and drive history data associated with the at least one other vehicle. The vehicle further includes an interface that displays or plays the contact information to facilitate ride sharing between a driver of the vehicle and the at least one driver of the at least one other vehicle.
US09489643B2	Minimize downtime with immediate upgrade of data in databases Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for updating data stored within the database. In some implementations, actions include determining a cut-off date, defining a first group of data within a first table based on the cut-off date, defining a second group of data within the first table based on the cut-off date, providing the second group of data in a second table, converting the first group of data from a first data structure to a second data structure to provide converted first data within the first table, making the converted first data available for access over a network, converting the second group of data from the first data structure to the second data structure to provide converted second data in the second table, and making the converted second data available for access over the network.
US09489640B2	Methods and systems for compliance confirmation and incentives Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring use by a user of a portable research device based on one or more kinds of monitored data. Methods and systems are disclosed for monitoring use by a user of a portable research device in accordance with at least one predetermined use criterion using actively and/or passively gathered data.
US09489631B2	Cognitive map-based decision simulation for training (CMDST) Disclosed is a Cognitive Map-Based Tactical Decision Simulation for Training (CMDST) uses fuzzy cognitive maps (FCM's) to: 1) model high-stress tactical problems or engagements and their causal relationships; 2) simulate situational activities immediately prior to, during, and following the occurrence of a tactical problem or engagement; 3) calculate the relative values of different courses of action; 4) perform individual performance and comparative analysis of selected courses of action; 5) conduct after action reviews to solidify lessons learned from the simulation; and 6) develop individual decision making action plans to outline specific actions to be undertaken to improve future decision making performance.
US09489629B2	Tailored supporting evidence Systems, methods, and computer program products to perform an operation comprising receiving a case from a user, determining a level of sophistication of the user, determining a level of sophistication associated with each of a plurality of items of supporting evidence in a corpus of information, selecting a subset of the plurality of items of supporting evidence based on the determined levels of sophistication, and returning the selected subset to the user as part of a response to the case.
US09489623B1	Apparatus and methods for backward propagation of errors in a spiking neuron network Apparatus and methods for developing robotic controllers comprising parallel networks. In some implementations, a parallel network may comprise at least first and second neuron layers. The second layer may be configured to determine a measure of discrepancy (error) between a target network output and actual network output. The network output may comprise control signal configured to cause a task execution by the robot. The error may be communicated back to the first neuron layer in order to adjust efficacy of input connections into the first layer. The error may be encoded into spike latency using linear or nonlinear encoding. Error communication and control signal provision may be time multiplexed so as to enable target action execution. Efficacy associated with forward and backward/reverse connections may be stored in individual arrays. A synchronization mechanism may be employed to match forward/reverse efficacy in order to implement plasticity.
US09489619B2	Method for the computer-assisted modeling of a technical system A method for computer-assisted modeling of a technical system is disclosed. At multiple different operating points, the technical system is described by a first state vector with first state variable(s) and by a second state vector with second state variable(s). A neural network comprising a special form of a feed-forward network is used for the computer-assisted modeling of said system. The feed-forward network includes at least one bridging connector that connects a neural layer with an output layer, thereby bridging at least one hidden layer, which allows the training of networks with multiple hidden layers in a simple manner with known learning methods, e.g., the gradient descent method. The method may be used for modeling a gas turbine system, in which a neural network trained using the method may be used to estimate or predict nitrogen oxide or carbon monoxide emissions or parameters relating to combustion chamber vibrations.
US09489614B2	Displaying an animated digital watermark A computer-implemented method for displaying an animated digital watermark including the display of a mobile payment card on a mobile display screen, wherein the mobile payment card is linked to a payment system, and the display of an animated digital watermark on the mobile display screen to ensure authenticity of the displayed mobile payment card.
US09489613B2	RFID transponder chip modules with a band of the antenna extending inward The planar antenna (PA) of a transponder chip module (TCM) may have a U-shaped portion so that an outer end (OE) of the antenna may be positioned close to an RFID chip (IC) disposed at a central area of a module tape (MT) for the transponder chip module. A module tape (MT2) may have contact pads (CP) on one side thereof and a connection bridge (CBR) on another side thereof, and may be joined with a module tape (MT1) having a planar antenna (PA). Metal of a conductive layer (CL) within a conductive element such as a coupling frame (CF) or a planar antenna (PA) may be scribed to have many small segments. A metal sheet may be stamped to have contact side metallization, and joined with a module tape (MT) having a planar antenna (PA).
US09489608B2	Amplifier and transmission solution for 13.56MHz radio coupled to smartmx smartcard controller An RFID card includes a smartcard controller that receives power from a host device. The RFID card also includes a small inductive device capable of inductive coupling with an RFID reader. The small inductive device is small enough to fit in the form factor of a memory card or SIM card. Enhancement circuits enhance the usable read and write distance of the RFID card.
US09489607B2	Semiconductor device and an identification tag A semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a battery attached to the semiconductor substrate, and a sensor attached to the semiconductor substrate. The battery is electrically connected to the sensor and configured to supply the sensor with electrical power.
US09489602B2	Image forming apparatus and method of forming images An image forming apparatus, method, and system are disclosed. The apparatus includes first and second image forming sections; a selector that selects one of a first halftone screen for a first printing mode in which the first image forming section forms a first image on the print medium, and a second halftone screen for a second printing mode in which the first image forming section forms the first image on the print medium and the second image forming section forms a second image on the first image so that the first image and the second image are printed one over the other. The first and second halftone screens include respective first and second numbers of raster lines per unit, the first halftone screen and the second halftone screen being different in the number of raster lines; a controller; and a discharging section.
US09489594B2	Image processing device, image processing method and program An image processing device includes an evaluation unit which acquires a search pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a scene of a video content containing the scene, where a similar scene is to be searched, and a search target pattern which is an appearance pattern of a person in a video content which is to be a search target of the similar scene, calculates a degree of similarity between the search pattern and the search target pattern, and determines the similar scene on a basis of the calculated degree of similarity.
US09489593B2	Information processing apparatus and training method An information processing apparatus, for training a classifier that classifies local regions of an object, includes a feature amount setting unit, a selection unit, and a training unit. The feature amount setting unit sets a feature amount to be used by the classifier. The selection unit selects a local region of the object based on a predetermined selection condition based on positions for obtaining the feature amount set by the feature amount setting unit. The training unit trains the classifier using the feature amount set by the feature amount setting unit and the local region selected by the selection unit.
US09489590B2	Color mode determination apparatus and non-transitory computer readable medium storing color mode determination program A color mode determination apparatus includes: a color mode determining section that obtains image data including a plurality of visualization objects, performs polychrome/monochrome determination on whether the visualization object is polychromic or monochromic, and performs color mode determination on whether the image data is polychromic image data or monochromic image data based on a result of the polychrome/monochrome determination; and an overlap determining section that determines whether a predetermined visualization object is overlapped with other visualization objects when the polychrome/monochrome determination is performed for the predetermined visualization object. The color mode determining section changes a determination target range of the polychrome/monochrome determination depending on whether the predetermined visualization object is overlapped with other visualization objects.
US09489585B2	Lane mark recognition device An edge image generating unit 12 generates an edge image 22, into which edge points whose variation in luminance relative to a surrounding portion is equal to or more than a predetermined value have been extracted, from an image 21 captured by a camera 2. A candidate image portion extracting unit 13 extracts a candidate image portion, which is a candidate for an image portion of a dashed-line lane mark, from the edge image 22. A dashed-line lane mark recognizing unit 14 recognizes the dashed-line lane mark based on a plurality of candidate image portions each of whose length in the corresponding real space is within a predetermined range and which are continuous in a given direction among the candidate image portions.
US09489577B2	Visual similarity for video content Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for visual similarity. A method includes receiving a stream of video content, generating interpretations of the received video content using speech/natural language processing (NLP), associating the interpretations of the received video content with images extracted from video content based on timeline, and using the interpretations to obtain interpretations of other images or other video content.
US09489575B1	Sensor-based navigation correction A system and method for providing sensor-based navigation correction of a GPS-sensed position of an aircraft includes a synthetic vision system. The synthetic vision system captures a visual image of the surrounding area via image sensors and generates a location model based on the image. A georeference engine compares the location model to static high-resolution terrain and obstacle databases to determine a corrected position of the aircraft. The georeference engine then updates the GPS-sensed position with the corrected position, transmitting the corrected position to the combiner. The combiner generates for display an enhanced image based on the visual image and the corrected position of the aircraft.
US09489570B2	Method and system for emotion and behavior recognition A method and system for recognizing behavior is disclosed, the method includes: capturing at least one video stream of data on one or more subjects; extracting body skeleton data from the at least one video stream of data; computing feature extractions on the extracted body skeleton data to generate a plurality of 3 dimensional delta units for each frame of the extracted body skeleton data; generating a plurality of histogram sequences for each frame by projecting the plurality of 3 dimensional delta units for each frame to a spherical coordinate system having a plurality of spherical bins; generating an energy map for each of the plurality of histogram sequences by mapping the plurality of spherical bins versus time; applying a Histogram of Oriented Gradients (HOG) algorithm on the plurality of energy maps to generate a single column vector; and classifying the single column vector as a behavior and/or emotion.
US09489569B2	Semantic representation module of a machine-learning engine in a video analysis system A machine-learning engine is disclosed that is configured to recognize and learn behaviors, as well as to identify and distinguish between normal and abnormal behavior within a scene, by analyzing movements and/or activities (or absence of such) over time. The machine-learning engine may be configured to evaluate a sequence of primitive events and associated kinematic data generated for an object depicted in a sequence of video frames and a related vector representation. The vector representation is generated from a primitive event symbol stream and a phase space symbol stream, and the streams describe actions of the objects depicted in the sequence of video frames.
US09489563B2	Method and arrangement for identifying a difference between a first 3D model of an environment and a second 3D model of the environment The invention relates to a method for identifying a difference between a first 3D model of an environment and a second 3D model of the environment. The first and second 3D model each comprise a plurality of points or parts, wherein each point or part of the first and second model comprises geometrical information and texture information. Corresponding points or parts of the first and second 3D model are matched based on the geometrical information and/or the texture information. The matched points or parts of the first and second model are compared to determine at least one difference value based on the geometrical information and the texture information of the first and second model. A difference between the first and second model is identified if the at least one difference value exceeds a predetermined value. The invention also relates to an arrangement, a computer program, and a computer program product.
US09489561B2	Method and system for estimating fingerprint pose A method and system for estimating a fingerprint pose are provided. The method includes following steps. A fingerprint image to be estimated is input, features are extracted from the fingerprint image to be estimated in all possible center positions and directions, each feature is scored via a classifier and a center position and direction corresponding to a feature of a highest score is selected as a fingerprint pose estimation result.
US09489555B2	Laser scanning code symbol reading system employing programmable decode time-window filtering A method and system for reading code symbols using a code symbol reading system having a programmable decode time-window filter mode of operation. During this mode of operation, only decoded code symbols that have been scanned within a selected (e.g. central) portion of the laser scan line field are processed according to a special decode time-window filtering function. In particular, if the decoded bar code symbol is a programming-type bar code symbol, then the system controller applies the function represented by the programming-type bar code symbol; and if the decoded bar code symbol is a non-programming-type bar code symbol, then the system controller either transmits symbol character data associated therewith to the host system or stores the symbol character data within memory aboard the bar code symbol reading system.
US09489546B2	Data input device, data input method and computer readable storage medium A data input device includes a determination unit, a generation/selection unit and a storage control unit. The determination unit determines whether a predetermined automatic label generation condition is satisfied on the basis of (i) input data and (ii) predetermined data that has a type relevant to the input data and is stored in an automatic label generation condition storage unit. The generation/selection unit generates or selects electronic label information having a predetermined content fit for the automatic label generation condition when the determination unit determines that the automatic label generation condition is satisfied. The storage control unit correlates and stores the generated or selected electronic label information with input-data identification information of the input data in a label information storage unit.
US09489544B2	Data communication authentication system for vehicle gateway apparatus for vehicle data communication system for vehicle and data communication apparatus for vehicle A vehicular data communication system includes an authentication device for authenticating an external tool connected to a bus, an authentication control device for determining whether an external tool is authenticated by the authentication device and for setting an authenticated state to permit a data communication between the external tool and an access target ECU on the bus upon determining that the external tool is authenticated by the authentication device, and an authentication maintain device for maintaining the authenticated state within a predetermined period after the authenticated state is set by the authentication control device.
US09489536B2	System and method for secure reciprocal exchange of data A social media computer system and method for transmission of data between a first mobile phone and a second mobile phone includes a database that is configured to be in network communication with the first mobile phone and the second mobile phone. The database is configured to receive a first set of data input by the first mobile phone and a second set of data input by the second mobile phone. The database is configured to allow the second mobile phone to access at least a portion of the first set of data only after the second mobile phone authorizes the first mobile phone via the database to access the second set of data. The database can include a plurality of privacy levels that are alternately selectable by the first mobile phone to control the amount of the first set of data that is accessible by the second mobile phone. The first set of data can include one or more of video data, audio data, geographic location information, visual data and textual data, input into the database via the first mobile phone.
US09489535B2	Retrieval of data across multiple partitions of a storage device using digital signatures A system and method for exchanging data among partitions of a storage device is disclosed. For example, data stored in a first partition is exchanged with an application included in the first partition or with a second application included in a second partition. In one embodiment, the second application is associated with a global certificate while the first application is associated with a different platform certificate. A verification module included in the first partition receives a request for data and determines if the request for data is received from the first application. If the request for data is not received from the first application, the verification module determines whether the request is received from the second application and whether the global certificate is an authorized certificate. For example, the verification module determines whether the global certificate is included in a listing of authorized certificates.
US09489531B2	System and method for controlling access to electronic devices A computer implemented method for controlling access to an electronic media source is disclosed. An access control system receives achievement goals and degree of access information. Assessment information is also received by the access control system from one or more input data sources. The access control system determines whether the achievement goals are met based on the received assessment information and forwards an access signal to the electronic media source based on the access determination. The access signal, including a grant signal, is forwarded when the achievement goals are met.
US09489529B2	Data security system Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of identifying unauthorized access to a data file on an unauthorized machine. The method includes: modifying the data file to include surreptitious code, the surreptitious code executing on a machine when the data file is opened or otherwise used by the machine; and receiving information transmitted by the surreptitious code, wherein the surreptitious code includes instructions for: gathering information about the executing machine, determining whether the executing machine is an unauthorized machine, and transmitting the information if the executing machine is an unauthorized machine. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, the storage medium including instructions for: executing surreptitious code when the medium is accessed by a computing device; gathering information about the computing device; determining whether the computing device is an authorized machine; and transmitting the information if the computing device is an unauthorized machine.
US09489528B2	Single use recovery key Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to disclosing recovery keys. In aspects, when a recovery key is disclosed, data is updated to indicate that the recovery key has been disclosed. A machine that has locked data may determine whether a recovery key for the locked data has been disclosed and whether a new key needs to be generated for the locked data. If a new key needs to be generated for the locked data, the machine may generate the new key and send it to a recovery store for storage. In addition, old keys that protect the locked data may be deleted after the new key has been generated and stored.
US09489527B2	Content provider with multi-device secure application integration Methods and systems for providing access to content are disclosed. The method is performed at least in part at a client computer system having a processor and memory. The method includes detecting, via a supplemental application associated with a host application at the client computer, a user selection of content. The supplemental application is unauthorized to independently access the content. The method further includes accessing the content at a server computer via a communication channel between the host application and the server computer, in response to the user selection detected via the supplemental application. The communication channel is inaccessible to applications executed separately from the host application at the client computer. The method further includes initiating presentation of the content at the client computer.
US09489526B1	Pre-analyzing served content A computer-implemented method includes identifying first code for a content that has not been analyzed for purposes of transforming the first code before serving the code in response to future requests for the first code; analyzing the first code to identify portions of the first code that can be changed without affecting a manner in which the first code will function on client devices; subsequently receiving a request for the content; applying rules generated from analyzing the first code to a currently-served version of the first code, so as to obfuscated the currently-served version of the first code; and providing the obfuscated version of the currently-served version of the first code to a computing device that provide the request.
US09489523B2	Systems and methods for file access auditing Systems and methods for providing an auditing file system for theft-prone devices are disclosed. The auditing file system supports fine-grained file auditing: a user may obtain reliable, explicit evidence that no files have been accessed after a device's loss. A user may also disable future file access after a device's loss, even in the absence of device network connectivity. In one embodiment, files are encrypted locally but the encryption keys are stored remotely, so that an audit server is queried for encryption keys to access protected files. By configuring the audit server to refuse to return a particular file's key, the user can prevent new accesses after the device is lost.
US09489522B1	Method for secure and resilient distributed generation of elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) based digital signatures with proactive security Described is system for generation of elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) based digital signatures. A Secret-Share protocol is initialized between a client and a set of servers to share a set of shares of a private key s among the set of servers. The set of servers initializes a protocol to generate a digital signature on a message using the set of shares of the private key s without reconstructing or revealing the private key s. The set of servers periodically initializes a Secret-Redistribute protocol on each share of the private key s to re-randomize the set of shares. A Secret-Open protocol is initialized to reveal the private key s to an intended recipient, wherein the private key s is used to compute the digital signature.
US09489518B2	Method and device for unlocking screen A method for unlocking a screen of a device, including: detecting an inputting operation on the device for inputting an unlock password, the inputting operation causing one character to be inputted to the device; performing, in response to the detecting, a comparison to determine whether all input characters corresponding to a password indicator displayed on the screen match a preset password; and unlocking the screen of the device if it is determined that all the input characters corresponding to the password indicator match the preset password.
US09489516B1	Detection of malware using an instrumented virtual machine environment Various techniques for detection of malware using an instrumented virtual machine environment are disclosed. In some embodiments, detection of malware using an instrumented virtual machine environment includes instantiating a first virtual machine in the instrumented virtual machine environment, in which the first virtual machine is configured to support installation of two or more versions of a resource; installing a first version of the resource on the first virtual machine and monitoring the instrumented virtual machine environment while executing the first version of the resource with a malware sample opened using the first version of the resource; and installing a second version of the resource on the first virtual machine and monitoring the instrumented virtual machine environment while executing the second version of the resource with the malware sample opened using the second version of the resource.
US09489510B1	Detecting generation of virtual machine authentication Systems and methods for detecting the generation of authentication credentials for virtual machine instances are described. In various embodiments, an intermediary system may detect or determine, for a virtual machine instance, one or more states associated with a credential (e.g., a password) generation process and/or a get password request from a requesting user. Based on detected or determined virtual machine states, the intermediary system may provide useful and/or timely status indicators or notifications to the requesting user. In various embodiments multiple states may be determined sequentially or in parallel in order to provide more detailed information regarding whether and why a credential is or is not available, contributing to an improved user experience. For example, timely indication that a password may not be available may be useful to the requesting user who can take immediate steps to remedy the situation, such as by contacting customer service.
US09489509B2	Electronic device and method for unlocking objects of electronic device In a method for unlocking an object of an electronic device, an unlocking rule is preset to unlock the object. After movement signals are received from a touch screen of the electronic device, a quantity of segments displayed on the touch screen generated by the movement signals and a quantity of areas of the touch screen partitioned by the obtained segments are obtained. When a touch signal on one area of the obtained areas is received, a sequence number of the area from which the touch signal is received is calculated. The object of the electronic device is unlocked when the object is authorized to be unlocked according to the preset unlocking rule, the quantity of the obtained segments, the quantity of the obtained areas, and the sequence number of the area from which the touch signal is received.
US09489507B2	Secure personal storage device A storage device includes a memory and two physical interfaces. The first physical interface is configured to provide read-only memory access to a connected device. The second physical interface is configured to provide read/write memory access to a connected device.
US09489506B2	Linking ad hoc networks A communication device capable of communicating according to two communication protocols, the device being configured to: in response to receiving a first message according to a first one of the protocols, the first message including data defining a payload, automatically retransmit a second message according to the first protocol, the second message comprising data defining an identical payload to that of the first message; and in response to receiving the first message, automatically transmit a third message according to the second protocol, the second message also comprising data defining an identical payload to the first message.
US09489494B2	Recommendation engine Generally, described are methods, apparatuses and systems for a recommendation engine which determines a recommendation based upon a terrestrial parameter and an overall factor unrelated to the terrestrial parameter. The recommendation engine may receive as inputs: (1) some data relating to the terrestrial parameter and (2) some data relating to user operation of a mechanical device. An overall factor may be calculated or obtained, at least in part, from the data relating to user operation of the mechanical device. And based upon the data relating to the terrestrial parameter and the overall factor, a recommendation may be determined and transmitted. In one embodiment, as part of the transmission process, the recommendation may be displayed to a user requesting the recommendation.
US09489492B2	Systems and methods for automating pharmacy operations utilizing robotic pick and place technology The present invention is directed to a computer-controlled system for automatically transferring individual solid pharmaceutical products from bulk containers into a selected solid pharmaceutical product package from among a variety of different packaging solutions. Advantageously, in accordance with the preferred exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a robotic pick and place arm incorporates a contact holding mechanisms such as a suction tube which selectively temporarily secures a solid pharmaceutical product for transfer from a bulk container into a desired solid pharmaceutical product package.
US09489480B1	Techniques for compiling and generating a performance analysis for an integrated circuit design Techniques for compiling an integrated circuit (IC) design with an electronic design automation (EDA) tool are provided. The IC design may be compiled for different IC devices. When the IC design is compiled for a selected integrated circuit device, the EDA tool may analyze the IC design to determine whether the design is compatible with the selected IC device. If the IC design contains elements that are incompatible with the selected IC device, the EDA tool may compile the design based on a simulated removal of the incompatible elements. In some instances, the EDA tool may identify optimization opportunities in the IC design and may compile the design based on an optimized version of the IC design. The EDA tool may generate a compilation output (e.g., a performance analysis report) based on the simulated removal of the incompatible elements (or the optimized version of the IC design.
US09489478B2	Simplifying modes of an electronic circuit by reducing constraints A mode of a circuit design is simplified by eliminating clocks and corresponding timing exceptions and timing constraints from the mode. A system receives a description of a mode of a circuit. The system identifies sets of clock pairs and corresponding timing exceptions associated with timing nodes of the mode, each clock pair comprising a launch clock and a capture clock. The system compares time intervals between an edge of the launch clock and a corresponding edge of the capture clock for the clock pairs subject to timing exceptions associated with the timing path. The system identifies certain clock pairs as critical based on a comparison of the time interval associated with each clock pair. The system simplifies the mode by eliminating non-critical clocks and corresponding timing exceptions. The modified mode is used for performing timing analysis.
US09489476B2	Post processing finite element analysis geometry A method for designing a component for a circumferential machine is disclosed. The method includes selecting one or more seed nodes, creating a cylindrical coordinate system, and selecting an output subset. The method further includes creating a node set from the one or more seed nodes based on a selected feature of the component to be analyzed. The method yet further includes extracting an output for the node set from the finite element analysis module for each load cycle and presenting a result from the extracted output.
US09489470B1	System and method for generating content comparison reports A system configured to perform content comparison between product web pages, or “product pages”, on one or more web sites through which products (e.g., goods, services, and/or other products) are sold is presented. The system may be configured to generate comparison reports and recommendations based on similarity scores. The similarity scores and/or recommendations may reduce instances in which product pages for the same or related products are identified as duplicates by search. The similarity scores and/or recommendations may enhance the content quality, the visibility, and/or relevance of the product pages by keeping them substantially different.
US09489465B2	Dynamically generating an information code In response to an event in a device, an information code comprising an address to an information source and a parameter relating to the device is dynamically generated. The parameter is dynamically based on a current state according to the event of the device at a time that the information code is generated.
US09489461B2	Search ranking diversity based on aspect affinity Collaborative filtering along the aspect dimension and use of co-occurring aspects to qualify products that will be shown on a search page in response to unspecific user searches, such that diversity in the aspect value will add to the diversity of the search results and the collaborative nature of the aspects will induce diversity, is disclosed. A method and system for Search Ranking Diversity Based on Aspect Affinity includes collecting user search queries, parsing the collected user search queries for aspect phrases, identifying aspect metadata for the aspect phrases, creating a ranked index list of aspects from the aspect metadata, assigning weights to the ranked index list of aspects, receiving a user query and associating the received query with the ranked index list of aspects to produce ranked search results, and re-ranking the search results using diversified aspects from the ranked index list of aspects to produce user search results.
US09489453B2	Building an ontology by transforming complex triples An approach for building an ontology is provided. Syntactically transformed complex triples whose core terms are identified are semantically transformed into simplified triples referring to new conceptualized core terms formed by user selections from a lexical database or by adding a suffix to core terms. The core terms are assigned to respective definitions and keys in a reference ontology, thereby retaining the semantics of the complex triples. Based on the reference ontology, an enrichment transformation of the simplified triples is performed to create simplified and enriched triples by adding relations derived from a correspondence each term in the simplified triples has with the reference ontology and by adding representations of semantics of reference ontology definitions of the terms. The simplified and enriched triples are stored as an ontology representing knowledge in an application providing free-form text from which the complex triples were extracted.
US09489446B2	Computer-implemented system and method for generating a training set for use during document review A computer-implemented system and method for generating a training set for use during document review is provided. Classification codes are assigned to a set of documents. Further classification codes are assigned to the same set of documents. The classification code for at least one document is compared with the further classification code for that document. A determination regarding whether a disagreement exists between the assigned classification code and the further classification code for at least one document is made. Those documents with disagreeing classification codes are identified as training set candidates. A stop threshold is applied to the training set candidates and the training set candidates are grouped as a training set when the stop threshold is satisfied.
US09489444B2	Determining associations between media objects A system for correlating a user's interests to media content, said system comprising: (a) at least one data store comprising media content data relating to people, works, and tags; (b) a relationship generator configured to generate direct relationships among said people, works and tags; (c) a connection module to generate connections between a primary person, work or tag and a first set of said people, works, and tags, wherein each person, work and tag of said first set has a direct relationship with said primary person, work or tag; and (d) a display module for causing the display of at least a portion of said first set of said people, works and tags.
US09489442B1	Prevention of circular event publication in publish/subscribe model using path vector Techniques to prevent circular event publication are disclosed. In various embodiments, a change in an entity's own value is detected. A change event is published based at least in part on the detected change, including by associating with the change event an event path vector that includes an identifier associated with the entity.
US09489438B2	Systems and methods for visualizing master data services information According to some embodiments, a processor may receive an original set of records and automatically transform the original set of records into a transformed set of records. The processor may also generate a visualization display including both a first graphical representation associated with the original set of records and a second graphical representation associated with the transformed set of records.
US09489435B2	Method and apparatus for operating a user interface A method and apparatus for operating a user interface is provided, in which a first user input is detected, and a confidence analysis is carried out. Different kinds of system responses are generated depending on the result of the confidence analysis, wherein a first kind of system response comprises a system output which requires a second user input, and a second kind of system response comprises the automatic selection of a database entry. A third kind of system response comprises the first and second features, wherein the third kind of system response automatically changes into the first or second kind of system response after the expiry of a period of time. In this case, one of the two first kinds can be set as a standard or “default,” into which the automatic change then takes place after expiry of the period of time without further user interaction.
US09489433B2	User interface for predictive model generation A dataset is searched using inclusion set criteria to produce an inclusion set and exclusion set criteria to produce an exclusion set. A set of unique content elements is identified from the inclusion set and the exclusion set. Metrics are derived from the inclusion set, exclusion set, and set of unique content elements, such as a measure, for each unique content element, of the absolute value of the difference between the percentage of records in the inclusion set containing the unique content element and the percentage of records in the exclusion set containing the unique content element. The unique content element set may be sorted and displayed in decreasing order of the above-referenced absolute value. The content element set may be filtered. Individual content elements may be excluded from the content set. A predictive model may be generated based on the resulting version of the content element set.
US09489426B2	Distributed feature collection and correlation engine A distributed feature collection and correlation engine is provided, Feature extraction comprises obtaining one or more data records; extracting information from the one or more data records based on domain knowledge; transforming the extracted information into a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; and storing the key/value pair in a feature store database if the key/value pair does not already exist in the feature store database using a de-duplication mechanism. Features extracted from data records can be queried by obtaining a feature store database comprised of the extracted features stored as a key/value pair comprised of a key K and a value V, wherein the key comprises a feature identifier; receiving a query comprised of at least one query key; retrieving values from the feature store database that match the query key; and returning one or more retrieved key/value pairs.
US09489423B1	Query data acquisition and analysis Described in this disclosure are systems and techniques for acquiring query data which includes an execution plan descriptive of how queries used to access a database are processed. In one implementation, an inquiry analysis system uses a copy of a production system to generate execution plan information. The copy includes tables, relationships, metadata, and so forth, but may omit data in the tables, allowing for a compact installation. By analyzing the query data, usage trends, inefficient queries, unused fields, and so forth may be determined and used for maintenance or performance improvements.
US09489408B2	Data processing device and method for controlling the same A data processing device including a processing unit that performs data processing and a history recording module that records an operation history of the processing unit. The history recording module includes a storage unit that stores therein history information, and a recording control unit that writes content recording information recording contents and count information recording a counted value in the storage unit as the history information, recording information being broken into the content recording information and the count information.
US09489405B2	Geometric array data structure A method for implementing a geometric array in a computing environment is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes providing an array of slots, where each slot is configured to store a pointer. Each pointer in the array points to a block of elements. Each pointer with the exception of the first pointer in the array points to a block of elements that is twice as large as the block of elements associated with the preceding pointer. Such a structure allows the geometric array to grow by simply adding a pointer to the array that points to a new block of elements that is twice as large as the block of elements associated with the preceding pointer in the array. A corresponding computer program product, as well as a method for accessing data in the geometric array, are also disclosed.
US09489403B2	Method and apparatus for providing visual search engine results An approach is provided for modifying the image content of returned images resulting from a search query. The portions of each image that is unrelated to the search query is omitted or other wise obscured so as to reduce the amount of image data in the search results. Additionally, related advertising, hyperlinks, or other object can be combined with the image data to enhance the information returned to the user.
US09489402B2	Method and system for generating a pictorial reference database using geographical information For generating a pictorial reference database from a plurality of digital images, distributed geographical sub-areas are defined (S1). For the geographical sub-areas, selected (S2) from the plurality of digital images are images with a geo-tag located in the respective geographic sub-area. Feature vectors are generated (S31) for localized visual features of the selected images. Based on the feature vectors, matching features are determined (S32) for pairs of the selected images. For pairs with matching features, in each case, a measure of visual similarity is computed (S33) based on different geometric arrangements of the localized visual features. Based on the visual similarity, clusters of images with matching objects are determined (S5) and stored (S6) in the pictorial reference database. The pictorial reference database can be generated automatically from a huge collection of images by dividing the images into geographical subsets which can be processed individually and possibly in parallel.
US09489400B1	Interactive item filtering using images Systems and methods are provided for generating one or more user interfaces that enable filtering of the contents of a collection of items based on user interaction with item images. For example, an initial configuration can be generated including image thumbnails corresponding to each of a number of items. One or more of the thumbnails may be selected by a user to indicate a desired filter range. When a user interacts with the thumbnails, for example, by selecting a thumbnail or range of thumbnails, the initial configuration and/or an associated collection of items for presentation may be updated to present images of items in the selected filter range.
US09489395B2	System and method for exposing cloud stored data to a content delivery network A system for exposing data stored in a cloud computing system to a content delivery network provider includes a database configured to receive and store metadata about the data, the database being implemented in the cloud computing system to store configuration metadata for the data related to the content delivery network, and an origin server configured to receive requests for the data from the content delivery network provider, and configured to provide the data to the content delivery network provider based on the metadata.
US09489393B2	Information system The information system of the present invention is composed of multiple sites including a local file server and clients, and a data center having a center file server. When a user starts moving to a different site after using a file in the local file server through a client of any one site, the local file server replicates files of a user having the shortest predicted arrival site to a different site to a center file server preferentially based on a location information of each user. Further, at each site, files of a user having a short predicted time of arrival to its own site are downloaded based on the location information of the user.
US09489391B2	File storage system based on coordinated exhaustible and non-exhaustible storage A file storage system may be implemented by coordinating non-exhaustible and exhaustible storage devices. The exhaustible storage devices may be lower grade flash based storage devices. The non-exhaustible storage devices may be storage devices based on magnetic recording mechanisms or higher grade flash storage. The file storage system may store received content items on the exhaustible storage devices. The file storage system may additionally store metadata for the content items and/or the file storage system on the non-exhaustible storage devices. During operation, the file storage system may globally optimize the content items on the exhaustible storage devices such that more heavily accessed items are moved to exhaustible storage devices that have experienced relatively few data operations. The file storage system can move less frequently accessed content items to exhaustible storage devices that have experienced a relatively large number of data operations. As such, the operation lifetime of the exhaustible storage devices as a whole can be prolonged.
US09489379B1	Predicting data unavailability and data loss events in large database systems Data unavailability and data loss events in a large distributed database system are predicted by proactively and substantially continuously collecting information about appliance states and operations in the database system, forming feature vectors of prescribed key information features, and classifying said feature vectors as indicative of possible DU/DL events based upon their similarity and closeness to stored historical feature vectors known to be relevant to DU/DL events.
US09489373B2	Interactive segment extraction in computer-human interactive learning A collection of data that is extremely large can be difficult to search and/or analyze. Relevance may be dramatically improved by automatically classifying queries and web pages in useful categories, and using these classification scores as relevance features. A thorough approach may require building a large number of classifiers, corresponding to the various types of information, activities, and products. Creation of classifiers and schematizers is provided on large data sets. Exercising the classifiers and schematizers on hundreds of millions of items may expose value that is inherent to the data by adding usable meta-data. Some aspects include active labeling exploration, automatic regularization and cold start, scaling with the number of items and the number of classifiers, active featuring, and segmentation and schematization.
US09489360B2	Identifying extra material in companion content Systems and methods are disclosed which facilitate identifying extra substantive material within a content item not included within corresponding companion content items. For example, extra substantive material may include commentary, interviews, or improvisation included within an audio book and not included within a corresponding electronic book. Specifically, an electronic marketplace is disclosed that may analyze two companion content items to determine similarities and differences between the content items. Thereafter, portions that differ between the content items may be further analyzed to determine whether these portions include extra substantive material. Also disclosed is an electronic marketplace for providing information regarding content items, including the existence of extra substantive material within a content item. In some instances, the electronic marketplace may be configured to provide samples of extra content within a content item to a user.
US09489348B2	Screen generating method, image forming apparatus, and computer program product A screen generating method is implemented on a distribution managing system in which an image forming apparatus, a managing server, and a client device are connected. In the screen generating method, the client device receives input for designating an item for setting metadata on a generating screen; generates definition data of an input screen on which the metadata is set based on a descriptor that is arbitrary determined by a user for displaying the item on the input screen and the item designated on the generating screen; and transmits the definition data to the image forming apparatus.
US09489338B1	Systolic array based architecture for branch and bound algorithms Techniques and mechanisms implement a branch and bound algorithm using a systolic array based circuit architecture. For example, a systolic array may perform calculations associated with nodes of a tree data structure. Information associated with the nodes may be analyzed and stored by a controller. The controller may also provide data to the systolic array based on the information associated with the nodes.
US09489337B2	Picoengine multi-processor with task assignment A general purpose PicoEngine Multi-Processor (PEMP) includes a hierarchically organized pool of small specialized picoengine processors and associated memories. A stream of data input values is received onto the PEMP. Each input data value is characterized, and from the characterization a task is determined. Picoengines are selected in a sequence. When the next picoengine in the sequence is available, it is then given the input data value along with an associated task assignment. The picoengine then performs the task. An output picoengine selector selects picoengines in the same sequence. If the next picoengine indicates that it has completed its assigned task, then the output value from the selected picoengine is output from the PEMP. By changing the sequence used, more or less of the processing power and memory resources of the pool is brought to bear on the incoming data stream. The PEMP automatically disables unused picoengines and memories.
US09489329B2	Supporting multiple channels of a single interface In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for receiving a request for a transaction from a first agent in a fabric and obtaining an address, a requester identifier, a tag, and a traffic class of the transaction, and determining a channel of a target agent to receive the transaction based on at least two of the address, the requester identifier, the tag, and the traffic class. Based on this channel determination, the transaction can be sent to the channel of the target agent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09489328B2	System on chip and method for accessing device on bus The present invention discloses a system on a chip and a method for accessing a device on a bus, and belongs to the electronics field. The system includes: a primary device, configured to send an access request; an extension module, configured to receive the access request sent by the primary device, and extend the ID signal in the access request according to the number of primary devices; a parsing module, configured to parse the access request output by the extension module to obtain an access response instruction; and a secondary device, configured to respond to the extended access request according to the access response instruction. By using the foregoing technical solution, the present invention allows the primary device to flexibly access the secondary device, thereby reducing requirements on the primary and secondary devices.
US09489327B2	System and method for supporting an efficient packet processing model in a network environment A system and method can support efficient packet processing in a network environment. The system can comprise a thread scheduling engine that operates to assign a thread key to each software thread in a plurality of software threads. Furthermore, the system can comprise a pool of direct memory access (DMA) resources that can be used to process packets in the network environment. Additionally, each said software thread operates to request access to a DMA resource in the pool of DMA resources by presenting an assigned thread key, and a single software thread is allowed to access multiple DMA resources using the same thread key.
US09489326B1	Multi-port integrated circuit devices and methods An integrated circuit device may include a first integrated circuit (IC) portion having a memory array that stores data units as storage locations and burst access circuitry that sequentially accesses N relates storage locations within the memory array, where N>1; and a second IC portion comprising a plurality of burst access registers coupled to the burst access circuitry, each burst access register having register locations to store at least N data units, and being coupled to a corresponding port by a single data unit access path.
US09489316B2	Method and device implementing execute-only memory protection Access requests to access data operands from memory space designated as a type of execute-only memory are allowed to precede in response to determining that the operand access request was generated using a particular type of addressing mode.
US09489310B2	System, method and computer-readable medium for spool cache management A system, method, and computer-readable medium that facilitate efficient use of cache memory in a massively parallel processing system are provided. A residency time of a data block to be stored in cache memory or a disk drive is estimated. A metric is calculated for the data block as a function of the residency time. The metric may further be calculated as a function of the data block size. One or more data blocks stored in cache memory are evaluated by comparing a respective metric of the one or more data blocks with the metric of the data block to be stored. A determination is then made to either store the data block on the disk drive or flush the one or more data blocks from the cache memory and store the data block in the cache memory. In this manner, the cache memory may be more efficiently utilized by storing smaller data blocks with lesser residency times by flushing larger data blocks with significant residency times from the cache memory. The disclosed cache management mechanisms are effective for many workloads and are adaptable to various database usage scenarios without requiring detailed studies of the particular data demographics and workload.
US09489303B2	Techniques for controlling recycling of blocks of memory The present disclosure relates to examples of controlling recycling of blocks of memory. In one example implementation according to aspects of the present disclosure, a method comprises determining whether to reclaim one or more blocks of a memory. The method further comprises allocating at least one of the blocks to be written in accordance with the equalizing, in response to the determining, and selected from a subset of the blocks, wherein a respective lifetime factor is below a threshold set prior to the allocating.
US09489298B2	Nonvolatile memory apparatus, operating method thereof, and data processing system having the same Provided is a nonvolatile memory apparatus which writes data into a memory cell according to a program and verify (PNV) operation, wherein the nonvolatile memory apparatus performs the PNV operation for first data during a first time, and performs a plurality of PNV operations for second data during the first time.
US09489296B1	Methods, devices and systems for hardware-based garbage collection in solid state drives A data storage device may comprise non-volatile memory devices, each configured to store a plurality of physical pages, a controller and a first volatile memory configured to store a logical-to-physical address translation map that enables the controller to determine a physical location of logical pages. The controller may maintain, in the memory devices, a plurality of journals defining physical-to-logical page correspondences, each entry of which associating one or more physical pages to a logical page. Garbage collection may be carried out by reading entries of the journals; determining a validity of each logical page referenced by the read entries through a comparison with a corresponding entry in the map, the logical pages referenced by the read entries being stored in first physical pages; writing logical pages determined to be valid to second physical pages and updating the map accordingly; and designating at least the first physical pages as free space.
US09489289B2	Adaptive framework automatically prioritizing software test cases An automated, self-adaptive framework prioritizes software testing in a consistent and effective manner. A metric evaluates past test execution information for assigning regression testing priority. The metric may be calculated with reference to one or more of the following factors taken in combination: requirement, coverage, history, and cost. The requirement factor considers customer-assigned priority of testing the code, complexity of implementing the code, and proneness of the code to faults. The coverage factor considers code coverage, feature coverage, and common usage rate. The history factor considers previous bug found rate, case stable rate, and priority to calculate. The cost factor considers test case execution time, and step length. A value of each factor for one test case is measured according to that test case and is not related to other test cases. The calculation result representing the metric for each test case determines a priority of the test case.
US09489288B1	System, method, and computer program for automating activities associated with a testing project A system, method, and computer program product are provided for automating activities associated with a testing project. In use, design of a testing project is initiated. Additionally, one or more activities associated with the testing project in which to automate are identified based on criteria associated with the one or more activities. Further, the identified one or more activities are automated such that the one or more activities are performed automatically during performance of the testing project.
US09489283B1	Unified hardware and software debugging A device receives information specifying a functional model that includes a set of variables and a set of computations, and receives debugging information associated with the functional model. The device generates computer code based on the set of computations associated with the functional model, the set of variables associated with the functional model, and the received debugging information. The device executes the generated computer code based on the debugging information.
US09489282B2	Selective purging of a log structure A method, system, and/or computer program product log at least one stream of records in a data-processing system. A stream of records is received in succession. Records from the stream of records are logged into a log structure. In response to fulfillment of a pre-defined purging condition: the logging of the records are diverted to a buffer structure; the log structure is purged according to a set of purging criteria in response to the diverting; the records logged in the buffer structure are moved to the log structure in response to a completion of the purging; and the logging to the log structure is restored in response to a completion of the moving.
US09489279B2	Visualization of performance data over a network path A system and technique for visualizing performance data over a network path are disclosed. More specifically, a network management system generates and displays an object that represents data for one or more performance characteristics related to a plurality of network nodes in the network path. In one embodiment, a graph having an x-axis and a y-axis is displayed, the x-axis being associated with two or more network nodes in the network path and the y-axis being associated with a first performance characteristic. Data corresponding to the first performance characteristic is plotted as data points corresponding to the network nodes associated with the x-axis. Data corresponding to a second performance characteristic may be represented via the size or the color of the data points. Alternatively, a characterization of the data corresponding to the first performance characteristic may be represented by the size or color of the data points.
US09489276B2	Implementing enhanced wear leveling in 3D flash memories A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing enhanced wear leveling in a stack of flash memory chips. A flash memory includes plurality of flash memory chips including a number N data chips and one or more spare chips. To even wear among the plurality of flash memory chips, a memory controller for the flash memory periodically transfers data from a data chip to a current spare chip, the current spare chip becomes a data chip and the selected data chip becomes the current spare chip. Over time, each chip in the stack becomes the spare chip. If a chip becomes nonfunctional, whatever chip is currently the spare chip becomes a permanent data chip and no more rotating is done.
US09489272B2	Methods and apparatus for providing hypervisor level data services for server virtualization A cross-host multi-hypervisor system, including a plurality of host sites, each site including at least one hypervisor, each of which includes at least one virtual server, at least one virtual disk read from and written to by the at least one virtual server, a tapping driver in communication with the at least one virtual server, which intercepts write requests made by any one of the at least one virtual server to any one of the at least one virtual disk, and a virtual data services appliance, in communication with the tapping driver, which receives the intercepted write requests from the tapping driver, and which provides data services based thereon, and a data services manager for coordinating the virtual data services appliances at the site, and a network for communicatively coupling the plurality of sites, wherein the data services managers coordinate data transfer across the plurality of sites via the network.
US09489271B1	User interface for restoring databases Various systems and methods for restoring data in distributed storage systems. For example, one method involves receiving a first selection, where the first selection identifies data abstraction. The data abstraction represents a data source that can be restored. The method also involves receiving a second selection, where the second selection identifies a restore operation, and where the restore operation is associated with the data abstraction. The method also involves determining data to be restored, where this determination is based on the data source(s) (as can be determined from the data abstraction) and on the second selection. Data can then be restored based on the determined data.
US09489270B2	Managing backup operations from a client system to a primary server and secondary server Provided are techniques for managing backup operations from a client system to a primary server and secondary server. A determination is made at the client system of whether a state of the data on the secondary server permits a backup operation in response to determining that the primary server is unavailable when a force failover parameter is not set. The client system reattempts to connect to the primary server to perform the backup operation at the primary server in response to determining that the state of the data on the secondary server does not permit the backup operation. The client system performs the backup operation at the secondary server in response to determining that the state of the secondary server permits the backup operation.
US09489265B2	Method and system for frequent checkpointing A virtualization platform provides fault tolerance for a primary virtual machine by continuously transmitting checkpoint information of the primary virtual machine to a collector process, such as a backup virtual machine. When implemented on a hardware platform comprising a multi-processor that supports nested page tables, the virtualization platform leverages the nested page table support to quickly identify memory pages that have been modified between checkpoints. The backup virtual machine provides feedback information to assist the virtualization platform in identifying candidate memory pages for transmitting actual modifications to the memory pages rather than the entire memory page as part of the checkpoint information. The virtualization platform further maintains a modification history data structure to identify memory pages that can be transmitted simultaneous with the execution of the primary virtual machine rather than while the primary virtual machine has been stunned.
US09489251B2	Supervising and recovering software components associated with medical diagnostics instruments A system for applying a recovery mechanism to a network of medical diagnostics instruments is provided herein. The system includes the following: a plurality of medical diagnostics instruments, each associated with a network connected component; a plurality of communication modules, each associated with a corresponding one of the plurality of network connected components, wherein each one of the plurality of communication modules is arranged to report on malfunctioning components that are network connected with the corresponding component, and a recovery module, configured to: (i) obtain reports from the communication modules; (ii) re-establish the malfunctioning components; and (iii) notify all communication modules of the re-establishment of the malfunctioning components, wherein the communication modules are further configured to re-establish connection between the corresponding components and the re-established components.
US09489247B2	Context sensitive framework for providing data from relevant applications Functionality is disclosed herein for using a context sensitive framework to identify relevant applications to a current context and to provide data received from the relevant applications to a user. Instead of a user having to manually locate and launch an application, relevant applications determined by a contextual service may provide data in response to receiving the context data. The applications that are identified as relevant to the context determine the application data to provide to the contextual service. The contextual service selects at least a portion of the application data to provide for display within a user interface. In some configurations, the selected application data is displayed within a user interface that maintains a same look and feel regardless of the application data that is displayed.
US09489246B2	Method and device for determining parallelism of tasks of a program A method and device for determining parallelism of tasks of a program comprises generating a task data structure to track the tasks and assigning a node of the task data structure to each executing task. Each node includes a task identification number and a wait number. The task identification number uniquely identifies the corresponding task from other currently executing tasks and the wait number corresponds to the task identification number of a node corresponding to the last descendant task of the corresponding task that was executed prior to a wait command. The parallelism of the tasks is determined by comparing the relationship between the tasks.
US09489245B2	Work-queue-based graphics processing unit work creation One embodiment of the present invention enables threads executing on a processor to locally generate and execute work within that processor by way of work queues and command blocks. A device driver, as an initialization procedure for establishing memory objects that enable the threads to locally generate and execute work, generates a work queue, and sets a GP_GET pointer of the work queue to the first entry in the work queue. The device driver also, during the initialization procedure, sets a GP_PUT pointer of the work queue to the last free entry included in the work queue, thereby establishing a range of entries in the work queue into which new work generated by the threads can be loaded and subsequently executed by the processor. The threads then populate command blocks with generated work and point entries in the work queue to the command blocks to effect processor execution of the work stored in the command blocks.
US09489243B2	Federating computing resources across the web Hardware and software are configured to select and provision computing resources from heterogeneous on-demand computing environments through the framework of a layered, federated on-demand computing ecology of computing resource providers, users, and federation servers. These pieces of hardware and software include a mechanism for defining and managing the life cycle of different resource types; a mechanism for extending document-centric protocols to support computing resources as first order objects; a mechanism for routing messages to computing resources; federation topologies; and a mechanism for federation servers to access and use computing resources from providers controlled by other federation servers.
US09489236B2	Application prioritization Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are provided for application prioritization. For example, an operating system of a computing device may contemporaneously host one or more applications, which may compete for computing resources, such as CPU cycles, I/O operations, memory access, and/or network bandwidth. Accordingly, an application (e.g., a background task or service) may be placed within a de-prioritized operating mode during launch and/or during execution, which may result in the application receiving a relatively lower priority when competing with applications placed within a standard operating mode for access to computing resources. In this way, an application placed within a standard operating mode (e.g., a foreground application currently interacted with by a user) may have priority to computing resources over the de-prioritized application, such that the application within the standard operating mode may provide enhanced performance based upon having priority to computing resources.
US09489223B2	Virtual machine wakeup using a memory monitoring instruction A method and system for managing a virtual computing system including an event source configured to send an event to a destination virtual machine (VM) executing a memory monitoring instruction on a designated address range of a host memory. A hypervisor instructs a destination virtual central processing unit (VCPU) associated with the destination VM to execute the memory monitoring instruction to the designated address range of a memory. A physical CPU associated with the designated address range is configured not to perform an exit to the hypervisor in response to execution of the memory monitoring instruction by the destination VCPU. The hypervisor instructs an event source to write data to the designated address range to send an event for performance by the destination VM, wherein the destination VM wakes up and performs the identified event in response to the event source writing to the identified address range.
US09489218B2	Device and help server A device configured to connect to a terminal device, the device including: a supply unit, which supplies management screen data to the terminal device, wherein the management screen data represents a management screen including at least one item, which is related to the device, and which includes a target item for which help information is to be displayed, wherein, in response to a help command received by the terminal device, the management screen data include instructions to control the terminal device to: acquire the help information corresponding to the target item of the item displayed on the management screen; and display a help screen indicating the help information.
US09489215B2	Managing an expression-based DFA construction process DFA construction may be aborted if the DFA will become too big for the computing device to handle or based on user preferences. A DFA may be constructed from an NFA, which is constructed from an expression. The expression may have a total number of operands and operators r. The determination to abort DFA construction may be based on the operands. If the number of DFA nodes constructed is more than a lower threshold and the number of DFA nodes constructed is greater than a function, f(r), the DFA construction may be aborted. If the number of DFA nodes is greater than a higher threshold, the DFA construction may be aborted. The lower threshold may be determined based on computing device capabilities and user preference. The higher threshold may be based on computing device capabilities.
US09489210B2	Implementing configuration preserving relocation of SRIOV adapter A method, system and computer program product are provided for implementing configuration preserving relocation of a Single Root Input/Output Virtualization (SRIOV) adapter in a computer system. At system power on an SRIOV adapter having been relocated to a different slot while the system was powered off is automatically detected, and the configuration data associated with the adapter automatically updated so that it remains associated with the adapter in the adapter's new location.
US09489199B2	Vector compare instructions for sliding window encoding A processor is described having an instruction execution pipeline having a functional unit to execute an instruction that compares vector elements against an input value. Each of the vector elements and the input value have a first respective section identifying a location within data and a second respective section having a byte sequence of the data. The functional unit has comparison circuitry to compare respective byte sequences of the input vector elements against the input value's byte sequence to identify a number of matching bytes for each comparison. The functional unit also has difference circuitry to determine respective distances between the input vector's elements' byte sequences and the input value's byte sequence within the data.
US09489194B2	Rapidly configurable program The present application describes a rapid application configuration program. The application configuration program allows for an enterprise to configure a standard framework into numerous applications without having to develop the software application anew. Herein, the application configuration program can be based on a data paradigm that encompasses most, if not all, of the different enterprise applications that may be developed by an enterprise. The data paradigm helps configure applications based on a hierarchical nodal structure that allows data or information to be input by a user for various enterprise tasks.
US09489191B2	Application program update system, communication device for the same, portable communication terminal for the same, and computer readable medium for the same An application program update system includes: a communication device having a cooperative application program for executing a content in cooperation with a portable communication terminal; a communication device update program storage device that stores a communication device update program for updating the cooperative application program; and a communication device update program acquisition device that inputs the communication device update program to the communication device when a version of the cooperative application program installed on the communication device does not match a version of the communication device update program.
US09489183B2	Tile communication operator A high level programming language provides a tile communication operator that decomposes a computational space into sub-spaces (i.e., tiles) that may be mapped to execution structures (e.g., thread groups) of data parallel compute nodes. An indexable type with a rank and element type defines the computational space. For an input indexable type, the tile communication operator produces an output indexable type with the same rank as the input indexable type and an element type that is a tile of the input indexable type. The output indexable type provides a local view structure of the computational space that enables coalescing of global memory accesses in a data parallel compute node.
US09489179B2	Application programming interface tracing mechanism Example systems and methods of providing an application programming interface tracing mechanism are presented. In one example, an application programming interface for an application is provided, the interface including an interface object. A proxy object is created for the interlace object. At the proxy object, method calls from the application for the interface object are received, recorded, and passed to the interface object. An execution trace including the recorded method calls is generated.
US09489174B2	Rounding floating point numbers Embodiments disclosed pertain to apparatuses, systems, and methods for floating point operations. Disclosed embodiments pertain to a circuit that is capable of processing both a normal and denormal inputs and outputting normal and denormal results, and where a rounding module is used advantageously to reduce operational latency of the circuit.
US09489171B2	Voice-command suggestions based on user identity A computing system is configured to listen to user speech and translate the user speech into voice commands that control operation of the computing system. The identity of a user interacting with the computing system is determined, and a voice command is selected from a set of voice commands based on the user identity. A voice-command suggestion corresponding to the voice command is selected and presented via a display. If the user speaks the voice-command suggestion, the computing system executes the voice command corresponding to the voice-command suggestion.
US09489170B2	Audio control of multimedia objects In some examples, aspects of the present disclosure may include techniques for audio control of one or more multimedia objects. In one example, a method includes receiving an electronic document that includes a group of one or more multimedia objects capable of generating audio data. The method also includes registering a multimedia object of the group of one or more multimedia objects, wherein registering the multimedia object comprises storing a multimedia object identifier that identifies the multimedia object. The method further includes receiving audio data; and determining, by a computing device, a volume level of the audio data generated by the registered multimedia object based on one or more configuration parameters, wherein the one or more configuration parameters define one or more volume levels associated with the multimedia object identifier. The method also includes outputting, to an output device, the audio data at the determined volume level.
US09489166B2	Data transmission method and display driving system A data transmission method applied in a display, which includes a display panel, is provided. The data transmission method includes the following steps of: providing a host controller and n display drivers, n is a natural number greater than 1; providing a communication link under mobile industry processor interface (MIPI), connecting the host controller to the n display drivers; determining n virtual channel values Vc1-Vcn corresponding to the respective n display drivers; employing the host controller for providing a command with a virtual channel parameter through the communication link under MIPI; when the virtual channel parameter corresponds to an ith virtual channel values Vci, an ith display driver executing corresponding operations in response to the command, while the rest n−1 display drivers ignoring the command, wherein i is a natural number smaller than or equal to n.
US09489165B2	System and method for virtual displays An operating system creates one or more virtual display interfaces for communication of display data and user input events between the application layer and one or more virtual display devices. The one or more virtual display devices are not physically connected to the computing system managed by the operating system. One or more applications are executed in an application layer. At least one of the one or more applications communicates display data to and receives user input events from at least one of the one or more display devices using at least one of the display interfaces. At least one other of the one or more applications communicates display data to and receives user input events from at least one of the one or more virtual display devices using at least one of the one or more virtual display interfaces.
US09489164B2	Function executing device with two types of wireless communication interfaces In a case where a first information including an execution request of a specific function via a first type of interface is received, a function executing device may execute a change process for changing an interface for communicating with a terminal device from the first type of interface to a second type of interface in a case where a state of the function executing device is determined as a non-error state. The function executing device may not execute the change process in a case where the state of the function executing device is determined as an error state. The specific function may include a communication process for communicating object data with the terminal device. The function executing device may execute the specific function including the communication process via the second type of interface in a case where the change process is being executed.
US09489157B2	Printable object processing In one implementation, a printable object processing system detects a user print action relative to a printable object and identifies an attribute of the printable object in response to detecting the user print action. The printable object processing system them defines a print rule based on the attribute.
US09489149B2	Methods and systems for using a write cache in a storage system Methods and systems for storing data at a storage device of a storage system are provided. The data is first temporarily stored at a first write cache and an input/output request for a persistence storage device used as a second write cache is generated, when an I/O request size including the received data has reached a threshold value. The data from the first cache is transferred to the persistence storage device and a recovery control block with a location of the data stored at the persistence storage device is updated. An entry is added to a linked list that is used to track valid data stored at the persistence storage device and then the data is transferred from the persistence storage device to the storage device of the storage system.
US09489147B2	Semiconductor device, memory device, and system including the same A memory device includes a memory array suitable for storing write data of the memory device and providing the stored data as read data of the memory device, a programmable storage unit suitable for storing information for the memory device, a command decoder suitable for storing decoding one or more command signals, and generating a write command for writing the write data, a read command for outputting the read data, and an information read command for outputting information stored in the programmable storage unit, a control unit suitable for controlling the information stored in the programmable storage unit to be sequentially read in response to activation of the information read command, and an output unit suitable for outputting the read information to an outside of the memory device in response to the information read command.
US09489141B2	Efficient scheduling of Input/Output requests to reduce latency and maximize throughput in a flash storage device In an all-flash storage array, write requests can take about 9 to 10 times longer than a read request of the same size. There could be several problems when reading or writing from all-flash storage, such as a large write request slowing down small read requests, or other write requests. Also, a large read request may slow down smaller read requests by filling the incoming requests queue. In one implementation, a determination is made on what is the maximum size of a request to flash storage that improves the throughput of a flash chip (e.g., write requests beyond a certain size do not improve throughput). A chunklet is defined as a block of data having the calculated maximum size. As write requests come in, the write requests are broken into chunklets, and then the chunklets are queued for processing by the flash chip. One chunklet is processed at a time per write request. This way, one write request does not monopolize the use of the flash chip for a period of time, allowing other requests to be queued while the chunklet is being processed by the all-flash storage.
US09489135B2	Systems and methods for highly scalable system log analysis, deduplication and management Systems and methods for parsing raw log data into structured log data, and removing duplicate entries, storing the deduplicated log data into binary format, and managing system events. The subject matter can increase speed of log data analysis and storage, reduce data storage for log data, and manage easily system events.
US09489130B2	Mobile terminal selectively acting only part of a display and control method thereof A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to provide wireless communication; a display; and a controller configured to control the display to be in at least one of a first state in which the entire display is deactivated, a second state in which the entire display is activated and a third state in which a partial region of the display is activated, receive a plurality of touches applied to the display in the partial region, and display a window including at least one of an icon indicating a newly generated event, an icon frequently used by a user and an icon corresponding to a predetermined function, in the activated partial region.
US09489115B2	Method, apparatus and system for displayed content transfer between screens The present invention is applicable to the field of multi-screen display technologies. The method includes: detecting a sliding track of a user on the primary screen display device, where the sliding track includes a sliding direction, and an initial position and a real-time position of sliding; determining, according to the initial position and the real-time position of the sliding, a display area of a screen of the secondary screen display device after the sliding by using the sliding direction as a reference direction; tailoring currently displayed content of the primary screen display device according to the display area, to obtain tailored content; and sending the tailored content and the display area to the secondary screen display device, so that the secondary screen display device displays the tailored content on the display area.
US09489114B2	Showing interactions as they occur on a whiteboard Real-time interactions made by a client on a whiteboard are shown on remote client(s) currently viewing the whiteboard. The real-time interactions that are shown on the remote clients can include a variety of different interactions. For example, the location(s) of where a remote client is touching the whiteboard or interacting with the whiteboard using a stylus may be viewed. A current inking stroke of a remote user may also be viewed as it is occurring. Interactions on the whiteboard may be shown differently depending on the remote user performing the interaction. The whiteboard may also show a location on the whiteboard where each of the remote users are currently viewing. A user may also track the actions of another user. When a change is committed to the whiteboard, the remote clients update the display to reflect the committed state.
US09489110B2	Automatic deployment, configuration, and lifecycle management of applications and infrastructure components Apparatuses, computer readable media, methods, and systems are described for automatic deployment of applications and infrastructure components, which may include processing selection of an operating system, processing selection of a stack, creating a stencil based on the operating system and the stack, and publishing the stencil.
US09489106B2	Portable electronic device configured to present contact images Methods and systems are disclosed for navigating or browsing through images, such as contact images, on electronic devices, such as portable electronic device having a touch screen display. In one embodiment, users of electronic devices are able to browse through contact images to locate a particular contact within a plurality of contacts available (e.g., stored) on the electronic devices.
US09489100B2	Pointer detection sensor and pointer detection apparatus A plurality of first conductors and a plurality of second conductors disposed in first and second directions crossing with each other are disposed in an opposing relationship to each other and in a spaced relationship by a determined distance from each other, and a variation of a capacitance formed between any of the first conductors and any of the second conductors based on a variation of a distance between the first conductor and the second conductor when one of the first conductor and the second conductor is deflected by pressing by a pointer is detected to detect a position pointed to by the pointer. A spacer is disposed between the first and second conductors in a region of a cross point such that a deflection amount of one of the first conductor and the second conductor by the pressing by the pointer has a value higher in a region other than the region of the cross point than in the region of the cross point at which the first conductor and the second conductor cross and overlap with each other.
US09489086B1	Finger hover detection for improved typing Typing on touchscreens is improved by dynamically and automatically positioning the desired home-row keys of an onscreen keyboard below the user's fingers while their fingers are hovering above the surface, thus reducing the need for the user to look at the onscreen keyboard while typing. The location of each of the user's fingers while hovering and/or resting is monitored. Correlation between the hover sensor data and touch sensor data increases the confidence level by which the system can determine which of the user's fingers were used to select a key. By determining which finger was used to make the selection, the system accurately disambiguates which letter the user intended to type.
US09489084B2	Sensing method and sensing apparatus for sensing electrode cluster A sensing method for a sensing electrode cluster is provided. The sensing electrode cluster includes a plurality of groups, each comprising a plurality of bars. The sensing method includes scanning each of the groups according to a first scanning sequence, and scanning each of the groups according to a second scanning sequence, and determining a sensing position according to the first position and the second position. The first scanning sequence is different from the second scanning sequence.
US09489082B2	Touch pad module and electronic device using the same A touch pad module includes: a touch pad, a sensor group, a touch pad controller IC and a touch pad controller IC (Integrated Circuit). The touch pad has a touch surface touchable by a user. The sensor group is mounted on a mount surface of the touch pad. The sensor group includes at least one of an acceleration sensor, a gyro sensor and a geomagnetic sensor. The touch pad controller IC is mounted on the mount surface of the touch pad configured to control the touch pad and includes a detector, a digital processor and a first interface. The detector generates digital data representing an electrical state of the touch pad. The digital processor generates coordinate data representing coordinates touched by the user based on the digital data. The first interface transmits data between the digital processor and the outside of the touch pad controller IC.
US09489080B2	Portable device comprising a touch-screen display, and method for controlling same A method of controlling a portable device including at least one foldable panel and first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying, on the first touch screen, a first page designated as a home screen and an icon related to at least one application, and a dock area, and displaying, on the second touch screen, first information in a state where the foldable panel is unfolded. The method also includes replacing the first page and the dock area with an outgoing call screen, receiving a phone number input, replacing the outgoing call screen with a dialing screen, and displaying, on the second touch screen, a guide message indicating to fold the portable device for a call. The method also includes replacing the dialing screen with a mid-call screen, and removing the guide message displayed on the second touch screen, and displaying the first information.
US09489079B2	Portable device comprising a touch-screen display, and method for controlling same A method of controlling a portable device including at least one foldable panel and first and second touch screens is provided. The method includes displaying, on the first touch screen, a first page designated as a home screen and an icon related to at least one application, and a dock area, and displaying, on the second touch screen, first information in a state where the foldable panel is unfolded. The method also includes replacing the first page and the dock area with an outgoing call screen, receiving a phone number input, replacing the outgoing call screen with a dialing screen, and displaying, on the second touch screen, a guide message indicating to fold the portable device for a call. The method also includes replacing the dialing screen with a mid-call screen, and removing the guide message displayed on the second touch screen, and displaying the first information.
US09489076B2	Touch sensitive display device having auxiliary lines supplying an auxiliary drive signal A touch display device comprises a controller to generate a touch sync signal for controlling timing of a touch sensing period and a display period. A touch panel has a plurality of touch electrodes in a display area of the touch display device. The touch panel generates touch sensing signals indicating whether or not a touch occurs during the touch sensing period. A gate driver supplies gate pulses to gate lines of the touch panel during the display period and supplies a gate line auxiliary drive signal from the first transfer line onto the gate lines during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal. One or more auxiliary lines supply a supplemental auxiliary drive signal during the touch sensing period that mimics the touch drive signal.
US09489070B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus that controls a display to display first layer data, detects movement of the information processing apparatus, and controls the display to display second layer data corresponding to the first layer data together with the first layer data based on a movement detected by the detection unit.
US09489053B2	Skeletal control of three-dimensional virtual world A virtual skeleton includes a plurality of joints and provides a machine readable representation of a human target observed with a three-dimensional depth camera. A relative position of a hand joint of the virtual skeleton is translated as a gestured control, and a three-dimensional virtual world is controlled responsive to the gestured control.
US09489051B2	Display navigation using touch-less gestures A device and method to facilitate display navigation by touch-less gesture are described. The device includes two or more ambient light sensors arranged at respective surface locations of the device, each of the two or more ambient light sensors measuring light intensity at the respective surface location. The device also includes a processor to detect a gesture as a detected gesture performed by an object in touch-less communication with the device and output a signal corresponding with the detected gesture, and a navigation gesture library to store two or more gestures and corresponding two or more signals, wherein the processor accesses the navigation gesture library when the device is not executing an application with an associated application gesture library.
US09489048B2	Systems and methods for optical transmission of haptic display parameters Systems and methods for optical transmission of haptic display parameters are disclosed. One disclosed method includes receiving an image signal from an image sensor, the image signal associated with an image, determining a haptic signal based at least in part on the image signal, generating a haptic effect signal based at least in part on the haptic signal, and transmitting the haptic effect signal to a haptic output device.
US09489044B2	Visual stabilization system for head-mounted displays Introduced herein are various techniques for displaying virtual and augmented reality content via a head-mounted display (HMD). The techniques can be used to improve the effectiveness of the HMD, as well as the general experience and comfort of users of the HMD. A binocular HMD system may present visual stabilizers to each eye that allow users to more easily fuse the digital content seen by each eye. In some embodiments the visual stabilizers are positioned within the digital content so that they converge to a shared location when viewed by a user, while in other embodiments the visual stabilizers are mapped to different locations within the user's field of view (e.g., peripheral areas) and are visually distinct from one another. These techniques allow the user to more easily fuse the digital content, thereby decreasing the eye fatigue and strain typically experienced when viewing virtual or augmented reality content.
US09489043B2	Display device and controlling method An image display device and controlling method capable of optimizing a state of the image display device for a user at a desired position. The display device includes: an imaging section that takes an image of a predetermined range of a dynamic image with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzing section that analyzes the dynamic image taken by the imaging section and calculates a position of a user; a system optimization processing section that calculates system control information for optimizing a system based on the position of the user calculated by the image analyzing section; and a system controlling section that optimizes the system based on the system control information calculated by the system optimization processing section.
US09489039B2	Systems and methods for presenting intermediaries A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an intermediary engine having a controller, and a storage medium for storing instructions to be executed by the controller. The instructions, when executed by the controller, can cause the controller to receive a measure of a mood of an individual, invoke an intermediary according to the measure of the mood of the individual, and present the intermediary to an entity requesting to interact with the individual. The measure of the mood can be synthesized from collected information associated with a behavior of the individual, and can have a plurality of dimensions. The mood can also indicate an availability of the individual and a receptiveness of the individual to accept a request to interact with an entity. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09489037B2	Power management device and system-on-chip including the same Provided is a power management device which includes a first regulator, a second regulator and a control register unit. The first regulator provides a first driving voltage to a first power domain of an application processor. The second regulator provides a second power domain of the application processor with a second driving voltage having a correlation with the first driving voltage. The control register unit controls, in response to a command from the application processor, a reference voltage generation circuit that provides a first reference voltage and a second reference voltage to the first regulator and the second regulator, respectively. The level of the first driving voltage is maintained in a first driving mode. The first driving voltage and the second driving voltage have a set voltage difference in a second driving mode.
US09489032B2	Power gated communication controller A method includes detecting a communication event over a communication bus 130 coupled to a device, and in response to detecting the communication event, deactivating a module of the device. The method may further include sending a data throttle packet over the communication bus 130 while the deactivated module reactivates.
US09489031B2	Method to reduce acoustic noise induced by processor performance state changes in response to periodic application workloads A method and apparatus to alter acoustic noise induced by processor performance changes is disclosed. In one embodiment, a processor having one or more processor cores may execute instructions of one or more applications. The performance level (e.g., supply voltage and/or clock frequency) may be adjusted in accordance with workload demands. One or more of the applications executing on a core of the processor may exhibit periodic behavior, thereby causing periodic changes (e.g., increases) in the performance level. Performance monitoring may be conducted and may detect the periodic changes in the workload of the application. Responsive to the detection of the periodic changes, a power management unit may subsequently cause future performance level changes associated with the application to occur aperiodically.
US09489022B2	Memory apparatus and computer system including the same A semiconductor device includes a memory bank, a data line and a data line control unit. The memory bank stores data. The data line transfers data to be stored in or output from the memory bank. The data line control unit initializes the data line in response to a power-up signal and a write command.
US09489019B2	Electrostatic discharge protection in consumer electronic products An electrostatic discharge (ESD) blocking component is set forth for a computing device. The computing device can include a housing formed of non-conducting material and an overlaying display assembly supported by the housing. The display assembly can further include a plurality of display elements such as thin film transistors (TFTs) interconnected by corresponding metallic traces. The ESD block is used to block static charges associated with an ESD event so that essentially no ESD event related static charge is accumulated on the metallic traces thereby preventing ESD related damage to the plurality of TFTs.
US09489008B2	Method and apparatus for clock frequency ratio independent error logging A method and system for error logging that is independent of the clock frequency ratio in an I/O subsystem. In one embodiment of the invention, the I/O subsystem has an error logging mechanism with a fixed queue depth of two and is independent of the clock frequencies in the I/O subsystem. The I/O subsystem has two queue entries for storing or logging the uncorrectable errors. In one embodiment of the invention, the I/O subsystem has two queue entries for storing or logging the 128-bit TLP Header and the First Error Pointer (FEP) of the uncorrectable errors detected in the I/O subsystem.
US09489000B2	Use of a thermistor within a reference signal generator Reference signal generators using thermistors are disclosed. An apparatus includes a first device having a first temperature coefficient and a thermistor having a second temperature coefficient having a sign opposite to that of the first temperature coefficient. A circuit maintains equivalence of a first signal and a second signal and offsets a first temperature variation of the first device using a second temperature variation of the thermistor to generate the second signal having a low temperature coefficient. The first device may be a bipolar transistor configured to generate a base-emitter voltage and coupled in series with the thermistor. The first signal may be a first voltage on a first node. The second signal may be a second voltage on a second node. The circuit may be configured to maintain effective equivalence of the first voltage and the second voltage. The apparatus may include a resistor coupled to the second node.
US09488999B2	Voltage regulator for systems with a high dynamic current range A voltage regulator includes a reference current scaling circuit comprising an input reference current, a scaled output source current and a corresponding first bias voltage, and a scaled output sink current and a corresponding second bias voltage; and a decision making circuit having a first voltage input for receiving a first reference voltage, a second voltage input for receiving a second reference voltage, a third voltage input for receiving the first bias voltage, and a fourth voltage input for receiving the second bias voltage, and an output for providing a regulated voltage.
US09488997B1	Power over Ethernet system where power sourcing equipment detects actual voltage at powered device A Power Over Ethernet (PoE) system, or other power over data lines system, includes Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) providing combined data and voltage over wires to a Powered Device (PD). Since cable length and PD load currents may not be known, there is a variable voltage drop along the cable between the PSE and PD. Prior to the PD being fully powered up, a test is performed by the PSE to determine the actual resistance or voltage drop of the cable, and the results are stored in a memory accessed by the PSE upon powering up. The PSE uses the stored information to adjust its voltage source to provide a target voltage at the PD input during full power operation. This may obviate the need for a voltage regulator at the PD. The test may only be conducted when the PSE is initially powered up or may be conducted periodically.
US09488993B2	Systems and methods for selecting temperature setpoints A controller for operating a water heater includes an input device configured to input a temperature setpoint for the water heater and a processor coupled to the input device. The input device is configured to input at least one restricted setpoint above a predetermined maximum temperature. The processor is configured to detect that an unlock sequence has been input using at least the input device, and in response to the detection of the unlock sequence, permit the water heater to operate at the restricted setpoint above the predetermined maximum temperature when the restricted setpoint is selected using the input device within a predetermined length of time after the detection of the unlock sequence.
US09488980B2	Smart notification systems for wearable devices According to the embodiments described herein, a smart notification system can include a vehicle, a mobile communication device, and a wearable processing device. A wearable processor or the wearable processing device, a mobile processor of the mobile communication device, a vehicular processor of the vehicle, or a combination thereof can execute machine readable instructions to monitor ambient conditions of the vehicle with a sensor. A notification can be provided upon a wearable display of the wearable processing device. The notification can be indicative of the ambient conditions of the vehicle. A command can be detected with physical input of the wearable processing device. A command signal can be received with vehicle communication hardware of the vehicle. The command signal can be indicative of the command detected by the physical input of the wearable processing device.
US09488968B2	Energy distribution system and related methods, devices, and systems Aspects of the disclosure are directed to an autonomous energy distribution network including a plurality of solar tracker devices configured to receive solar energy and transform the solar energy into electrical energy, where each of the solar tracker devices is directly connected to a node in a power distribution grid. The network also includes a node manager configured to receive status information from the solar trackers, where the status information includes information regarding the state of the node to which each of the solar tracker device are directly connected.
US09488962B2	Alkali-metal vapour cell, especially for an atomic clock, and manufacturing process The invention relates to an alkali-metal vapor cell, especially for an atomic clock, and to its manufacturing process. The alkali-metal vapor cell is able to be associated with a laser for emitting an external input laser beam and a photodetector for receiving an external output laser beam, and comprises a housing having an upstream optical window and a downstream optical window and forming an optical cavity filled with an alkali-metal vapor such as a caesium-comprising vapor, and micro-optical means arranged in the optical cavity and comprising an upstream optical reflector and a downstream optical reflector for reflecting the laser beam, which reflectors are inclined relative to each other, the upstream reflector being inclined relative to the plane (P) of the upstream window and to the axis of the input laser beam so that the external input laser beam passes through the upstream window in order to form an internal input laser beam, the latter being reflected by the upstream reflector and deviated towards the downstream reflector so as to form an internal intermediate laser beam that is reflected on the downstream reflector and deviated towards the downstream window so as to form an internal output laser beam, the internal output laser beam passing through the downstream window in order to form the external output laser beam.
US09488961B2	Assembly system utilising a conical, elastic locking element An assembly system includes a member made of a first material including a staff and a shoulder, the staff of the member being received in an aperture of a part made of a second material having little or no plastic domain. The assembly system includes a locking element made of a third material arranged to elastically attach the part between the shoulder of the member and the locking element, and the locking element is a conical washer including an internal wall which radially grips the staff of the member. A peripheral portion of the locking element exerts an elastic radial force vertical to the shoulder of the member in order to secure assembly of the member, the part, and the locking element.
US09488958B2	Process cartridge having a driving force receiver The invention relates to a process cartridge, which comprises a process cartridge housing, a photosensitive member, a driving force receiving opening, a retractable mechanism and a control mechanism, wherein the photosensitive member is arranged inside the process cartridge housing; the driving force receiving opening is connected with the photosensitive member and provides a driving force for the photosensitive member; the retractable mechanism allows the driving force receiving opening to extend or retract in the axial direction of the photosensitive member; and the control mechanism controls the extension and retraction of the retractable mechanism.
US09488953B1	Cleaning blade, process cartridge, and image forming apparatus A cleaning blade includes a polyurethane member that contains a polyurethane, the polyurethane member constituting at least a contact portion that comes in contact with a member to be cleaned. An infrared absorption spectrum obtained by infrared spectroscopy of the polyurethane member has a peak intensity ratio (A/B) of about 1.1 or more, where A represents an intensity of a spectral peak due to a carbonyl group that does not form a hydrogen bond, the spectral peak appearing in a range of about 1,730 cm−1 or more and about 1,740 cm−1 or less, and B represents an intensity of a spectral peak due to a carbonyl group that forms a hydrogen bond, the spectral peak appearing in a range of about 1,670 cm−1 or more and about 1,720 cm−1 or less.
US09488950B2	Contact member, image holding member, and image forming apparatus Provided is a contact member that comes in contact with an inner surface of a cylindrical member being rotated to press against the inner surface, is supported within the cylindrical member, is provided along the inner surface when viewed in an axial direction of the cylindrical member while being supported by the cylindrical member, has an arc shape in which both ends thereof face each other, and has first thin-wall regions which are respectively formed at both ends thereof in a circumferential direction to have thicknesses lower than thicknesses of other regions.
US09488943B2	Image forming apparatus There is provided an image forming apparatus including: an image forming unit; a fixing unit; a motor; a transmission device configured to transmit a driving power from the motor with a speed transmission ratio selectable from a first speed transmission ratio and a second speed transmission ratio; and a control unit configured to control the transmission device to set the speed transmission ratio to one of the first speed transmission ratio and the second speed transmission ratio by controlling the transmission device to switch a connection state being set by a connection mechanism into one of a connected state and a disconnected state.
US09488940B2	Fixing device with temperature sensor fitted in a recess of a nip plate A fixing device configured to thermally fix a developing agent image to a recording sheet includes a fixing belt having a tubular shape defining an inner space, a heat generating member and a nip plate which are disposed in the inner space, and a rotating member disposed outside the inner space. The nip plate includes a plate-shaped portion holding the fixing belt against the rotating member, and a bent portion located downstream of the plate-shaped portion in a conveying direction of the recording sheet and bent to define a recess facing away from the rotating member. The bent portion protrudes farther away from the heat generating member than the plate-shaped portion. A temperature sensor for sensing a temperature of the nip plate is fitted in the recess of the bent portion so as not to be displaced in the conveying direction.
US09488939B1	Fixing device including a blowing member for blowing air and image forming apparatus therewith A fixing device has a fixing member, a guide member, and a blowing member. The guide member is pivotable to be located selectively either in a first position where it guides a recording medium to a fixing nip and a second position where it shuts a recording medium transport passage. When the fixing member is driven to rotate, the guide member is located in the first position to guide air blown from the blowing member to opposite ends of the fixing member. When the fixing member is not driven to rotate, the guide member is located in the second position to let air blown from the blowing member pass between the guide member and the fixing member.
US09488936B2	Image forming apparatus In printing, a first power supply unit applies a transfer current with a polarity opposite to a charged polarity of toner to the transfer roller. A second power supply unit applies a toner scattering suppression current with a polarity opposite to the charged polarity of the toner to a stretching roller until a rear end of a sheet passes through a separation position after a front end of the sheet reaches the separation position. The first power supply unit applies a post-transfer current, which has a polarity opposite to the charged polarity of the toner and has an absolute value equal to or more than an absolute value of the toner scattering suppression current, to the transfer roller until the rear end of the sheet passes through the separation position after the rear end of the sheet passes through the nip position.
US09488934B2	Belt circling device, transfer device, and image forming apparatus Provided is a belt circling device including a belt supported to be capable of circling by plural rotating members provided rotatably on side plates, a displacement member that is displaced while being in contact with the belt, a correction unit that includes a contact member that is in contact with the belt on an upstream side or on a downstream side from the displacement member in a circling direction of the belt and a movement section that causes the contact member to be movable in an intersecting direction intersecting with the circling direction and that corrects a deviation of the moving belt, and a connection member that is provided on the side plate, is displaced with respect to the side plate with following the displacement member, and connects the displacement member and the movement section to each other.
US09488925B2	Magenta toner, developer, and image forming apparatus A magenta toner for electrophotography, including: a polyester resin; and a colorant containing a naphthol-based pigment, wherein the magenta toner for electrophotography satisfies requirements <1> and <2> below: <1> [G′(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is 1.0×105 Pa to 1.0×107 Pa, and a ratio of [G′(40)(THF insoluble matter)] to the [G′(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is 3.5×10 or less, where the [G′(100)(THF insoluble matter)] is a storage modulus at 100° C. of THF insoluble matter of the toner and the [G′(40)(THF insoluble matter)] is a storage modulus at 40° C. of the THF insoluble matter of the toner; and <2> an X-ray diffraction pattern of the naphthol-based pigment in a crystalline state has a plurality of peaks in a range of 0°≦2θ≦35°, and a sum of half value widths of the peaks is 5° to 10°.
US09488921B2	Lithography apparatus, an apparatus for providing setpoint data, a device manufacturing method, a method of calculating setpoint data and a computer program An exposure apparatus configured to project each of a plurality of radiation beams onto a respective location on a target, the plurality of radiation beams forming a desired dose pattern via a plurality of spot exposures, the nominal position of a characteristic point in the dose distribution of each of the spot exposures lying at points defining a first grid. The apparatus has, or is provided data from, a controller configured to: calculate a target intensity value for each of the plurality of radiation beams to expose the target to the desired dose pattern, the calculation using as input a rasterized representation of the desired dose pattern, the rasterized representation including a dose value defined at each of a plurality of points on a second grid, the first and second grids having the same geometry, and control the exposure apparatus to emit beams with the target intensity values.
US09488918B2	Optical system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus and microlithographic exposure method The invention relates to an optical system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus, and to a microlithographic exposure method. An optical system for a microlithographic projection exposure apparatus comprises at least one mirror arrangement having a plurality of mirror elements, wherein these mirror elements can be adjusted independently of one another for changing an angular distribution of the light reflected by the mirror arrangement, and a polarization-influencing optical arrangement which is arranged downstream of the mirror arrangement in the light propagation direction, wherein the polarization-influencing optical arrangement reflects a light beam incident on the arrangement in at least two reflections, which do not occur in a common plane, for at least one angular distribution of the light reflected by the mirror arrangement.
US09488914B2	Fluorine-containing sulfonic acid salt, fluorine-containing sulfonic acid salt resin, resist composition, and pattern forming method using same Disclosed is a fluorine-containing sulfonic acid salt resin having a repeating unit represented by the following general formula (3). In the formula, each A independently represents a hydrogen atom, a fluorine atom or a trifluoromethyl group, and n represents an integer of 1-10. W represents a bivalent linking group, R01 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, and M+ represents a monovalent cation. A resist composition containing this resin is further superior in sensitivity, resolution and reproducibility of mask pattern and is capable of forming a pattern with a low LER.
US09488910B2	Sulfonyl photoacid generators and photoresists comprising same New bis(sulfonyl)imide and tri(sulfonyl)methide photoacid generator compounds (“PAGs”) are provided as well as photoresist compositions that comprise such PAG compounds.
US09488904B2	Mask blank glass substrate, multilayer reflective film coated substrate, mask blank, mask, and methods of manufacturing the same Provided is a mask blank glass substrate that has high surface smoothness, that is formed with a fiducial mark capable of improving the detection accuracy of a defect position or the like, and that enables reuse or recycling of a glass substrate included therein. An underlayer is formed on a main surface, on the side where a transfer pattern is to be formed, of a glass substrate for a mask blank. The underlayer serves to reduce surface roughness of the main surface of the glass substrate or to reduce defects of the main surface of the glass substrate. A surface of the underlayer is a precision-polished surface. A fiducial mark which provides a reference for a defect position in defect information is formed on the underlayer.
US09488903B1	Silhouette zoetrope An animation device for producing the perception of animation within a slotted cylinder. The animation device has a rotatable platform, and a slotted cylinder with wall segments at least partially separated by longitudinal slots retained to rotate concentrically with the platform. Images, such as two-dimensional or three-dimensional figures, are retained to rotate with the platform along a circumference substantially concentric with but greater than the circumference of the slotted cylinder whereby the slotted cylinder is disposed radially inward of the images. The images, which can be sequential, could be retained by elongate support members, by an image cylinder, or by any other support. When the platform is rotated, an observer looking through the slots in the slotted cylinder can perceive an animation of the plurality of images within the slotted cylinder. Multiple, separate pluralities of images can be retained, potentially along different circumferences, to produce distinct animations.
US09488900B2	Projection apparatus including light sources and heat radiating members A projection apparatus includes: a housing which includes an intake vent formed in one side surface, and an exhaust vent formed in the other side surface; a first light source; a first heat radiating member which includes fins; a heat transfer pipe which connects the first light source and the first heat radiating member; a second light source; a second heat radiating member which includes fins; and a heat transfer pipe which connects the second light source and the second heat radiating member, wherein the first light source, first heat radiating member, first heat transfer pipe, second light source, second heat radiating member and second heat transfer pipe are housed in the housing, and the first heat radiating member and the second heat radiating member are disposed on a gas flow path substantially linearly connecting the intake vent and the exhaust vent.
US09488896B2	Direct-coupled driver for Mach-Zehnder optical modulators An optical modulator device directly-coupled to a driver circuit device. The optical modulator device can include a transmission line electrically coupled to an internal VDD, a first electrode electrically coupled to the transmission line, a second electrode electrically coupled to the first electrode and the transmission line. A wave guide can be operably coupled to the first and second electrodes, and a driver circuit device can be directly coupled to the transmission line and the first and second electrodes. This optical modulator and the driver circuit device can be configured without back termination.
US09488891B2	Thin-surface liquid crystal based voltage sensor A method for fabricating a liquid crystal (LC) device and large area LC devices is provided. The method includes forming a LC layer and forming a coated silicon wafer on at least one surface of the LC layer. The coated silicon wafer includes a sacrificial layer for providing structural strength during fabrication of the LC device and a thin coating layer serving as an external light transmissive layer, and the coated silicon wafer is formed such that the thin coating layer is formed on the LC layer and the sacrificial layer is formed on the thin coating layer. The method also includes fabricating the LC device and selectively removing at least a portion of the sacrificial layer of the coated silicon wafer to expose at least a portion of the thin coating layer to serve as an external layer of the LC device.
US09488890B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same When a pixel portion and a driver circuit are formed over one substrate and a counter electrode is formed over an entire surface of a counter substrate, the driver circuit may be adversely affected by an optimized voltage of the counter electrode. A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a structure in which: a liquid crystal layer is provided between a pair of substrates; one of the substrates is provided with a pixel electrode and a driver circuit; the other of the substrates is a counter substrate which is provided with two counter electrode layers in different potentials; and one of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the pixel electrode with the liquid crystal layer therebetween and the other of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the driver circuit with the liquid crystal layer therebetween. An oxide semiconductor layer is used for the driver circuit.
US09488880B2	Liquid crystal display device, display device and manufacturing method thereof Image display device having an electrode forming layer which includes a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of drain lines, a plurality of switching elements and the a plurality of pixel electrodes, and having reference electrode layer between the electrode forming layer and a substrate where the electrode forming layer formed thereon, and the reference electrode layer and the electrode forming layer are insulated by insulating layer.
US09488868B2	Liquid crystal aligning agent, liquid crystal aligning layer, methods of preparing the same, and liquid crystal display panel Provided a liquid crystal aligning agent capable of prevent liquid crystal molecules from polarization including a polyimide precursor, a cationic exchange resin and a solvent. The present invention further provides a liquid crystal aligning layer formed from the liquid crystal aligning agent, methods of preparing the liquid crystal aligning agent and the liquid crystal aligning layer, and a liquid crystal display panel including the liquid crystal aligning layer.
US09488863B2	Lighting device The present disclosure relates to a backlight for illuminating back lit displays (e.g. LC displays of LCD televisions). In order to enable a thin design of the backlight and a high uniformity of the light emitted by the backlight, an apparatus may be provided with transparent and diffusing masking elements that may mask individual light sources and may diffuse light back into a light guide. Absorbing elements and/or retro-reflective elements may be arranged proximate the light sources in order to avoid generation of bright spots or rings around the light sources.
US09488858B2	Display device A display device for stably attaching a polarizer and preventing contamination of a liquid crystal layer includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor provided on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a roof layer disposed on the pixel electrode to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode with a plurality of microcavities therebetween; a liquid crystal layer for filling the microcavities; an adhesive member formed on the roof layer and sealing the microcavities; and a first polarizer provided on the adhesive member.
US09488845B2	Display device A liquid crystal lens is formed with a first electrode formed on a first substrate and two or more second electrodes formed on a second substrate in a stripe pattern. Different voltages are applied to the second electrodes. The plurality of second electrodes exist at the boundary between a first liquid crystal lens and a second liquid crystal lens, and accept the maximum voltage of the different voltages. As a result, the liquid crystal lens can be moved in accordance with the movement of the visual line, the first and second liquid crystal lenses can be separated, and also a refractive index distribution of the liquid crystal lens can be close to a quadratic curve, thereby enabling to prevent the crosstalk.
US09488842B2	Liquid crystal optical device and stereoscopic image display device According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal optical device includes first and second substrate units and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate unit includes a first substrate having a first major surface, and a first electrode extending along a first direction. The second substrate unit includes a second substrate and a first opposing electrode. The liquid crystal layer is provided between the first substrate unit and the second substrate unit and includes a first portion provided on a side of the first substrate unit and a second portion provided on a side of the second substrate unit. The first portion has a vertical alignment. The second portion has a horizontal alignment. A long axis of liquid crystal molecules in the second portion aligns along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
US09488828B2	Optical deflector apparatus capable of increasing offset deflecting amount of mirror In an optical deflector apparatus including a mirror, an inner frame, an outer frame, an inner piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around an axis of the mirror, an outer piezoelectric actuator adapted to flex the mirror around the axis of the mirror, and a driver adapted to generate an offset drive voltage and a rocking drive voltage. The offset drive voltage is applied to a first piezoelectric actuator selected from the inner piezoelectric actuator and the outer piezoelectric actuator. The rocking drive voltage is applied to a second piezoelectric actuator different from the first piezoelectric actuator.
US09488826B2	Electrowetting display device having banks of different hydrophilicities and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed is an electrowetting display device including a plurality pixels. Each pixel includes a pixel electrode, a hydrophobic layer, a hydrophobic fluid, and a bank adapted to limit the range of movement of the hydrophobic fluid. The bank has a hydrophobic bank surface and a hydrophilic bank surface, which face each other. The hydrophobic fluid is moved from the hydrophilic bank surface towards the hydrophobic bank surface by the application of a voltage to the pixel electrode.
US09488825B2	Long-range optical device The invention relates to a long-range optical device, in particular a sighting telescope, comprising an outer housing in which a reversal system is disposed between an objective lens and eyepiece, and having an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the sighting line by adjusting at least one optical component inside the outer housing, and having a resetting mechanism acting on the optical component which has at least one spring in order to generate the restoring force. The resetting mechanism comprises at least one lever which transmits the spring force of the spring to the optical component.
US09488818B2	Immersion objective for microscopes and use thereof A microscope immersion objective having a numerical aperture of NA>1.36 includes a front lens group. The front lens group has a first, object-side optical element having a plane parallel plate and a second optical element having a hyper-hemisphere. The plane parallel plate is wrung together with a planar side of the hyper-hemisphere.
US09488815B2	Pattern evaluation method and pattern evaluation device An pattern evaluation method includes a step of estimating imaging deviation allowed to evaluate an overlay position on one or more evaluation point candidates based on pattern layout information, a step of deciding one or more evaluation points from among the evaluation point candidates based on the allowed imaging deviation, a step of deciding an imaging sequence for imaging the selected evaluation point, and a step of evaluating an overlay position between first and second patterns based on an image obtained by imaging the evaluation point according to the imaging sequence.
US09488812B2	Imaging optics To provide thin imaging optics that have magnification-adjustment functionality and can fit in a small-form-factor electronic device that has limited thickness or layout space. These imaging optics, which have magnification-adjustment functionality that allows magnification adjustment, are characterized in that a prism (P) with the ability to bend the optical axis by 90° is positioned on the object side. These imaging optics are also characterized in that at least the following are laid out, in this order, behind the optical-axis bending means: a positive-power first group (G1) that produces an intermediate image (II), said intermediate image (II) being a real image; a positive-power second group (G2) that refracts off-axis light rays toward a central axis (O); and a positive-power third group (G3) that focuses the intermediate image (II) onto an imaging element. Light-ray heights at the V-edges throughout the imaging optics are thereby kept low.
US09488810B2	Apparatuses and methods to image surfaces with small spot-size and large field of view Apparatuses and methods to image onto a flat surface with a spot-size that is about less than or equal to the wavelength of an incident planar electromagnetic wave, and with large field of view, are disclosed herein. More specifically, the apparatuses and methods disclosed herein utilize two hemispheres comprised of one or more dielectric materials to produce the Fourier transform of an incident planar electromagnetic wave onto a flat surface located in a projection plane.
US09488807B2	Optical imaging lens assembly, image capturing unit and electronic device An optical imaging lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The second lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The third lens element has refractive power. The fourth lens element with positive refractive power has an object-side surface being convex and an image-side surface being convex in a paraxial region thereof. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has an object-side surface being concave and an image-side surface being concave in a paraxial region thereof, wherein the image-side surface thereof has at least one convex shape in an off-axis region thereof.
US09488802B2	Optical image lens system An optical image lens system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element and a sixth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface. The second lens element has positive refractive power. The third lens element has positive refractive power. The fourth lens element has refractive power. The fifth lens element with positive refractive power has a convex image-side surface, wherein at least one surface of the fifth lens element is aspheric. The sixth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein at least one surface of the sixth lens element is aspheric, and the sixth lens element has at least one inflection point on the image-side surface thereof.
US09488800B2	Wide angle lens and imaging apparatus A wide angle lens consists of a front group, a stop, and a positive rear group in order from the object side. A positive lens with a convex surface on the object side and a lens having a negative meniscus shape with a convex surface on the object side are respectively disposed first and second from the object side in the front group. When Abbe number with respect to the d-line and the partial dispersion ratio between the g-line and the F-line of the lens having a negative meniscus shape are taken as νdf and θgFf respectively, the wide angle lens satisfies a conditional expression (1): 0.038<θgFf −0.6415+0.001618×νdf and a conditional expression (2): νdf<19.
US09488797B2	Lens barrel, image-capturing device, and method for controlling lens barrel A lens barrel in which tilt adjustment can be made depending on the position of a lens unit in the optical axis direction. This lens barrel includes: at least three guide bars provided so as to extend along the optical axis direction; a driving unit that respectively drives the at least three guide bars in the optical axis direction; a lens frame holding unit that holds an image-capturing lens, the lens frame holding unit being attached to at least three guide bars and being driven in the optical axis direction by the at least three guide bars; and a control unit that controls said at least three linear actuators so as to adjust the respective drive amounts in the optical axis direction of the at least three guide bars and to tilt the lens frame holding unit from a direction orthogonal to the optical axis.
US09488792B2	Optical receptacle, and optical module provided with same A surface (17d′) facing a photoelectric conversion apparatus is formed on the optical block (3) side, said surface having light from a light emitting element (10) inputted thereto and monitor light outputted therefrom, and a coupling light output surface (12) having coupling light outputted therefrom is formed on the optical housing (4) side, and consequently, the surface (17d′) and the coupling light output surface (12) are simply and highly accurately formed. Then, an optical block (3) and an optical housing (4) are simply and accurately combined by being fitted together by means of fitting sections (21, 24). Adhesion of foreign materials and formation of scratches on the reflecting surface (18) of the optical block (3) are suppressed by covering the reflecting surface (18) with the optical housing (4).
US09488787B2	Cross-connect switch using 1D arrays of beam steering elements An optical cross-connect including two deflector arrays optically separated by an angle-to-offset (ATO) element, wherein each deflector array includes a plurality of deflectors aligned in an array direction, each deflector array having a switching direction substantially perpendicular to the corresponding array direction, the array direction of the two deflector arrays being substantially perpendicular. Beam shaping optics convert light transmitted towards the first deflector array to have an elliptical cross-section at the first deflector array, thus providing a relatively simple and compact optical cross-connect.
US09488786B2	Fiber optic sensing apparatus including fiber gratings and method for sensing parameters involving different parameter modalities Optical-based apparatus and method for sensing parameters in connection with an asset, such as a pipeline, are provided. At least two sites in an optical fiber may include a respective fiber grating arranged to have a respective optical response in a wavelength spectrum having a distinguishing feature indicative of a value of a respective local parameter at a respective grating site. The two fiber gratings may be further arranged to form, in combination with a respective portion of the optical fiber which extends between the two sites, respective optical backscatter portions that when combined with one another are effective to sense an optical change in the fiber portion between the sites indicative of a value of a distributed parameter. This is a parameter modality different from a parameter modality of the respective local parameters at the respective grating sites.
US09488777B2	Back-side etching and cleaving of substrates A fabrication technique for cleaving a substrate in an integrated circuit is described. During this fabrication technique, a trench is defined on a back side of a substrate. For example, the trench may be defined using photoresist and/or a mask pattern on the back side of the substrate. The trench may extend from the back side to a depth less than a thickness of the substrate. Moreover, a buried-oxide layer and a semiconductor layer may be disposed on a front side of the substrate. In particular, the substrate may be included in a silicon-on-insulator technology. By applying a force proximate to the trench, the substrate may be cleaved to define a surface, such as an optical facet. This surface may have high optical quality and may extend across the substrate, the buried-oxide layer and the semiconductor layer.
US09488763B2	Polycyclic organic compound, optically anisotropic film and method of production thereof The polycyclic organic compounds which are substantially transparent for an electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range, an anisotropic optical film comprising at least one polycyclic organic compound and a method of producing thereof are disclosed. The polycyclic organic compounds have a general formula (I) wherein A and B are acid groups; n is the number of phenyl rings in the range from 3 to 10; m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; l is 1, 2, or 3; p is 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6; C is a counterion from a list comprising H+, NH+4, Na+, K+, Li+, Cs+, Ca2+, Mg2+, Sr2+, La3+, Zn2+, Zr4+, Ce3+, Y3+, Yb3+, Gd3+, and any combination thereof; k is the number of counterions necessary for compensation of the negative electric charge equal to (−p).
US09488761B2	Method for fabricating color filter substrate The present invention discloses methods and apparatus for fabricating display panels and color filter substrates. The fabricating methods include: providing a glass substrate having a flexible area; forming a etching material layer on a surface of the glass substrate; etching the etching material layer to form black matrices on the glass substrate, wherein the black matrix of the flexible area, which is narrower than the black matrix on the other area, corresponds to a vertical projection of a opaque area between pixels when the flexible area is bending. Hence, the present invention may reduce shadows and improve the transmittance by above methods.
US09488758B2	Liquid lens with magnification control A liquid lens structure and method of fabrication are provided. The liquid lens includes a substrate with a channel opening extending through the substrate. A liquid drop is disposed within the channel and an enclosure at least partially surrounds the substrate, and forms a chamber. The liquid drop resides within the chamber, and a second liquid is disposed within the chamber in direct or indirect contact with the liquid drop at a first interface and a second interface. The first and second interfaces define first and second protruding liquid portions relative to the first and second surfaces, respectively. Taken together, the first and second liquid portions define a total protruding liquid volume. A lens magnification control is provided for adjusting magnification of the liquid lens by increasing or decreasing the total protruding liquid volume defined relative to the first and second surfaces.
US09488754B2	Self-activating adaptive monitoring network and method for registration of weak electromagnetic signals In the prior art electromagnetic measurement systems for meteorology are known with which Spherics signals are recorded and analyzed. To design a measurement system in such a way that the creation, development and transfer of discharge processes is relatively observable for comprehensive monitoring network, it is provided, that a subnetwork (SN) is underlain to a base net (BN), wherein in the cells of the subnetwork (SN) sensors (SSN) with the ratio of between 1:8 and 1:12, preferably 1:10, smaller distance are distributed, wherein sensors (SBN) located in the basic network (BN), which are in standby-mode and which if receiving Spherics-burst signals in an adjustable time period are self-activating and make a preprocessing for the extraction of event patterns, and wherein a central station (Z) turns on said sensors (SSN) of the subnetwork (SN) for a finer resolution with respect to the observation.
US09488750B2	Wellbore FTIR gas detection system A system can be constructed and operated with at least a wellbore that is connected to a gas detection system. The gas detection system can house a control module, infrared sensor, and first and second pumps in a portable case. The first and second pumps may be respectively positioned on opposite sides of the infrared sensor and configured to provide uniform sample gas flow through the infrared sensor to detect multiple different types of gasses flowing from the wellbore.
US09488749B2	Holographic techniques for corrosion evaluation of wellbore pipes A method includes obtaining a first small defect response at a given frequency of a first small defect on a first wellbore pipe positioned within a wellbore. A Fourier transform of the first small defect response is then calculated, and a first measured response at the given frequency of a first arbitrary metal loss defect in the first wellbore pipe is obtained with a sensor of a pipe inspection tool. A Fourier transform of the first measured response is then calculated, and a magnitude of the first arbitrary metal loss based on the Fourier transform of the first small defect response and the Fourier transform of the first measured response is then estimated.
US09488736B2	Locally measured movement smoothing of GNSS position fixes A method of improving position determination of a device using locally measured movement. A first position fix of a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver system of a device is accessed. A second position fix of the GNSS receiver system is accessed at a time subsequent to the first position fix. Locally measured device movement information is obtained from at least one sensor, that is in a known physical relationship to the device, for a time period after the first position fix and no later than the second position fix, wherein the at least one sensor comprises an image capture device. The quality of measurement of the second position fix is improved by disciplining the second position fix based on the locally measured device movement information.
US09488730B2	Receiver alias rejection improvement by adding an offset Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for isolating a desired GNSS signal from a plurality of GNSS signals with the same code are presented. In some embodiments, a method may comprise receiving, by a mobile device, the plurality of GNSS signals, wherein the plurality of GNSS signals include the desired GNSS signal. Subsequently, the method may comprise processing the received plurality of GNSS signals to a down-converted signal, wherein the down-converted signal has a lower frequency than the desired GNSS signal, and wherein the down-converted signal includes a first channel associated with a non-zero frequency. Moreover, the method may comprise processing the down-converted signal to offset the first channel by an offset frequency corresponding to a fraction of the first channel to create an offset down-converted signal. Furthermore, the method may comprise determining the desired GNSS signal from the offset down-converted signal based on the offset frequency.
US09488727B2	Ultrasonic sensor arrangement comprising an ultrasonic sensor in the radiator grill, motor vehicle and corresponding method The invention relates to an ultrasonic sensor arrangement (2) for a motor vehicle (1), comprising a trim element (3), in particular a bumper, comprising a radiator grill (4), and at least one first and one second ultrasonic sensor (5, 6) each comprising a membrane (11) for emitting and/or receiving ultrasonic signals, wherein the first ultrasonic sensor (5) with its membrane (11) is arranged on a back side of the trim element (3) so that the membrane (11) of the first ultrasonic sensor (5) is configured for emitting and/or receiving ultrasonic sensor signals through the trim element (3) and the second ultrasonic sensor (6) is arranged on the radiator grill (4). By detuning means (7, 9) the second ultrasonic sensor (6) is detuned and hereby its emission and/or receiving behavior adapted to the emission and/or receiving behavior of the first ultrasonic sensor (5).
US09488720B2	Active and passive electromagnetic detection with a low probability of interception An active and passive detection device is provided with a low probability of interception having a fixed antenna structure, transmission means and reception means. The antenna structure is formed by a plurality of radiating elements grouped into identical subnetworks and comprises at least one transmission subnetwork and at least three reception subnetworks. The transmission means are capable of generating an unfocused continuous waveform having low peak power in one plane and of transmitting said waveform. The reception means are capable of detecting the targets following the formation of a plurality of directional beams on the basis of the signals received on the reception subnetworks. The reception means are likewise capable of implementing the interception of radar signals from other radar sources using cross correlation processing between the signals received on at least three reception subnetworks.
US09488716B2	Microphone autolocalization using moving acoustic source Provided are methods and systems for calibrating a distributed sensor (e.g., microphone) array using time-of-flight (TOF) measurements for a plurality of spatially distributed acoustic events at the sensors. The calibration includes localization and gain equalization of the sensors. Accurate measurements of TOFs are obtained from spatially distributed acoustic events using a controlled signal emitted at known intervals by a moving acoustic source. A portable user device capable of playing out audio is used to produce a plurality of acoustic events (e.g., sound clicks) at known intervals of time and at different, but arbitrary locations based on the device being moved around in space by a user while producing the acoustic events. As such, the times of the acoustic event generation are known, and are spatially diverse. The calibration signals emitted by the acoustic source are designed to provide robustness to noise and reverberation.
US09488708B2	Method and apparatus to generate magnetic resonance angiography images In a magnetic (MR) method and apparatus to generate an MR angiography image of a vascular structure of an examination region, spins in the examination region are saturated by an RF saturation pulse to cause these spins to produce a lower signal intensity in the angiography image than spins that flow from a major artery via a feed artery into the examination region, which are not saturated by the RF saturation pulse. A saturation volume is established that is saturated by the RF saturation pulse in order to be able to depict substantially all the vascular structure, such that the major artery and the tissue surrounding the major artery are not situated at the level of the branching of the feed artery in the saturation volume. The MR angiography image is generated using the established saturation volume.
US09488702B2	Method for producing magneto-resistive effect element, magnetic sensor, rotation-angle detection device A magnetic sensor includes a plurality of magneto-resistive effect elements each configured by using a magneto-resistive effect film formed by laminating a pinned layer, a nonmagnetic layer, and a free layer in order from a side of a substrate. A first linear pattern is formed in a first portion on the substrate in a first direction. A second linear pattern is formed in a second portion on the substrate in a second direction. A magnetization direction of the first portion is different from a magnetization direction of the second portion. The magneto-resistive effect film is further formed on the substrate. Each of the plurality of magneto-resistive effect elements includes a pair of electrodes formed by the magneto-resistive effect film processed into a predetermined shape.
US09488696B2	Voltage detection apparatus A voltage detection apparatus comprises discharge circuits constituted by switch elements and resistors connected in series, and respectively connected in parallel to each of a plurality of battery cells constituting a storage battery, filter circuits provided for the respective battery cells and removing noise contained in voltage inputted by the battery cells, and voltage detection units (D) and (M) which detect voltage of the respective battery cells in which noise is removed by the filter circuits. The voltage detection units correct detection results, based on time from when the switch elements of the discharge circuits change into an OFF state to timing for detecting voltage of the battery cells. With this voltage detection apparatus, it is possible to correct the detection error of the voltage of the battery cell due to the influence of the filter circuit, thus improving the detection accuracy of the voltage of the battery cell.
US09488691B2	Integrated circuit control based on a first sample value and a delayed second sample value An integrated circuit comprises: a first processing stage comprising processing logic for performing a processing operation on an input signal to generate an output signal, wherein the input signal corresponds to an output signal of a previous processing stage; a first sampling element adapted to sample a first value of said output signal synchronously with a clock signal; a second sampling element adapted to sample a second value of said output signal synchronously with a first delayed clock signal; and a first delayed clock signal generator, adapted to selectively generate said first delayed clock signal in response to a control signal generated in said previous processing stage.
US09488686B2	Filter capacitor degradation identification using computed current Methods and apparatus are presented for detecting filter capacitor degradation in a power converter in which filter circuit branch currents and voltages are concurrently measured, nominal current values are automatically computed according to the measured voltages, the operating frequency and nominal capacitance values, and current change values are calculated based on the difference between the measured currents and the calculated nominal currents, and the change values are evaluated to selectively identify filter capacitor degradation conditions in the filter circuit.
US09488679B2	Current sensor having a laminated magnetic core A current sensor includes a magnetic core with a gap in part of a circumference and formed in an annular shape, and a magneto-electric conversion element arranged in the gap, the magneto-electric conversion element detecting magnetic fluxes changing with a measurement target current passing through a hollow part of the magnetic core. The magnetic core is formed by laminating a plurality of materials in a direction except a circumferential direction, and is formed so that magnetic flux densities of two points in an area defined in advance as an area where a sensing part of the magneto-electric conversion element can exist (hereinafter referred to as a sensing part existence area) approximate to each other, the two points being away from each other with a distance in a laminating direction being a length of the sensing part in the laminating direction.
US09488669B2	Athermalized optics for laser wind sensing Techniques are disclosed for providing an optical assembly to provide stereoscopic images of a reflected laser spot to a camera for wind measurement. According to certain embodiments of the invention, an optical assembly can include left and right (or first and second) subassemblies having lens groups and reflective elements that cause light traveling left and right subassemblies to follow similar paths to focus on respective left and right portions of a camera. The camera can then use left and right images of reflected laser light to determine wind based on turbulence patterns in the left and right images.
US09488665B2	Magnetic particle tagged reagents and techniques Methods for separating, in a continuous, multizone fluid medium, cells, particles, or other molecules of interest (MOI) from associated or contaminating unwanted materials not of interest (MNOI). The invention involves forced movement of MOI into certain zones having properties which deter the entry of unwanted materials. Differential movement of MOI and MNOI occurs by active counterforces that move MNOI but not MOI. MOI are tagged with magnetic particles and moved with a magnetic field through a fluid, or zones, of higher specific gravity that prevents, by flotation counterforce, unwanted less dense materials from entering.Surfaces specifically coated with reactants are reactive with the MOI in the tagged magnetic particle complex and of buoyant or other forces are used to remove any unbound material from the surface before reading. Readable labels, in addition to the magnetic particle tagged complex itself, such as enzymes, fluorophors, chemiluminescent materials, radioactive isotopes, chromogenic and fluorogenic substrates and other labels may be used. In most embodiments, materials of interest are delivered to a special final zone for reading or harvesting. The invention applies to many assays, diagnostic tests, separative procedures and chemical syntheses.
US09488658B2	Biological testing device A biological testing device includes a housing body having a meter storage compartment, and a testing meter that is disposed in the meter storage compartment and that operates with a biosensor strip which is disposed after being used. The housing body further has a waste storage compartment that is separated from the meter storage compartment and that has a waste take-out opening, and an insertion hole for inserting the used biosensor strip into the waste storage compartment. The waste take-out opening is larger than the insertion hole. The waste take-out opening is normally closed and is openable for permitting taking out of the used biosensor strip from the waste storage compartment.
US09488650B2	Detection of conductive polymer-labeled analytes The disclosure relates to the detection of analytes (e.g., biological pathogens such as bacteria or viruses) using a conductive polymer label. The disclosed detection system utilizing the conductive polymer label generally involves the formation of an analyte conjugate between the target analyte and a conductive polymer moiety conjugated to the target analyte. The conductive polymer portion of the analyte conjugate is electrically activated to form an electrically activated analyte conjugate having an increased electrical conductivity relative to the analyte conjugate as originally formed. The electrically activated analyte conjugate can then be detected by any suitable means, such as by conductimetric or electrochemical detection.
US09488640B2	Methods of identifying insect-TRPA1 modulators The invention provides a screening method for identifying an insect-specific TRPA1 modulator by comparing modulation of an insect TRPA1 and a mammalian TRPA1. The invention further provides method of insect control by applying to an insect a insect-specific TRPA1 modulator identified by the screening method.
US09488639B2	Cell-based tissue analysis Methods for cell-based tissue analysis utilize modern trends in digital microscopy to obtain, process, calibrate, and analyze digital images of tissue sections to quantify cell-based data for improved histological analysis. Using data from multiple images of a common tissue section, or data from images of multiple tissue sections, additional degrees of freedom are realized and the resulting analysis provides added depth to histological analysis of tissue samples. With computerized analytical methods, speed and accuracy of histological analysis is greatly improved.
US09488638B2	Tritiated planar carbon forms Tritiated planar carbon forms and their production are provided. Methods are provided for the stoichiometrically controlled labeling of planar carbon forms capitalizing on normal flaws of carboxylic acids ubiquitously present in commercial preparations of these planar carbon forms. Alternative methods include generation of a metallated intermediate whereby a metal is substituted for hydrogen on the carbon backbone of a planar carbon form. The metalized intermediate is then reacted with a tritium donor to covalently label the planar carbon form. The tritiated planar carbon forms produced are useful, for example, for determination of a biological property or environmental fate of planar carbon forms.
US09488634B2	Flowable stock sampling apparatus A combination includes a container and a coupling configured to receive the container. The coupling has a unitary body having a first side and an opposing second side, the first side comprising a first orifice and a second orifice, the second side comprising a third orifice. The first orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the third orifice from the first side to the second side, and the third orifice is disposed in flow-through communication with the second orifice from the second side to the first side. A first flow path through the first orifice is disposed parallel with a second flow path through the third orifice, and a third flow path through the third orifice is disposed parallel with a fourth flow path through the second orifice.
US09488633B2	Method for determining the concentration of iron ions in hydrocarbon compositions The present invention relates to a method for determining the concentration of iron ions in a hydrocarbon composition, as well as reagents and kits for use in such methods. The method utilises a thiocarboxylic acid having formula (I) which reduces the ferric ions and complexes ferrous ions producing a colored solution, which can be analysed to determine the amount of iron ions in the starting sample.
US09488626B2	Diagnostic method for poppet valves and measuring device for carrying out said method The invention relates to diagnostic methods according to the preamble of the equivalent claims 1 and 2, with which the state of a poppet valve in the course of the switching cycles and/or events thereof, such as the occurrence of pressure shocks or surges during continuous operation is/are monitored continuously, the measured signals are stored and the stored measured signals are interpreted in a targeted manner and early indication of cases of damage is carried out. According to a preferred variant of the diagnostic method, said aim is achieved in that at the same time as the force-time curve of the actuating force or the reaction force (F1(t); F2(t)), a displacement-time curve (h(t)) of the displacement (h) of the at least one closing element (8*) is measured, in that the force-time curve of the actuating force or of the reaction force (F1(t); F2(t)) and the displacement-time curve (h(t)) are combined with each other and used to determine a force-displacement curve of the actuating force or the reaction force (F1(h); F2(h)), in that the current force-displacement curve of the actuating force (F1(h)) or the reaction force (F2(h)) of a switching cycle, in each case determined over the operating period or lifetime of the poppet valve (100), is compared with an earlier, stored curve, in that deviations are determined from the comparison, in that, within a predefined tolerance range for said deviations, the latter are accepted, and in that, when said deviations exceed the predefined tolerance range, a message and/or a control signal is/are generated.
US09488615B2	Biosensor with a sensing surface on an interlayer dielectric The present disclosure relates to an integrated chip having an integrated bio-sensor having horizontal and vertical sensing surfaces. In some embodiments, the integrated chip has a sensing device disposed within a semiconductor substrate. A back-end-of the line (BEOL) metallization stack with a plurality of metal interconnect layers electrically coupled to the sensing device is arranged within an inter-level dielectric (ILD) layer overlying the semiconductor substrate. A sensing well is located within a top surface of the ILD layer. The sensing well has a horizontal sensing surface extending along a top surface of a first one of the plurality of metal interconnect layers and a vertical sensing surface extending along a sidewall of a second one of the plurality of metal interconnect layers overlying the first one of the plurality of metal interconnect layers. The use of both horizontal and vertical sensing surfaces enables more accurate sensing.
US09488610B2	Weaving method for producing a plurality of moisture sensors for a device for monitoring a patient access A weaving method for producing a plurality of moisture sensors for a device for monitoring an access to a patient, in particular for monitoring the vascular access in an extracorporeal blood treatment, wherein the moisture sensors are woven. During the weaving of the moisture sensors, non-conductive warp threads, non-conductive weft threads, conductive warp threads and conductive weft threads are disposed in the textile two-dimensionally extending structure, such that spatially demarcatable structures of electrical strip conductors are created. The strip conductor structures can be produced by spatial separation or contacting of the conductive warp or weft threads. In order to be able to produce the moisture sensors cost effectively in large numbers, a plurality of individual moisture sensors are repeatedly woven each time beside one another normal to the production direction on a common woven fabric web as the web progressively advances, so that the width of the woven fabric web is occupied in the best possible way by as many moisture sensors as possible. The individual moisture sensors are separated from one another after weaving.
US09488604B2	System and method for the automated testing and/or measuring of a plurality of substantially identical components by X-radiation A system for the automated serial testing and/or measuring of a plurality of substantially identical components by X-radiation, the system comprising a testing device with a support, a rotor mounted so as to be continuously rotatable on the support, and an X-ray device disposed on the rotor, a protective enclosure surrounding the testing device, a handling device for handling a component during X-ray testing, and a control/evaluation unit configured for automatically controlling the system as well as evaluating the X-ray signals by computer tomography. The handling device is configured for periodically reciprocating between a loading region and a testing region and comprises an end face element on which the component can be disposed on the side of the end face.
US09488592B1	Automatic detection of defects in composite structures using NDT methods A method and an apparatus for automatically collecting and processing nondestructive test (NDT) data to determine the presence, type, location, size, and strength of defects in composite, honeycomb, and grid structures like those found in aircraft, wind blades, boats, cars, building structures. The preferred embodiment is comprised of an uncooled IR mounted on a frame, a conductive heating mat, an IR Ruler with fiducials in a recognizable pattern, a computer, a processor, and output displays. The data collection, processing, and display output can be controlled or reviewed remotely via the internet. The processing, location, and output displays can be applied to any NDT system that collects and processes a two-dimensional amplitude image (e.g., x-ray systems).
US09488583B2	Molecular analysis device In the present invention, a molecular analysis device comprises a substrate, and a waveguide with a planar integrating element and filter or reflector element adjacent thereto is disposed on the substrate. The waveguide comprises a coupling means configured for coupling a predetermined frequency range of laser radiation into the waveguide. At least one metallic nanostructure is disposed on or adjacent to the planar integrating element, at least one metallic nanostructure is configured such that the field intensity and the gradient of the laser radiation, that is coupled into the waveguide, are enhanced over a sufficiently large volume around the nanostructure to simultaneously cause plasmonic based optical trapping of analyte(s) in a medium, and plasmonic based excitation of the particles to produce Raman scattered radiation. A Raman scattered radiation collection means is disposed on the substrate for collecting said Raman scattered radiation produced by the particles.
US09488577B2	Miniature gas sensor A gas sensor (20) comprising a substrate (231); an objective (211) situated on the substrate (231), adapted to collect a light beam (212, 213) emitted by a light source (210); an eyepiece (250) situated on the substrate (231), adapted to collect an incident light beam to focus it on a detector (251); return reflective surfaces (281, 282), situated facing said substrate; and at least one field lens (221), arranged on an intermediate reflective surface (222) formed on the substrate (231), and adapted to deviate the rays (213) of the light beam emitted by the light source, to bring them closer to the optical axis of the eyepiece (250).
US09488576B2	Optical measuring apparatus and method for the analysis of samples contained in liquid drops Optical measuring apparatus for analysis of samples contained in liquid drops includes a liquid handling system with at least one liquid handling tip. The apparatus has a light source for irradiating the drop, a detector for measuring sample light, an optics system with first optical elements for transmitting irradiation light, and a processor for processing measurement signals. The drop is suspended at the liquid handling orifice of the tip in a position where the drop is penetrated by a first optical axis defined by the light source and the first optical elements. The drop is physically touched only by the liquid handling tip and the liquid sample inside the tip. The tip is attached to a robot arm which adjusts the position of the liquid drop with respect to at least one optical element of the optics system.
US09488574B2	Device for imaging the interior of an optically turbid medium and receptacle unit for such a device A device (1) for imaging the interior of an optically turbid medium is provided. The device comprises a receptacle (3; 103) structured to accommodate an optically turbid medium for examination and an optically matching medium filling a space between an inner surface (6; 106) of the receptacle (3; 103) and the optically turbid medium. The device comprises at least one light source generating light to be coupled into the receptacle (3; 103) and at least one detector for detecting light emanating from the receptacle (3; 103). A coupling surface (10; 110) optically coupled to the inner surface (6; 106) of the receptacle and a coupling member (11; 111) optically coupled to the light source and the detector are provided. The coupling surface (10; 110) and the coupling member (11; 111) are movable to a plurality of different positions relative to each other and structured to establish an optical connection from the light source to the inner surface (6; 106) of the receptacle and from the inner surface (6; 106) of the receptacle to the at least one detector in the plurality of different positions.
US09488569B2	Method and systems to detect matter through use of a magnetic field gradient Methods and systems for determining material composition of a test sample may be provided. The test sample may be placed in a magnetic region having a magnetic field. A light beam may be directed at the test sample in the magnetic region. A birefringence in the light beam that has passed through the test sample may be detected. The material composition of the test sample may be determined based on the detected birefringence in the light beam.
US09488567B2	Pipe damage detection apparatus and method A pipe damage detection apparatus and method are disclosed. The pipe damage detection apparatus includes an ultrasonic supply unit configured to supply an ultrasonic signal to a pipe; an ultrasonic reception unit configured to receive the ultrasonic signal of the pipe; and an analysis unit configured to analyze the ultrasonic signal received by the ultrasonic reception unit, and determine whether the pipe is damaged. The pipe damage detection apparatus and method can detect whether a pipe that is difficult for an inspector to access because it is coated with an insulating material or buried in the ground is damaged.
US09488563B2	Systems and methods for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample using microstructured surfaces Method for detecting an analyte of interest in a sample. The method can include providing a container comprising a microstructured surface, and centrifuging the container toward the microstructured surface to form a sediment and a supernatant of the sample. Following centrifugation, the container can be inverted to decant at least a portion of the supernatant of the sample from the second portion, such that a concentrate (e.g., comprising the sediment) of the sample is retained in the microstructured surface. The concentrate can then be interrogated in the microstructured surface for the analyte of interest. In some embodiments, at least a portion of the second portion can be substantially transparent, such that the concentrate can be interrogated from the outside of the container, without requiring that the container be opened prior to interrogation.
US09488559B2	Hydraulic and spring combination device with position-limit spring for rock sample A device for fixing a rock sample, the device including: a lower clamp and an upper clamp. The lower clamp includes: a lower connector connected to a bottom loading base, a lower end cap for fixing samples, a lower chain connecting the lower connector and the lower end cap, a first spiral spring, a first central position-limit mechanism, a second central position-limit mechanism, and a first hydraulic mechanism. The lower end cap includes: a first sample fixing groove and a first connecting segment. The upper clamp includes: an upper connector connected to a top loading base, an upper end cap for fixing the samples, an upper chain connecting with the upper connector and the upper end cap, a second spiral spring, a third central position-limit mechanism, fourth central position-limit mechanism, and a second hydraulic mechanism. The upper end cap includes: a second sample fixing groove and a second connecting segment.
US09488555B2	Method for optimizing vertical probe alignment using diagnostic mixing routines A method and apparatus for adjusting the height of a tip of a mixing element, such as a needle probe, compares the mixing efficiency observed at two heights separated by a predetermined distance. The heights can be incrementally adjusted to determine the location of the bottom of a mixing vessel and, by extension, the approximate location for placing the mixing element for efficient mixing of solutions in the mixing vessel.
US09488550B2	Method for determining pitches of cooling fins for a pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire including cooling fins arranged by the same Disclosed are a method for determining pitches of cooling fins for a pneumatic tire so that the heat dissipation performance of the sidewall may be improved and an airflow noise generated by a high speed air may be decreased, and a pneumatic tire including the cooling fins arranged by the same. The method for determining pitches of cooling fins for a pneumatic tire, including: selecting a total number of cooling fins, the number of pitch-types, and a size of each pitch; generating a random number and arranging each type of pitch sequentially by the generated random number to produce a random pitch arrangement; Fourier transforming the obtained pitch arrangement to calculate a result value (FT); and repeatedly performing the steps of producing a random pitch arrangement and calculating the FT to determine a pitch arrangement when a change in amplitude of the FT is smallest.
US09488549B2	Sensor element with air pressure measurement A sensor element with air pressure measurement includes a layer stack from a plurality of layers arranged one on top of the other. At least one first layer contains a measurement sensor device for measuring a measurement parameter different from an ambient pressure of the sensor. The first or at least one second layer contains a pressure measurement device for measuring the air pressure in an environment on one side of the sensor element, or a channel for coupling a pressure measurement device to an environment on one side of the sensor element.
US09488544B2	Load estimation system for aerodynamic structures A method and apparatus for identifying loads caused by wind. Information for a group of aircraft parameters recorded by an information recorder is received in an aircraft during operation of the aircraft. A number of loads on an aerodynamic structure of the aircraft is estimated using the information for the group of aircraft parameters.
US09488543B2	Electronic device provided with automatic leak detection means The electronic device is provided with an automatic leak detection means, notably for a gas leak, in the case of the device. The automatic leak detection means includes a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a calculation unit connected to the pressure sensor and to the temperature sensor. The calculation unit, which is a microcontroller, the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor are arranged inside the case. In operation, the microcontroller checks, based on measurements performed by the pressure sensor and the temperature sensor over time, whether the variation in pressure in the case is within a defined margin proportional to the variation in temperature to determine whether or not the case has a sufficient degree of sealing.
US09488540B2	Barometer with multi-functions of measurement and depressurization A barometer with multi-functions of measurement and depressurization has a body, an intake set, an exhaust set, a depressurizing set and a pressure meter. The intake set is mounted on a side of the body. The exhaust set and the depressurizing set are mounted on the body and aligning with the intake set. The pressure meter is mounted on a top surface of the body. The body has an inner channel communicating with the intake set, the exhaust set, the depressurizing set and the pressure meter. Thus, the functions of inflating, pressure measuring, depressurization and re-inflating can be accomplished by the barometer for eliminating the inconvenience of frequent installing and removing an inflation apparatus, a depressurization device and a pressure meter.
US09488537B2	System and method for determining stress of a component made of magnetizable material The present system determines a significant stress value (σ) of a component made of magnetizable material. The system has a generating stage for generating a magnetic field of varying amplitude (H); and also includes a pickup stage for acquiring a Barkhausen noise signal (MBN) alongside variations in the amplitude (H) of the magnetic field. The system is characterized by having a processing unit for calculating the reciprocal (1/MBNmax) of the maximum value (MBNmax) of the signal (MBN), alongside variations in the amplitude (H) of the magnetic field. The processing unit has a memory stage storing a linear relation between the reciprocal (1/MBNmax) of the maximum value and the significant stress value (σ).
US09488536B2	Process for manufacturing fabric pressure sensor A process for manufacturing a fabric pressure sensor comprises cutting a sensing fabric to a pre-determined size, connecting a flexible electric wire with a wire of the sensing fabric by sewing, fixing the sensing fabric by means of a clamping positioner at a pre-determined tension, bonding a lower conversion layer with the sensing fabric by means of a lower conversion layer positioning box, bonding an adjustable column with the sensing fabric by means of an upper conversion layer positioning box, and bonding the upper conversion layer with the adjustable column by means of the upper conversion layer positioning box. A tool for manufacturing the sensor comprises an electrical property measuring device, a wire connecting tool, and a sensor structural component assembling tool. The present invention provides an easy and convenient way of manufacturing a fabric pressure sensor, monitoring the quality of manufacture, and enhancing the manufacturing precision and product yield.
US09488534B2	Supercritical total air temperature sensors A total air temperature sensor includes a supercritical airfoil body extending from an airfoil base to an opposed airfoil tip along a longitudinal axis. The supercritical airfoil body defines an interior flow passage with an inlet for fluid communication of fluid into the interior flow passage and an outlet for exhausting fluid out from the interior flow passage. A temperature probe is mounted within the interior flow passage for measuring temperature of flow through the interior flow passage to determine total air temperature.
US09488532B2	Temperature distribution measurement system, temperature distribution measurement apparatus, and temperature distribution measurement method A temperature distribution measurement system includes an optical fiber, a laser light source optically connected to the optical fiber, a photodetector configured to detect light backscattered in the optical fiber, and a temperature distribution measurement unit configured to perform correction calculation using a transfer function on a measured temperature distribution obtained from an output from the photodetector. The temperature distribution measurement unit acquires an actual temperature distribution in a location where the optical fiber is laid and determines appropriateness of the transfer function by computing a difference between the measured temperature distribution after the correction and the actual temperature distribution.
US09488524B2	Spectroscopic measurement device having diffraction grating at conjugate plane of relay lens A spectroscopic measurement device includes: a dividing optical system for dividing a measurement beam emitted from each of a plurality of measurement points located within a measurement area of an object to be measured, into a first measurement beam and a second measurement beam; an imaging optical system; an optical path length difference providing means; a detector including a plurality of pixels; a processor for acquiring an interferogram of a measurement point of the object to be measured; a conjugate plane imaging optical system located between the object to be measured and the dividing optical system; and a periodicity providing means located on the conjugate plane.
US09488522B2	Identifying method and device for detecting specific region of translucent medium An identifying method for detecting a specific region of a translucent medium provided includes steps as follows. A light sensing module is adjusted to allow an operation point of the light sensing module to be in an active region. Light is emitted to a driven translucent medium by a light-emitting module. The light been passed through the translucent medium is sensed by the light sensing module to generate a first light-intensity signal based on the light sensed at one time instant, and the voltages of the first light-intensity signal are regulated to derive a second light-intensity signal. A voltage level of the first light-intensity signal is compared with that of the second light-intensity signal to generate a comparison result. A determination of whether a specific region of the translucent medium is positioned between light sensing module and light-emitting module is made based on the comparison result.
US09488520B2	Eyewear with radiation detection system Eyewear having radiation monitoring capability is disclosed. Radiation, such as ultraviolet (UV) radiation, infrared (IR) radiation or light, can be measured by a detector. The measured radiation can then be used in providing radiation-related information to a user of the eyewear. Advantageously, the user of the eyewear is able to easily monitor their exposure to radiation.
US09488518B2	Brightness calculating apparatus, control method for brightness calculating apparatus, and display apparatus A brightness calculating apparatus according to the present invention includes: a setting unit configured to set an calculation target position on an emission surface; a sectioning unit configured to section a plurality of light sources into a plurality of sectioned regions in accordance with the calculation target position set by the setting unit; and a calculating unit configured to calculate the brightness at the calculation target position when light is emitted from the plurality of light sources by calculating, for each of the sectioned regions, the brightness at the calculation target position due to light sources in the sectioned region and summing up calculation results of the respective sectioned regions, wherein the sectioning unit sections light sources outside of a predetermined range from the calculation target position more roughly than light sources inside of the predetermined range from the calculation target position.
US09488511B2	Magnetic flowmeter with vapor permeation sensor A magnetic flowmeter includes a pipe having a non-conductive liner, afield coil adjacent to the pipe and configured to generate a magnetic field across a fluid flowing through the pipe, a first electrode located in a first tunnel passing through the pipe and into the liner, and a second electrode located in a second tunnel passing through the pipe and into the liner. The electrodes are configured to sense a voltage induced by the magnetic field across the fluid flowing through the pipe. The flowmeter also includes a sealed compartment attached to the pipe and enclosing the field coil, the first electrode, or the second electrode. The flowmeter further includes a vapor sensor within the sealed compartment configured to sense relative humidity in the compartment, and an electronics compartment having transmitter circuitry connected to the field coil, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the vapor sensor.
US09488498B2	Cam shaft rotation sensor A sensor device is provided with a magnetic field sensitive element to be positioned in a magnetic field of a magnet. The magnet is positioned on an end face of a cam shaft of an engine. The magnetic field sensitive element is configured to sense an orientation angle of the magnetic field in the range between 0° and 360°. Further, the sensor device is provided with a memory. The memory stores a mapping of pulse edges to orientation angles. Further, the sensor device is provided with electronic circuitry. The electronic circuitry is configured to generate, depending on the sensed orientation angle and the stored mapping of pulse edges to orientation angles, a signal comprising a pattern of pulses with rising and falling pulse edges which are mapped to predefined orientation angles as sensed by the magnetic field sensitive element.
US09488495B2	System, methods, device and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, for identifying connectivities in electrical networks A system, method, device and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, for identifying connectives in electrical networks are provided. The system has a first current sensor and a first clock for detecting events defined as changes in a magnitude of a passive electric current circulating through an electrical load point, and the time between events; a second current sensor and a second clock for detecting events defined as changes in a magnitude of a passive electric current circulating through a distribution line and/or through a supply point connected thereto, and the time between event; and a processor and a memory to compare the time between the events detected by the first current sensor an first clock with the ones detected by the second event current sensor and second clock, to determine at which distribution line the load point is connected to.
US09488487B2	Route detection in a trip-oriented message data communications system In an embodiment, a data processing method provides an improvement in personal tracking and comprises, using a server computer, obtaining a plurality of personal calendar records, wherein each of the calendar records comprises a location value specifying a geographical location of an event, and a start time value specifying a start time of an event at the location; using the server computer, obtaining a plurality of present location updates, wherein each of the present location updates comprises a geo-location value indicating a then-current location of a computing device; using the server computer, creating and storing polygon data that defines a polygon in geographical space that contains a final set of the plurality of location values; using the server computer, determining a street address that is contained in the polygon; creating and storing a database record that associates a particular calendar record with the street address.
US09488485B2	Method and apparatus for route selection based on recorded and calculated routes An approach for generating one or more personalized travel routes based on recorded routes and calculated routes is disclosed. An apparatus and method determines to generate at least one intersection point between at least one calculated route and at least one recorded route, wherein the at least one calculated route and the at least one recorded route include one or more common endpoints, and cause a generation of at least one personalized route by causing a combination of one or more segments of the at least one recorded route with one or more other segments of the at least one calculated route based, at least in part, on the at least one intersection point. The apparatus and method to determine the personalized route can cause a filtering of the at least one recorded route based on at least one filtering criterion to determine one or more candidate recorded routes.
US09488484B2	Package delivery and carpooling systems and methods Computationally implemented methods and systems that are designed for receiving a request for transporting one or more end users; identifying one or more transportation vehicle units for transporting the one or more end users to one or more destination locations based, at least in part, on determining whether the one or more transportation vehicle units have one or more delivery package obligations; and transmitting one or more directives that direct the one or more transportation vehicle units to rendezvous with the one or more end users in order to transport the one or more end users to the one or more destination locations. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.
US09488482B2	Systems and methods for adjusting a contour of a vehicle based on a protrusion A system for informing a navigation system of a vehicle of a protrusion includes a sensor and a processing circuit. The sensor is configured to generate sensor data based on a position of cargo. The processing circuit is configured to determine a contour of the vehicle, detect protruding cargo extending outside the contour of the vehicle, where detecting the protruding cargo is based on the sensor data and the contour, and notify the navigation system of the vehicle of the protruding cargo.
US09488480B2	Method and apparatus for improved navigation of a moving platform A navigation module and method for providing an INS/GNSS navigation solution for a moving platform, comprising a receiver for receiving absolute navigational information from an external source (e.g., such as a satellite), means for obtaining speed or velocity information and an assembly of self-contained sensors capable of obtaining readings (e.g., such as relative or non-reference based navigational information) about the moving platform, and further comprising at least one processor, coupled to receive the output information from the receiver, sensor assembly and means for obtaining speed or velocity information, and operative to integrate the output information to produce a navigation solution. The at least one processor may operate to provide a navigation solution by using the speed or velocity information to decouple the actual motion of the platform from the readings of the sensor assembly.
US09488479B2	Method, system, and device for to-do-list based navigation A method, system, and device for to-do-list based navigation includes identifying a selection of tasks to be completed from the to-do-list. The selected tasks may be prioritized or ordered based on navigation data and context data associated with each of the selected tasks to develop a trip plan for completing the selected tasks. The context data may include attributes, such as constraint data, associated with one or more of the selected tasks. In some embodiments, a status update for the current task may be periodically or occasionally communicated to one or more mobile computing devices to inform a user of the mobile computing device of the status of completion of the current task.
US09488470B1	Method for non-destructive evaluation of ceramic coatings A method for evaluating the condition of a ceramic coating deposited on a substrate comprising illuminating the ceramic coating with light, measuring the intensity of light returned from the ceramic coating as function of depth in the coating and transverse position on the coating, and analyzing the measured light intensities to obtain one or more of intensity of the light returned from the exposed coating surface relative to the intensity of light returned from the coating/substrate interface, intensity of the light returned from the coating/substrate interface relative to the intensity of light returned from the bulk of the ceramic coating, determination of roughness at the exposed surface of the ceramic coating, and determination of roughness of the interface between the ceramic coating and underlying bond coat or substrate.
US09488462B2	Structure for mounting resolver A structure for mounting a resolver in a housing, in which it is not necessary to use various different plates for forming the stator and accuracy of concentricity of the rotor and the stator is prevented from decreasing by a simple structure, are provided. The structure for mounting a resolver in a housing has a rotor and a stator arranged the outside of the rotor, in which the stator is mounted at an opening of the housing by clamps, projections are formed on an outer peripheral surface of the stator, protruding portions are formed on the clamps, and the stator is pressed to the housing by the clamps in a state in which the protruding portions are engaged with the concavities of the stator.
US09488461B2	Rotation angle detection device A rotation angle detection device includes a magnetic field generation section, a yoke, and a magnetism detection section. The magnetic field generation section has a first end portion and a second end portion. The yoke has such a tube shape that the magnetic field generation section and a rotation axis of a rotating body are located therein. The yoke has a gap at a part in a circumferential direction in a cross section perpendicular to the rotation axis. The magnetism detection section is disposed in the gap and outputs an electrical signal in accordance with a magnetic field strength in the gap. The magnetic field generation section is disposed in such a manner that a magnetic force line passing through the magnetic field generation section passes through the rotation axis regardless of the rotation angle of the rotating body and the rotation axis passes through the first end portion.
US09488451B2	Shock hardened initiator and initiator assembly Embodiments of an initiator support assembly that includes an initiator housing including an initiator cavity system are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a bridge substrate is positioned within the initiator cavity. The bridge substrate includes a substrate base including a uniform first planar surface and an opposed second surface. The bridge substrate further includes a first bridge contact extending over the substrate base. The first bridge contact is substantially flush with the first planar surface. A second bridge contact extends over the substrate base. The second bridge contact is substantially flush with the first planar surface. The first and second bridge contacts and the uniform first planar surface form a continuous planar mounting surface. An explosive charge, positioned within the initiator cavity, includes a charge mounting surface that is continuously coupled in surface-to-surface contact across the continuous planar mounting surface.
US09488449B2	Operation platform An operation platform (1), comprising: a platform base (20); a movement mechanism (26) connectable to said platform base and, when so connected, configured for displacement of the platform base; at least one operation tool zone (30) on said platform base configured for accommodating thereat at least one operation tool (50); and at least one boom assembly (10) having a first end fixable to said platform base (20), and a second free end (14), the boom assembly being controllable for displacing said second free end towards at least said one operation tool zone (30), coupling the second free end (14) to at least said one operation tool (50) accommodated within the operation tool zone (30), and maneuvering said second free end (14) with at least said one operation tool coupled thereto.
US09488448B2	Protection equipment, vehicle and method for protecting a target Protection equipment (10) for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles with a plurality of protection elements (11, 12) that are triggerable individually in order to combat a missile, wherein the protection elements (11, 12) are arranged in such a manner that a triggered protection element (11) may be replaced by a replacement protection element (12) arranged redundantly in relation to the former. The protection equipment may be associated with a vehicle (1). The disclosure includes a method for protecting a target (1) against attacking missiles using the disclosed protection equipment.
US09488443B2	Method for acquiring the coordinates of a triggering point of a projectile and fire control implementing such a method A method for acquiring the coordinates of a trigger point of a projectile above a plot of land on which a target is located, said method being characterized in that it includes the following steps: performing a three-dimensional acquisition of the plot of land using a laser observation means, constructing by calculation, and then displaying an image of the plot of land from a bird's eye view observation direction, and recovering the coordinates of the trigger point desired for the projectile after the positioning said area on the image of the land. The invention also relates to a fire control implementing such a method.
US09488437B1	Firearm mounted video camera system A firearm mounted video camera system that is intended for civilians, law enforcement, and military professionals to generate tangible evidence for examination of firearm shooting related incidents. A mounting frame has a pressure switch grip assembly, a trigger guard cover assembly, a trigger guard side plate assembly, and an audio-visual rail. In addition, the firearm mounted video camera system has an audio-visual recording assembly. The audio-visual recording assembly mounts onto the audio-visual rail. The audio-visual recording assembly has recording means to record audio and/or video recordings of a target and/or surrounding area when a pressure switch of the pressure switch grip assembly is activated. The pressure switch grip assembly comprises a bottom edge, a top end, an exterior face, and an interior face. A pressure switch is cooperatively mounted within the pressure switch grip assembly. The pressure switch grip assembly mounts onto a grip of a firearm.
US09488433B2	Sling recoiling gun stock A gun stock incorporating a buffer tube sleeve; a butt plate extending from the buffer tube sleeve; a spool housing attached to and extending downwardly from the buffer tube sleeve; a spool and axle combination operatively mounted within the housing; a sling having proximal end fixedly attached to the spool; a recoil spring connected operatively to the spool for drawing the sling toward the spool; multiplicities of lugs and recesses, each recess being bounded by a pair of the lugs and the recesses and lugs being formed wholly with the spool; and a pawl and pawl actuator attached to the frame, the actuator being adapted for normally engaging the pawl within at least one of the recesses.
US09488430B2	Ejection port dust gate for automatic weapons A removable dust gate for an automatic weapon is described. The removable dust gate can include a retractable pivot pin having rod sections with compressible objects therebetween that allow the rod sections to be temporarily pushed together, shortening the length of the retractable pivot pin. When the pivot pin is shortened, it can be placed between two pin ports on the weapon. When released, the pivot pin will engage with the pin ports to secure the dust gate to the weapon in the correct position to engage with the ejection port on the weapon. By shortening the pivot pin, the dust gate can be an easily removed without having to change the design or configuration of current weapons or weapon design.
US09488429B1	Methods and apparatus for disrupter recovery A recovery system for recovering a disrupter after the disrupter has been fired to launch a projectile toward an explosive device. The recovery system includes a retainer that couples to the barrel of the disrupter, a slide that couples to the retainer, and a base that couples to a support. The slide removeably couples to the base. Responsive to a recoil force of firing the disrupter, the slide decouples from the base, and the disrupter, the slide, and the retainer moves away from the base and the support in a direction opposite a direction of travel of the projectile thereby completely separating the slide from the base. The disrupter may be recovered after separation from the base. The recovery system may further include a plunger that extends while the slide is removeably coupled to the base to retain the slide coupled to the base prior to firing the disrupter. Responsive to firing the disrupter, the plunger retracts to facilitate decoupling of the slide from the base.
US09488419B2	Tube support for vibration mitigation A tube support in the form of a stake having at least one protrusion mounted on its longitudinal surface. The protrusion contacts adjoining tubes of a tube bundle and exerts a force tending to separate the tubes.
US09488418B2	Heat plate structure A heat plate sealing method and structure thereof includes a) providing a bottom plate and a cover plate engaging with each other; b) providing a welding frame; c) disposing the welding frame between the bottom plate and the cover plate; d) placing solder on the welding frame; e) sandwiching the welding frame having the solder thereon between the bottom plate and the cover plate; and f) conducting thermal melting on the solder to seal the bottom plate and the cover plate. Therefore, a sealing structure is strengthened and the airtightness during a sealing process is enhanced.
US09488417B2	Heat exchanger The invention relates to a heat exchanger including exchange components and fluid flow components (2, 2′, 3), at least one fluid collecting tank (11, 11′) into which the exchange components open out (2, 2′, 3), and a housing (4) for accommodating the exchange components (2, 2′, 3). The exchanger is characterized in that it includes a flange (5) for fixing the collecting tank (11, 11′) on the housing (4), the flange comprising a groove (G1) for fixing the housing (4) and a groove (G2) for fixing the collecting tank (11), the grooves (G1, G2) having a common wall (19).Thanks to the invention, a very compact heat exchanger is obtained.
US09488414B2	Crucible heating apparatus and method A crucible heating apparatus includes a crucible, a metal barrel around the crucible, a heating wire wound between the metal barrel and the crucible, a measuring unit for measuring the position of the liquid level of a material in the crucible and a controller, and the apparatus is characterized in that the heating wire includes at least two subsections arranged along the longitudinal direction, and the controller controls the heating power of each subsection respectively, thus dividing the crucible into at least two corresponding temperature control zones. In such a manner, by disposing a plurality of subsections of the heating wire and the corresponding temperature control zones of the crucible, the temperature of each position of the crucible is accurately controlled. A crucible heating method is also provided.
US09488412B2	Drying system and use of the drying system in laundry drying device A drying system and a laundry drying device are provided. The drying system includes a compressor, a draught fan, a casing, a throttling device, an evaporator and a condenser. The condenser and the evaporator are relatively fixedly arranged inside the casing, and the evaporator is obliquely arranged inside the casing; an inner space of the casing at least includes a first space at one side of the evaporator, a second space between the evaporator and the condenser, and a third space at another side of the condenser; a bottom portion of the casing is provided with a water reserving portion or a drainage hole, and the casing has a high point A at a portion where the condenser is arranged and a high point B at a portion where the evaporator is arranged, and the high point A is substantially same as the high point B.
US09488411B2	Method and device for drying sheets of drywall A method and device for drying sheets is described. The sheets are guided through a drier divided into drying chambers and brought in contact with the drying air by means of impinging jet aeration. The impinging-jet aeration utilizes cross-aerated nozzle boxes and the main drying stage exhaust air is introduced in the pressure chamber of one or more drying chambers in the first half of the final drying stage. Pan of the exhaust air in the recirculated-air operation is used for drying in the drying chamber and part of the exhaust air is introduced into the suction chamber of the respective subsequent drying chamber. The exhaust air collectively passes through the final drying stage in this manner, and the exhaust air from one or more drying chambers in the second half of said stage is extracted at a significantly lower temperature.
US09488406B2	Refrigerator dispenser and method of illuminating the dispenser A refrigerator dispenser includes a housing assembly having a fascia and a spout, the spout being located so that a dispensed substance passes through the spout when the dispenser is activated. The dispenser also includes a printed circuit board coupled to the housing assembly and a plurality of light sources coupled to the printed circuit board. A plurality of light guides is located adjacent to the plurality of light sources, the plurality of light guides being configured to be illuminated by the plurality of light sources. A rear wall, bottom wall and sidewalls of the dispenser define a dispensing area, and the plurality of light guides provides illumination to the dispensing area.
US09488399B2	Air conditioning apparatus An air conditioning apparatus has a refrigerant circuit in which a compressor, a four-way switching valve, an outdoor heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an indoor heat exchanger are interconnected. The outdoor heat exchanger uses multi-hole flat tubes as heat transfer tubes. When stopping a heating operation, the air conditioning apparatus performs pressure equalization control that switches the four-way switching valve from a heating cycle state to a cooling cycle state, thereafter stops the compressor, and equalizes the pressure in the refrigerant circuit.
US09488392B2	Thin film-based compact absorption cooling system An exchanger for absorption or desorption of a refrigerant employs an ultra thin film (UTF) of a refrigerant solution constrained to a channel by a permeable membrane. The UTF has a thickness of about 250 μm or less. The permeable membrane can be a nanostructured membrane, such as a membrane of nanofibers. The exchangers can be employed in an absorption refrigeration system (ARS) that use waste heat or solar heaters permitting the ARS to be less than one tenth the volume and mass of a conventional ARS.
US09488389B2	Cryocooler regenerator containing one or more carbon-based anisotropic thermal layers An apparatus includes a regenerator configured to transfer heat to a fluid and to absorb heat from the fluid as the fluid flows between a warm end and a cold end of a cryocooler. The regenerator includes an anisotropic thermal layer configured to reduce a flow of heat axially along the regenerator and to spread the absorbed heat radially or laterally in a plane of the anisotropic thermal layer. The anisotropic thermal layer includes at least one allotropic form of carbon. The anisotropic thermal layer could have a higher radial or lateral thermal conductivity and a lower axial thermal conductivity. The anisotropic thermal layer could include carbon nanotubes and/or graphene. The regenerator could include multiple anisotropic thermal layers that divide the regenerator into multiple segments, where the anisotropic thermal layers are configured to reduce heat transfer between adjacent segments of the regenerator.
US09488388B1	Optimizing the efficiency and energy usage of a geothermal multiple heat pump system A method for operating a geothermal system is provided to optimize heat exchange between a geothermal loop and a heat pump load loop. The flow through the earth loop is adjusted to meet current thermal demand of a heat pump array, so as to reduce the electrical demand of the earth loop circulator when heat pump thermal demand is low. The speed of the earthloop circulator adjusts to meet the operating conditions of the heat pumps and earth loop, thereby permitting efficient laminar flow whenever possible, as long as thermal demand is met.Specifically, if flow in the earth loop transitions from turbulent to laminar, this method insures that the current thermal demand of the heat pumps is met, and if not, increases the earth loop circulator speed to meet current thermal demand, otherwise maintaining laminar flow.
US09488385B2	Heater including electrical leakage breaker circuit, method of breaking electrical leakage using the same, and bidet including the same A heater includes: a power source for supplying power; a heating section for receiving power from the power source and converting the received power into heat energy; an electrical leakage breaker circuit for cutting off a power transfer from the power source to the heating section; and a control section for receiving leaked current information from the electrical leakage breaker circuit and operating the electrical leakage breaker circuit when the leaked current amount exceeds a preset amount or electrical leakage breaker state information is stored, wherein when the power transfer is cut off, the control section stores the electrical leakage breaker state information.
US09488384B2	Heat pump water module with condensing coil in water storage tank A water heater module with a heat exchanger configured to be submersible inside a water storage tank, and further configured to divert refrigerant between the heat exchanger and an air handler in response to a demand for heating water or a demand for conditioning an interior space.
US09488383B2	Hermetically sealed gas heater and continuous heating furnace using hermetically sealed gas heater A hermetically sealed gas heater (110) includes a heater main body, an introduction hole (132) configured to introduce a fuel gas into the heater main body, a combustion chamber (136) configured to combust the fuel gas flowing from introduction hole, and a discharge section (138) into which an exhaust gas generated by combustion in the combustion chamber is guided. The heater main body includes a radiation surface (140) heated by the exhaust gas flowing through the discharge section and configured to transfer radiant heat to a heating target (156). An ejection port (142a) configured to partially or entirely eject the exhaust gas to the heating target is formed at the radiation surface.
US09488381B2	Air-conditioning indoor unit An air-conditioning indoor unit is operable in a Coanda effect use mode in which blown air from a blow-out port is diverted in a predetermined direction. The indoor unit includes a scroll leading conditioned air to the blow-out port, a Coanda vane in proximity to the blow-out port, and a controller controlling orientation of the Coanda vane. The Coanda vane alters an airflow direction of the blown air via the Coanda effect and turns the blown air into a Coanda airflow along a bottom surface of the Coanda vane. A convex shaped curved surface formed in the bottom surface of the Coanda vane has a radius of 50 to 300 mm. The controller adjusts the orientation of the Coanda vane away from a casing front surface as the Coanda vane separates from the blow-out port in the Coanda effect use mode.
US09488376B2	Ignition switch assembly for a gas tap An ignition switch assembly suitable for being connected to a rotary shaft of a gas tap of a cooking appliance. According to one implementation the ignition switch includes a coupling element through which the ignition switch assembly is coupled to the rotary shaft, the coupling element being rotational with the rotary shaft. A fixed contact element and a movable contact element are provided within a casing of the assembly along with the coupling element which includes a cam on an outside surface thereof. The movable and fixed contact elements and the coupling element are arranged so that the cam urges the moveable contact element into contact with the fixed contact element when the coupling element is rotated between a selective angular range. A resistance element is arranged to contact at least a portion of the body of the coupling element to provide resistance against the rotational movement of the coupling element.
US09488375B2	Adjustable circulating chamber for fire inserts An adjustable circulating chamber for a fireplace insert having a rear wall including two linear sets of perforations forming two bendable side walls, and adapted such that the chamber can be adjusted to fit within fireplace inserts of differing dimensions and a top member including a linear set of perforations forming a flange portion thereon. The flange portion is adapted to be adjustably attached to the rear wall to thereby provide means to vary the height of the top member with respect to the rear wall. The top member further includes an oval-shaped opening therethrough and an adjustable flange member slidably mounted thereto and over the oval-shaped opening and having a circular opening therethrough, such that the oval-shaped opening and the adjustable flange member working together are adapted to receive, adjust, and fit fireplace flue pipes of differing dimensions to the fireplace insert.
US09488369B2	Enhanced flue gas damper mixing device A gas mixing device has a plurality of interleaved rows of adjustable louvers. When at least two flowing gas streams are received that are desired to be mixed, the louvers of each row directs the gas streams in a direction different from that of the adjacent rows, mixing the gas streams. When effectively only a single flowing gas stream is received, the louvers are positioned vertically thereby reducing the pressure drop across the gas mixing device.
US09488363B2	Illumination apparatus, driving apparatus and driving method An illumination apparatus disclosed herein includes a first light emitting section, a thermal actuator, and a displacement mechanism. The thermal actuator is configured to generate a driving force on the basis of heat dissipated by the first light emitting section. The displacement mechanism is configured to displace a predetermined object by making use of the driving force generated by the thermal actuator.
US09488360B2	Lighting device with integrated lens heat sink There is provided a lighting device 100 comprising at least one LED-based light source 102 for generating light, and a light exit element 101 which is optically and thermally coupled to the LED-based light source. The light exit element comprises a heat conducting structure 150 arranged for distributing heat generated by the LED-based light source over a predetermined sub area of the light exit element. The heat conducting structure may be embedded in or thermally connected to the light exit element and comprises aligned heat conducting paths 151. The introduction of heat conductive structures into the light exit element that spread heat in the light exit element and may be arranged to conduct heat from a heat sink into the light exit element or from the light exit element to a heat sink makes the light exit element to an integral part of the heat transferring external surface of the lighting device.
US09488342B2	Underwater lighting device and underwater electronic device Provided is an underwater lighting device and underwater electronic device which are comparatively inexpensive yet durable enough for long-term use. An underwater lighting unit 10, which has an internally provided light source 11 and a gas-tight case 12 with a window 13 for allowing the passage of light from the light source 11, is connected to a land-based unit 30 by a gas-sending tube 40. Air is sent from the land-based unit 30 to the underwater lighting unit 10 to maintain the pressure inside the underwater lighting unit 10 at a value slightly higher than the water pressure at the location. A power line for supplying power to the underwater lighting unit 10 and a signal line for controlling the emission of their light are installed in the gas-sending tube 40. Even if the gas-tight state of one underwater lighting unit 10 is broken, water cannot enter the underwater lighting unit 10. Furthermore, the thereby generated bubbles help users locate the underwater lighting unit 10 in which the gas-tight state has been broken. If a plurality of underwater lighting units 10 are provided, they should preferably be connected in the form of a loop or matrix to the land-based unit 30.
US09488321B2	Illumination device with inclined light emitting element disposed on a transparent substrate A semiconductor light emitting element includes a transparent substrate and a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) structures. The transparent substrate has a support surface and a second main surface disposed opposite to each other. At least some of the LED structures are disposed on the support surface and form a first main surface where light emitted from with a part of the support surface without the LED structures. Each of the LED structures includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Light emitted from at least one of the LED structures passes through the transparent substrate and emerges from the second main surface. An illumination device includes the semiconductor light emitting element and a supporting base. The semiconductor light emitting element is disposed on the supporting base, and an angle is formed between the semiconductor light emitting element and the supporting base.
US09488314B1	Pump-less inflation device and inflation method using consecutive chemical reactions A pump-less inflation device including a hollow conical casing, a puncturable membrane, a one-way valve that allows gas egress from the casing, a first chemical that reacts with oxygen and generates heat, and a second chemical that decomposes when heated and releases nitrogen gas. A method of inflating an inflatable object using the inflation device whereby the puncturable membrane is punctured with a puncturing device to allow oxygen to enter the inflation device and react with the first chemical, which generates heat and decomposes the second chemical, which releases nitrogen gas that escapes from the narrow first end of the inflation device. The inflatable object is inflated with the released nitrogen gas.
US09488311B2	Flexible insulation system for high temperatures The present invention relates to a thermal and/or sound insulation system with resistance to elevated temperatures comprising at least one layer of a chemically expanded and crosslinked high consistency (HCR) polysiloxane polymer blend, the process for manufacturing of such system and the use of such system.
US09488297B1	Guides for and methods of forming a wire harness A guide 100 for a wire harness 610 is disclosed. The guide 100 comprises a first surface 120; a second surface 130, at least a second portion 132 of which is parallel to at least a first portion of the first surface 120; a contoured surface 140 between the first surface 120 and the second surface 130; and a plurality of through, circumferentially enclosed openings 170 extending from the first surface 120 to the second surface 130. The contoured surface 140 has a non-linear central axis 141 parallel to at least the first portion 122 of the first surface 120 and to at least the second portion 132 of the second surface 130. Further, the contoured surface 140 has a concave cross-section 142.
US09488295B2	Line pipe tray A line pipe tray for supporting a line pipe has outer sidewalls operatively coupled to outer end walls, inner sidewalls operatively coupled to the inner end walls, and a bottom surface extending between the inner sidewalls and the inner end walls to form a basin. The tray can further include pipe saddles on the top edges of the end walls and sidewalls. The tray can further include a pour lip on the end wall pipe saddles, and a recess on the end walls for receiving a pail or fluid container. Lifting handles disposed through the end walls can further include a tab for hooking onto a pail or fluid container to keep it from slipping away when the tray is lifted and tilted to pour fluids from the basin into the pail or fluid container.
US09488282B2	Gas valve capable of switching for two different gas supplies A gas valve capable of switching for two different gas supplies, has two outlets, two independent rotation positioning areas and two staggered groups of fire holes, one outlet responds to the first gas supply, and the other outlet corresponds to a second gas supply; when the gas valve is mounted on a stove, each outlet is connected to the gas nozzle fit for the corresponding gas supply, then when the corresponding gas supply is used, only the valve rod is switched to the corresponding rotating positioning area, the rotating positioning area corresponds to the corresponding group of fire holes and outlet, only the outlet fit for the gas supply supplies gas to the stove at the moment, and the other outlet is in a closed state all the time, so the gas valve capable of switching for two different gas supplies can be realized without replacing the gas nozzles.
US09488277B2	Seal assemblies for reciprocating and rotary applications Low-pressure and high-pressure reciprocating and rotary applications use seal assemblies to prevent leakage. One embodiment of a seal assembly includes a major annular body having opposing spaced-apart annular lips extending from a heel portion with a bore extending through the heel portion. A first spring is disposed between the lips, biasing the lips apart. A minor annular body extends from one of the lips of the major annular body. The minor annular body has opposing spaced-apart walls that extend from a base region and form a pocket. A second spring is disposed in the pocket between the spaced-apart walls, biasing the walls apart. During actuator operation, pressurized fluid urges one wall of the minor annular body against a pump head surface to produce a face seal and one of the lips of the major annular body against a rod surface to produce a radial seal.
US09488273B2	Neutral locking system, tool and method for a vehicle A neutral locking system and method for a vehicle includes a park release shaft and a neutral locking tool. The park release shaft is operatively connected to a transmission of the vehicle such that rotation of the park release shaft in a first rotatable direction places the transmission in a neutral state. The neutral locking includes a fixture element and a rotatable element rotatably received within the fixture element. The rotatable element has one end configured to nonrotatably and removably couple to the park release shaft such that rotation of the rotatable element within the fixture element rotates the park release shaft.
US09488270B2	Slip control device of lock-up clutch A slip control device includes a control unit configured to: calculate a difference value between a target value and a current value or an estimated value of a difference in a rotational speed between an input shaft and an output shaft of a fluid type power transmitting device, or a difference value being a difference between a target value and a current value or an estimated value of a speed of an engine; calculate an inclination of torque capacity of the fluid type power transmitting device with respect to an input parameter at a current value of the input parameter having correlative relationship with the torque capacity of the fluid type power transmitting device; calculate torque capacity of a lock-up clutch by multiplying the inclination by the difference value; and control a slip amount of the lock-up clutch by using the calculated torque capacity.
US09488263B2	Modular arrangement for hydromechanical transmission Transmission for coupling to hydromechanical power source includes differential and range modules including planetary gear arrangements, a plurality of selectively engagable clutch assemblies, and a drop box module, which includes a final output member. First and second power source paths provide power to the differential module. The clutch assemblies are selectively engagable to provide variable rotational power from the differential module to the range module, and from the range module to the drop box module in a plurality of directional ranges. The drop box adapts the variable rotational power provided in the selected range for connection in a given application.
US09488255B2	Ball screw, seal material, and seal structure A ball screw including: a male component having male grooves on an outer periphery for a ball to roll; a female component fitted together with the male component in an axial direction having female grooves facing the male grooves on an inner periphery for the ball to roll and a circulation path for the ball to circulate; and a seal member at one end, at the other end, or at each of one and the other ends of the female component in the axial direction and including a hole capable of communicating with the inner periphery, a fiber layer having a fitting surface having a convex part capable of being fitted in the male grooves when the male component is inserted into the hole and a surface made of fibers impregnated with rubber or resin, and a rubber or resin layer laminated on a surface opposite to the fitting surface.
US09488243B2	Damper with a vehicle height adjusting function A damper with a vehicle height adjusting function includes a damper body and a vehicle height adjusting mechanism adapted to adjust an axial length of the damper body. The damper body includes a cylinder, a head member having an annular shape and closing one end of the cylinder, a piston rod axially supported on an inner periphery of the head member and inserted in the cylinder so as to be movable in an axial direction, and a piston retained by the piston rod and partitioning an inside of the cylinder into two pressure chambers. The vehicle height adjusting mechanism includes a partition wall member defining a jack chamber in one of the pressure chambers and being capable of extending and contracting in the axial direction, and a pump supplying/discharging a working fluid into/from the jack chamber.
US09488235B2	Centrifugal brake assembly A centrifugal brake assembly comprises at least one pawl, at least one biasing member, and a rotor. The at least one pawl includes a base from which a circular portion extends. The rotor includes at least one receiving portion having a notched portion configured and arranged to receive the circular portion. One of the at least one pawl and the rotor has a curved slotted portion, the at least one biasing member being seated within the curved slotted portion, and another of the at least one pawl and the rotor having a curved elongated protrusion extending in line with the curved slotted portion and the at least one biasing member. The at least one pawl is pivotable about the circular portion relative to the rotor, and the at least one pawl is configured and arranged to engage a stop member when the at least one pawl is in an engaged position.
US09488230B2	Wheel spindle drive element A wheel spindle drive element for a wheel disconnect system. The wheel spindle assembling onto an outer diameter of a spindle, displacing material to form a joint with high torque transmission characteristics.
US09488223B2	Guide carriage with fastening bore which is a component of a lubricant flow path A guide carriage for an elongated guide rail includes a main body, an end cap, and at least one row of rolling bodies accommodated in a continuous bypass channel. The end cap bears indirectly against a longitudinal end face of the main body and has a fastening bore through which a fastening screw passes. The fastening screw is screwed into the main body. The continuous bypass channel has a supporting portion and a return channel that are connected via a curved bypass channel that is arranged in the end cap. A lubricant flow path is arranged in the end cap and extends from a lubrication port to the row of rolling bodies. A first cavity is arranged between the fastening bore and the fastening screw. The first cavity forms a component of the lubricant flow path.
US09488221B2	Bearing assemblies including enhanced selected support for nonuniform loads, bearing apparatuses, and methods of use Embodiments of the invention are directed to bearing assemblies configured to effectively carry nonuniform loads, bearing apparatuses including such bearing assemblies, and methods of operating such bearing assemblies and apparatuses. In an embodiment, under some operational conditions, one or more portions of the bearing assemblies and bearing apparatus may be preferentially loaded, such as to carry preferentially higher loads (e.g., radial and/or axial loads) than other portion(s) of the bearing assemblies and bearing apparatus.
US09488220B2	Linear guideway and channel module thereof A channel module of a linear guideway includes a slider, two circulators, and two wire holders. The slider has two opposite inner loading surfaces. The circulators are respectively installed on two opposite sides of the slider and respectively connected to the inner loading surfaces. Each circulator includes an outer loading surface and two corner portions respectively extended from two opposite ends of the outer loading surface to two opposite ends of the corresponding inner loading surface. Each corner portion has a corner surface and a connecting surface. In each corner portion, an altitude difference is formed between an end of the corner surface connected to the connecting surface and the adjacent inner loading surface. The connecting surface is connected to the corresponding inner loading surface seamlessly for eliminating the altitude difference. The wire holders are respectively arranged adjacent to the inner loading surfaces.
US09488212B2	Dust proof structure for stress-sensible screw A dust proof structure for a stress-sensible screw is provided. The dust proof structure includes a sensing screw, a head, a dust proof boot and a displayer. The sensing screw includes a base and at least one exposed lead, and the exposed lead is located in the base and transmits a stress signal. The head includes a lead base, the head is fitted with the base, and the exposed lead is detachably connected to the lead base. The dust proof boot is disposed on the head, and sleeves a connecting portion between the lead base and the exposed lead. The displayer is electrically connected w the had for displaying the stress signal.
US09488211B2	Fastened structure a fastened structure comprising: a first member provided with a female screw; a second member provided with an opening; and a male screw fastening the first member and the second member with each other and including a male screw portion, and a head portion having a bearing surface, wherein the male screw portion is threaded in the female screw through the opening of the second member, wherein the second member is provided with a substantially circular folded portion including a curved surface defining the opening and including a free end having an edge pressed against the bearing surface of the male screw.
US09488201B2	Tucked cushion clamp and process of making a tucked cushion clamp A process of forming a cushioned clamp in accordance with aspects of the present disclosure includes configuring a single-ply of woven fiberglass into a longitudinal tube to form a single-ply fiberglass sleeving, coating the single-ply fiberglass sleeving with an aluminum paint, subjecting the coated single-ply fiberglass sleeving to a warming medium, while pliable due to the warming medium, cutting the sleeving into discreet, individual pieces configured for forming a sleeve, folding a first cut end in on itself and pulling the first cut end toward a center of the sleeve to form a first rolled end, and folding a second cut end in on itself and pulling the second cut end toward a center of the sleeve to form a second rolled end, and slidably mounting the sleeve onto a bare metal clamp to form the cushioned clamp.
US09488180B2	Efficient and reliable subsea compression system A system, method, and apparatus for compressing a process fluid are provided. The system includes a sealed housing configured to be submerged in a body of water, and a compressor disposed in the sealed housing and including a compressor casing, the compressor being configured to compress a process fluid. The system also includes a motor operably coupled to the compressor and disposed in the sealed housing, the motor being configured to drive the compressor. The system further includes a source of hydrogen, such as a hydrogen generator, disposed in the sealed housing or submerged and disposed proximate thereto, the source of hydrogen being fluidly coupled with the compressor and configured to provide the hydrogen gas thereto.
US09488172B2	Pump assembly for a vehicle A pump assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The pump assembly includes a housing defining a cavity extending along a central axis to present a wall disposed radially relative to the central axis and a base transverse to the central axis. The pump assembly also includes a first gear disposed in the cavity. The first gear has a first side and a second side each extending along the central axis. The first side faces the wall and the second side opposes the first side. The first side of the first gear is complementary to the wall. The wall defines a recess adjacent to the cavity and spaced from the base. The recess is in fluid communication with the cavity for providing lubrication between the wall and the first side of the first gear.
US09488171B2	Gear pump drive gear stationary bearing One embodiment includes a gear pump with a drive gear, a gear shaft passing through the drive gear, and a stationary journal bearing. Also included is a fluid film, between a surface of the stationary journal bearing and a surface of the gear shaft, and a hybrid pad on the stationary journal bearing. The hybrid pad has a minimum leading edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 29.5° and a maximum trailing edge angular location on the stationary journal bearing of 42.5°. The gear pump also includes a porting path for supplying high pressure fluid from a discharge of the gear pump to the fluid film at the hybrid pad.
US09488166B2	Electromagnetically driven fluid pump having a center plate with function of centering There is provided an electromagnetically driven fluid pump. Even if deviation of a center plate from the diaphragm arises, centering of the center plate is carried out during the work for setting the center plate to an oscillator. The diaphragm and the center plate are fixed to the oscillator by means of a screw member, the diaphragm has a rising portion fitting to a through-hole at the center of the center plate, and the center plate has a ring-shaped rib on its surface where the screw member is inserted. The screw member is formed integrally with a washer portion and a diameter of the washer portion is nearly the same as an inner diameter of a bottom surface of the rib and the washer portion is formed so as to press a part of the rib in the case of maximum deviation of the center plate from the diaphragm.
US09488165B2	Reciprocating compressor Disclosed is a reciprocating compressor. A cylinder in which a piston makes a reciprocal movement is insertedly coupled to a cylinder part of a frame which fixes a stator of a reciprocating motor, and a collision preventing portion is formed in the cylinder to allow a piston connection portion to collide therewith. Thus, although the piston connection portion overstrokes, the piston connection portion prevent collision force from being transferred to the frame having the cylinder part, whereby a laminated state of the stator can be prevented from being distorted to prevent a degradation of efficiency of the motor, and thus, reliability and performance of the compressor can be enhanced.
US09488155B2	Ocean current power generating apparatus using dual-duct with boundary layer control effect An ocean current power generating apparatus using dual-duct with boundary layer control effect is provided. The ocean current power generating apparatus with dual-duct includes at least one power generating unit. The power generating unit includes a turbine, an inner duct and an outer duct. The turbine has a shaft box. The turbine is located inside the inner duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the inner duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the inner duct. The outflow side of the inner duct is located inside the outer duct. An outer diameter of an inflow side of the outer duct is less than an outer diameter of an outflow side of the outer duct.
US09488153B2	Method for operating a glow plug, and glow plug control device A method for operating a glow plug by means of pulse-width-modulated voltage pulses which are generated by controlling a load transistor, wherein a heating current flowing through the glow plug is measured and the duty cycle of the pulse-width-modulated voltage pulses is changed in accordance with values of the heating current. The heating current can be measured by means of a current measurement circuit, through which a sense current flows parallel to the load transistor, and the value of the heating current is calculated by multiplying a measured value of the sense current by a kILIS factor, wherein the temperature of the current measurement circuit is measured and the kILIS factor is defined in accordance with the measured circuit temperature. A glow plug control device is also disclosed.
US09488150B2	Ignition system for internal combustion engine An ignition system for an internal combustion engine that utilizes a single primary coil and a single secondary coil to drive a pair of spark plugs. Current flowing in both a first direction and a second direction passes through the primary coil. The current flowing through the primary coil induces corresponding current in the secondary coil, which flows from the secondary coil to one of two spark plugs. Each spark plug is coupled to the secondary coil such that each of the two spark plugs receives current flowing only in a single direction. The current flowing through the ignition system can be from either a power source or created by the rotation of a flywheel having a series of magnet clusters.
US09488137B2	Systems and methods for controlling fuel vapor flow in an engine-driven generator A portable engine-driven system comprising an engine having an air intake passage, a fuel tank operatively coupled to the engine, a valve, and a pressure regulator. The valve may be coupled between the fuel tank and the air intake passage and configured to transition between a first position and a second position. The first position may allow fuel vapor to flow between the fuel tank and the air intake passage and the second position may inhibit the fuel vapor from flowing between the fuel tank and the air intake passage. The pressure regulator may be positioned in line between the fuel tank and the air intake passage.
US09488136B2	Fuel oxidation reduction for hybrid vehicles Systems and methods to control fuel tank pressure to reduce fuel oxidation in plug-in hybrid electric vehicles are disclosed. A method comprises routing vapors from a fuel system canister to the fuel tank to maintain the fuel tank pressure at a desired pressure. In this way, the engine may be maintained off for greater durations while still retaining fuel quality of fuel stored on-board the vehicle.
US09488131B2	Device for controlling a variable section nozzle of an aircraft A control device for controlling a variable section nozzle of an aircraft power plant, the variable section nozzle including one or several movable parts capable of modifying the nozzle section and connected by a mechanical transmission chain to an actuator. The control device includes a system for regulating the power plant connected to a control member configured to control the actuator. The control device includes a single control member, an immobilization unit configured to immobilize all the movable parts which are deactivated only when the regulation system controls the positional change of the movable part or parts and a determination unit configured to determine the actual position of the movable part or parts.
US09488116B2	Supplementing engine control via a diagnostics port A secondary controller for controlling the performance of a vehicle is described. The secondary controller sends control commands to a vehicle controller while the vehicle is being driven to effect the operation of the vehicle's power train without requiring any modification of the vehicle controller and without falsifying any information sent to the vehicle controller. In some embodiments, the secondary controller communicates with the vehicle controller via the vehicle's diagnostic port, such as an OBD-II port. In one aspect, the secondary controller is used to direct the vehicle controller not to utilize a start/stop feature to automatically turn off the engine in the selected circumstances during normal operation of the vehicle. As such, the control command causes the vehicle controller to operate the vehicle in the selected operating mode in manner dictated by the engine controller.
US09488114B2	Control strategy for dual gaseous and liquid fuel internal combustion engine A control system for a dual gaseous and liquid fuel engine includes an electronic controller configured to receive data from a plurality of sensing mechanisms indicative of an error in a plurality of different engine operating parameters. The electronic controller is further configured to determine a highest priority one of the errors, and limit substitution of the gaseous fuel responsive to a normalized value thereof.
US09488112B2	Variable valve timing control apparatus A variable valve timing control apparatus includes an abnormality determining portion and a valve controller. The abnormality determining portion determines whether there is an abnormality in a system of a VCT phase control in which an oil pressure control valve is controlled in a manner that an actual VCT phase coincides with a target phase. The valve controller controls the oil pressure control valve to drive a lock pin in a locking direction so as to lock the VCT phase when the abnormality determining portion determines that there is an abnormality in the system of the VCT phase control.
US09488107B2	Turbine engine fuel injector with leakage flow controlled by position of metering valve A fuel injector for a turbine engine, the injector including a body including a primary fuel circuit and a secondary fuel circuit fed by a metering valve. A leakage channel extends from a zone in fluid flow connection with the primary circuit to a zone in fluid flow connection with the secondary circuit. The leakage channel is configured to be open in a closed position of the metering valve and to be closed by the metering valve moving.
US09488104B2	Gas turbine engine lubrication system A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The lubrication system is configured to provide pressurized air and lubricant to a bearing sump of the gas turbine engine to cool and lubricate a bearing included in the bearing sump.
US09488096B2	Actuating force transmitting device of an exhaust-gas turbocharger An actuating force transmitting device (10) of an exhaust-gas turbocharger (1), having: a regulating rod (12) which can be displaced by an actuator (11); a guide piece (15) arranged on a free end region (14) of the regulating rod (12); and a lever (16) which is fastened to a guide piece pin (19) of the guide piece (15). There is radial play (SR) between a lever bore (50) and the guide piece pin (19) which extends through the lever bore (50), and there is axial play (SA) between the guide piece (15) and the lever (16). A clamping spring (20; 20′; 20″) preloads the lever (16) relative to the guide piece pin (19).
US09488095B2	Power plant with pressure relief valve A method of controlling a pump (43), including operating an engine (23) having an engine intake (49) coupled to a pump output (51) of a pump, and a transmission (41) coupled to the engine and to the pump, and operating a valve (58) between a pump input of the pump and the engine intake, such that the valve can be opened during a ratio change of the transmission.
US09488094B2	Direct injection gasoline engine and method of controlling the direct injection gasoline engine A direct injection engine includes an ignition assistance section applying energy to fuel injected into a cylinder using an injector to assist auto-ignition combustion of the fuel when the engine is within an auto-ignition combustion operation range. A start time of fuel injection is set within a period from a terminal stage of a compression stroke to a compression top dead center. The energy is applied to the fuel injected into the cylinder in a period from start of the fuel injection to an initial stage of an expansion stroke such that a time of a specific crank angle when an increase rate of in-cylinder pressure, which is a ratio of a change in the in-cylinder pressure to a change in a crank angle in motoring the engine, reaches a negative maximum value overlaps a combustion period when a combustion mass percentage of the fuel ranges from 10% to 90%.
US09488091B2	Exhaust pipe structure with catalyst for engine An exhaust pipe structure is the exhaust pipe structure with a catalyst converter provided immediately close to an engine and includes a plurality of exhaust passages and a collecting portion. The collecting portion arranged between the first exhaust passage provided at an end side and a second exhaust passage includes a first guiding portion, a second guiding portion, and a rotating/guiding portion. The exhaust gas introduced from the first exhaust passage and the exhaust gas introduced from the second exhaust passage are guided obliquely downward by the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion, respectively, and are then rotated and guided by the rotating/guiding portion in respective directions opposite to each other to flow toward the catalyst converter.
US09488089B2	Method of controlling operation of an engine having both an exhaust fluid recirculation apparatus and an exhaust fluid treatment apparatus In an engine unit including a combustion unit and an exhaust fluid recirculation apparatus where unburnt fuel is provided to an exhaust flow treatment apparatus for combustion, it may be desirable to prevent unburnt fuel from entering the exhaust fluid recirculation apparatus. A method of controlling operation of an engine unit includes confirming that a valve of the exhaust flow recirculation apparatus is closed, and overriding a control signal for controlling the valve in order to ensure that the valve remains closed before injecting fuel upstream of the valve for combustion in the exhaust fluid treatment apparatus.
US09488082B2	Reducing agent supplying device A reducing agent supplying device includes a reaction container, an ozone generator, an air pump, an ozone-containing air pipe, a compressed air pipe, a switching device, and a switching controller. The reaction container defines a reaction chamber therein in which a reducing agent is reformed. The ozone generator generates ozone from oxygen in air. The air pump supplies air into the ozone generator. An ozone-containing air flows through the ozone-containing air pipe toward the reaction chamber. A portion of a compressed air flows through the compressed air pipe toward the reaction chamber. The switching device switches between an air pump mode, in which the ozone-containing air is supplied into the reaction chamber, and a supercharging mode, in which the compressed air is supplied into the reaction chamber. The switching controller controls the switching device based on a catalyst temperature, which is a temperature of the reducing catalyst, and an exhaust pressure, which is a pressure in the exhaust passage.
US09488078B2	Valve lift control systems and methods for engine startability A startup/shutdown control module selectively generates an engine startup command when an engine of the vehicle is off. A starter control module applies power to a starter motor when the engine startup command is generated. A valve control module, in response to the generation of the engine startup command: operates intake valves of cylinders of the engine in a low lift mode when an engine temperature is less than a predetermined temperature; and operates the intake valves of the cylinders of the engine in a high lift mode when the engine temperature is greater than the predetermined temperature.
US09488075B2	Latch pin assembly; rocker arm arrangement using latch pin assembly; and assembling methods A rocker arm for engaging a cam in a valve actuation arrangement includes a latch pin assembly having includes a latch pin, retainer, and biasing mechanism. The latch pin has a pin body with a head and a tail at the second end; the body defining an open volume; the tail having an open mouth in communication with the open volume of the body; and the open volume having a non-circular cross-section. The retainer has a male engagement portion and an outer portion. The male engagement portion is within the open volume of the body through the open mouth. The male engagement portion has a non-circular cross section. The outer portion is non-removably secured to an outer arm of the rocker arm. The biasing mechanism is oriented in the open volume of the body and between and against the latch pin and the retainer.
US09488060B2	Systems and methods for dynamically sealing a turbine engine A turbine engine assembly is provided. The turbine engine assembly includes a stator assembly and a rotor assembly having a rotor disk coupled to a plurality of rotor blades, the plurality of rotor blades extending radially outward from the rotor disk. The assembly also includes a casing that at least partially circumscribes the plurality of rotor blades. The assembly also includes a dynamic sealing device coupled to the stator assembly. The at least one dynamic sealing device is configured to insert a seal between the casing and the plurality of rotor blades to facilitate reducing a clearance gap defined between the plurality of rotor blades and the casing while the rotor assembly is operating.
US09488056B2	Propeller blade with modified spar layup According to one embodiment, a propeller blade includes a foam core and a structural layer formed of multiple layers that surrounds at least a portion of the foam core. The structural layer includes a mid-thickness location defined between the foam core and an outer edge of the structural layer and the multiple layers include at least one unidirectional layer and at least one biased layer disposed asymmetrically about the mid-thickness location.
US09488055B2	Turbine engine and aerodynamic element of turbine engine A turbine engine is provided and includes an aerodynamic element disposed to aerodynamically interact with a flow of working fluid and contour features disposed on the aerodynamic element in alignment in at least one dimension. The contour features are proximate to one another and configured to encourage counter-rotating vortex flow generation oriented substantially perpendicularly with respect to a main flow direction along the aerodynamic element.
US09488054B2	Method of automatically regulating a rotorcraft power plant, a rotorcraft power plant, and a rotorcraft A method of automatically regulating a power plant (3′) of an aircraft (1), said power plant comprising at least one turbine engine (3), said aircraft (1) having at least one rotary wing (300) provided with a plurality of blades (301) having variable pitch and driven in rotation by said power plant (3′), it being possible for each engine (3) to operate in an idling mode of operation and in a flight mode of operation. During a selection step (STP0), a two-position selector (60) is operated either to stop each engine (3) or to set each engine (3) into operation. During a regulation step (STP1), each engine (3) is controlled automatically so as to implement the idling mode of operation if the collective pitch (CLP) of said blades is less than a threshold and if the aircraft (1) is standing on the ground.
US09488053B2	Method for repairing a single crystal turbine blade A method is provided for repairing a single crystal turbine blade, which includes an airfoil with a tip having a tip cover plate, tip cooling air holes and a tip crown. The method includes removing the tip crown by manual grinding, thereby preserving the underlying tip cover plate; preparing the tip cooling air holes by manual grinding; closing said prepared tip cooling air holes by manual welding; and building-up a new tip crown by a LMF (Laser Metal Forming) process.
US09488050B2	Radial cylinder hydraulic machine with improved oscillating radial cylinder A hydraulic machine includes oscillating radial cylinders close to an external shell of a crown or star of cylinder-piston groups. The pistons of the groups are made sliding on a crank shaft with throw or on interposed concentric elements, which create an alternative movement in the oscillating radial cylinders. The oscillating cylinders are placed in contact with a spherical oscillation surface made on a body or shell of the hydraulic machine. A passage of the hydraulic liquid to and from the oscillating radial cylinder, to create feeding and discharge of the cylinder, is formed through at least a flat lateral external surface on the side of the oscillating cylinder, parallel to an oscillation plane of the cylinders, to and from a feeding channel on a lateral body or cover of the hydraulic machine. A seal ring, fitted at least with a contact surface that is resistant to abrasion on the wall of the lateral flat sliding surface, is interposed between the flat lateral surface in contact for passage of the liquid under pressure, and a thrust member is formed on the oscillating cylinders against the spherical oscillation surface outside of the cylinders themselves.
US09488047B2	Reservoir calibration parameterization method A method is described for producing an amended realization of a geostatistical model of a hydrocarbon reservoir using the Karhunen-Loève (KL) expansion. The KL expansion may be used to produce amended realizations for history matching and is widely used. However, it is necessary in order to use the KL expansion to perform singular value decomposition of the covariance matrix of the model to provide eigenvectors and eigen values for use in the expansion. In a typical geostatistical model, the covariance matrix is too large for singular value decomposition to be performed. Prior solutions to this problem involved reducing the resolution of the model so as to reduce the size of the covariance matrix. In the method described, a plurality of random realizations are generated and an approximation of the covariance matrix is constructed from the realizations, the approximation matrix having smaller dimensions than the true covariance matrix.
US09488046B2	Apparatus and method for downhole communication A method for downhole communication and an apparatus for remote actuation of a downhole tool is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: programming at least one tag (20) to emit a radio frequency identification signal in the form of a frequency change in a carrier wave; locating a reader (10) responsive to signals emitted from the at least one tag downhole; moving the at least one tag (20) past the downhole reader (10) such that the downhole reader (10) is capable of reading data from the tag (20) when the tag (20) passes the reader (10); and thereby communicating data from the tag (20) to the reader (10) downhole. Typically, the method includes programming the tag (20) and the reader (10) to communicate data by at least one of the following means: transitions between discrete frequencies; use of specific discrete frequencies; and length of time in which a carrier wave emits a specific frequency in preference to at least one other frequency.
US09488041B2	System for chemical treatment of a subsurface wellbore A well chemical treatment system includes a chemical dispenser having a control signal input and a chemical outlet in fluid communication with a well. A chemical dispenser controller operates the dispenser and detects a well fluid lift pump controller signal. The chemical dispenser controller transmits a control signal to the chemical dispenser at selected times and is configured to increment the counter and inhibit transmission of the control signal when a selected time occurs and a pump in operation signal is not detected. When the chemical dispenser controller detects a pump in operation signal at one of the selected times, the chemical dispenser controller sends a control signal to the chemical dispenser to dispense an amount of chemical into the well equal to a product of a number in the counter plus one and an amount of chemical to be dispensed into the well at each selected time.
US09488034B2	Opening a conduit cemented in a well A method of opening a conduit cemented in a subterranean well can include flowing a fluid through a passage in the well after the conduit is cemented in the well, and the conduit opening in response to the flow of the fluid through the passage. A well system can include a flow control device cemented in a wellbore, and a conduit positioned adjacent a passage of the flow control device, whereby the conduit opens in response to the passage being opened.
US09488032B2	Method and apparatus for retaining a valve to a cement head An apparatus for retaining and securing elevated objects such as cement valves. A harness member is wrapped around the outer surface of an elevated object, and adjustable straps are tightened to secure the harness member in place. An elongate sling member, attached the harness member, is securely attached to a cement head assembly or other nearby support structure. The apparatus provides positive retention should an elevated object become detached, thereby preventing the object from falling and injuring personnel or damaging property.
US09488030B2	Confined volume pressure compensation due to thermal loading A pressure compensation system for enclosed spaces at a subterranean location changes volume with thermally induced solubility changes of a salt in water. The salt is held in an enclosure that is either rigid, or impervious and flexible or porous and flexible. As well conditions change and temperature increases, some of the salt goes into solution with a resulting decrease in volume that compensates for thermally induced volume increase due to temperature increase in the borehole. Conversely, a decrease in borehole temperature brings some of the salt out of solution for a volume increase to offset the volume decrease of the adjacent fluid to keep the pressure stabilized in the enclosed volume. In the porous enclosure embodiment the openings are sufficiently small to retain the salt even in solution. However, minimal net flows are anticipated for pressure compensation due to changing thermal effects.
US09488025B2	Rotating control device with positive drive gripping device A rotating control device can include a rotatably mounted seal which sealingly engages a drill string, and a gripping device which grips the drill string and thereby forces the seal to rotate with the drill string. A drilling method can include positioning a drill string in a rotating control device, gripping the drill string with a gripping device of the rotating control device, and rotating the drill string, gripping engagement between the gripping device and the drill string causing a seal of the rotating control device to rotate along with the drill string. A well system can include a drill string, and a rotating control device including a seal which sealingly engages the drill string and a gripping device which grippingly engages the drill string.
US09488021B2	Quickly reconfigurable core barrel head assembly A core barrel head assembly positionable within a drill string of a drilling apparatus. The core barrel head assembly includes an upper latch body having a latch assembly for engageably latching the drill string and a reduced diametric portion below the latch assembly for receiving a seal member. The reduced diametric portion has a lower coupling portion on a bottom portion thereof. The head assembly also includes a lower latch body including an upper coupling portion on a top portion thereof, and a coupler for removably coupling the upper latch body to the lower latch body. The seal member is installable on and removable from the reduced diametric portion upon uncoupling the upper latch body from the lower latch body. The head assembly is quickly reconfigurable between surface and pump in/underground configurations. Core barrel outer tube components also do not require reconfiguring between these two configurations.
US09488017B2	External grip tubular running tool A method for running a tubular string in wellbore operations according to one or more aspects of the present disclosure includes providing a tubular running tool comprising gripping assembly rotationally connected to a carrier, the gripping assembly comprising a body and slips; connecting the carrier to a quill of a top drive of a drilling rig; positioning an end of a tubular for gripping with the slips; actuating the slips into gripping engagement with the tubular; and rotating the tubular with the slips in gripping engagement therewith.
US09488013B2	Bi-directionally raisable drilling rig mast Disclosed herein is a bi-directionally raisable drilling rig mast system that includes a drilling rig mast having a bi-directional mast erection connection, a first erection connection positioned proximate a first side of a rig substructure, and a second erection connection positioned proximate a second side of the rig substructure, the second side being at an opposite side of the rig substructure from the first side. The system further includes at least one mast erection apparatus having an upper end that is adapted to be pivotably attached to the bi-directional mast erection connection and a lower end that is adapted to be pivotably attached to the first erection connection for erecting the drilling rig mast from the first side of the substructure, the lower end being further adapted to be pivotably attached to the second erection connection for erecting the drilling rig mast from the second side of the substructure.
US09488005B2	Method and system for transporting a hydrocarbon fluid A method for transporting a hydrocarbon fluid, such as crude oil and/or natural gas, comprises: drilling a chain of double ended U-shaped boreholes into the earth crust, such that at least one pair of the boreholes has an adjacent pair of upper ends at or near the earth surface; lining each of the boreholes with an at least partly expanded impermeable liner comprising an expandable tubular, which is circumferentially expanded after insertion into the borehole; interconnecting each pair of adjacent upper ends of the chain of lined U-shaped boreholes by a connection conduit; and transporting the hydrocarbon fluid through a transportation pipeline with one or more W-shaped sections provided by the chain of lined U-shaped boreholes and the connection conduit.
US09487992B2	Threshold assembly for an entryway system A threshold assembly for an entryway system includes a sill presenting an upper sill surface, and a rail coupled to and disposed above the upper sill surface. The rail is movable between an initial and second position. The rail presents a lower rail surface facing the upper sill surface and has first and second retaining arms extending from the lower rail surface toward the upper sill surface to a distal retention end of the first and second retaining arms. The distal retention ends define a retaining width (W1) therebetween. The first retaining arm, the lower rail surface, and the second retaining arm collectively define a retention pocket. The threshold assembly includes a biasing member comprising a first portion disposed in the retention pocket. The retention pocket has a width (W2) greater than the retaining width (W1) for retaining the first portion of the biasing member within the retention pocket.
US09487989B2	Door collar lock An apparatus holds a door closed comprising: a top panel, a left wall and a right wall. A flap is attached to the left wall opposite the top panel and folded under the apparatus. A flap is attached to the right wall opposite the top panel and folded under the apparatus. The apparatus contains a front end, a back end and an opening at the front end that has a larger cross section than a cross section of the back end thereby providing for a tapered shape of the apparatus overall, such that the apparatus is configured to fit over two hinged arms of a door closing system, preventing the arms from articulating open to prevent the door from opening.
US09487982B2	Pivotally rotating positioner for a support illuminating multi-task device and the support illuminating multi-task device A pivotally rotating positioner for a support illuminating multi-task device which can be applied to conductively connect a light rotating arm to a body in a fashion of pivotal rotations at variable angles. However, upon pivotally rotating, it is possible to compress the electrically conductive spring to prevent serious abrasions in the snapping recesses and the snapping bumps on the rotating arm case and the base housing. Moreover, by means of the elastic coercion between the electrically conductive spring and the electrically conductive pivotal axis assembly, it is possible to allow the electrical energy coming from the body to be smoothly provided to the light rotating arm via the pivotal axis and also enable a free rotation of 360 degrees of the light rotating arm with respect to the body while maintaining the illumination effect.
US09487980B2	Adjustable hinge A hinge with a main body and first and second connector parts for mounting the hinge to a respective one of a jamb or panel, the main body being formed of first and second aligned hinge components arranged to rotate relative to each other about a pivot axis, wherein the hinge further includes an adjustment mechanism carried by one of the components to adjust the relative position of the connector parts.
US09487979B2	Force closer A system of converting a traditional door latch assembly of a door into a magnetic door latch.
US09487977B2	Sliding door arrester A sliding door for a motor vehicle includes a sliding door arrester to prevent the sliding door from inadvertently closing during a deceleration event. The sliding door arrestor includes a base fixed relative to a guide rail and a locking element pivotally attached to the base. The locking element includes a mass and a lock. The locking element rotates relative to the base during a deceleration event of the vehicle to engage the lock with a biasing member to prevent movement of a sliding element that is displaceable along the guide rail.
US09487976B2	Door locking device for an electric household appliance, in particular a dishwasher, and electric household appliance provided therewith A door locking device includes a supporting frame, a latch rotationally carried about a first axis by the supporting frame, a receiver for a locking tooth of the latch and first elastic element for rotating the latch between a first steady position in which, in use, with the door being closed, the tooth of the latch engages the receiver, and a second steady position, in which the tooth does not engage the receiver. The supporting frame is shaped to be fixed, in use, to one side of an access opening of the electric household appliance, integral with a casing of the latter; and the receiver has at least one seat carried, in use, by an edge of the door facing, in use, the side of the access opening provided with the supporting frame; moreover, the first axis is transversally movable with respect to itself, relatively to the supporting frame.
US09487970B2	Cable wrap security device A security device for placement about a merchandise item includes a housing, cable and a clip. The housing includes a lock device, a spool for receiving the cable and a ratchet assembly to maintain the cable tightened about the merchandise item. The clip is connected to the cable and is engagable with the housing. The lock device locks the clip to the housing when the clip is attached to the housing and allows the spool to release cable from the housing when the clip is not locked to the housing. When the clip is locked to the housing, the lock device allows ratcheting of cable onto the spool but not unwinding of cable from the spool. The clip contains alarm logic fully contained within the clip configured to generate an alarm if the cable is severed. In some configurations, the alarm logic can transmit/receive wireless messages with a network.
US09487969B2	Combination padlock with anti-pick and anti-peek mechanism A combination lock having a plurality of dials and clutches arranged to control a lock shackle is disclosed. Each of the dials is mounted on a different clutch to form a dial-clutch pair. The clutch has a protrusion and the dial has an open slot dimensioned to receive a protrusion and a plurality of faulty notches. The protrusion is so located that when the lock is in the lock mode, the protrusion in each of the dial-clutch pairs is disengaged from the open slot, allowing the dial to rotate relative to the clutch. Since the clutches do not turn along with the dials and the faulty notches look similar to the open slot, it would be difficult for an intruder to pick the lock by peeking the protrusion of the clutches while rotating the dials.
US09487961B2	Connecting device for formwork boards The invention relates to a connecting device for formwork boards having a formwork lining and elements supporting the formwork lining for producing concrete structures, wherein the connecting device comprises two claws and a clamping means, particularly a wedge or a clamping screw, in order to move the two claws towards one another for connection of two formwork boards, in such a manner that the supporting elements of two formwork boards are held in the desired position. The connecting device is characterized by a pivotable claw, which is formed such that the pivotable claw can be pivoted between a starting position and a final position, particularly about a shaft of the connecting device. This permits particularly simple assembly of the formwork boards to form a formwork and/or disassembly of a formwork.
US09487953B2	Vacuum insulated panel A vacuum insulated panel includes a fiberglass insulation blanket and a barrier layer. The barrier layer is sealed around the fiberglass insulation blanket. Gas inside the barrier layer is evacuated such that the fiberglass insulation blanket is compressed.
US09487945B2	Transition body for arranging between differently designed sections of a wind power plant tower and wind power plant tower with such a transition body The invention concerns a transition body arranged between a lower section and an upper section of a tower for a wind energy plant. The lower tower section is constructed from several corner posts configured as hollow profiles and the upper tower section is configured in the form of a tubular tower which is essentially round in cross section, with a bottom and a connection flange disposed above the bottom for connecting the upper tower section. The bottom and the flange connect the upper tower section and are joined together by at least one metal casing sheet. The connection of the bottom to the at least one metal casing sheet is a welded construction. A number of connection areas is provided on the underside of its bottom, corresponding to the number of corner posts of the lower tower section.
US09487944B2	Jack-up conical structure A jack-up conical structure having a generally cone shape. The wide base and narrow upper section enhance stability of the structure during floatation, transport, elevation, anchoring, and drilling. The wide base along with a buoyant portion provide a large water line area which enhances stability of the structure during floatation and transit and while sections of the structure elevate and lower. The wide base also has shear resistance portion that prevents lateral sliding, especially in ice infested waters. A central shaft is disposed in a vertical orientation to the structure and facilitates movement throughout. A conical upper portion moves along the central shaft relative to the conical base. A drilling portion moves on racks of grooves inside the central shaft and performs drilling operations. Numerous chambers, cranes, and helipad support drilling and habitation on the structure.
US09487915B2	Cellulosic and lignocellulosic structural materials and methods and systems for manufacturing such materials Methods of treating wood and wood products include irradiating untreated wood having a first molecular weight with ionizing radiation to cause an increase in the molecular weight of a cellulosic component of the wood to a second, relatively higher molecular weight.
US09487913B2	Method for the artificial aging of fabrics and ready-made garments A method for the artificial aging of fabrics by applying an enzyme compound without using an aqueous bath.
US09487901B2	Washing machine A washing machine in which a touch panel is placed at a door so that an exterior of the washing machine can be improved, the washing machine including: a body in which an opening is formed; and a door disposed to open and close the opening, wherein the door includes: a first door member that constitutes a front side of the door; and a second door member that is combined with the first door member and constitutes a rear side of the door, and wherein the first door member and the second door member are combined with each other so that the first door member is capable of being rotated relative to the second door member.
US09487900B2	Washing machine A washing machine according to the present invention comprises: a vibration limiter disposed on an outer cistern, wherein the vibration limiter is capable of decreasing vibration by absorbing kinetic energy of a suspension when the outer cistern is excessively vibrating. Thus, the present invention prevents collision between a cabinet and the outer cistern which can be generated when the outer cistern is excessively vibrating, thereby achieving the effect of preventing damage to the surrounding parts. Furthermore, since collision between the outer cistern and the cabinet is prevented, it is possible to minimize space between the outer cistern and the cabinet, which allows the enlargement of outer cistern capacity.
US09487894B2	Nonwoven fabric having a grooved surface and heat-expanded particles and production method for the nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric comprising heat-expanding particles, having bulk and high strength, and a method for producing the nonwoven fabric. The method includes a step of supplying a first sheet-forming material comprising fiber and water onto a belt, spraying a high-pressure water jet onto the first sheet layer to form grooves, forming a second sheet-forming material comprising fibers, heat-expanding particles and water into a second sheet layer, layering the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer to form a third sheet layer, drying the third sheet layer, and spraying high-pressure steam onto the third sheet layer to expand the heat-expanding particles. The nonwoven fabric is provided with a first layer having a plurality of grooves extending in the longitudinal direction and aligned in the transverse direction, on the first surface, and is provided with a second layer comprising expanded heat-expanding particles and fibers, on the second surface.
US09487893B2	Dimensionally stable nonwoven fibrous webs and methods of making and using the same Dimensionally stable nonwoven fibrous webs include a multiplicity of continuous fibers formed from one or more thermoplastic polyesters and polypropylene in an amount greater than 0% and no more than 10% by weight of the web. The webs have at least one dimension which decreases by no greater than 10% in the plane of the web when heated to a temperature above a glass transition temperature of the fibers. When the thermoplastic polyester is selected to include aliphatic and aromatic polyesters, a spunbond process may be used to produce substantially continuous fibers that exhibit molecular orientation. When the thermoplastic polyester is selected from aliphatic polyesters, a meltblown process may be used to produce discontinuous fibers that do not exhibit molecular orientation. The webs may be used as articles for filtration, sound absorption, thermal insulation, surface cleaning, cellular growth support, drug delivery, personal hygiene, medical apparel, or wound dressing.
US09487890B1	Valve for controlling fabric permeability, controllable permeability fabric, and articles using same Shape memory actuators are utilized to controllably modify the permeability of fabric and fabric based articles. The SMA actuator operates by changing the geometric permeability or by modifying the weave permeability of the fabric based article, or one or more portions thereof. The invention further provides for applications of the controllable permeability fabric, which include by way of example, various parachute, sail, and filter embodiments.
US09487888B2	Cord for reinforcing rubber articles, and pneumatic tire A cord for reinforcing rubber articles according to the present invention is formed by a thread with ply-twisted cellulose fiber twisted with a thread of ply-twisted nylon fiber. The ply twist number of the nylon fiber is less than the ply twist number of the cellulose fiber. A pneumatic tire according to the present invention uses the cord for reinforcing rubber articles according to the present invention in a ply cord of the carcass.
US09487883B2	Trimanganese tetraoxide and its production process Trimanganese tetraoxide has high reactivity with a lithium compound, is excellent in handling efficiency, and is suitable as a manganese material of a lithium manganese oxide, and its production process. Trimanganese tetraoxide particles including trimanganese tetraoxide primary particles having an average primary particle size of at most 2 μm agglomerated, the pore volume of pores being at least 0.4 mL/g. The most frequent pores are preferably pores having a diameter of at most 5 μm. The trimanganese tetraoxide particles can be obtained by producing trimanganese tetraoxide particles, which includes directly crystallizing trimanganese tetraoxide from a manganese salt aqueous solution, wherein the manganese salt aqueous solution and an alkali aqueous solution are mixed so that the oxidation-reduction potential is at least 0 mV and OH−/Mn2+ (mol/mol) is at most 0.55, to obtain a slurry, and the solid content concentration of the slurry is adjusted to be at most 2 wt %.
US09487874B2	Method for operating the water electrolysis system A water electrolysis system includes a high-pressure hydrogen production unit for electrolyzing water to generate oxygen and high-pressure hydrogen (the pressure of the high-pressure hydrogen being higher than that of the oxygen), and a gas-liquid separation unit for removing water contained in the high-pressure hydrogen. The gas-liquid separation unit is placed on a hydrogen pipe for discharging the high-pressure hydrogen from the high-pressure hydrogen production unit. In addition, the water electrolysis system includes a high-pressure hydrogen supply pipe for transferring dewatered high-pressure hydrogen from the gas-liquid separation unit, a cooling unit, which is placed on the high-pressure hydrogen supply pipe and is capable of variably controlling the temperature of the high-pressure hydrogen to adjust the humidity of the high-pressure hydrogen, and a control unit.
US09487860B2	Method for forming cobalt containing films Vapor deposition methods of cobalt-containing films by using cobalt carbonyl nitrosyl are disclosed.
US09487856B2	Diamond-coated substrates A composite structure, comprising a cemented carbide substrate (e.g., tungsten carbide substrate cemented with cobalt, such as WC—Co), a thin interlayer disposed over the substrate, and a contiguous diamond film disposed over the interlayer, as well as processes of preparing such a composite structure and uses thereof, are provided. The composite structure is characterized by at least one of a substrate binder concentration of at least 2 percents by weight, interlayer thickness less than 20 microns, a homogenous interlayer made substantially of crystalline chromium nitride, a low to null binder concentration in the interlayer, and a high co-adhesion of the diamond film to the interlayer and the interlayer to the substrate.
US09487847B2	Polycrystalline diamond compacts, related products, and methods of manufacture Embodiments relate to polycrystalline diamond compacts (“PDCs”) and methods of manufacturing such PDCs in which an at least partially leached polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) table is infiltrated with a low viscosity cobalt-based alloy infiltrant. In an embodiment, a method includes forming a PCD table in the presence of a metal-solvent catalyst in a first high-pressure/high-temperature (“HPHT”) process. The method includes at least partially leaching the PCD table to remove at least a portion of the metal-solvent catalyst therefrom to form an at least partially leached PCD table. The method includes subjecting the at least partially leached PCD table and a substrate to a second HPHT process effective to at least partially infiltrate the at least partially leached PCD table with an alloy infiltrant comprising at least one of a cobalt-based or nickel based alloy infiltrant having a composition at or near a eutectic composition of the alloy infiltrant.
US09487844B2	Method for detaching coatings from scrap The invention relates to a method for the removal of coatings from scrap materials (3), wherein the scrap (3) is brought into contact with a liquid and, while the coating removal process is performed, moves within a conveying trough (2) of a vibrating conveyor (1) in a direction (6) from the inlet end (7) towards the outlet end (8) of said conveying trough (2). The invention is of special importance for the dezincing of steel scrap. The method operates on a continuous basis with the removal of coatings being efficiently accomplished.
US09487837B2	Exosome-mediated diagnosis of hepatitis virus infections and diseases A method for diagnosing hepatitis virus infection or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers present on exosomes in a bodily fluid sample from the subject is disclosed. Also disclosed are a method for monitoring the course of a hepatitis virus infection or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject and a method for monitoring effectiveness of treatment to a subject with an anti-hepatitis virus agent based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers present on exosomes in bodily fluid samples from the subject, as well as a kit for diagnosing hepatitis virus infection and/or a hepatitis disease condition in a subject based on hepatitis virus-associated biomarkers on exosomes in bodily fluid samples from the subject.
US09487831B2	Use of annexin A3 as a diagnostic and prognostic biomarker and therapeutic target for treating hepatocellular carcinoma Annexin A3 (ANAX3) is utilized as a biomarker for the diagnosis and prognosis of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and the utilization of a monoclonal antibody against ANXA3 or antisense polynucleotide against ANXA3 mRNA for the suppression or treatment of HCC, alone or in combination with other HCC treatment. Monoclonal antibody against ANXA3 can be administered for the suppression of tumor growth, metastasis, and chemoresistance.
US09487828B2	Methods for determining a nucleotide sequence contiguous to a known target nucleotide sequence The technology described herein is directed to methods of determining oligonucleotide sequences, e.g. by enriching target sequences prior to sequencing the sequences.
US09487819B2	Quantitative genetically encoded optical reporter construct An isolated nucleic acid reporter construct, the protein for which it encodes and methods for its use for the in vivo or in vitro measurement of the concentration of a specific biologically important molecule in a subcellular compartment or locale are provided. Certain constructs described are useful in measuring the local concentration of ATP at synapses.
US09487811B2	Biosensor structures for improved point of care testing and methods of manufacture thereof The present invention relates to analytical testing devices and methods for fabricating electrochemical creatinine biosensors, and in particular using point of care electrochemical biosensors for testing for creatinine in samples. For example, the present invention may be directed to a biosensor having an electrode, a first printed layer formed on the electrode and having a first matrix that includes creatinine amidohydrolase (CNH), creatine amidinohydrolase (CRH), and sarcosine oxidase (SOX), and second printed layer formed over the first printed layer and having a second matrix that includes CRH, SOX, and catalase.
US09487808B2	Rapid assembly of multiple arbitrary length DNA fragments Aspects herein relate to composition, and related methods, for isolating and assembling DNA molecules without intermediate cloning steps.
US09487797B2	Genomic plant sequences and uses thereof The present invention discloses rice genomic promoter sequences. The promoters are particularly suited for use in rice and other cereal crops. Methods of modifying, producing, and using the promoters are also disclosed. The invention further discloses compositions, transformed host cells, transgenic plants, and seeds containing the rice genomic promoter sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.
US09487796B2	Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby Isolated polynucleotides having a nucleic acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162-204, 206-211, 214-287 and/or encoding polypeptides having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 13-56, 58-63, 66-121, 141-156 or 157 are provided. Also provided are methods of utilizing same for increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant.
US09487786B2	Immunosuppression compound and treatment method A method and compound for suppressing an immune response in a mammalian subject, for the treatment or prevention of an autoimmune condition or transplantation rejection are disclosed. The compound is an antisense oligonucleotide analog compound having a targeting sequence complementary to a preprocessed CTLA-4 mRNA region identified by SEQ ID NO: 22 in SEQ ID NO: 1, spanning the splice junction between intron 1 and exon 2 of the preprocessed mRNA of the subject. The compound is effective, when administered to a subject, to form within host cells, a heteroduplex structure (i) composed of the preprocessed CTLA-4 mRNA and the oligonucleotide compound, (ii) characterized by a Tm of dissociation of at least 45° C., and (iii) resulting in an increased ratio of processed mRNA encoding ligand-independent CTLA-4 to processed mRNA encoding full-length CTLA-4.
US09487783B2	Targeting microRNAs for metabolic disorders Described herein are compounds comprising modified oligonucleotides that are complementary to miR-103 and/or miR-107 and methods of treating diseases and disorders using the compounds.
US09487782B2	Methods for the treatment of leber congenital amaurosis The present invention relates to a method for treating a Leber congenital amaurosis in a patient harboring the mutation c.2991+1655 A>G in the CEP290 gene, comprising the step of administering to said patient at least one antisense oligonucleotide complementary to nucleic acid sequence that is necessary for preventing splicing of the cryptic exon inserted into the mutant c.2291+1655 A>G CEP290 mRNA.
US09487780B2	Antisense compounds targeting genes associated with fibronectin Provided are compounds comprising oligonucleotides complementary to a fibronectin transcript. Certain such compounds are useful for hybridizing to a fibronectin transcript, including but not limited to a fibronectin transcript in a cell. Such hybridization results in modulation of splicing of the fibronectin transcript. Such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with fibrosis. Such compounds are used to treat one or more symptoms associated with renal fibrosis.
US09487775B2	Method for the synthesis of a bifunctional complex Disclosed is a method for obtaining a bifunctional complex comprising a display molecule part and a coding part, wherein a nascent bifuntional complex comprising a chemical reaction site and a priming site for enzymatic addition of a tag is reacted at the chemical reaction site with one or more reactants, and provided with respective tag(s) identifying the reactant(s) at the priming site is using one or more enzymes.
US09487772B2	Inhibitors of human phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta Methods of inhibiting phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta isoform (PI3Kδ) activity, and methods of treating diseases, such as disorders of immunity and inflammation, in which PI3Kδ plays a role in leukocyte function are disclosed. Preferably, the methods employ active agents that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ, while not significantly inhibiting activity of other PI3K isoforms. Compounds are provided that inhibit PI3Kδ activity, including compounds that selectively inhibit PI3Kδ activity. Methods of using PI3Kδ inhibitory compounds to inhibit cancer cell growth or proliferation are also provided. Accordingly, the invention provides methods of using PI3Kδ inhibitory compounds to inhibit PI3Kδ-mediated processes in vitro and in vivo.
US09487771B2	Method of peptide hydrolysis, peptidase, the composition for use as a bacteriostatic and bactericidal agent, a kit and the uses of the active form of LytM from S. aureus or derivatives thereof The invention relates to new method of peptide hydrolysis, in particular of the cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria, wherein the active form of LytM or derivative thereof is contacted with a peptide substrate, preferably with the cell walls of Gram-positive bacteria, in an aqueous environment of conductivity lower than 10 mS/cm. The invention also relates to composition comprising active form of LytM or derivative thereof and new uses of active form of LytM or derivative thereof.
US09487770B2	Recombinant cellulase and use thereof The present invention provides Hahella chejuensis-derived recombinant cellulase and a use thereof. The recombinant cellulase according to the present invention has a high stability at a high temperature and an optimized activity at a neutral pH, and therefore has a high availability in a process. Also, since the cellulase according to the present invention has an exoglucanase activity as well as an endoglucanase activity, a monosaccharide can be produced during decomposition of cellulose and an additional treatment required in a fermentation process is not needed, and therefore a cost may be reduced. Such an enzyme activity is advantageous to a fermentation or thermal treatment condition for producing a biofuel, and therefore industrial profits may be achieved.
US09487768B2	Methods and products for expressing proteins in cells The present invention relates in part to nucleic acids encoding proteins, therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding proteins, methods for inducing cells to express proteins using nucleic acids, methods, kits and devices for transfecting, gene editing, and reprogramming cells, and cells, organisms, and therapeutics produced using these methods, kits, and devices. Methods and products for altering the DNA sequence of a cell are described, as are methods and products for inducing cells to express proteins using synthetic RNA molecules. Therapeutics comprising nucleic acids encoding gene-editing proteins are also described.
US09487767B2	Selection in fungi The present invention relates to methods for constructing a recombinant fungal host cell comprising one or more copies of a polynucleotide construct integrated in its genome, said method comprising transforming a fungal host cell with an integrative polynucleotide construct comprising a first polynucleotide encoding a selectable marker, wherein the first polynucleotide, a 5′ untranslated region thereof and/or a riboswitch operably linked therewith comprises a spliceosomal intron which has 5 nucleotides or less between its branch site and its acceptor site; and a second polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide of interest; as well as suitable polynucleotide constructs, resulting fungal host cells and methods of manufacture.
US09487765B2	Stabilized transglutaminase and process for production thereof Disclosed is a transglutaminase having excellent stability. Also disclosed is a process for producing the transglutaminase. Specifically disclosed is a stabilized transglutaminase, which has such a structure in which a pro-sequence peptide of transglutaminase is bound to a mature transglutaminase. Also specifically disclosed is a process for producing stabilized transglutaminase, which includes the steps of culturing a microorganism capable of producing transglutaminase under the conditions where transglutaminase can be produced; and separating and collecting matured transglutaminase having a pro-sequence peptide bound thereto from a culture medium.
US09487762B1	Method and system for producing triterpenes A method and system are provided for the production of triterpene including methylated triterpenes. The method and system include isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding triterpene methyltransferases such as triterpene methyltransferases 1, 2, 3. Advantageously, the method and system includes transgenic plant cells via an expression vector for triterpene methyltransferase and optionally various triterpene synthase and prenyltransferase all with tags directing these enzymes to the chloroplast of the transgenic plant cells for using the chloroplast methyl erythritol phosphate (MEP) pathway in the triterpene biogenesis.
US09487759B2	Preparation of stabilized catalase enzymes using polyvinyl alcohol There is provided a method of producing a stabilized catalase enzyme. In the method, a substrate is thoroughly mixed with phosphate borate and catalase, rinsed with water and the solids dried. The dried solid may be mixed with polyvinyl alcohol and dried for further stabilization. The stabilized powder may be mixed with various skin solutions (lotions, ointments and the like). The catalase enzyme can catalyze the reaction of peroxide to oxygen.
US09487754B2	Derivation of fibrochondrocytes from progenitor cells Provided herein are compositions and methods for forming fibrochondrocytes or fibrochondrocyte-like cells from progenitor cells, such as mesenchymal stem cells. One aspect provides a fibrochondrocyte culture medium including CTGF and TGFβ3, optionally encapsulated by microspheres having different release profiles. Another aspect provides a method for forming fibrochondrocytes or fibrochondrocyte-like cells from progenitor cells by culturing with CTGF and TGFβ3.
US09487753B2	Compositions of adult disc stem cells and methods for the treatment of degenerative disc disease This invention provides an isolated disc stem cell population, compositions, and methods of obtaining and growing the same. Moreover, this invention provides an isolated discosphere, compositions, and methods of obtaining and growing the same. An artificial disc containing the cells of the present invention is provided together with methods of making the same. This invention also provides a method of treating a subject having a herniated disc utilizing the cells and methods of the invention.
US09487752B2	Priming of pluripotent stem cells for neural differentiation Methods and composition for differentiation of pluripotent stem cells are provided. For example, in certain aspects methods including priming stem cells for neural differentiation in a culture medium essentially free of growth factors such as FGF and TGFβ. As an advantage, the neural cells may be provided with improved consistency and purity.
US09487750B2	Methods and compositions for growth of cells and embryonic tissue on a synthetic polymer matrix The present invention provides methods and compositions for establishing and maintaining growth of cells and embryonic tissue on a synthetic polymer matrix. For example, the present invention provides synthetic growth matrices for stem cells, gametes, mature differentiated cells, and embryonic tissue (e.g., blastomeres, embryos, and embryoid bodies). In certain embodiments, the cells are capable of going through multiple passages while remaining in an undifferentiated state as a result of the synthetic polymer matrix.
US09487748B2	Dual-compartment bioreactor for use in wastewater treatment and algal production A dual compartment bioreactor system includes a heterotrophic bioreactor, an autotrophic bioreactor, and a membrane between the autotrophic bioreactor and the heterotrophic bioreactor. The autotrophic bioreactor includes a transparent outer wall. Each population benefits from the products of the metabolism of the other. Methods for wastewater treatment and algal production utilize the system.
US09487742B2	Drain formulation for enhanced hair dissolution The invention relates to drain cleaning compositions including relatively high concentrations of a hypochlorite oxidizing agent and a hydroxide (e.g., 4 to 12% and 2.5 to 10%, respectively. The composition further includes a surfactant (e.g., a surfactant blend, water, and exhibits a very high pH (e.g., at least 13). The composition is monophasic, even at high oxidizing and hydroxide concentrations. The surfactant may include a blend of an uncharged surfactant (e.g., an amphoteric surfactant or nonionic surfactant) and a charged surfactant (e.g., anionic, cationic, or a surfactant that becomes so under the high pH conditions of the composition). The ratio of charged to uncharged surfactant may be at least 1:10, e.g., from 1:10 to about 1:50.
US09487739B2	Cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine The present invention relates generally to cleaning compositions and, more specifically, to cleaning compositions containing a polyetheramine that is suitable for removal of stains from soiled materials.
US09487725B2	Compositions comprising estolide compounds and methods of making and using the same Provided herein are compositions comprising at least one estolide compound of formula: in which n is an integer equal to or greater than 0; m is an integer equal to or greater than 1; R1, independently for each occurrence, is selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; R2 is selected from hydrogen and optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched; and R3 and R4, independently for each occurrence, are selected from optionally substituted alkyl that is saturated or unsaturated, and branched or unbranched. Also provided are uses of the compositions described herein.
US09487722B2	Mitigation of harmful combustion emissions using sorbent containing engineered fuel feed stocks The invention relates to the use of engineered fuel feedstocks to control the emission of sulfur-based, chlorine-based, nitrogen-based, or mercury-based pollutants, such as SO2, SO3, H2SO4, NO, NO2, HCl, and Hg that are generated during the combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal. Disclosed are novel engineered fuel feedstocks, feedstocks produced by the described processes, methods of making the fuel feedstocks, methods of producing energy from the fuel feedstocks, and methods of generating electricity from the fuel feedstocks.
US09487721B2	Refined torrefied biomass A manufacturing process is disclosed for preparing torrefied biomass having a reduced inorganic content which comprises passing crude torrefied biomass through one or more selective separation devices capable of separating inorganic particulate matter from the torrefied biomass.
US09487719B2	Methods and compositions that provide detergency The present invention relates to methods of fueling an internal combustion engine, and composition, that provide improved nitrogen-free detergency in the engine, particularly in the area of injector deposit control. The present invention also provides methods of providing both improved detergency and improved corrosion inhibition, while avoiding compatibility problems with fuels and/or while limiting the amount of nitrogen delivered to the fuel from the deposit control additive.
US09487718B2	Fuel compositions Low sulphur marine fuel compositions are provided. Embodiments comprise 10 to 50 wt % of a residual hydrocarbon component, with the remaining 50 to 90 wt % selected from a non-hydroprocessed hydrocarbon component, a hydroprocessed hydrocarbon component, and a combination thereof. Embodiments of the marine fuel composition can have a sulphur content of about 0.1 wt % or less.
US09487704B2	Nematic liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display element using same There is provided a positive liquid crystal composition that has a dielectric anisotropy useful as a liquid crystal display material. The liquid crystal composition has a liquid crystal phase in a wide temperature range, a low viscosity, a good solubility at low temperatures, a high resistivity, and a high voltage holding ratio, and is stable to heat and light. Use of this liquid crystal composition can provide a liquid crystal display element that has high displaying quality and is less likely to undergo displaying failures such as burn-in and dropping marks. A liquid crystal display element that employs the liquid crystal composition is useful for an active-matrix-driving liquid crystal display element and can be used for a liquid crystal display element that employs the TN mode, the IPS mode, the FFS mode, or the like.
US09487703B2	Liquid crystal composition and liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal composition and an AM-type liquid crystal display device including the same are described. The liquid crystal composition has a nematic phase, contains a specific compound having a large positive dielectric anisotropy as a first component, and a specific compound having a small viscosity as a second component, and may also contain at least one of a specific compound having a high maximum temperature or a small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having a large positive dielectric anisotropy as a fourth component, and a specific compound having a negative dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component.
US09487676B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive composition and pressure-sensitive adhesive tape A pressure-sensitive adhesive composition is disclosed. The composition comprises a particulate polymer of a monomer mixture comprising (a) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer; (b) at least one of (b-1) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a linear alkyl group and (b-2) an alkyl (meth)acrylate monomer with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 15 to 24 and the alkyl group being a branched alkyl group; and (c) a monoolefmically unsaturated monomer having a ketone group with the alkyl group having a carbon number of 8 to 14. Pressure sensitive adhesive tapes incorporating such adhesive compositions are also described.
US09487672B2	Polyurethane coating composition A polymer useful in coating compositions is described. The polymer is preferably an unsaturated polyurethane polymer, which preferably has an iodine value of at least 10. The polymer may be combined with one or more liquid carriers to form a liquid coating composition useful in coating a variety of substrates, including planar metal substrates.
US09487671B2	Waterborne base coat compositions having a special-effect color A waterborne base coat having a special-effect color and which contains aqueous microgel as binder, 0.5 to 2 wt.-% of poly(meth)acrylic acid thickener and 2 to 7 wt.-% of non-ionically emulsified EVA copolymer wax with a drop point of the wax portion of 80 to 110° C., the wt.-% in each case calculated as solids and relative to the solids content of the waterborne base coat.
US09487670B2	Method for making titanium dioxide pigment grind dispersion and paint Titanium dioxide may be more efficiently used in a coating composition containing a composite pigment particle-forming polymer if during composite formation, the polymer is initially present in a low concentration and the titanium dioxide particles and newly-formed composite particles are dispersed in a waterborne emulsion polymer that does not form such a composite. A pigment grind dispersion of titanium dioxide pigment-polymer composite particles may be made by mixing titanium dioxide particles with the waterborne emulsion polymer. The composite-forming polymer is then added to the waterborne emulsion polymer, or is added independently and concurrently with the titanium dioxide particles. The resulting titanium dioxide pigment-polymer composite particles provide improved coating composition opacity compared to a coating composition that does not contain such composite particles. The coating compositions can contain reduced titanium dioxide amounts and less than a saturation level of the composite-forming polymer.
US09487666B2	Inkjet recording ink, ink cartridge, inkjet recording method, and inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording ink, including: water; a water-soluble organic solvent; a colorant; a compound containing a group expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and a defoamer, C6F13—CH2CH2— Structural Formula (1).
US09487664B2	Use of a preserving agent for temporarily storing used paint application tools, device using this and composite kit therefore A preserving agent for temporarily storing used paint application tools, in particular paint brushes and paint rollers, is used by immersing at least the paint containing portion of the paint application tool therein. The preserving agent is a water based gel. An electrolyte is used for breaking up the gel afterwards. A device for temporarily storing used paint application tools, and a composite kit, including the device, the water based gel, and the electrolyte are included.
US09487660B2	Wire-like spray material, functional layer which can be produced therewith and process for coating a substrate with a spray material A wire-like spray material (4) based on an iron for electric arc wire spraying and also a functional layer (2) which can be produced therewith on a substrate (1). The functional layer (2) has good corrosion resistance towards diesel fuel having a high sulphur content.
US09487658B2	Copper phthalocyanine pigment and method for producing copper phthalocyanine microparticles Provided are: a copper phthalocyanine pigment which contains at least one kind of copper phthalocyanine microparticles whose crystal type is any of two kinds of β- and γ-type crystals and that exhibits, in a region of 380 nm to 780 nm, an absorption spectrum shape extremely similar to that of α-form copper phthalocyanine microparticles; and a process for the production of the copper phthalocyanine microparticles. Also provided are: a copper phthalocyanine pigment which contains at least one kind of coper phthalocyanine microparticles whose crystal type is any of two kinds of β- and γ-type crystals and that exhibits a wavelength (λ-max) of shorter than 478 nm in the transmission spectrum in a region of 380 nm to 780 nm, said wavelength (λ-max) being a wavelength at which the maximum transmittance appears; and a process for the production of the copper phthalocyanine microparticles.
US09487653B2	Process of making crosslinked polyolefin polymer blends and compositions prepared thereof Provided herein is a process for making a grafted cross-linked polymer blend, by polymerizing a first and second polymer solution (each having 75 to 99 wt % propylene-derived units, 1 to 25 wt % ethylene-derived units, and 0.05 to 6 wt % diene-derived units); combining the first and second polymer solution to produce a polymer blend solution; removing solvent from the polymer blend solution to produce a polymer blend; mixing the polymer blend with a coagent and a vinyl-terminated silane compound; subjecting the polymer blend to electron beam irradiation to grafting the vinyl-terminated silane compound to either or both of the first polymer and the second polymer to form a grafted polymer blend; and moisture curing the grafted polymer blend to form a grafted cross-linked polymer blend, wherein the grafted cross-linked polymer blend is substantially free of peroxide.
US09487647B2	Low viscosity polymer mixture The present invention relates to a polymer mixture with a low viscosity, allowing processes for the processing of plastics materials to be accelerated while the final properties of the end products remain the same or are improved. The polymer mixture is mixed with the plastics materials in the manner of an additive. The invention further relates to the production of suitable polymer mixtures of this type and to the use thereof.
US09487643B2	Adhesion tyre rubber compound A tire rubber compound having at least one cross-linkable, unsaturated-chain polymer base, and a curing system of at least sulphur, stearic acid, zinc oxide, and a chelating agent for complexing the zinc ion.
US09487638B2	Inorganic film and multilayer structure Disclosed is an inorganic film comprising an inorganic laminar compound and a resin, characterized in that when an image observed with a transmission electron microscope of a cross section of the inorganic film including the thickness direction of the film is subjected to image processing to classify into 256 levels of shade on the gray scale, and subsequently, at each of arbitrary five or more points of the image-processed observed image, a straight line is drawn parallel with the thickness direction of the inorganic film from one surface of the inorganic film to the other surface, and then linear analysis is performed along each of the straight lines, the average value of standard deviations of degrees relative to the degree of each shade determined from the results of the linear analysis is 15 or less.
US09487625B2	Poly(butylene-co-adipate terephthalate), method of manufacture and uses thereof A poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer is disclosed, where the copolymer has a melt temperature from 105 to 125° C., and wherein the copolymer includes a polyester component residue derived from a terephthalic-containing polyester homopolymer, a terephthalic-containing polyester copolymer, and combinations thereof, and further includes a polyester residue component; a quencher residue; and from 0.05 to 5 weight % based on total weight of poly(butylene terephthalate-co-adipate) copolymer of a residue of an isocyanurate, polyisocyanate, and combinations thereof. Compositions and articles including the copolymer are also described.
US09487601B2	Methods for making catalyst compositions and polymer products produced therefrom Methods for making olefin polymerization catalysts and methods for making polymers using the catalysts are provided. The method for making the catalyst can include combining one or more supports with one or more magnesium-containing compounds under reaction conditions to form a first reacted product. One or more chlorinating compounds selected from the group consisting of aluminum alkyl chlorides and chloro substituted silanes can be combined with the first reacted product under reaction conditions to form a second reacted product. One or more titanium-containing compounds selected from the group consisting of titanium alkoxides and titanium halides can be combined with the second reacted product under reaction conditions to form a catalyst.
US09487598B2	Live poly(n-vinyl lactam) reactive stabilizers for dispersed phase polymerization The present invention concerns a method for preparing a polymer comprising a step (EI) for dispersed phase polymerization in the presence of a reactive stabiliser, wherein the following are brought into contact in an aqueous phase:—at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer; —at least one source of free radicals; and—a reactive stabiliser comprising a polymer chain including monomer units (N-vinyl lactam) and a thiocarbonylthio-S group (C═S)—.
US09487590B2	Activatable antibodies that bind interleukin-6 receptor and methods of use thereof The invention relates generally to activatable antibodies that include a masking moiety (MM), a cleavable moiety (CM), and an antibody (AB) that specifically binds to interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R), and to methods of making and using these anti-IL-6R activatable antibodies in a variety of therapeutic, diagnostic and prophylactic indications.
US09487568B2	FGF-2 variants and methods of use thereof A method of treating an individual (i) having abnormal bone; or (ii) afflicted with a disease or disorder related to normal or abnormal FGF receptors or a skeletal disorder; or (iii) having dysplasic bone. The method includes administering to the individual a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a fibroblast growth factor 9 (FGF-9) variant comprising at least one amino acid substitution in the beta 8-beta 9 loop, wherein said FGF-9 variant incorporates one of the amino acid sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 11, 13, 14, 15, 16 or 17.
US09487566B2	Method for purifying protein The present invention relates to protein purification. More particularly, a method for directly recovering an objective protein from a protein composition and purifying a protein with a desired quality in a rapid and efficient manner is provided. Further, a rapid purification method capable of efficiently removing impurities included in the protein composition is provided. Therefore, compared to the conventional purification methods, quality and yield of the protein can be remarkably improved.
US09487564B2	Fusobacterium polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Fusobacterium spp. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides.
US09487563B2	Virus-like particles and methods of use The invention features modified alphavirus or flavivirus virus-like particles (VLPs). The invention provides methods, compositions, and kits featuring the modified VLPs. The invention also features methods for enhancing production of modified VLPs for use in the prevention or treatment of alphavirus and flavivirus-mediated diseases. The invention also provides methods for delivering agents to a cell using the modified VLPs.
US09487555B2	Prodrug of an ice inhibitor This invention describes an ICE inhibitor prodrug (I) having good bioavailability. Compound I is useful for treating IL-1 mediated diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, inflammatory peritonitis, septic shock, pancreatitis, traumatic brain injury, organ transplant rejection, osteoarthritis, asthma, psoriasis, Alzheimer's disease, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, Huntington's disease, atherosclerosis, atopic dermatitis, leukemias and related disorders, myelodysplastic syndrome, uveitis or multiple myeloma.
US09487551B2	Small molecule compounds that control mammal-pathogenic nematodes The present invention relates to methods of modifying nematode behavior using certain isolated modulator compounds. Also disclosed are methods of promoting or inhibiting reproduction in a nematode population, methods of promoting or inhibiting nematode aggregation at a mammal, and methods of treating or preventing parasite infection of a mammal.
US09487550B2	Method of isolating purified RNA with reduced DNA contaminations The present invention pertains to a method of isolating RNA from a sample comprising RNA, and DNA, comprising: a) adding an acidic denaturing composition comprising a chaotropic agent and phenol to the sample; b) adding a water-insoluble organic solvent and separating the resulting phases thereby forming a multi-phase mixture comprising an aqueous phase, optionally an interphase and an organic phase, wherein the RNA is concentrated in said aqueous phase and DNA and proteins are concentrated in said organic phase and/or in said interphase; and c) isolating said RNA from said aqueous phase, wherein at least one cationic detergent is added before separating the phases. It was found that the addition of at least one cationic detergent considerably reduces the amount of DNA in the aqueous, RNA containing phase. Therefore, the present invention allows to easily isolate pure RNA which comprises considerably less DNA contaminations.
US09487530B2	Transient protection of normal cells during chemotherapy This invention is in the area of improved compounds, compositions and methods of transiently protecting healthy cells, and in particular hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) as well as renal cells, from damage associated with DNA damaging chemotherapeutic agents. In one aspect, improved protection of healthy cells is disclosed using disclosed compounds that act as highly selective and short, transiently-acting cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 (CDK 4/6) inhibitors when administered to subjects undergoing DNA damaging chemotherapeutic regimens for the treatment of proliferative disorders.
US09487527B2	Pyrazolo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-4,6(5H,7H)-dione derivatives useful as inhibitors of phosphodiesterase I Optionally substituted (5- or 7- amino)-3,4-dihydro-(optionally 4-oxo, 4-thioxo or 4-imino)- 1H-pyrrolo [3,4-d]pyrimidin-2(6H)-ones, Compounds of Formula I, processes for their production, their use as pharmaceuticals and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them.
US09487521B2	Processes and intermediates for making a JAK inhibitor This invention relates to processes and intermediates for making {1-{1-[3-fluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)isonicotinoyl]piperidin-4-yl}-3-[4-(7H-pyrrolo[2,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]azetidin-3-yl}acetonitrile, useful in the treatment of diseases related to the activity of Janus kinases (JAK) including inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disorders, cancer, and other diseases.
US09487509B2	Heterocyclic compound The present invention relates to wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compound of the present invention has a superior RBP4-lowering action, and is useful as a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of disease and condition mediated by increased RBP4.
US09487504B2	Imidazolyl analogs as syk inhibitors The present invention provides novel imidazole analogs of Formula I which are potent inhibitors of spleen tyrosine kinase, and are useful in the treatment and prevention of diseases mediated by said enzyme, such as asthma, COPD, rheumatoid arthritis, and cancer.
US09487503B2	Stilbene optical brighteners The present invention discloses compounds of 4,4′-diaminostilbene-2,2′-disulphonic acid which are useful as optical brighteners to bleach fibers, cellulose and in particular paper and cardboard.
US09487500B2	Compounds and compositions thereof Novel compounds and their synthesis are described. Methods for using these compounds in the prevention or treatment of cancer, a bacterial infection or a viral infection in a subject are also described.
US09487490B2	3-cyclohexenyl and cyclohexyl substituted indole and indazole compounds as RORgammaT inhibitors and uses thereof The present invention relates to compounds according to Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof. Such compounds can be used in the treatment of RORgammaT-mediated diseases or conditions.
US09487489B2	Halogen-substituted pyrazole derivatives as pest-control agents The invention relates inter alia to halogen-substituted compounds of the general formula (I) in which the radicals A1-A4, T, n, W, Q, R1 and Z1-Z3 have the meanings given in the description. Also described are processes for preparing the compounds of the formula (I) and possible intermediates for the preparation of these compounds. The compounds according to the invention are particularly suitable for controlling insects, arachnids and nematodes in agriculture and ectoparasites in veterinary medicine.
US09487477B2	Crystalline phase of (3S,3S′) 4,4′-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) with L-lysine The present invention relates to a new crystalline phase of (3S,3S′) 4,4′-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and its use, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry, and to processes for preparation thereof. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions containing at least one crystalline phase of (3S,3S′) 4,4′-disulfanediylbis(3-aminobutane 1-sulfonic acid) (ABSD) with L-lysine and to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of such crystalline phase and compositions comprising the same.
US09487469B2	Process for purification of methyl methacrylate using molecular sieve membranes A method for separating the components of a mixture containing methyl methacrylate, water, and methanol in which the mixture is dehydrated in a first stage membrane unit, producing a dehydrated mixture. Methanol in the dehydrated mixture is removed in a second stage membrane unit, producing a retentate stream containing methyl methacrylate and substantially no said methanol.
US09487462B2	Inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases Compounds of general formula (I), salts or solvates thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing same: wherein Z is N or CH or the Z(R1) part is replaced with a covalent bond, m and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; HET is heteroaryl; X is CF3, halogen, CO-heterocyclyl, COOR3 or CONHR3; R1 is H, (CH2)o-aryl, (CH2)p-heteroaryl, (CH2)q-biphenyl; C(O)—R5; S(O)2—R6; R2 is H, aryl, heteroaryl, Y—(CH2)r-aryl, Y—(CH2)s-heteroaryl, where some of the above substituents may be substituted; Y is O or S; with the exclusion of the compound where HET is 1,3-thiazol, X is COOH, R1 is 4-fluorophenyl and R2 is benzyloxy. The invention also relates to the use of a compound of general formula (I), salts or solvates thereof for the use in the prevention or treatment of diseases where the activation of MMPs is involved in the pathomechanism. In this aspect the use of the above excluded compound is also inventive.
US09487460B2	Method for producing allyl alcohol and allyl alcohol produced thereby Disclosed are a method of preparing allyl alcohol and allyl alcohol prepared thereby. The method of preparing allyl alcohol includes adding glycerol with formic acid in an amount of 0.8˜2 equivalents relative to 1 equivalent of glycerol, and increasing a reaction temperature to 220˜260° C. from room temperature at a heating rate of 2.0˜7.0° C./min so that glycerol and formic acid are reacted.
US09487456B2	Tetramerisation of ethylene A process for the tetramerisation of ethylene under solution phase conditions is carried out in the presence of an activated catalyst at a temperature above 80° C. and up to a temperature of about 130° C. The activated catalyst is provided by combining a source of chromium, a ligating compound, which ligating compound includes at least one fluorine substituted hydrocarbyl group, organoheteryl group, or heterohydrocarbyl group, and optionally a catalyst activator or combination of catalyst activators.
US09487450B1	Electrokinetic strength enhancement of concrete A method and apparatus for strengthening cementitious concrete by placing a nanoparticle carrier liquid in contact with a first surface of a concrete section and inducing a current across the concrete section at sufficient magnitude and for sufficient time that nanoparticles in the nanoparticle carrier liquid migrate through a significant depth of the concrete section.
US09487448B2	Honeycomb structure A honeycomb structure including a pillar-shaped honeycomb structure body having partition walls defining a plurality of cells which become through channels for a fluid and extend from a first end face to a second end face, the partition walls include a porous body having refractory aggregates and a bonding material which bonds the refractory aggregates to each other, the bonding material includes metal Si and an oxide material, porosity of the porous body constituting the partition walls is 25% or more and 70% or less, a ratio of a mass of the bonding material to a mass of the whole porous body is 30 mass % or more and 50 mass % or less, and a ratio of a mass of the oxide material to the mass of the bonding material is 30 mass % or more and 80 mass % or less.
US09487446B2	Diamond polycrystalline body and method for manufacturing the same, and tool Provided are a diamond polycrystalline body having a longer life than conventional diamond polycrystalline bodies when it is slid, a method for manufacturing the same, and a tool. In a diamond polycrystalline body, at least one element whose sulfide or chloride has a melting point of less than or equal to 1000° C. is added thereto, and crystal grains have an average grain size of less than or equal to 500 nm. Thereby, wear of diamond can be suppressed, and the diamond polycrystalline body can have a longer life when it is slid.
US09487439B2	Heavy-metal-free, ion exchangeable glass enamels Heavy-metal-free glass enamels are applied to glass and fired. After firing, the coated glass can subsequently be ion exchanged to give a chemically strengthened, decorated glass article.
US09487437B2	Substrates or assemblies having indirectly laser-fused frits, and/or method of making the same Certain example embodiments relate to substrates or assemblies having laser-fused frits, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, a pattern is formed or written on a stock glass sheet by laser fusing frit material to the glass sheet. An optional thin film coating is disposed on and supported by the stock glass sheet. The stock glass sheet with the pattern and the optional thin film coating is cut prior to heat treatment (e.g., heat strengthening and/or thermal tempering). A YAG or other type of laser source may be used to directly or indirectly heat the frit material, which may be wet applied to the substrate. In certain instances, the laser firing of the frit raises the temperature of the glass substrate to no more than 100 degrees C. and, preferably, the temperature is kept even lower.
US09487424B2	Treatment of raw brines from desalination plants A method for treatment of raw brines from desalination plants (6) having a total salt content greater than 60 g/l, wherein, inter alia, a magnesium ion-containing solution having a magnesium ion content greater than 1 g/l at a temperature between 75° C. and 100° C. is passed through a first vertical column (42) containing a bed packing of zeolite A (84) with a flow direction from top to bottom and the raw brine that is to be treated is passed at a temperature of 30° C. to 45° C. through this packed first column (42) in the direction of flow from top to bottom until the calcium ion concentration of the eluate leaving the first column (42) indicates a breakthrough of calcium ions through the bed of zeolite A (44).
US09487418B2	Curable compositions and membranes A curable composition comprising: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 20 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and an anionic group; (iii) 15 to 45 wt % solvent; and (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is 0.1 to 1.5. The compositions are useful for preparing ion exchange membranes.
US09487411B2	Method of manufacturing magnetic particles The method of manufacturing magnetic particles, wherein the magnetic particles are magnetic particles for magnetic recording, and includes subjecting starting material magnetic particles to glass component-adhering treatment to be adhered with a glass component, and subjecting the magnetic particles after the glass component-adhering treatment to coercive force-reducing treatment with heating, to provide magnetic particles having lower coercive force than the starting material magnetic particles.
US09487401B2	Process for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3 The present invention relates to a process plant for the oxidation of SO2 to SO3 in a process gas, said process plant comprising a heat exchanger configured for heating the process gas by heat exchange with an oxidized process gas and/or a further oxidized process gas by providing thermal contact between said process gas and said oxidized process gas and/or said further oxidized process gas, a first zone of material catalytically active in oxidation of SO2 to SO3, and a boiler configured for containing steam being heated by the oxidized process gas and/or the further oxidized process after said oxidized process gas has been cooled in the heat exchanger characterized in the cooled oxidized process gas in the boiler being non-condensing with the benefit of providing the possibility for a smaller heat exchanger which may be made with only moderate corrosion resistant materials, compared to a process plant according to the prior art, as well as a related process.
US09487385B2	Adjustable halter Animal head control devices, e.g., halters for horses, are disclosed. In one aspect, the disclosure features an animal head control device comprising: a body dimensioned to receive an animal's head, an adjustable member connected to the body and dimensioned to wrap around at least a portion of the animal's head behind its ears; and a releasable closure configured to secure a first end of the adjustable member to a portion of the body. In some implementations, the halters disclosed herein include a releasable closure that can be easily replaced when damaged or worn, thus extending the useful life of the halter.
US09487373B2	Process and system for the production of books with digital printing from a continuous paper strip and respective book A process for the production of books (22) with digital printing on a continuous paper strip (23), in which the strip defines book sections in sequence, with signature groups (33), each formed with basic sheets (34); the process employs a manufacturing system (21) which includes a transversal cutting equipment (41) for separating signature groups (33) as signatures sheets, and transversal and longitudinal folding equipment (46) for the formation of respective signatures (48); for a book with at least a sheet section devoid of text and/or figures in a last signature group, the method provides: a) identify a reduced signature group (59) including a number of sheet sections having at least a page with text and/or figures; b) cut the paper strip (23) to separate the reduced signature group as reduced signature group; c) actuate the transversal folding equipment (46) limited to the sheet sections having at least a page with text and/or figures and skipping the actuation of the transversal folding equipment (46) for a single sheet section; and d) actuate the longitudinal folding equipment (47) for folding longitudinally the reduced signature group.
US09487372B2	Financial self-service equipment and impeller type paper money separation device thereof An impeller type banknote separation device includes a conveying impeller configured to separate banknotes, an impeller phase detecting sensor and a banknote conveying mechanism, and further includes at least one U-shaped sensor fixed on the conveying impeller and configured to detect whether a banknote enters the conveying impeller. The U-shaped sensor includes a signal transmitting end and a signal receiving end located at a same side of the conveying impeller, the signal transmitting end and the signal receiving end are spaced from each other with a certain interval and form an open end of the U-shaped sensor. The technical solution of detecting whether the banknote is inserted into the impeller by the U-shaped sensor to control the rotation of the conveying impeller has a higher accuracy compared with the conventional technology.
US09487360B2	Device for extracting cakes resulting from pressurized disc filtration, and associated extraction method The present invention relates to a device for extracting cakes resulting from pressurized filtration from a sealed tank (1) in which rotary filters (2) are provided, the tank being provided with a hopper (1b) for recovering solid particles and having an extension, in the lower portion thereof, in the form of a hatch (10) defined between at least two temporary blocking members (11, 12), characterized in that each temporary blocking member includes a rotary shaft (100) transversally arranged in the hatch and bearing at least one set (101, 102, 103) of two diametrically opposite radial fins having a global surface substantially corresponding to the cross-section of the hatch (10) and optionally at least one set of two radial forks (104, 105), as well as peripheral sealing means(102) mounted on the inner wall of the hatch opposite the end edge of said fins. The invention also relates to an associated extraction method.
US09487358B2	Conveyor chain A conveyor chain includes a plurality of side link assemblies and flight arm assemblies coupled together to form an elongated chain. The flight arm assemblies include a pair of opposing flight arms positioned on either side of the chain with the flight arms each including an elongated body formed with and extending from an integral base and a vertical sprocket opening formed in the integral base. The vertical sprocket opening is configured for engaging a tooth of a drive sprocket to drive the flight arm. The side link assemblies include a pair of opposing side straps positioned on either side of the chain each including a base and a pair of side strap bosses extending outwardly from the base. An articulating connector is positioned between a flight arm assembly and a side link assembly to couple the assemblies together and includes a solid piece and side surfaces having profiled surfaces therein and configured for receiving at least one of a portion of a side strap of a side link assembly or a portion of a base of a flight arm assembly for providing articulation of the assemblies.
US09487346B2	Bicycle bag A bicycle bag protects a bicycle while the bicycle is secured to a rack, such as a vehicle bicycle rack. The bicycle bag includes resealable openings configured to allow the bicycle (and bag) to be securely attached to a wide variety of different rack types. Additionally, because there is risk of obscuring the tail lights of a vehicle for rear-mount racks when a bicycle bag is on the bike and the bike on the rack, the bicycle bag includes pockets designed to support a tail-light system that can be connected to the vehicle to provide additional lighting and safety.
US09487339B2	Liquid dispensing head, in particular for a bottle for packaging a liquid to be dispensed drop by drop The invention concerns a liquid dispenser head which is designed to be mounted on a bottle containing a liquid and comprises a filtering device (26) forming an interface between the inside and the outside of the bottle. The filtering device comprises tubular filters (30) which are extended longitudinally so they can be plunged into the bottle, particularly tubular filters whose wall consists of a membrane that is selectively permeable to a liquid to be expelled from the bottle and made of hydrophilic material for this purpose. So that the expelled liquid can be replaced by air, the membrane forming the wall of said filter tube is made of hydrophobic material so as to be selectively air-permeable. The hydrophobic membrane also filters bacteria in the air.
US09487338B2	Packaging A package includes a container having an open end and a closed end and a slider slidably mounted within the container. A releasable locking feature is provided at a side of the package, which comprises locking edges associated with a sidewall of each of the slider and container respectively, and a release area for releasing a locking abutment between the locking edges. The sidewall of the container having the locking edge associated therewith is defined by a panel having a first transverse cutline defining a top flap between the cutline and the open end of the container, with the top flap being connected to a first facing panel of the container along a foldline. An inner surface of the top flap 16 is adhered to an exterior surface of a first glue flap 10, the first glue flap being connected to an opposite facing panel of the container along a foldline. The first glue flap provides the locking edge of the container.
US09487332B2	Stretched films with maintained tear resistance and methods for making the same Methods of stretching thermoplastic films in the machine direction include elongating the films in the machine direction without significantly reducing the films' machine-direction tear resistance. In one or more implementations, methods of stretching thermoplastic films include reducing the gauge of the films while substantially maintaining the films' machine-direction tear resistance. The methods can involve uniformly cold stretching the films by stretching the films to a draw of about one hundred and eighty percent, or less, of the films' original length.
US09487325B2	Archive box An archive box, in which the walls (16, 18, 22, 24) of the archive box are formed of micro-perforated plastics.
US09487319B2	Method of manufacturing packaging container and packaging container A packaging container includes a top wall and a bottom wall that are substantially horizontal when the packaging container is straight, and side walls. The top wall and the bottom wall have a trapezoid shape and a rectangle shape, respectively, a section of a transverse direction of a main body of the packaging container formed in four ridgelines which connect four corner points of the top wall and four corner points of the bottom wall has a trapezoid shape, and the horizontal top wall overhangs one panel of the side walls.
US09487318B1	Bottle insert pry tool The present invention relates to pry tools for removing the dispensing insert from a bottle. More specifically, the present invention relates to a lightweight, portable, multi-use hand tool capable of removing the vial-top dispensing inserts in common use for essential oils, perfumes, medicinal liquids, and other liquids. The pry tool can also be used to insert a dispensing insert (such as a rollerball, dropper, or aperture-reducer) into bottles of varying sizes.
US09487311B2	Apparatus and methods to provide a surface having a tunable emissivity Apparatus and methods to provide a surface having a tunable emissivity are disclosed. An example apparatus includes an impedance layer comprising a layer of dielectric material to be attached to an electrically reflective ground plane, and a plurality of resonators arranged within the impedance layer, wherein an emissivity of the apparatus is based on a characteristic of the resonators.
US09487309B2	Eccentricity control for geosynchronous satellites Eccentricity control for a geosynchronous satellite includes: setting initial conditions, duration, and schedule for the eccentricity control; defining a plurality of parameters including control loci for centroid, semi-major axis, semi-minor axis, uncontrolled eccentricity radius, right ascension of ascending node, and inclination, wherein the plurality of parameters are defined such that when the eccentricity control is applied, a mean geodetic longitude of the geosynchronous satellite is maintained within a predefined distance from a station longitude.
US09487300B2	Aircraft air conditioning system comprising a separate refrigeration cycle An air-conditioning system for an aircraft includes a compressed air branch for conveying externally supplied and pressurized air, preferably bleed air. Furthermore, a cooling circuit for conveying preferably liquid refrigerant is provided and extends through a ram air duct. The system also includes a first heat exchanger for the heat transfer between the compressed air branch and the cooling circuit, a compressed air turbine arranged in the compressed air branch and a cooling circuit compressor arranged in the cooling circuit and mechanically coupled to the compressed air turbine. The system can have a modular design and be positioned at optimal locations in the aircraft due to the separation of the compressed air branch and the cooling circuit. In this way, the length of hot compressed air ducts can be shortened.
US09487299B2	Reconfigurable chilled air outlet for an aircraft gallery chiller A reconfigurable vent system in fluid communication with an air chiller to deliver chill air to one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in parallel is reconfigurable to operate in either of an air-through or an air-over orientation. The reconfigurable vent system comprises a vent in fluid communication with the air chiller via a duct and configured to provide the chill air to the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments. The vent directs the chill air substantially toward the interior of the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in the air-through orientation at a first angle, and the vent directs the chill air substantially around the one or more galley food and beverage storage compartments in the air-over orientation at a second angle different from the first angle.
US09487296B2	Passenger service unit and related systems A passenger service unit (PSU) for a transport vessel has a unitary chassis with a plurality of apertures extending therethrough. Each one of the apertures is independently sized to receive at least one of a plurality of different modules. Each one of the modules includes one or more PSU fixtures having components different from other ones of the plurality of modules. A representative vessel is a passenger aircraft. Representative modules include vent and passenger reading light module, speaker module, passenger oxygen supply module and display module.
US09487291B2	Apparatus, system, and method for pitching and twisting a blade of a rotorcraft A method and apparatus for moving a blade of a rotorcraft. The method comprises operating the rotorcraft and applying a torque to an elongate member connected to a tip portion of the blade during operation of the rotorcraft using a tip actuation mechanism that is external to the blade and associated with the elongate member such that the tip portion of the blade rotates about an axis through the blade.
US09487288B2	Apparatus and methods for extending hybrid laminar flow control Systems and methods for secondary suctioning for an aerodynamic body are presented. A primary surface is configured along a leading edge of an aerodynamic body, and at least one secondary suction device comprising an elongated shape is configured at least a first distance from the primary surface. A non-suction surface is configured between the primary surface and the at least one secondary suction device.
US09487285B2	Aircraft fuselage structure Provided is an aircraft fuselage structure having an outer skin, a support structure arrangement comprising a multiplicity of frame elements and a floor structure arrangement having a multiplicity of floor support struts. The aircraft fuselage structure provides a connection between the floor structure arrangement and the support structure arrangement which is as simple and quick to produce as possible, while not significantly increasing the weight or weakening the structure. Either the floor structure arrangement or the support structure arrangement can have at a connection there between a male connector element or a female connector element. The male connector element can have a peg which extends in the engagement direction and which has a circumferential outer surface which is provided with a multiplicity of circumferential projections. The female connector element can have a cavity, the inner surface of which is provided with a multiplicity of circumferential tabs.
US09487281B2	Submersible remotely operated vehicle A submersible ROV is provided with four independently controllable swivel thruster assemblies that allow the submersible ROV to simulate the movement of a person equipped with scuba gear. The submersible ROV receives control signals from a controller located on the surface of the water or on land. The submersible ROV senses and transmits audio and visual images and transmits those signals to a base receiver located on the surface of the water or on land. Signals are transmitted to and from the submersible ROV via a tether. The tether may be connected either directly to the controller/base receiver or may be connected to an intermediate floating ROV with a power supply and wireless communication relay station. A person can vicariously experience scuba diving via the submersible ROV while remaining dry and safe on land or on a surface vehicle.
US09487274B2	Floating dock Floating dock suitable for docking sailboats comprising a floating deck area and two floating arms extending therefrom, the arms having interior edges adjacent an open area therebetween which, in use, is open to the water below, characterized in that the dock further comprises: a support bracket attachable to the interior edges of the arms and adapted to resist a force urging said arms apart; and an arrangement of rollers upstanding from the dock and adapted to support the underside of a boat guided thereon.
US09487272B2	Systems and methods for tensioning mooring lines at the seafloor Systems and methods are disclosed for deploying one or more anchor piles on the seafloor using submersible line tensioning systems and techniques to achieve tensioning of mooring lines at the seafloor rather than at the conventional vessel deck level. Among other things, the disclosed systems and methods may be advantageously employed for tensioning mooring lines for Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs) when additional mooring legs must be added to the original complement of MODU legs, as well as and for tensioning mooring lines for vessels having turret mooring systems, each of which have limited space for surface tensioning equipment.
US09487271B2	Modular boat lift cover The modular boat lift cover for a watercraft comprises a gable assembly and an adjustable support structure. All of the straight components are packaged into the main box frame channels for simplicity in packaging as well as quality control, ensuring no components are missing during packaging and shipping. The box frame channels have sufficient bulk to store the gable components during transport. The modular boat lift cover system has a robust, lightweight design that is compatible and adjustable for width, height and length as the boat owner modifies his existing boat or purchases a new boat, and that will protect the watercraft from the elements and will withstand even the severest of storms, undamaged as well as having the ability to be cantilevered. The modular boat lift cover is easy for the user to assemble and adjust on square lake style boat lifts, and the typically non-square tidal lifts.
US09487269B1	Aerodynamically buoyant vehicle A vehicle includes a keel having a support mount disposed proximate a bow end of the keel and a power plant disposed proximate an aft end of the keel, a support rotatably mounted to the keel at the support mount and supporting a cabin or equipment, a canard mounted to the keel, and an airfoil mounted to the support. The canard is adjustable to thereby adjust an amount of lift provided to the bow end of the keel, and the airfoil is adjustable to thereby adjust an amount of lift provided to the support.
US09487260B1	Motorcycle slide plate systems A motorcycle slide plate system includes a second portion and a second portion covering a frame of a motorcycle and a linkage of a suspension system of the motorcycle. The second portion is arranged between the first portion and the linkage of the suspension system of the motorcycle. When the motorcycle traverses an obstacle, the first portion is displaced by the obstacle in a direction toward the linkage, and the second portion receives a force applied by the linkage, in the direction toward the displaced first portion. When displaced, the first portion and the second portion elastically deform between an unimpacted position to an impacted position to slideably displace the linkage of the suspension system of the motorcycle across obstacles.
US09487257B1	Bicycle seat support and storage system A bicycle seat support and inflation storage system. A bicycle seat is mounted to a first end of a bicycle seat post. A first end of a post adapter is threaded to a second end of the seat post. A first end of an inflation adapter is threaded to the second end of the post adapter. A pressurized gas cartridge is disposed inside a chamber of the seat post. The system is partially disposed inside a bicycle seat tube during storage. The seat post is removed from the bicycle seat tube and the post adapter is detached from the seat post to release the cartridge. The inflation adapter is detached from the post adapter and attached to a tire tube valve stem. The cartridge is attached to the inflation adapter first end and a rupture seal is broken to release the pressurized gas for inflating the tire tube.
US09487253B2	Step-climbing attachment for a wheeled chair A step climbing attachment suitable for attachment to a wheeled chair is described. The step climbing attachment includes a chassis for mounting one or more ground engaging units, a first and a second ground engaging unit mounted to the chassis, at least one of the first and second ground engaging units adapted to move relative to the other of the first or second ground engaging units and the chassis, the relative movement being between a ground engaging position and a step-engaging support position so that in use at least one of the first and/or second ground engaging units engages a step.
US09487252B2	Vehicular undercover and method of manufacturing the same A vehicular undercover constituting a lower surface of a vehicle and molded from a synthetic resin sheet includes a cover main body having a plate shape including one surface that is a flat surface and another surface that is opposite to the one surface, a reinforcing rib projecting from the other surface of the cover main body, and at least two auxiliary ribs projecting form the other surface of the cover main body and sandwiching the reinforcing rib therebetween. The cover main body includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is between the at least two auxiliary ribs and has a first thickness, and the second portion is on an opposite side to the first portion with respect to each of the at least two auxiliary ribs and has a second thickness. The first thickness is smaller than the second thickness.
US09487237B1	Swiveling front suspension subframe A system is provided that minimizes wheel intrusion into the occupant compartment during a small overlap collision. The system uses a front suspension subframe that is rigidly mounted to the front rails during normal vehicle operation, but which is designed to rotate during a small overlap collision, thereby allowing the attached front wheel assembly to swivel out and away from the vehicle. As a result, the wheel assembly directly involved in the collision is not driven into the passenger cabin.
US09487232B2	Vehicle turning control system An object of the present invention is to provide a vehicle turning control system capable of maintaining stability of a vehicle, even in a case where a mode of output characteristics of a power plant for the vehicle is switched by a driver's operation. In a running mode in which output characteristics of an engine is higher, the vehicle turning control system increases a control gain of a feedforward control unit for performing yaw moment control of the vehicle by feedforward control, and decreases a control gain of a feedback control unit for performing yaw moment control of the vehicle by feedback control. A control gain of vehicle behavior stabilization control performed by the vehicle behavior stabilization control unit is controlled commonly regardless of the running mode.
US09487223B1	Automatic train operation tender unit An automatic train operation system is presented for use with a train to automatically operate the train. The automatic train operation system is housed on a tender car and connected to a second rail vehicle. The automatic train operation system is connected to the second rail vehicle through end connections. Additionally, the automatic train operation system communicates with the second rail vehicle through the end connections. The end connections are operable to transmit an operation signal between the automatic train operation system and the second rail vehicle. The second rail vehicle completes the operation signal base on an executable command contained within the operation signal and sent from the automatic train operation system.
US09487218B2	Event sensitive learning interface A vehicle control system is provided that is able to identify a particular driver from other potential drivers, monitor various vehicle functions, and determine if the identified driver repeatedly performs the same behavior upon activation of the car. When the control system determines that the identified driver repeats the same behavior each time the car is activated, the controller learns that behavior and associates it with the identified driver so that the learned behavior can be automatically performed, without driver interaction, when the driver is identified and the car is activated.
US09487217B2	Collision mitigation apparatus A collision mitigation apparatus is provided, which is installed in a vehicle and mitigates damage to the vehicle in occurrence of a collision. The apparatus includes an activation control section which detects an object positioned around the vehicle, and activates a collision mitigation part for mitigating damage to the vehicle in occurrence of a collision if a positional relationship between the vehicle and the object meets a predetermined activation condition, a type determining section which determines type of the object, the type being any one of a vehicle, a pedestrian and a roadside object, and an activation condition changing section which consolidates the activation condition compared to a case where the type of the object is not a roadside object, if the type of the object is a roadside object.
US09487212B1	Method and system for controlling vehicle with automated driving system A method and system for controlling a position of a vehicle relative to other vehicles on a road is provided. The method includes controlling a position of a host vehicle travelling in a lane of a road using an automated driving system and monitoring positions of one or more side vehicles located on either side of the host vehicle and traveling in adjacent lanes. The method further includes detecting a condition in which the host vehicle is or will be positioned in a blind spot of a side vehicle disposed on in an adjacent lane and adjusting the position of the host vehicle in response to the condition using the automated driving system such that the amount of time the host vehicle is or will be positioned in the blind spot of the side vehicle is reduced.
US09487208B2	Travel support device, travel support method, and drive support system A travel support device includes a mode planner that plans a travel mode that is to be one of an EV mode and an HV mode that uses at least an internal combustion engine as a drive source, for each of a plurality of sections, and an execution determiner that determines to execute a travel mode planning with the mode planner on condition that the total amount of consumption energy required for traveling the travel route is larger than an energy equivalent value that is obtained by adding a first allowance value to a remaining charge of the battery. In executing a planning based on the determination by the execution determiner, the mode planner executes the travel mode planning while assuming that energy from which energy corresponding to a second allowance value, which is smaller than the first allowance value is excluded is energy required for travelling the travel route.
US09487207B2	Torque compensation method and system A system and method of compensating for torque converter slip in a motor vehicle include measuring rotational speeds of an engine crankshaft and mainshaft, as well as measuring operating temperatures of a fluid associated with the motor vehicle. Engine output torque is adjusted as required by controlling some combination of ignition timing, intake air flow, fuel injection, and accessory load. A system and method for deactivating a torque compensation system retrieves a number of times the torque compensation system has been activated over a set period. If the number exceeds a predetermined number of activations, the torque compensation system is deactivated.

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