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US09580216B2	Container closure for vented pouring through an elongate aperture A closure (20, 20A) is provided for a container that has an opening to the container interior wherein contents may be stored. The closure (20, 20A) includes the following: (A) a closure body (30, 30A) defining (i) a pour aperture (50) that can communicate-with the container opening and that can accommodate pouring out of the contents through the pour aperture (50), and (ii) at least one vent aperture (60) that can communicate with the container opening and that can accommodate the in-venting of ambient atmosphere through the vent aperture (60) into the container, and (B) a lid (32, 32A) for closing the closure (20, 20A). The pour aperture (50) has an elongate configuration oriented along a central axis line (A) that bisects the pour aperture (50) and closure body (30).
US09580213B2	Child resistant closure for a container The present invention relates to a child resistant closure for a bottle or container. More specifically, the present invention relates to improved two-cap structure assemblies.
US09580203B2	End closure with double anti-missile score An end closure for food and beverage containers provides controlled opening characteristics to prevent the unintentional missiling of a tear panel. The end closure comprises a score line that defines a portion of the tear panel, and the end closure may comprise one or more anti-missile features that inhibit the propagation of a fracture down a score line, which reduces the likelihood that a tear panel will inadvertently detach from the end closure and injure the user or another.
US09580200B2	Container having a plurality of identified markings to reduce container volume during use and method of manufacturing same The present invention relates generally to a container or a carton having a plurality of selectable volumes. The present invention is also directed to a container having a plurality of identified markings to reduce container volume upon partial consumption of content. The container includes a plurality of fold facilitating creases adapted to allow panels to be folded or removed alone a fold facilitating crease and/or perforation. At least one set of perforations or identified creases are provided in the box so as to form a shell and a second or a secondary box, where the shell is removed after the contents of the box have been partially consumed and space becomes available. The container may further include perforations, flaps, tabs, slits, indentations, notches, along or at an edge of the panel. A blank of bendable and creaseable material for forming a predefined selectable volume carton box is also disclosed.
US09580198B2	Line converger with label dispenser The present invention relates to a line converger comprising a label dispenser and to a method for converging a row of at least three packages into a single lane and for applying a label to each package before the packages leave the line converger.
US09580191B2	Control surfaces for use with high speed vehicles, and associated systems and methods Vehicles with control surfaces and associated systems and methods are disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a rocket can include a plurality of bidirectional control surfaces positioned toward an aft portion of the rocket. In this embodiment, the bidirectional control surfaces can be operable to control the orientation and/or flight path of the rocket during both ascent, in a nose-first orientation, and descent, in a tail-first orientation for, e.g., a tail-down landing. Launch vehicles with fixed and deployable deceleration surfaces and associated systems and methods are also disclosed.
US09580189B2	Actuation system for flight control surface The present disclosure provides an actuation system for a flight control surface of an aircraft, having: a support frame for supporting a flight control surface, the support frame being configured to be mounted to an airframe structure of the aircraft for movement between a first position and a second position to operate and move the control surface; an actuation mechanism configured to effect movement of the support frame between the second position and the first position; and a detection device for detecting a fault in the actuation mechanism, the detection device comprising a deflector configured to deflect or skew the support frame away from or out of the first position in the event of a fault in the actuation mechanism.
US09580187B2	Rotor index sensor system An aircraft is provided and includes an airframe having main, pylon and tail sections, a rotor disposed at one of the pylon and tail sections and rotatable about a rotational axis to drive the airframe and a primary gearbox disposed within the main section of the airframe and a secondary gearbox disposed within one of the pylon and tail sections. The primary gearbox includes an outer housing rotationally fixed relative to the airframe and a driveshaft extending through the outer housing and coupled to the secondary gearbox to thereby drive rotation of the rotor relative to the airframe via the secondary gearbox. The aircraft further including a sensing system affixed to the outer housing and the driveshaft and configured to sense rotational characteristics of the driveshaft.
US09580181B2	Method and arrangement for de-icing a structural element The present invention relates to a de-icing arrangement for de-icing a structural element {170; 270; 370). The structural element could be made of a whole polymeric or metallic material. The arrangement comprises a power source (250) being electrically connected to an electrode configuration (200), said power source is arranged to, when applicable, electrically charge said electrode configuration (200). The electrode configuration (200) is arranged to generate an impulsive force (Fn) for removal of ice adhered on said structural element (170; 270; 370). The invention relates to a method for de-icing a structural element. The invention also relates to a computer program and a computer program product. The invention also relates to a platform carrying the arrangement.
US09580169B2	Systems and methods for controlling a magnitude of a sonic boom A system for controlling a magnitude of a sonic boom caused by off-design operation of a supersonic aircraft includes a sensor configured to detect a condition of the supersonic aircraft. The system further includes a control surface that is mounted to a wing of the supersonic aircraft. The system still further includes a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and operatively coupled with the control surface. The processor is configured to (1) receive information from the sensor indicative of the condition of the supersonic aircraft, (2) determine that there is a deviation between a lift distribution and a design-condition lift distribution based on the information, and (3) control the control surface to move in a manner that reduces the deviation. The magnitude of the sonic boom is reduced when the deviation is reduced.
US09580163B2	Bending-sustaining joint and aircraft The present invention relates to a bending-sustaining joint and an aircraft including the same. The bending-sustaining joint includes a body for attaching to a support structure, the body having a first end with a first bore including an internal thread portion and a non-threaded portion; a sleeve including a fitting portion which can be fit into the non-threaded portion of the first bore, a bearing portion for bearing a born member and a through hole; and a bolt member including a thread section and a bolt head which can abut an end face of the sleeve, the thread section of the bolt member being capable of passing through the through hole of the sleeve and being screwed into the internal thread portion of the first bore so as to secure the sleeve to the body.
US09580160B2	Ship drive system having a plurality of electric drive shafts A ship drive system includes a first and one second drive shaft for driving a respective propulsion unit, wherein each of the electric drive shafts includes at least one speed-variable generator driven by an internal combustion engine for generating a motor voltage having a variable amplitude and variable frequency, and at least one speed-variable drive motor that is supplied with the voltage and coupled to the propulsion unit. The first and second drive shafts can be switched from a first operating state, in which they are electrically disconnected from each other, to a second operating state, in which they are electrically coupled to each other such energy can be transmitted from the at least one generator of the one drive shaft to the at least one drive motor of the other drive shaft. To this end, the at least one generator includes a superconductor winding.
US09580152B2	Deployable anchoring device An anchoring device is disclosed providing an easily deployable and removable anchoring point. The anchoring device includes a lower portion configured to be buried into a bottom of a body of water comprising a weighted anchor and at least one spray outlet location upon a bottom surface of the weighted anchor, the spray outlet hole being configured to aid installation and removal of the anchoring device by selectively projecting a spray of water to displace soft debris on the bottom away from the weighted anchor. The anchoring device further includes an upper portion comprising a vertical pole extending upward from the bottom, the pole comprising an anchoring point.
US09580145B2	Actuator device for a bicycle gearshift and nut for such a device An actuator device for a bicycle gearshift, comprising an actuation kinematic mechanism adapted to be deformed in order to move a derailleur of the gearshift; a driving member adapted to control the deformation of the aforementioned kinematic mechanism, the driving member comprising a motor and a threaded drive shaft put in rotation by the motor; a nut associated with the aforementioned kinematic mechanism and with the drive shaft. The actuator device comprises a snap mechanism that, in a first operative configuration, holds the nut in an engaged condition with the drive shaft such that the rotation of the drive shaft causes the deformation of the actuation kinematic mechanism and that, when the actuator device is subjected to a force greater than a predetermined threshold force, defines a release configuration in the nut, such that the rotation of the drive shaft does not cause the deformation of the actuation kinematic mechanism.
US09580141B2	Bicycle frame with improved battery mount The present invention provides a bicycle comprising a pivot interface between a battery and a frame. The pivot interface includes a pivot mount defining a recess on one of the frame and the battery, and an eccentric boss on the other of the frame and the battery. The boss has a first boss width that is insertable into the recess when the battery is in a first position, and the boss further has a second boss width larger than the first boss width and creating an interference fit with the recess when the battery is in a second position. At least one of the pivot mount and the boss is resilient in order to accommodate the interference fit. Preferably, the pivot mount is on the frame and the boss is on the battery, and also the pivot mount preferably comprises a resilient material.
US09580139B2	Electric kick scooter An electric kick scooter including a scooter body, a drive device and a strain gauge is provided. The scooter body has a foot plate, a steering tube and a rear wheel respectively provided at front and rear ends of the foot plate, and a handle bar and a front wheel respectively provided at top and bottom ends of the steering tube. The drive device has a motor installed in the front wheel or rear wheel, and a battery installed with the scooter body and electrically connected to the motor. The strain gauge is attached to the steering tube or handle bar of the scooter body to sense the strain generated on the steering tube or handle bar when it receives a force. The strain signal of the strain gauge is transmitted to a controller for enabling the controller to control an action of the motor accordingly.
US09580136B2	Corrosion resistant bicycle disc brake rotor A bicycle disc brake rotor, having a rotational center axis, comprises a base portion including iron and a surface portion including iron, aluminum, and chrome. The surface portion is formed on an external surface of the base portion. A concentration gradient of chrome of the surface portion is formed in an axial direction parallel to the rotational center axis.
US09580132B2	Scooter-type vehicle A scooter-type vehicle having a storage portion that is formed so as to open in a leg shield, and that is covered by a lid member. An upwardly open storage box is formed on a back surface of the lid member, and the storage box is openably and closably mounted on a lower portion of an opening of the storage portion via a hinge. An axis of the hinge is obliquely arranged such that, as viewed in a plan view, an outer side in the vehicle width direction of the axis of the hinge is positioned more on a front side in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle than a center side of the axis of the hinge in the vehicle width direction. The lid member moves so as to fall obliquely in the rearward and outward direction so that the lid member is opened while avoiding a rider's leg.
US09580129B2	Assembly comprising an internal combustion engine selectively couple to generator and to another mechanically driven device A generator assembly comprises an internal combustion engine connected to a generator by a transmission. The transmission comprises multiple outputs such that another mechanically powered device can be driven by the engine. The transmission includes a shift mechanism for selecting which output receives power from the engine. The assembly may also be a vehicle and one of the devices can be a drivetrain for powering a drive wheel of the vehicle.
US09580127B1	Flexible mounting system for motorcycle windshield Left and right coupling assemblies are adapted to couple the windshield to the motorcycle. Left and right bars have apertures for securing the bars to the windshield. Left and right peg sets have upper and lower pegs extending through the apertures of an associated bar and through associated short slots in the left and right coupling assemblies. Each post has a head located between the windshield and an associated bar. Each post has a free end spaced inwardly of the short slots. A nut is coupled to the free end of each post. A washer is slidably received on each post between an associated short slot and nut. A coil spring is slidably received on each post between an associated washer and nut. A leaf spring coupled between each bar and an associated washer urges the posts and the windshield toward a laterally central location.
US09580122B2	Walker for moving a structure Described herein is a walker for moving a structure over the ground. The structure to be moved may be an oil and gas rig for instance. The walker includes a pontoon for engaging the ground, a jack with rollers disposed on the pontoon for lifting the structure and sitting on rollers, a longitudinal drive assembly for longitudinally moving the pontoon relative to the jack with or without the structure on the rollers, and lateral and rotational drive assemblies for moving the jack and the pontoon relative to the structure when the structure sits on the ground.
US09580114B2	Clip and coupling assembly A coupling assembly includes a panel and a clip. The panel has a panel hole, and the clip is partly inserted through the panel hole. The clip is a one-way clip because, once it is partly inserted through the panel hole, it cannot be decoupled from the panel. In an embodiment, the clip includes a clip base and a plurality of retainers coupled along the clip base. Once the coupling assembly is fully assembled, the retainers extend through the panel hole. Each retainer includes a frame coupled to the clip base and an overhang rotatably coupled to the frame. Each retainer also includes a restrictor coupled to the overhang. The restrictor can rotate relative to the frame between a first restrictor position and a second restrictor position. In the second restrictor position, the restrictor inhibits the clip from decoupling from the panel.
US09580110B2	Vehicle body skeleton structure A vehicle body skeleton structure includes: a skeleton member bent to have a predetermined shape; and at least one reinforcement member welded to the skeleton member along a plurality of weld lines to be joined to a surface of the skeleton member, and bent along the surface.
US09580102B2	Device and method for compensating friction of a motor driven power steering system A device for compensating friction of a motor driven power steering system, comprising a sensing unit for sensing at least one of a steering angle, an angular speed and a vehicle speed, and a steering torque corresponding to the at least one of the steering angle, the angular speed and the vehicle speed; and a control unit for storing the steering torques sensed through the sensing unit in a storage unit when the at least one of the steering angle, the angular speed and the vehicle speed sensed through the sensing unit falls into the respective setting range. The control unit calculates an average value of the stored steering torques when the number of steering torques stored in the storage unit is equal to or higher than a reference number, and computes a friction-compensating torque based on a result obtained by comparing the average value with a reference value.
US09580093B2	Data communication system and method for communicating data in a vehicle A system includes an energy management system configured to be communicatively coupled with a communication system of a vehicle that travels on a trip along a route. The energy management system is configured to be removably coupled with the communication system such that the energy management system is mechanically disengageable from the communication system. The energy management system is further configured to receive data parameters from the communication system and to generate at least one of a trip plan or a control message for the vehicle based on the data parameters. The trip plan and/or the control message dictates tractive and braking efforts of the vehicle during the trip. The energy management system is configured to communicate the trip plan and/or the control message to the communication system for the communication system to implement for controlling movement of the vehicle during the trip.
US09580092B2	Method for operating a rail vehicle in a railway system and railway system A method for operating a rail vehicle in a railway system includes providing at least one optical waveguide which is laid next to at least one railway track and into which light pulses are fed, using the optical waveguide as a distributed acoustic sensor, and detecting backscattered light. In order to configure such a method in such a way that it meets stringent safety requirements relatively easily, a rail vehicle is used having a sound generator which can be adjusted in terms of its frequency spectrum in such a way that it indicates an emergency. When the sound generator is activated, an emergency signal of the rail vehicle is acquired if a frequency spectrum which corresponds to the adjusted emergency frequency spectrum of the sound generator is detected in the backscattered light. A railway system is also provided.
US09580090B2	System, method, and computer readable medium for improving the handling of a powered system traveling along a route A control system is provided for improving the handling of a powered system traveling along a route. The powered system includes a first and second powered vehicle respectively positioned in two consists, which are separated by at least one non-powered vehicle. The control system includes a controller configured to determine at least one slack location along the powered system. The slack location represents a force separation in the powered system between two respective regions, which include a compression region subject to a compression force and a tension region subject to a tension force. The controller is coupled to a respective engine of a powered vehicle, and the controller adjusts an output of the engine to control a rate of change of the at least one slack location along the powered system. Additionally, a method is provided for improving the handling of a powered system traveling along a route.
US09580085B2	Passenger table A passenger table for connection to a side wall of a rail vehicle and for orientation in the transverse direction of the rail vehicle, includes a side wall pillar for connection to the side wall and a table panel supported by the side wall pillar. A horizontal support bar extends from the side wall pillar and, at a distance from the side wall pillar, is connected to the table panel by plastically deformable connection elements in such a manner that, when the plastically deformable connection elements are deformed, the support bar is movable in a horizontal plane relative to the table panel.
US09580079B2	Dynamic driving range maps for improving driving range anxiety The systems, methods and articles described herein are directed to a cloud based server which can access and retrieve data for dynamically calculating and generating information relating to driving ranges of one or more electric vehicles. In addition, the information relating to the driving ranges can be displayed on the one or more electric vehicles for improving driving range anxiety. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09580076B2	Vehicle controller Initial variation learning control is executed when learning condition is satisfied each time of its satisfaction, to absorb initial variations of manufacturing errors or variations of components of second clutch (CL2). When the number of times of total learning is counted and this becomes predetermined number (e.g. five times), initial variation learning control is judged to be converged. On the basis of condition of this convergence, so-called vertical sliding speed control returning belt (50) of variator (V) to LOWEST transmission ratio position is performed. With this, vertical sliding speed control is not performed in state in which excessively large torque acts on second clutch, and durability of belt and pulley is increased. It is therefore possible to prevent vertical sliding speed control from being performed in state in which input torque is predetermined value or greater, and possible to improve response of accelerator operation after performing vertical sliding speed control.
US09580074B2	Vehicle travel control apparatus A vehicle travel control apparatus includes a sensor (16) that obtains preceding vehicle information representing a status of a first preceding vehicle; a communication apparatus (18) that obtains preceding vehicle acceleration/deceleration information, which is generated in a second preceding vehicle, via communication with the second preceding vehicle; and a controller (10) that generates a first target value related to a target acceleration/deceleration value of a host vehicle based on the preceding vehicle information and a second target value related to the target acceleration/deceleration value of the host vehicle based on the preceding vehicle acceleration/deceleration information, and controls acceleration/deceleration of the host vehicle based on the generated first and second target values, wherein the controller (10) corrects the preceding vehicle acceleration/deceleration information according to an index value to generate the second target value, the index value representing an identity between the first and the second preceding vehicles.
US09580069B2	Engine start controller for hybrid vehicle When driver's deceleration intention is detected during traveling by a motor generator with an engine being stopped, a clutch is engaged to start the engine, and thereafter disengaged. When an engine speed after engine start is lower than a reference rotational speed being an input shaft rotational speed produced by driving force reversely transmitted from drive wheels, the engine speed is increased to a target rotational speed lower than the reference rotational speed. When the engine speed reaches the target rotational speed, output from the engine is decreased and the clutch is reengaged. Thus, while engine stall when activating the engine brake, which is due to the engine speed too low after engine start, is avoided by increase in the engine speed, the clutch is reengaged earlier so as to activate the engine brake fully, generating deceleration feeling the driver expects.
US09580066B2	Vehicle operation mode systems and methods A system for controlling a mode of operation of a vehicle having a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS), an engine, and a drive motor coupled to the RESS and the engine, the drive motor selectively powered by at least one of the RESS and the engine includes a controller operable to adjust the vehicle to operate in a plurality of operating modes including a first mode in which the drive motor is powered by the RESS, a second mode in which the drive motor is powered more by the engine than the RESS. When the second mode of operation is selected, controller is configured to operate the engine as necessary to maintain the RESS at or above a predetermined state of charge.
US09580065B2	Dual-structured electric drive and power system for hybrid vehicles Disclosed in the present invention is a dual-structured power output apparatus of an electric drive and power system that provides a means for outputting both mechanical power and electrical power. It comprises dual motor/generators having two stator assemblies, two rotor assemblies and a power transmission unit all integrated into a single housing for easy mounting. The power transmission unit is disposed adjacent to the two motor/generators and coupled on both ends to rotating shafts mechanically linked to the rotor assemblies such that they are rotatable relative to each other. It function is to change the rotational speed and torque of at least one of the rotors in order to reduce weight and physical size of the apparatus, and thus significantly improving the power density and capability. The structure of the apparatus is well-suited to improve the performance and fuel efficiency of the prior art hybrid powertrain.
US09580064B2	Method and system for controlling fuel pump for hybrid diesel vehicle A method for controlling a fuel pump for a hybrid diesel vehicle may include determining, by a control device, whether to drive the hybrid diesel vehicle in an EV driving mode or in an engine driving mode by reflecting a vehicle driving state information value and stopping, by the control device, operation of a fuel pump relay when the determination is made to drive in the EV driving mode.
US09580054B2	Method for diagnosing a speed brake system fault A method of diagnosing a speed brake fault, where the method includes receiving a position signal from the at least one position sensor, determining a variation in the position signal relative to a reference position and diagnosing a fault in the speed brake system based on the variation.
US09580052B2	Method for decelerating a vehicle In a method for operating a vehicle, a current total mass of the vehicle is determined depending on a tractive force applied to accelerate the vehicle and, depending on the determined current total mass of the vehicle, the vehicle is decelerated. The build-up and/or reduction of a brake force for decelerating the vehicle depends on its total weight.
US09580048B2	Windscreen wiper device A windscreen wiper device comprising an elastic, elongated carrier element, as well as an elongated wiper blade of a flexible material, which can be placed in abutment with a windscreen to be wiped, which wiper blade includes at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, which windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the oscillating arm can be pivotally connected to the connecting device about a pivot axis near one end, with the interposition of a joint part, with the special feature that the connecting device has a substantially H-shaped cross-section, wherein lower legs of the H-shaped cross-section are connected to the flexible material of the wiper blade on opposite sides thereof, and wherein upper legs of the H-shaped cross-section are adapted to receive the joint part.
US09580046B2	Entry assist system for a motor vehicle An entry assist system for a motor vehicle includes a door, a door operation module to open and close the door and a starter actuator for starting an engine of the motor vehicle. The entry assist system further includes a control subsystem. The control subsystem includes a gesture sensor and a controller. The controller is responsive to the gesture sensor to open the door and start the engine of the motor vehicle.
US09580040B2	Lower limb protecting air bag A lower limb protecting air bag includes: a main body inflation part; an end side inflation part; a bending part configured to bend the end side inflation part to project backward from the main body inflation part in inflation completion; and a connecting element configured to connect together the end side inflation part and the main body inflation part so that the bent state of the end side inflation part in inflation completion is maintained, wherein: the main body inflation part and the end side inflation part are configured to inflate substantially in a plate shape to separate a front side wall disposed on the back side and a back side wall disposed on the front side when the air bag is developed flat; and the bending part includes a seam part formed by superimposing and connecting together the front side wall and the back side wall.
US09580030B2	Bumper assemblies including lower reinforcement members A vehicle includes a vehicle support member at an underside of the vehicle. A bumper assembly is at a front of the vehicle and includes a bumper fascia and a bumper reinforcement beam covered by the bumper fascia providing an upper projecting bumper portion. A lower reinforcement member is connected to the vehicle support member at a location below the bumper reinforcement beam in a vehicle vertical direction that is covered by the bumper fascia providing a lower projecting bumper portion. The lower reinforcement member includes a reinforcement body having a rear end connected to the vehicle support member and a front end opposite the rear end. The lower reinforcement member is connected to the bumper fascia and is configured to have a lowered configuration where the front end of the reinforcement body moves downward in the vehicle vertical direction upon impact to the bumper fascia at the lower projecting bumper portion and a raised configuration where the front end of the reinforcement body moves upward, after the bumper fascia contacts the front end of the reinforcement body during the impact.
US09580028B2	Adjusting or setting vehicle elements through speech control A speech processing device includes an automotive device that filters data that is sent and received across an in-vehicle bus. The device selectively acquires vehicle data related to a user settings or adjustments. An interface acquires the selected vehicle data from in-vehicle sensors in response to a user's articulation of a first code phrase. A memory stores the selected vehicle data with unique identifying data associated with the user and establishes a connection between the selected vehicle data and the user when a second code phrase is articulated. A data interface provides access to the selected vehicle data and stored relationship data and enables the processing of the data to customize the in-vehicle system. The data interface is responsive to the user's articulation of a third code phrase to process the selected vehicle data that enables the setting or adjustment of the in-vehicle system.
US09580018B2	Device and method for recording images of a vehicle underbody A recording device for recording images of an underbody of a vehicle includes: at least one camera recording images of areas of the underbody; and mirrors situated to project images of the underbody into the at least one camera. The mirrors are situated in such a way that the mirrors project adjoining areas of the underbody transversely to the driving direction of the vehicle into the camera as image areas situated one above the other.
US09580015B2	Image display device An image display device includes: an optical unit that generates image display light based on an image signal; a projection unit that projects the image display light generated by the optical unit; and a combiner that presents a virtual image by reflecting the image display light projected from the projection unit. The projection unit includes: a first wave plate that converts linearly-polarized image display light emitted from an image display element into circularly-polarized image display light; a diffuser plate that diffuses the circularly-polarized image display light emitted from the first wave plate; a second wave plate that converts the circularly-polarized image display light diffused by the diffuser plate into linearly-polarized image display light; and a polarization plate that transmits the linearly-polarized image display light emitted from the second wave plate.
US09580007B2	Projection system and computer-readable storage medium A projection system includes: a position detecting section that detects the position of a target object located in front of a host vehicle; and a control section which, on the basis of the position of the target object detected by the position detecting section, controls a headlamp so as to project onto the position of the target object a projection pattern that moves in a direction corresponding to the direction of motion of a background at the position of the target object or a direction corresponding to the opposite direction of the direction of motion of the background.
US09579989B2	Battery arrangement for a motor vehicle A battery arrangement for a motor vehicle, includes a plurality of battery modules, each of the battery modules having a plurality of battery cells and being coupled to a control unit, and a high voltage lead wire for electrical coupling being provided between all adjacent battery modules, the control units each being designed to exchange data via the high voltage lead wire.
US09579987B2	Methods for electric vehicle (EV) charge location visual indicators, notifications of charge state and cloud applications Methods for managing charge status of an electric vehicle (EV) at a charge unit (CU) and systems that use cloud processing, are provided. One method includes detecting connection of a charging connector of the charge unit to a vehicle charge port of the EV. The method also includes receiving charge status of the EV while the charging connector is connected to the CU and activating a visual indicator at the CU. The visual indicator is set indicative of the charge status of the EV. The method includes changing the visual indicator as the charge status of the EV changes. The method enables a user device to receive notifications of charge status and communicate with cloud processing to request changing of the visual indicator of the CU to a non-full state even when the EV is at a full state of charging.
US09579975B2	System and method of controlling a drive axle system A drive axle system and a method of control. The drive axle system may include a first drive axle assembly and a second drive axle assembly that may be operatively coupled via a slip clutch.
US09579974B2	Steerable wheel side of a drive axle The wheel side of a drive axle with wheel member steering having a drop center rim, preferably made of steel, is provided on the wheel hub and is combined with a disc brake, which is axially inwardly offset relative to the wheel plane and which preferably has compressed an actuation. The necessary space for the disc brake arrangement is guaranteed by the sufficiently low diameter of the wheel hub in the region of the brake disc and by a comparatively large axial space for the brake system, which is created by an axially narrow design of the wheel hub transmission and a by a new design of the steering knuckle bearing and of the pertaining axle guard.
US09579973B2	Symmetric engine and transmission coupler Systems, vehicles, and assemblies that include an prime mover, a transmission, and a coupler. The coupler couples the prime mover and the transmission. A preferred embodiment includes a system for forming a rigid body that includes a rotational prime mover and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly transmits at least a portion of the rotational energy from the prime mover to a driven member at a frequency. The system includes a first and a second bridging member. Coupling the first bridging member to the second bridging member forms a symmetric bridge or coupler. The symmetric bridge is symmetric about a first plane of symmetry. Furthermore, coupling a first portion of the bridge to the rotational prime mover and coupling a second portion of the bridge to the transmission assembly forms the rigid body. The rigid body further includes the bridge.
US09579972B2	Structure for mounting fuel tank on vehicle body and device for preventing deformation of fuel tank To provide a structure for mounting a fuel tank on a vehicle body that can prevent harmful deformation of the fuel tank that would impair the function of the fuel tank in either case where the pressure in the fuel tank changes to a positive pressure or to a negative pressure, the structure for mounting a fuel tank on a vehicle body includes: a band lower (10L) secured to the vehicle body, extending along at least a lower wall (19L) of the fuel tank (1) and holding the fuel tank (1); a lower wall connecting means (40) that connects at least one part of the lower wall (19L) of the fuel tank (1) to the band lower (10L); a holding member (50) secured to the vehicle body and holding the fuel tank (1); and an upper wall connecting means (40) that connects at least one part of the upper wall (19U) of the fuel tank (1) to the holding member.
US09579971B2	Fuel cap provided with breather mechanism In a fuel cap provided with a breather mechanism, a cap openably and closably covers a fuel filler of a fuel tank. The cap includes a breather passage for communication between the inside and the outside of the fuel tank. The breather passage is provided with a breather valve mechanism and a resonator chamber as a silencing mechanism. The breather mechanism is a valve having a spring capable of retaining a pressure within the fuel tank up to a predetermined pressure.
US09579968B2	One-way vented screen assembly for a work vehicle A screen assembly for a work vehicle is disclosed. The screen assembly may generally include a screen defining a plurality of screen openings for receiving an airflow therethrough. In addition, the screen may define a flap opening. The screen assembly may also include a flap pivotally coupled to the screen at the flap opening. The flap may be configured to be moved to a closed position when the airflow through the screen is in a first direction and to an opened position when the airflow through the screen is in a second direction.
US09579957B2	Electric power transmission apparatus of sunroof for vehicle An electric power transmission apparatus of a sunroof for a vehicle may include a moving glass mounted with an electric generator, and configured to slide between an opened position and a closed position, an upper electric conduction device coupled at a lower side of the moving glass, and including a moving spring that is electrically connected with the electric generator and coupled to protrude downward, a front electric conduction device including a front support portion that is a nonconductor, and a close spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the closed position, and a rear electric conduction device including a rear support portion that is a nonconductor, and an open spring that comes into contact with the moving spring when the moving glass moves to the opened position.
US09579954B2	Damper unit and air vent for vehicle using the same The present invention provides an air vent for a vehicle, including: a housing which has an air outlet to which a duct is connected; and a damper unit which is inserted into and installed in the housing so as to open and close the air outlet, in which the damper unit includes: a damper knob which has a through hole into which a duct boss, which protrudes on the duct, is inserted, and one side surface connected to a damper, and drives the damper while being rotated; and a knob rubber which is made of rubber, covers a partial region of the damper knob, and extends to an inner surface of the through hole so as to be inserted into the through hole.
US09579952B2	Device for the thermal conditioning of a passenger compartment of a vehicle A device for thermal conditioning includes a cooling fluid circuit, a heat transfer fluid circuit, and a fluid/fluid heat exchanger that is intended to enable thermal exchange between the cooling fluid and the heat transfer fluid. The cooling fluid circuit includes at least one compressor, a first outer heat exchanger through which an outer air flow passes and a first evaporator. The heat transfer fluid circuit includes at least a first inner heat exchanger, a first heat source and a second outer heat exchanger through which the outer air flow passes. The cooling fluid circuit includes a second evaporator.
US09579944B2	System and method for attaching a control element of an air spring with internal height regulating valve The present disclosure relates to an air spring apparatus for use with a cabin of a vehicle. The apparatus has an upper assembly, a lower assembly, a shock absorber, a bladder, a flexible bumper element and a control element. The shock absorber has a piston rod protruding therefrom and extending through the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The bladder is attached to the upper and lower assemblies. The flexible bumper element is secured to the piston rod adjacent one of the upper and lower assemblies, and secured to the other one of the upper and lower assemblies. The control element is secured to the flexible bumper element at a first end, and to a valve at a second end, and controls operation of the valve. The flexible bumper element can flex in response to torsional or tilting forces experienced by the one of the upper and lower assemblies, to thus help to limit these forces from being imparted to the control element.
US09579942B2	Integral 5-link independent suspension systems A 5-link independent suspension system for a motor vehicle may include a steering knuckle and a trailing link extending along a single axis. The trailing link may be connected to the steering knuckle and be configured to attach to a frame rail of the vehicle. The suspension system may further include an integral link connected to the steering knuckle and configured to attach to the trailing link.
US09579933B2	Tire with dissymmetrical beads A tire intended to be mounted on a drop-center rim with a flange height G and a radius of curvature R1 has first and second beads each having an annular reinforcing structure having a radially innermost point, the radial distance between the radially innermost point and the mounting rim being A, and a carcass reinforcement anchored in the two beads by being turned back around the annular reinforcing structure forming, within each bead, a main strand and a turned-back strand, in which the thicknesses EB1 of the first bead and EB2 of the second bead are the distance separating (i) the point on the main strand that is at a distance R from the radially innermost point, where R=G+(R1)/2−A, and (ii) the point on the exterior surface of the bead that is at the distance R from the radially innermost point, and in which \|EB1−EB2\|≧1 mm.
US09579927B2	Magnetic omni-wheel A multidirectional wheel for traversing a surface that includes at least one hub is provided. The hub defines a first axial direction of rotation. A plurality of rollers are disposed around an outer periphery of the hub. The rollers are mounted for rotation in a second axial direction that is at an angle to the first axial direction. The wheel includes at least one magnet that is mounted to the hub. The hub is made of a magnetically inducible material that concentrates the flux of the at least one magnet toward the surface being traversed.
US09579920B2	Die unit and system for constructing die units A die unit fastened to an upper part of a stamping tool has a pressure plate, a stamping die, and a die-holding plate. In order to reduce the production cost, the pressure plate is arranged between the stamping die and the die-holding plate, wherein the pressure plate acts on a shoulder of the stamping die during a stamping stroke.
US09579915B2	Security image printing Printing with a single colorant a security feature imperceptible to the naked eye. For a digital security image having a first region formed by a first pattern of binary pixels and a second region formed by a different second pattern of binary pixels, the first and second patterns are printed with the single colorant. A darker one of the first and second printed patterns is determined. The security image is printed with the single colorant, the region corresponding to the darker printed pattern printed at a reduced gray level such that the printed first and second regions appear substantially indistinguishable to the naked eye.
US09579914B2	Hot stamping printing device A device for printing a succession of sheets, includes a platen press for depositing colored or metalized film on each sheet by stamping between a stationary platen and a movable platen. A heating element brings a stamping tool integral with the stationary platen to a given temperature for a stamping operation. The heating element is displaced between an operating position, which is between the stationary platen and each stamping tool associated with that platen, and a maintenance position in which the heating element is outside the platen press.
US09579913B2	Inkjet recording apparatus with cover and method therefor including decision and inquiry features An inkjet recording apparatus includes an ink tank forming an ink chamber and including an injection inlet, a cover, a cover sensor, a recording head, a monitor, and a controller. The cover is movable between a covering position and an exposing position. The cover sensor is positioned to output a signal depending on the position of the cover. The controller controls operation of the recording head, the monitor. The controller receives either a first positional signal or a second positional signal of the cover sensor, and based on receipt of the first positional signal after receipt of the second positional signal from the cover sensor, performs a decision process deciding whether an operation regarding ink injection into the ink chamber is completed.
US09579907B2	Printing apparatus There is provided a printing apparatus having a supply function and a winding function, in which a sheet is guided to a desirable position. To achieve this, the apparatus includes: a supply unit configured to hold a plurality of rolls of a wound continuous sheet; a printing unit configured to print an image on a sheet drawn from one of the rolls held by the supply unit; a storage unit configured to store a sheet printed in the printing unit; and a guiding unit configured to guide a sheet discharged from the printing unit to the storage unit, wherein the guiding unit is capable of switching between guiding the sheet discharged from the printing unit to the storage unit and guiding the sheet discharged from the printing unit to the supply unit so that the sheet is wound.
US09579900B2	Liquid supply unit A cartridge 5 is mounted on a carriage 8. The carriage 8 includes liquid introducing parts 710m, 710c and 710y and a guide projection 723. The guide projection 723 is extended from between the liquid introducing parts 710m and 710c toward the liquid introducing part 710y. The cartridge 5 includes an ink supply port 507m connectable with the liquid introducing part 710m to supply magenta ink to the liquid introducing part 710m, an ink supply port 507c connectable with the liquid introducing part 710c to supply cyan ink to the liquid introducing part 710c, an ink supply port 507y connectable with the liquid introducing part 710y to supply yellow ink to the liquid introducing part 710y, and a first groove 580. The first groove 580 is extended from between the ink supply port 507m and the ink supply port 507c toward the ink supply port 507y to allow for insertion of the guide projection 723. This configuration suppresses diffusion of ink leaked from any of the liquid supply ports of the cartridge.
US09579891B2	Liquid jetting apparatus A liquid jetting apparatus includes: a flow passage structure having nozzles aligned in a first direction, pressure chambers aligned in the first direction to correspond respectively to the nozzles, and a vibration film covering the pressure chambers; piezoelectric elements arranged on the vibration film to correspond respectively to the pressure chambers; and traces extending along a planar direction of the vibration film to correspond respectively to the piezoelectric elements. Each of the piezoelectric elements has a piezoelectric film arranged to cover the pressure chambers, and an individual electrode provided on the piezoelectric film to face a central portion of one of the pressure chambers and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. Within each area, of the vibration film, facing one of the pressure chambers, each of the traces extends from a connecting portion of the individual electrode along a third direction intersecting the second direction.
US09579889B2	Method of ejecting ink droplets having variable droplet volumes A method of ejecting an ink droplet from an inkjet nozzle device having an actuator and a meniscus pinned across a nozzle opening. The method includes the steps of: delivering a sub-ejection pulse to the actuator for perturbing the meniscus from a quiescent state; and subsequently delivering an ejection pulse to the actuator at an instant when the meniscus is perturbed from its quiescent state, the ejection pulse ejecting the ink droplet from the nozzle opening. A time period between a trailing edge of the sub-ejection pulse and a leading edge of the ejection pulse controls a droplet volume of the ejected ink droplet.
US09579885B2	Method and system to store drop counts An exemplary embodiment of the present technique may include a method including monitoring a number of drops of ink released by a print head of a printing device. The method may also include associating the number of drops of ink with a quanta of charge. The method may also include storing the associated quanta of charge in a memory cell of a programmable read-only memory (PROM) device.
US09579878B1	Gravure printing system and method of using the same A gravure printing system is provided. The gravure printing system includes a plate cylinder, an ink source, a cover blade, and a doctor blade. The plate cylinder has a circumferential surface with at least one groove. The ink source is adapted to provider an ink onto the circumferential surface of the plate cylinder. The cover blade is adapted to form an anti-drying layer on the plate cylinder from the ink. The doctor blade is adapted to contact the plate cylinder and fill the at least one groove with the ink. A point on the circumferential surface sequentially passes by the ink source, the cover blade, and the doctor blade as the plate cylinder rotates. A Young's modulus of a material of the cover blade is less than a Young's modulus of a material of the doctor blade. A method of using the gravure printing system is also provided.
US09579877B2	Flexographic printing with curing during transfer to substrate Methods and systems for flexographic printing are described and include curing of material to be printed while the material is in contact with both a feature of a flexographic printing plate and a recipient substrate. The systems and method are useful in preventing slippage between the feature and the recipient substrate, and are particularly useful when printing at high resolution.
US09579871B2	High flow polymer interlayers for laminated glass An interlayer comprised of a high flow, low molecular weight thermoplastic resin, and at least one plasticizer is disclosed. The use of a high flow, low molecular weight thermoplastic resin, and a plasticizer creates synergy allowing the flow of the interlayer to be increased without sacrificing other characteristics typically associated with an increased flow (e.g., increased blocking, decreased mechanical strength, and decreased manufacturing capability). In this regard, the high flow, low molecular weight thermoplastic resin provides a flow improvement, resulting in a high flow interlayer. As a result, a thinner interlayer can be utilized in forming multiple layer panels because the resulting thinner interlayer has improved flow properties.
US09579857B2	Method for manufacturing polarizing lens and polarizing lens manufactured by the same A method for manufacturing a polarizing lens comprises taping an upper mold using first tape, applying a first resin composition onto a concave surface of the upper mold, forming a polarizing film on the first resin composition, performing first polymerization on the upper mold including the first resin composition and the polarizing film, spacing the upper mold apart from a lower mold, taping the upper mold and the lower mold using second tape, injecting a second resin composition into a space between the polarizing lens and the lower mold, and performing second polymerization on the upper mold including the gel-state upper lens coupled with the polarizing lens, the second resin composition, and the lower mold.
US09579854B2	Method for making a reinforcement provided with at least one adhesive surface capable of being repositioned and resulting reinforcement The object of the invention is a process for the production of a fiber-based armature particularly adapted to be embedded in at least one matrix, characterized in that it consists in performing the following steps: preparing a fiber-based material, and depositing on at least one of the surfaces of the material thus obtained a repositionable glue. The invention also covers the obtained armature.
US09579853B2	Method for making a molded composite article A method for making a molded composite article includes the steps of: providing a sleeve body on a pressing portion of a male mold body, the sleeve body being made of a heat-expansible material and having a primary engaging segment and an abutting segment; disposing a composite laminate material on a female mold body; moving the male mold body provided with the sleeve body toward the female mold body while the male mold body and the female mold body are heated; continuing to move the male mold body so that the pressing portion extends into the abutting segment and presses the composite laminate material to form the molded composite article; and separating the male mold body from the female mold body and removing the molded composite article.
US09579849B2	Hole expanding device for lens holder A hole expanding device includes an electric heating device, a moving device, an rotating device, and a carrying device. The electric heating device includes a transition portion and a hole expanding rod fixed onto the transition portion. The electric heating device heats the hole expanding rod to a predetermined temperature. The rotating device is fixed onto the moving device. The moving device drives the rotating device to move along a direction parallel to the hole expanding rod. The carrying device is fixed onto the rotating device and includes a receiving groove for receiving and fixing a workpiece. The rotating device rotates the carrying device to make two opposite surfaces of the workpiece face the hole expanding rod.
US09579848B2	Methods of joining textiles and other elements incorporating a thermoplastic polymer material A yarn or thread may include a plurality of substantially aligned filaments, with at least ninety-five percent of a material of the filaments being a thermoplastic polymer material. Various woven textiles and knitted textiles may be formed from the yarn or thread. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be thermal bonded to other elements to form seams. A strand that is at least partially formed from a thermoplastic polymer material may extend through the seam, and the strand may be thermal bonded at the seam. The woven textiles or knitted textiles may be shaped or molded, incorporated into products, and recycled to form other products.
US09579840B2	Blow-molded container, fuel container, blow-molded bottle container, and production method of blow-molded container Provided is a blow-molded container exhibiting inhibited coloring, odor, and generation of defects such as gelation and streaks which are caused on melt molding, and having a superior appearance. Also provided is a blow-molded container that has a favorable self-purge feature in production and satisfactory qualities such as strength, and can be produced at low cost. The blow-molded container includes a first layer containing an ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer (I), wherein the first layer contains a saturated carbonyl compound (II) having 3 to 8 carbon atoms, the saturated carbonyl compound (II) is a saturated aldehyde (II-1), a saturated ketone (II-2) or a combination thereof, and the content of the saturated carbonyl compound (II) in the first layer is 0.01 ppm or greater and 100 ppm or less.
US09579834B2	Purification apparatus, system, and method A water purification apparatus comprising an injection molded floating non-toxic, biodegradable, and recyclable polymer planar structures that are easily stackable, shippable, and connectable to as many companion units as the user desires; such apparatus further comprising many receiving structures made to accommodate plants without inhibiting them so that the user may create a film of plants over a toxic body of liquid for bioremediation purposes.
US09579831B2	Plastic working method and spinning machine used in the same A spinning machine includes: a main shaft which includes a chuck holding a cylindrical material having a bottom and a regulation member; a mandrel which is inserted inside from an opening side end portion of the material; and a press roller which presses the opening side end portion of the material. The spinning machine molds a circumferential groove portion on the opening side end portion so that an inner diameter of the opening side end portion of the material is smaller than an inner diameter of a body of the material by pushing a press roller while rotating the material around the axial center of the main shaft, and at least a portion of the inserted mandrel is formed so that a gap is provided between the portion and an inner circumferential surface after the opening side end portion of the material is plastically deformed.
US09579830B2	Method and system for manufacturing integrated fluidic chips An integrated fluidic chip includes a substrate defined by a lateral surface area greater than 28 square inches. The integrated fluidic chip also includes a first elastomeric layer having a mold surface and a top surface. The mold surface of the first elastomeric layer is joined to a portion of the substrate. The first elastomeric layer includes a plurality of first channels extending normally from the substrate to a first dimension inside the first elastomeric layer. The integrated fluidic chip further includes a second elastomeric layer having a mold surface and a top surface. The mold surface of the second elastomeric layer is joined to at least a portion of the top surface of the first elastomeric layer.
US09579826B2	Method for slicing wafers from a workpiece using a sawing wire A method for slicing wafers from a workpiece using a sawing wire, wherein at least two wire guide rolls clamp a wire web, each wire guide roll having a multiplicity of grooves in its lateral surface, wherein at least one groove in which no wire is inserted during the wire sawing is present alongside a wire-guiding groove and, after wear on the wire-guiding grooves or after a defined number of sawing processes, the sawing wire is wound over into the previously unoccupied grooves that are not yet worn or used, respectively.
US09579824B2	Method and system for mortar removal A method and system for removing mortar from a plurality of joints between a plurality of masonry units in a masonry structure is provided. The steps for accomplishing the method include identifying the location of at least one of the plurality of joints between the plurality of masonry units and positioning a work tool capable of adjustability of at least one of pitch, roll, yaw, elevation, and cutting depth. Locking at least one of the adjustable attributes and advancing the work tool along the joint to remove mortar.
US09579813B2	Cutting apparatus Provided is a cutting apparatus 10 including a workpiece fixing jig 2 that supports a workpiece 1, rotates by operation of rotary drive means 3, and rotates the workpiece 1 while fixing the workpiece 1; rotary drive means 3 for driving and rotating the workpiece fixing jig 2; support means 4a to 4c for supporting the workpiece 1 while rotating along with rotation of the workpiece fixing jig 2; cutter knives 5a and 5b that cut the rotating workpiece 1 at least at axially opposite ends of the workpiece 1; and slide moving means 6 for slidably moving the cutter knives. The cutting apparatus 10 having a simple apparatus configuration does not produce chips as a result of cutting with small variations in size and with high planarity of cut surfaces.
US09579806B2	Robotic power and signal distribution using laminated cable with separator webs Systems and methods that facilitate cables to pass through moving, space-constrained joints and conveying power and/or signals to various robotic joint-associated elements utilize a unitary and flat laminated cable slack within the joint to accommodate the relative motion between mechanical elements of the joints. In various embodiments, the cable has multiple insulated sub-cables; each sub-cable is insulated and physically separable from all other sub -cables. Some of the sub-cables are separated from the cable and electrically connected to joint-associated components for conveying signals and power thereto without mechanically interfering with relative motion between mechanical elements of the joint.
US09579799B2	Robotic control system using virtual reality input A robotic system and method performs tasks autonomously on real-world objects (RWOs) upon receipt of inputs from a virtual reality environment. A robotic actuator has tools to manipulate the RWOs, and a set of robot-specific instructions for actuating the tools. A first set of rules governs the RWOs, and sensors detect the presence of the RWOs. A virtual reality (VR) computer uses sensor data to generate a virtual world (VW) including virtual world objects (VWOs) representative of RWOs. A second set of rules governs the VWOs. A user manipulates the VWOs to generate a modified virtual world (MVW). A transformation engine captures differences between the VW and MVW, transforms the differences into inputs for the robotic actuator. An autonomous instruction engine receives the inputs to identify RWOs and combines the inputs with the first set of rules to generate combined instructions usable by the robotic actuator to manipulate RWOs autonomously.
US09579763B2	Machine tool A machine tool including: a table disposed on a saddle movable along an X-axis; a pair of linear motors that moves the table along a Y-axis; position detectors that detect a first position and a second position of the table on the Y-axis; a pair of guide rails attached to the saddle; and four bearings engaged with the pair of guide rails, is provided. The machine tool includes a connecting unit connecting the table to the four bearings such that the table is rotatable relative to the four bearings, and a control unit that controls the pair of linear motors on the basis of the first and second positions.
US09579762B2	Dust free drill system Hammer drills and similar devices have an ongoing dust and debris problem that is solved by a protector device covering the drill in a main body protector shielding a user from the materials. The protector device has an evacuation region on its underside with multi dimensional adapters for attaching hoses of varying sizes. Additionally, an insertable collapsible accordion cylinder assists in covering the debris falling from different size drills being used. A second embodiment has a circular saw dust protector attachment arranged as two half moons or ¼ moon and ¾ moon having a central cylinder at their respective tops that are to be held together with a mechanical latch.
US09579758B2	Workpiece turning-over device A workpiece turning-over device includes a mounting wall, a gear driving mechanism, and a rotation mechanism. The gear driving mechanism comprises a toothed bar and a driving member. The driving member is able to drive the toothed bar to move. The rotation mechanism comprises a sleeve and a gear. The sleeve is rotatably attached to the mounting wall. A supporting portion extends from the sleeve to secure the workpiece thereon. The gear is fixedly coiled around the sleeve, engaged to the toothed bar, and is able to rotate to rotate the sleeve fixed thereto, thereby allowing the workpiece to rotate.
US09579757B2	Aligning tool in the field of wind turbines for aligning a hole with a fastener An aligning tool in the field of wind turbines is provided. The aligning tool has a first and second section. The second section has an outside diameter tapering down in a direction away from the first section. The aligning tool is connected to a fastener and can easily catch a corresponding hole.
US09579752B2	Flux forming an insoluble brazing residue Aluminum parts, e.g., heat exchangers, with improved resistance towards corrosion caused by contact with stationary water or aqueous compositions such as cooling water can be obtained by addition of Li compounds in specific amounts to the flux used for brazing the parts. LiF and especially Li fluoroaluminates are very suitable. The flux and the Li salt can be dispersed in water or an aqueous composition separately.
US09579750B2	Particle control in laser processing systems The present invention generally relates to a laser processing systems for thermally processing substrates. The laser processing systems include a shield disposed between an energy source of the laser processing system and a substrate which is to be thermally processed. The shield includes an optically transparent window disposed adjacent to a cavity within the shield. The optically transparent window allows annealing energy to pass therethrough and to illuminate the substrate. The shield also includes one or more gas inlets and one or more gas outlets for introducing and removing a purge gas from the cavity within the shield. The purge gas is utilized to remove volatized or ablated components during thermal processing, and to provide a gas of predetermined composition, such as oxygen-free, to the thermally processed area.
US09579742B2	Series arc welder An electric arc welder for depositing weld metal along a groove between two edges of a metal workpiece. The welder comprises: a leading electrode driven toward a point in the groove by a first wire feeder operated at a first speed by a first motor with a speed control input and a tachometer derived first feedback signal, a trailing electrode driven toward the same point by a second wire feeder operated at a second speed by a second motor with a speed control input and a tachometer derived second feedback signal, a first power source directing a first current to flow through the leading electrode and a second power source causing a second current to flow through the trailing electrode with the current flow being in a series arc circuit. The second power source being grounded to the workpiece to modify the series arc current so ground current flows to the workpiece whereby the second current is generally equal to the first current minus the ground current.
US09579735B2	Reciprocating saw A reciprocating saw includes a housing assembly and a motor positioned substantially within the housing assembly. The motor includes a pinion. A drive mechanism is positioned substantially within the housing assembly and includes a gear driven by the pinion, a spindle, and a connecting rod to transmit rotation of the gear into reciprocation of the spindle. A bushing is positioned substantially within the housing assembly about at least a portion of the spindle. The bushing is pivotable relative to the housing assembly to accommodate non-linear rocking motion of the spindle. A seal surrounds a portion of the bushing and includes a first lip extending radially from the bushing and a second lip spaced apart from the first lip and extending radially from the bushing. The second lip is movable relative to the first lip. Both the first lip and the second lip continuously engage the housing assembly when the bushing pivots relative to the housing assembly.
US09579721B2	Double entry channel ladle bottom A metallurgical ladle, and more particularly the bottom of the ladle or a ladle block in the bottom of the ladle, have an outlet through which the molten metal can drain. The ladle bottom contains an open-end channel bounded by at least one wall with a major dimension perpendicular to a line joining the center of the outlet entrance to the center of the wall. In selected configurations, opposing faces of the walls bounding the open-end channel are convex in the horizontal plane and concave in the horizontal plane, respectively.
US09579717B2	Methods of forming earth-boring tools including blade frame segments Methods of forming earth-boring tools may involve positioning a blade frame segment in a mold, the blade frame segment comprising cutting-element-attachment locations distributed over a face of the blade frame segment, the mold comprising a longitudinal axis. A first cutting element may be secured to the blade frame segment at a first cutting-element-attachment location of the cutting-element-attachment locations. A second cutting element may be secured to the blade frame segment at a second, different cutting-element-attachment location of the cutting-element-attachment locations. The blade frame segment may be integrated into a blade of a plurality of radially extending blades of an earth-boring tool by forming a body of the earth-boring tool, including the blade, around the blade frame segment.
US09579715B2	Device for handling wax spider-like sprues A device for handling spider-like sprues, includes a first support forming a first plane, the first support including a supporting device for supporting a wax spider-like sprue; a second support forming a second plane, the first support and the second support forming a first pre-determined angle (α1); a first connection system between the first support and the second support; a third support forming a third plane, the second support and the third support forming a second pre-determined angle (α2); and a second connection system between the second support and the third support.
US09579709B2	Method for manufacturing bicycle front fork having wheel clamping base A method for manufacturing a bicycle front fork having a wheel clamping base. The method includes the steps of extruding an aluminum alloy substrate having three rectangular bars, wherein the two of the rectangular bars have assembling segments; cutting the substrate for a blank and placing it into a mold for forging the three rectangular bars into three round bars; placing the blank into another mold for extruding and punching the three round bars to have guide holes; drilling the round bars along the guide holes to form three round tubes; flattening and shrinking openings of two of the three round tubes; molding the assembling segments; downwardly bending the two round tubes having the assembling segments into two fork tubes of a bicycle front fork; punching the assembling segments into locking connection portions for a clamping base of the bicycle front fork.
US09579703B2	Roll change apparatus A rolling machine has pairs of rolls in a horizontal line of roll pair locations, with each pair including upper and lower rolls opposed across a vertical gap. A sliding frame is mounted on the rolling machine for movement alongside the rolling machine in a direction parallel to the line of roll pair locations. A lifting frame is mounted on the sliding frame for movement vertically relative to the sliding frame beside each of the roll pair locations. Other parts include a roll cassette and a load tray. The load tray is configured to carry the roll cassette, and is mounted on the lifting frame for movement relative to the lifting frame transversely into the vertical gap between the rolls at each roll pair location.
US09579691B2	Piezoelectric element and electronic component including the same A piezoelectric element includes an element layer, an electrode layer including one or more positive electrode layers and one or more negative electrode layers repeatedly stacked to alternate with each other on the element layers in a vertical direction, a primary positive electrode connection member connecting the positive electrode layers, a primary negative electrode connection member connecting the negative electrode layers, at least one secondary positive electrode connection member, at least one secondary negative electrode connection member, and a primary electrode connected to the primary positive electrode connection member and the primary negative electrode connection member and configured of a pair of electrodes, and at least one secondary electrode spaced apart from the primary electrode and configured of a pair of electrodes.
US09579686B2	Fluid dispensing assemblies and methods of dispensing fluids from containers A fluid dispensing assembly is adapted to dispense fluid from a container. The fluid dispensing assembly includes a manifold configured for receiving the container, a piercing member slidably coupled with the manifold, and a nozzle configured to be attached with the manifold, and to engage the piercing member and move the piercing member into piercing engagement with the container.
US09579685B2	Coupler for decorating bag A coupler removably connectable to a decorating bag. The coupler includes an inner coupler configured to be inserted into the decorating bag, an outer coupler configured to removably secure to the inner coupler with the decorating bag disposed between the inner coupler and the outer coupler and a retainer configured to receive a decorating tip and removably secure to the outer coupler in order to lock the decorating tip into position.
US09579675B2	Pre-compression valve systems for trigger sprayers Pre-compression valve systems for trigger sprayers include one-piece valve systems having both check and pre-compression valves or multiple component valve systems. The pre-compression valve is positioned in a vertical cylinder, and may have a flat, concave, or convex surface.
US09579673B2	Flushing dispensers for delivering a consistent consumer experience An assembly for flushing a dispenser that internally mixes a first composition and a second composition; dispensers including said assemblies are also provided.
US09579665B2	Centrifugal separator and an outlet element for a centrifugal separator A centrifugal separator includes a rotating body rotating in use around an axis. The rotating body comprises a bowl, which comprises a base at one longitudinal end of said bowl, said base defining a rear longitudinal area. An outlet passage extends through the base and an outlet housing is provided in the rear longitudinal area. The outlet housing is communicating with the outlet passage to receive liquid therefrom and the outlet housing has an outlet opening discharging in use liquid from the rotating body. The outlet opening comprises a weir edge defining in normal use a level of a surface of a liquid in the bowl. The outlet housing is rotatable around an adjustment axis and the outlet opening is placed in a side wall offset from the adjustment axis.
US09579663B2	Detection of electrostatic filter for air filtration system An air filtration system includes a frame directing an airflow through the air filtration system and a media filter. The media filter includes a plurality of media fibers arranged to capture particles flowing therethrough and a conductive surface located at the media filter and having a conductivity within a selected range. Two or more contact pads are located at the media filter and are alignable with an electrical circuit located at the frame to determine whether a resistance across the conductive plane is within a selected resistance range. A method of installing a media filter in an air filtration system includes inserting the media filter into a frame of the air filtration system and aligning one or more contact pads of the media filter with one or more grounding pads of the frame. A resistance across the media filter is measured.
US09579660B2	Process for wet high intensity magnetic separation with flux amplifying matrix A method, process or system for producing an iron oxide concentrate from a treatment slurry of a low grade mineral assemblage includes mixing a flocculant with the treatment slurry and dewatering the treatment slurry before passing the treatment slurry through a wet high intensity magnetic separator of a type that employs a flux amplifying matrix (i.e., a WHIMS-FAM device) and recovering an iron oxide concentrate fraction and a tailings fraction from the WHIMS-FAM device. Another method, process or system for producing an iron oxide concentrate includes passing the treatment slurry through a WHIMS-FAM device and recovering an iron oxide concentrate fraction slurry and a tailings fraction slurry from the WHIMS-FAM device; mixing a flocculant with the concentrate fraction slurry and dewatering the concentrate slurry to provide a thickened concentrate slurry before filtering the thickened concentrate slurry to provide a concentrate filter cake.
US09579655B2	Analytic device An analytic device comprising a device housing, a dock to receive a camera enabled mobile electronic device, such as a smartphone and other smart devices, and a processing device to communicate with the mobile electronic device and to control a condition of the assay tube, such as temperature. In another example, the analytic device comprises a device housing and a circuit board. A processing device, a heating block defining a recess to support assay tube, and a resistive heater are surface mounted to the circuit board. A light source and a fan are also provided. A dock may be provided to support a mobile electronic device. The mobile electronic device communicates with the processing device to cause the application of reaction conditions to the assay tube, to perform a PCR procedure, for example. Methods are also disclosed.
US09579640B2	Amidinate and guanidinate complexes, their use as chain transfer polymerization catalysts and long chain alcohols obtained by such process The present invention is concerned with a catalyst composition comprising titanium-, zirconium- and/or hafnium amidinate complexes and/or titanium-, zirconium- and/or hafnium guanidinate complexes and organo aluminium and/or organic zinc compounds, a coordinative chain transfer polymerization (CCTP) process employing the catalyst composition as well as long chain aluminium alkyls and subsequent alcohols obtained by such process.
US09579639B2	Tethered transition metals promoted photocatalytic system for efficient hydrogen evolutions The present invention is directed, at least in part, to a process for improving the efficiency of a photocatalyst (a semiconductor photocatalyst) by tethering (depositing) a metal (e.g., metal ions of a late transition metal, such as nickel) to the semiconductor (photocatalyst) surface through the use of an organic ligand. More specifically, 1,2-ethanedithiol (EDT) functions as an excellent molecular linker (organic ligand) to attach a transition metal complex (e.g., nickel (Ni2+ ions)) to the semiconductor surface, which can be in the form of a cadmium sulfide surface. The photocatalyst has particular utility in generating hydrogen from H2S.
US09579634B2	Method for producing metal catalyst for preparing alcohol and metal catalyst produced thereby Disclosed is a method for preparing a metal catalyst having improved yield of alcohols. The method for preparing a metal catalyst for the production of alcohol from synthesis gas includes forming a metal catalyst; and irradiating the metal catalyst with gamma rays. The metal catalyst has improved yield of alcohols by stabilizing the metal catalyst through gamma ray irradiation to inhibit generation of hydrocarbons in catalytic reaction with synthesis gas.
US09579633B2	Catalytic converter A catalytic converter with excellent OSC performance and NOx purification performance. The catalytic converter includes a substrate with a cell structure and catalyst layer. The catalyst layer includes lower and upper catalyst layers. The upper catalyst layer includes a zirconia compound support with rhodium carried thereon that contains zirconia, lanthanum oxide, and yttrium oxide; an alumina compound without rhodium carried thereon that contains alumina and lanthanum oxide; and a ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide containing ceria, zirconia, lanthanum oxide, and neodymium oxide. The lower catalyst layer includes an alumina compound support with platinum carried thereon that contains alumina and lanthanum oxide that are the same materials as those of the alumina compound of the upper catalyst layer; and a ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide without platinum carried thereon that contains ceria, zirconia, lanthanum oxide, and neodymium oxide that are the same materials as those of the ceria-zirconia-based composite oxide of the upper catalyst layer.
US09579632B2	Dehydrogenation catalyst and process A catalyst composition comprises (i) a support; (ii) a dehydrogenation component comprising at least one metal or compound thereof selected from Groups 6 to 10 of the Periodic Table of Elements; and (iii) tin or a tin compound, wherein the tin is present in an amount of 0.01 wt % to about 0.25 wt %, the wt % based upon the total weight of the catalyst composition.
US09579630B2	Bead immobilized with absorbent and microorganisms Provided is a bead in which an adsorbent and an organic contaminant-degrading microorganism are supported, wherein an adsorbent for adsorbing organic contaminants is supported on the bead together with an organic contaminant-degrading microorganism for degrading the organic contaminants adsorbed to the adsorbent to allow for the adsorbent to remove organic contaminants in water and to allow for the organic contaminant-degrading microorganism to regenerate the adsorbent.
US09579623B2	Specialized immobilization media A genre of media is presented for use with a reactor vessel and for the purpose of immobilizing small particles, often catalytic in nature. The media can include a number of ferromagnetic active wafers stacked together and separated by non-ferromagnetic separator portions, such that when in the presence of a magnetic field and magnetic-particle-containing fluid, at least some of the gaps between active wafers captures and suspends magnetic particles.
US09579618B2	Emulsifiers from grape processing by-products A process is described by which the solid waste of grape resulting from processes such as vinification, is treated with hot steam, then is treated with alcoholic solutions, the alcohol being removed, then the oil residues present in the solid residue are removed. The said solid residue is then subjected to aqueous extractions, the aqueous medium is separated from the remaining solids, and this aqueous medium is concentrated. The said material is also described, being capable of emulsifying oil-in-water emulsions and provide stability to colloids.
US09579617B2	Aqueous dispersion of fatty amide A composition is provided comprising dispersed particles in an aqueous medium, wherein said dispersed particles comprise fatty amide and one or more fatty acid, wherein 50 mole % or more of said fatty acid in is the carboxylate form, and wherein the weight ratio of said fatty amide to said fatty acid is from 0.12:1 to 2.3:1. Also provided is method of making that composition, comprising the step of applying shear to a mixture that comprises said fatty amide, said fatty acid, and water, wherein said applying shear is performed at a temperature above 59° C., and wherein the amount of water in said mixture is 70% or less by weight based on the weight of said mixture.
US09579613B2	Foam-at-a-distance systems, foam generators and refill units Exemplary foam-at-a-distance systems, refill units and foam generators are disclosed herein. An exemplary foam generator includes a body having an inlet for receiving air and an inlet for receiving liquid. The foam generator includes a plurality of baffles located within the body. A plurality of elongated spaces are formed at least in part by the baffles. The elongated spaces have a length that is greater than a width.
US09579605B1	Gas separation module and assembly A gas separation module and assembly for housing ceramic tubular membranes. The module includes a plurality of tubes containing the ceramic tubular membranes. The tubes are arranged parallel to one another and are supported by tube sheet plates at each end. Gas-tight seals surround each membrane, preventing a permeate gas within the inner lumen of the membrane from mixing with a feed or residue gas in the tube interior. The module also contains a gas distribution pipe for introducing feed gas into, and withdrawing residue out of, the module. This configuration allows for ceramic tubular membranes to be modularized for use in an assembly that carries out many types of gas separations.
US09579599B2	Energy-saving system and method of capturing acidic gas by using separated water Provided is a system and method in which a heat amount to be supplied to a regeneration tower for regenerating an absorbent may be lowered in an acidic gas capturing system for capturing acidic gas such as carbon dioxide. According to the system and method of capturing acidic gas, heat generated in the system itself is used to reduce energy consumption. According to the system and method of the inventive concept, heat exchange is conducted between low-temperature separated water generated in a capturing process and high-temperature processing gas to thereby reduce a cooling capacity of a condenser when condensing the processing gas, and also, a reboiler heat duty may be lowered by introducing the low-temperature separated water in a preheated state into the regeneration tower. In addition, the low-temperature separated water is used also in cooling a washing tower and a dilute solution through a heat integration process with respect to condensed water generated from the process itself, and thus, reduction of energy consumption of an absorbent regeneration process may be facilitated.
US09579593B2	Replaceable fuel separation unit Disclosed herein is a replaceable fuel separation unit having a permeable substrate for separating a fluid source into at least two separate fluid streams, and delivering the two separated fluid streams to separate tanks.
US09579592B2	Filter elements A filter element has a pleated composite and first and second end elements mounted to opposite first and second ends of the filter element. The pleated composite has a filter medium layer and a grooved mesh drainage layer pleated with the filter medium layer. The grooved mesh drainage layer has a plurality of strands and a plurality of grooves formed in the strands. The grooved mesh drainage layer directs fluid via the grooves to or from the filter medium layer and the filter medium layer removes one or more substances from fluid flowing through the filter medium layer.
US09579583B2	Transformable toy and launcher A toy set is provided including a reconfigurable toy capable of transitioning between a first configuration and a second configuration. The toy set also includes a launch mechanism having an activation means and a toy receiver. A propulsion mechanism transfers movement of the activation means to the reconfigurable toy to propel the reconfigurable toy in a second configuration from the launch mechanism along a propulsion axis.
US09579581B2	Squeezable tongue-wagging toy and its squeeze mechanism A squeezable tongue-wagging toy figure with a squeeze mechanism which includes a squeaker provided within a space defined by four hinged panels in elliptical cylinder shape, and a toothed rack meshed with a gear chain that is coupled with a bar with a toy tongue. When the panels are squeezed, the rack drives the gear chain in one direction and in turn pivot the bar towards one side and the squeaker produces a sound, and when the panels are released, the rack drives the gear chain in an opposite direction and in turn pivot the bar towards an opposite side and the squeaker produces another sound.
US09579577B2	Electronic system with challenge mechanism and method of operation thereof An electronic system includes: a communication unit is configured to communicate a challenge; a user interface, coupled to the communication unit is configured to select rich content for a point of view based on the challenge; and a storage unit, coupled to the user interface, is configured to capture a response to the point of view based on the challenge.
US09579566B2	Video game with helper role or obstructer role for second player having separate display A main player operates a controller while viewing a monitor game image displayed on a monitor. A sub player operates a terminal device while viewing a terminal game image displayed on an LCD of the terminal device. A game image that is substantially identical to the monitor game image viewed by the main player is displayed on the LCD. By touching a touch panel provided on a screen of the LCD of the terminal device, the sub player can generate various events at a position in a game world corresponding to a touched position.
US09579563B2	Game system, information storage medium and game proecssing method A game system can implements a multiplayer game. The game system includes: a union event processing section that disposes a united object in an object space instead of player objects respectively operated by a plurality of players when a union event has occurred, and sets the plurality of players to a cooperative play state; an individual play processing section that controls the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players based on input information input by each of the plurality of players; and a cooperative play processing section that controls the united object based on the input information input by the plurality of players, the union event processing section determining a relative advantage of positions of the player objects respectively operated by the plurality of players before occurrence of the union event, and determining a placement position of the united object based on determination results.
US09579556B2	Apparatus for measuring jump distances An apparatus for measuring jump distances has a housing with a bottom surface, a track extending longitudinally along the housing, a carriage translatably affixed to the track, and a laser mounted to the carriage so as to direct the beam in a direction away from the housing. A scale is affixed to or adjacent to the track. The scale has distance indicia formed therein. The carriage has an indicator thereon that is directed to the scale such that the distance indicia corresponding to the indicator corresponds to a location of a surface to which the beam of the laser is directed.
US09579549B2	Method for manufacturing and golf club head A method for forming a golf club head comprises placing an uncured composite material between a core and a mold that comprises a first piece and a second piece. The second piece is moved towards the first piece such that the uncured composite material is compressed between the core and at least a portion of the mold. The uncured composite material is heated. A first portion of the golf club head is removed from the mold. A second portion of the golf club head is provided. The first portion is attached to the second portion. In certain arrangements, the second portion is formed from a metallic material.
US09579539B2	Compounded fitness trainer A compounded fitness trainer, including a base, on which a loading device is pivoted; a pair of first driving bars pivoted on the base for swinging; a pair of second driving bars pivoted on the base for swinging; a pair of first linkages respectively pivoted on the second driving bars and opposite sides of the loading device; and a pair of second linkages respectively pivoted on the first driving bars and the first linkages wherein the first driving bars are moved by the second driving bars when the second driving bars are moved, and the second driving bars are moved by the first driving bars when the first driving bars are moved whereby moving the first driving bars and/or the second driving bars may train different muscles.
US09579537B1	Elliptical trainer with changeable foot motion An elliptical trainer has a main frame having two opposite sides, each having a linking device, a stepping device and an interlocking device mounted thereon, wherein the interlocking device is provided to connect the linking device and the stepping device. A damping device is mounted on the main frame and operated with the two interlocking devices so as to promote exercise on the elliptical trainer. A longitudinal axis of an elliptical foot motion of each stepping device is adjusted due to a step force from an operator for changing a working stroke of the elliptical trainer.
US09579526B2	Radiation therapy device with freely customizable source and imager motion trajectory Embodiments of the claimed subject matter provide a radiation therapy system for the acquisition of volumetric imaging with advanced trajectories. Embodiments include a device for applying diagnostic and therapeutic radiation to a target volume disposed in a patient subject, wherein volumetric imaging is acquired with advanced trajectories without displacing the patient subject. In one embodiment, a radiation therapy device is provided comprising: a gantry with a radiation source and a plurality of independent robotic arms mounted to the gantry, wherein an X-ray source is attached to an end of one robotic arm; and an imager attached to an end of another second robotic arm.
US09579521B2	Control device, wearable device and lighting system for light therapy purposes The control device for controlling a therapy light source including an input for receiving information on an intensity and/or amount of light a person has been exposed to from a wearable device that can connect to the control device via the input. The control device further includes an output for controlling at least one therapy light source that can be connected to the control device. A control unit of the control device is designed to control a connected therapy light source dependent on the information on the intensity and/or amount of light the person has been exposed to. A wearable device that is suited to operate in combination with the control device includes a light sensor for detecting an intensity of received light. It further comprises a storage unit connected to the light sensor for storing at least one value related to the measured intensity of the received light.
US09579518B2	Nerve treatment system In some examples, nerves surrounding arteries or leading to organs are targeted with energy sources to correct or modulate physiologic processes. In some examples, different types of energy sources are utilized singly or combined with one another. In some examples, bioactive agents or devices activated by the energy sources are delivered to the region of interest and the energy is enhanced by such agents or the agents are enhanced by the energy sources.
US09579516B2	Systems and methods of delivering therapy using an ambulatory medical device An ambulatory medical device capable of delivering therapy to a patient is provided. The ambulatory medical device comprises at least one controller operatively connected to at least one sensor configured to detect a health disorder of the patient, at least one treatment element configured to deliver therapy to the patient, and at least one response mechanism configured to be actuated by the patient, the at least one response mechanism having one of a first state and a second state. The at least one controller being configured to delay delivery of the therapy to patient for a first predetermined period of time responsive to detection of the health disorder and the at least one response mechanism having the first state, and to deliver the therapy to the patient in response to continued detection of the health disorder, the at least one response mechanism remaining in the first state.
US09579510B2	Implantable remote control The present application discloses systems, methods, and articles of manufacture for controlling one or more functions of a device utilizing one or more tags. In one example, a method for controlling one or more functions of a medical device includes scanning a data interface of the medical device for signals induced wirelessly by one or more gestures made with one or more tags associated with a recipient of the medical device and controlling one or more functions of the medical device based on the wirelessly induced signals.
US09579506B2	Contingent cardio-protection for epilepsy patients Disclosed are methods and systems for treating epilepsy by stimulating a main trunk of a vagus nerve, or a left vagus nerve, when the patient has had no seizure or a seizure that is not characterized by cardiac changes such as an increase in heart rate, and stimulating a cardiac branch of a vagus nerve, or a right vagus nerve, when the patient has had a seizure characterized by cardiac changes such as a heart rate increase.
US09579489B2	Subintimal reentry system A subintimal recanalization catheter system for recanalizing a blood vessel. The system includes a support catheter and a balloon catheter configured to extend through the support catheter. The support catheter includes a tubular portion and an extension segment extending distal of the distal opening of the tubular portion. The balloon catheter, having a balloon secured to a distal portion thereof, is positionable through the tubular portion of the support catheter to position the balloon alongside the extension segment. The system is configured to be advanced into a subintimal space between a first tissue layer and a second tissue layer of a blood vessel wall where the balloon may be inflated against the extension segment to cause a distal portion of the catheter shaft of the balloon catheter to deflect toward the vessel lumen within the subintimal space to facilitate reentry into the vessel lumen.
US09579488B2	Tubing assembly and signal generator placement control device and method for use with catheter guidance systems A tubing assembly having a signal generator placement control device for use in conjunction with electronic catheter guidance systems. The control device facilitates control of the position the guidance systems' signal generator relative to the end of the tubing assembly. The tubing assembly includes a tubular insulator coupled to one end of the control device, and the tubing assembly includes a tubular connector attached to the other end of control device. Also, the tubing assembly includes a catheter attached to the tubular connector and an end member attached to the catheter.
US09579482B2	System and method for a wakeful sleep detection alarm The present disclosure pertains to waking a subject from a period of wakeful sleep by modulation of a flow of breathable gas being delivered to the airway of the subject, with the modulation being performed based on a monitoring of wakefulness of the subject during sleep Typical sleep cycles comprise periods of deeper sleep and/or periods or lighter (wakeful) sleep. Waking during lighter stages of sleep may result in feeling more energetic and well-rested compared to waking from deeper sleep. Sleep therapy such as, for example, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP), typically monitors sleep characteristics of a subject. These sleep characteristics comprise one or more of tidal volume, pressurized gas leakage (indicating movement), respiration rate, and/or other characteristics. During use of sleep therapy devices, sleep characteristics may be collected during therapy that can be used to determine whether the patient is in light sleep or deep sleep. The present disclosure contemplates utilizing a sleep therapy device in combination with the system described herein to collect sleep characteristics of a subject during sleep, and to wake the subject from wakeful sleep during an alarm window so the subject may feel as well rested and energetic as possible.
US09579477B2	Endotracheal tube having outer and inner cannulae A tracheal tube apparatus includes a cannula having first and second ends. An inflatable cuff is formed on the cannula between the first and second ends. A conduit extends from the cuff for introducing an inflating fluid into the cuff when it is desired to inflate the cuff and removing inflating fluid from the cuff when it is desired to deflate the cuff. A gauge for indicating the inflation pressure of the cuff is coupled in the conduit.
US09579472B2	Veress needle with illuminated guidance and suturing capability A laparoscopic instrument for forming an incision in a body cavity, insufflating the body cavity with gas, and suturing the incision at the completion of the surgery includes a set of jaws at the distal end of the Veress needle or cannula. The jaws are pivoted to one another for motion between an open position or a closed position in which they may be used to grasp a suture in the body cavity for removal from the cavity for knotting. A push mechanism at the proximal end of the instrument moves the jaws between their open and closed position on successive actuations of a pushbutton and retains them in that state until the next push. An illumination source is provided for the distal end of the instrument to provide illumination through the walls of the body cavity so that the surgeon can determine the degree of penetration of the instrument into the body cavity and can identify any major arteries which should be avoided in the formation of other laparoscopic openings.
US09579471B2	Injection set and injection assistance device The present invention relates to an injection assistance device including a body with a needle, grasping arrangement and first elastic return arrangement to dampen limited movement of the grasping arrangement, in at least one of the two directions, respectively distal or proximal, during an injection phase, and to maintain the body in its insertion position and the needle at a constant insertion length during the injection step, when the user increases, respectively releases, a distal pressure on the grasping arrangement. The invention also relates to an injection set including an injection device and the assistance device.
US09579469B2	Medical needle removal and storage device An apparatus for removing a needle from a needle holder, including a grasping unit for selectively grasping the needle; a receiving unit for receiving the needle holder, displaceably disposed relative to the grasping unit; a biasing member biasing the receiving unit in a first direction; and separating means for separating the entire needle from the needle holder. Preferably, the needle is heated to melt, soften, or otherwise weaken a material and/or adhesive connecting the needle with the needle holder. Preferably the heating is electrical heating, including completing an electrical circuit through the needle and passing current through the needle, and/or passing current through a heating element.
US09579452B2	Medication reservoir A method and apparatus for a connection interface between a reservoir or syringe, infusion set tubing, and an infusion pump is provided. A base is provided which is adapted to receive a reservoir. The base has a base engagement member, such as a detent, projecting therefrom. A cap is provided which is adapted to receive the base. The cap includes a first cap engagement member, such as a detent opening, which is adapted to removably engage the base detent. The cap further includes a second cap detent opening which is adapted to removably engage the base detent. A piercing member, such as a needle, is disposed in the interior of the cap in such a manner that the needle is separated from the reservoir septum when the base detent is in the first cap detent opening, and the needle pierces the reservoir septum when the base detent is in the second cap detent opening. When the reservoir, the base and the cap are connected to form an integrated unit, this unit is then capable of being inserted and secured in the infusion pump housing.
US09579447B2	Blood bag system and blood treatment method A blood bag system includes: a first bag in which blood containing multiple components is stored; a second bag in which a relative medium-density component is stored; a third bag in which a relative low-density component is stored; a first tube through which the relative low-density component and the relative medium-density component are transported from the first bag to the second bag; and a second tube through which the relative low-density component is transported from the first bag to the third bag. A blood treatment method involves: centrifuging blood containing multiple components in a first bag, transporting a low-density component from the first bag to a third bag through a first tube and transporting a relative medium-density component from the first bag to the second bag through the first tube.
US09579445B2	Dialysate extraction apparatus A dialysate extraction apparatus which can reliably perform cleaning and disinfecting on an inside of a collection port without extending a separate flow route from an on-off device. The dialysate extraction apparatus includes a dialysate extraction device having an inlet and an outlet which can circulate a liquid, and having a collection port which can collect the circulating liquid; and a cap which is attachable to and detachable from the collection port of the dialysate extraction device and which can turn on and off the collection port. When the cap is attached, the collection port defines a guide route which guides the liquid introduced from the inlet to a tip a side of the collection port, and a discharge route which discharges the liquid guided by the guide route to the outlet side.
US09579441B2	Filling device of a fluid system Disclosed is a filling device of a fluid conducting system of an extracorporeal blood treatment device that includes a spike for connecting to the single fluid connector of a medical fluid container and a manually operable fluid blocking mechanism arranged directly downstream of the spike that fluidly connects with the spike while the filling device is in operation. The fluid blocking mechanism has at least one fluid outlet connector that is adapted so that a line section or hose of the fluid conducting system such as the arterial line section of a blood purification device can be connected to it in a detachable manner while the filling device is in operation.
US09579431B2	Negative pressure wound therapy device A wound therapy device and a kit for same with a housing material, a gasket disposed around at least a portion of the housing material, a non-woven absorption material, and a port. The gasket is sized and configured such that at least a first portion of the gasket will be adhered to a second portion of the gasket upon a folding of the housing material. A method of using a wound therapy device.
US09579430B2	Controlled negative pressure apparatus and alarm mechanism Methods and devices for treatment of damaged tissue are disclosed, including treatment of wounds by employing non-electrically powered, reduced pressure therapy devices. The devices are capable of generating a substantially constant reduced pressure with low tolerance for pressure fluctuations. Also disclosed herein are reduced pressure therapy systems that comprise an alarm system to detect the depleted state of the suction device and provide an alert to the patient and/or practitioner.
US09579424B2	Drug delivery endovascular stent and method of use An improvement in drug-eluting stents, and method of their making, are disclosed. The surface of a metal stent is roughened to have a surface roughness of at least about 20 μin (0.5 μm) and a surface roughness range of between about 300-700 μin (7.5-17.5 μm). The roughened stent surface is covered with a polymer-free coating of a limus drug, to a coating thickness greater than the range of surface roughness of the roughened stent surface.
US09579423B2	Balloon catheter with a sirolimus coated catheter balloon for controlled release of sirolimus The present invention is directed to a catheter balloon of a balloon catheter comprising a coating consisting of or containing at least one fatty acid, oil or fat and sirolimus as well as to the use of these systems and compositions. Optionally a stent is crimped on such a coated catheter balloon. Further, methods for coating the inventive catheter balloons are described.
US09579421B2	Bone grafts and methods of making and using bone grafts Provided herein are bone grafts and methods of making and using the same, as well as products and kits that include such bone grafts. In particular, bone grafts are provided that include osteogenic stem cells in a mix of osteoinductive demineralized bone matrix and osteoconductive cortico-cancellous chips.
US09579420B2	Plasticized bone and soft tissue grafts and methods of making and using same The present invention provides a plasticized dehydrated or freeze-dried bone and/or soft tissue product that does not require special conditions of storage, for example refrigeration or freezing, exhibits materials properties that approximate those properties present in normal hydrated tissue, is not brittle, does not necessitate rehydration prior to clinical implantation and is not a potential source for disease transmission. The invention replaces water in the molecular structure of the bone or soft tissue matrix with one or more plasticizers allowing for dehydration of the tissue, yet not resulting in an increase in brittleness of the plasticized product, and resulting in compressive and/or tensile properties similar to those of normal hydrated bone. Replacement of the chemical plasticizers by water prior to implantation is not required and thus, the dehydrated bone or soft tissue plasticized product can be placed directly into an implant site without significant preparation in the operating room.
US09579413B2	Hydrogel matrix having improved adhesive properties The invention relates to a multi-layered wound dressing, particularly for the moist wound treatment, comprising a first layer as a wound contact layer, which contains an aqueous hydrogel matrix, and at least a second absorbing layer. The hydrogel matrix comprises 37 to 43% by weight of propylene glycol, a prepolymer with isophorone diisocyanate groups and a diamine on the basis of polyethylene oxide in an amount of a total of 12 to 16.5% by weight, 0 to 5% by weight of an inorganic chloride, and the remainder water, wherein the ratio of the reactive groups of isocyanate to the amine groups of the diamine should be 1.25 to 1.35.
US09579410B2	Self-powered footwear, sanitizing system The present invention relates to a self-powered, footwear sanitizing system configured to substantially neutralize biological contaminants on the soles of shoes when a wearer of the shoes steps onto the system, the system has a method to generate sanitizing radiation of 254 nm (UVC), a means for delivering sanitizing radiation from the mat to the underside of a wearer's shoes and a piezo-electric or mechano-luminescence generator to power the system.
US09579405B2	Method, compounds and preparations for the identification of sentinel lymph nodes The present invention relates to methods for the identification of a sentinel lymph node and to compounds and preparations used in said methods.
US09579404B2	Lanthanoid complex capsule and particle contrast agents, methods of making and using thereof The invention relates to compositions of DOTA derivative compounds, lanthanoid-DOTA derivative molecular complex, and lanthanoid-complex encapsulated solid lipid particles or capsules, and methods of making and using the compositions. The solid lipid particles or capsules contain micelle cores stabilized by a hyperbranched polymer shell based from a crosslinked DOTA derivative compound or crosslinked lanthanoid-DOTA derivative complex. These solid lipid particles or capsules can be used in various applications, such as contrast agents or drug delivery vehicles.
US09579386B2	Drug loaded polymeric nanoparticles and methods of making and using same The present disclosure generally relates to nanoparticles having about 0.2 to about 35 weight percent of a therapeutic agent; and about 10 to about 99 weight percent of biocompatible polymer such as a diblock poly(lactic) acid-poly(ethylene)glycol. Other aspects of the invention include methods of making such nanoparticles.
US09579369B2	Vaccine against Rhipicephalus ticks The present invention generally relates to the fields of parasitology and immunology, and especially to a vaccine against Rhipicephalus ticks. In particular the invention relates to a composition comprising a first and a second protein, in particular Bm86 and Subolesin proteins, including their homologs or immunogenic fragments; to the use of such a composition as a vaccine against Rhipicephalus ticks, and to the use of the first and the second isolated proteins for the vaccination of a target against Rhipicephalus ticks.
US09579360B2	Methods of treating or preventing periodontitis and diseases associated with periodontitis The present disclosure describes methods for preventing or treating periodontitis or diseases associated with periodontitis. The present disclosure also describes methods of screening for compounds that can be used to prevent or treat periodontitis or diseases associated with periodontitis.
US09579350B1	Human amniotic fluid preparation having long-term stability Methods of preparing sterile de-cellularized human amniotic fluid that is amenable for long-term storage without loss of biological functions have been developed. In particular, the methods involve refrigeration steps to maximize shelf-life while retaining most of the important growth factors and other molecules present in the fresh amniotic fluid for effective therapeutic application. Use of the compositions is intended for therapeutic purposes and will alleviate pain or discomfort associated with any disorders or diseases, particularly those involving eyes and joints, or fibrotic disorders such as COPD.
US09579342B2	Pharmaceutical composition for relieving pain The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for relieving pain in a joint disease, including a hyaluronic acid and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, in which the hyaluronic acid is cross-linked by cyclizing a double bond in the moiety of a cinnamic acid in a partially amidated hyaluronic acid represented by Formula (1): [Ar—CH═CH—COO—(CH2)n-NH-]m-HA, to form a cycloubutane ring, in which Ar represents an optionally substituted phenyl group, n represents an integer of 2 or 3, HA represents a carboxy residue of the hyaluronic acid, and m represents an amidation ratio of the hyaluronic acid to the total carboxyl group and is in the range of 3 to 50% relative to the total carboxyl group.The pharmaceutical composition of the present invention is an intra-articular formulation that exerts rapid analgesic effects after administration, and shows extremely long durable effects for a human joint disease with only a single administration rather than multiple administrations of a conventional way.
US09579336B2	Method for treating neurotrauma The invention relates to a composition comprising: i) one or more of uridine and cytidine, or salts, phosphates, acyl derivatives or esters thereof; ii) a lipid fraction comprising at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (22:6; DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5; EPA) and docosapentaenoic acid (22:5; DPA), or esters thereof, in which the lipid fraction comprises less than 2 weight % of □-linolenic acid (ALA), calculated on the weight of all fatty acids; iii) choline, or salts or esters thereof; for use in the prevention or treatment of neurotrauma, traumatic brain injury, cerebral palsy and spinal cord injury.
US09579323B2	Compositions comprising RANK/RANKL antagonists and related compounds for treating pain Disclosed herein are methods of treating pain using RANK/RANKL antagonists.
US09579315B2	Methods of treating obstructive lung diseases using bitter tastants Described herein are methods for enhancing airway dilation and/or relieving bronchoconstriction, e.g., to treat obstructive lung diseases such as asthma and COPD, by administering bitter tastants to subjects in need thereof. Also described herein are methods for identifying compounds that modulate function of bitter tastant receptors.
US09579310B2	Artificial skin The present invention relates to a method for producing artificial skin, comprising: adding a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor and a heparanase inhibitor to an artificial skin formation culture medium comprising human epidermal keratinocytes and human dermal fibroblasts, culturing the cells in the artificial skin formation culture medium, and forming artificial skin.
US09579303B2	Compositions containing polysaccharides The disclosure relates to compositions, preferably in the form of a powder and/or granules, which contain as principal components a first component selected from the group consisting of isoflavones, soy products containing at least one isoflavone, and mixtures thereof, together with a polysaccharide as second component. A preferred first component is genistein or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof (e.g. genistin). A preferred second component is pectin. The disclosure further relates to a process for the manufacture of such compositions, and their use in dietary supplements, pharmaceutical and personal care compositions. The disclosure is also directed to the use of a polysaccharide for improving the flowability of a component selected from the group consisting of isoflavones, soy products, preferably those containing at least one isoflavone, and mixtures thereof.
US09579302B2	Ketone bodies to protect tissues from damage by ionizing radiation Described herein is the surprising discovery that ketone bodies protect cell and tissues from ionizing radiation. Based on this finding, methods of protecting animal tissue and cells from damage caused by radiation exposure are disclosed which include, contacting the tissue with a therapeutically effective amount of an agent including at least one ketone ester, thereby protecting the tissue from radiation damage. Ketone esters can be used to minimize, reduce and/or prevent tissue damage following intentional and accidental radiation exposure, as well as increasing the therapeutic efficacy of radiation therapies by protecting non-target tissue from incidental radiation damage.
US09579292B1	Film forming hard capsule solution A film forming solution usable for the manufacture of an allergen free hard capsule containing pullulan polysaccharide, a neutrally charged hydrophilic amide derived from an amino acid, a rheology modifier, a plasticizer, a chelating agent, and Q.S. amount of water. The film forming solution creates hard capsules that are dimensionally stable with a combination of mechanical strength, resistance to cracking and resiliency. The created hard capsules have a body and a cap that easily engage while producing an oxygen barrier for product contained in the allergen free hard capsules.
US09579289B2	Controlled release dosage form The present invention provides a simple and improved dose form that is capable of providing a controlled release of GABAB receptor agonist contained in the core thereof. The invention also provides methods of administering the dosage form and of treating conditions that are therapeutically responsive to GABAB receptor agonist.
US09579284B2	Therapeutic polymeric nanoparticles with mTOR inhibitors and methods of making and using same The present disclosure generally relates to therapeutic nanoparticles. Exemplary nanoparticles disclosed herein may include about 1 to about 20 weight percent of a mTOR inhibitor; and about 70 to about 99 weight percent biocompatible polymer.
US09579269B2	Therapeutic oral composition Disclosed are therapeutic oral compositions useful in the treatment of a variety of oral disorders, in which the composition can provide blockage of dentinal tubes, while at the same time provide antibacterial and anti-caries efficacy. The compositions include arginine in free or salt form, a mucoadhesive polymer, and at least one component selected from pyrophosphates, zinc salts, potassium salts, strontium salts, and mixtures thereof.
US09579245B2	Medical products storage device including access control An apparatus and method for storing medical products such as pharmaceutical and medical products in climate controlled storage devices includes climate control systems in communication with inventory access and tracking systems.
US09579242B2	Electric mid-wheel drive wheelchair A wheelchair of the mid-wheel drive type has a chassis frame, a pair of from and rear link arms that are pivotally connected to the chassis frame. Front caster wheels and drive wheels are fixed to the front link arms. Rear caster wheels are fixed to the rear link arms. A coupling operatively connects each front link arm to an adjacent rear link arm to transmit pivotal movement of one of the front and rear link arm to an opposite pivotal movement of the other of the front and rear link arm.
US09579239B2	Disposable wearing article Disposable wearing articles having a liquid-absorbent structure which is sufficiently thin to ensure a comfortable wear feeling and adapted to eliminate the possibility that the appearance of the absorbing region after absorption of the bodily fluids might be visually recognized from the outside. A liquid-absorbent structure including absorbent materials is attached to a chassis by means of a liquid-absorbent structure bonding region formed on a skin-facing side. The liquid-absorbent structure bonding region includes opposite end bonding zones serving to fix first and second end segments of the liquid-absorbent structure and opposite lateral bonding zones serving to fix opposite lateral segments of the liquid-absorbent structure and a central non-bonding region is defined by a region surrounded by the opposite end bonding zones and the opposite lateral bonding zones.
US09579233B1	Therapuetic purse A therapeutic purse configured with a therapeutic device including a cushion, or a thermal pouch is provided. The therapeutic purse is an enclosure having an interior volume and at least one opening to the interior volume and a closure feature. In one embodiment, the interior volume of the purse comprises a therapeutic pocket configured for containing a therapeutic device. In yet another embodiment, the therapeutic purse comprises a hot or cold pouch that may comprise a substance that may be transferred into a conduit coupled to the strap.
US09579231B2	Orthopedic toe guard An Orthopedic Toe Guard is a single piece of Stainless Steel Tube, bent to protrude forward of the toes when mounted to the sides of the cast.
US09579229B2	Hand joint supporter A hand joint supporter which can reduce the load on hand joints includes a first anchor section for tightening the wearer's forearm with a tubular knitted fabric, a second anchor section for tightening the palm and back of the wearer's hand with the fabric and a hole anchor section formed as a roughly circular through-hole in the vicinity of the second anchor section. A supporting section extends lengthwise in the fabric across the part covering the caprometacarpal joint and is joined to the first anchor section and the hole anchor section so as to support the wearer's hand joints. Stretch resistance, in the circumferential direction of the fabric of the first anchor part is larger than that of a base fabric section, and stretch resistance, in the length width direction of the fabric, of the supporting section is larger than that of the base fabric section.
US09579228B2	Intestinal barrier sleeve with expandable anchor section An intestinal barrier sleeve and corresponding treatments using the sleeve are provided herein. The sleeve generally includes an expanding section coupled to a tubular section at an interface there between. The expanding section is expandable from at least a first collapsed position to at least one expanded position, where the expanding section has a conical shape that when expanded retains the sleeve in the subject gastrointestinal tract. The expanding section may further include a plurality of petal-like elements extending radially from the narrow end of the conical shape and the petal-like elements may be interconnected with a webbing to form the conical shape.
US09579226B2	Materials and methods for improved intragastric balloon devices Disclosed is a balloon of an intragastric device, comprising, in combination: a core of a first material and having an inner surface and an outer surface; and a coating of a second material on at least one of the inner surface of the core and the outer surface of the core. Disclosed is a method, comprising, in combination: creating a core of a balloon by a core in a first material; dipping at least one of an inner surface of the core and an outer surface of the core in a second material, whereby a coating is formed on at least one of the inner surface of the core and the outer surface of the core. Also disclosed are products by processed disclosed herein. The first material may be of a more dimensional consistency than the second material, have a greater elasticity than the second material, or be primarily of polydimethylsiloxane. The second material may be of higher acid resistance than the first material, be less permeable than the first material, or be primarily of polydiphenylsiloxane.
US09579219B2	Robotic apparatus, method, and applications A dexterous robotic apparatus includes an asymmetrical hand mechanism including only two finger components: a first independent finger and a second independent finger, and a respective first finger motor and a respective second finger motor disposed in the hand mechanism, wherein the hand mechanism is characterized by only two continuous degrees of freedom.
US09579216B2	Bone pads Disclosed herein are systems and methods for bone preparation with designed areas having accurate tolerance profiles to enable improved initial fixation and stability for cementless implants and to improve long-term bone ingrowth/ongrowth to an implant. A method of preparing a bone surface to receive a prosthetic implant thereon having an articular surface and a bone contacting surface includes resecting the bone surface at a first location to create a first resected region having a first tolerance profile with a first cross-section, resecting the bone surface at a second location to create a second resected region having a second tolerance profile with a second cross-section less dense than the first cross-section, and contacting the bone contacting surface of the prosthetic implant with the first resected region.
US09579215B2	Distractible intervertebral implant A distractible intervertebral implant configured to be inserted in an insertion direction into an intervertebral space that is defined between a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body is disclosed. The implant may include a first body and a second body. The first body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the first vertebral body, and an opposing inner surface that defines a rail. The second body may define an outer surface that is configured to engage the second vertebral body, and an inner surface that defines a recess configured to receive the rail of the first body. The second body moves in a vertical direction toward the second vertebral body as the second body is slid over the first body and the rail is received in the recess.
US09579200B2	Methods and devices for transcatheter cerclage annuloplasty Devices, apparatus, and methods for catheter-based repair of cardiac valves, including transcatheter-mitral-valve-cerclage annuloplasty and transcatheter-mitral-valve reapposition. In particular, a target and capture device is provided for guiding a cerclage traversal catheter system through a cerclage trajectory, particularly through a reentry site of the cerclage trajectory. The target and capture device provides the user with a target through which the cerclage traversal catheter system must be guided, particularly under imaging guidance, so as to properly traverse the cerclage trajectory at any desired location, particularly at a reentry site. The target and capture device can, further, ensnare and externalize the cerclage traversal catheter system.
US09579195B2	Mitral bileaflet valve A heart valve assembly has a leaflet support structure and a leaflet assembly. The leaflet support structure has a wire frame that supports the leaflet assembly. The leaflet assembly has first and second separate leaflets, each of which is comprised of a skirt section and a sinus leaflet section. Each skirt section has a flange portion and a body portion that has a smaller diameter than the flange portion, with the body portion having opposing side edges, and a curved opening defined by a first stitching edge at about the central portion of the body portion. Each sinus leaflet section has an outflow edge, and a curved second stitching edge, with the sinus leaflet section stitched to the skirt section along the first and second stitching edges. The opposing side edges of the body portion of the first leaflet are stitched to the corresponding side edges of the body portion of the second leaflet.
US09579182B2	Method for delivery of an embolic protection unit A method of delivering a embolic protection unit to the aorta arch of a patient. The method comprising, introducing a catheter from brachiocephalic artery or through an incision in a wall of the ascending aorta, the catheter comprising an embolic protection unit having an off-center connection point. Advancing the embolic protection unit in a downstream direction from the catheter. Expanding the embolic protection unit in the aorta arch to cover said ostia. Delivering a medical device into the ascending aorta while the embolic protection unit is hold by the catheter covering the ostia.
US09579179B2	System and method for packaging dental ingots A method and system for producing, marking, and packaging ingots for use in fabricating dental prosthetics.
US09579178B2	Oral appliance for delivering a medicament An oral appliance is provided for delivering a medicament to at least a portion of teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside a mouth, the oral appliance comprising an interior surface having a porous material disposed on at least a portion of the interior surface of the oral appliance, the porous material containing a medicament and the interior surface being formed to fit contours of at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the mouth and being capable of supporting and holding the porous material in contact with at least the portion of the teeth and/or soft tissue areas inside the mouth to deliver the medicament.
US09579171B2	Process for manufacturing a dental restoration part and a dental furnace for manufacturing the same A process for manufacturing a dental restoration part as well as a dental furnace are provided in which the dental restoration part is produced on a foundation by means of applying at least two layers, wherein initial data, in particular three-dimensional data of the foundation, are stored in a memory device, and picture data, in particular three-dimensional data concerning the outer contour of the dental restoration part to be produced and the layers of the dental restoration part to be applied, are determined and in particular stored. It is provided that the dental restoration part is positioned at least partially during its production within the picture recording area of a picture recording device (30), and that before finishing the dental restoration part (20) and upon the application of at least one layer, the latter is recorded at least with regards to the thickness of the layer and/or its color, is displayed in particular via a display device (16). Furthermore, the layer recorded is compared with the picture data (32) at least regarding the thickness of the layer. An error signal is produced if the layer applied does not correspond to the predetermined layer in accordance with the picture data (32) regarding the thickness of the layer and/or the color and/or the other parameters.
US09579168B2	Multifunctional prosthetic component and its method of use In one aspect, a multi-use prosthetic component is provided. In certain examples, the component comprises a prismatic head, external marks and internal hexagon for indexing, fitting and orientation of the assembly. In another aspect, a dental implant system is provided, where in certain examples the system includes a covering cylinder, a plastic cover, a set screw and an implant with an external hexagon, which allows for, in addition to the function as a conventional assembler, capturing the implant in the packaging, shipping and installation in the bone tissue, application of torque, impression coping, a prosthetic pillar indexed to the implant device, and 3D orientation during surgery.
US09579166B2	Root canal probe tool and method of removing a broken instrument fragment from a root canal In endodontic therapy, a probe tool is disclosed which enables the removal of a broken file or instrument fragment wedged in a root canal of a tooth. A shank portion of the probe tool is made at least in part from flexible planar sheet material such as stainless spring steel. In a preferred method of use, a dental handpiece transfers oscillations or other cyclical rapid motions through the inventive probe tool to the root canal wall at the juncture with the embedded fragment. A portion of the shank end of the probe tool may be coated with abrasive material. The rapid motions or oscillations imparted to the flexible probe abrade the area where the fragment is wedged and yet minimize collateral damage to adjacent dentinal surfaces. Other types of dental handpieces can be used to transfer vibrational, reciprocating, hammering or circulatory motion to the probe tool when necessary to enhance the effectiveness of the abrading process. Another embodiment of the probe tool comprises a hook type barb to catch the loosened instrument fragment facilitating its removal from a root canal.
US09579156B2	Surgical operation support system and surgical instrument A surgical operation support system includes: a surgical instrument provided with a usage count accumulation portion that includes a moving portion and a moving mechanism which is configured to move the moving portion; and a body which includes a driving portion that is configured to move the moving portion through the moving mechanism. The usage count accumulation portion is configured to accumulate a usage count of the surgical instrument by a movement of the moving portion.
US09579151B2	Dynamically matched microwave antenna for tissue ablation A microwave ablation probe for providing microwave energy to tissue is disclosed. The probe includes a feedline having an inner conductor, a secondary inner conductor, and insulating spacer, and an outer conductor. The inner conductor is slidably disposed within the secondary inner conductor. The feedline also includes a radiating portion having an extruded portion of the inner conductor centrally disposed therein, wherein longitudinal movement of the inner conductor relative to the feedline tunes the radiating portion.
US09579147B2	Electrosurgical forceps with translating blade driver An apparatus for operating on tissue comprises a body, a lever, an end effector, and a tissue severing assembly. The end effector has a pair of jaws configured to open and close on tissue. The end effector is also capable of delivering RF energy to the tissue. The lever is configured to drive the pair of jaws. The tissue severing assembly comprises a trigger having at least one elongate member, at least one gear, and a firing beam. The trigger may also comprise a button operable to activate the RF energy. The firing beam is operable to sever tissue captured between the jaws. The at least one elongate member, at least one gear, and firing beam are associated such that longitudinal movement of the trigger in a first direction causes longitudinal movement of the firing beam in a second direction.
US09579138B2	High pressure surgical system An instrument for performing a medical procedure includes a drive shaft, a holding clutch, a drive clutch, and an actuator. The holding clutch only allows advancement of the drive shaft, while the drive clutch transfers an advancement force from the actuator to the drive shaft. The dual clutch system allows a lever to be used as the actuator so that a user can generate large actuation forces manually (and optionally remotely) without significant physical effort. This capability can beneficially improve the usability and effectiveness of percutaneous surgical systems, such as those for vertebroplasty or kyphoplasty.
US09579133B2	Internal fixation device A medical implant according to the present invention includes a substrate having a first plurality of openings and a second plurality of openings formed therein. An outer covering substantially encompasses the substrate. The outer covering has an absence of sharp edges and extends into the first plurality of openings and around the second plurality of openings. A kit including the implant and at least one fastener is also disclosed.
US09579132B2	Flexible intramedullary nail A flexible intramedullary nail is disclosed that is manufactured from a biocompatible rigid material and having a substantially cylindrical hollow body, a leading segment with an entry hole at a distal end and at least one securing means and a trailing segment having a trailing edge and an attachment mechanism. The body has at least one flexible center section, each having at least one slot to provide flexibility. In one embodiment the at least one slot follows a sinuous, serpentine path to form a plurality of interlocking teeth that can follow a helical or a concentric path. Each of the slots has a proximal end and a distal end, with the proximal end being spaced from the trailing segment and the distal end being spaced from the leading segment. When multiple slots are incorporated, the proximal end of a slot is spaced from a distal end of a subsequent slot. The first of the at least one flexible center section and a second of the at least one flexible center section can be separated by a non-slotted section. The nail can be used with a flexible insertion shaft or a locking shaft.
US09579128B2	Translational plate and compressor instrument A bone plate that is configured to operatively attach to bone includes a first segment, a second segment, and a locking mechanism. The first segment includes a compression notch. The first and second segments are positioned along a longitudinal axis and are movable relative to one another. The locking mechanism inhibits relative axial movement of the first and second segments along the longitudinal axis away from one another. The locking mechanism includes first and second grooves disposed on the second segment. The first and second grooves and the compression slot are configured to receive an instrument to move the first segment towards the second segment along the longitudinal axis.
US09579124B2	Expandable articulating intervertebral implant with limited articulation An artificial functional spinal unit including an expandable intervertebral implant that can be inserted via a posterior surgical approach and used with one or more facet replacement devices to provide an anatomically correct range of motion is described. Lordotic and non-lordotic expandable, articulating implants and cages are described, along with embodiments of facet replacement devices and instruments for insertion. Methods of insertion are also described.
US09579122B2	Collapsible fixator system A collapsible fixator system comprising a first frame member and a second frame member and at least one strut. Each frame member comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and a plurality of apertures extending from the upper surface to the lower surface. Each of the at least one struts comprises first and second strut connectors, such that the first and the second strut connectors are operable to releasably connect the strut to the first frame member and the second frame member. When the first and second strut connectors are in a first, collapsed position, the strut is releasably positioned substantially parallel to the upper and lower surfaces of the first and second frame members. When the first and second strut connectors are in a second, erect position, the strut may be fixedly positioned such that the first and second frame members are spaced apart from one another.
US09579112B2	Patient-specific computed tomography guides A patient-specific tibial pin guide for placement on a tibia during a joint arthroplasty procedure on a patient is disclosed. The tibial pin guide includes a patient-specific inner surface having a first offset portion and a second offset portion. The first offset portion is configured to be offset from and mimic a first bone surface. The first offset portion of the patient-specific inner surface is shaped to form a gap to accommodate soft tissue overlying a proximal surface of the tibia of the patient. The second offset portion of the patient-specific inner surface is shaped to provide clearance for a patella tendon of the patient. The tibial pin guide also has a first patient-specific contact area configured for direct bone registration without intervening soft tissue and a second patient-specific contact area that is configured for direct bone registration without intervening soft tissue. The second patient-specific contact area is non-contiguous with the first patient-specific contact area.
US09579106B2	Shoulder arthroplasty instrumentation Patient specific shoulder component implant instruments are described for hemi and total, normal and reverse shoulder arthroplasty.
US09579101B2	Surgical stapling device and method A surgical device comprises a base unit having a hydraulic controller and at least one control piston, a surgical end effector including at least one actuator piston, and a flexible shaft having at least one tube containing hydraulic fluid in hydraulic communication with the base unit and the surgical end effector. The hydraulic controller includes an electric motor configured to drive the control piston to generate hydraulic force. The hydraulic force is transferable from the base unit to the actuator piston of the surgical end effector through the hydraulic fluid in the at least one tube in the flexible shaft, such that the driving of the control piston by the electric motor under the control of the hydraulic controller transfers the hydraulic force from the control piston of the base unit to the actuator piston of the end effector in proportion to the ratio of the area of the control piston and the area of the actuator piston by metering the hydraulic fluid transferred by the control piston.
US09579097B2	Method for tensioning a surgical closure One embodiment is directed to a method for tensioning a suture member that crosses a portion of a wall of a tissue structure, comprising: advancing a distal portion of the suture member across at least a portion of a wall of the tissue structure; advancing a tensioning assembly, through which the suture member is threaded, toward the wall of the tissue structure; manipulating a elongate compressive loading member to adjust the physical relationship between the tensioning assembly, suture member, and tissue structure wall by modulating the position of the tensioning member base relative to the suture member and tissue structure wall with the tensioning mode switching member in the first mode; and controllably switching the tensioning mode switching member to the second mode.
US09579089B2	Manipulation device for a medical instrument A manipulation device for mechanical connection with connection with the proximal end of a shaft, for forming a medical instrument, includes a plurality of retaining devices, wherein each one of the plurality of retaining devices is designed to releasably retain the proximal end of a shaft or the proximal end of a transmission device for transmitting at least either a force or a torque in the shaft, a manually activatable actuation device, and a coupling device for mechanically coupling the actuation device to the plurality of retaining devices, in such a way that a manual activation of the actuation device causes a release of the plurality of retaining devices.
US09579085B2	Image generating apparatus, image generating method, and program An image generating apparatus of the present invention has a determination unit that sets a target area in a part of an area inside a subject, executes processing to adjust a phase of each detection signal based on a distance from each detection element to a target area and a tentative velocity, and calculate dispersion of intensities of a plurality of detection signals of which phases are adjusted, for a plurality of tentative velocities, and determines a velocity for which dispersion of intensities is minimum, out of the plurality of tentative velocities, as a propagation velocity.
US09579082B2	Ultrasonic probe and ultrasonic image diagnostic device An ultrasonic transducer includes a support body, a first piezoelectric layer, a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a second piezoelectric layer. The support body has an opening section and a displacement section covering the opening section on one side of the support body. The first piezoelectric layer is disposed inside of the displacement section when viewed in a plan view along a thickness direction of the support body. The first conductive layer and the second conductive layer contact with the first piezoelectric layer. The second piezoelectric layer is disposed over the first conductive layer, apart from the first piezoelectric layer when viewed in the plan view. The second conductive layer is disposed over the second piezoelectric layer and intersects the first conductive layer when viewed in the plan view.
US09579080B2	Internal transducer assembly with slip ring A device for internal ultrasound imaging including a micro-motor rotates a drive shaft and ultrasound transducer. Conductors attach between the transducer and slip ring assemblies. The slip ring assemblies conductively couple the transducer conductors to a set of conductors extending toward a console.
US09579074B2	Intra-oral X-ray imaging device for detecting X-rays from outside the oral cavity Provided is an intraoral X-ray imaging apparatus for detecting X-ray outside an oral cavity, including: a frame; an X-ray irradiator which is installed to be supported by the frame and of which the one end portion is inserted into the oral cavity and which irradiates X-ray through an X-ray irradiation hole formed on the one end portion inserted into the oral cavity; and an X-ray detector which is arranged to be separated from the X-ray irradiator in the frame so as to detect the X-ray irradiated from the X-ray irradiator outside the oral cavity and which is movably installed so as to adjust a distance to the X-ray irradiator.
US09579070B2	Optimal respiratory gating in medical imaging Methods and computer-readable mediums are provided for obtaining an optimally gated medical image. For example, in one embodiment, a method is provided that acquires medical images in list mode. The method also acquires a respiration correlated signal S(t). Thereafter, a final upper strain threshold value and a final lower strain threshold value pair that has a narrowest interval are selected. The medical images are synchronized with the respiration correlated signal S(t). The synchronized images and signal are used to create an optimally gated medical image. In various embodiments, the disclosed optimal gating can be utilized in PET systems and in other embodiments the disclosed optimal gating can be utilized in SPECT systems. In yet other embodiments, the optimally gated images can be matched to MRI systems and in still other embodiments, the optimally gated images can be matched to CT systems.
US09579059B2	Inter-ureter signaling device An inter-ureter signaling device intended to provide a surgeon with a signal to identify when a ureter is grasped by a surgical clamping device, such as a pair of forceps, the device being comprised of a catheter, a signal generator, and wiring, such that when the catheter component of the device, having been inserted into a ureter, is compressed by the surgical clamping device an electrical circuit is closed and the signal generator generates a human perceptible signal, indicating that the clamp has been placed on the ureter.
US09579050B2	Physiological trend monitor A physiological trend monitor has a sensor signal responsive to multiple wavelengths of light transmitted into a tissue site. The transmitted light is detected after attenuation by pulsatile blood flow within the tissue site. A processor has an input responsive to the sensor signal and a physiological parameter output. Features are extracted from the physiological parameter output. Criteria are applied to the features. An alarm output is generated when the criteria are satisfied.
US09579038B2	Electrode for a scanning electrical impedance tomography device and a scanning electrical impedance tomography device An electrode assembly for an EIT scanning device (11) including an electrode (15), a current supply unit (17), a voltage buffer unit (19), a switch logic unit (21), and lines for connecting the different elements, whereby the switch logic unit (21) comprises at least one element of a first shift register (27) and at least one element of a second shift register (29). A belt-like device comprising a plurality of said electrode assemblies. A method of measuring an EIT-image using such electrode assemblies preferably arranged in such a belt-like device.
US09579034B2	Enhanced activation onset time optimization by similarity based pattern matching An anatomical mapping system and method includes mapping electrodes configured to detect activation signals of cardiac activity. A processing system is configured to record the detected activation signals and generate a vector field for each sensed activation signal during each instance of the physiological activity. The processing system determines an onset time and alternative onset time candidates, identifies an initial vector field template based on a degree of similarity between the initial vector field and a vector field template from a bank of templates, then determines an optimized onset time for each activation signal based on a degree similarity between the onset time candidates and initial vector field template.
US09579033B2	Paper tray structures and electrocardiograph machines This disclosure relates generally to medical devices, particularly to drawer-type paper tray structures for loading paper into electrocardiograph machines. A paper tray structure provided comprises a paper tray and a door component. The door component comprises a door located in front of the paper tray. The door component is connected to the paper tray movably and is configured to move repeatedly between a first position and a second position relative to the paper tray; the paper tray comprises a first restriction surface and a second restriction surface corresponding to the first and second positions respectively.
US09579032B2	Method for ECG lead placement changes to be accurately accounted for A method and system for electrocardiographic monitoring includes receiving cardiac signals recorded from electrodes attached to a patient according to a known electrode configuration and determining the known electrode configuration. The cardiac signal is then automatically analyzed based on the alternative electrode configuration. In one embodiment, the method includes acquiring a cardiac signal through electrodes connected to the patient according to a known electrode configuration and analyzing the cardiac signal to detect whether the known electrode configuration deviates from a standard 12 lead ECG configuration. If a deviation is detected, then an estimated electrode configuration is determined for the electrodes connected to the patient and the estimated electrode configuration is presented to a user. Confirmation information is received from the user regarding whether the estimated electrode configuration is the known electrode configuration, and the physiological data is automatically analyzed based on the confirmation information.
US09579021B2	Wearable electronic device A wearable electronic device includes a signal capturing assembly and a holder. The holder includes a case defining a receiving slot configured for receiving the signal capturing assembly, a first connecting electrode, and a second connecting electrode. The first and second connecting electrodes protrude from a bottom surface of the case and are electronically connected to the signal capturing assembly. The first and second connecting electrodes detect vital signs of a user and transmit the detected vital signs to the signal capturing assembly.
US09579018B2	Ocular fundus camera system and methodology An ocular fundus camera system and an associated methodology. The system includes (a) an image sensor disposed along a fundus-image reflection path adjacent that path's downstream end, and in optical communication with light carried in this path, (b) an aperture centered on the reflection path's long axis, operatively associated with, and stationary with respect to, the sensor at a location which is upstream from the sensor, and (c), for accomplishing (1) precision fundus-image focusing on the sensor, and additionally (2) autorefraction, optical, light-content shifting structure, operable selectively for producing, within that portion of the reflection path which is disposed downstream from the shifting structure, relative trans-axial displacement solely of any non-collimated light carried in that portion of the main path which is disposed upstream from the shifting structure.
US09579007B2	Dusting device A dusting device to be rotatably connected to the bottom of a cleaning machine or vacuum cleaner includes a rotary disc and a dusting element. The rotary disc includes a base and a connecting portion below the base. The connecting portion extends outward from the periphery of the base and has a bottom surface forming a pressing plate. The dusting element is detachably assembled to the connecting portion of the rotary disc in order to be pressed by the pressing plate. The dusting element includes at least one cleaning layer for contact with a surface to be cleaned so as to carry out dusting and cleaning.
US09579006B1	Computer chassis penetration vacuum head Method and apparatus for cleaning an interior volume of an electrical component are provided. The apparatus includes a housing with vacuum pins extending from apertures in the housing. The vacuum pins are arranged and sized to fit through ventilation holes in a chassis of the electrical component. The vacuum pins are individually retractable so that a vacuum pin that encounters a structure in the interior volume of the electrical component does not impede remaining vacuum pins from further entering the volume. A vacuum source is attachable to the housing and applies a vacuum to the interior volume through the vacuum pins.
US09579001B2	Mobile split-seat assembly A mobile split-seat assembly having a support frame including a base, a first vertical support extending upwardly from the base and a second vertical support extending upwardly from the base. A first pivoting arm assembly includes a first seat portion and is supported by the first vertical support so that the first seat portion is pivotable in a horizontal plane relative to the support frame. A second pivoting arm assembly includes a second seat portion and is supported by the second vertical support so that the second seat portion is pivotable in a horizontal plane relative to the support frame.
US09578996B2	Pumps with angled outlets, refill units and dispensers having angled outlets Exemplary pumps, refill units and dispensers having angled outlets are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill unit for dispensing fluid on a hand includes a container and a pump. The pump includes an angled outlet passage. Fluid flowing out of the angled outlet passage is directed toward the palm of a hand when fluid is dispensed.
US09578994B2	Adjustable height shower apparatus with multiple shower sprayers A shower apparatus includes a ceiling mounting assembly and a plurality of tensioning lines; and a framework and arrangement of sprayers suspended thereby. The ceiling mounting assembly includes a spool in engagement with the tension lines such that winding of the spool in a first rotational direction results retraction of the tensioning lines into the ceiling mounting assembly and raising of the suspended assembly, and unwinding of the spool in a second, opposite rotational direction results in extension of the tensioning lines out of the ceiling mounting assembly and lowering of the suspended assembly. The ceiling mounting assembly further includes a spring that biases rotation of the spool; and the ceiling mounting assembly defines an opening through which access to the exposed end of the spool is provided for winding and unwinding of the spool by a person standing under the ceiling mounting assembly.
US09578990B2	Device for cracking an egg A device for cracking eggs is provided. The device has a generally flat blade portion secured to an arched base portion. The generally flat blade portion is used to cut or crack the egg. The generally flat blade portion is perpendicularly secured to the arched base portion wherein the arched base portion mirrors the arc of the exterior surface of an average egg. A user uses the generally flat blade portion to strike the egg. The arched base portion stops the generally flat blade portion from penetrating the egg past a predetermined point. In some embodiments, a padded attachment or a spring loaded contact surface may be secured to the arched base portion and may prevent the device from over-cutting or cracking the egg. In alternative embodiments, the back of the arched base portion has a loop for securing a finger. Finally, a handle may be secured to the arched base portion to easily grasp the device.
US09578986B2	Automatic coffee maker for preparation of espresso coffee Super-automatic coffee maker for the preparation of espresso coffee continuously and with the possibility of selecting the quantity and type of espresso coffee desired, thus obtaining an espresso coffee of high quality and flavor. Machine comprising a vertical piston (2) adapted to press the coffee, ground in a grinder, into collection and brewing means (3), applicable in a removable way in the lower part of the coffee maker, in an underlying position and coinciding with said piston (2), to determine the espresso coffee which is then supplied through said means. At the end of each brewing, said collection and brewing means (3) are removed and the used pod contained in them is then ejected, and they are cleaned manually, with subsequent application of said means in the lower part of the machine, to perform a subsequent operating cycle.
US09578982B2	Disposable finger tongs for handling a food product A disposal food handling finger tongs have finger pockets for grasping food. The pockets are connected by at least one connecting tab. At least one functional finger/thumb accommodation area is presented and at least one finger/thumb stability is optionally provided. The disposable tongs provide a triple protection to the user by providing soft irregular peripheral edges help prevent paper cuts. Also the central connecting tab between the two jaw pockets can be torn to separate the tongs into two tongs, so that the two food contact sides of the respective pockets can be folded against each other. Third, if both the front and back of pockets are messy, the clean central tab can be torn, and folded over the back and/or front of the messy pockets, thereby keeping the hands, fingers and/or thumb of the user clean during disposal.
US09578979B1	Mounting system for collectables and mounting system packaging A collectable mounting device is configurable to a wall-mounted configuration, and a horizontal support surface (or shelf) mounted configuration. In the wall-mounted configuration, support members are secured together via a fastener through the adjustment slots such that support channels extend in the same direction to support the collectable on a wall. In the shelf-mounted configuration, the support members are fastened together such that the support channels extend in opposite directions, and a tensioning member is inserted between the support members in opposed tensioning member receiving slots to flex the support members away from each other. A packaging method includes stacking the support members and tensioning member to align holes therein; wrapping a label around the stacked support members and tensioning member to align holes in the label and holes in the support members and tensioning member; and inserting a fastener through the aligned holes.
US09578973B1	Child seat for a swimming pool A child seat apparatus for use in a swimming pool includes a floatable seat assembly configured to support a child occupant upon a water surface, and a pedestal assembly removably connected to the seat assembly to support the seat assembly on a bottom of the swimming pool.
US09578970B2	Pivoting articulation joint and piece of furniture provided with such A lockable pivoting articulation joint includes a first joint section, a second joint section, a pivot bearing allowing the first and second joint sections to be rotatable in relation to each other about a main axis, and a locking mechanism on the first joint section switchable between a release condition and a locking condition. The second joint section is lockable in relation to the first joint section in at least one relative rotational position.On the second joint section a retaining surface is provided. The locking mechanism has a clamping lever attached to the first joint section to be pivotable about a clamping lever axis between a locking position and a release position. The clamping lever has a clamping surface for locking abutment on the retaining surface and the clamping surface is inclined in relation to a tangential plane.
US09578957B2	Toothbrush including a device for indicating brushing force A toothbrush that includes a piezochromic polymer or a proximity dye based polymer effective to emit an optical signal indicative of brushing force.
US09578955B2	Foldable brush for cosmetic container A foldable brush for a cosmetic container includes a first brush body having a receiving hole, and a second brush body inserted into the receiving hole of the first brush body, wherein the first brush body includes a first brush including a lot of hair as a cosmetic brush; a first brush support for fixing the first brush and maintaining a fixing state of the first brush such that the first brush does not come off the first brush support; a guide body having a semi-cylindrical shape and a receiving hole, and connected to the first brush support; guide holes formed in both side surfaces of the guide body and having an L-shape; and a temporary fixing stopper formed in a lower end portion of the guide body and having a protrusion shape, and wherein the second brush body includes a second brush including a lot of hair as a cosmetic brush; a second brush support for fixing the second brush and maintaining a fixing state of the second brush such that the second brush does not come off the second brush support; a supporting body having a cylindrical shape, one side connected to the second brush support and an opposite side having a hemispherical shape; sliding hinge pins formed in both side surfaces of the supporting body and coupled to the guide holes of the first brush body such that a rotation of the supporting body is supported; and temporary fixing grooves formed in upper and lower portions of the supporting body, respectively and coupled to a temporary fixing stopper of the first brush body to allow the second brush to be maintained in a folded or unfolded state.
US09578953B2	Backpack with multiple connected airbags A backpack with multiple connected airbags includes a backpack body, a first airbag unit, and at least an air inlet. The backpack body has a set of straps. The first airbag unit includes a plurality of first airbags and is connected to the rear side of the backpack body. A groove and an air channel are formed between each two adjacent first airbags. The air channels allow the air in the first airbags to flow between the first airbags. The first airbags are so arranged that each first airbag in the peripheral region of the first airbag unit occupies a larger area on the rear side of the backpack body than any first airbag in the central region. The air inlet is in communication with at least one first airbag. The backpack can lie compliantly against the user's back to provide enhanced comfort and stability while protecting the user's spine.
US09578948B2	Printable nail strips The invention relates generally to nail strips that may be adhered to human finger and toe nails. The strips are provided in the form of a sheet having a plurality of cutout strips in the general shape of a nail which may be peeled from the sheet. The nail strips may be decorated by printing user-created or selected designs using a home printer. The size and/or shape of the nail strips may be adjusted by selecting and detaching an appropriate perforated edge from the sheet backing.
US09578943B2	Hair straightening brush A brush is provided herein, the brush having heating elements dispersed on and protruding from its face and spacers arranged to maintain a specified distance between protruding ends of the heating elements and a scalp of a head that is being brushed. The spacers are dispersed on the brush's face at a specified density that assures maintaining the specified distance with respect to a resilience of the spacers.
US09578939B2	Rolling luggage apparatus having an integral cup holder A luggage apparatus includes a front shell and a rear shell which are connected by a zipper closure and a hinge. A cup bolder includes a body portion which projects into the interior of the front shell. The cup holder includes a rim which rests on the outer surface of the front shell. The rear shell includes a telescoping handle and lower surfaces of the front and rear shells each have caster-type wheels. The front shell includes a fabric liner which prevents damage to items stored in the apparatus in the event that there is an accidental spill from the cup holder.
US09578935B2	Antiseptic bracelet A wearable bracelet containing an antiseptic solution that can be selectively dispensed by a user as desired to assist in disinfecting the user's hands or other surface. The antiseptic bracelet is to be worn on and around user's wrist near the base of the user's palm and comprises a bracelet band that is connected to opposing sides of a dispensing pod, forming a loop which can be placed around a user's wrist. The dispensing pod includes a hollow interior forming an internal reservoir and a dispensing tip positioned in an outlet channel. The internal reservoir enables the dispensing pod to hold an antiseptic solution and dispensing tip enables a user to selectively dispense a portion of the solution in the dispensing pod.
US09578927B2	Shoe wear-out sensor, body-bar sensing system, unitless activity assessment and associated methods A system assesses activity and displays a unitless activity value. A detector senses activity of a user. A processor reads sensed activity data from the detector. A display displays the unitless activity value. An enclosure houses the detector and the processor. The processor periodically reads the sensed activity data from the detector and processes the data to generate an activity number, the number being used to generate the unitless activity value based upon a maximum number and a display range.
US09578918B2	Brim for attaching to headgear A portable brim can be securely attached to and operate with various helmets such as bicycle, skateboarding, snow sport, mountain/rock climbing, equestrian, and paddlesport helmets as well as hard hats used in construction, utility maintenance, material moving, dock loading, and airport baggage handling, to give the wearer shade and protection from the sun. The brim apparatus includes a center section having a size for fitting about a circumference of the sports helmet and a visor outwardly or radially extending from the center section. In one brim apparatus the center section features a stop surface that opposes an upper surface of the visor when the apparatus is affixed to the headgear such that the visor is prohibited from flipping upwards or sliding down or coming off during use.
US09578916B2	Appliance mounting device and system for head gear An appliance mounting device 10 that is adapted for securement to head gear 12. The device 10 has an elongated guide 14 that is adapted for removable attachment to the head gear 12 such that a lengthwise dimension of the elongated guide 14 is at least generally coincident with a sagittal plane 16. An appliance holder 20 supports an appliance 18 and can engage the elongated guide 14 to allow for adjustment of the position of the appliance 18 along the elongated guide 14.
US09578906B2	Method of producing elastic glove In producing an elastic glove made of rubber or resin and having an interior surface flocked with piles through a step for depositing the piles on a film of a latex composition formed on a surface of a mold conformal to a three-dimensional shape of the elastic glove, a water repellent/hydrophilic pile mixture containing water repellent piles in a proportion of 10 to 80 mass % is used as the piles to uniformize a pile embedded state in a rubber or resin film defining the interior surface over the substantially entire surface of the elastic glove.
US09578899B2	Electronic cigar An electronic cigar is provided. The electronic cigar includes an inhalation portion and a body portion connected with the inhalation portion; a junction is formed by the connection between the inhalation portion and the body portion; the electronic cigar has an outer layer covering the junction and the junction edge adjacent areas. The electronic cigar looks beautiful, and the inhalation part and the body portion are securely connected.
US09578896B2	Apparatus for scarifying fruit using opposed knives A method and apparatus for scarifying fruit by advancing at least one pair of opposed knives contemporaneously into an article of fruit (typically a frozen cranberry or other article of frozen fruit) through at least two locations on the surface of the fruit, such that none of the knives advances so far into the fruit that its tip protrudes out from the fruit. In embodiments which scarify frozen cranberries, each of the knives typically penetrates not more than about 7 mm, or in some cases not more than about 1 mm or 2 mm into the fruit. In some embodiments, each knife has a concave distal surface (for fitting against a convex article of fruit) with a pin protruding distally (e.g., by an amount in the range from about 1 mm to about 7 mm) from the distal surface.
US09578895B2	Rebaudioside A and stevioside compositions The invention describes stevia compositions that are devoid of or have minimal concentrations of rebaudioside C and/or dulcoside A to decrease the aftertaste associated with stevia compositions.
US09578888B2	Low density frostings and methods The invention relates to low density ready-to-spread frosting compositions and related methods.
US09578881B2	Compositions for inhibition of insect sensing In one aspect, the invention relates to chemical modulators of insect olfactory receptors. In particular, compounds and compositions are provided that can inhibit sensory (e.g., host targeting) functions in airborne insects such as mosquitos. Method of employing such agents, and articles incorporating the same, are also provided. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09578880B2	Acetyl co-enzyme A carboxylase herbicide resistant plants The present invention provides for compositions and methods for producing crop plants that are resistant to herbicides. In particular, the present invention provides for wheat plants, plant tissues and plant seeds that contain altered acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase) genes and proteins that are resistant to inhibition by herbicides that normally inhibit the activity of the ACCase protein.
US09578877B2	Cocoalkylpolyamine alkoxylates as agents for high strength herbicide compositions Embodiments of the present invention disclose an agricultural composition having an agrochemical active ingredient and at least one cocoalkylpolyamine alkoxylate agent.
US09578876B2	Highly wettable, water dispersible, granules including two pesticides The present disclosure relates to water dispersible granular pesticide compositions, and methods of making and using the compositions. The pesticide compositions include an inner layer including a first pesticide coated on to a substrate, and an outer layer comprising a second pesticide coated on the inner layer. The outer layer increases the water dispersibility of the granular composition, and protects the first pesticide against hydrolysis and photolysis.
US09578875B2	Fungicidal composition A composition comprising cyazofamid and an organic base, a process for the preparation of such compositions, methods of use thereof and a multi-pack container comprising the composition.
US09578860B2	Fly reel with ratcheting drag system A drag system for use on a fishing reel includes a shaft and a drag unit rotatably located on the shaft and including at least one pawl that extends beyond an outer diameter of a cover of the drag unit. The drag system also includes a housing with an internal gear wherein the housing is connected to the shaft and covers the drag unit such that the at least one pawl interacts with the internal gear to restrict rotation of the housing about the shaft in one direction.
US09578859B2	Transgenic mice expressing human pyrin domain only protein 2 A transgenic mouse expressing the human gene for PYRIN domain-only protein 2 (POP2). POP2, when expressed in the transgenic mouse model, broadly dampens inflammatory cytokine production, in part through restricting the activation of both Nlrp3 and Aim2 inflammasomes. POP2 mice exhibit reduced susceptibility to LPS- and bacteria-induced septic shock. Further, POP2 mice are less susceptible to the fatal, acute inflammatory pneumonia caused by pulmonary infection with F. tularensis LVS and F. novicida, which are highly pathogenic to mice, but non-pathogenic to humans.
US09578858B2	Hybrid LED lighting method and system for chicken coops The present disclosure discloses a hybrid LED lighting method and system for chicken coops. For example, a closed or semi-open chicken coop is provided with the hybrid LED lightings including white LED beads and yellow LED beads in a mixing ratio of about 1:5 to about 5:1 in a regularly alternating manner. The average light intensity on the chicken cages' underside exposed to the light of the hybrid LED lighting is about 5 to about 30 Lux. The closed chicken coop is lit by a hybrid LED lighting every day during fattening period; the semi-open chicken coop is exposed to natural light in the daytime and lit by the hybrid LED lighting at night during fattening period. Implementation of the present disclosure improves growth of chickens, increases uniformity of chickens, and improves health and resistance to epidemic diseases.
US09578857B2	Harness for pets A harness for pets that allows them to move freely, without causing them damage or possible wounds, thanks to a piece of laminar textile material composed of a central part with front vertexes and rear vertexes which project themselves to define both ears with complementary connection clasps, and both parts of the belt with complementary fasteners, and the central part shows an opening on one of the sides of the center of the part, while on the other side there is a girdle with fasteners for a leash.
US09578846B1	Soybean cultivar NE1318382 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety NE1318382 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety NE1318382 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using NE1318382 in a breeding program.
US09578844B1	Soybean cultivar AR1310304 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety AR1310304 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR1310304 and its seed, cells, germplasm, plant parts, and progeny, and methods of using AR1310304 in a breeding program.
US09578836B2	Soybean cultivar BY1313465 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety BY1313465 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety BY1313465 and its progeny, and methods of making BY1313465.
US09578830B2	Soybean cultivar S110170 A soybean cultivar designated S110170 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S110170, to the plants of soybean cultivar S110170, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S110170, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S110170. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110170. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S110170, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S110170 with another soybean cultivar.
US09578829B2	Bean variety SV6894GB The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SV6894GB. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SV6894GB, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SV6894GB with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SV6894GB, including the pods and gametes of such plants.
US09578823B2	Squash hybrid SV9043YG The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV9043YG and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV9043YG and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09578821B2	Onion variety NUN 2002 ON The invention relates to the field of Allium in particular to a new variety of onion designated NUN 2002 ON as well as plants, seeds and bulbs thereof.
US09578813B2	Rapid deployment plant protector A rapid deployment plant protector having a polygonal umbrella cover having closed sleeves on a first side, open sleeves on an opposing side, and connection structure for joining an edge of a first of said polygonal umbrella cover with an edge of an adjoining polygonal umbrella cover; an umbrella hub; a plurality of cover stays corresponding in number to the number of said sleeves; and a vertical support on which said umbrella hub is disposed.
US09578801B2	Seeder with metering system having selectively powered metering sections A metering system for a seeding machine is provided. The metering system includes selectively powered metering sections operable to individually allow or restrict seed dispensation. A damper arrangement is also provided so that pneumatic conveying of the particulate within the machine is consistently maintained when particulate flow is varied between the metering sections.
US09578800B2	Air seeder tank and distribution apparatus An air seeder distribution apparatus has seed and fertilizer tanks, and a like plurality of metering devices mounted on each product tank. A manifold set comprises a like plurality of product manifolds and each manifold is separately fed from one metering device on each of the seed and fertilizer tanks. A control selectively starts and stops rotation of the feed roller of each metering device to feed product from either tank, or both tanks to the connected manifold. The weight of each tank can be displayed on a weight indicator. Balancing of the pressure in each supply conduit can be provided. A remote opener exerts downward force on the tank lid to maintain interior pressure.
US09578799B2	Seed meter unloading systems, methods, and apparatus Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for controlling an agricultural implement having a plurality of row units. In some embodiments, seeds are planted by rotating a seed disc in a first direction; seeds are then unloaded from a seed disc into a seed pool by rotating the seed disc in a second direction. In some such embodiments an amount of rotation in the second rotation is selected to ensure that seeds are released into the seed pool and not released from the from the seed meter.
US09585293B2	Power conversion apparatus An inverter includes: a housing base which includes a front area and a rear area opposite to the front area; a main body which is arranged in the front area of the housing base and houses a plurality of electronic components forming a power conversion circuit; a first duct which is arranged in the rear area of the housing base and includes a first end connected to an intake port of cooling air; a first heat sink which is arranged in the rear area of the housing base and includes a first fin and a first heat sink base extending perpendicular to an extension direction of the first duct; and a reactor which is arranged in the heat sink base in the rear area of the housing base, and generates heat at the time of energization.
US09585291B2	Water condensate capture from datacenter power generation Water condensate is captured from the exhaust of a generator utilized to provide power to a data center, and the captured water is then utilized for data center purposes such as adiabatic cooling. The exhaust of electrical power generators is passed through a condenser to obtain water condensate from such exhaust. The water condensate is stored in water storage units and is utilized to provide supplemental cooling to the data center. Sporadic usage of water can enable the water storage to be refilled between uses, since water condensate can be obtained from exhaust almost continuously. The level of water is monitored and the level of processing performed by the data center is adjusted to avoid emptying such water storage units. Historical climatological data is utilized to estimate the water required. Additionally, short and long-range weather forecasts can be optionally taken into account.
US09585289B2	Building level dehumidification and cooling A system for cooling heat producing components in a building includes a duct coupled to a room of the building and one or more air moving devices. The duct includes a constricted section. The air moving devices move air through the constricted section of the duct such that water in the air is converted from water vapor to water droplets. The water droplets are carried downstream from the constricted section in a two-phase mixture comprising air and water.
US09585288B2	Baffle plate assembly A baffle plate assembly for installation in a rack structure is disclosed. In one aspect, the baffle plate assembly is configured to direct cooling air from a front side of the rack structure to cooling air inlet(s) of equipment located directly above the baffle plate assembly, and to block heated air from below or behind the baffle plate assembly from entering the equipment cooling air inlet(s). In one aspect, the baffle plate assembly includes a baffle plate defining a first surface plane, a pair of side plates, and a pair of mounting brackets. The side plates are configured to extend along the baffle plate while the mounting brackets may be attached to the side plates. In one aspect, the baffle plate first surface plane forms an oblique angle with respect to a plane defined by a first plate member of the mounting brackets.
US09585287B2	Electronic component, electronic apparatus, and method for manufacturing the electronic component An electronic component includes an electronic device and a container containing the electronic device. The container includes a base having a first region to which the electronic device is secured and a second region around the first region, a cover facing the electronic device across a space, and a frame secured to the second region to surround the space. The frame includes a first member and a second member having a thermal conductivity lower than those of the first member and the base. The first member has first and second portions on inner and outer edge sides of the frame, respectively, on both sides of an outer edge of the base. The second member is located between the cover and the first member. A shortest distance between the first member and the base is smaller than that between the first member and the cover.
US09585284B2	Fabrication of positive pressure-applying latch mechanism Fabrication of a latch mechanism is provided for latching a field-replaceable unit within an enclosure. The latch mechanism includes a pivotable latch coupled to the field-replaceable unit via a pivot, at a first side of the unit, and a spring member associated with the enclosure. The spring member is engaged by the latch and deflects with rotating of the latch from an open position to a latched position. The pivotable latch includes the first end and a second end, with the pivot being disposed closer to the first end than the second. The deflecting spring member facilitates provision of positive pressure on the unit directed towards a second side of the unit opposite to the first side to facilitate, for example, fixedly coupling a first connector at the second side to a second connector associated with the enclosure when the unit is latched within the enclosure.
US09585279B2	Semiconductor device An electrode (3) is joined to a wiring substrate (2). A nut box (7) is inserted in the bent portion (5) of the electrode (3) so that the nut (6) is positioned in alignment with the opening (4) of the electrode (3). A case (8) covers the wiring substrate (2). The nut box (7) and the case (8) are members separate from each other. The nut box (7) is fixed in the electrode (3) so as not to come off from the bent portion 5).
US09585268B2	Housing component A housing component, for example a housing which accommodates electronics, such as a transmission control has a plurality of feedthroughs and a flatness zone. The housing component has a recess area in the region of the flatness zone. The housing component is reinforced through the recess and the flatness zone, which is disposed in the region of the recess, has a deviation from flatness of ≦0.1 millimeter (mm), for example in the range of 0.005 mm to 0.02 mm per 10 mm length.
US09585265B2	Support assembly for vehicle mounted display A display panel assembly includes a display panel including an array of LED (Light Emitting Diode) pixels, and includes a support assembly configured to hold the display panel near the rear window of the vehicle. In one embodiment, the support assembly for holding the display panel in the vehicle includes a first strap and a first hinge. The first hinge includes: a first flap having a first hole; a pivot; and a second flap having a second hole and a third hole. The first strap includes a fourth hole and a fifth hole located at a hinge end of the strap, and a sixth hole located at a cross beam end of the strap.
US09585261B2	Manufacturing method of multilayer printed wiring board A manufacturing method of a multilayer printed wiring board in which a copper foil with carrier foil consists of at least four layers, a carrier foil/a release layer/a heat-resistant metal layer/a copper foil layer is used; a supporting substrate is manufactured by laminating an insulating layer constituting material on the surface of the copper foil layer constituting the copper foil with carrier foil; a supporting substrate with build-up wiring layer is manufactured by forming a build-up wiring layer on the surface of the carrier foil constituting the copper foil with carrier foil in the supporting substrate; the resulted supporting substrate with build-up wiring layer is separated at the release layer to manufacture a multilayered laminate; the resulted multilayered laminate is processed a necessary procedures to manufacture a multilayer printed wiring board.
US09585259B1	Apparatus and methods for placement of discrete components on internal printed circuit board layers A printed circuit board (PCB) defines a first outer surface and a second outer surface that is opposite the first outer surface. The first outer surface of the PCB defines a recess. The PCB includes a signal layer between the first outer surface and the second surface with a first portion exposed within the recess and a second portion exposed within the recess. A component is disposed within the recess and connected to the first portion and the second portion of the signal layer such that an entirety of the component is within the recess and below the first surface.
US09585247B2	Anisotropic conductive film and method of producing the same An anisotropic conductive film includes a first connection layer and a second connection layer formed on one side of the first connection layer. The first connection layer is obtained by photo-radical polymerization of a photo-radical polymerizable resin layer containing an acrylate compound and a photo-radical polymerization initiator. The second connection layer includes a thermal- or photo-, cationic or anionic polymerizable resin layer containing an epoxy compound and a thermal- or photo-, cationic or anionic polymerization initiator, or a thermal- or photo-radical polymerizable resin layer containing an acrylate compound and a thermal- or photo-radical polymerization initiator. Conductive particles for anisotropic conductive connection are arranged in a single layer on a second connection layer-side surface of the first connection layer.
US09585246B2	Electronic device A semiconductor device includes: a wiring board including a first electrode pad on a surface thereof; a circuit board disposed to stand on the wiring board, and including an interconnection connected to the first electrode pad; and a semiconductor package disposed to face the wiring board with the circuit board interposed therebetween, and including a second electrode pad on a surface thereof, the second electrode pad being connected to the interconnection.
US09585245B2	Stretchable electronic patch having a foldable circuit layer An electronic patch includes a foldable circuit layer that includes a foldable network that includes comprising: a plurality of electronic modules comprising a plurality of electronic components, and flexible straps that connect the plurality of electronic modules, wherein the flexible straps comprise conductive circuit that are conductively connected with the plurality of electronic components in the plurality of electronic modules. Neighboring electronic modules can undulate in opposite directions normal to the foldable circuit layer. The electronic patch also includes an elastic layer that encloses the foldable circuit layer.
US09585243B1	Circuit boards and methods of identification and manufacturing thereof Methods of manufacturing circuit boards and circuit boards formed thereby to have a surface that is configured to receive circuitry and a notch of a selectable configuration in a lateral edge along the surface of the circuit board boards, and where the selectable configuration is configured to convey identifying information relating to the circuit boards. Such a circuit board can be produced from a panel containing one or more circuit boards, wherein at least one circuit board has a border adjoined and defined by a partition feature that is configured to enable the circuit board to be physically separated from other portions of the panel. Notches having the same of varying selectable configurations may be formed on the at least one circuit board during the manufacturing of the circuit board.
US09585238B2	Printed circuit board Provided is a printed circuit board which is used in a bent state, including: a substrate; a first conductive layer which is formed on the substrate; a first insulation layer which is formed on the substrate so as to cover the first conductive layer; and a second conductive layer which is formed on the first insulation layer, wherein on the assumption that the Youngs modulus of the first insulation layer is indicated by Ei1 and the fracture elongation of the second conductive layer is indicated by Bc2, the following equations (I) and (II) are satisfied. 10 MPa
US09585237B2	Micro-structured atomic source system A micro-structured atomic source system is described herein. One system includes a silicon substrate, a dielectric diaphragm, wherein the dielectric diaphragm includes a heater configured to heat an atomic source substance, an intermediary material comprising a chamber configured to receive the atomic source substance, and a guide material configured to direct a flux of atoms from the atomic source substance.
US09585234B2	Lighting device and illuminating device The lighting device of one aspect according to the present disclosure calculates, based on a voltage value of an AC voltage applied to a discharge lamp and a current value of AC current flowing through the discharge lamp, a first power value defined as a value of power supplied to the discharge lamp in a first half period of the AC voltage and a second power value defined as a value of power supplied to the discharge lamp in a second half period of the AC voltage. The lighting device determines that a ground fault has occurred, when an imbalance state in which a difference between the first power value and the second power value is equal to or greater than a threshold value continues for a predetermined time period.
US09585232B1	Two circuit lighting controller with sensors and RF remote A lighting controller comprising a single circuit sensor switch on a first circuit. At least one infrared PIR sensor is configured to cover 360 degrees. The at least one infrared PIR sensor is electrically connected to control the single circuit sensor switch. An acoustic sensor is electrically connected to control the single circuit sensor switch. A photo sensor is electrically connected to control the single circuit sensor switch. The photo sensor has an infrared remote controller and receiver for controlling the single circuit sensor switch. A second circuit sensor switch is on a second circuit that is connected to the first sensor. The second circuit sensor switch is configured to be connected to the single circuit sensor switch, the photo sensor, the acoustic sensor, and the at least one infrared PIR sensor so that the second circuit sensor switch further improves lighting efficiency.
US09585229B2	Anticipatory lighting from device screens based on user profile Systems, methods, and computer readable storage mediums are provided for determining the mood of the user, deriving an appropriate lighting scheme, and then implementing that lighting scheme on all devices within a predetermined proximity to that user. Furthermore, when a user begins a task, the devices can track the user and use lighting from nearby screens to offer functional lighting.
US09585228B2	Associating information with an asset or a physical space Apparatuses, methods, apparatuses and systems for operating a control fixture are disclosed. One method includes generating a sense signal, maintaining a communications link between the control fixture and a network, generating adjustment control based the sense signal or communication from the network, adjusting an environmental parameter of a structure of the control fixture based on the adjustment control, tracking a location of a first mobile device, identifying the first mobile device being within a threshold distance of a second mobile device or a place, and allowing the first mobile device or a user of the first mobile device to receive information associated with the second mobile device or the physical place, or to provide information to be associated with the second mobile device or the physical place upon identifying the first mobile device to be within the threshold distance of the second mobile device or the place.
US09585224B2	Color tuning of a multi-color LED based illumination device Multiple colors of light emitted by an assembled light emitting diode (LED) based illumination device is automatically tuned to within a predefined tolerance of multiple target color points by modifying portions of wavelength converting materials associated with each color. A first color of light emitted from the assembled LED based illumination device in response to a first current is measured and a second color of light emitted from the assembled LED based illumination device in response to a second current is measured. A material modification plan to modify wavelength converting materials is determined based at least in part on the measured colors of light and desired colors of light to be emitted. The wavelength converting materials may be selectively modified in accordance with the material modification plan so that the assembled LED based illumination device emits colors of light that are within a predetermined tolerance of target color points.
US09585212B2	AC-powered LED light engine AC LED light engines powered directly from the AC power line contain circuitry of resistors, capacitors, diodes and transistors which enables an array of LEDs to efficiently produce light with a relatively low level of flicker as perceived by the human eye. The LEDs are driven by a current which is alternately capacitively limited and resistively-limited. Capacitively-limited pulses of current are combined with resistively-limited pulses of current so that the resulting output current ripple is at frequencies of 240 Hz or above which the human eye cannot perceive. The combination of resistively-limited current and capacitively-limited current results in a current drain from the power line which is generally sinusoidal and can have a power factor in excess of 0.90, and a flicker index below 0.2.
US09585211B2	Flash-LED driver discharge control Various implementations include circuits, devices and/or methods that enable the repeated generation of controlled surges with lower risk of component failure. Some implementations include a discharge control assembly including a discharge circuit and a controller. In some implementations, the discharge circuit is selectively connectable to a driver circuit, and the discharge circuit is configured to provide a dominant discharge path for the driver circuit when the driver circuit is effectively decoupled from a first load in order to decay an electrical condition of the driver circuit produced prior to the driver circuit being effectively decoupled from the first load. In some implementations, the controller is configured to selectively connect the driver circuit to a combination of the discharge circuit and the first load, and in at least one combination the discharge circuit is effectively coupled to the driver circuit when the first load is effectively decoupled from the driver circuit.
US09585210B2	Reduced flicker driver circuit for LED systems LED systems and circuits for generating a driver output for powering one or more LED devices are provided. A dimmable driver circuit can include a controller configured to reduce output ripple current to reduce flicker over the dimming range of the LED system. The dimmable driver circuit can receive a dimming control signal (e.g. a 0V to 10V dimming control signal) over an isolated dimming interface to reduce leakage current at the dimming interface. In addition, a dual-switch flyback converter circuit can be employed to increase efficiency of the driver circuit as well as to reduce electromagnetic interference (EMI) with the LED devices, such as EMI resulting from differential mode noise.
US09585204B2	Driving circuit and control method thereof A driving circuit includes: a switching element having a first terminal to receive an input voltage, and a second terminal; an inductor coupled to the second terminal of the switching element; a switch and a current sensing element coupled in series to the second terminal of the switching element; and a control module compensating a voltage sensed by the current sensing element based on at least one of the input voltage and an output voltage across the switching element and the inductor to generate a compensated signal, and switching the switch from an ON state to an OFF state when the compensated signal exceeds a reference threshold for a delay time.
US09585201B1	Electric induction heating of rails An electric induction rail heater is provided for selectively adjusting the heated temperatures in a rail's head, web and foot sections after fabrication of the rail. Alternatively, the rail heater can be used for heating the opposing ends of two rails that are to be welded together. The electric induction rail heater is a transverse flux electric inductor that can be provided with or without magnetic cores.
US09585198B2	Variable stiffness blanket with variable heating A heater system includes a bag forming a cavity, a fluid bladder carried within the cavity and forming a fluidly sealed chamber. The fluid bladder being configured to store electrorheological fluid within a fluidly sealed chamber. The heater system further including an electrical wire in fluid communication with the electrorheological fluid and a heater blanket carried within the cavity. The method includes altering the electrorheological fluid with a current and providing heat with a heater blanket.
US09585191B2	Mobile base station Various embodiments of electronic communication systems and methods in which an infrastructure in-motion adapts from a first set of communication parameters to a second set of communication parameters while moving from one geographical region to a second geographical region, and associated transmission pattern of the infrastructure in-motion may be modified to either avoid a problem of multiple-region-coverage or to resolve such a problem once it has arisen. The infrastructure in-motion may be a base station or other infrastructure, and any or all of multiple techniques such as beam switching, beam selection, phased array, and null-steering, may be used to modify a transmission pattern. In various alternative embodiments, infrastructure in-motion in one geographical region establishes a first backhaul link with a first core network, moves to a second geographical region, and then establishes a second backhaul ink with a second core network.
US09585190B2	Method and apparatus for determining dormancy timer value Embodiments of the disclosure provide a method and apparatus for determining a dormancy timer value in a wireless network. According to the method, historical traffic information for at least one radio link in the wireless network may be obtained, and a dormancy timer value for the at least one radio link may be determined based on the obtained historical traffic information.
US09585187B2	Short range communications method, device, and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a short range communications method, device, and system, and relate to the field of communications, so that a user equipment (UE) can distinguish, on a short range link, a radio bearer corresponding to transmission of data information. The method includes: establishing, by a benefited UE, a mapping between a short range bearer and a first radio bearer, where a mapping is performed between the short range bearer and a second radio bearer on a supporting UE side, and a mapping is performed between the first radio bearer and the second radio bearer on a base station side; and performing, by the benefited UE, data receiving and sending by using the mapping between the first radio bearer and the short range bearer.
US09585173B2	Communications system, communications method, mobile communications terminal, and base station A communications system includes a base station; and a mobile communications terminal, where the base station and the mobile communications terminal execute a random access procedure, and perform radio communication. The base station is configured to assign to the mobile communications terminal, in the random access procedure, an identifier that corresponds to preamble information, the base station assigning the identifier based on first correspondence information that indicates a given correspondence relation of the preamble information to be transmitted by the mobile communications terminal and the identifier assigned to mobile communications terminal. The mobile communications terminal is configured to execute the random access procedure with the base station by transmitting to the base station, the preamble information that corresponds to the identifier assigned by the base station.
US09585170B2	Method and apparatus of accessing channel in wireless communication system A method is provided for accessing a channel in a wireless local area network. A device receives an operation element to set up an operating channel from an access point (AP). The operation element includes a channel type field, a first frequency segment field and a second frequency segment field. The channel type field indicates a use of two 80 MHz channels. The first frequency segment field indicates a center frequency of a primary 80 MHz channel. The second frequency segment field indicates a center frequency of a secondary 80 MHz channel. is obtained based on activities on a part of the primary 80 MHz channel. The device determines whether the secondary 80 MHz channel was idle during an interval immediately preceding the start of the TXOP only after a transmission opportunity (TXOP) is obtained.
US09585162B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving scheduling assignments in a communication system A method and apparatus for receiving a Scheduling Assignment (SA) by a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system in which a base station transmits the SA including at least one Information Element (IE) are described. The method includes receiving the SA; identifying if a first IE included in the received SA is set with a first predetermined value and at least one bit in a second IE included in the received SA is set with a second predetermined value; and performing an action corresponding to a semi-persistent scheduling, if the first IE included in the received SA is set with the first predetermined value and the at least one bit in the second IE included in the received SA is set with the second predetermined value.
US09585155B2	Optimizing the allocation of spare resources Aspects of the invention are related to a method for allocating spare resources in a device. The exemplary method comprises: determining spare resources available in a plurality of consecutive time quanta; determining a plurality of candidate operations, wherein each candidate operation is associated with a cost profile with respect to time and a benefit value; and allocating the spare resources for performance of one or more of the candidate operations.
US09585149B1	Method and system for selecting duplex mode of second RF carrier based on performance on first RF carrier When a base station is serving a UE on a first RF carrier, the base station encounters a trigger to add to the UE's air interface connection a second RF carrier. The base station then decides based at least in part on a measure of RF performance of communication between the base station and the UE on the first RF carrier, whether the second RF carrier that the base station will add to the UE's air interface connection should be a TDD carrier or rather an FDD carrier. And the base station then reconfigures the UE's air interface connection to add a second RF carrier in accordance with the decision. The base station then serves the UE concurrently on the first RF carrier and the second RF carrier.
US09585146B2	Method of allocating slot and accessing channel in wireless local area network (WLAN) A method of assigning a slot and accessing a channel in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. A station may attempt to access a channel based on a plurality of candidate slots assigned to the station.
US09585145B2	Method and apparatus for determining the transmission time interval length A method includes receiving information on a requested transmission time interval length for use by a user equipment, determining if said requested transmission time interval length can be used, and if not causing a different transmission time interval length to be used by said user equipment.
US09585139B2	Search space for EPDCCH control information in an OFDM-based mobile communication system The present invention relates to a method for receiving control information within a subframe of a multi-carrier communication system supporting carrier aggregation, the method comprising the following steps performed at a receiving node: performing a blind detection for the control information within a search space by means of a first search pattern, wherein the first search pattern is one of a plurality of search patterns, each of the plurality of search patterns comprising a plurality of candidates distributed on any of a plurality of aggregation levels, and wherein the plurality of search patterns further comprises a second search pattern whose candidates are non-overlapping the candidates of the first search pattern on the same aggregation levels.
US09585132B2	White space resource acquisition method, white space resource Request device, and system The white space resource acquisition method provided according to the embodiments of the present invention includes: receiving, by a white space resource request device, a white space resource request message sent by a white space device; and sending, by the white space resource request device, a white space resource response message to the white space device, where the white space resource response message includes white space resource information that is requested from a white space database and that is corresponding to first white space requirement information of the white space device. According to the white space resource acquisition method provided in the embodiments of the present invention, a white space resource request device requests, based on the PAWS protocol, white space resource information from a white space database, and interaction between a white space device and the white space resource request device may be established by using an existing protocol.
US09585130B2	Method and apparatus for uplink communication In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus, comprising a transmitter configured to transmit uplink control information, at least one processing core configured to control the transmission of uplink control information, wherein the at least one processing core is configured to suppress the transmission responsive to an absence of user data transmission, wherein the suppression occurs while a connection is being maintained in an active state. The uplink control information may comprise, for example, a channel quality indicator CQI and/or a sounding reference signal, SRS.
US09585120B2	1X message bundling A method includes receiving, at a network entity, a circuit switched paging request, wherein the paging request is for a UE that is attached to a packet data network and is registered to a circuit switched network. The method also includes obtaining a calling party number from the circuit switched network, the calling party number being information corresponding to a call from a party calling the UE, and generating a circuit service notification application message comprising more than one message of the circuit switch technology, such that one of message comprises the calling party number. Another operation relates to transmitting, from the network entity to the UE, the circuit service notification application message, the transmitting occurring while the UE is attached to the packet data network and while the UE is operating in an active state for receiving and/or transmitting packet data or signaling messages.
US09585109B2	Simultaneous channel switching within a mesh network A computer-implemented method for channel switching in a mesh network is described. In one embodiment, a beacon is sent. The beacon includes a channel change request in both proprietary and standard formats. The channel change request includes an instruction to change to a particular channel and a timing synchronization function identifying when the change to the particular channel should occur. The timing synchronization function is used to determine that the time has arrived to change to the particular channel. The particular channel is changed to synchronously with all other access points in a mesh network.
US09585105B2	High-frequency signal processing apparatus and wireless communication apparatus A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
US09585104B2	Performing inter-frequency measurements on carriers with overlapping bandwidths The disclosure relates generally to interference coordination techniques for scenarios where two neighboring base stations transmit on different carrier frequencies having bandwidths that overlap at least in part. A network node determines radio resources in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths and controls or adjusts the transmission configuration of signals being transmitted in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths to reduce or avoid interference. The network node may also configure or request a wireless terminal to perform inter-frequency measurements in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths. In some embodiments, a wireless terminal determines radio resources in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths and performs measurements on the signal in the overlapping portion of the bandwidths.
US09585101B2	Methods, apparatus and systems for power control and timing advance A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) may establish communication with a first set of cells and a second set of cells. The first set of cells may be associated with a first scheduler and the second set of cells may be associated with a second scheduler. The maximum allowed transmit power for the WTRU may be determined for and/or distributed across the first set of cells and the second set of cells. The first scheduler may determine a first maximum power value for the first set of cells and a second maximum power value for the second set of cells configured. The first scheduler may signal the second maximum power value to the second scheduler.
US09585098B2	Intra-body communication system with charge control, communication device, and program A communication system includes: a first communication device carried by a user and including a first intra-body communication unit configured to carry out data communication with the second communication device via the user's body, and a charge control unit configured to control a charge amount on the body surface; and a second communication device including a capacitive touch panel, an intra-body communication antenna, a second intra-body communication unit configured to carry out data communication with the first communication device via the body, and an intra-body communication control unit configured to perform control to increase signal strength of a signal received at the second intra-body communication unit when a measured value of the signal strength is lower than a predetermined threshold under a condition that user's touch operation on the touch panel is started.
US09585093B2	Energy-saving control method and device for cell in heterogeneous system The present invention provides an energy-saving control method for a cell in a heterogeneous system, including: receiving, by an access control device of a serving cell, a service request of a multi-mode user equipment UE; and when a radio resource of the serving cell cannot satisfy the service request of the multi-mode UE, if the access control device of the serving cell determines that a heterogeneous-system neighboring cell of the serving cell is in an energy-saving state, sending, by the access control device of the serving cell, an exit energy-saving state request message to an access control device of the heterogeneous-system neighboring cell, where the exit energy-saving state request message is used to request the heterogeneous-system neighboring cell to exit the energy-saving state. The technical solution implements energy-saving control for a cell in a heterogeneous system.
US09585088B2	Wireless device registration, such as automatic registration of a Wi-Fi enabled device A system for providing a wireless device with access to a computer network includes an access point that sets up a radio link with the wireless device and couples the wireless device to the network. The system also includes a server that receives data packets from the access point through the computer network. The data packets include at least one data packet that has a first identifier that uniquely identifies the wireless device and a second identifier that corresponds to the wireless device. The system further includes a database that is coupled to the server and stores data for associating a service plan with the first and second identifiers and basing the service plan, at least in part, on the second identifier. Other features and systems are also disclosed.
US09585086B2	Mobile station device for reducing processing time and power consumption related to a cell search A detection threshold changing unit changes a detection threshold used for detecting a reception wave from a base station apparatus, on the basis of use environment information that represents a use environment of a mobile station apparatus. A channel selecting unit selects a channel having a reception level higher than the detection threshold from among channels that constitute the reception wave. A synchronization processing unit performs a synchronization process on a reception wave of the channel selected by the channel selecting unit. In this way, the processing time and power consumption related to a cell search is reduced.
US09585082B2	Mobile user terminal, method of switching communications, and program for mobile user terminal The present invention is to provide a mobile user terminal, a method of switching communications, and a program for a mobile user terminal that are capable of suppressing extra power consumption and selecting Wi-Fi® connection for data communication in an area providing a Wi-Fi® connection service. The mobile user terminal 10 associates and stores location information about a location where the mobile user terminal can connect to the wireless LAN with an ID to connect this wireless LAN; detects present location information of the mobile user terminal; and performs data communication through the wireless LAN in priority to a base station 3 by selecting the ID to connect the wireless LAN if judging that the detected location information is about a location where the mobile user terminal can connect to the wireless LAN.
US09585081B2	Method for connecting IMS-based service The present specification provides a method for connecting an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS)-based service in a terminal. The method for connecting the IMS-based service, includes the steps of: setting a cause value denoting signaling or due to the IMS in an establishment cause field, when a session initiation protocol (SIP)-based message is required to be transmitted on a user plane for connecting the IMS-based service; transmitting a service request message of a non-access stratum (NAS) layer including service type (field) denoting signaling or due to a base station; and transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) connection request message including the set establishment cause field to the base station.
US09585073B2	Radio relay station and control method When a relay station load, which is the load of communications with radio terminals (300E-300G), of a relay node (200) exceeds a load allowable amount, which is determined according to the load of a radio base station (100A), the relay node transmits a handover request, which requests permission for a relay handover, to the radio base station (100A) and performs a relay handover if the relay node receives a handover command which instructs a relay handover.
US09585070B2	Mobile communication system A mobile communication system hybridly allows, in a case where an access group consisting of one or more user equipments and one or more base stations is registered, the base station included in the access group to have access in a closed mode from the user equipment included in the same access group and access in an open mode from a user equipment that is not included in the same access group, wherein a communication area of the base station in the open mode is identical to a communication area of the base station in the closed mode. This eliminates a communication area in which the base station serving as an access destination differs between the user equipment in the closed mode and the user equipment in the open mode.
US09585068B2	Triggering cell transition in an uplink power limited condition A method for triggering cell transition in an uplink power limited condition is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device determining that the wireless communication device is experiencing an uplink power limited condition; deriving a modified downlink channel quality measurement by adjusting a measured downlink channel quality to indicate a lower downlink channel quality than the measured downlink channel quality; generating a measurement report including the modified downlink channel quality measurement; and sending the measurement report to the serving cell to trigger transition of the wireless communication device from the serving cell to a second cell.
US09585054B2	Method and apparatus for detecting and managing user plane congestion A method and apparatus for managing user plane congestion in a network are disclosed. A method performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for user plane congestion in a network includes receiving an indication from the network that user plane congestion exists in the network, transmitting a request for the network to provide a lower Quality of Service (QoS) level for a particular service based on the indication, and observing a decrease in user plane QoS based on the transmitted request.
US09585048B2	Techniques for aggregating data from WWAN and WLAN Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for aggregating data from a wireless wide area network (WWAN) and wireless local area network (WLAN). In some aspects, a packet convergence entity (e.g., PDCP layer entity) communicates with first and second radio access technology (RAT) links. The packet convergence entity may determine from which of the first and second RAT links a data packet is received and may monitor a sequence number value of each of the received data packets. The packet convergence entity may perform one or more actions based on a determination that the data packets are received out of order. For example, the packet convergence entity may deliver the data packets to an upper layer entity as they are received (e.g., in order or out of order), may reorder the data packets and ignore data packet losses, and/or may request retransmissions of missing data packets.
US09585044B2	Channel state information transmitting method and user equipment, and channel state information receiving method and base station One embodiment of the present invention discloses a method for allowing user equipment (UE), which can receive channel state information reference signals from a plurality of antenna ports, to transmit channel state information to at least one base station that controls the plurality of antenna ports. The method comprises the following steps: receiving power information of each of the plurality of antenna ports from the at least one base station; calculating channel state information on the at least one base station on the basis of the received power information and channel state information reference signals received from the plurality of antenna ports; and transmitting the calculated channel state information to the at least one base station.
US09585043B2	Group transmissions in wireless local area networks A method for channel sounding by an access point includes transmitting a sounding frame to a plurality of mobile stations (STAs). The sounding frame includes training symbols to be measured by each of the plurality of STAs. A sounding response frame is received from each of the plurality of STAs. The sounding response frame received from a first STA of the plurality of STAs is received at a short interframe spacing interval delay after completion of the sounding request frame transmission.
US09585040B2	Terminal, base station, communication system, and communication method A terminal that communicates with a base station monitors a physical downlink control channel that is arranged in a physical downlink control channel region and that specifies transmission of broadcast information, obtains higher layer control information that specifies monitoring in an extended physical downlink control channel region, which is different from the physical downlink control channel region, and, in a case where the higher layer control information has been obtained, monitors an extended physical downlink control channel that is arranged in the extended physical downlink control channel region and that specifies the transmission of the broadcast information instead of the physical downlink control channel arranged in the physical downlink control channel region.
US09585034B1	Automated response system deactivation during large scale issues and managing wireless network operations A method of suspending automated corrective actions by a monitoring application is disclosed. The method comprises a monitoring application executing on a monitoring server a count of errors that lead to alarms experienced by each of a plurality of enhanced node Bs (eNBs) from a network management system (NMS), wherein the NMS records the count of errors experienced by the eNBs result in alarms. The method comprises the monitoring application determining that a pre-defined number of the plurality of eNBs have each exceeded a pre-defined threshold for alarms. The method comprises the monitoring application suspending automated corrective actions on the plurality of eNBs. The method comprises the monitoring application, responsive to suspending automated corrective actions, initiating corrective actions that are associated with the error experienced by the plurality of eNBs.
US09585033B2	System and method for enhanced diagnostics on mobile communication devices A system and method may include: providing to a device user in response to one of a user request for troubleshooting assistance and a mobile telecommunications user device monitoring software conclusion that a problem exists, a diagnostic application specific to the mobile telecommunication user device of the device user; receiving from the device user an indication of a problem with the mobile telecommunication user device experienced by the device user; selecting an application update; providing to the device user the application update updating an application running on the mobile telecommunication user device; and determining whether the problem has been solved. If determining indicates that the problem has not been solved the method may further include deleting the application and further determining whether the problem has been solved, and if so forwarding problem solution data to a knowledge database.
US09585032B2	Method and arrangement for providing data plane redundancy A pluggable transceiver is provided for achieving a redundant connection in a communication network when inserted in a communication network node of the communication network. The pluggable transceiver is connected to a first cable on a first input and is directly connected to two or more data-plane ports when inserted. The pluggable transceiver comprises a converter to receive incoming data in a first representation and convert the incoming data from the first representation into a second representation, and a distributor to distribute the incoming data to a first data-plane port among the two or more data-plane ports in the second representation. The pluggable transceiver comprises a first selector to select the first data-plane port and receive outgoing data from the first data-plane port in the second representation, where the first data-plane port is active.
US09585030B2	Systems and methods for improved cellular quality of experience Systems and methods for providing an improved cellular user quality of experience (QoE) are disclosed. The system can comprise a database from multiple data points to monitor and analyze cellular user experiences holistically. The system supplements conventional quality of service (QoS) metrics with user-side, application provider, and internet provider data, among other things. The data can be used to create highly granular service maps. The data can also be used in methods for analyzing and solving network issues, including slowdowns, dropped calls, and network availability are also disclosed. Improved analysis of network, user equipment (UE), and application issues can locate and solve QoE issues, improving cellular customer satisfaction, retention, and loyalty.
US09585029B2	Start-up sequence and configuration for a radio node In this invention we disclose methods of automatically configuring a wireless node when it initially powers on and seeks to integrate into an existing wireless network. The wireless node could be part of an ad hoc, software defined network. One such network could be LTE network. The auto-configuration methods disclosed herein can be executed on wireless nodes throughout their operation. In alternate embodiments, the methods disclosed could be used to create a new configuration based on changed environmental conditions, location or node capability change. These embodiments allow wireless nodes to migrate to better quality connections if they become available.
US09585022B2	Profile integration management It is disclosed a method and trusted execution environments (TEE) of assigning a selected identifier to an application. A request is received to load or install, within or outside a profile domain, of an application with a selected identifier. It is checked that the selected identifier is not already stored in an application registry entry outside the profile registry 230, 302. If it is requested to load or install the application in the selected profile domain, the selected identifier is assigned to said application if the selected identifier is not already stored in an application entry of a profile domain registry associated with the selected profile domain. If it is requested to load or install the application outside any profile domain, the selected identifier is assigned to said application if the selected identifier is not already stored in an application entry of any of at least two profile domain registries.
US09585014B2	Fast recovery from ciphering key mismatch A method includes, in a receiver, identifying an event that involves replacement of a ciphering key used by the receiver. In response to the event, at least a portion of a payload of an Internet Protocol (IP) packet received by the receiver is deciphered using the replaced ciphering key. A verification is made whether a predefined location in the deciphered portion of the IP packet, which is expected to specify an IP version of the IP packet, indeed specifies a valid IP version. Upon detecting that the location does not specify the valid IP version, a recovery process that recovers from improper replacement of the ciphering key is initiated.
US09585012B2	System and method for establishing a secure connection in communications systems A method for establishing a secure connection between a station and an access point includes transmitting a communications system management message to the station, the communications system management message including an access point nonce. The method also includes receiving a station nonce from the station, and determining a first security key according to the access point nonce and the station nonce. The method further includes securing a connection between the station and the access point using the first security key.
US09585001B2	Methods and systems for configuring radio frequency module The present invention discloses methods and systems for configuring a Radio Frequency (RF) module by a wireless communication apparatus. An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) is retrieved from a subscriber identity module (SIM) card, and a configuration information is identified according to the IMSI. The configuration information is then sent to the RF module, and the RF module is configured with the configuration information. The RF module may be housed in the wireless communication apparatus or in an external device, where the wireless communication apparatus is capable of connecting to the external device. The SIM card can be placed in the wireless communication apparatus or in the external device. In one variant, the configuration information is sent to the RF module only when the current configuration of the RF module needs to be changed.
US09584998B2	System for permitting control of the purging of a node B by the serving radio network controller A system and method which permit the RNC to control purging of data buffered in the Node B. The RNC monitors for a triggering event, which initiates the purging process. The RNC then informs the Node B of the need to purge data by transmitting a purge command, which prompts the Node B to delete at least a portion of buffered data. The purge command can include instructions for the Node B to purge all data for a particular UE, data in one or several user priority transmission queues or in one or more logical channels in the Node B, depending upon the particular data purge triggering event realized in the RNC.
US09584989B2	System and method for crowd-sourcing mobile messaging spam detection and defense A crowd-sourced mobile messaging spam detection and defense system includes an application running on a mobile device. The application uses an unwanted message detection algorithm to analyze and classify messages as potential unwanted messages. The potential unwanted messages are presented to a user for confirmation that the messages are unwanted messages. In response to confirmation, the mobile device transmits a notification to a virtual machine associated with the user. The virtual machine uses the notification to update the unwanted message detection algorithm which may then be transmitted to the mobile device. The virtual machine may also transmit the notification to a global virtual machine. The global virtual machine may use the notification to update a set of classification rules maintained by the global virtual machine and transmit the set of classification rules as necessary to the multiple virtual machines for use in updating the unwanted message detection algorithm.
US09584985B2	Managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service using an MBMS relay device Methods, systems, and devices are described for managing a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS). In one configuration, service announcement information for at least one MBMS may be received. At least a subset of the service announcement information may be broadcast in a peer discovery signal. Content of the at least one MBMS may then be relayed to at least one mobile device operating outside a coverage area of a base station. In another configuration, an out-of-coverage status indicator or MBMS query may be broadcast in a first peer discovery signal, and a second peer discovery signal may be received from at least one MBMS relay device. The second peer discovery signal may include at least a subset of service announcement information for at least one MBMS.
US09584982B2	Customer expectation tokens Some aspects as disclosed herein are directed to, for example, a system, non-transitory computer readable medium, and method comprising receiving, at a computing device, a selection of an activity for a user to perform. The computing device may determine an estimated amount of time to complete the activity. A token for the activity may be generated, and generating the token may comprise initiating a timer for the activity. The computing device may determine a position of the user within a building location. Based on the timer and the position of the user, the computing device may determine that an amount of time to complete the activity is predicted to exceed the estimated amount of time to complete the activity by a threshold amount of time. In response to determining that the amount of time to complete the activity is predicted to exceed the estimated amount of time to complete the activity by the threshold amount of time, a notification may be generated, the notification indicating that the amount of time to complete the activity is predicted to exceed the estimated amount of time to complete the activity by the threshold amount of time. The notification may be sent to at least one of a mobile device associated with the user or an assistant's computing device at the building location.
US09584980B2	Methods and apparatus for position estimation Systems, apparatus and methods disclosed herein facilitate vision based mobile device location determination. In some embodiments, a method for estimating a position of a mobile device may comprise: detecting that the mobile device is in communication with at least one of a plurality of devices, where each of the plurality of devices associated with a corresponding device identifier. The capture of at least one image by an image sensor coupled to the mobile device may be triggered, based, in part on: the device identifier corresponding to the device in communication with the mobile device, and/or a field of view of the image sensor. A location of the mobile device may then be determined, based, in part, on the at least one captured image.
US09584964B2	Enforcement of proximity based policies Embodiments of the disclosure are related to enforcing a policy on a computing device, or a companion device, based upon its proximity to another computing device, or an anchor device. In one example, the anchor device and companion device can report their location with respect to one another to a policy server. The policy server can determine whether the anchor device and proximity device are in proximity to one another as well as determine whether a policy should be applied to the companion device based upon whether it is in proximity to the anchor device.
US09584959B2	Systems, methods, and computer readable media for location-sensitive called-party number translation in a telecommunications network Systems, methods, and computer readable media for location-sensitive identifier translation in a telecommunications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for providing location-sensitive called-party identifier translation in a telecommunications network. The method includes, at a signaling node that includes at least one processor: receiving a first signaling message that includes a called party identifier; determining proximity information associated with the calling party; performing a location-sensitive called party identifier translation based on the proximity information associated with the calling party; and sending the first signaling message or a second signaling message, the sent message including the translated called party identifier.
US09584958B2	Mobile device, method for facilitating a transaction, computer program, article of manufacture There is disclosed a mobile device comprising: a near field communication unit, a further communication unit being connected to the near field communication unit and being arranged to communicate with an external input device, a secure element being connected to the near field communication unit and being arranged to execute at least one application, the near field communication unit further being arranged to request, via the further communication unit, user input data for said application from the external input device, to receive said user input data from the external input device via the further communication unit, and to forward said user input data to the secure element. Furthermore, a corresponding method for facilitating a transaction, a corresponding computer program, and a corresponding article of manufacture are disclosed.
US09584951B2	Mode switching The invention relates to apparatuses, a method, computer programs and computer-readable media for controlling mode change from a normal cellular communication mode to a machine-to-machine or device-to-device communication mode and to ensure sequence number synchronization between a sender and receiver ends when said mode change is performed. The mode change control is performed by controlling the duration of the transition period for switching from the cellular communication mode to the machine-to-machine or device-to-device mode and by using a temporary server for transmission of a desired data flow or by sending at least one dummy packet.
US09584946B1	Audio diarization system that segments audio input Speech and/or non-speech in an audio input are convolved to localize sounds to different locations for a user. An audio diarization system segments the audio input into speech and non-speech segments. These segments are convolved with one or more head related transfer functions (HRTFs) so the sounds localize to different sound localization points (SLPs) for the user.
US09584929B2	Method and processing unit for adaptive wind noise suppression in a hearing aid system and a hearing aid system A processing unit that adaptively suppresses wind noise in a hearing aid is provided. The processing unit (100) comprises a first microphone (105) and a second microphone (106). The analog signal from the first microphone is converted to a first digital signal (107) in a first A/D converter (113) and the analog signal from the second microphone is converted to a second digital signal (108) in a second A/D converter (114). The output of the first A/D converter is operationally connected to a first input of a subtraction node (111). The output of the second A/D converter is operationally connected to the input of an adaptive filter (109). The output of the adaptive filter (109) is branched and in a first branch operationally connected to the second input of the subtraction node (111) and in a second branch operationally connected to the input of the remaining signal processing in the hearing aid. The output from the subtraction node (111) is operationally connected to a control input of the adaptive filter (109). The invention also relates to a hearing aid system having such a processing unit and a method of adaptive wind noise suppression in a hearing aid system.
US09584926B2	Implantable microphone An implantable microphone for placement in soft tissue, comprising a sensor arrangement comprising a housing, a first pressure sensor having a first membrane for being exposed to surrounding soft tissue and a second pressure sensor having a second membrane for being exposed to surrounding soft tissue and a compensation circuitry for combining the output signals of the first and second sensor in a manner so as to eliminate signals resulting from acceleration forces acting on the sensor arrangement, wherein the first and the second sensor are of a mirror-symmetric design with regard to each other, with the first and the second membrane being arranged parallel to each other.
US09584918B2	Dynamic volume control and multi-spatial processing protection A disclosed system and method dynamically controls the perceived volume of a stereo audio program including left and right channel signals. The system includes a dynamic volume control that operatesto maintain a perceived constant volume level of the stereo audio program; and an excessive spatial processing protection processor configured and arranged for controlling the level of a difference signal, created as a function of the right channel signal subtracted from the left channel signal (L−R), relative to the level of a sum signal, created as a function of the right channel signal plus the left channel signal. The excessive spatial processing protection processor processes the audio signals so as to control the difference (L−R) signal relative to the sum (L+R) signal. A system and method are also provided for dynamically controlling the perceived volume of a stereo audio program including left and right channel signals.
US09584916B2	Stereo microphone device There is provided an external stereo microphone device that enables further enhancement of operational feeling achieved when microphones are reoriented.An external microphone attached to a mobile electronic device includes a pair of symmetrically-positioned microphones 60, a holder unit 40 having a pair of holders 46 symmetrically positioned so as to accommodate the pair of microphones 60 respectively and a joint 48 for joining the pair of holders 46 together, a case 14 having a substantially-cylindrical portion 20 that rotatably supports the holder unit 40 and a body 18 that accommodates a circuit board 22, and a roller 56 that revolves over an inner circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion 20 in association with rotation of the holder unit 40.
US09584914B2	Method for automatic activation and deactivation of a binaural hearing system and binaural hearing system A method of operation saves energy during the operation of a binaural hearing system having a left-hand hearing device and a right-hand hearing device. The method includes providing a left-hand internal input signal in the left-hand hearing device and a right-hand internal input signal in the right-hand hearing device. A sending mode of the left-hand hearing device and/or right-hand hearing device is activated and/or deactivated. The sending mode is therein activated in one of the hearing devices automatically in dependence on the respective internal input signal and the sending mode is deactivated in one of the hearing devices automatically in dependence on the respective internal input signal and of a communication signal received from the respective other hearing device.
US09584901B1	Convertible headphone system A convertible headphone system with headphones having a transducer with a front and a rear, and a back cavity that is fluidly coupled to the rear of the transducer, and an external acoustic structure that defines an acoustic volume. The headphones and the external acoustic structure are configured to be coupled together so as to fluidly couple the back cavity of the headphones to the acoustic volume of the external acoustic structure, to form an expanded back cavity volume.
US09584897B2	In-the-ear earphone, its variations and methods of wearing the earphone An adjustable in-ear earphone can be worn in two positions. The earphone includes an acoustic part comprising an electroacoustic transducer and a sound opening for outputting sound from the transducer, a wire, electrically connected with the transducer, a mechanical part, connected with the acoustic part through a cylindrical hinge and having a rotatable shaft, a resilient element, connected to one end of the shaft, a guide wire connected to the opposite end of the shaft. The resilient member and the guide are located at a larger end of the acoustic part in the same plane with the axis of rotation of the shaft and oriented substantially in opposite directions from the axis of rotation of the shaft. The sound opening is located at the other end of the acoustic part. The cylindrical hinge permits rotation of the shaft by 70+ degrees.
US09584895B2	Teardrop variable wall earbud An ear tip is disclosed that comprises an annular flange having a first end tapering downwardly to a second end and having a teardrop curve lateral cross section running from approximately the upper end to the lower end. An inner body extends internally from the upper end within a hollow interior defined by the flange toward the lower end. An acoustic channel extends through the inner body. The flange at least partially occludes an ear canal from ambient noise and creates at least a partial air seal in the ear canal and the acoustic channel is configured to allow the passage of sound into the ear canal when the inner body is connected with a sound source.
US09584882B1	Communication generation using sparse indicators and sensor data Techniques, systems, and products for analyzing sparse indicators and sensor data and generating communications are disclosed. The sensors may be associated with or incorporated into devices that may automatically relay sensor data for use in analyses and communication generation.
US09584877B2	Light-weight validation of native images One or more identifiers that facilitate efficient native image validation can be generated and stored in an auxiliary file upon pre-compiling of an assembly. The native image can be validated against an assembly from which the native image is generated, among other files that influence the generated contents of the native image, based upon the auxiliary file and included identifiers. Additionally, native image validation can be performed in an increasing cost sequence associated with each identifier included within the auxiliary file.
US09584868B2	Dynamic adjustment of electronic program guide displays based on viewer preferences for minimizing navigation in VOD program selection Items of video content offered for viewing on a video-on-demand (VOD) platform of a digital TV service provider are each assigned a respective title and hierarchical address corresponding to hierarchically-arranged categories and subcategories within which the title for the video content is to be categorized. The title is listed in a location of an electronic program guide (EPG) using the same categories and subcategories as its hierarchical address. Any TV subscriber can access the EPG and navigate through its categories and subcategories to find a title for viewing on the TV. The EPG dynamically adjust its display listings of each level of categories, subcategories, and titles in order to minimize the number of remote control keypresses needed for a viewer to navigate to a title of interest. In one basic form, the EPG display is reordered by listing more frequently visited categories or subcategories first, and other less frequently visited categories or subcategories lower on the listing or out-of-sight on another page of the display.
US09584865B2	Method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog service A method and apparatus for providing a mobile video blog (vlog) service in a communication network are disclosed. For example, the method captures video content sourced from a mobile device used by a mobile user through a mobile vlog posting service portal, and provides a vlog viewing function accessible to a viewer through a vlog viewing service portal, wherein the vlog viewing function affords viewing of the video content and is provided in accordance with a user profile of the viewer, wherein the user profile comprises a viewing preference of the viewer.
US09584864B2	Apparatus and method for media on demand commentaries A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having a controller to present an overlay to be combined with media content during presentation at each of a plurality of computing devices to illustrate a collection of user-generated comments temporally associated with portions of the media content, wherein the portions of the media content comprise portions of a media on demand presentation in an interactive television network, collect the user-generated comments from the plurality of computing devices, identify target portions of the media content that each satisfy a threshold number of comments and non-target portions of the media content that do not satisfy the threshold number of comments, generate comment groups of the user-generated comments, and provide the comment groups to the plurality of computing devices for presentation in the overlay.
US09584861B2	Set-top box-based TV streaming and redirecting A method for redirecting video content includes receiving a video signal at the set-top box and decoding the video signal to produce unrendered video data. The unrendered video data is encoded and provided to the remote device via a wide area network. By encoding unrendered, rather than rendered, video data for transmission to the remote device, the need for an encoding device external to the set-top box is obviated.
US09584860B2	Method and apparatus for presenting media content A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mobile communication device having a controller to receive a broadcast of media content from a first media source using a first communication protocol, display the media content on the mobile communication device, determine whether the media content exceeds one or more parameter thresholds when the media content is available to a display device from a second media source where the one or more parameter thresholds are based at least in part on the media content available from the second media source and where the display device is remote from the mobile communication device, and commence streaming of the media content from the mobile communication device to the display device when the media content exceeds the one or more parameter thresholds. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09584857B2	Digital broadcast receiver and information updating method therefor A digital broadcast receiver includes: a receiver that receives a broadcast signal of a physical channel in digital broadcasting; a current position detector that detects a current position; a current region determiner that determines, as a current region, a region to which the current position belongs; a receivability determiner that controls the receiver to determine whether the broadcast signal of the physical channel can be received; a storage unit that stores receivable area information indicating a receivable area where the broadcast signal of the physical channel can be received; and an updating unit that, when the receivability determiner determines that the broadcast signal can be received, obtains, out of the stored receivable area information, receivable area information for the current region indicating a receivable area in the current region, and performs an update process to update the receivable area information for the current region based on the current position.
US09584856B2	Licensed and unlicensed spectrum set-top box Novel tools and techniques are described for providing media content to a plurality of set-top boxes (“STBs”) over a licensed spectrum and over an unlicensed spectrum. In an aspect, each of the plurality of STBs might comprise a first transceiver configured to receive media content or data over a licensed spectrum and a second transceiver configured to receive and send media content or data over an unlicensed spectrum. The first STB of the plurality of STBs might receive a first portion of the media content at the first transceiver and receive a second portion of the media content at the second transceiver from a second STB of the plurality of STBs. The plurality of STBs might query each other to determine available frequencies and/or bandwidth, and might store results of the query in a table in local memory or in a database accessible by all of the plurality of STBs.
US09584846B2	In-flight entertainment system with wireless handheld controller and cradle having controlled locking and status reporting to crew A vehicle entertainment system is disclosed that includes docking cradles that can store handheld controllers, and a management terminal. The management terminal controls an electronically controlled lock apparatus of the cradles to selectively lock the handheld controllers in a stored position within the docking cradles. The management terminal may receive and display the status of which of the docking cradles store a handheld controller, and may display at least one user selectable indicia that is touch selectable by a user to control one or more of the docking cradles to lock and unlock handheld controllers stored therein. Related inductive charging circuits, theft alert circuits, and other components of the vehicle entertainment system are disclosed.
US09584836B2	Mobility enhanced advertising on internet protocol television Enhanced personalized advertisements may be provided through media such as IPTV, for example, by analyzing data such as subscribers' mobility data (calling and movement data), television (TV) watching history, online browsing data (e.g., Internet, web site browsing), and subscribers' historical purchasing transactions. With the analysis, subscribers' contexts, any information that reflects subscribers' interests and activities, and intents, tendency to buy certain products, items, services, and/or travel to some locations may be inferred.
US09584823B2	Determining motion vectors for motion vector prediction based on motion vector type in video coding Aspects of this disclosure relate to, in an example, a method that includes identifying a first block of video data in a first temporal location from a first view, wherein the first block is associated with a first disparity motion vector. The method also includes determining a motion vector predictor for a second motion vector associated with a second block of video data, wherein the motion vector predictor is based on the first disparity motion vector. When the second motion vector comprises a disparity motion vector, the method includes determining the motion vector predictor comprises scaling the first disparity motion vector to generate a scaled motion vector predictor, wherein scaling the first disparity motion vector comprises applying a scaling factor comprising a view distance of the second disparity motion vector divided by a view distance of the first motion vector to the first disparity motion vector.
US09584814B2	Content adaptive background foreground segmentation for video coding Techniques related to content adaptive background-foreground segmentation for video coding.
US09584813B2	Nested entropy encoding Methods and systems for improving coding decoding efficiency of video by providing a syntax modeler, a buffer, and a decoder. The syntax modeler may associate a first sequence of symbols with syntax elements. The buffer may store tables, each represented by a symbol in the first sequence, and each used to associate a respective symbol in a second sequence of symbols with encoded data. The decoder decodes the data into a bitstream using the second sequence retrieved from a table.
US09584812B2	Methods and devices for context set selection Methods of encoding and decoding for video data are described for encoding or decoding multi-level significance maps. Distinct context sets may be used for encoding the significant-coefficient flags in different regions of the transform unit. In a fixed case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders. In one example, the upper-left coefficient group is a first region and the other coefficient groups are a second region. In a dynamic case, the regions are defined by coefficient group borders, but the encoder and decoder dynamically determine in which region each coefficient group belongs. Coefficient groups may be assigned to one region or another based on, for example, whether their respective significant-coefficient-group flags were inferred or not.
US09584804B2	Coding SEI NAL units for video coding In one example, a device for decoding video data includes a processor configured to determine, for a supplemental enhancement information (SEI) network abstraction layer (NAL) unit of a bitstream, whether a NAL unit type value for the SEI NAL unit indicates that the NAL unit comprises a prefix SEI NAL unit including a prefix SEI message or a suffix SEI NAL unit including a suffix SEI message, and decode video data of the bitstream following the SEI NAL unit based on whether the SEI NAL unit is the prefix SEI NAL unit or the suffix SEI NAL unit and data of the SEI NAL unit.
US09584795B2	Wireless transfer system A wireless transfer system includes: a wireless transmission section including: an input section configured to receive, as an input signal, one of a first video signal provided with ancillary information including identification information of a high-definition 3D/2D video signal and a second video signal not including the identification information; a video signal extraction section configured to extract one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal from the input signal; an ancillary information extraction section configured to extract the ancillary information; a wireless video transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit extracted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; and the like; and a wireless reception section including: a wireless video receiver configured to receive wirelessly transmitted one of the high-definition video signal and the second video signal; a wireless ancillary information receiver configured to receive the wirelessly transmitted ancillary information; and the like.
US09584793B2	Signaling three-dimensional video information in communication networks Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for signaling stereoscopic three-dimensional video content capabilities of a device in a communications network. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09584788B1	Video storage and video playing In an approach for storing frames of a video, a computer divides a video into one or more frames. The computer identifies a frame type associated with an individual frame within the divided one or more frames, wherein the identified frame type includes one of the following: an I-frame, a B-frame, and a P-frame. The computer stores the individual frame within a corresponding storage location based on the associated identified frame type.
US09584783B2	Vehicle projection systems and method A system for displaying visually sensible patterns onto a surface of a vehicle including a display control subsystem responsive to an operational state of the vehicle, and a display device, operative in response to an input from the display control subsystem, to display a visually sensible pattern onto the surface. Preferably, the visually sensible pattern is visible from the exterior of the vehicle.
US09584782B2	Projection device and image correction method A projection device includes a correction unit that corrects a trapezoidal distortion of a projection image projected onto a projection medium in accordance with a projection angle derived by a projection angle deriving unit, and the correction unit sets a correction amount for the trapezoidal distortion of a case where the derived projection angle is changed within a range larger than a first predetermined angle determined based on the projection direction toward a boundary between a first projection face and a second projection face and smaller than a second predetermined angle determined based on the projection direction toward the boundary to be the correction amount for the trapezoidal distortion at one of the first predetermined angle and the second predetermined angle or less.
US09584774B2	Method and apparatus for remotely controlling an image capture position of a camera A digital image capture device streams captured images (e.g. low-resolution images) to a remote viewer terminal, along with image identifiers and/or device position information. The remote viewer terminal displays the images for viewing by a remote viewer. The remote viewer provides inputs to a user interface, which indicate a direction of desired movement of the image capture device, and/or that the remote viewer wants new images (e.g. high-resolution images) to be captured at a desired position. The user interface inputs are translated into requests, which are transmitted to the image capture device. The image capture device provides movement prompts that direct a device operator to move the device in a requested direction or toward a requested position. When a position of the device corresponds to a requested image capture position, the image capture device captures one or more new images, and transmits the new images.
US09584772B2	Method and apparatus for inspecting parts The method and apparatus for inspecting parts generally includes three main components: an indexer assembly, a clamp assembly, and a camera system. The indexer assembly is configured to rotate parts individually into proximity to the clamp assembly. The clamp assembly is configured to clamp the part and move the part into proximity to the camera system. The clamp assembly may be comprised of a first portion and a second portion which are independently moveable with respect to one another. The camera system is configured to scan the part as the clamp assembly moves the part past and create an image thereof. The camera system is further configured to analyze the image to inspect the part.
US09584769B2	Multi-axis camera surveillance apparatus Remote usable surveillance apparatuses are provided with at least a single camera head and preferably with the ability to provide adjustment about one or more axis. The present invention also solves several other problems faced by designs with fixed (non-moveable) axis imaging systems. Those include but are not limited to supplying power to a camera head that tilts and rotates, particularly at a remote location. The ability of the user to interface with camera functions and setting using a tilting head, multiple power supplies and options built into a single housing without the addition of power cables or external jacks. The present invention provides a standalone concept without the aid of one or even more mounting apparatuses or devices which in turn sets it apart and creates a totally different multi-axis concept from prior art.
US09584765B2	Real-time visual customer support enablement system and method Disclosed is a system and method for providing real-time visual customer support. In one embodiment, the present system is configured to enhance native phone communication by simultaneously being able to deliver one-way real-time visual streaming from the end consumer. In this way, the present invention allows businesses to participate in collaborative audio-visual communication during the very first customer contact over the phone.
US09584764B2	Adaptive video streaming for communication sessions A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for managing quality of experience for video conferences. In an implementation, a method may include determining a capacity of a participant associated with a video conference. The method may also include determining a number of remote participants of the video conference. The method may further include implementing a video distribution architecture for the participant based upon, at least in part, the capacity of the participant and the number of remote participants. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may include implementing a distributed architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is greater than or equal to the number of remote participants of the video conference. Implementing the video distribution architecture for the participant may also include implementing a centralized architecture session for the participant if the capacity of the participant is less than the number of remote participants of the video conference.
US09584762B1	Videoconference equipment monitoring system A videoconference equipment monitoring system that continuously monitors and diagnoses the health of the system's network and devices using vendor-agnostic diagnostic hardware/software. The system comprises a monitoring server and one or more executable probes, wherein each executable probe is operable to collect data from devices in the network, communicate with other executable probes to collect internal network data, and communicate with the monitoring server to send information relating to the status of networks and devices.
US09584760B2	Multifunctional conferencing systems and methods A conferencing system for providing remote assistance according to the present disclosure includes a service requester device configured to execute a service requester application, a service provider device configured to execute a service provider application and a server application executing on a computer server remotely located from the service requester and service provider devices, the service requester and service provider applications are configured to dynamically connect to each other through the at least one server application.
US09584756B2	Method and apparatus for displacement determination by motion compensation with progressive relaxation Motion estimator apparatus and methods are presented in which a fully constrained nonlinear system of equations combining forward and backward displaced frame difference equations with a plurality of displacement vector invariant equations is solved using the input data from two image frames without approximation and without any additional constraints or assumptions to obtain an estimated displacement field. Also presented is an adaptive framework for solving a system of motion estimation equations with an integer valued block size defining a number of node points within an image, the number of node points being less than or equal to a number of pixels within the image, and a cost function based on a nonlinear least-squares principle. A system of iteration equations for the motion field on node points is solved using an iterative technique, and a degree of over-constraint can be progressively relaxed by selectively reducing the block size during the iteration.
US09584751B2	Broadcast system A transmitter device is provided. The transmitter device includes first to m-th memory cells (m is an integer of 2 or more), first to m-th word lines, a first bit line, and an analog circuit. The i-th word line (i is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to m) is electrically connected to the i-th memory cell. The first to m-th memory cells are electrically connected to the analog circuit through the first bit line. The first to m-th memory cells are capable of retaining a potential corresponding to first data. The first to m-th word lines are supplied with a potential corresponding to second data. The analog circuit is capable of performing a multiply-accumulate operation on the first data and the second data, and the first data or the second data includes image data.
US09584747B2	Gain-ranging charge amplifier The system may include a pixel array, a selector, a sampler, and a converter. The pixel array may generate output signals representing radiation incident upon the pixel array. The selector may select one of the output signals. The sampler may sample the selected output signal. The converter may generate a digital signal based upon the selected output signal. The sampler may include a charge integrator that compensates for parasitic capacitance of the selector by selecting a first feedback capacitance to obtain a first sample, and after obtaining the first sample, selecting a second feedback capacitance to obtain a second sample. The first feedback capacitance may be greater than the second feedback capacitance.
US09584745B2	Image sensors with N-row parallel readout capability An image sensor configured to readout an arbitrary number of rows in parallel is described, comprising a rolling global shutter pixel array which can be operated as a true global shutter. Shielding structures may be formed in the pixel array to minimize signal coupling between adjacent pixels when multiple rows are simultaneously reset and read out. A plurality of column select lines may be formed in a given pixel pitch, and the image sensor may utilize read out components and circuitry associated with conventional readout circuits to be used in simultaneously reading out a two-dimensional region of the image sensor. The image sensor may be configured to use charge binning between rows that are reset and read out in parallel to improve power consumption. The image sensor may include redundant output stages with routing circuitry that improves image sensor yield by compensating for yield loss in the output stage.
US09584738B2	Multi-wavelength infra-red LED In embodiments of multi-wavelength infra-red LED, a mobile device includes a multi-wavelength infra-red (IR) LED that projects near infra-red (NIR) light in multiple wavelengths. The multi-wavelength IR LED can be implemented as a single LED, or as a combination of LEDs packaged together as a single component for implementation in the mobile device. The mobile device can be implemented for various IR-based features, such as for iris illumination and authentication, proximity sensing, gesture detection, and for other IR-based features that each correspond to a different one of the multiple wavelengths of the NIR light. The mobile device includes a NIR filtering system to receive reflections of the NIR light and filter the multiple wavelengths of the NIR light for each of the different IR-based features of the mobile device.
US09584737B2	System for provision of supporting content The present disclosure is directed to a system for provision of supporting content (SC). In general, a device may utilize event information to request SC from an SC provider, and may then present the SC concurrently with an occurrence of the event. The event information may comprise at least an event identifier and a SC provider locator. In response to the request, the SC provider may provide SC configuration data to the device. The SC configuration data may include at least a time, date and location data for the occurrence of the event. At least the time, date and location data may be used to identify an occurrence of the event, upon which the device may synchronize with a start time of the occurrence of the event. The SC may be provided to the device prior to the event or may be streamed during the occurrence of the event.
US09584731B2	Camera system control for correcting bore-sight offset A camera system is provided that provides a smooth and centered zoom, even at high levels of magnification. The camera system corrects for misalignment between the optical axis of a lens and center of an image sensor. As a result of the misalignment, the center of an image will move during a zoom movement. The current camera system corrects for the misalignment as the zoom movement occurs. The correction is matched to the speed of the zoom in order to provide a fluid zoom movement.
US09584729B2	Systems and methods for improving video captured using mobile devices Systems, methods, and computer program products for capturing and analyzing image data, preferably video data, are disclosed. The inventive concepts include using multiple frames of image data to generate a composite image, where the composite image may be characterized by a higher resolution than one or more of the individual frames used to generate the composite image, and/or absence of a blurred region present in one or more of the individual frames. Inventive techniques also include determining a minimum capture resolution appropriate for capturing images of particular objects for downstream processing, and optionally triggering generation of a composite image having sufficient resolution to facilitate the downstream processing in response to detecting one or more frames of image data are characterized by a resolution, and/or a region having a resolution, less than the minimum capture resolution appropriate for capturing images of those particular objects.
US09584724B2	Ultra-wide field of view seeker A system includes a seeker having a reflective surface of rotation, an image detector configured to capture images of a field of view, and an imaging lens group configured to provide the images of the field of view from the reflective surface of rotation onto the image detector. The system also includes an electronics unit configured to process the captured images. The reflective surface of rotation could distort the field of view in the captured images, and the electronics unit could remove distortions in the captured images caused by the reflective surface of rotation. The electronics unit could remove the distortions in the captured images using inverse reflective anamorphosis. The reflective surface of rotation could include a concave surface, a convex surface, a cylindrical surface, an inverted straight cone, a slice of a sphere containing an outer curved surface, or at least one reflective surface rotatable around an optical axis.
US09584713B2	Image capturing apparatus capable of specifying an object in image data based on object detection, motion detection and/or object recognition, communication apparatus communicating with image capturing apparatus, and control method therefor An image capturing apparatus comprises a communication unit configured to communicate with an external apparatus, an image capturing unit configured to generate image data by capturing an object, a setting unit configured to set a shooting condition, a specifying unit configured to specify an object in image data captured by the image capturing unit, wherein the object specified by the specifying unit is used to set the shooting condition by the setting unit, and a control unit configured to control the specifying unit so as to specify the object with less processing when shooting upon receiving an instruction from the external apparatus connected via the communication unit based on the object specified by the specifying unit as compared to a case in which shooting is performed by directly operating the image capturing apparatus.
US09584705B2	Wearable camera systems Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for wearable camera systems. In one aspect, a hat and a camera system for the hat can be used for an interactive session with a remote user. In another aspect, the hat and camera system for the hat can be used to interact with an emergency situation routing system.
US09584699B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and computer-readable storage medium with improved character display An image processing apparatus includes a first screen processing unit that performs first screen processing using a first screen angle on a line region of a character, a second screen processing unit that performs second screen processing using a second screen angle on at least an outline region out of the line region, the second screen angle being different from the first screen angle, and a composition unit that performs composition of a processing result of the first screen processing and a processing result of the second screen processing, on at least the outline region out of the line region.
US09584698B2	Printing device for providing multiple documents of one type A printing device for providing multiple documents of one type includes a data receiving portion for receiving an image data, a processor, and a printing module. The processor is used to process the image data to generate a first printing information and a second printing information. The printing module is used to print a first document and a second document according to the first and second printing information, respectively. The first printing information includes the image data and a first identifying information, and the second printing information includes the image data and a second identifying information different from the first identifying information. The first identifying information is composed of a first set of halftone pattern, a first set of lines or a combining information thereof. The second identifying information is composed of a second set of halftone pattern, a second set of lines or a combining information thereof.
US09584694B2	Predetermined-area management system, communication method, and computer program product A predetermined-area management system is configured to communicate with a communication terminal. The predetermined-area management system includes: a storage unit that stores image identification information for identifying image data and predetermined-area information for identifying a predetermined area in the image data in association with each other; a receiving unit that receives image identification information that is transmitted from the communication terminal; an extraction unit that searches the storage unit by using the image identification information received by the receiving unit so as to extract associated predetermined-area information; and a transmitting unit that transmits, to the communication terminal, the predetermined-area information extracted by the extraction unit.
US09584691B2	Original reading apparatus for reading image of an original A light guide includes a plurality of boss portions. A round hole portion is provided near the center of a base member for fixing the light guide, and slit portions are provided on both ends thereof. The round hole portion supports one boss portion in both the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction of the light guide. The slit portions support boss portions in the lateral direction of the light guide, but are free in the longitudinal direction of the light guide. That is, the center of the light guide is fixed from both directions, and thus both ends of the light guides can expand away in the longitudinal direction. This cuts the influence of expansion by half.
US09584689B2	Information processing apparatus and control method thereof An information processing apparatus according to this invention, when accepting an instruction to execute a job based on a history of a previously executed job, identifies settings allowed to be reflected to the job to be executed based on the instruction from among settings of the previously executed job. The information processing apparatus executes the job based on the instruction according to the settings obtained by reflecting the identified settings to default settings of the job to be executed.
US09584687B2	Image processing apparatus, control method and recording medium, to control display of state or setting information An image processing apparatus includes an image processing unit configured to process an image; an input unit configured to input a start-up instruction to the image processing unit; a detection unit configured to detect that a first electric power is supplied in a case where a supply cable is connected to an electrical outlet in a state of separation of the cable from the outlet; a first non-volatile storage unit and a second volatile storage unit configured to store first and second values, respectively, the first and second values indicating whether being in a valid state for receiving the start-up instruction; a determination unit configured to determine whether the first value indicates the valid state and is different from the second value; and a control unit configured to restrict a second electric power supplied to the image processing unit, and to bring the image processing apparatus into the valid state.
US09584683B2	Image forming apparatus with rotational cutter and cut forming apparatus An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a continuous medium; an image forming unit that forms an image on a surface of the medium; a pasting unit that pastes a protection member to the surface of the medium on which the image has been formed; an inspection unit disposed downstream of the image forming unit in a direction in which the medium is transported, the inspection unit inspecting whether the image is defective; a cutting unit disposed downstream of the inspection unit in the direction, the cutting unit being capable of performing an operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium so as to surround the image; and a controller that controls the cutting unit so that the cutting unit does not perform the operation of forming a cut in the protection member and the medium if the image is defective.
US09584682B2	System and method for sharing data across multiple electronic devices Methods, computer readable media, and electronic devices are provided that enable data files to be transferred from a source device to one or more destination devices to share the data files. The method includes initiating a transfer of at least one data file to a destination device after detecting initiation of a file sharing session, the at least one data file being associated with the source device; after transferring at least a portion of the at least one data file, sending a first command to the destination device or receiving a second command from the destination device, the first command or the second command indicating an interaction with the at least one data file; and executing the interaction.
US09584673B2	Device management apparatus, device management system, recording medium, and device management method that reduce obstruction when solving failure caused by skill of operator A device management apparatus includes a communication processing circuit and a service support processing circuit. The communication processing circuit receives device state information transmitted from a first operator. The device state information indicates device state information of the electronic device. The first operator performs solution work to a failure of the electronic device. The service support processing circuit determines a category into which the device state information is classified from the received device state information. The service support processing unit searches a database for a second operator or a candidate for the second operator. The second operator has solved a failure belonging to the determined category. The database stores operator information including a solution result of a failure of each operator. The service support processing unit decides the searched second operator or the searched candidate for the second operator to assist or complement the solution work by the first operator.
US09584672B2	Cost allocation for derived data usage A system and method that allows for information relating to data and communication resource usage to be gathered and analyzed such that particular data transactions and usage can be classified based on purpose and/or type. Further, the system and method provide reporting based on amount of usage and/or purpose or type of usage so that associated costs and usage can be calculated applied and allocated to particular accounts, divisions, groups or individuals within and outside of a company or entity. Further, the system may restrict data usage of devices to data usage that can be allocated to particular accounts based on purpose, source, destination or other.
US09584654B2	Method and device for adjusting call volume, and mobile terminal Provided are a method and device for adjusting a call volume and a mobile terminal, wherein the method includes detecting gravity location information of a terminal when a given detection time is reached, and adjusting a current call volume in accordance with a given volume adjustment rule when the gravity location information and gravity location information obtained by last detection are separately located on two sides of a pre-set gravity zero line. The application of the present disclosure solves a problem in the related art that a user in a call using a left ear and a right ear alternatively usually needs to continuously adjust volume of an earphone manually because there is a hearing difference between the left ear and the right ear, which results in much inconvenience when answering a call, and thus the call volume during a call can be automatically adjusted, a performance of the mobile terminal is enhanced and user experience is improved.
US09584651B2	Mobile terminal and method for controlling the same A mobile terminal and a method of controlling therefore are disclosed. The mobile terminal according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a housing, a display, a sensing unit configured to sense whether a cover is opened on the display in a state that the cover where an opening part is formed to make at least a part of the display to be exposed is installed in the housing, and a controller. If closing of the cover is detected in the middle of executing the first application, the controller controls the display to change a display state of an execution screen of the first application to make the display state of the execution screen of the first application correspond to a position and a size of the opening part of the cover.
US09584650B2	Inter-device communication system, apparatus and control method therefor The present invention relates to an inter-device communication system, an apparatus and a control method therefor that determines compliance with driver distraction regulations and that provides restricted services to a device. More particularly, the present invention relates to an inter-device communication system comprising: a server device for providing one or more services to client devices; and a plurality of client devices for receiving the one or more services from the server device, for storing driver distraction support information indicating whether services comply with the driver distraction regulations, and for restrictedly outputting the received one or more services based on the stored driver distraction support information.
US09584642B2	Apparatus with adaptive acoustic echo control for speakerphone mode A method includes cycling through a plurality of microphone and speaker combinations in a mobile device in response to the mobile device being placed in speakerphone mode. The mobile device includes a plurality of microphones and at least one speaker. The method obtains acoustic echo data from an echo canceller for each microphone and speaker combination, calculates an acoustic isolation value for each combination and then selects a microphone and speaker combination based on the acoustic isolation value. The method may also include determining an echo spectrum for each microphone and speaker combination using the obtained acoustic echo data, and select an echo control profile based on a characteristic of the echo spectrum. The echo control profile is selected to further improve acoustic isolation for the selected microphone and speaker combination.
US09584640B2	Portable information processing device, output control method for a projector, and recording medium A portable information processing device, including a main body comprising a projector configured to project an image; a state detection unit configured to detect a state of the main body; and an output control unit configured to control an output of the projector based on the state of the main body detected by the state detection unit.
US09584638B2	Portable phone having electro optic image projection system and orientation sensing device An apparatus may include a device and an image projection system configured to form an image on a surface viewable by a user. The image projection circuit may be configured to receive signals from the device, generate a pattern representative of data, process the pattern into a mirror image of the image, and project the mirror image from the device. The image projection system may include an electro optic system for generating the pattern, and an optics system for projecting the mirror image onto the surface. A method for projecting data may include providing the device with the image, and providing the image to the surface with the image projection system. The method may also include manipulating the device and/or a body part to locate and focus the image, sensing an orientation of the device, and orienting the image based, at least in part, on the sensing step.
US09584637B2	Guaranteed in-order packet delivery Circuitry to provide in-order packet delivery. A packet descriptor including a sequence number is received. It is determined in which of three ranges the sequence number resides. Depending, at least in part, on the range in which the sequence number resides it is determined if the packet descriptor is to be communicated to a scheduler which causes an associated packet to be transmitted. If the sequence number resides in a first “flush” range, all associated packet descriptors are output. If the sequence number resides in a second “send” range, only the received packet descriptor is output. If the sequence number resides in a third “store and reorder” range and the sequence number is the next in-order sequence number the packet descriptor is output; if the sequence number is not the next in-order sequence number the packet descriptor is stored in a buffer and a corresponding valid bit is set.
US09584636B2	Dynamic in-band service control mechanism in mobile network A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for transmitting signaling information within payload traffic. For example, the method parses a certificate received from a service provider to obtain service imprint information associated with a mobile service, inserts a service control parameter derived from the service imprint information into a packet header, and forwards the packet header within payload traffic to a policy charging and enforcing function.
US09584631B2	Providing out-of-band control and backup via a cellular connection A translation device may receive configuration information that identifies traffic associated with messages for managing a network device via a console session with the network device. The translation device may receive a message via an air interface of a cellular network, and may compare a first parameter identified in the configuration information and a second parameter of the message. The translation device may determine that the message includes an administration message based on comparing the first parameter and the second parameter. The translation device may translate the administration message from a first format, received via the air interface, to a second format, for transmission to a console port of the network device, and may provide the translated administration message, via a wired connection, to the console port of the network device. The translated administration message may cause the network device to execute an instruction included in the translated administration message.
US09584615B2	Redirecting access requests to an authorized server system for a cloud service In some embodiments, a first server system of a cloud service can receive a bearer token for accessing the cloud service. The bearer token can be generated based on authenticating a remote client in communication with the first server system. The first server system can determine that a resource of the cloud service is hosted by a second server system of the cloud service rather than the first server system. The resource can be identified using the bearer token. The first server system can provide the bearer token to the remote client along with redirect information for accessing the second server system. The second server system can in respond to receiving the bearer token from the remote client by establishing a session with the remote client. The remote client can access the resource via the session with the second server system.
US09584612B2	Systems and methods for pushing applications Systems and methods are provided for cross-terminal pushing of applications. For example, installation information of an application corresponding to an application-push event in a browser opened in a first terminal is acquired upon detection of the application-push event being triggered; the first terminal sends a push instruction to a server, the push instruction carrying the installation information of the application; the server sends the installation information of the application to one or more second terminals related to the first terminal; the second terminals send the installation information of the application; and the second terminals install the application based on at least information associated with the installation information of the application.
US09584609B2	Method of providing digital content for users of physical items Systems, apparatuses, and methods are provided for enhancing users' overall experiences with physical items by supplementing their physical experiences with digital experiences. According to an embodiment, an electronic device scans a smart tag associated with an item to obtain an item identifier of the item, and sends the item identifier to a server, which selects digital content to be made available to a user of the item.
US09584605B2	System and method for preventing denial of service (DOS) attack on subnet administrator (SA) access in an engineered system for middleware and application execution A system and method for supporting subnet management in a network environment is described. The system and method can be used in an engineered system for middleware and application execution, or a middleware machine environment. The system can associate a subnet administrator (SA) in a subnet with a plurality of SA proxies, each of which can receive plurality of requests from one or more client nodes. The SA can handle the requests, which are forwarded from the SA proxies. Additionally, each client node can be assigned a dedicated queue pair (QP) number, so that there is no need for always sending an initial request to a pre-defined well-known QP number.
US09584604B2	Utilization of subscriber data in a telecommunication system A method of providing telecommunication services in a telecommunication system including a terminal, a serving network providing the terminal with services, and a bearer network in functional connection with the serving network. One or more databases including subscriber data are created in the telecommunication system, the subscriber database(s) being in functional connection with the bearer network. Data according to the subscriber database, such as a subscriber identifier, are transmitted to the serving network and/or the terminal. The terminal is provided with services in accordance with the transmitted subscriber data.
US09584597B2	Hardware level generated interrupts indicating load balancing status for a node in a virtualized computing environment A computing node includes at least one hardware layer comprising a plurality of hardware resources and at least one virtualization layer operative to manage at one virtual machine defined by at least one resource from among the plurality of hardware resources. The computing node includes load balancing interrupt logic configured in the hardware layer of the node. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to compare at least one resource utilization level of the plurality of hardware resources by the at least one virtual machine with at least one threshold. The load balancing interrupt logic is operative to generate at least one load balancing interrupt indicating at least one load balancing status of the computing node based on the comparison of the at least one resource utilization level with the at least one threshold.
US09584596B2	Device for obtaining content by choosing the transport protocol according to the available bandwidth A device is intended to obtain content by means of at least two transport protocols having different requirements in terms of available network bandwidth. Such content is available in different versions on at least a content server and the versions correspond to different transmission binary bit rates and are subdivided into chunks adapted to be transmitted via a communication network. This device is arranged to request to said at least one server a transmission of at least one chunk according to a version of a content and according to a transport protocol, the transport protocol and the version being selectable in response to a current value of the available bandwidth of said communication network.
US09584593B2	Failure management in a distributed strict queue Methods and systems for implementing failure management in a distributed strict queue are disclosed. A plurality of messages are distributed to a plurality of queue servers based on strict order parameters for the messages. Messages that share a value for the strict order parameter are distributed to the same queue server. The messages are enqueued at the queue servers. Messages that share a value for the strict order parameter are enqueued in a strict order based on the time of receipt at the queue server. One or more queue clients are configured to attempt message processing for the enqueued messages. Log data is received from the one or more queue clients at the queue servers. The log data is descriptive of the attempted message processing.
US09584592B2	Internet-based graphics application profile management system for updating graphic application profiles stored within the multi-GPU graphics rendering subsystems of client machines running graphics-based applications An application profile server system to upload graphic application profiles (GAPs) to one or more client computing devices connected over a communications network, the system including at least one communication network server, at least one database server, and at least one application server to distribute the GAPs.
US09584590B2	Method and apparatus for assisting with playback of remotely stored media files A software based system for facilitating streaming of media files to a device over a wide area network (WAN) includes an agent process, an authentication process, a client services process and a client process. The agent process catalogs local media files and advises the authentication process of it's availability on the WAN and the address at which it may be contacted. The client process contacts the client services process to obtain, after authenticating with it, the WAN address of the agent process and contacts the agent process to receive information or meta-data describing the media files available for streaming. The client process obtains information for forming a URI or playlist, that it then passes to a media player to request the stream over the WAN. Alternately, the client process may direct the agent process to pass the URL to another client process on, for example, the same local area network.
US09584584B2	Method and system of storing data files A method and system for storing data files are provided. The method includes receiving a first data file and a first data file virtualization policy; associating the first data file with the first data file virtualization policy; and storing the first data file and the first data file virtualization policy on a storage device in communication with the computer system.
US09584572B2	Cloud service device, multi-image preview method and cloud service system A cloud service device includes a data center that stores video preview images. A first message requesting previewing multiple images from is received from a multimedia device. Multiple offsets corresponding to the multiple images according to the first time interval and the first image number are calculated and time points corresponding to the multiple images according to the multiple offsets and the first preview time point are calculated. The multiple images from the data center according to the calculated time points are obtained and transmitted to the multimedia device to preview.
US09584568B2	Signal processing apparatus and signal processing method thereof for implementing a broadcast or a multicast communication A communication system includes: a control apparatus that sets broadcast domains or multicast domains respectively for virtual networks configured in a physical network including a forwarding node(s), and sets, in the forwarding node(s), broadcast or multicast control information, associating a packet forwarding destination and a match condition including an identifier for identifying one of the broadcast domains or multicast domains; and the forwarding node(s) that performs a broadcast or multicast using the broadcast or multicast control information.
US09584566B2	Method and system for synchronizing duplicated contents in multiple terminals The present application discloses methods and systems for synchronizing duplicated contents between multiple terminals. By establishing a mapping relationship between multiple accounts for different application programs installed on different terminals, a server may transmit captured contents between the accounts so that the contents are displayed and/or further distributed. After receiving a content forwarding request from a second account associated with a browser application in a second terminal, the server may process the content forwarding request, which includes the captured contents and identifiers. Using the identifiers and the mapping relationship, the server may identify a first terminal with an instant messaging application having a first account. The captured contents may be transferred to the first account so that the captured contents may be displayed and/or further distributed. The present application provides additional convenience and efficiency for multi-terminal operations.
US09584565B1	Methods for generating notifications in a shared workspace A method includes providing, by a server computer, a shared workspace for facilitating collaborative work by a plurality of users. The method also includes monitoring information associated with the shared workspace, the information relating to each user from the plurality of users. The method also includes determining whether a notification definition is satisfied, the notification definition based at least in part on the information associated with the shared workspace, and outputting, for display to at least one user from the plurality of users, a notification, in response to determining that the notification definition is satisfied.
US09584564B2	Systems and methods for integrating live audio communication in a live web event A system, method, and computer program for integrating live audio communication in a web event is provided. In exemplary embodiments, live audio data is received from one or more presenters. The live audio data is then encoded to create a formatted audio stream. The formatted audio stream may be synchronized with presentation events to generate the live web event by injecting control data for the presentation events. A combined formatted stream may be distributed to one or more users.
US09584561B2	Method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function A method and apparatus for providing a network assisting switch function are disclosed. For example, the method receives a query for feature processing for a call from a switch deployed in a switched network, and determines if the feature processing for the call requires one or more switching services. The method determines if the switch is able to provide the one or more switching services, if the one or more switching services are determined to be required, and initiates a temporary connection to a network assisting switch function in a packet network, if the switch is unable to provide the one or more switching services.
US09584556B2	Client proxy for adaptive bitrate selection in HTTP live streaming A client device includes a media player and a client proxy. The client device is to provide a static playlist of segments for a multimedia program to the media player, wherein the static playlist is independent of changes in network performance, and to update a local variant playlist for the multimedia program responsive to changes in network performance. The client proxy further is to convert a first segment request from the media player for a first segment listed in the static playlist to a second segment request for a second segment listed in the local variant playlist, wherein the first segment and the second segment are different encodings of the same multimedia content. The client proxy further is to access the second segment from the media server using the second segment request, and provide the second segment to the media player as the first segment.
US09584554B2	Gateway device to connect native fibre channel ports to pure fibre channel over ethernet storage area networks A gateway device for use between a Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) network and a Fiber Channel (FC) storage area network (SAN) device includes a controller, at least one first native Fiber Channel F_Port in operable communication with the controller and configured to interface with a native Fiber Channel N_Port of the FC SAN device, and at least one first virtual N_Port (VN_Port) linked to the at least one first native Fiber Channel F_Port and in operable communication with the controller; the controller being configured to translate a first FC Fabric Login (FLOGI) received by the at least one first native Fiber Channel F_Port into a FIP N_Port ID Virtualization (NPIV) discover service fabric parameter (FDISC) and to send the FIP NPIV FDISC to an FCF to instantiate a virtual link.
US09584542B2	Relay attack countermeasure system An apparatus for preventing a relay attack that includes a microcontroller, a receiver, and a transmitter. The receiver is configured to receive a challenge message from a verifier. The challenge message has a challenge message frequency at a first challenge message frequency during a first time slot. The transmitter is configured to transmit a response message to the verifier. The response message has a response message frequency at a first response message frequency during the first time slot. The first response message frequency is different than the first challenge message frequency. The challenge message frequency is at a second challenge message frequency and the response message frequency is at a second response message frequency during a second time slit. The second challenge message frequency is different than the second response message frequency.
US09584540B1	Crowdsourcing of trustworthiness indicators Systems and methods are described herein for calculating trust score based on crowdsourced information. The trust score may reflect the trustworthiness, reputation, membership, status, and/or influence of an entity in a particular community or in relation to another entity. The trust score may be calculated based on data received from a variety of public and private data sources, including “crowdsourced” information. For example, users may provide and/or comment on attributes, characteristics, features, or any other information about another user. These inputs may serve to both validate the available data as well as provide additional information about the user that may not be otherwise available. The participation of the “crowd” may form a type of validation in itself and give comfort to second-order users, who know that the crowd can spectate and make contributions to the attributes, characteristics, features, and other information.
US09584538B1	Controlled delivery and assessing of security vulnerabilities A method for providing security vulnerability information is provided. The method may include checking for the security vulnerability information product supplier servers. The method may further include sending alerts to a security vulnerability administrator associated with a client environment. Additionally, the method may include performing a security check on the security vulnerability administrator to authorize the security vulnerability administrator to receive the security vulnerability information. The method may also include authenticating customers associated with the client environment to authorize the customers to receive the security vulnerability information. The method may further include prompting the authorized security vulnerability administrator to acknowledge an information confidentiality reminder. The method may also include sending an audit record to the product supplier server. The method may further include presenting the security vulnerability information to the authorized security vulnerability administrator and the authorized customers associated with the client environment.
US09584533B2	Performance enhancements for finding top traffic patterns A method for network traffic characterization is provided. Flow data records are acquired associated with a security alert signature. Unidimensional traffic clusters are generated based on the acquired data. A Bloom filter is populated with the acquired flow data records. Clusters of interest are identified from the generated unidimensional traffic clusters. The identified clusters of interest are compressed into a compressed set. A determination is made whether a multidimensional processing of the acquired flow data needs to be performed based on a priority associated with the alert signature. A multidimensional lattice corresponding to the unidimensional traffic clusters is generated. The multidimensional lattice is traversed and for each multidimensional node under consideration a determination is made if the Bloom filter contains flow records matching the multidimensional node under consideration. A determination is made if the unidimensional node corresponding to the multidimentional node is included in the compressed set of unidimensional nodes.
US09584521B2	Bi-directional communication over a one-way link Apparatus for communication includes a single one-way link, which is physically capable of carrying the communication signals in one direction and incapable of carrying the communication signals in the opposite direction. Ancillary circuitry is coupled so as to cause the single one-way link to convey both first communication signals from a first station to a second station and second communication signals from the second station to the first station.
US09584518B1	Dynamic communications controller Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for a dynamic communications session controller. An identity module is configured to masquerade as a session endpoint to a session controller for a communications protocol using one or more network interfaces. An endpoint selection module is configured to dynamically select a destination for a session intended for a masqueraded session endpoint, based on information from one or more destinations. A routing module is configured to maintain and/or direct connectivity for a session with at least a selected destination using a communications protocol.
US09584517B1	Transforms within secure execution environments Methods and systems for instantiating an enclave according to a request, the enclave being instantiated at a determined location of a set of locations in a computing environment of a computing resource service provider hosting a set of computing resources. The enclave further being instantiated with executable code specified by a customer for processing network traffic in accordance with the executable code in a computing environment.
US09584515B2	Enterprise system authentication and authorization via gateway Methods and systems are disclosed for providing approaches to authenticating and authorizing client devices in enterprise systems via a gateway device. The methods and systems may include passing, by a computing device to an enterprise device, a request transmitted by a client device for access to an enterprise resource, and transmitting, by the computing device, authentication credentials associated with the client device with a request for authorization information associated with the enterprise resource. The methods and systems may also include receiving, by the computing device, the authorization information associated with the enterprise resource, transmitting, by the computing, the request transmitted by the client device for access to the enterprise resource with the received authorization information associated with the enterprise resource, and passing, by the computing device to the client device, information associated with the requested enterprise resource based on the received authorization information associated with the enterprise resource.
US09584506B2	Server apparatus, information processing method, program, and storage medium An information processing method for a server apparatus controlling access based on a role of a user and a scope as authority held by an authorization token for realizing a unified license management structure that does not reduce an overall performance of a cloud service even if a plurality of services collaborate with the cloud service.
US09584504B2	Auto login method and device Disclosed are an auto login method and device. The method includes: when a request for auto logging into a designated account is received, acquiring the URL of the login page, a login password and an account address of the designated account from a pre-stored configuration file, and loading the login page according to the URL; acquiring a login menu in an HTML document corresponding to the login page, searching for a login password input box and an account address input box contained in the login menu, and determining content to be filled into the account address input box; writing the content to be filled into the account address input box into the account address input box, and writing the login password into the login password input box; and submitting the login menu which is written with the account address content and the login password, and completing auto login.
US09584501B2	Resource protection on un-trusted devices Authenticating a client device to a service to allow the client device to access a resource provided by the service. A client device obtains a secondary credential that is associated with a primary credential and that is generated as being usable by a particular set of devices including the client device to indirectly gain access to the service through the primary credential. While outside of an enterprise network, the client device requests access to the service, including sending the secondary credential to an enterprise gateway. Based at least on sending the secondary credential to the enterprise gateway, the client device receives a resource from the service. The resource is received based at least on the enterprise gateway having forwarded the primary credential to the service after verifying that the secondary credential is valid and that the client device is in the particular set of client devices.
US09584496B2	Systems and methods for securely monitoring an individual A biometric sensor may be coupled to a portable communications device, such as a cellular telephone. The biometric sensor may be configured to acquire one or more measurements of biological characteristics of an individual. One or more of the measurements may relate to internal, sub-epidermal characteristics of the individual, such as non-volitional processes occurring within the individual, sub-epidermal structures within the individual, or the like. A biometric marker may be derived from one or more of the measurements. The portable communications device may be activated responsive to deriving the biometric marker. The activation may include transmitting the measurements and/or biometric markers derived therefrom to a receiver using the portable communications device.
US09584486B2	Communication system, wireless communication apparatus, and communication method A wireless communication circuit includes a receiver to receive at least one of a beacon frame and a probe response frame from a first wireless communication apparatus belonging to a first communication group, at least one of the beacon frame and the probe response frame including first security information indicating a first encryption method. The circuit includes a transmitter to transmit an association request frame to the first wireless communication apparatus, the association request frame including second security information indicating a second encryption method which is supported by the wireless communication circuit, after a determination that the second encryption method overlaps with the first encryption method. The transmitter declines to associate with the first wireless communication apparatus if the first encryption method fails to overlap with the second encryption method. The transmitter transmits a data frame including a frame body after a reception of an association response frame.
US09584482B2	Access control lists for private networks of system agnostic connected devices The disclosure relates to using a control service to control external access to APIs of IoT devices on a private network. An external application can request access to an API, and in response, the control service can monitor broadcasts from the IoT devices indicating what APIs they have available. If a match exists, the control service can request user authorization to allow the requested access. The user can grant or deny the requested access, and place limitations on the authorized access. The control service uses this information to open a connection between the requesting application and the IoT device having the requested API, and via this connection, the requesting application can access and control the device running the requested API.
US09584479B2	Virtual firewall load balancer According to one exemplary embodiment, a method for load balancing between a virtual component within a virtual environment and a Host Intrusion Prevention System (HIPS) is provided. The method may include receiving a trusted connection table from the HIPS, wherein the trusted connection table contains a plurality of trusted connection information. The method may also include receiving a network packet from a virtual switch, wherein the network packet has a plurality of connection information. The method may then include determining if the plurality of connection information matches the plurality of trusted connection information. The method may further include sending the network packet to a destination based on determining that the plurality of connection information matches the plurality of trusted connection information. The method may include sending the network packet to the HIPS based on determining that the plurality of connection information does not match the plurality of trusted connection information.
US09584478B2	Examining and controlling IPv6 extension headers Methods and systems for selectively blocking, allowing and/or reformatting IPv6 headers by traversing devices are provided. According to one embodiment, reputation information regarding observed senders of Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (IPv6) packets and packet fragments is maintained by a traversing device based on conformity or nonconformity of extension headers contained within the IPv6 packets with respect to a set of security checks performed by the traversing device. When an IPv6 packet or packet fragment is received from a particular source IP address indicated by the reputation information to be associated with one or more nonconformity issues, then dropping, rate limiting or quarantining, by the traversing device, the IPv6 packet or the packet fragment.
US09584474B2	SIM card activation A method of activation of a SIM in a mobile device includes sending an authentication request 30 from the SIM 4 in a mobile device 2 to an HLR 22 corresponding to the mobile network operator of the SIM 4. When the HLR 22 does not contain a record that the SIM is activated, not merely does the HLR 22 return a rejection of the authentication request but additionally a provisioning request 32 to provisioning server 24 is automatically made. The provisioning server 24 then, in response to the provisioning request, updates the HLR so that the HLR does contain a record 23 that the SIM is activated such that subsequent authentication requests from the SIM are not rejected by the HLR. In this way, the SIM is not activated before activation needed. This is of particular utility where the SIM is installed by the manufacturer in M2M apparatus.
US09584471B2	Infrastructure coordinated media access control address assignment Described herein are systems, devices, techniques and products for managing the dynamic assignment of media access control (MAC) addresses to wireless network devices, such as by identifying a dynamically assigned MAC address before, after, or during a wireless association process and communicating the dynamically assigned MAC address to a wireless network device. Also disclosed are systems, devices, techniques and products for preventing a denial of service attack on a wireless access point's association table, such as by requiring devices that associate with a wireless access point to respond to a query from the wireless access point shortly after association.
US09584470B2	Dynamic DHCP for Wi-Fi connectivity in a vehicle A system and a method using the system for wireless communication using a vehicle telematics unit, including the steps of: prior to a vehicle telematics unit establishing a network connection, assigning a temporary internet protocol (IP) address having a short-term lease duration to a mobile device to permit communication between the telematics unit and the mobile device; and if the network connection is not established prior to the expiration of the short-term lease duration, renewing the temporary IP address, wherein the renewal lease duration is shorter than the earlier lease duration.
US09584467B2	Technique to delegate prefixes to Wi-Fi clients connected to mobile access point routers Methods, devices, systems, and non-transitory process-readable storage media of the various embodiments enable a software-enabled access point mobile computing device to delegate prefixes to already connected local area network (LAN) client devices upon establishment or re-establishment of a data connection. The various embodiments may enable a mobile computing device configured to operate as a mobile router (i.e., a softAP mobile computing device) to support prefix delegation by providing unique IPv6 prefixes to connected LAN client devices.
US09584463B2	Method and apparatus for displaying abstract information corresponding to link The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for displaying link abstract information. The method includes: downloading content corresponding to a Uniform/Universal Resource Locator (URL) from Internet according to the URL inputted by a user in a dialog window of an Instant Messaging (IM) client; analyzing the downloaded content, acquiring abstract information corresponding to the URL; displaying the abstract information in the dialog window. According to the above technical solution, the abstract information corresponding to a link inputted in a window of the IM software by the user can be displayed and conveniently shared to the SNS community, so as to extend a function of the IM software and improve user experience.
US09584461B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting electronic mail The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for e-mail communications with members of a group of members. In one or more embodiments, a server computer system determines whether a sender of an incoming e-mail message addressed to a recipient member of the group is a member of the group. If the sender is a member of the group, the server computer system replaces the senders existing e-mail address in the incoming e-mail message with a created e-mail address created by the server computer system for the sender.
US09584457B2	Indicating status of application program with icons A computing device (100) and computing environment displays a graphical user interface (110) that presents a plurality of icons (260). Each icon is related to a different aspect of a resident software application. The icons are used to indicate the status of their associated aspects of the software application. Changes of state of the aspects of the software application represented by the displayed icons are determined and used to update the displayed icons so that the displayed icons present current status information concerning the associated aspects of the software application.
US09584447B2	Apparatus and method for client-side flow control in a remote access environment A client-side flow control mechanism for controlling the flow of messages communicated from a service to a client in a remote access system. The service, which may be a managed or unmanaged service, may communicate messages to the client where the messages include a service sequence ID (SSI). As the client processes the messages from the service, the client responds with a client sequence ID (CSI). The SSI and CSI values determine the number of messages that are in transmission queues. The service compares a difference between the current SSI and CSI to a stop window value. If the difference is greater than the stop window value, transmission of messages from the service to the client is turned OFF. The client continues to send CSI acknowledgments as it processes messages. Once the difference falls below a start window value, the transmission of messages to the client is turned ON.
US09584445B2	Direct connect virtual private interface for a one to many connection with multiple virtual private clouds Systems and methods include a direct connect virtual private interface includes a physical port configured to receive one physical connection in order to provide two or more virtual connections for multiple virtual private clouds (VPCs) within a public cloud provider's infrastructure. Each public cloud infrastructure has its own multiple VPCs. Each VPC is an on demand configurable pool of shared computing resources allocated within each public cloud provider's infrastructure that provides a certain level of isolation via an access control mechanism between different organizations using the pool of shared computing resources of that VPC's public cloud infrastructure. The direct connect virtual private interface is configured to provision a virtual circuit from the one physical connection between the public cloud infrastructure for each VPC within each public cloud provider's infrastructure.
US09584426B2	Congestion management in overlay networks A system forwards congestion management messages to a source host updating the source address in the management message. The system may determine that the congestion management message was triggered responsive to an initial communication that was previously forwarded by the system. The system may use header translation within a single addressing scheme and/or may translate the congestion management message into a different type to support forwarding to the source of the initial communication. The system may use portions of the payload of the congestion management message to determine the source of the initial communication and to derive a different header for the translated congestion management message.
US09584424B2	QOS control system, QOS control method, and program Provided is a QoS control system, a QoS control method, and a program suitable for use in a server virtualization environment in which an I/O virtualization technology can be used. The QoS control system includes a network interface and a network interface management unit. The network interface holds a QoS (Quality of Service) parameter giving identification information for identifying traffic, a priority value to be applied to a packet belonging to the traffic, and information indicating the storage location of the priority value in the packet, stores the priority value in the packet belonging to the traffic, and then transmits a resulting packet. The network interface management unit holds a QoS policy including a QoS parameter to be applied to each traffic, and manages the network interface.
US09584422B2	Methods and apparatuses for automating return traffic redirection to a service appliance by injecting traffic interception/redirection rules into network nodes Methods and apparatuses for automating return traffic redirection to a service appliance by injecting forwarding policies in a packet-forwarding element are disclosed herein. An example method for automating return traffic redirection can include: establishing a communication channel between a service appliance and a packet-forwarding element; and transmitting an out-of-band message over the communication channel to the packet-forwarding element. The message can include a forwarding policy that requests the packet-forwarding element to forward predetermined packets to the service appliance.
US09584421B2	Advertising reachability in proxy FHRP for anycast routing service Embodiments herein achieve proxy FHRP for anycast routing services through the coordination of L2MP edge switches to allow load balancing for the use of routing services. Such embodiments may avoid duplicity and coordinate control planes between the edge switches to present a proxy interface to the rest of the network for the routing services. As such, multipathing and load-balancing for efficient use of crucial services may be provided for client nodes inside the network.
US09584420B2	Switching between loss-based and delay-based mode for real-time media congestion controllers Congestion control may be provided. A set of rules may allow a congestion control process to switch from delay-mode to loss-mode (e.g., in the presence of loss-based flows) and back to delay-mode (e.g., when loss-based flows stop). Fairness properties of this set of rules may include that the resulting flows may be fair to each other and the flows may also be fair when competing with loss-based flows. Many flows that may be deadlocked in loss-mode (e.g., in the absence of other genuine loss-based flows) may be helped to switch back to delay-mode.
US09584417B2	Monitoring congestion status in a network A network node arranged to monitor (531) the number of consecutive blocked scheduling attempts made by a terminal (532), and to identify a congestion event for the terminal (534) when the number of consecutive blocked scheduling attempts exceeds a threshold value (533).
US09584414B2	Throughput optimization for bonded variable bandwidth connections The present disclosure provides for devices, systems, and methods which optimize throughput of bonded connections over multiple variable bandwidth logical paths by adjusting a tunnel bandwidth weighting schema during a data transfer session in response to a change in bandwidth capabilities of one or more tunnels. By making such adjustments, embodiments of the present invention are able to optimize the bandwidth potential of multiple connections being used in a session, while minimizing the adverse consequences of reduced bandwidth issues which may occur during the data transfer session.
US09584403B2	Communications scheduler A system for providing communications over a communications network includes a communications interface and a processor. The communications interface communicates over the communications network. The processor directs a communications scheduler to determine at least one metric for a path within the communications network. The processor also selects a data flow for the path and determines whether to transmit a packet in the selected data flow based on the at least one metric. The processor then directs a communications protocol handler to generate the packet for the selected data flow.
US09584399B2	Preventing a loop in a vertical stack network According to an example, a Port Extender (PE) device is bundled with a Core Backbone (CB) device to prevent a loop in a vertical stack network including the PE device and the CD device.
US09584394B2	Notifying original state listeners of events in a domain model Notifying original state listeners within a domain model. Identifying listener registration information pertaining to a listener. Monitoring a hierarchical relationship tree for an observable event, whereby the hierarchical relationship tree includes model objects, and whereby an observable event includes one or more of a change to a model object, an error condition associated with a model object, and the hierarchical relationship tree returning to an original state. Determining that a first observable event to the hierarchical relationship tree has occurred. Transmitting a notification to the listener detailing the occurrence of the first observable event. Determining that a second observable event to the hierarchical relationship tree has occurred. Determining that a third observable event to the hierarchical relationship tree has occurred, whereby the third observable event includes the hierarchical relationship tree returning to an original state. Transmitting a notification to the listener detailing the occurrence of the third observable event.
US09584391B2	User-configurable network performance monitors A network analysis system provides for a user-definable display of information related to messages communicated on the network. The network analysis system includes one or more display formats that provide a display of message exchanges between nodes of a network, and a display augmenter that provides additional information on the display based on a user-defined visualization. The user defined visualization includes augmenting the display based on user-defined coloring characteristics and/or augmenting the display with user-defined labels. To further facilitate user control of the augmentation of the display, the system accepts user-defined programs for discriminating among messages, for controlling the labeling of messages, and for controlling the coloring of messages and labels. Commonly used user-defined characteristics and labels are stored in a library, for use via a selection from among the library entries.
US09584383B2	Coexistence of a normal-rate physical layer and a low-rate physical layer in a wireless network A network device including a receiver and a processor. The receiver is configured to communicate at a first data rate via a channel and receive a first packet at the first data rate via the channel. The processor is configured to, in response to the receiver receiving a second packet at a second data rate via the channel, (i) detect a portion of the second packet, and (ii) determine that the channel is busy in response to detecting the portion of the second packet. The second data rate is different than the first data rate.
US09584382B2	Collecting and using quality of experience information Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for collecting and using quality of experience information. A server computer executing a quality of experience management service can receive a request for quality of experience display data. The server computer can obtain location data defining a geographic location of a user device and analyze quality of experience information defining a quality of experience of an application program associated with the user device. The server computer can generate the quality of experience display data based upon the quality of experience information, and provide the quality of experience display data to the user device.
US09584380B2	Method and system for detecting slow page load A method and system for detecting slow page load is provided. An example system comprises a page request detector, a session state information detector, a throughput calculator, a response builder, and a communications module. The page request detector may be configured to receive a request for a web page. The session state information detector may be configured to determine that the request does not include session state information. The throughput calculator may be configured to calculate a throughput value associated with the network connection between the client system and the server. The response builder may be configured to build an updated data packet by including, in the data packet, the throughput value and an instruction to store the throughput value on the client as session state information. The communications module may be configured to communicate the updated data packet to the client system.
US09584378B1	Computer-implemented command control in information technology service environment A computer-implemented agent process running on a first computer automatically intercepts a command issued from the first computer to execute on a target computer prior to invocation of the command on the target computer. A server profile built for an application running on the target computer that supports the command may be retrieved. At least based on the server profile a risk enforcement policy is dynamically constructed. Based on the risk enforcement policy, one or more computer-executable enforcement actions to perform prior to sending the command to the target computer for execution is determined. Based on executing of one or more of the computer-executable enforcement actions, the command may be transmitted to execute on the target computer or prevented from executing on the target computer.
US09584377B2	Transparent orchestration and management of composite network functions A system that manages a network of network elements receives a network topology of the network elements, where the network elements include a first type of network elements and a second type of network elements. The system creates a first network function (“NF”) group that corresponds to the first type of network elements, and creates a second NF group that corresponds to the second type of network elements. The system implements a functionality of the first NF group on a physical network function component. The system implements a functionality of the second NF group as a virtual machine (“VM”). The system then forms a composite network function (“CNF”) using the first NF group and the second NF group. The CNF can be centrally managed.
US09584372B2	Discovering resources of a distributed computing environment Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for discovering resources of a distributed computing environment are provided. Embodiments include a management system transmitting an application program interface (API) message to the distributed computing environment. Embodiments also include the management system receiving from the distributed computing environment, a response to the API message and based on the response, identifying a resource of the distributed computing environment.
US09584370B2	Network card with searching ability, monitoring device with the network card, and searching method used for the same A network card with searching ability inquires connection information from all network cards at a network by using a broadcasting manner when it is connected to the same network, and build a connection list according to the received connection information. A user terminal can connect to a management page by one of the network cards on the network by a browser thereon, and check the connection list at the management page upon login successfully. User can obtain connection information of all network cards at the network through the connection list. Therefore, the user terminal can connect to a target network card according to the obtained connection information through a redirection manner. Else, it can also connect to the target network card via the logged network card through a relay manner.
US09584369B2	Methods of representing software defined networking-based multiple layer network topology views A method for network control, comprising receiving a request for a network view from an application at a Software Defined Network (SDN) controller, creating a network view from a network map, wherein the network map comprises a representation of a plurality of network devices and network paths in a SDN-based multiple layer network, and wherein the network view comprises at least a portion of the devices or paths in the network map, and sharing the network view with the application.
US09584365B2	Server and method for setting a mode of the server A method for setting a mode of a server includes setting the mode of the server to the negative mode when the sever boots, monitoring the network to detect a DHCP offer packet provided by another DHCP server in the network, setting the mode of the server to the positive mode when no DHCP offer packet is provided by the another DHCP server in the network and analyzing the DHCP offer packet to determine the mode of the another DHCP server when the DHCP offer packet is provided by the another DHCP server in the network. The modes of the server can be set automatically according to a state of a network in which the server works.
US09584349B2	Transmission circuit The transmission circuit includes a comparator that converts a phase-modulated signal from an orthogonal modulator into a pulse signal so as to use the pulse signal as the sampling clock of the a delta-sigma modulator, and an asynchronous clock transfer unit and an interpolating circuit, disposed between a circuit operating based on the baseband clock and the delta-sigma modulator. The asynchronous clock transfer unit converts the amplitude component signal synchronized with the baseband clock, into an amplitude component signal synchronized with an N-frequency divided clock obtained by dividing the frequency of the sampling clock by N. The interpolating circuit interpolates the output signal from the asynchronous clock transfer unit so that the amount of change of one sample in the N-frequency divided clock becomes equal to the amount of change of one sample in the sampling clock.
US09584345B1	High data rate multilevel clock recovery system Digital receiver systems and clock recovery techniques for use in digital receiver systems are provided to implement asynchronous baud-rate clock recovery systems for high data rate serial receivers multilevel line modulation. A two-stage postcursor ISI equalization system is provided to efficiently emulate a 4-level DFE (decision feedback equalization) system, for example, while converting a 4-level equalized signal to s 2-level equalized signal. For example, a two stage postcursor ISI equalization system includes a DFE stage which operates on a most significant component of a given 4-level data symbol, followed by a DFFE (decision-feedforward equalizer) stage which operates on a least significant component of the given 4-level data symbol. In parallel with the DFFE stage, an estimate of the least significant component is subtracted from the equalized 4-level data symbol to convert the 4-level data symbol to a 2-level symbol.
US09584344B2	Stream creation with limited topology information The discovery of a topology of a network with an unknown topology can enable the selection of a data path within the network, and the establishment of a data stream over the selected data path. Routing tables mapping originating nodes to input ports can be created based on the receipt of discovery messages generated by the originating nodes. A source node can select a data path between the source node and a sink node in order to establish a data stream using the routing tables. Data paths can be selected based on, for instance, routing table bandwidth information, latency information, and/or distance information. Data streams can be established over the selected data path, and each node can release any reserved output bandwidth determined to be unnecessary for the data stream.
US09584340B2	Data center networks Measures for establishing connectivity in a data center network are provided. A virtual connection is created between a virtual system hosted on a server in a data center network, and a packet forwarding function in that server. Additionally, an entry is populated in a packet forwarding data store in the server, which includes an internet protocol (IP) address of the virtual system and an associated identifier for the created virtual connection. The packet forwarding data store is accessed by the packet forwarding function when making forwarding decisions for received data packets.
US09584319B2	Optical receiving device in optical communication system, control method and device of photon detector, and dark count evaluation method of photon detector [Problem] It is to provide an optical receiving device, a control method and device of a photon detector, and a dark count evaluation method of the photon detector that make it possible to perform a dark count evaluation with the photon detector performing a receiving operation. [Solution] It is to include a Z pulse information detection unit 205 and a control unit 204 selectively extracting outputs of photon detectors PD1 and PD2 to a transmission light pulse with light intensity substantially equal to zero included in a transmission light pulse train and a dark count evaluation unit 206 evaluating dark counts of the photon detectors based on photon detection counts indicated by the extracted outputs.
US09584318B1	Perfect forward secrecy distributed denial of service attack defense Provided are methods and systems for mitigating a DoS attack. A method for mitigating a DoS attack may commence with receiving, from a client, a request to initiate a secure session between the client and a server. The method may continue with determining whether the client is on a whitelist. Based on a determination that client is absent from the whitelist, a pre-generated key may be sent to the client. The method may include determining validity of the established secure session. The determination may be performed based on further actions associated with the client. Based on the determination that the secure session is valid, a renegotiation of the secure session may be forced. The method may further include generating a new key using a method for securely exchanging cryptographic keys over a public channel. The new key is then sent to the client.
US09584317B2	Identifying security boundaries on computing devices During booting of a computing device, multiple security boundaries are generated. A security boundary refers to a manner of operation of a computing device or a portion of the computing device, with a program executing in one security boundary being prohibited from accessing data and programs in another security boundary. As part of booting the computing device measurements of (e.g., hash values or other identifications of) various modules loaded and executed as part of booting the computing device are maintained by a boot measurement system of the computing device. Additionally, as part of booting the computing device, a public/private key pair of one of the security boundaries is generated or otherwise obtained. The private key of the public/private key pair is provided to the one security boundary, and the public key of the public/private key pair is provided to the boot measurement system.
US09584307B2	Transmission apparatus A transmission apparatus includes: a plurality of logical lanes; a receiver configured to receive a signal including synchronization information of a frame; a distributor configured to divide data included in the received signal into frame elements and cause the plurality of logical lanes to store the data; and a transmitter configured to transmit the data stored in the logical lanes to lines corresponding to the logical lanes. When the data is stored in the plurality of logical lanes, the distributor groups the logical lanes into a plurality of groups and associates the frame elements with the synchronization information.
US09584305B2	Deskew FIFO buffer with simplified initialization A source-synchronization interface circuit includes: a sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter that receives sender data and a sender clock and that has regenerative gain to resolve metastability during phase synchronization of the sender clock and a receiver clock; an asynchronous FIFO buffer with multiple stages that conveys phase information and data from the sender synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter to a receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter; and a receiver synchronous-to-asynchronous protocol converter that receives the receiver clock and that has regenerative gain to resolve metastability during the phase synchronization. Moreover, the source-synchronization interface circuit includes control logic that initializes the source-synchronization interface circuit by operating the stages in the asynchronous FIFO buffer in a slow mode having a cycle time less than a data-transfer period for a predetermined number of clock cycles, and subsequently operating the stages in a normal mode having a cycle time that is less than that for the slow mode.
US09584304B2	Phase interpolator and clock and data recovery circuit A phase interpolator including a phase interpolation circuit, a plurality of low pass filtering channels, and a multiplexing circuit is provided. The phase interpolation circuit receives a first clock signal and a second clock signal and accordingly performs an interpolation operation to generate an output clock signal. The low pass filtering channels respectively have an output terminal and an input terminal that is coupled to the phase interpolation circuit to receive the output clock signal. Each of the low pass filtering channels includes a switch and a capacitor which are coupled to a common node as the output terminal. The multiplexing circuit has a plurality of input terminals respectively coupled to the output terminals of the low pass filtering channels. The multiplexing circuit selects an input signal received from one of the low pass filtering channels as a phase interpolation signal according to a selecting signal.
US09584286B2	Method and apparatus for allocating resources in wireless communication system A multiple distributed system is disclosed. An uplink control resource allocation method for a user equipment to transmit an Acknowledgement/Negative ACK (ACK/NACK) signal includes receiving one or more Enhanced-Physical Downlink Control Channels (E-PDCCHs), receiving one or more Physical Downlink Shared Channels (PDSCHs) corresponding to the one or more E-PDCCHs, and transmitting ACK/NACK signals for reception of the one or more PDSCHs through a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH), wherein Control Channel Element (CCE) indexes of the PUCCH transmitting the ACK/NACK signals are determined in consideration of first CCE indexes of the one or more E-PDCCHs and the number of CCEs of a PUCCH determined by a higher layer.
US09584282B2	HARQ method and apparatus for communication system Methods and apparatuses are provided for data transmission of a User Equipment (UE) in a communication system supporting HARQ. A Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) corresponding to a second cell is received in a first cell. An Uplink/Downlink (UL/DL) configuration of the first cell is identified as an Uplink (UL) reference UL/DL configuration, if the UE is configured with at least two cells including the first cell and the second cell, a PDCCH corresponding to the second cell is monitored on the first cell, and a pair of the UL/DL configuration of the first cell and a UL/DL configuration of the second cell is a predetermined set. A Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission is adjusted based on the identified UL reference UL/DL configuration.
US09584270B2	Frequency hopping A communications node operable to communicate with another communications node over a communications channel having a plurality of frequency resources, the communications node includes data defining a division of the communications channel into a plurality of contiguous sub-bands each having N frequency resources, wherein each frequency resource in a sub-band has a corresponding frequency resource in each of the other sub-bands, data defining an initial allocation of the frequency resources, a resource determination module operable to apply a frequency shift to the initially allocated frequency resources in accordance with a frequency hopping sequence to determine frequency resources to use for communicating information with the other communications node, wherein the frequency shift applied moves the initially allocated frequency resources to corresponding frequency resources in another sub-band, a transceiver for communicating information with the other communications node using the determined frequency resource.
US09584260B2	Optimization of optical transmission capacity A method for transmitting a coherent optical data signal includes receiving a data signal from an interface, and encoding the data signal with a forward error correcting (FEC) encoder according to a mix of modulation formats. The FEC encoder generates an FEC encoded signal which is used to generate modulation symbols according to the modulation formats. The FEC encoded signal of modulation symbols is spectrally shaped to generate a shaped signal, and pre-distorted before transmission. The shaped signal is pre-distorted by adding a predetermined amount of chromatic dispersion to generate a smoothed signal, and the smoothed signal is transmitted according to the modulation formats.
US09584255B1	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving packets in a wireless communication network A first network device including a medium access control module and a physical layer module. The medium access control module is configured to generate a frame to include a first header, a second header and a payload. The first header indicates a start of the frame for a second network device. The second header indicates a length of the payload for the second network device. The payload comprises a third header and data. Other than the payload, a format of the frame complies with IEEE 802.15.4. The physical layer module is configured to: receive the frame; repetition code the third header or repetition code the data; generate a signal including (i) the first header, (ii) the second header, and (iii) the repetition coded third header or the repetition coded data; modulate the signal; and transmit the modulated signal to the second network device.
US09584254B2	Data transmission method and device for reducing loss of information bits The present invention provides a method and a device for data transmission. The method includes: according to a preconfigured second table, selecting a TBS value, where the second table is used for describing a corresponding relationship among a TBS value, the number of RBs and a TBS index, the number of RBs corresponding to the selected TBS value is smaller than or equal to a specific value, a modulation mode corresponding to a TBS index which corresponds to the selected TBS value is QPSK, and the selected TBS value is capable of satisfying the rate requirement required during transmission time interval TTI bundling transmission; and according to the selected TBS value, transmitting data carried by a PUSCH using bundled TTIs. The embodiments of the present invention can improve the coverage at a PUSCH medium data rate.
US09584253B2	Mobile communication terminal device and method for operating a mobile communication terminal device A communication terminal device is provided, including: a transceiver configured to communicate with a communication device in accordance with an uplink resource allocation; a determiner configured to determine a desired power consumption for data transmissions from the communication terminal device to the communication device, and to determine a suitable uplink resource allocation based on the desired power consumption; and a controller configured to determine a communication behavior of the communication terminal device with the communication device based on the suitable uplink resource allocation and to control the transceiver according to the determined communication behavior.
US09584251B2	System and method for classifying signal modulations A method for pre-processing a signal prior to classification, where the signal includes non-contiguous segments; the method includes applying a coarse carrier frequency offset correction, applying a phase correction, applying a residual course frequency offset correction, and outputting a simulated continuous signal consisting of recorded continuous signal segments and modeled non-contiguous segments. A system for implementing the method is also disclosed.
US09584248B2	Passive optical network distribution systems and components thereof Systems and methods for delivering multiple passive optical network services are disclosed. One system includes a first optical transmission service comprising a common wavelength pair routed from a source to each of a plurality of subscribers and a second optical transmission service comprising a plurality of unique wavelength pairs, each of the unique wavelength pairs assigned to a subscriber among the plurality of subscribers. The system includes a splitter optically connected to first fiber carrying the first optical transmission service, the splitter including a plurality of outputs each delivering the first optical transmission service, and a wavelength division multiplexer connected to a second fiber, the wavelength division multiplexer separating each of the unique wavelength pairs of the second optical transmission service onto separate optical fibers. The system further includes a plurality of second wavelength division multiplexers optically connected to a different output of the plurality of outputs of the splitter and to a different one of the unique wavelength pairs from the wavelength division multiplexer, thereby combining a unique wavelength pair and a common wavelength pair onto a single fiber to be delivered to a subscriber.
US09584246B2	Wavelength division multiplexing optical receiver The present invention relates to a wavelength division multiplexing optical receiver and eliminates excess loss of one polarization component while eliminating the need for a polarization-independent operation of a light receiver. An input waveguide, made of a silicon wire waveguide, is connected to a loop waveguide equipped with a polarization rotator over a polarization beam splitter. A ring waveguide equipped with an output waveguide configuring an add-drop ring resonator array is optically connected to the loop waveguide. The output light from ports at both sides of the output waveguide is incident onto first and second light-receiving surfaces of a light receiver such that the optical distances are equal to each other.
US09584245B2	Non-coherent neighbor cell searching method The present invention relates to a non-coherent neighbor cell search method for primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS). In order to eliminate the channel response of the home cell, the present invention utilizes the similarity of channel responses at adjacent subcarriers, components at the kth subcarrier and the (k+1)th subcarrier of the received signal are respectively multiplied by the conjugation of the corresponding local synchronization signal to respectively obtain the kth product and the (k+1)th product. Afterward, a combination signal is obtained by examining the difference of the kth product and the (k+1)th product. By mathematical simplification and analysis, the main unknown component of the combination signal is the synchronization signal of neighbor cell, also in a compound form. Thus, the neighbor cell ID can be obtained by performing the correlation operation of the combination signal to the compound reference sequence.
US09584242B2	Data transmission method based on cross-carrier scheduling, user equipment, and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a data transmission method based on cross-carrier scheduling. The method includes: determining a first downlink subframe according to a timing relationship of an uplink HARQ of a reference uplink and downlink configuration, where the first downlink subframe is used to indicate timing of sending uplink scheduling grant information of a first uplink subframe of a scheduled cell; transmitting the uplink scheduling grant information in a subframe of a scheduling cell corresponding to the first downlink subframe, under a circumstance that the subframe of the scheduling cell corresponding to the first downlink subframe is a downlink subframe, where an uplink and downlink configuration of the scheduling cell and an uplink and downlink configuration of the scheduled cell are different; and receiving or sending uplink data in the first uplink subframe. In the present invention, the cross-carrier scheduling may be implemented effectively.
US09584238B2	Accessing service guide information in a digital video broadcast system Apparatuses may perform and methods may include receiving a digital broadcast signal that includes a physical layer pipe identified by a predetermined identifier indicating that the physical layer pipe includes service guide bootstrap information. The bootstrap information may identify one or more service guides available for download. The physical layer pipe may include header information that identifies one or more other physical layer pipes containing portions of the service guides identified in the bootstrap information. Based on the bootstrap information and header information, a selected service guide is retrieved and presented to a user.
US09584236B2	Efficient apparatus and method for audio signature generation using motion An automatic content recognition system that includes a user device for the purpose of capturing audio and generating an audio signature. The user device may be a smartphone or tablet. The system is also capable of determining whether a user device is in motion and refraining from audio monitoring and/or generating audio signatures when the user device is in motion. Motion may also be used to reduce the frequency of audio monitoring and/or signature generation. The system may have a database within the user device or the user device may communicate with a server having a database that contains reference audio signatures.
US09584232B1	Co-channel interference model and use thereof to evaluate performance of a receiver A computer simulates flight routes for simulated airborne transmitters across a spatial region divided into unit area tiles and over time based on actual aircraft flight plan data. The computer determines transmitter counts per tile per time interval based on the flight routes and assigns transmit parameters, including transmit message rates, to the transmitters. The computer determines transmit message rates per tile based on the transmitter counts and the transmit parameters. The computer generates, for a simulated receiver, an antenna pattern covering at least some of the tiles, and converts the transmit message rates of the covered tiles to a total effective receive message rate of interfering messages at the receiver. The computer determines a probability of successful detection of a desired message among the interfering messages at the receiver based on the effective receive message rate.
US09584231B2	Integrated two dimensional active antenna array communication system A base station (BS) capable of communication with a number of transmission points includes a processor configured to control a beamforming transmission or reception and an integrated antenna array system. The integrated antenna array system includes a baseband signal processing unit configured to perform baseband functions and disposed between the two sections. The integrated antenna array system also includes a plurality of physical antenna elements disposed in groups. Each of the groups includes an equal number of the plurality of physical antenna elements. The plurality of physical antenna elements are disposed symmetrically around the baseband signal processing unit.

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