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US09637398B2	Method for water treatment A method for treating a swimming pool, including introducing Mg2+ to a level from 60 ppm to 300 ppm to the swimming pool by addition of a soluble magnesium compound to the swimming pool, or Mg2+ to a level from 60 ppm to 1000 ppm by addition of a magnesium halide in addition to a further soluble magnesium compound.
US09637387B2	Method for repairing reduced graphene oxide A method for repairing a reduced graphene oxide, the method comprising the following steps: Dispersing the reduced graphene oxide into a solvent to obtain a graphene dispersion liquid, adding a first Lewis acid and a compound containing a methyl or methylene group to obtain the first mixture, reacting the first mixture in a microwave environment of which power is 300˜900 w for 0.5˜2 hours, refluxing for 3˜5 hours; separating, purifying and drying to obtain the first crude product; adding the first crude product into a second Lewis acid, adding an aromatic hydrocarbon repairing agent to obtain the second mixture, reacting the second mixture to obtain a molten solid, separating and purifying same to obtain the second crude product; mixing the second crude product, a metal powder catalyst and a third Lewis acid to obtain the third mixture, this method can repair reduced graphene oxide effectively.
US09637384B2	Fullerene derivatives and their applications in organic photovoltaics The present invention relates to new fullerene derivatives of formulae 1a-d, 2 and 3: method of synthesizing said derivatives, and applications thereof in organic photovoltaics, e.g., organic solar cells. In particular, the fullerene derivatives of the present invention are soluble in non-halogenated solvents such that an environmental-friendly and low-cost fabrication method for industrialization of solar cell based on the new fullerene derivatives is provided. An ink formulation for forming a thin film on a substrate of organic photovoltaics comprising at least one of the fullerene derivatives of the present invention is also provided. Greater than 3% power conversion efficiency of the organic solar cells (area=0.16 cm2) formed based on the fullerene derivatives of the present invention with less pollution and lower cost in fabrication can be achieved in the present invention.
US09637377B2	Method for forming a micro-surface structure and for producing a micro-electromechanical component The present invention relates to a method for forming a micro-surface structure on a substrate, in particular for producing a micro-electromechanical component, a micro-surface structure of this type, a method for producing a micro-electromechanical component having a micro-surface structure of this type and such a micro-electromechanical component. The invention is particularly relevant for components of microsystem technology (MST, micro-electromechanical systems MEMS) and the construction and connection technology for hermetically housing micro components, preferably using getter materials.
US09637376B2	Gyro MEMS sensor package An integrated circuit packaging structure comprises at least one Micro Electrical Mechanical Systems (MEMS) gyroscope die mounted directly on a multi-layer flexible substrate having at least one metal layer and wire-bonded to the flexible substrate and a lid or die coating protecting the MEMS die and wire bonds.
US09637375B2	MEMS device having a getter structure and method of forming the same According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of forming a MEMS device is provided. The method includes the following operations: providing a substrate; forming a first layer formed of titanium nitride over the substrate; and forming a second layer formed of titanium over the first layer. According to an exemplary embodiment, a MEMS device is provided. The device includes: a substrate; a first layer formed of titanium nitride over the substrate; and a second layer formed of titanium over the first layer. According to an exemplary embodiment, a getter structure is provided. The structure includes: a first layer formed of titanium nitride over a substrate; and a second layer formed of titanium over the first layer.
US09637362B2	Jack for lifting small utility vehicles A jack for lifting a small wheeled utility vehicle such as a lawn mower. The jack includes spaced bars having a lever actuated jacking mechanism therebetween. A base cross bar is carried by the jacking mechanism up and down the same and has spaced cradles for receiving the wheels of the utility vehicle therein. The spacings between the cradles and within the cradles are adjustable for adapting to the wheels of the vehicle. The jack also includes a base bar extending away from the bars for stabilizing the same and movable to a stored position.
US09637350B2	Door coupler with an actuation that permits it to be flexibly positioned A device for synchronously actuating and locking elevator doors, which are situated essentially one behind the other in the passage direction—such as a car door and a shaft door; the device includes entraining skids that are associated with a first driven door and whose spacing relative to one another can be changed in order to be able to couple the first door to the second door and move them together, characterized in that at least one of the entraining skids is supported in mobile fashion relative to the component, which holds it directly and is preferably embodied in the form of an entraining skid support, and toward the end of the closing movement, is secured so that it disengages from the second door, particularly by coming into contact with a stationary actuating element, which forcibly imparts a lifting movement to the at least one entraining skid.
US09637347B2	Hose storage system In order to keep hose for oxygen delivery off of the floor and thus make use of the oxygen delivery system safer, a storage system for storing the hose includes a support structure, a first pulley assembly, and a second pulley assembly below the first pulley assembly. At least a part of the first pulley assembly is translationally fixed relative to the support structure, and the second pulley assembly is translationally movable relative to the first pulley assembly, along the support structure. The hose is wrapped around pulleys of the first pulley assembly and pulleys of the second pulley assembly, and the amount of hose stored in the storage system is dependent on a position of the second pulley assembly relative to the first pulley assembly.
US09637344B2	One-way snare apparatus and method for isolating a broken elastic strand During the process of making elastomeric laminates, elastic material is advanced and stretched in a machine direction and may be joined with one or more substrates advancing in the machine direction. During the assembly process, one-way snare apparatuses and methods may be configured to automatically isolate elastic materials that may break. The one-way snares may include a housing and a snare member movably connected with the housing, wherein the snare member is movable relative to the housing between a first position and a second position. The one-way snares are adapted to permit advancement of continuous elastic strands in a first direction through the housing when the snare members are in the first position, and to prevent an end portion a broken elastic strand from retracting in a second direction through the housing when the snare member is in the second position, wherein the second direction is opposite the first direction.
US09637337B2	Sheet feeding apparatus and image processing apparatus A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet conveying unit configured to convey a sheet along a conveyance path, a detecting unit configured to detect the sheet passing along the conveyance path, a control unit configured to determine an amount of delay of a sheet conveyed along the conveyance path based on the detection and determine information to be output based on the amount of the delay, and an output unit configured to output the information.
US09637331B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus including a movement mechanism includes a first arm assembly including a first arm configured to pivot about a first pivot axis between a retracted position and a protruding position, the first arm being biased toward the protruding position and extending away from the first pivot axis in a first direction and a second arm configured to rotate between a restriction position in which the second arm engages the first arm, and a releasing position in which the second arm is separated from the first arm, the second arm configured to rotate from the restriction position to the releasing position in a direction away from the first arm, and a guide including a guide surface extending in the first direction, the guide surface configured to contact the first arm situated in the protruding position and a protruding guide configured to contact and move the second arm.
US09637328B1	Container ramp An apparatus for selectively providing access to a storage container having a door spaced above a floor of the container to provide access to an interior thereof comprises a shaft securable to said storage container at a position below said door and rotatable relative thereto and at least one lever arm extending from said shaft. The apparatus further includes at least one ramp extending between first and second ends, wherein said first end is supported on a surface proximate to said container. The at least one ramp is pivotally supported by distal ends of said at least one lever arms so as to be movable from a first position wherein said second end of said at least one ramp is positioned in front of said container to a second position wherein said second end of said at least one ramp is supported on said container as said shaft is rotated.
US09637322B1	Sealing belt conveyors against product leakage A belt conveyor has an upward sloping tube and a hopper extending outward from the lower intake end of the tube. A belt has an upper run passing along a hopper floor of the hopper then over a top S-roller of an S-roller assembly, under a bottom S-roller thereof, and up through the tube. Resilient bottom seal strips each extend along each side of the hopper with lower edges thereof bearing against the belt adjacent to side edges of the belt and resilient top seal strips are fastened on top of the corresponding bottom seal strips such that a lower edge of each top seal strip bears against the belt beside the lower edge of the corresponding bottom seal strip. Roller seals seal edges of the S-rollers and the belt passing therethrough, and a support surface supports the belt between the bottom S-roller and the intake end of the tube.
US09637317B2	Conveyor belt idler systems Belt conveyor idler systems for increasing the trough angle of a conveyor belt. In some embodiments, wing roll brackets that support the wing rolls increase in length from the front end to the back end of the idler system.
US09637303B1	Vehicle tire tote structure, and methods of use and manufacture thereof Some embodiments are directed to a tire tote for at least one of a tire and a wheel. The tire tote can include a shell configured to surround the tire or wheel. The shell can include a central shell portion having at least one slit and being configured to extend around an annular wall of the at least one of the tire or wheel. The shell can also include a pair of side shell portions attached to the central shell portion, the pair of side shell portions configured to cover opposing faces of the at least one of the tire or wheel. The tire tote can further include a support strap inside the shell extending along a circumferential direction of the central shell portion. The tire tote may include a handle disposed outside the shell and attached to the support strap through the at least one slit.
US09637299B2	Package with enlarged base A microwave heating construct may include a widened base. The construct may be erected by folding end panels of the construct towards one another and optionally securing the panels in the folded position. The construct may be formed from a blank. The construct and/or blank may include a removable portion at least partially defined by a line of disruption.
US09637286B2	Agricultural tank chemical measuring system The present invention provides a system for receiving and dispensing additives into an agricultural tank have a threaded opening, the system including a threadable cap releasably secured to a measuring device and threaded to the tank threaded opening, the threadable cap including a hose restrictor for passing a hose through said threadable cap into said tank.
US09637284B2	Liquid dispensing lid A liquid dispensing lid is described and which includes a lid body which cooperates with a fluid dispensing vessel, and where the lid body defines a drinking aperture; an elongated fluid dispensing member movably cooperates with the upper surface of the lid body so as to selectively occlude the drinking aperture; and an elastomeric biasing member biasingly couples the elongated fluid dispending member to the lid body and further biasingly urges the elongated fluid dispensing member into an orientation where the elongated fluid dispensing member occludes the drinking aperture.
US09637281B2	Container A container is disclosed. The container includes a cover and a container body, a rotation member is rotatably coupled to the cover, and the rotation member pulls down the cover so as to be coupled to the container body when the rotation member is coupled to the container body.
US09637277B2	Stand-up plastic storage bag A storage bag includes a first sidewall having a top edge and a bottom edge, and a plurality of shift regions about which the bag is capable of shifting. At least one of the shift regions includes one of a score line, an indentation, and a crimp formed into the first sidewall, and extends a distance along the first sidewall starting from near the bottom edge of the first sidewall. A second sidewall is connected to the first sidewall so as to form an interior of the bag with an opening to the interior and having a top edge and a bottom edge. At least one of the shift regions of the first and second sidewalls extends across and intersects with another of the shift regions of the first and second sidewalls, to facilitate shifting of the bag. The bag shifts between a flat configuration, and a stand-up configuration.
US09637273B2	Hang tag package for a saw blade A package for at least one saw blade defining a post opening includes a body defining a support surface, a post, a wall, and a cover. The post extends from the support surface and is configured to extend through the post opening defined in at least one saw blade. The wall extends from the support surface at least partially around the post. The cover is configured for connection to the wall and is further configured to be positioned adjacent to a free end of the post when connected to the wall to prevent removal of the post from the post opening when the at least one saw blade is mounted on the post.
US09637259B2	Racetrack collator, carriage and related methods A racetrack collator includes a collator frame, first and second collator drive assemblies and first and second collator carriages. The collator frame defines a racetrack travel path, and the first and second drive assemblies are each mounted thereto. Each drive assembly includes a respective endless drive element extending around the racetrack travel path. Each collator carriage is releasably connected to a respective endless drive element and includes a flexible substrate to which a plurality of dividers are connected.
US09637257B2	Weather shelter for use in a remote manufacturing yard A weather shelter for providing protection during assembly of a column at a remote manufacturing yard is provided. The weather shelter can include a frame mounted to a hanging platform, and extending upwards from the hanging platform, the hanging platform supported by the column; and a protective covering mounted on the frame having a side covering and a top covering, the protective covering configured to provide an inner atmosphere within the protective covering protected from external elements when the protective covering is secured to the column.
US09637254B2	Method, filling system and filling element for filling containers A method for filling containers with filling goods that comprise liquid that has a solids content includes using a magnetically inductive flow meter for controlling at least one of volume and quantity of said filling goods in a particular container.
US09637252B2	Sealant packaging and method An improved sealant packaging and method for use with sealing joints and cracks in pavement and parking lots is provided. Liquid sealant material is poured by volume into a container draped with a sheet. Container is cooled so that the sealant becomes a solid block, with the sheet adhered to the sides of the sealant block such that the sheet forms a container for the sealant. The sheet also acts a release liner for easily removing the sealant block from the container. Two or more contained blocks are stacked together, forming a package of two or more blocks self-sealed by sheets. When the package is placed in a melting kettle, heat migrates through the spaces between the individual sealant blocks and allows the smaller sealant blocks to melt quickly and evenly. Sheet and film melt with sealant material and are incorporated therein to form the final sealant product.
US09637248B2	Component deployment system A method and apparatus for deploying a group of panels. An apparatus comprises a group of panels in a folded configuration against a side of a spacecraft, a group of flexible members connected to the group of panels, and an interface system associated with the group of panels and the group of flexible members. The interface system is configured to move the group of panels from the folded configuration to a deployed configuration when the group of flexible members is extended from the spacecraft.
US09637240B2	Aircraft powerplant An aircraft propulsion power plant for use in an aircraft includes one or more core engines housed in an airframe of the aircraft, one or more secondary propulsion units, each of the one or more secondary propulsion units being removably attached to the airframe, and one or more power transmission means, each of the one or more power transmission means being configured to transmit mechanical power from the or each core engine to a corresponding one of the or each secondary propulsion unit when the or each secondary propulsion unit is attached to the airframe.
US09637237B2	Filter granulate The invention relates to a filter granulate for binding constituents of a gas flow.The invention furthermore relates to the use of such a filter granulate for filtering the breathing air in means of transport, more particularly aircraft, as well as to an aircraft equipped with a filter comprising a filter granulate according to the invention.
US09637235B2	Method for monitoring and locking aircraft compartment doors The invention relates to a system for monitoring and locking aircraft compartment doors (1, 2, 3, 4), characterized in that said system includes a centralized device (12) for controlling the locking/unlocking in the form of a central processing unit (12) for controlling remote bolt devices having a radio transceiver device and a plurality of remote bolt devices (6) for locking/unlocking said doors provided with a radio control device connected to the transceiver device of the control device.
US09637232B2	Distributed exhaust system An exhaust system includes a multiple of distribution risers which extend transverse to a plenum, each of the multiple of distribution risers includes at least one downstream directed aperture.
US09637230B2	Aircraft and convertible wing assembly In at least some implementations, an aircraft includes a fuselage, a wing spar rotatably carried by the fuselage, a first wing element and a second wing element. The first wing element is carried by the wing spar, rotatable with the wing spar, and slidably moveable relative to the fuselage and wing spar. The second wing element is connected to the first wing element for pivoted movement of the second wing element relative to the first wing element. The second wing element at least partially overlaps the first wing element and the first and second wing elements are moveable to a plurality of positions wherein the amount that the second wing element overlaps the first wing element varies to vary the effective combined wing area of the wing elements.
US09637224B2	Plasma-assisted synthetic jets for active air flow control A plasma-assisted synthetic jet device, an aircraft including a plasma-assisted synthetic jet device, and a method of improving aerodynamic properties are disclosed for providing air flow control at an aerodynamic structure by ionizing one or more gases exiting through an aperture of the synthetic jet device disposed in the aerodynamic structure.
US09637222B2	Multi-axis pivot assembly for control sticks and associated systems and methods Multi-axis pivot assemblies for control sticks and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. A multi-axis pivot assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology can include, for example, an input shaft, a first axis output shaft coupled to the input shaft, and a second axis output shaft coupled to the input shaft via a series of linkages and pivoting joints. The first and second axis output shafts rotated about corresponding first and second fixed bearing sets to capture a first axis output and a second axis output. The series of linkages are configured to decouple first axis movement of the input shaft from second axis movement of the input shaft such that the second axis output is substantially independent of the first axis output.
US09637219B2	Fairing transition and vehicle with a movable body and a fixed body comprising a fairing transition A fairing transition is provided for covering a gap between a movable body and a fixed body on a vehicle that includes, but is not limited to a base plate that is attachable to a vehicle, a cover plate that is attachable to the base plate. The base plate and the cover plate include, but are not limited to a correspondingly formed connecting profile having positive fit on surfaces that face each other, with the connecting profile configured to slide the cover plate onto the base plate. Furthermore, the cover plate is lockable to the base plate in an end position.
US09637218B2	Aircraft with forward sweeping T-tail An aircraft includes a propulsor supported within an aft portion of the fuselage. A thrust reverser is supported proximate the propulsor for redirecting thrust forward to slow the aircraft upon landing. A tail extending from the aft portion of the fuselage is angled forward away from the aft portion and out of the discharge of airflow from the thrust reverser.
US09637207B2	Tool and method for cleaning surfaces subsea The invention provides a tool (4) for cleaning surfaces subsea, comprising a body having a cleaning face (11) for holding against and preferably also moving along the surface to be cleaned, the face has a shape convex or corresponding to the surface to be cleaned, and a means for distance control of the cleaning face of the body such that a gap is provided between said face and the surface (3) to be cleaned when the tool is in operation, and/or openings or channels are arranged for allowing surrounding water to flow in towards the center of the cleaning face. Further, the cleaning face comprises a suction outlet for water, debris and contamination, in operation the outlet (13) is connected to a suction device (17) so that water, debris and contamination is drawn into the outlet for transport to further treatment.
US09637203B1	Detachable curtain that secures to a boat cover A detachable curtain coupled to a cover of a boat includes a pliable netting panel, a first sheet member coupled to the top edge of the netting panel and having a first pouch, a second sheet member coupled to the top edge of the netting panel and having a second pouch, a first set of fasteners coupled to the first sheet member and embedded within the first pouch, and a second set of fasteners coupled to the second sheet member and embedded within the second pouch. The netting panel is maneuvered to permit both the first and second sheet members to surround a portion of the boat's cover, thereby permitting the first set of fasteners to engage with the second set of fasteners to support the netting panel in an upright position.
US09637200B2	Twin hull foldout watercraft A twin hull foldout watercraft that quickly and easily deploys from a small mobile and portable size unit that will fit into a vehicle or stow in a closet, camper or larger boat to a dry stable watercraft that could be used with small motor, paddles, ores, stand up paddles, push poles or sail and which has all parts and accessories attached thereto. The twin hull foldout watercraft comprises a central deck, two side mounted hull flaps hingedly attached to the opposing side edges of the central deck and positionable in a vertical or horizontal position, a fore deck extension member hingedly attached to the front edge of the central deck and positionable in a vertical or horizontal position, and an aft deck extension member hingedly attached to the rear edge and which can be extended out from the rear of the central deck.
US09637185B2	Wheel well rear portion structure In a vehicle to which a wheel well rear portion structure has been applied, a curved portion of an upper wall of a guide portion bulges obliquely toward the vehicle lower side as seen in a side view and is connected to a discharge portion. An air flow flowing in a flow channel flows along the upper wall due to the Coanda effect, so in the air flow along the curved portion the flow component heading toward the vehicle rear side becomes larger. The flow direction of the air flow discharged from the discharge portion substantially coincides with the flow direction of an air flow flowing in the space under the body of the vehicle. In a state in which a drop in the flow speed of the air flow discharged from the discharge portion is controlled, the air flow can be caused to smoothly merge with the air flow.
US09637179B2	Aluminum alloy vehicle structural component defining an out-of-plane aperture An aluminum alloy vehicle structural component defining an out-of-plane aperture with its main portion. A recessed portion is inset from the main portion having a bed sub-portion out-of-plane with the main portion that defines the aperture. The recessed portion also provides a strain hardened sub-portion, or stiffened ring of material, around the aperture. When the main portion is subjected to in-plane tension due to bending, the strain primarily concentrates along the strain hardened sub-portion (the stiffened ring) and by-passes the aperture. As a result the perimeter of the aperture undergoes less straining than if the aperture was in-plane with the main portion. The out-of-plane aperture, the bed sub-portion surrounding the aperture, and the strain hardened sub-portion surrounding the bed sub-portion may improve the overall structural robustness of the aluminum alloy structural component when subjected to in-plane tension.
US09637177B2	Support structure of vehicle body A support structure of a vehicle body may include left and right inner side sills forming frames of lower portions of sides of the vehicle body in a width direction of the vehicle, an intermediate floor connecting a center floor forming a center portion of floors and a rear floor of the vehicle body, left and right rear side members forming frames of rear portions of the vehicle body in the length direction, and one end portions of inner sides of the left and right rear side members, respectively connected to both end portions of the intermediate floor in the width direction, and left and right front upper support members extending in the width direction, mounted on an upper surface of the intermediate floor, and one ends of the left and right front upper support members, respectively connected to the left and right inner side sills.
US09637176B2	Fastening support for mudguard and mudguard arrangement A mudguard fastening support is intended to connect the mudguard to a hub of a turning wheel. In a normal turning position, the mudguard turns with the wheel. The mudguard fastening support has a flexible structure in such a manner that a stop element prevents the mudguard from turning along with the wheel at an angle that is larger than a specific turning angle. With the flexible structure the mudguard is returned to turn with the wheel at an angle that is smaller than said specific turning angle. The mudguard fastening support has a turning sleeve to be fixed to the mudguard and a support element to be fixed to the hub of the wheel. The turning sleeve and support element have form surfaces facing each other, one of which forms a support surface and the other forms a mating surface. The support surface has a tip part with a rounded peak toward the mating surface. The mating surface has an operating position recess which is furthest away from the support surface and to which in a normal operating situation the tip part is to be arranged, and adjacent to the operating position recess, a bevelled surface.
US09637174B2	Method for producing hot-formed and press-hardened automobile column A method for producing an automobile column is disclosed. The automobile column has a region of a first type and a region of a second type which have mutually different strengths. A transition region having a width of less than 50 mm is formed between the two regions. The automobile column has in the region of the first type a bainitic structure and in the region of the second type a martensitic structure.
US09637171B2	Frame rail for a vehicle A frame rail for a vehicle has a pair of elongated structural members, each one of the pair of elongated structural members having flanges protruding from lateral edges thereof. The flanges of one of the pair of elongated structural members extend in a direction toward the flanges of the other one of the pair of elongated structural members. The frame rail also has first and second metallic web panels interconnecting the pair of elongated structural members. Overall, the frame rail has a box beam structure, wherein at least a major portion of each one of the first and second metallic web panels has a material thickness that is less than a material thickness of at least a major portion of each one of the pair of elongated structural members.
US09637170B2	Steering torque compensating apparatus and steering torque compensating method The present invention relates to a technology of compensating for steering torque. More particularly, the present invention provides a steering torque compensating apparatus including: a reference object recognition unit that recognizes a fixed reference object arranged in correspondence to a lane of a road by using a camera of a vehicle; a distance measurement unit that measures a distance difference between the vehicle and the fixed reference object; and an operation determination unit that calculates a distance change rate that is a change rate of the distance difference per time and determines whether the vehicle is driven forwards or rearwards, by using the distance change rate, and a steering torque compensating method.
US09637158B2	Steering column assembly A steering column assembly comprising an inner tube and an outer tube that surrounds the inner tube along at least part of its length, in a relaxed condition the outer tube being a relatively loose fit around the inner tube, an elongate slot in the outer tube which can be at least partially closed by applying a load either side of the slot to cause a reduction in the internal diameter of the tube, the slot extending along the outer tube starting from one end of the tube, a pair of flanges which are fixed to the tube on opposing sides of the slot, and a clamp mechanism which connects one flange to the other, the clamp mechanism being movable between a clamped position in which it applies a clamping force to the flanges that acts to reduce the width of the slot and so tightens the outer tube around the inner tube, and an unclamped position in which the clamping force is reduced to permit the flanges to move away from one another as the tube returns towards its relaxed condition. A restraining member that extend around the whole outside of the circumference, or substantially around the whole circumference, of a length of the outer tube that is located at, or close to, the end of the outer tube at which the slot starts, the restraining member preventing unwanted deformation of the end of the outer tube.
US09637153B2	Child-carrier mounting adapter An adapter removably mounts to a stroller or other child-supporting device, and a range of different child carriers can be removably mounted to the adapter and thus the stroller. The adapter includes stroller-mounting assemblies that are compatible with the carrier-mounting assemblies of the stroller. A peripheral frame is supported by the stroller-mounting assemblies and in turn supports the selected carrier in a snugly nested arrangement. To enable use with various different carriers, the peripheral frame includes an adjustable frame member that slides backward and forward between retracted and extended positions for use with smaller and larger carriers, respectively. Lock assemblies selectively retain the adjustable frame member in position, and an actuator assembly operates the lock assemblies. A position-indicating system can provide a visual indication of the position of the adjustable frame member. Straps or other carrier-securing assemblies can restrain the carrier on the adapter.
US09637145B2	Rail vehicle with roll stabilizer A rail vehicle includes at least one running gear and at least one anti-roll stabilizer which is connected to two different vehicle parts of the rail vehicle. The anti-roll stabilizer includes a torsion shaft disposed on a vehicle part transversally to the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, levers anti-rotationally disposed on the torsion shaft at both sides of the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and a respective draw/push rod for each lever. Each lever is articulatingly connected to one end of the draw/push rod and the draw/push rod is articulatingly connected at its other end to the other vehicle part. In order to reduce the dynamic forces on the draw/push rods in the oblique configuration thereof, imaginary extensions of the draw/push rods intersect at a point which lies approximately on the axis of rotation of the outward rotational movement of the running gear.
US09637133B1	Operator capacity monitor and engagement of emergency action system and method A system and method may monitor an operator of a vehicle for signs of incapacity. Low cost electronic devices may monitor operator vital signs allowing the system to determine when the operator is active and normally operating the vehicle, operating the vehicle under a high workload, and/or has become inactive (potentially incapacitated). Industrial electronics may enable to system to monitor ambient workspace temperature, pressure, and oxygen levels and may offer the system an additional second source of information to detect ambient factors affecting the capacity of the operator. Should operator capacity be in question, the system may warn the operator and take an appropriate safety based action including application of a control and eventually assuming control of the vehicle.
US09637120B2	Cognitive driver assist with variable assistance for automated vehicles A cognitive-driver-assist system includes an object-detection device, an operator-detection device, a control-override device, and a controller. The object-detection device is operable to detect when an object is proximate to a host-vehicle. The operator-detection device is operable to determine when an operator of the host-vehicle is aware of the object. The control-override device is operable to limit operator-authority of the operator while the operator is driving the host-vehicle. The controller is configured to operate the control-override device in accordance with the operator-authority to override the operator and avoid interference with the object when the operator is not aware of the object.
US09637119B2	Safe driving guiding system and method thereof Provided is a safe driving guiding system. The safe driving guiding system includes: a vehicle-drivable space extracting unit configured to extract a vehicle-drivable space by using distance information from a vehicle to an object detected by a distance measuring sensor and a vehicle-drivable space by using object information detected by an object detecting sensor; a dynamic driving space extracting unit configured to extract a dynamic driving space by using movement information of a vehicle detected by a movement detecting sensor; and an accident occurrence predicting unit configured to determine an overlap degree between the vehicle-drivable space and the dynamic driving space, and control initiation of an operation of at least one of a lane departure warning system and a lane keeping assistance system.
US09637114B2	Step-ratio transmission control for a hybrid vehicle A parallel hybrid electric vehicle discrete step-ratio automatic transmission shift strategy attempts to cause a speed of a motor to approach a target motor speed to increase fuel economy for a coupled engine when in hybrid mode. A controller shifts the transmission according to a magnitude of a driver torque demand, the current rotor or impeller speed, and whether the motor is consuming or producing current.
US09637108B2	Vehicle driving-torque control device A vehicular driving torque control apparatus, comprising: a limitation variation rate setting section included in a driving torque control section and configured to set, in a form of a limitation variation rate, a low torque side limitation variation rate used in a low torque side until the target driving torque reaches to a torque variation rate switching threshold value and a high torque side limitation variation rate used in a high torque side exceeding the torque variation rate switching threshold value and to execute a limitation suppression variation rate setting process in which the low torque side limitation variation rate is set to be larger than the high torque side limitation variation rate until the target driving torque reaches to the torque variation rate switching threshold value.
US09637106B2	Power-generation control device and power-generation control method for hybrid vehicle Provided is a power-generation control device and a power-generation control method for a hybrid vehicle, which are capable of suppressing a temperature rise of an electric motor while controlling a field-weakening current to flow through the electric motor to protect the electric motor and a battery even when an induced voltage increased by an increase in rpm of the electric motor exceeds an allowable voltage of the battery. Power generation by an electric motor is stopped when a voltage of a battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined first voltage, and an in-vehicle electric load is supplied with power generated by the electric motor and a power-generation amount by the electric motor is controlled so that the voltage of the battery becomes equal to a predetermined second voltage, when the voltage of the battery is lower than the predetermined second voltage.
US09637104B2	Valve apparatus A valve apparatus 1 for a pressure-actuated system has a pressure medium input 7 and a pressure medium output 22. A relay valve 8 controls the pressure medium input 7. A pressure-actuatable inlet valve 23 is arranged between the relay valve 8 and the pressure medium output 22. Each pressure medium output 22 includes a pressure-actuatable outlet valve 28 controlling a fluidic connection of the pressure medium output 22 to a purge 16 leading to atmosphere. At least one outlet valve 28 or inlet valve 23 is formed as a diaphragm valve and has a valve diaphragm 29 which lies on a valve seat 30 and opens against the pressure in a purge chamber 31. For each diaphragm valve, an electrically actuatable purge valve 33 controls a fluidic connection of the purge chamber 31 to a purge line controlling the relay valve 8.
US09637103B2	Method of controlling braking system using braking device having electromechanical parking function A method of controlling a braking system using a brake device having an electromechanical parking function uses a brake device having an electromechanical parking function includes: a parking release and preliminary braking step of releasing a limitation of an operation location of an electromechanical element, pressing a secondary piston by a primary piston by operating the electromechanical element, and generating a braking force in the front wheel and the rear wheel by operating a hydraulic pump that is connected to a hydraulic circuit system; a primary piston backward moving step of allowing oil inflow of an accumulator for a complex caliper unit and separating the primary piston from the secondary piston by moving the primary piston; and a primary piston forward pressing step of blocking oil inflow of an accumulator for the complex caliper unit and pressing the secondary piston by moving the primary piston by the electromechanical element.
US09637102B2	Brake system for motor vehicles and method for operating the brake system A brake system includes a brake pedal for actuating a master cylinder having two pistons and corresponding pressure chambers, where the system can be operated in a brake-by-wire mode and also a fallback mode. The system also includes a first electrically controllable pressure source and a second electrically controllable pressure source. The first and second electrically controllable pressure sources each have corresponding output flows that are connected together. The second electrically controllable pressure source can therefore provide output volume flow in the event the first electrically controllable pressure source fails.
US09637096B2	Vehicle control apparatus A vehicle control apparatus is equipped with a vehicle velocity detecting unit that detects a vehicle velocity of a driver's own vehicle, and an automatic brake control unit configured to carry out an automatic brake control process for causing a braking force to be generated automatically in the wheels without reliance on a braking operation when the vehicle is involved in a collision. The automatic brake control unit makes the braking force to the wheels smaller as the vehicle velocity becomes higher after the vehicle collision.
US09637083B2	Method for operating a seat belt system in a motor vehicle and motor vehicle A method operates a seat belt system in a motor vehicle. The method uses a 3-D imaging system to determine when a tongue of the seat belt system is approaching a buckle of the seat belt system. A buckle presenter extends the buckle from a seat of the motor vehicle, toward an occupant of the motor vehicle when the 3-D imaging system determines that the tongue is approaching the buckle.
US09637082B2	Components for active pedestrian safety mechanism A latch assembly for driving a closure panel from a closed panel position to an open panel position. The latch assembly comprises: a latch mechanism having a first latch element for retaining a mating latch component in a latched position and for moving the mating latch component from the latched position to an unlatched position when released, the movement of the first latch element biased towards the unlatched position by a latch biasing element; and an actuation system having: a mechanical energy storage system having a device for storing mechanical potential energy for assisting the latch biasing element in moving the mating latch component from the latched position to the unlatched position; a mechanical advantage system having a plurality of advantage elements for engaging the device, such that movement of the plurality of advantage elements is associated with a trigger force and cooperation of the plurality of advantage elements provides for amplification of the trigger force as an initiating force to release the stored mechanical potential energy; and a trigger system configured to provide the trigger force to release the stored mechanical potential energy.
US09637081B2	Curtain airbag with protective sheet A curtain airbag for a motor vehicle includes an inflatable cushion and a protective sheet having an attachment edge attached to the airbag and a free-length extending from the attachment edge. The cushion formed into a folded condition from which it is deployable in a deployment direction, and the free-length of the sheet is positioned adjacent to the deployment direction of the cushion. The airbag is installed in the vehicle to deploy adjacent to a daylight opening of the vehicle. Deployment of the cushion during inflation causes the protective sheet to be drawn along with the cushion in the deployment direction so that the sheet overlays the outboard-facing side of the cushion (between the cushion and the daylight opening) and thereby provides a degree of protection against damage to the cushion that may be caused by, for example, broken window glass.
US09637069B2	Portable device having a changeable illuminated display The portable device having a changeable illuminated display includes a license plate frame structure having front and back frame structures and a compact image display device closely held between the front and back frame structures, an image displayed by the compact image display being visible through a plurality of openings formed in the front frame structure.
US09637068B2	Component for a motor vehicle and associated motor vehicle Component for a motor vehicle and associated motor vehicle. The component according to the invention has a first support layer (20) and a second support layer (22), partially applied on the first layer (20). The second layer (22) includes at least one first region (24A, 24B) applied on the first layer (20) and at least one second region (26A, 26B) positioned across from and separated from the first layer (20), the second region (26A, 26B) together with the first layer (20) delimiting an intermediated space (34A, 34B). The second region (26A, 26B) has a density lower than the density of the first region (24A, 24B). The second layer (22) comprises at least one third region (28A) applied on the first layer (20), the third region (28A) having a density lower than the density of the first region (24A, 24B).
US09637064B1	Apparatus and method for restoring a camera mounting to a calibrated position Various examples of an apparatus for mounting a camera on a vehicle are disclosed. An apparatus comprises a first portion of a first material with a first end configured for attaching to a camera and a second end configured for mounting to a vehicle. The apparatus is configured to maintain the camera in a substantially calibrated position. A second portion of a second material is coupled to the first portion, wherein the second material is capable of deforming upon an impact to the apparatus and returning the apparatus to the calibrated position upon exposure to an energy source. In another example, the apparatus is constructed entirely of the second material.
US09637063B1	Vibration cancelling platform for use with laptops or tablet computers used in moving vehicles Use of a laptop, tablet or other electronic device within a vehicle or other mode of transportation is often made difficult due to vibration, bumps and sudden turns. A vibration cancelling platform provides stabilization for an electronic device while being used in a moving vehicle. A platform may comprise a top housing and a bottom housing which may slide laterally relative to each other in order to stabilize a user's electronic device resting upon the top housing. Low friction sliding components such as linear slides or rollers help to reduce or prevent the environmental movement experienced by the bottom housing from being transmitted to the upper housing. Spring elements secured between the top and bottom housings further assist in reducing vibration and act to stabilize the top housing in a centralized position. The platform may comprise two or more sections that slide open and expand the platform size to accommodate laptops of different sizes.
US09637061B2	External down stops for glove box A glove box supported by an instrument panel includes a storage compartment displaceable between an open position and a closed position, and at least one resilient arm protruding from an exterior surface of the storage compartment through an aperture in the instrument panel. The resilient arm may have a first surface for contacting an edge of the aperture and deflecting the resilient arm during installation of the storage compartment and a second surface for limiting displacement of the storage compartment once installed. An application of a force to the resilient arm allows displacement of the storage compartment beyond the open position allowing removal of the glove box from the instrument panel.
US09637060B2	Closable device for holding objects in a vehicle A closable device for holding objects in a vehicle, encompassing a base body and a cover, is provided. The base body exhibits an opening that can be closed by the cover, and the cover can be swiveled around a first hinge from a first position into a second position and vice versa. The cover can be swiveled around a second hinge from the first position into a third position and vice versa. The base body encompasses at least one first bearing for the first hinge, and at least one second bearing for the second hinge. The first hinge and the second hinge each exhibit at least one first hinge section and at least one second hinge section, and a cross sectional area of the first hinge section is respectively larger than a cross sectional area of the second hinge section.
US09637045B2	Edge profile for bordering a superstructure of a rescue vehicle, in particular a fire fighting vehicle An edge profile for bordering the superstructure of a rescue vehicle is contemplated, specifically an edge profile for bordering the upper walking deck of a firefighting vehicle that provide a modular construction system with enhanced security features. The edge profile is an extruded hollow body having a cross section with a front wall portion and an upper and lower groove for simultaneously illuminating the border of the upper walking deck and the environment around the base of the vehicle. The edge profile modularly engages with the vehicle body via cross-sectional horizontal and vertical mounting grooves, which do not require welding. A lower flange portion is further provided to cover upper parts of storage compartments at the sides of the vehicle, especially roller shutters.
US09637042B2	Side rail of a flatbed trailer for use with cargo restraint devices A side rail of a floor assembly of a trailer, such as a flatbed trailer, including a channel formed in a top wall of the side rail and an aperture formed in the top wall of the side rail at a location spaced-apart from the channel. The channel extends along a length of the side rail and is configured to receive a first cargo restraint device therein. The aperture is configured to receive a second cargo restraint device therein.
US09637038B2	Continuous rod transport system A transport system has a dedicated trailer for transporting a small transport reel (i.e., <18-ft in diameter) of continuous rod to the field. The trailer has a pedestal that can pivot the reel. A hub motor on the pedestal can turn the reel, and a transfer unit and rod bender on the trailer can curve or straighten the rod when being fed into or out of the reel. A power and hydraulic system operates the various hydraulic components on the trailer. In other aspects, the transport system includes stands that can hold the small transport reels on a trailer within a defined transport envelope. When empty, these stands can be stacked on top of one another on the trailer for return to a facility.
US09637034B2	Foam cord for seating foam stability and rigidity A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback having a frame that provides structural integrity to the seatback and operably couples the seatback to a vehicle floor. A carrier is operably coupled to the frame. A foam cushion assembly is operably coupled to the carrier. The foam cushion assembly includes an upper portion, a lower portion, a first side bolster, and a second side bolster. A continuous semi-rigid foam cord is formed in the foam cushion assembly. The foam cord extends through a forward periphery of the upper portion, the lower portion, the first side bolster, and the second side bolster. The foam cord is configured to add structural rigidity to the seatback.
US09637033B2	Lifter mechanism and vehicle seat A neck injury is improved with a structure having a lifting mechanism part only on one side. While a lifting driving part is provided on a side of one side frame, a coupling driving rod is coupled to a rotation center of a drive gear a driving link is disposed on a side of the other side frame, and the driving link is coupled to the coupling driving rod. A driving force in the lifting driving part operates on the side of one side frame having the drive gear, but on the side of the other side frame, the driving link rotates together with the drive gear via the coupling driving rod, so as to perform a lifting or lowering operation. The shape of a virtual square coupling contact points of the driving link, the side connectors, the coupling driving rod, and the drive gear does not collapse, and thus an external input is dispersed.
US09637026B2	Floor tile system for mounting vehicle seats and methods for mounting vehicle seats A mounting tile for mounting a vehicle seat to a vehicle floor comprises at least two tubular members having a rectangular cross-sectional shape and a U-shaped channel having apertures that may include weld nuts for receiving fastener elements protruding from the bottom of the vehicle seat structure. A method for mounting a vehicle seat using the mounting tile includes affixing angle iron to the side edges of the floor, affixing a layer of metal plating on top of the angle iron, affixing one or more mounting tiles to the metal plating, positioning filler material between the one or more mounting tiles, positioning a floor covering over the mounting tiles and filler material, aligning the fastener elements of the vehicle seat structure with apertures in the mounting tile, and attaching the fastener elements and the seat to the mounting tile.
US09637024B2	Controlling an electrified vehicle in response to differences in energy consumption rates An exemplary method of controlling an electrified vehicle includes adjusting operation of an electrified vehicle in response to a difference between a first energy consumption rate and a second energy consumption rate. The first energy consumption rate is based on energy consumption over a first duration. The second energy consumption rate is based on energy consumption over a second duration.
US09637023B2	Motor controller and method for operating a motor controller A motor controller including a control unit designed for receiving and/or processing a movement signal and for outputting a control signal depending on the movement signal, and including a power stage which is designed for enabling an electric energy flow as a function of the control signal, and further including a sensor designed for detecting a movement of the electric motor and for providing a movement-dependent sensor signal to a sensor input of the control unit, wherein the control unit is designed for detecting a usage-dependent load value for a movement system driven by the electric motor and wherein the control unit includes a component memory for storing parameters of components of the movement system, a processing device for combining the parameters with incoming sensor signals to produce a load value and a load value memory for storing the established load value.
US09637022B2	Electric drive module and method for operating an electric drive module An electric drive module and a method for switching a drive module between a torque vectoring and at least one propulsion mode are provided. A controller can switch the drive module to the torque vectoring mode when a first set of conditions is met and can switch to one of the propulsion modes when either a second or a third set of conditions is met. The first set can include: torque requested by an operator is less than or equal to a first demand threshold; and a vehicle velocity is greater than or equal to a first velocity threshold. The second set can include: the vehicle velocity is less than a second velocity threshold; and a vehicle lateral instability is less than or equal to an instability threshold. The third set can include: the torque requested by the operator of the vehicle is greater than a second demand threshold.
US09637017B2	Power-sharing charging system, charging device, and method for controlling the same The present disclosure provides a charging system including: at least two charging devices including at least two output units configured to supply connected automobiles with charging power, a first bus electrically connected to the output units and configured to transfer charging power to the output units, and a power processing unit configured to process power, which is supplied from a power source, using a first capacity and supply the first bus with the processed power; and a second bus configured to connect a first bus of a first charging device and a first bus of a second charging device, wherein, when a total capacity of charging power supplied to automobiles connected to the first charging device exceeds the first capacity, a part or all of lacking capacity is supplied via the second bus.
US09637015B2	Non-contact electric power transmission system and charging station When a power supply ECU receives a signal requesting test electric power transmission, the power supply ECU has a plurality of electric power transmission portions start transmission of electric power for positioning, and determines an electric power transmission portion with which a vehicle is carrying out positioning based on which of a plurality of detection portions has detected effective electric power. The vehicle transmits a first signal to a charging station when positioning is completed. When the power supply ECU receives the first signal and it is determined that the vehicle has stopped at the electric power transmission portion which is the subject of electric power transmission, the power supply ECU has the electric power transmission portion which is the subject of electric power transmission transmit electric power higher than electric power for positioning.
US09637012B2	Charging device having adaptive input The invention relates to a charging device (2) for a battery (5) of a motorized device, suitable for being supplied by a single-phase alternating input current, and suitable for being supplied by a multi-phase alternating input current, said charging device (2) including a first conversion module (3) and a second conversion module (4), the first conversion module (3) being suitable for converting an alternating current into at least one intermediate direct current and of supplying the second conversion module (4) with said intermediate current, and the second conversion module (4) being suitable for converting the intermediate current into a direct output current, and of supplying the battery (5) with said output current; the charging device (2) also including a switching module (7) suitable for switching the first conversion module (3) between a first configuration adapted to a first single-phase alternating input current and a second configuration adapted to a multi-phase alternating input current.
US09637004B2	System and method for delimiting regenerative braking The present disclosure relates to a method for controlling an application of regenerative brake torque to a plurality of wheels of at least one of a hybrid electric vehicle or an electric vehicle, to avoid brake instability. The method may involve sensing variables such as an angle of a steering wheel of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a brake pedal rate as an operator engages a brake pedal, and a wheel slip of each of the front and rear wheels. A commanded lateral acceleration may be determined representing a steady state lateral acceleration that the vehicle would reach at an actual vehicle speed and with a presently sensed steering wheel angle. The application of regenerative brake torque can then be controlled based on the sensed wheel slips relative to at least one predetermined wheel slip limit. The predetermined wheel slip limit is determined based at least in part on the determined commanded lateral acceleration.
US09637003B2	Protected system for controlling power transactions for an electric vehicle The invention concerns a protected system for controlling power transactions for an electric vehicle. Identification modules are incorporated into the vehicle battery management system and box, and integrity sensors of the box and of the battery are connected to a monitoring module. The system comprises a processing module for processing information produced by the battery management system, the vehicle management unit, the integrity monitoring module, and an identification module for identifying devices connected to a bus between the devices. A memory stores data indicative of technical characteristics of the battery, and data concerning events, transactions and energy depending on the information received. A calculation unit determines an energy balance according to the event, transaction and energy data. A communication module transmits a warning in case of an imbalance in the energy balance and a breach in integrity revealed by the data.
US09637002B1	Adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display An adaptive, automatically-reconfigurable, vehicle instrument display method and system are described that use information from multiple sensors located within the vehicle that monitor various aspects of a vehicle's operation and health to automatically modify presence and/or location of widgets in the vehicle's instrument display panel based upon circumstances or conditions as they occur or change.
US09636998B1	Tank enclosure with fan A tank mounted into an enclosure with insulated sides is assembled into an engine compartment of a construction machine. A fan is coupled to the enclosure to draw air through the enclosure to cool a fluid in the tank, such as diesel exhaust fluid. A discharge pipe is used to exhaust the air from the enclosure external to the engine compartment.
US09636997B2	System, methods, and apparatus for engine cooling system management System, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for opening one or more louvers of an engine cooling system to provide an airflow to the radiator to reduce a radiator fan on time.
US09636991B2	Powertrain for hybrid vehicle A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a first planetary gear set including a first rotation element connected to a first motor to be operated as an input element, a second rotation element intermittently connected to the first motor through a first friction member and connected to an output shaft to be operated as a selective input element or a selective output element, and a third rotation element operated as a selective fixing element by a second friction member.
US09636982B2	Rear vehicle-body structure of vehicle A rear vehicle-body structure of a vehicle comprises a storage compartment for storing an openable roof and a back window portion, a deck cover provided to cover over the storage compartment, the deck cover comprising a pair of right-and-left cover side wall portions which are provided to be spaced apart from each other in a vehicle width direction and stand upward and a header portion which is provided to interconnect respective upper ends of the cover side wall portions at a position close to, in a vehicle longitudinal direction, the roof, a cover opening/closing mechanism provided to move the deck cover upward, and a pair of right-and-left front-lower regulation structures provided to regulate positions of respective lower portions of the cover side wall portions relative to the vehicle body.
US09636963B2	Fluid spring and rubber spring assembly An end member assembly (204; 404) that is dimensioned for use in forming a gas spring assembly (200; 400) can include an end member body (248; 448) that is dimensioned for securement to a flexible spring member (206; 406) of the gas spring assembly (200; 400). The end member assembly (204; 404) can also include a compliant support structure (250; 450) that is operatively connected to the end member body (248; 448) to support the end member body in spaced relation to an associated structural component (SC2). The end member body (248; 448) can include a side wall (256; 456) that extends in overlapping (OL1; OL2) relation with at least a portion of the compliant support structure (250; 450). The end member (204; 404) can also form at least one chamber (296; 508) within the end member body (248; 448) and compliant support structure (250; 450). A gas spring assembly (200; 400) and a suspension system (118) are also included.
US09636962B2	Bonded guide tube and bellow assembly for air spring An air spring includes a bellow at least partially delimiting at least one working chamber that is constructed and arranged to be filled with compressed air. A guide tube surrounds at least a portion of the bellow. A bonding agent solely fixes a portion of the bellow to the guide tube. A piston is associated with the bellow. The bellow is constructed and arranged to roll with respect to an outer surface of the piston and an inner surface of the guide tube.
US09636951B2	Tire with tread having continuous rib A tyre for a motor vehicle includes a tread and two shoulders. The tread includes a circumferential row of blocks between first and second circumferential grooves. Each of the blocks is delimited by a section of the first circumferential groove and by first and second transverse grooves that terminate at a common vertex spaced from the second circumferential groove. The common vertex is separated from the second circumferential groove by a continuous circumferential tread rib. The second transverse groove delimits one of the blocks and is separated from the first transverse groove that delimits a circumferentially adjacent block by a solid tread portion. The solid tread portion extends from the first circumferential groove to the continuous circumferential tread rib. The common vertex of each block is located at a position axially intermediate the first circumferential groove and a portion of one of the transverse grooves that delimits the block.
US09636940B2	Writing instrument Provided is a writing instrument suited to ballpoint pens, marking pens and the like in which a flow pressure of an ink applied to a pen tip is controlled to a fixed level to prevent an ink direct flow phenomenon reverse flow phenomenon. The above writing instrument comprises a pen tip disposed at a front part of an ink tank, an ink received in the ink tank, a follower filled at a rear part of the ink, and a capillary porous member provided with a capillary force, which is arranged at a space part between a rear part of the follower and a rear end part of the ink tank in a state in which the follower is filled, wherein the pen tip is sealed when a cap is put on the writing instrument.
US09636937B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and storage medium An image processing apparatus has a first quantization configured to quantize multi-valued data corresponding to the first ink to generate the first quantized data, the multi-valued data indicating intermediate density; and a second quantization unit configured to quantize multi-valued data corresponding to the second ink to generate the second quantized data, the multi-valued data indicating intermediate density. In a case where a satellite of the first ink is more conspicuous than a satellite of the second ink on the print medium, a first dot pattern printed on the print medium based on the first quantized data has higher dispersibility than a second dot pattern printed on the print medium based on the second quantized data.
US09636926B2	Print medium, print medium unit and printing device Printing using two colors can be performed by a thermal print head. A base member, a thermosensitive color developing material layer formed by applying a thermosensitive color developing material on the entire surface of the base member, and a thermosensitive decolorizing material layer formed by applying a thermosensitive decolorizing material having a decolorizing temperature different from a color developing temperature of the thermosensitive color developing material on the entire surface of the thermosensitive color developing material layer, are provided.
US09636921B2	Liquid ejection apparatus In accordance with an embodiment, a liquid circulation apparatus comprises a liquid chamber configured to hold liquid which is to be supplied to a liquid ejection section ejecting liquid, a circulation section configured to circulate the liquid between the liquid chamber and the liquid ejection section, a liquid replenishment section configured to replenish liquid to the liquid chamber, a gas replenishment section configured to replenish gas to the liquid chamber, a pressure detection section configured to detect pressure of the liquid chamber, and a control section configured to adjust pressure of the liquid ejection section by replenishing the liquid to the liquid chamber with the liquid replenishment section and replenishing the gas to the liquid chamber with the gas replenishment section.
US09636917B2	Liquid supply unit A liquid supply unit is provided with a first liquid housing chamber having a liquid supply part, a second liquid housing chamber, and a liquid communication part bringing the first liquid housing chamber and the second liquid housing chamber into communication, and a gap which receives a partition wall is formed between a first outer wall that defines the first liquid housing chamber and a second outer wall that defines the second liquid housing chamber.
US09636908B2	Liquid discharging apparatus There is provided a liquid discharging apparatus configured to discharge liquid, including: a liquid discharging head including a driving element; a driving device configured to drive the driving element; a power unit; a switch configured to perform switching of voltage supply; and a controller. When the power unit is switched on, the controller causes a power supply voltage of the power unit to be raised up to a first voltage while checking the power supply voltage; and the controller controls the switch to start the voltage supply from the power unit to the driving device while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage; and under a condition that the voltage supply is started while the power supply voltage is being raised up to the first voltage, the controller controls the driving device to apply the voltage to the driving element.
US09636901B2	Method for producing a sandwich panel with an integrated reinforcing structure A Sandwich panel with a core structure, in particular with a honeycomb-shaped core structure, and plane-parallel cover layers applied to both sides of this core structure, to form a floor surface in a fuselage airframe of an aircraft, the core structure having at least one recess into which at least one reinforcing structure is integrated, wherein the at least one reinforcing structure is formed with at least one core, said core having at least one recess into which a stopper is introduced, into which at least one attachment element can be introduced to attach at least one further component to the sandwich panel, and a plurality of prepreg strips which each have a uniform fiber running direction being wound around the core. In addition, the invention relates to a method for the production of a sandwich panel according to the invention.
US09636900B2	Display substrate and method for manufacturing the same, and display device The present invention relates to a display substrate and a method for manufacturing the same, and a display device, wherein the substrate comprises a sealed space formed therein, a quantum dot-polymer composite system is sealed in the sealed space, and the quantum dot-polymer composite system is configured to emit light with a second wavelength and light with a third wavelength when excited by light with a first wavelength.
US09636899B2	Method for cutting to length a piece of tube from a tube A method for cutting to length a piece of tube having an inner tube and an outer tube sheathing, the piece of tube being detached with the aid of a cutting tool at a cutting site in a plane oriented transversely to the longitudinal extent of the tube. The tube sheathing is surrounded by a severable tube fixing element, which covers over the intended cutting site before the piece of tube is detached using the cutting tool at the cutting site, and the tube fixing element completely encloses the outer tube sheathing in the circumferential direction. The tube fixing element is fixed on the tube sheathing and/or the tube enclosed by the tube fixing element is severed with the cutting tool such that a relative displacement of the tube fixing element with respect to the tube sheathing or of the tube sheathing with respect to the inner tube is prevented.
US09636896B2	Method and apparatus for toilet seat with three-dimensional image and smooth surface A toilet lid is manufactured with a lenticular three-dimensional image. The toilet lid includes a protective cover sheet attached to the lenticular image. The toilet lid also includes a sealing agent applied to the edges of the protective cover sheet and lenticular image, resulting in a protected lenticular image. The toilet lid further includes the protected lenticular image incorporated into the toilet lid.
US09636868B2	Additive manufacturing system with extended printing volume, and methods of use thereof An additive manufacturing system for printing three-dimensional parts, the system comprising a heatable region, a receiving surface, a print head configured to print a three-dimensional part onto the receiving surface in a layer-by-layer manner along a printing axis, and a drive mechanism configured to index the receiving surface along the printing axis such that the receiving surface and at least a portion of the three-dimensional part out of the heated region.
US09636854B2	Method for producing skin-covered foamed molded article and resulting product A method for producing a skin-covered foamed molded article includes blow molding a parison into a skin and heating expanded polystyrene beads filled in a hollow space of the skin to form a foam layer fuse-bonded to the skin, polystyrene resin composition having specific Charpy impact strength, MFR and branching degree. The skin of the skin-covered foamed molded article is formed of the specific polystyrene resin composition.
US09636853B2	Molded body, method of manufacturing the same, seat material for vehicles, and method of manufacturing the same There is provided a molded body including a main portion and a bank portion each of which is formed by foaming and molding a foam material. The main portion is made of urethane material which is softer than the material for the bank portion. At a boundary portion between the main and bank portions, the main portion is formed in a continuous interlocking profile and the bank portion is also formed in another continuous interlocking profile. The interlocking profile and the another interlocking profile are mated to each other so as to prevent separation between the main portion and the bank portion in a direction of an arrow (vehicle width direction). The boundary portion is provided by partitioning the cavity in a single mold with a weir, introducing different foam materials into both sides of the weir and foaming the introduced materials.
US09636846B1	Method and apparatus for sidewards flying bed Granular matter placed in a vertical cylinder rotated back and forth between limiting angles creates a sidewards flying bed. A spoke is connected at one between a vertical drive shaft rotating the cylinder and a first hinge. A drive rod is connected between the first hinge and a second hinge on a rotating flywheel. Rotation of the flywheel causes the drive shaft to rotate through an angle varying back and forth between limiting angles. The cylinder's speed of rotation varies. During most of the time centrifugal forces greater than gravity act upon the granular material, causing the material to form a layer on the inner wall of the cylinder. In at least a portion of the recurring time intervals the acceleration and deceleration produce tangential forces greater than the centrifugal forces acting upon the layer, causing the granular material to fly sidewards in a direction tangential to the cylinder's circumference.
US09636844B2	Cutting apparatus A cutting unit includes a spindle, a spindle housing, a support flange on the front of the spindle, a cutting blade detachably supported to the support flange, and a fixing flange for fixing the cutting blade to the support flange. The support flange includes a boss portion adapted to be inserted through a central opening of the cutting blade, a flange portion for supporting one side surface of the cutting blade, and a cylindrical portion for engaging the front of the spindle. The flange portion has a suction hole opening toward the fixing flange, and the cylindrical portion has a communication hole communicating with the suction hole. The communication hole is connected to a vacuum source through a rotary joint fixed to the spindle housing so that communication between the communication hole and the vacuum source is selectively made by an on-off valve.
US09636837B2	Anvil roll system and method The disclosure concerns a rotary cutting apparatus having a frame and a die roll defining a first longitudinal axis and having a cutting member. The die roll is rotatably connected with the frame and configured to rotate about the first longitudinal axis. The rotary cutting apparatus further has a bearer ring connected with the die roll and an anvil roll defining a second longitudinal axis and having an outer radial surface. The anvil roll is rotatably connected with the frame and is configured to rotate about the second longitudinal axis. The bearer ring of the die roll is in contact with the outer radial surface. The anvil roll may be supported by at least one cam follower. The anvil roll may be axially removable from the frame via lateral translation along the second longitudinal axis.
US09636836B2	Pivotal tool support for a pipe machining apparatus In one aspect, a tool support for a pipe machining apparatus includes a support arm defining a groove therein and configured to support a tool, and a guide member at least partially positioned in the groove to allow movement of the support arm in a first direction and inhibit movement of the support arm in a second direction. In one aspect, a tool support includes a one-piece unitarily formed body member defining a cavity there through, and a tool support arm at least partially positioned in the cavity and configured to translate within the cavity. In one aspect, a tool support includes a first translating member configured to translate a tool toward and away from a pipe, and a second translating member configured to translate the tool toward and away from the pipe. The second translating member is coupled to and moveable relative to the first translating member.
US09636833B1	Bagel dough removal tongs and method of use Bagel dough removal tongs for removing bagel dough from a substantially half-toroid-shaped bagel half, the tongs comprising: a first tong member having a first leg terminating distally in a first end; a second tong member having a second leg terminating distally in a second end, the first and second legs being joined at a proximal hinge opposite the distal first and second ends, the hinge being configured to bias the first and second legs outwardly in an at rest configuration of the tongs wherein the first and second ends are spaced apart and to selectively allow flexing of the first and second legs inwardly in an operative configuration of the tongs wherein the first and second ends are shifted closer together.
US09636831B1	Method and apparatus for cutting items An apparatus for cutting an item, such as a roast, a bagel, or a loaf of bread, comprising first and second wall devices, a cutting board device, and a base. The first and second wall devices may each have a plurality of vertical slots which are parallel and spaced apart from each other. The first and second wall devices may be configured to be attached to the base in a manner such that the first wall device projects out from the base, at an angle. The cutting board device may include a cutting board body and pins for removably supporting the cutting board device by both the first and second wall devices so that first and second parts of the cutting board device rest on the first and second wall devices to thereby support and suspend the cutting board body above and substantially parallel to the base.
US09636827B2	Robot system for performing force control A robot system includes a robot that operates to move a machining tool relative to a workpiece, an actuator that changes a position of the machining tool, and a control device that controls the robot. The control device includes a robot control unit that operates the robot along a predetermined motion trajectory, a force detection unit that detects force acting between the machining tool and the workpiece, a position detection unit that detects a current position of the machining tool, a force control unit that obtains a target position of the machining tool such that a detection value of the force detection unit approaches a predetermined value, and a position correction unit that calculates a position correction amount of a motion trajectory of the robot and a position correction amount of the actuator in response to the target position of the machining tool.
US09636817B2	Outdoor multi-use hand tool A powered hand tool is adapted to use a variety of interchangeable rotary tools to assist in outdoor activities. Either of two basic tool designs can be utilized for activities including garden tilling, brushing and cleaning, auguring or post hole digging, and auto finishing and polishing. In one embodiment, an adjustable shroud is utilized along with a tiller construction to change the viewing angle of the working tiller tines to facilitate use by operators of different heights, including a kneeling position. The ability to utilize tow torque and low speed assists in avoiding accidental damage to underground wires and, if encountered, the reversibility of the drive assists in untangling the wires.
US09636816B1	Removable universal stake puller A removable universal stake puller providing a working tool with a removable stake puller member for pulling a concrete foundation stake from the ground. A first and second plate with at least one pair of apertures to receive a fastener such as a set screw therethrough are provided and secure the present device to a working tool body. A stake puller member with a plurality of teeth is disposed on the second plate to pull concrete foundation stakes from the ground when attached to the working tool body and is removable allowing the present device to be used on a plurality of working tools such as a hammer, a crow bar, or a mallet.
US09636814B2	Hammer mechanism A hammer mechanism having at least one impact-generation unit and a clamping chuck drive shaft is provided. The impact-generation unit includes a spur-gear transmission stage for translating a rotational speed of the clamping chuck drive shaft into a higher rotational speed for impact generation.
US09636806B1	Multiple size nut driver A nut driver for driving nuts of various sizes includes an elongated housing with opposing driver and handle ends. The driver end is open and assumes a largest size. A rigid collar and plunger are fixed about the housing and positioned at any of a number of selectable radial positions, each of which is associated with a different nut size. A plurality of nested sockets are each slidably movable by the plunger between forward and rearward positions. Each socket has a foot adapted for contacting the plunger at one of the selectable radial positions. The elongated housing is preferably separated into two sections, including a handle and a two-sided socket mechanism that includes two opposing driver ends each having sockets of different sizes.
US09636804B2	Clamping device with two parallel jaws A clamping device includes first and second clamping members. Each of the first and second clamping members has a handle and a jaw. A bend is formed between two ends of the jaw of the first clamping member, and a first angle between the jaw and the handle of the first clamping member is smaller than 180°. Another bend is formed between two ends of the jaw of the second clamping member, and a second angle between the jaw and the handle of the second clamping member is equal to the first angle. The clamping device can be used to clamp a pipe. When the second clamping member is moving from a release position to the clamping position, two clamping portions respectively of the jaws remain parallel to each other such that force is evenly applied to two sides of the pipe.
US09636792B2	Handheld work apparatus having a drive motor for driving a work tool and method for operating said apparatus A handheld work apparatus has a drive motor for driving a tool, an operating element for operating the drive motor, a first inhibiting unit and a second inhibiting unit. Each inhibiting unit has a disable state and an enable state. The operating element is inhibited for operating the drive motor when at least one of the inhibiting units is in its disable state. The work apparatus further has a locking device which locks the first inhibiting unit in its enable state if the second inhibiting unit is in its enable state. A method for operating the work apparatus provides that the first inhibiting unit is locked in its enable state when the first inhibiting unit and the second inhibiting unit are situated in their enable states at the same time.
US09636790B2	Metal product having internal space formed therein and method of manufacturing thereof There are provided a metal product having an internal space formed therein, allowing for improvements in the flow of a coolant in the internal space, such as a cooling channel and an increase in cooling efficiency, and a method of manufacturing thereof. The metal product includes a body part having a first space formed therein; a space formation member having a second space formed therein, mounted on the body part to be communicated with the first space; and a finishing part forming an exterior by covering the space formation member in a state in which the space formation member is mounted on the body part.
US09636774B2	Controller for laser beam machining for controlling approaching operation of machining head A controller used for irradiating a laser beam to an object from a machining head at a reference gap position is provided. The controller includes a gap sensor for detecting an amount of gap between the machining head and the object, a gap position command calculation part for producing a gap position command, a servo mechanism for driving the machining head to the reference gap position, a servo position deviation reading part for reading an amount of position deviation of the servo mechanism, a position gain calculation part for calculating a corrected position gain of the servo mechanism, based on the amount of position deviation of the servo mechanism and a position gain replacing part for replacing the position gain of the servo mechanism with the corrected position gain.
US09636773B2	Transparent material processing with an ultrashort pulse laser A method for scribing transparent materials uses ultrashort laser pulses to create multiple scribe features with a single pass of the laser beam across the material, with at least one of the scribe features being formed below the surface of the material. This enables clean breaking of transparent materials at a higher speed than conventional techniques.
US09636765B2	Welding module Welding systems are presented, in which a single power source provides a first DC output to a plurality of digital waveform controlled chopper modules. Welding modules are also disclosed for converting an input DC signal to a welding signal, which are comprised of a down-chopper for providing a welding signal waveform according to a pulse width modulated switching signal, along with a digital waveform controller providing the switching signal according to a desired waveform.
US09636763B2	Tool-free blade change system A tool-free blade change system in one embodiment includes a handle, an arbor bolt including a keyed portion configured to mate with a keyed bore of the handle to restrict rotation of the handle with respect to the arbor bolt, a blade washer defining a plurality of washer teeth which enmesh with the body teeth so as restrict rotation of the handle with respect to the blade washer in one direction while allowing rotation of the handle with respect to the blade washer in another direction, and a biasing member configured to bias the handle downwardly toward the blade washer, wherein the handle is axially movable with respect to the blade washer between a first position whereat the plurality of body teeth are enmeshed with the plurality of washer teeth and a second position whereat the plurality of body teeth are spaced apart from the plurality of washer teeth.
US09636760B2	Pipe cutting apparatus A pipe cutting apparatus (10), especially for cutting or machining a plastics, resin or soft-metallic pipe (20), comprises a frame (30a, 30b; 32a, 32b) for receiving the pipe (20) to be cut, and cutting means (102) rotatable by externally powered drive means (60) with respect to the pipe (20) to perform a cut, wherein the cutting means (102) comprises a cutting tool (102) carried on a pivotally mounted tool holder (100) and biased into cutting relationship with the outer surface of the pipe (20) by biasing means such as a coil spring (104). The tool holder (100) on which the cutting tool (102) is mounted preferably further comprises means (106) for limiting the maximum depth of a single given cut able to be performed in a single pass by the cutting tool (102) as it is rotated with respect to the pipe (20) held in the frame, as well as limiting means (108) for defining the maximum depth of a plurality of cuts able to be performed by that plurality of cuts of the cutting tool (102) as it is rotated through that plurality of cutting revolutions with respect to the pipe (20) held in the frame. Examples of pipe cutting or machining operations the apparatus may be used for include: complete cutting-through of the pipe wall, eg. by a transverse cut; partial cutting-through of an outer surface or wall of the pipe; stripping of one or more outer layers from the outer surface of the pipe, to allow the pipe to be joined to another by butt-fusion; removal of irregularities from the outer surface of the pipe, for providing a cut end of the pipe with a clean, smooth outer surface of substantially uniform diameter to allow the pipe to be joined to another by electro-fusion; bevelling, chamfering or other shaping of the edge(s) of a cut pipe end, mouth or lip.
US09636756B2	Multi-lip drilling tool with internal cooling ducts A multi-lip drilling tool is described, in which main cutting edge transitions in the region of the drill into a center lip section, wherein a cooling duct that leads to the drill tip is formed in each drill web. The invention minimizes tensile stress spikes in the chip flute base, while at the same time ensuring that a hitherto unachievable coolant/lubricant quantity gets to the engaged main blade. This is ensured by selecting a duct cross sectional form similar to an unsymmetrical kidney, in which it is ensured the selected radii of curvature for the individual boundary curve sections causes as much coolant/lubricant as possible to arrive at the blade or in proximity thereto in the fastest way via the point thinning and its edges intersecting with drill core.
US09636749B2	Indexable cutting insert, cutting insert holder, cutting tool, turning device and turning method An indexable cutting insert comprises a flank face having a generally parallelogram shape and a plurality of side faces. The flank face is bounded by a plurality of edges. Each edge joins the flank face with one of the side faces. The plurality of edges comprises a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge. The first cutting edge has a shape corresponding to a portion of a first bent curve and the second cutting edge has a shape corresponding to a portion of a second bent curve. The second bent curve is obtainable by a translation of the first bent curve along a width direction of the cutting insert. The cutting insert has a two-fold rotational symmetry with respect to an axis of symmetry that is perpendicular to the width direction, a longitudinal direction of the cutting insert being perpendicular to the width direction and the axis of symmetry.
US09636745B2	Laser assisted casting of surface texture and related system Various embodiments include methods and related systems for laser-assisted casting. Some embodiments include a method including: performing laser ablation to a preliminary wax casting model to form a modified wax model including at least one surface texture element absent from the wax casting substrate; coating the modified wax model to form a mold shape around the modified wax model; and removing the modified wax model to leave a casting mold including the at least one surface texture element.
US09636727B2	Device for drawing tubular workpiece A device 10 for drawing a tubular workpiece is provided with a drawing die 20 and a drawing plug 30. The drawing die 20 includes a first curved surface section 1C from which the workpiece 40 is detached while being reduced in diameter, a die bearing section 2B arranged radially inward of and downstream of a workpiece separation point K of the first curved surface section 1C, and a guide section 2D having a second curved surface section 2C which smoothly continues to an upstream end of the die bearing section 2B and configured to again come into contact with the workpiece 40 detached from the first curved bearing section 1C to guide the workpiece to the die bearing section 2B while reducing a diameter of the workpiece 40. The drawing plug 30 has a plug bearing section 3B shorter than a length L4 of the die bearing section 2B. The plug bearing section 3B is arranged at a position corresponding to the die bearing section 2B.
US09636722B2	Exhaust fan assembly An exhaust fan assembly is provided for expelling contaminated air from a building. The assembly includes a plenum, a fan assembly attached to the plenum, and a windband mounted on top of the fan assembly. The fan assembly is constructed of cylindrical outer and inner walls which define a bearing chamber and surrounding annular space. A fan driven by a shaft extending downward from the bearing chamber draws exhaust air from the plenum and blows it up through the annular space to a nozzle at the top of the fan assembly.
US09636716B2	Vacuum cleaning device This vacuum cleaning device is provided with: a vapor chamber in which vapor of a hydrocarbon-based cleaning agent is generated; a condensation chamber; a first heat exchanger in which heat exchange between the vapor and a heating medium is carried out; a cleaning chamber in which a workpiece can be cleaned under vacuum by the condensed cleaning agent that has been generated in the condensation chamber; a compressor that adiabatically compresses and further heats the heating medium that was heated by the first heat exchanger; a second heat exchanger that carries out heat exchange between the heating medium heated by the compressor and the hydrocarbon-based cleaning agent in the vapor chamber; and a vacuum unit that further cools the heating medium that has been cooled by the second heat exchanger by forcing vacuum expansion of the heating medium. The heating medium cycles through the first heat exchanger, the compressor, the second heat exchanger, and the vacuum unit by the heating medium cooled by the vacuum unit being returned to the first heat exchanger.
US09636714B2	Compression molded articles employing circumferential surfaces having friction-enhancing patterns to contact substrates during wet chemical processes Compression molded articles employing circumferential surfaces having friction-enhancing patterns to contact substrates during wet chemical processes are disclosed. An article such as an annular body may be formed by a compression molding technique. By including a patterned surface as part of an outer circumferential surface of the annular body, frictional contact between the annular body and the substrate may be enhanced as friction-reducing fluids associated with a wet chemical processes may be directed away from the desired friction contact area between the annular body and the substrate. In this manner, frictional contact may be enhanced and the substrate may be effectively positioned and moved during the wet chemical process to improve the effectively of the process.
US09636703B2	Method for forming coating film and coated article An object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming a multilayer coating film, the method making it possible to obtain, with excellent curability at low temperatures and in a short period of time, a multilayer coating film exhibiting an excellent finished appearance. The present invention provides a method for forming a multilayer coating film, wherein a substrate is sequentially coated with at least one layer of one or more base coating compositions, and with one or more clear coating compositions, the method being characterized by utilizing a clear coating composition containing a hydroxy-containing acrylic resin (A) having a hydroxy value in a specific range; a polyisocyanate compound (B) having a viscosity in a specific range; and an organometallic catalyst (C) containing a metallic compound (C1) in which the metal is a member selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, zirconium, bismuth, lead, cobalt, manganese, titanium, aluminum, and molybdenum, and an amidine compound (C2).
US09636701B2	Viscous material noncontact jetting system A viscous material noncontact jetting system has a jetting dispenser mounted for relative motion with respect to a surface. A control is operable to cause the jetting dispenser to jet a viscous material droplet that is applied to the surface as a viscous material dot. A device, such as a camera or weigh scale, is connected to the control and provides a feedback signal representing a size-related physical characteristic of the dot applied to the surface. The size-related physical characteristics of subsequently applied dots is controlled by heating and cooling, or adjusting a piston stroke in the jetting dispenser, in response to the size-related physical characteristic feedback. Dispensed material volume control and velocity offset compensation are also provided.
US09636697B1	Electronic candle fountain A decorative display apparatus comprising a flameless candle with an integrated fountain is disclosed. The flameless candle with integrated fountain is designed to be a stand-alone device. The flameless candle with integrated fountain includes a translucent candle body containing a water reservoir, a power source, a pump and a water diversion board. The pump is used to pump water from the reservoir out an opening in the top of the water diversion board so that the water flows over the top of the board and back into the water reservoir to be recycled. An LED light source located below the diversion board has light emitting elements which illuminate the candle interior and provide a decorative lighting effect. The flameless candle with integrated fountain also features a remote control unit for operating the various operating modes of the device.
US09636696B2	Bottle cap A bottle cap 1 for closing the top of a bottle and providing either a stream of fluid through the bottle cap 1 or a spray mist, the bottle cap 1 having a cap body 2 that forms a fluid flow passage between a bottle end 3 that mates with a bottle and a dispensing end 4 through which a fluid stream can exit; an atomizer 5 mounted in the cap body 2, the atomizer 5 having an inlet passage 6 that extends towards the bottle end 3 and an outlet nozzle 7 that extends through the bottle cap 1; the cap body 2 and atomizer 5 sized and arranged so that fluid can flow from the bottle end 3 to the dispensing end 4 around the atomizer.
US09636692B2	Liquid metal target forming apparatus There is provided a liquid metal target forming apparatus, including a nozzle that forms a liquid metal target in space, which is irradiated with a proton beam, by ejecting liquid metal thereto. A portion where a region that receives a proton beam of the liquid metal target is formed in a discharge port of the nozzle has a concavo-convex shape.
US09636682B2	System for generating droplets—instruments and cassette System, including methods, apparatus, and kits, for forming emulsions. An exemplary system may comprise a device including a sample well configured to receive sample-containing fluid, a continuous-phase well configured to receive continuous-phase fluid, and a droplet well. The device also may include a channel network having a first channel, a second channel, and a third channel that meet one another in a droplet-generation region. The system also may comprise a holder for the device. The system further may comprise an instrument configured to operatively receive an assembly including the device and the holder and to drive sample-containing fluid from the sample well to the droplet-generation region via the first channel, continuous-phase fluid from the continuous-phase well to the droplet-generation region via the second channel, and sample-containing droplets from the droplet-generation region to the droplet well via the third channel.
US09636680B2	Sample handling system Sample handling system for handling samples contained in tubes (4), each tube (4) having a hollow body, a closed bottom and an open top for accessing the sample contained in the tube (4). The system comprises a micro-plate (1) comprising at least one grid insert (2) having a plurality of compartments. Each compartment comprises one or more side walls laterally confining a through-hole for receiving a said tube (4). The through-hole has a top opening and a bottom opening and extends between the top opening and the bottom opening. A frame (3) to which the at least one separate grid insert (2) is to be attached to form the micro-plate (1). The frame (3) laterally confines a through-opening which is dimensioned to allow for accessing each compartment (21) of the attached at least one grid insert (2) from above and from below. This allows for moving such tube (4) into and out of each compartment (21) through each of the top opening (202) and the bottom opening (203) of the through-hole (201).
US09636679B2	Cap for sealing a container The present invention relates to a cap comprising a body, an opening passing through the cap and adapted in turn to be passed through by at least one product transfer member, and a membrane which, at rest, covers the opening. The membrane has a main portion that extends through the opening and defines two inclined faces, each inclined face having a distal edge. The two inclined faces form a dihedron when the membrane is at rest, the distal edges of the two inclined faces coming together at the apex of the dihedron. The cap comprises at least two flaps that extend through the opening, above the membrane, the two inclined faces of the membrane being respectively covered by two flaps, each flap having a free edge that extends along the distal edge of the corresponding inclined face.
US09636672B2	Pipette tips Disclosed here are pipette tips useful for acquiring or dispelling liquids, and include one or more design that may increase fluid delivery precision and/or accuracy, and may reduce certain repetitive motions.
US09636668B2	Production and use of a zeolitic material in a process for the conversion of oxygenates to olefins Described is a process for the production of a zeolitic material having an MFI, MEL, and/or MWW-type framework structure comprising YO2 and X2O3. The process comprises (1) preparing a mixture comprising one or more sources for YO2, one or more sources for X2O3, and one or more solvents; (2) crystallizing the mixture obtained in step (1) to obtain a zeolitic material having an MFI, MEL and/or MWW-type framework structure; and (3) impregnating the zeolitic material obtained in step (2) with one or more elements selected from the group of alkaline earth metals. Y is a tetravalent element, and X is a trivalent element. The mixture crystallized in step (2) contains 3 wt.-% or less of one or more elements M based on 100 wt-% of YO2, wherein M stands for sodium.
US09636664B1	Metal phosphide catalysts and methods for making the same and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to a method that includes heating a mixture that includes a metal phenylphosphine-containing precursor that includes at least one of Mo(PPh3)2(CO)4, Pd(PPh3)4, Ru(PPh3)3Cl2, Ru(PPh3)2(CO)2Cl2, Co(PPh3)(CO)2(NO), and/or Rh(PPh3)2(CO)Cl, a surfactant, and a solvent. The heating is to a target temperature to form a heated mixture containing a metal phosphide nanoparticle that includes at least one of MoP, Ru2P, Co2P, Rh2P, and/or Pd3P, and the metal phosphide nanoparticle is not hollow.
US09636650B2	Method and system for controlled synthesis of nanodiamonds Method and system for controlled nanodiamond synthesis based on treating of a specially prepared solid carbon source target including carbon containing material in liquid media by irradiation energy beam focused at a predetermined distance from the target surface and having parameters to produce a light-hydraulic effect impacting the target surface and leading to the forming of diamond nanocrystals.
US09636648B2	System and method for compensating binary inlet buffers during inline buffer diluation Liquid blending systems and methods of blending liquids are provided. In particular, systems and methods for compensating binary inlet buffers during inline buffer dilution are provided. The systems and methods can provide blends of diluent, a first buffer concentrate containing a majority of a tempering component, and a second buffer concentrate containing a minority of a tempering component. The flow of the first buffer concentrate can be adjusted based upon the total amount of the tempering component being added to the blend through the first and second buffer concentrates.
US09636643B2	Polymeric matrices formed from monomers comprising a protected amine group The present disclosure relates to polymeric matrices composed of protected amine compound residues and membranes composed from such polymeric matrices. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a polymeric matrix comprising amine compound residues, acyl compound residues and protected amine compound residues.
US09636629B2	Real-time online determination of caustic in process scrubbers using near infrared spectroscopy and chemometrics The present invention is to provide processes, apparatuses, and systems for monitoring and/or controlling caustic concentrations in caustic scrubbers. In various aspects, the processes, apparatuses, and systems comprise a real-time online method for measuring the concentration of caustic in process scrubbers wherein a probe is coupled to a spectrometer; collecting absorption data with wavelength range from about 1000 to about 2000 nm. In a further aspect, this technique tracks the use and recharge of caustic in process scrubbers.
US09636624B2	Oxygen generator An oxygen generator, including an upper casing, a base and a lower casing, has a large opening on both sides of the base for installing a molecule tube whose upper and lower plugs are inserted and positioned into engaging slots of the upper and lower casings respectively. An air pump is installed at the bottom of the lower casing and has a motor to drive a cam to drive high-pressure air into the molecule tube through a flow channel and the lower plug of the lower casing. High-pressure oxygen produced after the action of the molecular sieve material passes through flow channels inside the upper plug and the upper casing and remains in the oxygen storage tank. During use, high-pressure oxygen is outputted from an oxygen output regulating valve, converted by an oxygen output solenoid valve, and discharged from a locking slot of the upper casing. The molecule tubes on both sides complement each other through the oxygen re-supplying solenoid valve of the upper casing and an oxygen re-supplying passage of the upper casing of the molecule tube.
US09636623B2	Multilayer composite for reversible sorption of mercury and method for sorption and desorption of mercury from a gaseous phase A multilayer composite for reversible sorption of mercury, with a carrier core made of a metal or an alloy based on transition metals, has isolating layers of a transition metal nitride and externally located sorptive layers, made of a mixture of sulfides and nitrides of transition metals, the layers being deposited on both sides of the core. A method for sorption of mercury from a gaseous phase during an exposition of the multilayer composite to the influence of multicomponent gaseous mixtures that contain mercury vapors or compounds for a time period of 0.5 to 24 hours, while the temperature of the multilayer composite is maintained in the range from 20 to 150° C.
US09636622B2	Accumulator An accumulator has a tank and a desiccant. The tank separates refrigerant flowing to the tank into vapor-phase refrigerant and liquid-phase refrigerant, therein stores the liquid-phase refrigerant, and emits the vapor-phase refrigerant toward a suction side of a compressor. The desiccant is disposed in the tank and removing a water content from the refrigerant. Liquid-phase refrigerant included in the refrigerant flowing to the tank drops downward from a location that is located above the desiccant, and is stored in a lower portion in the tank. Vapor-phase refrigerant included in the refrigerant flowing to the tank is drawn through a suction port that is located above the desiccant to flow out of the tank. At least a part of the desiccant is exposed to vapor-phase refrigerant under a normal condition, and the desiccant is located at a location that is away from a dropping route of liquid-phase refrigerant in the tank.
US09636620B2	Porous alpha-SiC-containing shaped body having a contiguous open pore structure The present invention relates to a porous alpha-SiC-containing shaped body with a gas-permeable, open-pored pore structure comprising platelet-shaped crystallites which are connected to form an interconnected, continuous skeletal structure, wherein the skeletal structure consists of more than 80 wt.-% alpha-SiC, relative to the total weight of SiC, a process for producing same and its use as a filter component.
US09636612B2	Filter housing for exchangeable filter The invention relates to a filter housing for exchangeable filters, having a housing base for accommodating the filter and having a housing dome which engages over the filter, wherein the housing base and the housing dome are connected to one another by means of an aseptic clamping connection which has a groove-type clamping fitting on the housing base and has a flange-type clamping fitting on the housing dome, these being fixed against one another in their connected position by means of a clamp, wherein the groove-type clamping fitting has a seal groove with a seal by means of which the groove-type clamping fitting can be sealed off with respect to the flange-type clamping fitting, wherein the housing base has a port for the supply of liquid to be filtered and has a port for the discharge of filtered liquid, and wherein the housing base has, transversely with respect to the housing longitudinal axis, a base surface which is adjacent to the face surface of the inserted filter.
US09636610B2	Brine filtering device, applied to a meat product injection machine The brine filtering device includes a pre-filtering unit having first and second pre-filtration drums arranged to rotate coaxially about a horizontal axis and a safety filtering unit having a safety filter sleeve submerged in a tank and connected to an outlet. The first and second pre-filtration drums have their lower regions submerged in brine contained in a tub. An inlet hopper receives brine to be filtered and forces it into the first pre-filtration drum through an upper region of its filtering wall. Brine exits a lower region of the first pre-filtration drum and is collected in the tub. Brine enters into the second pre-filtration drum through a lower region of its filtering wall. Brine is poured into tank through an open side wall of the second pre-filtration drum.
US09636608B2	Filter element having end cap seal and filter assembly A filter element may include a tubular member including an end portion at least partially defining an inlet port configured to provide flow communication to a filter medium of the filter element, and at least partially defining an outlet port configured to provide flow communication from the filter medium. The filter element may further include a filter medium associated with the tubular element, and an end cap associated with the end portion of the tubular member and the filter medium. The end cap may include a plate transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tubular member, and a sealing wall coupled to the plate and extending transverse to the plate. The sealing wall may include a seal portion configured to be compressed between a filter canister and a portion of a filter base to provide a seal between the filter canister and the portion of the filter base.
US09636607B2	Separation apparatus for separation of material from a liquid The separation apparatus for separation of material from a liquid includes a tank (10) through which the liquid can be passed and a conveying device (20). The tank has a bottom (10c) on which material collects during operation. The conveying device has a conveying element (21) that can be moved along the bottom (10c) by a drive (25). The conveying element is set up for picking up material that has collected on the bottom and for conveying it out of the tank (10).
US09636604B2	Ion exchanging apparatus The present invention aims at limiting the pressure loss and smoothly discharging water treated by ion exchangers to the outside of the apparatus. Ion exchanging apparatus 1 has outer vessel 3 that has inner space 2; and ion exchanger support 4 that separates at least a part of inner space 2 into upper space 2a and lower space 2b and that can support ion exchangers to be loaded in upper space 2a. At least a part of an upper surface of the ion exchanger support is made from at least one screen which supports the ion exchangers and which has a flow path allowing water treated by the ion exchangers to flow into the lower space 2b.
US09636601B2	Construction toy element and set In a first aspect, a construction toy element is provided and includes a body and a first circumferential row of arms extending from the body. The body has an axis, and has a first axial end and a second axial end. A first circumferential row of arms extends from the body. Each arm includes a root end and a free end, and has a first connecting member thereon that is configured for connecting the construction toy element to another construction toy element. The root end projects from the body in a direction that is angled towards one of the first and second axial ends relative to a normal direction to a surface of the body.
US09636599B2	Smart device controlled toy A toy is controlled by a smart device with wireless communication network connection capability, a display screen and programmed to generate optical control signals transmitted through the screen. The toy includes a main body, a control circuit, a holder configured to receive and releasably hold the smart device, and an optical signal receiver supported facing the display screen of the smart device in the holder and operably connected with the control circuit. The control circuit responds to optical control signals transmitted through the screen and detected by the optical signal receiver to control at least one operation of the toy.
US09636593B1	Jawbone doll system A doll is in a configuration to simulate a pet. The doll has a mouth with an opening with upper, lower, front and side edges. The upper and lower edges are in a U-shaped configuration. A clasp has an upper component with upper teeth and a lower component with lower teeth. A clasp has upper and lower handles. The upper handle is formed as an extension of the upper component and the lower handle formed as an extension of the lower component. The handles are located in the doll and diverge to form an angle. The upper and lower components are essentially parallel while the system is at rest with the upper and lower teeth in contact. The clasp has a hinge. The hinge pivotally couples the upper and lower components. Coil springs urge the handles away from each other while urging the components and teeth toward each other.
US09636585B2	Method and apparatus for creating and playing soundtracks in a gaming system A gaming system includes a game console that executes an application that creates and plays soundtracks through the gaming system. The application allows a user to create soundtracks by copying audio tracks from one or more audio sources. A user-created soundtrack can be associated with a particular game such that the user-created soundtrack is played during execution of the game instead of the game's default soundtrack.
US09636580B2	Augmented reality gaming via geographic messaging Geographic gaming via a scalable, wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer gaming between communication devices without relying on traditional network elements. Games can be fully distributed over an ad hoc network of mobile communications devices. The scalable nature of the wireless geographic broadcast protocol enables multiplayer games to function equally well in both remote areas with no or little network service and in crowded areas containing both game players and other users of mobile communications devices. Wireless geographic broadcast messages distributed among multiplayer game participants can be used to control gameplay features and/or game elements of multiplayer games. Embodiments include simulated artillery battles, simulated throw and catch games, and simulated reconnaissance elements.
US09636578B1	Golf club simulation apparatus A golf club simulation apparatus includes an elongate shaft housing having opposed lower and upper ends and defining an interior area. A club head member is coupled to the lower end of the shaft housing. A battery is situated in one of the club head member and the shaft housing. An input member configured to receive club selection data is coupled to an outer surface of the shaft housing and electrically connected to the battery. A mass variability assembly is electrically connected to the input member and includes a weight member situated in the shaft housing that is selectively movable therein according to the club selection data. An electronics module having an angular sensing sensor is situated in the club head member. A bend variability assembly is included in the shaft housing for selectively altering a “feel characteristic” of the shaft housing during a swing motion.
US09636577B2	Trigger attachment and method for videogame controllers A trigger attachment for a game controller having a housing, a trigger extending through the housing with an exposed contact surface and operable through a trigger range of motion between a zero position and an end position, and an additional button spaced from the trigger by a housing spacer. The trigger attachment has an attachment body defining a recess with a receiving face shaped to mate with the finger contact surface of the trigger, a sloped outer front surface, an upper surface, and a lower housing contact surface. The attachment body is sized and shaped to be mounted on the trigger with the trigger's receiving face against the finger contact surface. When mounted on the trigger, the lower housing contact surface is positioned to abut the housing when the trigger is pressed to reduce the trigger range of motion by preventing the trigger from fully achieving the end position.
US09636570B2	Love adventure board game A game designed to promote communication and encourage partners to build stronger relationships. The game includes a game board, dice, game pieces, skill connector pieces, love chips, friendship gems, and instructional game cards. The game board includes a track having spaces identifying relationship skills of compromise, independence, intimacy, and support. The track also includes spaces identifying reflective life skills of love, reignite, encourage, night-out and doghouse. Each game piece comprises two complementary player pieces having a handle and a contoured base. The skill connector pieces are configured as sections of a jigsaw puzzle that interlock with complementary jigsaw puzzle sections to form a ring-shaped puzzle. Each puzzle section corresponds to one of the relationship skills identified on the track. The instructional game cards include gamble, love, intimacy, and encouragement cards. When the ring-shaped puzzle is completely assembled, the game is won.
US09636567B2	Exercise system with display programming An exercise system presents display programming at a rate that is commensurate to a user's exercise rate. The user's exercise rate is monitored and compared to a default exercise rate. When the user's exercise rate is above or below the default exercise rate, the presentation of the display programming is adjusted to maintain a temporal relationship between the user's exercise rate and the display programming. The presentation of the display programming can be adjusted by periodically skipping or pausing frames of the display programming to increase or decrease the duration of the display programming.
US09636566B2	Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems and methods Athletic performance sensing and/or tracking systems include components for measuring or sensing athletic performance data and/or for storing and/or displaying desired information associated with the athletic performance to the user (or others). Such systems can allow users a wide variety of options in creating workouts, selecting and presenting media content during the athletic performance, etc., e.g., to help keep users entertained and motivated. In some instances, user feedback may be used, optionally in combination with objective data relating to a workout, to control features of the workout routine, to control the music or other media content selected and/or presented, and/or to control features of future workout routines and/or the presented media content.
US09636565B2	Recreation room and method of adjusting the room atmosphere The invention concerns a method of adjusting a room air in a first room wherein the room air is supplemented continuously or at recurring intervals of time by nitrogen or a nitrogen-bearing, carbon dioxide-poor gas mixture in such a way that the proportion of oxygen in the room air is less than 20.9% by volume and the proportion of carbon dioxide in the room air is less than 1% by volume, wherein at the same time at least a slight overpressure in relation to an outside atmosphere surrounding the room is set in the room.
US09636564B1	Golf swing alignment and aiming system A golf swing alignment and swing-aiming device is disclosed. An embodiment of the device includes a main elongated member, an aim arm that is pivotally connected to the main elongated member, an aiming strip that is pivotally connected to the aim arm, and a ball positioning arm that is pivotally connected to the main member at a location near the second end of the main member. The device collapses so that it can fit inside a club sheath in a golf bag, and can be unfolded to allow the user to position the aiming strip in a parallel arrangement with the main member, so that the aiming strip can be used to guide the swing of a golf club while positioning one's feet along the main member.
US09636561B2	Hockey puck rebounding device A hockey training device is provided. The training device includes a substantially flat sheet with a smooth upper surface. The present invention includes a plurality of elastic band suspended to the upper surface. A first vertical post and a second vertical post may be attached to the flat sheet so that the elastic band is secured about the first and second vertical posts. The elastic band includes a front surface facing towards a center portion of the flat sheet. Therefore, a puck may be passed towards the elastic band and the elastic band rebounds the puck towards the user.
US09636545B2	Low compression golf ball Disclosed herein are two-layer and three-layer, low compression golf balls including a low compression single- or dual-layer rubber core and a single cover layer.
US09636542B2	Neck muscle exerciser and method of assessing neck muscle performance Training neck muscles in such a way as to improve responsiveness to head acceleration forces, and to help prevent concussion and/or screen subjects who are at high risk of concussion, especially from contact sports, the neck muscles may be trained to improve strength and responsiveness to head acceleration. This may be accomplished by a device and/or method of training that incorporates an adjustable centripetal force about a fixed axis on the head. The centripetal force may be adjusted through varying the weight and/or length of a force arm. Neck muscle performance may be measured by the number of revolutions of the force arm completed over a pre-determined time period or the time required to complete a pre-determined number of revolutions of the force arm.
US09636538B2	Full body multidirectional exercise apparatus and method therefor A multidirectional exercise apparatus is disclosed. The multidirectional exercise apparatus has a center bar and two handles pivotably coupled at opposite ends of the center bar. Each handle may rotate through 360° about the end of the center bar. The apparatus may also have a locking mechanism coupled to each handle, wherein the locking mechanism may lock the handle into place and prevent the handle from rotating about the end of the center bar. The apparatus may also have a rotation bar removably coupled about the center bar that may rotate through 360° about the center bar. The apparatus may be operated by two users simultaneously and may also be adapted for operation by a single user.
US09636528B2	Rope grab A rope grab for a vertical fall protection system is provided. The rope grab includes a housing with an elongated member passage. The elongated member passage is configured to receive an elongated member. A locking cam is pivotally coupled to the housing and selectively engages an elongated member received in the elongated member passage. A cam spring is coupled between the housing and the locking cam to provide a relatively slight biasing force on the locking cam in a direction towards an elongated member received in the elongated member passage. A locking arm, pivotally coupled to the housing, has a first end that is configured to be coupled to a safety harness of a user and a second end that selectively engages the locking cam to lock the locking cam on an elongated member in the elongated member passage during a fall event.
US09636521B2	Heat and light treatment device using nanotechnology The current invention discloses a treatment device having a heat source, a power source, a heat applicator and a lighting mechanism. The power source includes at least one nanotech battery, ensuring superior properties such as prolonged electricity production and prompt recharging. The heat applicator includes a heat conductive layer made from nanofibers, providing highly efficient heat distribution to the targeted regions. The lighting mechanism employs light emitting nano fibers to treat targeted regions. The power source provides energy to the heat and light source, which generates heat and light so that the applicator may distribute to an injury site or wound bed of a user. The current device may also be used for cooling, instead of heating applications. In addition to the medical utilizations, the current device may also play a central role in other apparatus that require thermal control capabilities.
US09636520B2	Personalized lighting control A lighting system for initiating change in a mammal's circadian or well-being state includes a computational unit configured to receive state information regarding the mammal's circadian or well-being state, and operational information from a light sensor with spectral and luminosity sensitivity. The computational unit is configured to compare the operational information with the state information, and on the basis of this comparison, the computational unit outputs a control signal to a light control unit which, in turn, adjusts a controllable light source to vary its light output so as to initiate the desired change in the mammal's circadian or well-being state.
US09636517B2	Use of transcranial magnetic stimulation to modulate permeability of the blood-brain barrier Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) is used to modulate permeability of the blood brain barrier in a transient, safe and non-invasive manner. A conventional or deep TMS coil may be placed on a head in a vicinity of a tumor, for example. A series of magnetic pulses is provided to the brain with a tailored stimulation protocol. In one of many possible clinical applications, a pharmaceutical substance may be introduced during a time frame before, during or after providing the magnetic pulses to treat a tumor in the brain.
US09636516B2	Methods and devices for tissue treatment using shock waves and electromagnetic field Devices and methods for tissue treatment produce a shock wave therapy and electromagnetic field therapy. The shock wave therapy provides stimulation of the blood circulation and stimulates the treated cells. The electromagnetic field enables thermal treatment of tissue. Combination of both therapies improves soft tissue treatment, mainly connective tissue in the skin area and fat reduction.
US09636514B2	Adaptive confirmation of treatable arrhythmia in implantable cardiac stimulus devices Methods and devices for adjusting therapy delivery decisions in an implantable cardiac stimulus device. Some example methods and devices use a first counter to track benign cardiac activity during therapy preparations and a second counter to track shockable cardiac activity once therapy is ready. Therapy can then be delivered if or when the second counter exceeds the first counter.
US09636512B2	Implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) system having multiple common polarity extravascular defibrillation electrodes This disclosure provides an extravascular ICD system and method for defibrillating a heart of a patient. The extravascular ICD system includes multiple extravascular electrical stimulation leads or lead segments located in close proximity to one another and having respective defibrillation electrodes. The ICD system utilizes the multiple defibrillation electrodes to form an extravascular electrode vector that may result a reduction in the shock impedance and/or a reduction in the DFT compared to extravascular ICD systems that include only a single extravascular defibrillation electrode. An ICD of the system may, for example, deliver a defibrillation shock using an electrode vector in which a first polarity of the electrode vector is formed by electrically coupling first and second defibrillation electrodes of first and second leads, respectively, to the therapy circuitry and a second polarity of the electrode vector is formed by electrically coupling a housing of the ICD to the therapy circuitry.
US09636511B2	Tissue conduction communication (TCC) transmission An implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) configured to transmit a tissue conduction communication (TCC) signal includes a TCC transmitter module configured to generate the TCC signal and transmit the TCC signal via a plurality of electrodes. The TCC signal comprises a biphasic signal having an amplitude and a frequency, wherein at least one of the amplitude and the frequency are configured to avoid stimulation of tissue of the patient. The TCC transmitter module comprises protection circuitry coupled between a current source and the plurality of electrodes, wherein the protection circuitry is configured to protect the signal generator from an external anti-tachyarrhythmia shock delivered to the patient.
US09636503B2	System and method for mapping baroreceptors An example of a method embodiment may place a set of stimulation electrodes on tissue containing the baroreceptor region, and may test bipolar configurations of the electrodes. Each of the bipolar configurations of the electrodes includes at least one of the electrodes configured to function as an anode and at least one other of the electrodes configured to function as a cathode. Testing the bipolar configurations may include stimulating the tissue using each of the bipolar configurations. For each of the tested bipolar configurations at least one physiological parameter may be monitored for a baroreflex response to stimulation of the tissue, and the baroreflex response may be recorded for each of the tested bipolar configurations.
US09636502B2	Systems and methods for avoiding neural stimulation habituation An embodiment relates to a method for delivering a vagal stimulation therapy to a vagus nerve, including delivering a neural stimulation signal to non-selectively stimulate both afferent axons and efferent axons in the vagus nerve according to a predetermined schedule for the vagal stimulation therapy, and selecting a value for at least one parameter for the predetermined schedule for the vagal stimulation therapy to control the neural stimulation therapy to avoid physiological habituation to the vagal stimulation therapy. The parameter(s) include at least one parameter selected from the group of parameters consisting of a predetermined therapy duration parameter for a predetermined therapy period, and a predetermined intermittent neural stimulation parameter associated with on/off timing for the intermittent neural stimulation parameter.
US09636500B2	Active surveillance of implanted medical leads for lead integrity Active surveillance of potential lead anomalies in implanted medical leads utilizes test signal(s) delivered through an output current pathway and induced signals monitored via an independent monitor current pathway to detect for any reactions to the test signals in the induced signals. Various specific responses can be initiated if a potential insulation breach or anomaly in the implanted medical lead is identified due to detection of a “positive” test result in the induced signals on the monitor current pathway in reaction to a test signal applied to the output current pathway.
US09636496B2	Retinal prosthesis with multiple electrode arrays for greater field of view The artificial percept of light may be created by electrically stimulating the neurons of the retina. While a photolithographed array internal to the retina provides superior resolution, an array external to the retina provides easier implantation and improved manufacturability. Therefore it is advantageous to supply a high-resolution electrode array internal to the sclera, near the fovea and a lower-resolution electrode array eternal to the sclera near the periphery of the retina.It is advantageous to encourage current to flow through the retina by providing a physically separate and distinct electrode array and return electrode. The high-resolution electrode array and lower-resolution electrode array may be return electrodes for the other, or completely separate return electrodes may be provided.
US09636495B2	Flexible and porous large-area electrode for heating The present invention relates to a flexible electric field capacitive coupled energy transfer means formed from a conductive metal coated flexible material or flexible metallic net. The improved energy transfer means is flexible, porous, light and easy to manipulate treatment electrode and is used in non-invasive electrical field hyperthermia.
US09636488B2	Drug delivery systems and methods for treatment of prostate Methods, devices, and medicaments that include a drug are provided for use in the treatment of the prostate by locally administering the drug into the bladder of a patient to achieve a sustained concentration of the drug in urine in the bladder sufficient to produce a therapeutic concentration of the drug in the prostate. The drug may be delivered into the bladder from an intravesical drug delivery device inserted into the bladder, wherein the device continuously releases the drug into the urine in the bladder over an extended period of hours or days.
US09636484B2	Catheter apparatus An intravenous catheter apparatus having a needle having a needle shaft, a needle tip at the distal end of the needle shaft and a needle hub mounted to the proximal end of the needle shaft, an intravenous catheter tube mounted to a catheter hub and a needle guard movable on the needle shaft. The needle guard having a base portion having a needle passage extending in an axial direction from a proximal side of the base portion through the base portion to a distal side of the base portion, first and second arms extending substantially in the axial direction from the distal side of the base portion and a distal wall which is transversely arranged at a distal region of the first arm. A recess is provided in the needle guard that receives a stopping element for stopping movement of the needle shaft relative to the needle guard.
US09636483B2	Torque-based catheter articulation A robotic surgical system configured for the articulation of a catheter comprises an input device, a control computer, and an instrument driver having at least one motor for displacing the pull-wire of a steerable catheter wherein the control computer is configured to determine the desired motor torque or tension of the pull-wire of a catheter based on user manipulation of the input device. The control computer is configured to output the desired motor torque or tension of the pull-wire to the instrument driver, whereby at least one motor of the instrument driver implements the desired motor torque to cause the desired pull-wire tension to articulate the distal tip of the catheter. The present embodiment further contemplates a robotic surgical method for the articulation of a steerable catheter wherein an input device is manipulated to communicate a desired catheter position to a control computer and motor torque commands are outputted to an instrument driver. The robotic system may further comprise a torque sensor. The robotic system may also incorporate closed loop feedback in which data from the torque measuring device is used to ensure that the torque in the motor or tension in the pull-wire closely matches the motor torque command from the control computer.
US09636478B2	Medical tube A medical tube, which is inserted into a tubular organ and discharges and suctions fluid, is provided with a tube-shape main body which extends a prescribed length and with a valve which is disposed in a portion of the main body that is inserted into the tubular organ and can discharge or suction a fluid, wherein the valve includes multiple slits which are formed so as to extend axially of the body a prescribed length, reaching from the outer periphery to the inner periphery of the main body, and which are provided spaced in the circumferential direction of the main body. Each slit is formed tilted in the same direction with respect to a radially-extending line which passes through the axial center of the main body.
US09636477B2	Catheter Catheters and methods for supporting a guidewire or delivering a radiopaque, diagnostic or therapeutic agent through a vessel stenosis or other tortuous anatomy are disclosed. A catheter can comprise an elongate shaft body and a tip member disposed at a distal end of the shaft body. The shaft body can extend from a proximal end to the distal end and can define an inner lumen. The shaft body can include a liner, a braid member surrounding the liner, a multi-layer coil surrounding the braid member, and a polymer cover surrounding the multi-layer coil. The multi-layer coil can include first and second coil layers wound in opposing directions. An outer surface portion of the polymer cover can include one or more helical threads. In an example, the one or more helical threads are positioned around a distal end portion of the shaft body. The tip member can be made from a metal or a polymer and can also include one or more helical threads around its outer surface.
US09636476B2	Headgear A mask assembly suitable for the treatment of sleep disordered breathing, comprising: a mask to provide pressurized air to a patient; upper and lower slot features located on each side of the mask; a headgear assembly, comprising: a back portion; a pair of upper straps provided to the back portion, each upper strap having a loop portion and a hook portion at a free end thereof for releasably attaching to the loop portion; a pair of lower straps extending away from the back portion, each lower strap having a loop portion and a hook portion at a free end thereof for releasably attaching to the loop portion; and a connection region of each loop portion of each strap, the connection region being adapted to receive a respective hook portion, the connection region being wider than each respective hook portion along each respective hook portion's entire length.
US09636474B2	Adaptive cycling for respiratory treatment apparatus A controller or processor (s) implements detection of respiratory related conditions that may serve as control logic to synchronize pressure treatment delivery with a patient's respiratory cycle. Based on data derived from sensor signals associated with the respiratory treatment, a monitoring device, detector or respiratory treatment apparatus may evaluate flow measures from a flow sensor and distinguish flow attributable to the respiratory treatment apparatus and flow attributable to patient respiratory muscles. The determination may serve as a basis of synchronization criteria that controls pressure levels from a pressure treatment apparatus, such as by evaluating the determined patient generated flow or a relationship between total flow and apparatus flow. In some embodiments, data for the cycling conditions is determined in preliminary treatment cycles during which synchronized pressure changes are controlled according to other cycling criteria. The new cycling conditions are then automatically initiated for control of synchronization in subsequent cycles.
US09636470B2	Device for dosing and dry nebulization The invention relates to a device (1) for dosing and dry nebulization of nebulizable material, comprising a nebulization channel (3), which has a first attachment piece and a second attachment piece, and a source of compressed carrier gas connected to the first attachment piece via a valve for the purpose of sending a carrier gas pressure pulse into the nebulization channel. The device is characterized in that between the first attachment piece and second attachment piece, and above the nebulization channel, a reservoir open only towards the nebulization channel, and used for receiving the nebulizable material, is connected to the nebulization channel such that it is gas-tight with respect to the environment, and that, when the valve is closed, a pressure compensation takes place in the nebulization channel and in the reservoir. The invention also relates to the use of this device for inhaled administration of a powdered pharmaceutical preparation, and to a method for dosing and dry nebulization of nebulizable material by means of such a device.
US09636468B2	Venipuncture assist device A venipuncture assist device includes a main body having a first surface configured to confront a target venipuncture site. The device further includes a vein capture channel disposed within the first surface configured to urge a portion of a patient's tissue and subcutaneous vein therein when the vein capture channel is evacuated by vacuum, wherein the urging creates a bend in the vein for piercing by a venipuncture needle. The device further includes one or more needle channels extending from a front main body surface configured to receive and guide the needle into the bend in the vein.
US09636463B2	Combination container/syringe A combination container/syringe (1) provided with an outer cylinder (10) that forms a cylindrical shape centered on an axial line (O); a front stopper that is inserted into a distal end side of the outer cylinder (10); and a cylindrical tip (50) that is fitted to an outer periphery of the distal end of the outer cylinder via a fitting hole (61) at a base end side, and that has a bypass chamber (71) that houses the front stopper at a front side of the fitting hole, in which an inner diameter of the bypass chamber is formed larger than an outer diameter of the front stopper, and a plurality of ribs (74) that protrude toward an inside in a radial direction and extend in the direction of the axial line to make close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the front stopper that has moved to the inside of the bypass chamber are provided spaced apart in a circumferential direction on the inner peripheral surface (73) of the bypass chamber. According to this combination container/syringe, it is possible to effectively eliminate air bubbles in a medicinal solution via a medicinal solution flow-through space that is formed over the circumferential direction between the inner peripheral surface of the bypass chamber and the outer peripheral surface of the front stopper.
US09636460B1	Pneumatic autoinjector with automated mixing A pneumatic autoinjector that, once activated, automatically mixes at least two components in a pre-filled chamber and then ejects the mixture in a manner suitable for medicament injection. The mixable components may be a dry/wet combination (e.g., powder and solvent), wet/wet combination (e.g., two pre-diluted medicaments), wet/gas combination (e.g., chemical A and gas B), or gas/gas combination. In some embodiments, autoinjectors made in accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure may automatically perform a sequence comprising thorough medicament mixing (e.g., reconstitution of a dried medicament with solvent), an optional pause to enhance medicament dissolution or suspension, optional needle insertion into the patient (not required in needle-free embodiments), medicament injection into the patient, and optional needle retraction for safe storage.
US09636458B2	Multi-barrel syringe injection system An injection device for injecting a medicant into a plurality of tissue sites in a patient for a selected treatment is constructed and arranged such that the number of tissue sites is the total number for the selected treatment thereby requiring a single positioning step. The injection device includes a body having a syringe and a control linkage, the syringe including a plurality of barrels, and a cooperating plunger array including a plurality of plungers. Each barrel receives a corresponding plunger. The injection device further includes a plurality of injection needles connected to the syringe wherein one injection needle is connected to each barrel, a multi-lumen tip, a shaft connected to the multi-lumen tip and extending between said multi-lumen tip and said body. The control linkage is connected to each needle so as to move each needle between a deployed injection position and a retracted position.
US09636455B2	System, method, and apparatus for estimating liquid delivery A pump, related system, and related method are provided. The pump includes a reservoir, a port, and a plunger. The reservoir delivers a liquid by discharging the liquid through the port coupled to the reservoir. The plunger has a piston coupled to a shaft and is disposed within the reservoir in sliding engagement with an inner surface of the reservoir. The piston defines a liquid side of the reservoir and a non-liquid side of the reservoir whereby movement of the plunger towards the liquid side of the reservoir discharges liquid through the port. The pump also includes a reference-volume assembly and/or a linear position sensor. The reference-volume assembly is coupled to the reservoir at an opposite end of the reservoir relative to the port and includes a reference-volume chamber in acoustic communication with the non-liquid side of the reservoir, a speaker disposed within the reference-volume chamber, and a reference microphone disposed within the reference-volume chamber. The reference-volume assembly and/or linear position sensor may be used to estimate the amount of liquid discharged from the reservoir.
US09636437B2	Extracellular matrix encasement structures and methods A bioremodelable encasement structure comprising a pouch formed from at least one sheet of bioremodelable material, the pouch including an internal region that is configured to receive a device therein, the bioremodelable material comprising mesothelial tissue.
US09636432B2	Air purification unit The presently claimed invention provides a photocatalytic air purification unit, comprising a fin structure and an UV lamp. The fin structure comprises a plurality of fins coated with a layer of photocatalyst, and said fin structure is able to increase the surface area for photocatalyst coating, ultimately increasing air pollutant removal efficiency with minimum air resistance. The air purification unit of the present invention is preferably installed in a HVAC system.
US09636427B2	Process for preparing a pharmaceutical formulation of contrast agents The invention relates to a process for preparing a liquid pharmaceutical formulation containing a complex of macrocyclic chelate with a lanthanide and a mol/mol amount of free macrocyclic chelate of between 0.002% and 0.4%, advantageously between 0.02% and 0.3% and very advantageously between 0.025% and 0.25%, the macrocyclic chelate advantageously being chosen from DOTA, NOTA, DOTAGA, DO3A, BT-DO3A, HP-DO3A and PCTA, and is preferably DOTA, the said process comprising the following successive steps: b) preparation of a liquid pharmaceutical composition containing, firstly, the complex of macrocyclic chelate with a lanthanide, and, secondly, free macrocyclic chelate and/or free lanthanide; c) measurement in the pharmaceutical formulation obtained in step b) of the concentration of free macrocyclic chelate Cch1 and/or of free lanthanide Clan1; d) adjustment of Cch1 and/or of Clan1 so as to obtain Cch1=Ct ch1 and Clan1=0, wherein Ct ch1 is the target concentration of free macrocyclic chelate in the final liquid pharmaceutical formulation.
US09636425B2	Method of dry dye delivery for staining the eye A device and method for staining the eye of a patient in need of the same includes the introduction, onto the surface of the eye, of a dry powder form at a dye suitable for staining the eye. The dry powder form of the dye is introduced onto the surface of the eye without the use of a substrate at or near the eye's surface.
US09636417B2	Mucosal membrane receptor and uses thereof The invention is based on the identification of aminopeptidase N (APN) as the receptor for F4 fimbriae of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Based on the observation that oral administration of F4 fimbriae induces a protective intestinal mucosal immune response against a subsequent challenge with F4 ETEC, and the observation that the internalization of said F4fimbriae is clathrin-mediated, the present invention provides the characterization of APN as a target useful in: in an in vitro assay to screen for molecules that are capable to mimic the clathrin-mediated F4 endocytosis; in an in vitro assay to screen for molecules that are capable to modulate the binding of F4 fimbriae with APN; in the development of a carrier for the delivery of antigens/therapeutics, i.e. immunomodulators to the intestinal submucosa or the intestinal mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue, wherein said carrier comprises an APN specific target molecule that mimics the clathrin-mediated F4 endocytosis. The use of the carriers thus identified or the treatments thus identified, in a method of inducing an antigen specific intestinal mucosal immune response, and/or in the treatment of bacterial diarrhea, is a further aspect of the present invention.
US09636414B2	Particles comprising single stranded RNA and double stranded RNA for immunomodulation The present invention relates to chimeric particles comprising single stranded RNA (ssRNA), double stranded RNA (dsRNA) and at least one cationic agent, a pharmaceutical composition containing said particles and to a method of producing the same. The particles of the present invention are particularly useful as an immunostimulating medicament with a superlative pattern of immunostimulation.
US09636412B2	Conjugates of an anti-TNF-alpha antibody Conjugates of an anti-TNF antibody and one or more nonpeptidic water soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the nonpeptidic water soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided, among other things, are compositions comprising conjugates, methods of making conjugates, and methods of administering compositions to a patient.
US09636405B2	Foamable vehicle and pharmaceutical compositions thereof A hygroscopic pharmaceutical composition includes at least one hygroscopic substance at a concentration sufficient to provide an Aw value of less than 0.9 or about 0.9 to about 0.7 and an antiinfective agent. A foamble pharmaceutical carrier includes about 50% to about 98% of a polar solvent selected from the group consisting of a polyol and PEG; 0% to about 48% of a secondary polar solvent; about 0.2% to about 5% by weight of a surface-active agent; about 0.01% to about 5% by weight of at least one polymeric agent; and a liquefied or compressed gas propellant at a concentration of about 3% to about 25% by weight of the total composition.
US09636403B2	Composition for the treatment of ear infections and method A composition for treating ear infections in animals includes an antifungal agent, an antibiotic agent, a steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, and an acid dissolved to form a liquid. The acid aids in keeping the steroidal anti-inflammatory agent in solution, and enhances the bactericidal effect of the composition. The method of preparing such composition includes dissolving the antifungal agent, steroidal anti-inflammatory agent, and acid in dehydrated alcohol, dissolving the antibiotic agent in propylene glycol, combining the two solutions together, heating the combination and then cooling the composition. Several drops of the composition are applied at least twice per day to the affected area of the animal's ear.
US09636397B2	Adjuvant compositions and related methods The present disclosure provides for an adjuvant composition that is suited for injectable as well as transdermal administration. The adjuvant composition generally comprises a lipophile, a polymer of acrylic or methacrylic acid, saline, cholesterol, a saponin, and sodium hydroxide. A vaccine composition is also provided for that generally includes the vaccine composition of the present disclosure and a DNA component. A method for vaccinating animals and humans utilizing the adjuvant composition of the present disclosure is also provided.
US09636394B2	Process for producing influenza vaccine A process for producing a split influenza virus preparation or subunit influenza preparation comprising the steps of: (i) providing a whole virus preparation; (ii) splitting the whole virus preparation in the presence of a first detergent; (iii) adding t-octylphenoxypolyethoxyethanol (TRITON X-100™) to the resulting split virus preparation; and (iv) filtering the split virus preparation.
US09636390B2	Immunogenic antigens of shigella A vaccine for protection against multiple serotypes of Shigella sp., comprising a putative heat shock protein (EL PGI II), and Hypothetical Protein (EL PGIV) is provided.
US09636388B2	Multi-indication mRNA cancer immunotherapy Synthetic bacterial messenger RNA can be used to prepare autologous, allogenic or direct nucleic acid cancer vaccines. Cancer cells are transfected either in vitro or in vivo with mRNA obtained from DNA that encodes an immunogenic bacterial protein. An immune response to the cancer is generated from direct administration of the mRNA in vivo or administration of vaccines prepared from cancer cells in vitro.
US09636385B2	Use of collagenase to treat glaucoma Provided is a method of treatment for reducing fibrosis involving administering purified collagenase into an anterior chamber of an eye of a human patient.
US09636380B2	Optogenetic control of inputs to the ventral tegmental area The present disclosure provides a method of inducing or modulating reward- or aversive-related behaviors in animals using light-responsive opsins. The present disclosure provides methods of identifying or screening compounds that may be used to treating mental disorders, or are relevant to disrupt or improve reward- or aversive related behaviors.
US09636367B2	Composition for use in increasing insulin sensitivity and/or reducing insulin resistance The invention discloses a composition comprising at least one long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid, at least one probiotic and a mixture of oligosaccharides, said mixture containing at least one of lacto-N-neotetraose (LNnT) and lacto-N-tetraose (LNT), at least one N-acetylated oligosaccharide different from LNnT and LNT, at least one sialylated oligosaccharide and at least one neutral oligosaccharide, for use in increasing insulin sensitivity and/or reducing insulin resistance. This composition optionally further comprises 2′-fucosyllactose (FL). This composition is particularly adapted for use in infants who were born preterm and/or who experienced IUGR, in pregnant women suffering from gestational diabetes and in children, adolescents, and adults suffering from insulin resistance and/or type II diabetes.
US09636363B2	Halogenated rhodamine derivatives and applications thereof Methods for treating an infection in a tissue sample are described. Tissue samples that are harvested from a patient may be infected with either bacteria or a virus. A rhodamine compound is mixed with the infected tissue sample to form a mixture. The mixture is then exposed to radiant energy to inhibit or kill the bacteria. The exposed mixture is then transplanted into the patient. The rhodamine compounds may be 2′-(6-dimethylamino-3-dimethylimino-3H-xanthen-9-yl) 4′, 5′-dichloro-benzoic acid methyl ester hydrochloride.
US09636360B2	Method and composition for treating gastro-esophageal disorders An orally administered composition that includes least one alkaline agent with a pH of at least 9.0 to 12.0, mixed in an aqueous vehicle with relatively high surface tension, high viscosity and lateral adhesion properties. When mixed, a low water soluble emulsion is formed that evenly coats and partially adheres to the lower section of the esophagus and the LES and forms a relatively long acting, protective barrier and partially neutralizes gastric acid. In one embodiment, the alkaline agent is potassium hydroxide and the aqueous vehicle is made of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, polyethylene glycol or ethylene glycol and additional thickener agents capable of withstanding high pH environments, such as xanthan gum, croscarmellose sodium, and microcrystalline cellulose. Additional organoleptic agents, such as gum Arabic and polyethylene glycol, flavorings, such as sodium chloride, acesulfame potassium, sodium saccharine, and mint, and stabilizers such as colloidal silica made be added.
US09636358B2	Method and device for producing hydrogen containing fluid A device for producing a hydrogen containing fluid, having a container that stores fluid which able to be used for a living organism and has water vapor permeability, a hydrogen generating system that generates hydrogen by using moisture, and a wrapping member that encloses the container and the hydrogen generating system and has low hydrogen molecule permeability. The wrapping member encloses the container and the hydrogen generating system located outside the container, and a treatment to increase humidity in a space between an outer surface of the container and an inner surface of the wrapping member is performed.
US09636352B2	Compositions and methods for the treatment of musculoskeletal related diseases and disorders using metal ion-citrate analog complexes The invention is directed to a composition and associated method for the treatment of musculoskeletal related disorders and diseases. In particular, the present invention provides a class of citrate compounds that can be used to for the treatment of diseases/disorders characterized by the degeneration of musculoskeletal tissues including menisci, bone, articular cartilage, and soft tissues. Examples of suitable citrate and citrate analog compounds include citrates having the following base formula (I): where X may be one of the following: wherein Y, Y′, and Y″ are independently a citrate moiety, O, O—Y, OH, NH, NH—Y, R and R—Y, with R being an alkyl, alkyene, ester, aryl, or phenyl group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.
US09636350B2	Pharmaceutical composition for use in nasal administration containing corticoid, and a quinolone or fusidic acid The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition of unit dose for inhalation by a human subject comprising a topical corticoid and a quinolone or fucidic acid, characterized in that the ratio of the weight of the topical corticoid to the weight of the quinolone or fucidic acid is between 0.02 and 20 and the amount of quinolone or of fucidic acid is less than 1 mg. This composition can be administered by nasal spray and is used for treating the upper and lower respiratory tract, in particular sinusitis and nasal polyps.
US09636345B2	Benzimidazole derivatives useful TRPM8 channel modulators Disclosed are compounds, compositions and methods for treating various diseases, syndromes, conditions and disorders, including pain. Such compounds are represented by Formula I as follows: wherein R0, R1, R2, R3, R4 and a are defined herein.
US09636320B2	Method for treating skin cancer A method for treating skin cancer including the steps of applying an isothiocyanate functional surfactant to an area affected by skin cancer, wherein the isothiocyanate functional surfactant comprises at least one isothiocyanate functional group associated with an aliphatic and/or aromatic carbon atom of the isothiocyanate functional surfactant.
US09636310B1	Method for increasing muscle strength A method of increasing strength using a nutrient holding device (pedal device, hat band, necklace, locket, belt, etc.) which contains at least one nutrient which has the ability to stimulate reflex zones on the skin resulting in improved performance when worn during athletic endeavors (exercise).
US09636307B2	Oral pharmaceutical composition comprising taste-masked N-acetylcysteine The invention provides coated particles with taste-masked N-acetylcysteine. The particles comprise a core with the active ingredient and a coating comprising a triglyceride and a surfactant. The particles exhibit rapid drug release and a stable release profile. Moreover, the invention provides a hot-melt coating method for manufacturing such particles, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the particles. The method allows the coating of core particles at moderate temperatures, thereby preventing the degradation of the thermolabile active ingredient.
US09636301B2	In vitro release assay for liposome encapsulated vincristine The present invention provides a novel in vitro release assay for the accurate, reproducible quantitation of vincristine sulfate release from liposomes.
US09636298B2	Prodrugs of compounds that enhance antifungal activity and compositions of said prodrugs The invention relates to prodrugs for use in the inhibition of histone deacetylase. The prodrugs of the present invention have good aqueous solubility and good aqueous stability. The prodrugs of the invention advantageously are metabolized to the active ingredient in plasma or in the blood stream of a warm-blooded animal. The invention also provides compositions and, and methods for making the prodrugs, and methods for using the prodrugs to treat fungal infections.
US09636296B2	Methods of reducing hair loss and/or facilitating hair growth and/or regrowth The present disclosure relates to methods of retarding hair loss or facilitating hair growth and/or regrowth. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to methods of using the disclosed compositions to increase the rate of terminal hair growth and/or regrowth in a mammal.
US09636294B2	Long-wear mascara composition A mascara composition including an olefin/acrylate grafted polymer and a styrene/acrylates copolymer. Preferably, the ratio of the weight amount of the olefin/acrylate grafted polymer to the weight amount of the styrene/acrylates copolymer is from about 1:3 to about 4:1.
US09636279B2	Locked pill bottle with timed dispense limits The disclosed pill bottle allows for timed dispensing of medicine, as programmed by a physician, pharmacist, or caregiver. The device has a slot for pill entry in any one of the walls, the slot being sealable and lockable. In an unlocked and open condition, the slot is a portal from the outside of the bottle into an inner cavity, the cavity being adapted for pill storage and extending between the slot/opening for pill entry and an exit tube. The exit tube is sized for single-file passage of a plurality of pills. A button or blocking device (defined as a mechanical and/or physical object which prevents movement of a pill out of the device) is movable only at pre-programmed intervals of time, allowing the exit of a pill or dosage of pills.
US09636271B2	Device for foot zone therapy The invention relates to a device for foot zone therapy. The device includes a frame (1, 11), and a base (2, 12) provided with knobs (3a) for pressing the foot sole against. The knobs (3a) are laid out in an area essentially consistent with the length and shape of a foot sole. The base (2, 12) is either a rotatable roll (2) or a panel (12) divided for discrete zones (A, B, C, D), whereby rotating the roll or changing a relative height position of the zones in the flat panel enables the foot sole to be contacted alternately with various knobby zones. The device is adapted for such an operation that the effect of the knobs (3a) always proceeds from heel towards toes.
US09636269B2	Packaging sheets and packaging materials Packaging sheets, packaging material comprise one or more packaging sheets and related methods are provided herein. A packaging sheet can include a first substrate having a first surface and an opposing second surface. An adhesive layer can be applied on the first surface of the first substrate. A cohesive layer can he applied on the adhesive layer, such that the cohesive forms a first outer surface of the packaging sheet with the opposing second surface of the first substrate forming a second outer surface. The packaging sheets can, in some embodiments, comprise body bag sheets used to form body bags.
US09636260B2	Custom microphones circuit, or listening circuit Embodiments of the disclosure include hearing protection earmuffs, which generally might have two earcups providing passive noise reduction (e.g. an effective NRR to protect a user from a damaging external noise environment). Disclosed embodiments include systems and methods for transmitting external sounds to a speaker within the earcup, blocking transmission of sounds that are higher than a hearing protection threshold, amplifying sounds that are below the hearing protection threshold, and reducing or filtering undesirable background sounds by determining the frequency of the transmitted sounds.
US09636255B2	Uveoscleral drug delivery implant and methods for implanting the same Devices and methods for treating intraocular pressure are disclosed. The devices include drug delivery implants for treating ocular tissue. Optionally, the devices also include shunts for draining aqueous humor from the anterior chamber to the uveoscleral outflow pathway, including the supraciliary space and the suprachoroidal space. The drug delivery implants can be implanted in ab interno or ab externo procedures.
US09636241B2	Coil bioabsorbable stents An expandable, bioabsorbable stent having a coiled-coil configuration is described. The stent further comprises regions of variable pitch that allow for variation in either rigidity, or variability diameter within sub-regions along the length of the deployed stent. By varying the diameter allows the stent to extend into regions such as branched vessels, or into the neck of aneurysms. In some embodiments, the stent comprises longitudinal support fibers that run substantially the length of the deployed stent to provide additional strength. In addition, the stent may also comprise regional support fibers that run less than the length of the stent, and which provide increased regional strength while permitting flexibility of the stent. The stent further comprises micro-tubes that are configured to be visible using medical imaging techniques. The stent can be manufactured from materials that are bioabsorbable and/or include the ability to release pharmacologically active substances over time.
US09636239B2	System and method for mapping activity in peripheral nerves Systems and methods are provided for controlling an entity in response to activity in a peripheral nerve comprising a plurality of fascicles. A multicontact electrode assembly is configured to record activity from the peripheral nerve. A processing component includes a sensor mapping component configured to quantify activity associated with a proper subset of the plurality of fascicles, an evaluation component configured to determine an adjustment of the status of the controlled entity from the quantified activity of the proper subset of the plurality of fascicles, and a controller configured to provide a control signal, representing the adjustment of the status of the controlled entity, to the controlled entity.
US09636238B2	System to evaluate prosthetic sockets Systems, methods, and software are provided for assessing manufacturing errors of a prosthetic socket to facilitate a clinical assessment of the socket. The embodiments disclosed herein may align and compare a manufactured socket shape to a desired socket shape to determine whether clinically significant errors are present in the manufactured socket. A mean radial error (MRE) may be calculated and compared to a set threshold. If the MRE falls below the threshold an interquartile range (IQR) may be calculated and compared to an IQR threshold. If the IQR falls below the IQR threshold, surface normal angle errors (SNAE) may be calculated and plotted to the surface model. If the SNAE plot does not include closed contour regions, the socket may proceed to patient fitting. If the MRE or IQR thresholds are exceeded, or if the SNAE plot indicates closed contour regions, the socket may be reshaped accordingly, prior to fitting.
US09636231B2	Expandable vertebral prosthesis The present invention relates to an expandable prosthetic implant device for engagement between vertebrae generally comprising an inner member, outer member, and gear member positioned coaxial with respect to each other such that the inner and outer members are moveable relative to each other along an axis. The gear member is axially fixed to the outer member and freely rotatable with respect to the outer member and the gear member threadedly engages a threaded portion of the inner member to translate inner member along the axis. The implant is configured to engage the vertebrae in a predetermined alignment and the gear member includes gear teeth exposed to the exterior and configured to be accessible by a tool member at a plurality of angular positions around the perimeter of the implant device.
US09636229B2	Solid freeform fabrication of implant components Disclosed are designs, methods and systems for manufacturing implants, implant components, features of implant components, and/or related tools using solid freeform fabrication or additive metals technologies.
US09636223B2	Systems and methods for placing a coapting member between valvular leaflets The present invention relates to devices and methods for improving the function of a defective heart valve, and particularly for reducing regurgitation through an atrioventricular heart valve—i.e., the mitral valve and the tricuspid valve. For a tricuspid repair, the device includes an anchor deployed in the tissue of the right ventricle, in an orifice opening to the right atrium, or anchored to the tricuspid valve. A flexible anchor rail connects to the anchor and a coaptation element on a catheter rides over the anchor rail. The catheter attaches to the proximal end of the coaptation element, and a locking mechanism fixes the position of the coaptation element relative to the anchor rail. Finally, there is a proximal anchoring feature to fix the proximal end of the coaptation catheter subcutaneously adjacent the subclavian vein. The coaptation element includes an inert covering and helps reduce regurgitation through contact with the valve leaflets.
US09636222B2	Paravalvular leak protection A prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent having a proximal end and a distal end, and a collapsible and expandable valve assembly, the valve assembly including a plurality of leaflets connected to at least one of the stent and a cuff. The heart valve further includes a conformable band disposed about the perimeter of the stent near the proximal end for filling gaps between the collapsible prosthetic heart valve and a native valve annulus.
US09636203B2	Method and apparatus of tension free inguinal hernia repair reconstructing physiology using inguinal hernia prosthetic having lateral non-encircling cord locating structure An inguinal hernia prosthesis includes a cord locating structure that provides cord protecting functions. The cord locating structure, which may be a semi-circular or other shaped recess positioned along a longitudinal peripheral edge of the prosthesis, is designed to only surround a portion of the cord, e.g. less than 180 or preferably 120 degrees, with the remaining cord circumference being positioned by the element against appropriate muscle tissue. The cord locating structure may be referenced as a non-encircling lateral cord locating structure. The prosthetic: provides tension free repair; minimizes cord damage through tissue ingrowth/strangulation effects, inadvertent suturing through the cord structure, and abrasion with the prosthetic; and minimizes size of prosthetic used in the repair; and is configured to reconstitutes the pre-hernia muscle physiology.
US09636202B2	Support for ear base Embodiments of the invention described herein thus provide systems and methods for ear restoration surgery. Certain embodiments provide an improved framework that provides enhanced cooperation between an ear base and a rim.
US09636196B2	Use of hydrogen peroxide-producing bacteria for tooth whitening The invention provides compositions and methods for whitening teeth of a subject comprising administering one or more isolated, non-pathogenic, hydrogen peroxide-producing bacterial strains to an oral cavity of a subject.
US09636189B2	Method for enhancing ultrasound visibility of hyperechoic materials A hydrogel plug is placed under stress during its curing stage, in one embodiment, by application of an externally applied force. The stress may also be induced during or after the dehydration process. The direction of the externally applied force increases the length, width, depth, or radial extent of the plug. The elastic limit of the plug is exceeded when the external force is applied so that the plug substantially retains its stressed size and shape when the externally applied force is removed. When the stretched or otherwise deformed dehydrated plug is hydrated, it substantially returns to the configuration it had prior to its dehydration and prior to the application of the externally applied force.
US09636188B2	System and method for 3-D tracking of surgical instrument in relation to patient body A system and method for tracking the three-dimensional position and orientation of a surgical instrument as the instrument is being utilized within the interior of a patient body. A stereoscopic camera system generates a stereoscopic image of the patient body which is subsequently rendered on a display device. A wireless signal transmitted by an electromagnetic field generator is received by a sensor on the surgical instrument. Utilizing this sensor data, a processor calculates the position and orientation of the surgical instrument and then superimposes upon the rendered stereoscopic image of the patient body a graphical representation indicative of the position and orientation of the surgical instrument.
US09636182B2	Illuminated suction apparatus An illuminated suction apparatus including a hand-held surgical device combining a high-performance illumination waveguide with suction. This device would be useful in a wide array of various surgical procedures including open and minimally invasive orthopedics.
US09636181B2	Systems, devices, and methods for designing and forming a surgical implant A method is provided for determining the shape of a surgical linking device that is to be attached to a bony body structure such as the spinal column based on digitized locations of a plurality of attachment elements engaged to the bony structure. The method is implemented by a computer system through a GUI to generate an initial bend curve to mate with the plurality of attachment elements. The initial bend curve may be simplified based on user input to the GUI to reduce the number of bends necessary to produce a well-fitting linking device and may be altered to help obtain the goals of surgery.
US09636179B2	Surgical drape system for urology procedures on male patients A simple surgical drape system of generally flat shape for male urology procedures that provides full isolation of top versus bottom surface by a sealing fenestration surrounding the meatus area. It is achieved by manually forming the flat drape to a tent-like shape around the penis with a fenestration aperture smaller than glans diameter, supported by and sealing to the glans tip, and then attaching a penile clamp to hold the drape. This allows a simplified safer antibacterial preparation and less chance of infection complications. The sealed design permits better management of urology liquids, and can use absorption pad on drape top side. The drape wrinkles act as a penile position stabilizer, reducing need for extended use of the one operator hand for penile support. Drape is removable with catheter in place.
US09636176B2	Electrosurgical instrument with dual radiofrequency and microwave electromagnetic energy An electrosurgical instrument for delivering radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic (EM) energy and microwave frequency EM energy from a coaxial feed cable through an instrument tip into tissue. The instrument tip comprises a dielectric body separating first and second conductive elements, which act as active and return electrodes to convey the RF EM radiation by conduction, and as an antenna to radiate the microwave EM radiation. The instrument also has a fluid feed incorporated into its tip, e.g. in an additional dielectric element mounted on the underside of the tip, for delivering fluid. The delivered fluid may be a gas plasma to assist treatment or a liquid to plump up a tissue region before treatment. The instrument may fit in an endoscope.
US09636163B2	Tissue welding and cutting apparatus and method A surgical apparatus and methods for severing and welding tissue, in particular blood vessels. The apparatus includes an elongated shaft having a pair of relatively movable jaws at a distal end thereof. A first heating element on one of the jaws is adapted to heat up to a first temperature and form a welded region within the tissue, while a second heating element on one of the jaws is adapted to heat up to a second temperature and sever the tissue within the welded region. The first and second heating elements may be provided on the same or opposite jaws. A control handle provided on the proximal end of the elongated shaft includes controls for opening and closing the jaws, and may include an actuator for sending current through the first and second heating elements. The first and second heating elements may be electrically connected in series, and the first heating element may be bifurcated such that it conducts about one half of the current as the second heating element. A force-limiting mechanism provided either within the control handle, in the elongated shaft, or at the jaws limits the pressure applied to the tissue by the jaws to ensure that the tissue is severed and the ends effectively welded within a short amount of time.
US09636156B2	Securing fasteners A fastener, for example a bone screw, is sized to pass into an aperture of an implant, for example, a bone plate, the fastener having an anchor portion engageable with body tissue, and a head portion formed by an assembly of an insert and an anchor extension. The insert and anchor extension cooperate to form a reduced dimension passable into the aperture, and an expanded dimension not passable out of the aperture. The size of the assembly may be configurable, for example, by tabs, ramped surfaces, or an expanding diameter of a threadable insert.
US09636155B2	Method and apparatus for an intramudullary implant and method of implantation thereof A method of loading an implant inserter with an implant tab and an intramedullary orthopedic implant includes placing the intramedullary orthopedic implant engaged with the implant tab in an implant tab press tool. The implant tab press tool closes the implant tab, which is then moved to a locked position. The implant press tool opens, and the implant tab coupled with the intramedullary orthopedic implant is removed therefrom. The implant tab coupled with the intramedullary orthopedic implant and the implant inserter are placed in an inserter press tool. The inserter press tool closes the implant inserter, which is then moved to a locked position. The inserter press tool opens, and the implant inserter loaded with the implant tab and the intramedullary orthopedic implant coupled therewith is removed from the inserter press tool.
US09636150B2	Spinal stabilization system and method A spinal stabilization system may include a pair of structural members coupled to at least a portion of a human vertebra with connectors. Connectors may couple structural members to spinous processes. Some embodiments of a spinal stabilization system may include fasteners that couple structural members to vertebrae. In some embodiments, a spinal stabilization system, provides three points of fixation for a single vertebral level. A fastener may fixate a facet joint between adjacent vertebrae and couple a stabilization structural member to a vertebra. Connectors may couple the structural members to the spinous processes of the vertebrae. Use of a spinal stabilization system may improve the stability of a weakened or damaged portion of a spine. When used in conjunction with an implant or other device, the spinal stabilization system may immobilize vertebrae and allow for fusion of the implant or other device with vertebrae.
US09636148B2	Polyaxial pedicle screw A polyaxial bone anchor including a housing, a bone screw, and a retainer for pivotably coupling the head of the bone screw to the housing. The retainer is positioned into the bore of the housing and includes a plurality of alternating tabs and slots circumferentially arranged to define a cavity for receiving the head portion of the bone screw therein. The retainer is axially moveable in the housing from a first position in which the head portion is not passable through the lower opening of the retainer to a second position in which the head portion is passable through the lower opening of the retainer.
US09636145B2	Flexible spine stabilization system Systems and methods for flexibly stabilizing a vertebral motion segment by connecting a first vertebra and a second vertebra. The system includes an elongate connection element with end portions interconnected by a flexible coupling member. The system includes first and second attachment portions for connecting the connection element to the vertebrae. A first resilient member is positioned between the first end portion and the first attachment portion, and a second resilient member is positioned between the first attachment portion and the second attachment portion. The system is designed such that the second resilient member is compressed when the first and second attachment portions move towards each other, and the first resilient member is compressed when the first and second attachment portions extend away from each other.
US09636140B2	Surgical scalpel and system particularly for use in a transverse carpal ligament surgical procedure A surgical scalpel, scalpel instrument and/or scalpel system (collectively, scalpel), is configured for use in a transverse carpal ligament surgical procedure. The scalpel evaluates an incision path with respect to a nerve in the incision path, and performs the incision if appropriate. The scalpel emits a signal through a potential incision path through tissue captured by the scalpel. The scalpel utilizes the emitted signal to determine whether a nerve is in the incision path. The surgical instrument includes a retractable blade. Evaluation includes determining whether a nerve is present before incision and/or evaluating whether the target tissue has been appropriately captured. A warning is provided when a nerve is in the incision path and/or the captured target tissue is inappropriate. The surgical instrument disables extension of the blade when a nerve is in the dissection path and/or the captured target tissue is inappropriate.
US09636137B2	Mucosal resection device and related methods of use A resection device for resecting tissue from a body. The device includes an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The device further includes a cap assembly configuredto be coupled to the distal end of the elongate member. The cap assembly may include a first cap defining a resection loop channel and a distal end having a first opening. The assembly may further include a second cap configured to receive a portion of the first cap. The second cap includes a distal end having a second opening. A distal portion of the first cap and a distal portion of the second cap may cooperate to define a resection loop track for receiving a resection loop.
US09636136B2	Ultrasound treatment instrument With respect to a forceps type treatment instrument including an ultrasound probe that protrudes from a treatment instrument main body at a position separated to a distal end side from a shaft portion, and a jaw that is displaceable between a closed state and an opened state by being linked with swing action of an clamp arm in a position separated to a distal end side from the shaft portion, stoppers are extendedly provided toward a clamp arm side from a treatment instrument main body side in a state in which edge portions at a distal end side are set to located at a distal end side from a locus of a proximal end of the jaw, and entry of a living body into a gap of the treatment instrument main body and the clamp arm is restricted.
US09636134B2	Surgical cutting device and methods of using same A vibrational assembly for operative coupling to a surgical cutting element. The vibrational assembly receives a portion of the surgical cutting element and imparts vibration to the surgical cutting element within a single plane. In combination, the vibrational assembly and the surgical cutting element form a surgical cutting device.
US09636126B2	Methods for removing calculus from an access sheath A method involves introducing a raking part into a lumen in an ureteral access sheath in which is located calculus, wherein the raking part is introduced into the ureteral access sheath while at least a part of the ureteral access sheath is located in a living body. The raking part is moved in the ureteral access sheath toward the calculus and is positioned beyond the calculus. The lumen in the ureteral access sheath is at least partially occluded by way of the raking part. After at least partially occluding the lumen in the ureteral access sheath by way of the raking part, the raking part is moved along the lumen in the ureteral access sheath in a direction opposite the first direction so that the raking part rakes out the calculus.
US09636121B2	Facet distraction device, facet joint implant, and associated methods In various exemplary embodiments, the present invention provides devices, implants, and methods for distracting and/or stabilizing a facet joint of the spine of a patient or other similar joint or bony structures, optionally including modifying the facet joint and implanting an implant in the facet joint so as to distract the foramen in order to reduce compression on nerve roots.
US09636120B2	Arthroplasty jigs with mating accuracy Disclosed herein is a method of defining a mating surface in a first side of an arthroplasty jig. The mating surface is configured to matingly receive and contact a corresponding patient surface including at least one of a bone surface and a cartilage surface. The first side is oriented towards the patient surface when the mating surface matingly receives and contacts the patient surface. The method may include: a) identifying a contour line associated with the patient surface as represented in a medical image; b) evaluating via an algorithm the adequacy of the contour line for defining a portion of the mating surface associated with the contour line; c) modifying the contour line if the contour line is deemed inadequate; and d) employing the modified contour line to define the portion of the mating surface associated with the contour line.
US09636115B2	Vaso-occlusive delivery device with kink resistant, flexible distal end A device for delivering an occlusive element includes an elongate sheath having a lumen therein. An elongate core member is disposed within the lumen and is formed from a proximal portion and distal portion connected via a joint. The distal portion of the elongate member includes a severable junction secured to the occlusive element. A marker coil is coaxially arranged around the distal portion of the elongate core member and is partially disposed inside the sheath lumen. A coil member is coaxially arranged around the distal portion of the elongate core member and coaxially arranged around at least a portion of the marker coil extending outside the lumen of the sheath. The coil member is secured at a distal end thereof to the distal portion of the elongate core member. The device resists axial compression while allowing for radial bending.
US09636111B2	Method of stapling tissues with a staple assembly There is provided a variable size, uniform compression staple assembly for use in stapling differing thicknesses of tissues. The staple assembly includes a staple and a staple block for receipt of tissue penetrating tips of the staple. Upon assembly through tissue, the tissue penetrating tips of the staple lodge within the staple block to a depth inversely proportional to the thickness of the tissues being stapled. There is also disclosed an anvil configured for use with the staple assembly.
US09636104B2	Laparoscopic cannula with suturing passage cutoff A cannula for use in laparoscopic surgery has a central passage which may accept a trocar to create a laparoscopic incision in a body wall to an inner body cavity. A tubular section of the cannula is then pressed into the incision to form a port. The tubular section has passages through its walls for suturing needles and a source for insufflating gas. A tubular sleeve is slidably supported on the outer side of the tubular cannula for movement between a raised position clear of the needle passage exit ports and a lowered position blocking the exit ports to prevent insufflation gases from passing into the body wall.
US09636101B2	Bone anchor having an integrated stress isolator The present disclosure includes a knotless suture anchoring system for anchoring a suture with respect to a body cavity, including a bone anchor body with at least one rigid anchoring structure to secure the anchor body within the body cavity. The anchor body has a longitudinal bore and cross-pin extending across the bore. A retention member is coupled to the anchor body with a break notch therebetween, which may selectively fracture to separate the body from the retention member. Additionally there is a suture cutout on the retention member and a relief feature positioned along the break notch and approximately diametrically opposed from the suture cutout, the relief feature acting to alter the force dissipation along the break notch during the separation of the retention member from the anchor body.
US09636099B2	Surgical access system including surgical portal apparatus and adhesive patch The present disclosure relates to surgical access systems and methods of using the same to access a surgical site during a surgical procedure. The surgical access system includes a portal member and a patch. The portal member includes at least one longitudinal port for passage of a surgical object. The portal member is formed from a compressible material and is adapted to transition from a first expanded condition to a second compressed condition such that an outer surface of the portal member is adapted for a substantial sealing relation with an opening in tissue upon insertion of the portal member therethrough. The patch includes a non-porous substrate having a tissue facing surface including an adhesive for positioning over the opening in the tissue and sealing a surface thereof. The patch is adapted for sealed reception of the portal member.
US09636078B2	Imaging medical device An imaging medical device includes a detector including an active material which is serviceable in a state of thermodynamic equilibrium, a primary power supply designed to supply the imaging medical device with power in an operating state, and an ancillary power supply designed to maintain a thermodynamic equilibrium in the active material of the detector in a non-operating state of the imaging medical device to keep the detector in a state of readiness. A method for operating such an imaging medical device is disclosed, wherein in the operating state, the imaging medical device is supplied with power via the primary power supply, and wherein in the non-operating state, a thermodynamic equilibrium is maintained in the active material of the detector, with power supplied by the ancillary power supply. The detector is thereby kept in a state of readiness.
US09636054B2	Attenuated total reflection spectroscopic analysis apparatus having device for measuring specimen contact area and method of operating the same An attenuated total reflection (ATR) spectroscopic analysis apparatus includes an ATR prism including: an upper surface that contacts a specimen, a lower surface facing the upper surface, a first surface that is slanted and connected to the upper surface and the lower surface, and a second surface that is slanted and connected to the upper surface and the lower surface and facing the first surface; a light source configured to emit a light towards the first surface of the ATR prism; a light receiver that is provided to face the lower surface of the ATR prism and configured to receive the light that is diffusely reflected and output from the lower surface and output an electrical signal based on the received light; and a computation processor configured to calculate a contact area of the specimen with the upper surface of the ATR prism in response to the electrical signal.
US09636048B2	Specialized sensors and techniques for monitoring personal activity New activity recognition, recording, analysis and control techniques, systems and sensors are provided. In some aspects of the invention, multiple sensory tags with unique identification and data transfer attributes, create positional, movement, orientation and acceleration data and supply it to a control system. The tags may be placed at location(s) on the user's body, clothing, personal effects, exercise equipment and other activity-relevant locations, to enhance activity recognition and mapping. For example, a specialized PDA may comprise part of the control system, and may provide, reflect and/or receive modified data signals to and from such tags.In other aspects, a system defines a personal activity space, samples data preferentially from that space, and performs a simplified form of object-recognition to determine, record and analyze personal activities.A GUI interface within the control system may also aid in recognizing and recording activity patterns, in addition to tags.
US09636046B2	Diagnosis system and method A system and method for measuring and analyzing locomotion is provided. The system may include a gait analysis apparatus that is configured to provide multi-dimensional measurements of the gait of an individual as the individual traverses the apparatus. The multiple dimensions may include force, space, time, and frequency. The gait analysis apparatus may be configured to provide a gait measurement processing device with the multi-dimensional measurements. Based on the multi-dimensional measurements, the gait measurement processing device may, for example, diagnose the test subject with a particular NM disease and/or injury, monitor progression of the particular NM disease and/or injury over time, and determine which measurements may be used as biomarkers to identify the particular NM disease and/or injury.
US09636037B2	Electrical impedance measuring apparatus An electrical impedance measuring apparatus includes: a plurality of electrodes adhered to a periphery of a chest of a living body; a potential measurer configured to perform a process of applying a current to any ones of the electrodes, and measuring potentials by means of other electrodes; an impedance acquirer, based on the applied current and the potentials obtained by the potential measurer, configured to obtain information related to an impedance of each of meshes, a chest section divided into the meshes; and an average value calculator configured to obtain a whole-region average value of impedances of all meshes of the chest section, and configured to obtain an ROI average value of impedances of meshes contained in each of ROIs, a whole region of the chest section segmented into the ROIs.
US09636035B2	Medical apparatus for determination of biological conditions using impedance measurements Medical apparatus for diagnosing of a diseased condition of the skin of a subject. The apparatus comprises an electrically conducting probe including a plurality of electrodes, each electrode comprising a plurality of micro-needles, wherein each electrode comprises a base substrate, said micro-needles being integrally formed with said substrate and arranged in a laterally spaced relationship apart from each other and having a length being sufficient to penetrate the stratum corneum, said micro-needles being arranged with an at least partially oblique shape. Furthermore, the present invention relates to an electrode for use in the device, arrays of micro-needle and method for the diagnostics of biological conditions using impedance measurements. The diagnostics is in particular related to cancer, and preferably skin cancer, wherein skin cancer is a basal cell carcinoma, a malignant melanoma, a squamous cell carcinoma, or precursors of such lesions.
US09636033B2	Prediction and prevention of postoperative atrial fibrillation in cardiac surgery patients Systems and methods are provided for predicting the onset of postoperative atrial fibrillation (AF) from electrocardiogram (ECG) data representing a patient. A signal processing component determines parameters representing the activity of the heart of the patient from the ECG data. A feature extraction component calculates a plurality of features useful in predicting postoperative AF from the determined parameters. A classification component determines an AF index for the patient from the calculated plurality of features. The AF index represents the likelihood that the patient will experience AF.
US09636031B2	Stylets for use with apparatus for intravascular placement of a catheter An integrated catheter placement system for accurately placing a catheter within a patient's vasculature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated system comprises a system console, a tip location sensor for temporary placement on the patient's chest, and an ultrasound probe. The tip location sensor senses a magnetic field of a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when the catheter is disposed in the vasculature. The ultrasound probe ultrasonically images a portion of the vasculature prior to introduction of the catheter. ECG signal-based catheter tip guidance is included in the integrated system to enable guidance of the catheter tip to a desired position with respect to a node of the patient's heart. Stylets and catheters including various multiple bipolar and monopolar electrode configurations are also disclosed.
US09636019B2	Device for use in electro-biological signal measurement in the presence of a magnetic field A device is presented for use in an EEG measurement performed in the presence of a magnetic field. The device includes a wiring array for connecting an electrodes arrangement to an electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring device. The wiring array includes sampling lines arranged to form first and second groups of sampling lines, arranged in a spaced-apart substantially parallel relationship extending along first and second axes respectively, at least some of the sampling lines being wire bundles including a plurality of wires for connecting to a corresponding plurality of electrodes of the EEG electrodes arrangement; the first and second groups of sampling lines intersect with each other to form a net structure when placed on area of measurement. The wiring array thereby enable generation of EEG data characterized by reduced motion artifact and/or reduced gradient artifact associated with the presence of the magnetic field during the EEG measurement.
US09636009B2	Endoscope A holding frame made of a material to bear a greater shear stress than a distal end portion rigid portion (a distal end portion) is adhered and fixed to the distal end rigid portion in a state where one end face is exposed from an inclined surface, and an image guide and a light guide are held through the holding frame. In addition, a groove is provided on a side surface of the holding frame and one end of the groove is exposed on a distal end face (the inclined surface) of the distal end rigid portion, to thereby realize downsizing of the distal end portion without lowering durability and improve repairability.
US09636004B2	Replacement light assembly A light assembly for a hand-held medical diagnostic instrument. The light assembly includes a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface, a light source mounted to the top surface, and the bottom surface having first and second electrical terminals. The light assembly further includes a circuit board disposed inclined to the substrate, the circuit board having first and second electrical terminals, a first connector mounting and electrically connecting the first electrical terminal of the substrate to the first electrical terminal of the circuit board, a second connector mounting and electrically connecting the second electrical terminal of the substrate to the second electrical terminal of the circuit board, a heat sink, and a thermal conductor thermally connecting at least one of the first and second electrical terminals of the substrate to the heat sink.
US09635998B2	Shoe drying assembly A shoe drying assembly includes a panel that may have a shoe placed thereon. The panel engages an inner wall of a dryer thereby inhibiting the shoe from tumbling when the dryer is turned on. A coupler is coupled to the panel such that the coupler may magnetically engage the inner wall of the dryer. A first set of straps is provided and a second set of straps is provided. Each of the first set of straps and the second set of straps is coupled to the panel. Thus, each of the first set of straps and the second set of straps may be positioned over the shoe when the shoe is positioned on the panel. Each of the second set of straps is matable with an associated one of the first set of straps.
US09635994B2	Spray arm assembly for dishwasher appliance A spray arm assembly includes a spray arm including a plurality of branches connected to each other and arrayed about a center point, each of the plurality of branches defining a passage therethrough and an aperture in fluid communication with the passage. The center point defines a spray arm central axis. The spray arm is rotatable about the spray arm central axis. The spray arm assembly further includes a base conduit defining a passage therethrough, the base conduit defining a base conduit central axis. The spray arm assembly further includes an intermediate conduit connecting the base conduit and the spray arm, the intermediate conduit defining a passage in fluid communication between the passage of the base conduit and the passages of the plurality of branches. The intermediate conduit is rotatable about the base conduit central axis. The spray arm central axis is offset from the base conduit central axis.
US09635982B2	Food processor having removable feed tube A food processor having a removable feed tube is provided. The food processor includes a work bowl and a lid configured to be selectively removable from the work bowl and having a feed tube opening. A removable feed tube is selectively attached to the lid and extends upwards from the feed tube opening when attached to the lid. The food processor also includes a simple cover that can be utilized in place of the removable feed tube to close off the feed tube opening.
US09635979B2	Outdoor pizza oven A pizza oven may include an upper portion, a lower portion, and cooking surface apparatus located between the upper portion and the lower portion. The pizza oven may be configured to provide a consistent and an even cooking environment in an enclosed region defined by the upper portion.
US09635978B2	Pellet fueled grill with cleanout port A pellet-fired grill for barbecue cooking includes a cleanout port in the bottom of the combustion chamber and an access door so that the ash may be cleaned out and removed from the grill without necessitating disassembly of the upper components of the grill. The access door is operated by a pull link, and a stop catch mechanism adjacent to the pull link enables actuation of the pull link assembly only when the stop catch mechanism is released.
US09635975B2	Stir-through lid for cookware A see-through and stir-through lid is provided for cookware. The lid includes a transparent main body having an outer periphery. An access port extends through the main body with a splatter guard secured within the access port. The splatter guard has a self-regulating opening of variable size allowing passage of a working end of a cooking utensil through the opening in the splatter guard while minimizing size of the opening about a shaft of the cooking utensil. A support structure supports a cooking utensil atop the lid with the working end resting above the splatter guard so that liquid and/or food residue may drain through the opening in the splatter guard into the cookware.
US09635969B1	Independent drapery claw A curtain holder or claw that gathers and securely holds a curtain or drapery in place. The holder comprises two sides biased to a closed or clamped position. The sides of the holder may comprise extensions to assist in gathering and holding fabric. The holder is independent and free-standing, and can be used at different heights and locations, with no connection or installation to walls or window frames and with no damage to the curtain or drapery fabric. One of more decorative elements may be permanently or removably attached to the holder. Decorative elements can be easily interchanged by a user to provide a plurality of decorative fixtures, elements, figures, logo, or indicia, or combinations thereof. These elements can match the room décor, or relate to a holiday, kid's themes, movies, animals, sports teams, or other topics or themes.
US09635968B1	Curtain rod mounting system A curtain rod mounting system includes a support surface that has a pair of faces. Each of the faces forms a right angle with respect to each other. A pair of curtain rods is provided. A suspension unit is removably attached to the support surface. The suspension unit engages each of the faces such that the suspension unit bisects the right angle. Each of the curtain rods removably engages the suspension unit such that each of the curtain rods is oriented to be coextensive with an associated one of the faces.
US09635964B1	Dispensing closure for jars that stores the jar magnetically A dispensing closure comprising a closure base, a dispensing disk, a magnet, and a fastener. The magnet and closure base sandwich the dispensing disk, which are all held together with the fastener. A user fills ajar with items to be dispensed and stored and then mounts the dispensing closure onto the jar with a jar screw band. To dispense the items, the user rotates the dispensing disk to an open position and then inverts the jar. To store and display, the user rotates the dispensing disk to a closed position and then attaches the jar with the magnet to a surface attracted to a magnet. The design allows for manual seal and storage in any orientation (horizontally, vertically, or some other odd angle) and for the dispensing disks to be easily switched. The dispensing closure may further comprise a spacer, which enables easier rotation of the dispensing disk.
US09635952B1	Sleep fabric layer with individually pocketed coils The present application provides a cushion having a core layer and a quilt support/comfort layer. The core layer may comprise innersprings, foams, air cells, or combinations thereof. The support/comfort layer comprises a sleep layer that simulates a conventional quilted fabric layer. The sleep layer includes a thick, comfort fabric and a backing fabric, which backing fabric may be the same as the thick, comfort fabric. The sleep layer is formed by coupling the thick, comfort fabric to the backing fabric to form a plurality of individual pockets in which micro spring coils are placed. The micro spring coils have less uncompressed height than conventional innerspring coils. The sleep layer coupling is formed by spot coupling without using a metal needle to stitch the layers together. In other words, the spot coupling may comprise an adhesive or weld.
US09635951B2	Pillow retention assembly A pillow retention assembly for displaying pillows on a bed includes a rack that may be positioned on a bed. A plurality of pillows may be positioned on the bed. A plurality of clips is provided and each of the clips is attached to the rack. Thus, each of the clips may engage an associated one of the pillows thereby retaining the pillows on the rack.
US09635939B2	Covered sliding operator A covered sliding operator includes a body; a slot formed in the body; a spindle extending through the slot and which is slidable along the length of the slot; and a generally oval cover rotatably mounted on the spindle. The body has a first impinging wall and a second impinging wall. The cover is shaped such that: when the spindle is central in the slot, the cover completely covers the slot; moving the spindle towards the first end of the slot moves the cover against the first impinging wall and causes it to rotate in a first direction such that the slot remains completely covered by the cover; and moving the spindle towards the second end of the slot moves the cover against the second impinging wall and causes it to rotate in a second direction such that the slot remains completely covered by the cover.
US09635932B2	Height adjustable desk system A height-adjustable desk having a desktop, at least one cabinet positioned beneath the desktop, and at least one height-adjustable column. The height-adjustable column has an upper end secured to the desktop and a lower end secured within the cabinet. The height-adjustable column is selectively raised or lowered to move the desktop up or down. The cabinet has a storage compartment, and the lower end of the column is positioned behind the storage compartment. Substantially the entire length of the height-adjustable column is housed within and concealed by the cabinet when the height-adjustable column is in the lower position. The desk also includes various cable management channels and cable tracks to entirely conceal all electrical cable running throughout the desk to power and control the height of the desk, as well as to provide electrical power or other necessary electrical cables for any electrical equipment used on the desktop.
US09635925B2	Drop-prevention apparatus for a rolled product A drop-prevention lanyard for rolled product includes a flexible strap having a first strap end portion with a first strap end, a second strap end portion with a second strap end, and a body portion between the first strap end portion and the second strap end portion. The first strap end portion is fixedly attached to the body portion at an attachment point, thereby defining a first loop at a first lanyard end portion. A connector on the flexible strap is operable between an open connector position and a closed connector position. The connector is positioned to selectively connect the second strap end to the body portion. A tubular member is installed over the second strap end portion of the flexible strap and is positioned between the attachment point and the second strap end.
US09635924B1	Cat eye makeup applicator A cat eye makeup applicator with a handle and a cat eye stamping member having a base portion for detachable connection to the handle and having left-side and right-side, mirror image stamping surfaces for transferring eyeliner to a user's skin and creating perfect, symmetrical cat eyes.
US09635920B2	Adjustable belt for carrying bags or the like Adjustable strap bags and the like for use during cycling or motorcycling, which includes an elongate flexible member designed to be secured to a bag or the like, wherein said elongate flexible member includes a first portion of adjustable length (I1) which is designed to lie upon the shoulders of a user and a second portion of adjustable length (I2) which is designed to encircle the waist of the user thereby stabilizing the bag and holding it tight thereagainst.
US09635911B2	Elastic articulation for horological assembly An arrangement for the elastic articulated link between two components of a horological assembly, wherein it comprises at least one link shaft and one spring (25; 25′) working in torsion mode between the two components to exert an elastic return force.
US09635890B2	Protective equipment A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
US09635886B2	Electronic cigarette with thermal flow sensor based controller An electronic cigarette with a thermal flow sensor based controller is provided which comprises a housing; a battery, a controller assembly; an air inlet for allowing air to enter into the housing, a mouthpiece; a fluid reservoir; an atomizer; at least a light emitting diode; and a display. The thermal flow sensor is fabricated using micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) technologies which is amenable to create the electronic cigarette with a thermal flow sensor based controller having stable evaporated liquid delivering, immediately response to smoker inhalation, like normal cigarette inhalation resistance, low power consumption, and no accidental actuation take place.
US09635877B2	Process for obtaining honey and/or flour of coffee from the pulp or husk and the mucilage of the coffee bean The present invention relates to a method for using the by-products of coffee in the production of proteins, polyphenols, vitamins and minerals, through methods of concentrating and conserving the mucilage and the pulp (husk) in order to obtain industrially processed coffee honey and/or pulp meal (husk), which is/are suitable for use in products for human or animal consumption, drugs, cosmetics or as raw materials for the production of alcohol for fuel (ethanol), wherein said process makes it possible to reduce the pollution of the environment by avoiding the waste of coffee by-products and to exploit the properties and advantages of same for producing the aforementioned products.
US09635867B2	Fish processing systems and methods Methods and systems for processing fish are provided which enable the efficient conveyance of fish products from one fish processing subsystem or station to another in a particularly reliable and robust form factor. The systems may include a first fish processing subsystem configured to process fish with the fish orientated in a first orientation; a second fish processing subsystem configured to process the fish with the fish orientated in a second orientation different from the first orientation; and a conveyor system that couples the first fish processing subsystem to the second fish processing subsystem with the conveyor system being configured to receive the fish in the first orientation and deliver the fish in the second orientation. Related methods of conveying and processing fish are also provided.
US09635853B2	Insecticidal compounds The present invention relates to novel triazole derivatives of formula (I) having insecticidal activity, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to insecticidal, acaricidal, nematicidal or molluscicidal compositions comprising them and to methods of using them to combat and control insect, acarine, nematode or mollusc pests wherein R1, R2, G1, G2, Q1 and Q2 are as defined in claim 1; or salts thereof.
US09635843B2	Spool braking device and fishing reel A spool braking device includes a conductor, a magnetic unit, and a support portion. The conductor has a rotational surface, and is configured to rotate in conjunction with a spool rotatably supported by a reel body. The magnetic unit has at least two magnets arranged on a surface facing the rotational surface of the conductor. The support portion movably supports the magnetic unit between a separated position that is separated from the rotational surface of the conductor and a proximal position that is proximate to the rotational surface of the conductor. The biasing member is configured to bias the magnetic unit from the proximal position to the separated position.
US09635842B2	Rod body for fishing rod and fishing rod provided therewith A main body layer 78 is configured by a layer 75 formed, in a cylindrical shape, from a main part 76 and a complementary part 77. The main part 76 is formed by a main prepreg 70. In a small-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound over the entire circumference in a circumferential direction with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in a widthwise direction overlapping each other, and in a large-diameter part, the main prepreg 70 is wound so that a part of the entire circumference in the circumferential direction remains behind as a winding-shortage part, with both ends of the main prepreg 70 in the widthwise direction separated from each other in the circumferential direction. The complementary part 77 is formed to complement the winding-shortage part by a sub-prepreg 71 having a predetermined shape corresponding to the winding-shortage part.
US09635835B1	Apparatus for dispensing game feed and supplement A feeder basically comprises a housing having a feed compartment, a supplement compartment, a supplement conduit, a pump for moving the supplement through the conduit, a motor and an electrical source for energizing the pump and the motor; an external impeller driven by the motor for distributing the feed; and an external opening in the supplement conduit for directing the supplement towards the feed distributed by the impeller.
US09635830B2	Portable milking machine A portable milking machine is provided. The portable milking machine includes a container, such as a jar. The container includes a rim forming an opening leading into an inside of the container. A cover releasably secures to the rim forming an air tight seal with the container. A first nozzle and a second nozzle forms a fluid connection between the inside of the container and the outside of the container. A vacuum pump powered by a power source is fluidly connected with the first nozzle. A first teat cup sized to receive a teat of an animal within and is fluidly connected to the second nozzle.
US09635828B2	Lettuce variety ‘Newham’ A new lettuce variety designated ‘Newham’ is described. ‘Newham’ is a grasse-type lettuce variety exhibiting stability and uniformity.
US09635826B1	Variety corn line GAB2009 The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated GAB2009, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line GAB2009 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line GAB2009, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line GAB2009, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09635822B1	Sorghum inbred PHA5ILVKE A novel sorghum variety designated PHA5ILVKE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a plant that comprise crossing sorghum variety PHA5ILVKE with another plant. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHA5ILVKE through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the sorghum seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid sorghum seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the sorghum variety PHA5ILVKE or a locus conversion of PHA5ILVKE with another sorghum variety.
US09635820B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV047602 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV047602. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV047602, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV047602 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV047602 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV047602.
US09635818B1	Maize hybrid X18D810 A novel maize variety designated X18D810 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18D810 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18D810 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18D810, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18D810. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18D810.
US09635813B2	Residue handling system for an agricultural harvester An agricultural harvester includes a chassis and a residue handling system carried by the chassis. The residue handling system includes a set of rotating knives disposed in a housing, a first set of counter-knives, and a residue pivoting platform and/or a second set of counter-knives. Crop residue travels through the system in a residue flow direction. The first set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The residue pivoting platform is positioned proximate to the first set of counter-knives in an upstream direction relative to the crop residue flow direction. The second set of counter-knives are configured to enter the housing proximate to the set of rotating knives. The second set of counter-knives are in a downstream direction relative to the crop residue flow from at least one of the residue pivoting platform and the first set of counter-knives.
US09635806B2	Mower blade speed control system A mower blade speed control system with an electronic control unit providing engine speed commands to an internal combustion engine having a maximum power speed and a reduced economy speed, and a continuously variable transmission with variable displacement providing rotational power from the engine to a plurality of mower blades. The electronic control unit monitors engine load and automatically adjusts engine speed and the displacement of the continuously variable transmission in response to engine load to achieve a constant rotational speed of a plurality of mower blades at different engine speeds.
US09635799B2	Dynamic row spacing planter system The present disclosure provides a transformable agricultural planter that is structured and operable to transform to a Transport Configuration wherein a width of the planter is less than or equal to a Department Of Transportation maximum load width for which special ‘Wide Load’ permits are not required. The planter includes a support cart including a telescoping support axle having a plurality of wheel assemblies mounted thereto and a plurality of actuators connected to the telescoping support axle. The actuators are operable to extend and retract the telescoping support axle such that a spacing between the wheel assemblies can be set to any desired distance. The planter additionally includes a main toolbar assembly connected a toolbar lift and spin assembly rotatably mounted to the support cart and operable to rotate, raise and lower the main toolbar assembly between the Transport Configuration and a Planting Configuration.
US09635798B2	Arrangement for automatically steering a combination of a self-propelled vehicle and an implement for cultivating a field An implement for cultivating a field is connected to a self-propelled vehicle that is steered automatically along a first reference path by a steering control unit. The implement is guided in a lateral direction with respect to the vehicle along a second reference path by an implement position control unit by means of an actuator. The steering control unit steam the vehicle in dependence on the position of the actuator at the time.
US09635797B2	Actuator adjusted rolling baskets A rolling basket assembly for use with an agricultural tillage implement having a frame. The rolling basket assembly includes a rolling basket and at least one arm assembly. The arm assembly has a first and second structural member, a biased device, a bracket and an actuator. The first structural member extends from the frame. The biased device is pivotally coupled to the first structural member or the frame. The bracket is coupled to the first structural member and to the biased device. The second structural member is pivotally coupled to the first structural member. The rolling basket is rotationally coupled to the second structural member. The actuator is pivotally coupled to both the second structural member and the bracket.
US09642292B2	Electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus and electromagnetic wave reduction method thereof Provided is an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus for reducing an electromagnetic wave generated from a thermoelectric element. The electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus according to the present invention includes an electromagnetic wave sensing unit connected to a thermoelectric element and sensing an electromagnetic wave, an electromagnetic wave detecting unit detecting whether the sensed electromagnetic wave is greater than a reference value, an electromagnetic wave reduction circuit unit reducing the electromagnetic wave in response to an electromagnetic wave reduction control signal, and a circuit operation control unit generating the electromagnetic wave reduction control signal according to the detection result.
US09642289B2	Power supply and method A power supply includes a plurality of electronic components including one or more of a rectifier and a switching transistor, an input port configured to receive electrical energy from a power source and a circuit board comprising a cavity. At least one of the rectifier and the switching transistor is embedded in the cavity. The cavity is arranged proximal to the input port such that at least a portion of thermal energy generated by one or more of the rectifier and the switching transistor is dissipated from the power supply by way of the input port.
US09642288B2	Control device and method for producing a control device for a motor vehicle A control device includes a first circuit carrier with electrical components that are electrically conductively connected to one another and a second circuit carrier with electrical components that are electrically conductively connected to one another. The first circuit carrier and the second circuit carrier are electrically conductively connected to one another. The second circuit carrier is fixedly connected in thermally conductive fashion to a fluid-tight thermally conductive carrier element. The second circuit carrier and the carrier element are arranged in a cutout of the first circuit carrier. The carrier element has better thermal conductivity than the first circuit carrier and can be thermally conductively connected to a heat sink. The carrier element is integrated in fluid-tight fashion in an internal region of the first circuit carrier.
US09642287B2	Cooling plate and data processing system provided with cooling plates A channel distribution type cooling plate where a space between a first coolant storage part for inflow of coolant and a second cooling storage part for outflow of coolant formed at the two ends of an upper space of a main body provided with a lower space for removing heat of a heat generating member is partitioned by a meandering type partition wall to form coolant distribution paths connected to the first coolant storage part and coolant collection paths connected to the second coolant storage part, the bottom of the coolant distribution paths and the coolant collection paths are communicated by a plurality of through holes with the lower space, and side surfaces of the partition wall at the coolant distribution path sides are formed with subchannels for running coolant from the first coolant storage part, in order to improve the cooling efficiency at the coolant outlet side.
US09642286B1	Coordinated control using rack mountable cooling canisters A cooling controller of a cooling canister is configured to coordinate control of a set of fans coupled with the cooling canister with another set of fans coupled with an adjacent cooling canister. The cooling canister and the adjacent cooling canister include openings that are coupled together that permit air to flow between the cooling canister and the adjacent cooling canister. In some embodiments, the cooling control also coordinates control of a damper in at least one of the coupled openings of the coupled cooling canister and adjacent cooling canister.
US09642276B2	Welding and soldering of transistor leads In a method of manufacturing an electronic device a transistor having respective input, output and control leads extending parallel to each other is positioned; first and second busbar layers are placed relative to the transistor so that a first tab extending from the first opening aligns with and contacts one of the input and output leads, and so that a second tab extending from the second opening aligns with and contacts another one of the input and output leads; the first tab and one of the input and output leads are welded; a circuit board is placed parallel to the busbar layers so that the control lead and the first and second tabs extend through corresponding openings in the circuit board; and the control lead and the at least one of the first and second tabs are soldered to one or more circuits on the circuit board.
US09642271B2	Cord containment device A cord containment device that includes: an oval shaped container, where the container includes a bottom portion and a top portion: a lid that forms the top portion, where the lid seals the container; a surface and a side wall that form the bottom portion; a plurality of cord guides over the surface; and a plurality of inlet/outlets around the sidewall. In one embodiment, a plurality of ports may be aligned between the plurality of inlet/outlets. Each inlet/outlet preferably includes a flap opening and each flap opening is made of rubber.
US09642263B2	Display apparatus Provided is a display apparatus including: a display panel; an exterior member made up of a plurality of separated bezels each disposed on a front surface side of a peripheral portion of the display panel; and at least one joint members disposed on inner sides of the bezels at at least one portion where the bezels are separated so as to connect the adjacent bezels, wherein each of the joint members has a first portion having elasticity and supporting a lower end of the display panel, and a second portion having higher rigidity than the first portion and making contact with the inner side of the bezel.
US09642259B2	Embedded bridge structure in a substrate Some novel features pertain to a substrate that includes a first dielectric layer and a bridge structure. The bridge structure is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The bridge structure is configured to provide an electrical connection between a first die and a second die. The first and second dies are configured to be coupled to the substrate. The bridge structure includes a first set of interconnects and a second dielectric layer. The first set of interconnects is embedded in the first dielectric layer. In some implementations, the bridge structure further includes a second set of interconnects. In some implementations, the second dielectric layer is embedded in the first dielectric layer. The some implementations, the first dielectric layer includes the first set of interconnects of the bridge structure, a second set of interconnects in the bridge structure, and a set of pads in the bridge structure.
US09642255B2	Membrane sheet with bumps for probe card, probe card and method for manufacturing membrane sheet with bumps for probe card A probe card is for testing a wafer which allows for stable contact with electrode pads of a wafer simultaneously under small contact pressure in wafer test procedures. A probe card includes a frame plate which is provided with a plurality of through-holes corresponding to semiconductor chips of a wafer, a wiring substrate, an anisotropic conductive membrane which has a size corresponding to that of the through-hole and is fixed in the through-hole or on a periphery of the through-hole in the frame plate, and a contact membrane which also has a size corresponding to that of the through-hole and is fixed on the periphery of the through-hole in the frame plate. The contact membrane includes an insulating membrane, a conductive electrode provided in the insulating membrane and on a reverse face of the insulating membrane, and a bump. The bump is formed by plating an upper end of an electrode body which is exposed by half-etching the insulating membrane. The bump has a pointy tip end portion is electrically contacted with a terminal in the wiring substrate via a conductive path in the anisotropic conductive membrane.
US09642251B2	Transparent conductive coating based on percolative grid Disclosed is a new class of transparent conductive coatings based on conductive grids and percolative pattern therefore.
US09642246B2	Printed circuit board and the method for manufacturing the same A printed circuit board includes: a core insulating layer including a glass fiber; a first insulating layer on an upper portion or a lower portion of the core insulating layer, the first insulating layer including a first circuit pattern groove; a first circuit pattern filling the first circuit pattern groove of the first insulating layer; a second insulating layer covering the first circuit pattern and including a second circuit pattern groove at a top surface thereof; and a second circuit pattern filling the second circuit pattern groove of the second insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a resin material and a filler distributed in the resin material. Accordingly, a total thickness of the PCB can be thinly formed while maintaining the stiffness by separately forming a thin insulating layer without a glass fiber for the buried pattern on the core insulating layer.
US09642241B2	Optimal mounting of a flexible display A method for mounting a flexible electronics component to a support structure includes bending the flexible electronics component to be aligned with a curved contour. The curved contour is determined based on a flexibility requirement of a product in which the flexible electronics component is to be integrated and one or more flexibility constraints of the flexible electronics component. The method also includes bending the support structure to be aligned with the curved contour, and adhering the bent flexible electronics component to the bent support structure to produce a flexible electronics assembly.
US09642240B2	Printed circuit board assemblies and a wellbore system Printed circuit board assemblies having capabilities for operating under high ampacity conditions are sometimes difficult to fabricate and lack sufficient mechanical robustness for extreme operating environments. Accordingly, printed circuit board assemblies comprise: a non-conductive substrate having a plurality of planar conductive pathways disposed thereon; an electronic component that is in electrical communication with one or more of the planar conductive pathways and is configured to supply an electrical current thereto; a superficial metallic conductor overlaying one or more of the planar conductive pathways, at least in part, the superficial metallic conductor having an electrical connection to the electronic component and also being in electrical communication with the planar conductive pathways; and a conductive element in electrical communication with the superficial metallic conductor, the conductive element being configured to withdraw electrical current from the printed circuit board assembly.
US09642230B2	Systems and methods of providing enhanced electric fence diagnostics An electric fence energizer provides automated reporting of faults and other events as well as fault location to reduce effort in diagnosing faults and intrusion events in electric fences by measuring impedance changes using a time-domain reflectometer. In some embodiments, methods determine the location of a fault in distance from the energizer and provide timely and appropriate condition information.
US09642225B1	Voice-controlled lighting control system A voice-controlled lighting control system includes a voice-processing device, a lighting control device and a lighting module. The lighting control device is connected to the voice-processing device and the lighting module. The voice-processing device is built in with multiple voice fingerprints and multiple error-tolerant voice fingerprints. During operation, users utter a voice command to the voice-processing device, the voice-processing device compares the received voice command with the voice fingerprints or the error-tolerant voice fingerprints, and sends a control signal to the lighting control device to instruct the lighting module to emit light when finding that the voice command falls within a biometric match threshold of one of the voice fingerprints or the error-tolerant fingerprints. Given the double voice recognition using the voice fingerprints and the error-tolerant voice fingerprints, the precision in recognizing the voice command is enhanced and voice control over lighting can be achieved.
US09642221B2	User interface using sounds to control a lighting system A user interface, a method, and a computer program product are provided for enabling a user to voice control over at least one setting of an apparatus such as a lighting system. The user interface determines a characteristic of an audio signal converted from vocal input of a user. A first setting of the apparatus is adjusted proportionally to a variation in the characteristic. Another setting of the apparatus may be adjusted on the basis of another characteristic of the audio signal. As a result, the user interface enables the user to control a lighting system over a substantially large or continuous range of output.
US09642220B1	Keyway illumination system A keyway illumination system is operable with different keys to enable illumination of a keyway when a matching key approaches to enhance visibility of the keyway. A smart key case detachably couples to the key to provide a gripping surface for applying torque to key, and electrical components to actuate illumination of the keyway. The key case includes a receiver, a power switch, a mode switch, and a PCB motion sensor mechanism that deactivates illumination of the key case when sensing proximity to keyway. A slave module attaches adjacently to the keyway and communicates with the key case. A light torch emits a beam of light onto the keyway. A photoresistor detects presence of light from the key case to determine activation or deactivation of light torch. Verification that the key is engaging a matching keyway is possible by matching LED colors of the key case and slave module.
US09642218B1	Wireless behavioral feedback for active lighting control A new apparatus, system, method and a computer readable memory are presented for lighting control using active wireless active feedback monitoring of behavioral activity of moving objects, for lighting control in an area of interest using, for example, a time dependence of a received signal strength parameter (RSSP) and a calculated standard deviation of the RSSP. Presence of moving objects (such as humans, pets/animals, cars and the like) within the range of an established wireless network tends to modulate the wireless signal strength between wireless nodes. Using the monitored variation in the standard deviation of the wireless signal strength between network nodes, behavioral activity of moving objects may be used to directly control ambient lighting conditions such as luminaire lumen output, color temperature, light distribution, and/or other lighting characteristics, based upon the level of behavioral activity of moving objects within an area of interest.
US09642214B2	Sensor system for refrigerator An interactive appliance is provided. The interactive appliance includes at least a housing, and an intelligent control disposed within the housing. One or more lighting devices are electrically connected to the intelligent control, as are one or more sensors. The sensors provide sensor data for the interactive appliance. The intelligent control is configured to alter operation of at least one of the one or more lighting devices based on data provided by the sensor to provide interactive feedback to a user of the interactive appliance. The feedback can include altering light intensity, color, consistency, or the like depending on the sensor data. Furthermore, the lighting device can be placed on a surface, such as an exterior surface of the housing of the appliance, or can be disposed within an interior portion of the appliance.
US09642209B2	LED lighting system A system and method involving lighting fixtures, a control network, a controller and other devices such as light sensors, input devices and network adapters for coordinating precise brightness and color schedules among the lighting fixtures while maintaining a high color reliability including provisions for managing a plurality of lighting fixtures. The lighting fixtures contain lighting elements selected such that when controlled properly, operating along a daytime locus, the resultant light output closely resembles sunlight on a cloudless day in spectral characteristics, and wherein the total flux of blue light can be adjusted from a relative level of 1-100% the maximum blue flux of the lighting fixture by controlling individual lighting elements.
US09642188B2	Electric heater for heating synthetic materials and method for operating the electric heater An electric heater (4) of a synthetic-material molding system (2) defines a current path (6) that includes a first measuring pickup (20), a second measuring pickup (22), a switch (16) and a third measuring pickup (24), all connected in series, wherein a heating element (14) is connected between the first measuring pickup (20) and the second measuring pickup (22). The electric heater (4) also has a diagnostic path (28) that includes a first diagnostic pickup (30), a first voltage measuring device (52), a second diagnostic pickup (32), a second voltage measuring device (54) and a third diagnostic pickup (34), all connected in series. The first measuring pickup (20) is electrically connected to the first diagnostic pickup (30) by a first protective impedance (38), the second measuring pickup (22) is electrically connected to the second diagnostic pickup (32) by a second protective impedance (40), and the third measuring pickup (24) is electrically connected to the third diagnostic pickup (34) by a third protective impedance (42).
US09642178B2	Connection procedure for cellular mobile networks A cellular mobile network allows a user equipment to connect to the network, the user equipment having a subscription for using the network to send data intermittently and to disconnect temporarily from the network automatically between its data transmissions. Parameters relating to the automated temporary disconnections are communicated, and data is sent from the user equipment while the user equipment is connected. The automated temporary disconnections and reconnections are detected by the network. By allowing user equipments which automatically disconnect temporarily between their data transmissions, the network need no longer provision for all such user equipments to be connected to the network simultaneously. Thus more such user equipments can be accepted as subscribers. By communicating with the user equipment about the temporary automated disconnections from the network, the network can have some control of, or at least be made aware of, the temporary automated disconnections.
US09642171B2	Systems and methods for low-overhead wireless beacons having compressed network identifiers Systems, methods, and devices for communicating a compressed beacon are described herein. In some aspects, a method of communicating in a wireless network. includes creating a shortened network identifier having a first length from a full network identifier having a second length. The first length is shorter than the second length. The method further includes generating a compressed beacon including the shortened network identifier. The method further includes transmitting, at an access point, the compressed beacon.
US09642162B2	Signaling method to configure multiple carriers used by wireless device and base station in carrier aggregation operation The present disclosure proposes a dynamic resource allocation mechanism for a user equipment and a base station having multiple connections. According to one of the exemplary embodiment, the present disclosure proposes a user equipment (UE) which includes at least but not limited to a transmitter and a receiver for transmitting and receiving data respectively and a processing circuit coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and is configured for establishing a first connection with a first base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, establishing a second connection with a second base station by using the transmitter and the receiver, receiving through the receiver a dynamic time division duplexing (TDD) subframe configuration from either the first base station and the second base station, wherein the dynamic TDD subframe configuration is not received from a system information block (SIB), and operating according to the dynamic TDD subframe configuration.
US09642160B2	Method and device for transmitting control information A method for transmitting uplink control information and to an apparatus therefor. The method includes: selecting one uplink control channel resource corresponding to a plurality of HARQ-ACKs from among a plurality of uplink control channel resources; and transmitting a bit value corresponding to the plurality of HARQ-ACKs using the selected uplink control channel resource.
US09642156B2	Transmitting radio node and method therein for scheduling service data flows A method in a transmitting radio node for scheduling service data flows within a radio bearer towards a receiving radio node in a radio communications network is provided. The transmitting radio node maps data packets of at least two service data flows within the radio bearer to a respective pre-scheduling queue at a PDCP layer, wherein each pre-scheduling queue is associated with a service or a service quality requirement of the respective service data flow. The transmitting radio node further pre-schedules the data packets of the respective pre-scheduling queue down to a scheduling queue at a RLC or a MAC layer. The transmitting radio node further schedules the data packets in the scheduling queue towards the receiving radio node. The transmitting radio node takes a prebuffer time of a data packet queued in the pre-scheduling queue into account when pre-scheduling and/or scheduling the data packets.
US09642153B2	Methods for one radio module to listen to paging signals without breaking the data transmission of the other radio module operating in the connected mode and communication apparatuses utilizing the same In a communications apparatus first radio module communicates with a first wireless network and provides wireless communication services in compliance with a first RAT. A second radio module communicates with a second wireless network and provides wireless communication services in compliance with a second RAT. At least two antennas are shared by the first radio module and the second radio module. When the first radio module operates in an idle mode and when the timing of the first radio module performing a first receiving activity coincides with the timing of the second radio module performing a second receiving activity, the second radio module uses the antennas to perform the second receiving activity when a DRX cycle duration of the first radio module in the idle mode is shorter than a DRX cycle duration of the second radio module.
US09642142B2	Reception device and reception method Disclosed are a transmission device and a transmission method with which it is possible to prevent delays in data transmission and to minimize the increase in the number of bits necessary for the notification of a CC to be used, in cases where a CC to be used is added during communication employing carrier aggregation. When a component carrier is to be added to a component carrier set, a setting section provided in a base station: modifies a CIF table that defines the correspondence between code points, which are used as labels for the respective component carriers contained in the component carrier set, and the identification information of the respective component carriers; and assigns a vacant code point to the component carrier to be added, while keeping the correspondence between the code points and the component carrier identification information defined in the CIF table before modification.
US09642141B2	Carrier aggregation processing method and device In the field of wireless communications technologies, a CA processing method and device, with a CA processing scheme, are applied to a network sharing scenario. A second cell is determined according to a first PLMN ID used by a CA user equipment in a first cell and a frequency supported by the CA user equipment, where the first cell is currently accessed by the CA UE, CA can be performed to aggregate a second PLMN ID supported by the second cell with the first PLMN ID used by the CA user equipment in the first cell, and a frequency used by the second cell can be supported by the CA user equipment. According to the determined second cell, a CA cell is configured for the CA user equipment.
US09642135B2	Method and apparatus for management of protected resource in a heterogeneous network A method for a victim base station to manage almost blank subframe (ABS) resources in a heterogeneous network deployment is disclosed and the method comprises categorizing each of one or more protected ABS resources as one of a primary protected ABS resource and a secondary protected ABS resource, the one or more protected ABS resources allocated by a target aggressor base station and one or more neighbor aggressor base stations; classifying each of one or more associated UEs as a fully interfered UE or a partially interfered UE; and scheduling the one or more ABS resources for the one or more associated UEs based on the category of each categorized ABS resource and classified status of each associated UE.
US09642131B2	Event-based responder dispatch Dispatch-aiding communications between computing devices of a responder and a dispatch unit include a computing device of the responder determining that an event occurred, automatically sending an indication of the event to a computing device of the dispatch unit, receiving a request for information from the computing device of the dispatch unit, obtaining the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit, and sending the information requested by the computing device of the dispatch unit to the computing device of the dispatch unit. The computing device of the dispatch unit sends the request for information to the computing device of the responder in response to receiving the indication of the event.
US09642129B2	System and method for sharing a control channel for carrier aggregation A method for processing a control channel at a user agent (UA) to identify at least one of an uplink and a downlink resource allocated by a resource grant within a multi-carrier communication system wherein resource grants are specified by control channel element (CCE) subset candidates wherein the carriers used for data transmission and reception are configured carriers, the method comprising the steps of receiving activation signals specifying active and deactivated carriers from among the configured carriers, for active carriers (i) identifying a number of CCE subset candidates to decode and (ii) decoding up to the identified number of CCE subset candidates in an attempt to identify the resource grant; and for deactivated carriers, ignoring CCE subset candidates associated with the deactivated carriers.
US09642118B2	Controlling a modulation and coding scheme for a transmission between a base station and a user equipment It is described a method for controlling a modulation and coding scheme for a transmission between a base station and a user equipment, wherein the modulation and coding scheme is selectable based on a first modulation and coding scheme table including entries corresponding to a plurality of modulation and coding schemes with a first maximum modulation order or based on a second modulation and coding scheme table including entries corresponding to a plurality of modulation and coding schemes with a second maximum modulation order. The method comprises selecting, by the base station, the first modulation and coding scheme table or the second modulation and coding scheme table, and controlling, by the base station, the modulation and coding scheme for the transmission between the base station and the user equipment based on the selected modulation and coding scheme table.
US09642116B2	Dynamic MBSFN area configuration method in consideration of radio resource efficiency and system thereof A method and system determines an absolute Multicast-Broadcast Single Frequency Network (MBSFN) configuration based on a threshold. First saved radio resources and first wasted radio resources are calculated. The absolute MBSFN configuration is set as the final MBSFN configuration when the first saved radio resources are greater than or equal to the first wasted radio resources. When untrue, the absolute MBSFN configuration plus an adjacent cell pool is set as the final MBSFN configuration based on the final MBSFN configuration achieving a maximum value of second saved radio resources minus second wasted radio resources. When both of these conditions are untrue, the absolute MBSFN configuration minus an MBSFN cell pool is set as the final MBSFN configuration based on the final MBSFN configuration achieving a maximum value of third saved radio resources minus third wasted radio resources.
US09642112B2	System and method for tracking assets incorporating wireless network A system is disclosed for tracking assets in a facility. The system may have at least one asset having a service processor containing identification information which uniquely identifies the at least one asset among a group of assets. The at least one asset may further have a module for reporting the identification information to a gateway device. A data center infrastructure management system may be used which is in communication with the gateway device for receiving the identification information. The identification information may subsequently be used with an asset tracking system.
US09642111B2	Method and system for communicating between a first item of equipment and one or more other items of equipment A method and system for communicating between a first item of equipment and one or more other items of destination equipment implemented through a communication network, each item of equipment being identified on the communication network via an identifier based on its geographical coordinates. The method includes dispatching a message via the first item of equipment to each destination item of equipment, the message being in accordance with a determined communication protocol and including a first item of information defining a zone of influence corresponding to a determined geographical zone with respect to which each item of destination equipment determines whether the message is relevant to it.
US09642109B2	Single network registration where multiple applications access the network using separate processors The disclosure is directed to providing a single network registration for a first application on a first processor and a second application on a second processor of a user equipment (UE). An aspect initiates a network registration using a registration manager on the first processor, adds, from the second processor, first registration information for the second application to the registration manager on the first processor, and appends the network registration with the first registration information using the first processor.
US09642103B2	Power amplification module for multiple bands and multiple standards Provided is a communication unit that includes first and second power-amplification modules, which can be integrated. The first power-amplification module includes a first power-amplifier for a first frequency band in a first communication scheme, a second power-amplifier for a second frequency band in the first communication scheme, a third power-amplifier for a third frequency band in a second communication scheme, a fourth power-amplifier for a fourth frequency band in the second communication scheme, a first bias circuit that generates a first bias current to the first and second power-amplifiers, and a bias current circuit that converts the first bias current into a second bias current to the third and fourth power-amplifiers. The second power-amplification module includes a fifth power-amplifier for a fifth frequency band in the first communication scheme, and a second bias circuit that generates a third bias current to the fifth power-amplifier.
US09642093B2	Method and system for operating stations in a cooperative station network A method for operating a plurality of stations in a cooperative station network, wherein each of the stations transmits signals and receives signals from other stations, includes determining a path loss between at least two of the stations. A carrier sense range for signals of a first station of the stations is determined based on the path loss and received power of signals from the other stations. A load on a dedicated signal exchange channel is determined based on the determined carrier sense range. A maximum output power for the first station is determined based on the determined load. The first station is operated by adjusting the output power of the first station to be, at least on average below the determined maximum output power for the first station.
US09642092B2	Apparatus for controlling modulation and coding scheme depending on communication speed A base station performs wireless communication with a first apparatus, and performs wired communication with a second apparatus. When a first communication speed corresponding to a wireless quality of the wireless communication is higher than a second communication speed of the wired communication, the base station changes a currently set modulation and coding scheme to a modulation and coding scheme corresponding to the second communication speed.
US09642091B2	Method and apparatus for PUSCH/PUCCH power scaling considering dual connectivity in power limited state Provided is a method and apparatus for executing an uplink channel power control in dual connectivity configuration when power is limited. An appropriate power controlling method may be determined based on a priority, and may be applied to a UE that has dual connectivity with a Master eNB (MeNB) and a Secondary eNB (SeNB) in a network.
US09642083B2	Method and apparatus for configuring timer in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting an indication in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits a first indication according to a first configuration, starts a timer prohibiting transmission of another indication, receives a second configuration, and configures a second indication according to the second configuration after the timer expires.
US09642078B2	Devices, methods, and computer readable storage devices for providing application services Application services associated with a mobile communication device are facilitated by a mediator gateway. A request for providing an application service is received by the mediator gateway. The request is associated with a mobile communication device. The mediator gateway selects a network among a plurality of networks associated with different carriers to which to send the request. The request is translated into an application programming interface request that is specific to a carrier associated with the selected network. The application programming interface request is sent to an application programming interface gateway associated with the carrier that is associated with the selected network.
US09642077B2	Node selection in virtual evolved packet core The present disclosure includes gateways and methods for node selection of virtual network nodes in virtual evolved packet core networks. The methods include receiving, at a gateway from an evolved Node B (eNodeB), an attach request for a user equipment (UE), and determining a network selection hint corresponding to the received attach request, where the network selection hint is used for determining a virtual network node for selection in a mobile cloud network. The methods further include determining a domain name for establishing a network connection based at least in part on the network selection hint, where the selected domain name is associated with a virtual network node in the mobile cloud network. The methods also include selecting a virtual network node associated with the determined domain name, and establishing a network session to the selected virtual network node.
US09642074B2	Managing performance of a small cell search function in a multi-subscription multi-standby communication device Embodiments include systems and methods for managing performance of a small cell search function during an active communication session via a first subscription in a multi-subscription multi-standby communication device. A device processor may perform a first tune away to a second subscription to receive first small cell information, and may tune back to the first subscription after receiving the first small cell information to resume the active communication session. The device processor may perform a second tune away to the second subscription to receive second small cell information, and may tune back to the first subscription after receiving the second small cell information to resume the active communication session. The device processor may select one of the first small cell and the second small cell for cell reselection based on the first small cell information and the second small cell information.
US09642073B2	Target access point recommendation Recommending a target access point is contemplated. The target access point recommendation may be used to recommend device connection to an access point having capabilities sufficient to facilitate access to electronic services, such as but not necessarily limited to recommending connection of a wireless device to a cellular or Wi-Fi capable access point.
US09642066B2	Network-controlled adaptive terminal behavior managing high-network-load scenarios A network device may detect a high traffic load for a wireless access network associated with the network device, and broadcast, to mobile terminals in the wireless access network associated with the network device, a signaling message indicating the high traffic load. The signaling message causes a mobile terminal to selectively limit wireless network access requests to the network device.
US09642060B2	Communication methods of IP flow mobility with radio access network level enhancement A communication method comprises the following steps: receiving an IFOM triggering message by a packet data network gateway (P-GW); selecting one or more evolved packet system (EPS) bearers by the P-GW based on the IFOM triggering message, and making a bearer division if IP flows associated with a user equipment (UE) are not allowed to a first access network; sending a first request to the first access network in response to the bearer division; updating a mapping table if the first request is acknowledged by the first access network; and initiating a third generation partnership project (3GPP) bearer update procedure to move the one or more EPS bearers selected by the P-GW to the first access network.
US09642056B2	Computer implemented system and method for offloading traffic The embodiment of the present invention provides a computer implemented network centric system and method for real-time traffic offloading belonging to a plurality of subscribers from a cellular network to a Wi-Fi network. When the cellular network utilization is greater than certain threshold and if there is capacity available in the Wi-Fi network, then the present invention classifies the subscribers based on subscriber and network parameters and offloads them to the Wi-Fi network using adaptive dichotomic methodology. The proposed invention also analyzes any external interrupts with the pre-determined trigger rules and accords them highest priority for offload.
US09642050B2	Communication control method A communication control method in a relay station that holds a donor base station list, is connected to a donor base station existing on the donor base station list, and performs relay transmission between the donor base station and a user terminal, comprises a step A of designating a neighboring base station, a step B of inquiring the neighboring base station designated in the step A of whether to accept or refuse the relay station, and a step C of updating the donor base station list in response to an inquiry result in the step B.
US09642049B2	Communication improvement after handover The invention relates to handover of a mobile station from a source cell to a target cell in a wireless communication network. According to the invention communication improving data in relation to communication between the source cell and the mobile station is collected by a communication improving node prior to handover and communication improving physical layer data being at least based on said collected communication improving data is transferred to a device handling communication between the target cell and the mobile station. The communication handling device then uses the communication improving physical layer data to improve the quality of the initial communication between the mobile station and the target cell after handover to the target cell.
US09642048B2	Mechanism to handle UE assistance information upon handover The UE, source eNodeB, and/or target eNodeB use one or more existing Radio Resource Control (RRC) messages already available during handover to exchange at least one status report comprising UE assistance information, such as power preference indicators (PPI). The UE and the target eNodeB are thus able to obtain the same up-to-date UE status without any additional signaling. In one embodiment, the UE exchanges a handover preparation status report with the target eNodeB using a first RRC reconfiguration message transmitted from the source eNodeB to the UE, where the handover preparation status report is generated during handover preparation by the target eNodeB. In another embodiment, the UE exchanges a handover execution status report with the target eNodeB during handover execution using a second RRC reconfiguration message transmitted from the UE to the target eNodeB, where the handover execution status report is generated during handover execution. In another embodiment, the UE exchanges multiple status reports with the target eNodeB using multiple RRC reconfiguration messages, where the status reports are generated during handover preparation and handover execution. The handover preparation status report is transmitted from the target eNodeB to the UE and includes the status report as perceived by the target node at the time of handover preparation. The handover execution status report is transmitted from the UE to the target eNodeB and includes the status report as stored in the UE memory at the time of handover execution. The first RRC reconfiguration message is a RRC connection reconfiguration message and the second RRC reconfiguration message is a RRC connection reconfiguration complete message.
US09642045B2	Method and device for releasing context-related resource of user equipment In a method for releasing the context-related resource of the user equipment includes a source intermediate node receives a control message. The control message carries an identifier of a user equipment handed over to a target access network node. The source intermediate node releases a context-related resource of the user equipment corresponding to the identifier of the user equipment.
US09642044B2	User equipment handover from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for facilitating voice call continuity in intersystem handover. A method may include determining that a user equipment device being handed over from a packet switched network to a circuit switched network is a party to a voice call in an alerting state. The method may further include providing session state information indicating that the user equipment device is a party to a voice call in an alerting state to a network entity on the circuit switched network in response to the determination. Corresponding systems, computer program products and apparatuses are also provided.
US09642043B1	Dynamic call routing based upon identification of interworking server by user equipment Disclosed herein are methods and systems that may help to dynamically rout calls in a communication network where circuit-switched fallback (CSFB) is implemented. In particular, a user equipment (UE) may include an identifier of an interworking server (IWS), which relayed a page message from a first access network to a second access network for transmission to the UE, in the corresponding page response message that the UE sends to the first access network. The inclusion of the IWD identifier in the page response message may allow the switch that receives the page response message to detect when the corresponding voice call was received at a different switch in the first network, and responsively initiate an inter-system handoff when this is the case.
US09642042B2	Call continuity when moving from one communication session to another communication session In some embodiments, there are disclosed systems and methods in which, when a mobile device receives a message indicating that the mobile device is to release resources pertaining to a communication session for a voice call over an access network, the mobile device refrains from performing this action to allow for the possible arrival and processing of a delayed handover command. The arrival of the handover command causes the mobile device to handover to a second access network to continue the voice call using a second communication session. This may help address situations in which the handover command is delayed in the network and is therefore delayed in reaching the mobile device.
US09642041B2	Peer-assisted seamless mobility for peer-to-peer data traffic Systems and methods are disclosed for maintaining continuity of a peer-to-peer group session. The method may include exchanging a first P2P group session communication with a member of the P2P group via a direct data traffic connection, requesting session data from an application server, conveying the session data to a proxy UE, wherein the proxy UE is a member of the P2P group, and exchanging a second P2P group session communication with the application server in accordance with the session data.
US09642035B2	Fast access and control in wireless communications A wireless local area network comprises an access point and at least one wireless device. The access point indicates in a downlink transmission whether access to the network is based on active scan or polling. The indication is changeable responsive to whether a beacon transmission time is approaching, whether a new scan is to be forced or whether network traffic is about to reach an overload condition.
US09642033B2	Providing multiple levels of service for wireless communication Local breakout is provided by one or more nodes (e.g., a local access point and/or a local gateway) in a wireless network to facilitate access to one or more local services. In conjunction with local breakout, multiple IP points of presence relating to different levels of service may be provided for an access point. For example, one point of presence may relate to a local service while another point of presence may relate to a core network service.
US09642030B2	Capturing data from a mobile device in an off-network environment Some aspects of what is described here relate to systems, devices, and computer-implemented methods for capturing data related to a mobile device in a wireless network. In one example, a method may include receiving, at a mobile device, data capture configuration information from a wireless network, the data capture configuration information indicating a data type to be captured from the mobile device in an off-network environment. Thereafter, in response to detecting the off-network environment at the mobile device, a data element is stored in a local memory of the mobile device. The data element corresponds to the data type indicated by the data capture configuration information. The data element is sent to the wireless network, for instance, when the mobile device has access to the wireless network.
US09642029B2	Apparatus, method and computer program for a base station transceiver Embodiments relate to an apparatus, a method and a computer program for a base station transceiver (100) for a mobile communication system (300). The base station transceiver (100) is operable in a coverage area (205) of another base station transceiver (200). The other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit radio signals in a repetitive sequence of radio frames, wherein in at least one of the radio frames in the sequence the other base station transceiver (200) is operable to transmit with a reduced transmission power or to suspend transmission compared to at least one other of the radio frames in the sequence. The apparatus (10) comprises an interface (12) operable to receive information on the at least one of the radio frames in the sequence and a controller (14) operable to determine information on a measurement configuration for a mobile transceiver (400) associated to the base station transceiver (100) based on the received information. The information on the measurement configuration comprises information on a periodic signal quality measurement at the mobile transceiver (400) on radio signals received from the base station transceiver (100) during a time interval. The information on the measurement configuration comprises information positioning the time interval in the sequence to the same position for at least two subsequent signal quality measurements.
US09642027B2	Method and system for platform-based device field tests An approach for receiving an input for specifying one or more parameters for evaluating a device under testing. The approach further involves generating a test route based on the input, wherein the test route represents a test environment in which the device under testing is expected to be subjected to the one or more parameters.
US09642020B2	Steerable microwave backhaul transceiver A first microwave backhaul transceiver may comprise a reflector and a signal processing subassembly. The signal processing subassembly may comprise a plurality of antenna elements positioned at a focal plane of the reflector. The signal processing subassembly may process a plurality of microwave signals corresponding to the plurality of antenna elements using a corresponding plurality of phase coefficients and a corresponding plurality of amplitude coefficients. The signal processing subassembly may adjust a radiation pattern of the plurality of antenna elements during operation of the signal processing subassembly through adjustment of the phase coefficients and/or the amplitude coefficients.
US09642008B2	System and method for creating and assigning a policy for a mobile communications device based on personal data A system and method to create and assign a policy for a mobile communications device are disclosed. The policy may be created based on personal data associated with the mobile communications device. For example, known sources of personal data on the mobile communications device may be identified and a policy may be created based on the known personal data. The policy may then be used to identify additional personal data associated with the mobile communications device. Thus, the personal data associated with the mobile communications device may be monitored. If an application attempts to access the monitored personal data, the access will be detected.
US09641996B2	Method and apparatus for generating P2P group for Wi-Fi direct service The present invention is configured such that a transmitter transmits group information and group intent information in addition to a service association frame, and constructs a topology based on the response from a receiver. The method according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method in which a first device cooperates with a second device to form a peer-to-peer (P2P) group, the method comprising the steps in which: the first device cooperates with the second device to perform a terminal discovery process and a service discovery process; a the first device transmits a request message, including connection capabilities, to the second device; the first device receives a response message to the request message from the second device; and the first device cooperates with the second device to form a group based on the negotiated group type information included in the response message.
US09641989B1	Displaying messages according to priority Systems and methods are disclosed for selecting from various mechanisms for displaying a message directed to particular user(s) and/or user account(s). The mechanism by which the message may be displayed may be determined based at least in part on prediction of the importance and/or a prediction of a time criticality of the message to the user(s) to whom the message is to be delivered. The message may be received or generated by a hub user device. If the hub user device is not in the process of displaying any content on a primary display screen associated with the hub user device, then the received or generated message may be displayed on the primary display screen. If the hub user device is using the primary display screen to display any variety of content, then the message may be displayed on the primary display screen, redirected to another user device in communicative connection with the hub user device, or stored for later display based at least in part on the prediction of the importance and/or time criticality of the message.
US09641980B2	Apparatus and method for determining co-location of services using a device that generates an audio signal An audio signature is generated by a user device by generating an audio signal indicative of the user device, outputting the audio signal indicative of the user device through a speaker of the user device, using a microphone of the user device to sense audio, generating an audio signature of the audio sensed by the microphone in the user device, and transmitting the audio signature from the user device to a communication channel. The audio signal may be used by another user device which generates its own audio signature, and which can be compared to the audio signature of the user device that originally generated the audio signal to determine if the user devices are co-located.
US09641979B2	System and method for performing non-commercial messaging Methods and systems are provided for forwarding location dependent messages from a first user's mobile device over a wireless communication network to a second user's mobile device, via a central server.
US09641976B2	Item management system An item management apparatus includes a reader that reads a first identification of a first radio device carried by a user and a second identification of an alarm device correlated with an item deposited by the user. A memory stores the first identification and the second identification read by the reader in association with each other. A receiver receives a first signal from the first radio device. A processor determines a distance to the first radio device based on the first signal. A transmitter transmits a second signal for causing the alarm device to provide an alarm notice if the distance to the first radio device is determined to be equal to or less than a predetermined distance.
US09641974B2	Techniques for determining a position fix of an object using one or more mobile devices co-located with the object Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for combining observations obtained at two different mobile devices attached to a human user for performing a navigation operation. For example, observations of a signal acquired at a first mobile device may be selected for computing a position fix based, at least in part, on a utility indicator associated with the observations.
US09641970B2	Concepts for determining attributes of a population of mobile device users Various embodiments are directed to systems and methods for obtaining and analyzing mobile device user attribute data. In various embodiments, a central server is configured to generate inquiry data configured to cause a mobile device to request user input from a user of the mobile device and to compile user attribute data into response data to be provided to the central server. The central server may then transmit the inquiry data to an interface system configured to communicate the inquiry data to the one or more mobile devices. The central server may be additionally configured to receive the response data generated by the mobile devices, either directly from the mobile devices and/or from the interface system. The central server may then analyze the receive response data to determine a population density of mobile device users based on the response data.
US09641944B2	Method of tuning capacitance for hearing assistance device flex antenna Disclosed herein, among other things, are systems and methods for tuning hearing assistance device antennas. One aspect of the present subject matter includes a method including providing a flexible antenna for a hearing assistance device. The flexible antenna includes at least one variable distributed tuning element embedded in the flexible antenna, in various embodiments. According to various embodiments, the tuning element is configured for tuning the flexible antenna for wireless hearing assistance device communication.
US09641931B2	Drive circuit As one embodiment a drive circuit is disclosed. When a three-value signal including a value representing zero is input, the drive circuit outputs two two-value signals that drive two drive elements such that the difference between values representing the two two-value signals corresponds to a value representing the input three-value signal. When the value of the input three-value signal represents zero, output signals are determined in accordance with the input history of the three-value signal. The drive circuit may also be provided with a memory that records a flag value that is reversed in accordance with the input history of the input three-value signal, and the combination of the output two two-value signals being determined in accordance with the flag.
US09641919B1	Audio assemblies for electronic devices Voice-controlled devices that include one or more speakers for outputting audio. In some instances, the device includes at least one speaker within a cylindrical housing, with the speaker aimed or pointed away from a microphone coupled to the housing. For instance, if the microphone resides at or near the top of the cylindrical housing, then the speaker may point downwards along the longitudinal axis of the housing and away from the microphone. By pointing the speaker away from the microphone, the microphone will receive less sound from the speaker than if the speaker were pointed toward the microphone). Because the voice-controlled device may perform speech recognition on audio signals generated by the microphone, less sound from the speaker represented in the audio signal may result in more accurate speech recognition, and/or a lesser need to perform acoustic echo cancelation (AEC) on the generated audio signals.
US09641916B2	Optical channel data unit service transmission apparatus and method The present invention relates to the field of communication transmission, and in particular, discloses an optical channel data unit service transmission apparatus and method. The switching apparatus includes a first ODU service processing unit, a timeslot allocating unit, a switching output port allocating unit, an Ethernet switching unit, and a second ODU service processing unit, and forwards an ODU service according to a timeslot mapping table and a frame period timeslot table corresponding to the ODU service.
US09641913B2	Smart terminal information display method and smart terminal A smart terminal information display method and a smart terminal, the smart terminal information display method may include a smart terminal detecting an inputted locking event to lock its screen, responding to the locking event and displaying the information containing a list of specific functions on the screen, and entering the locking screen interface. Embodiments enable a user to easily acquire new function information of the smart terminal and improves the user experience, but also makes a full use of the locking screen background of the smart terminal and expands the functions of the smart terminal, thereby further improving the user experience.
US09641910B2	Compression and decompression techniques for DRM license information delivery Techniques for compressing and decompressing license information for Digital Rights Management are described. A method implementation of a technique of creating for a plurality of client devices or client device groups compressed license information comprises the steps of creating a template and a table. The table comprises at least one first license part common to licenses for the plurality of client devices or client device groups and one or more placeholders for one or more second license parts specific for a dedicated client device or client device group. The table comprises, for each client device or client device group and for a given placeholder, replacement information specific for that client device or client device group. The method further comprises sending the template and table for delivery as compressed license information to the client devices or client device groups.
US09641903B2	Video display apparatus and method of setting user viewing conditions A method of setting user viewing conditions of a video display apparatus including detecting a peripheral terminal via a wireless communication; determining whether the detected terminal is registered by receiving address information of the detected terminal; confirming a viewer rating of the detected terminal, if the detected terminal is registered; comparing the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile with the viewer rating of a preset user profile, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal is confirmed; loading the detected user profile of the terminal, if the viewer rating of the detected terminal user profile is lower than the viewer rating of a preset user profile; and setting user viewing conditions based on the loaded user profile.
US09641902B2	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.
US09641901B2	Method for displaying electronic program guide optimized for user convenience A method for displaying an electronic program guide (EPG), which includes one or more pages divided into a plurality of program name display regions, provides a list of names of currently-broadcast programs through each of the program name display regions such that a user may search all currently-broadcast programs. TV viewers may determine information on currently-broadcast programs through an effective display method with classification criteria, and quickly change a page screen through movement between columns. TV viewers may select a desired broadcasting program from the channels through a minimum key manipulation of a remote control. Program names are classified according to the classification criteria such as genres, recently watched channels, and favorite channels in the EPG. The classification criteria may be set by each user, or a separate item may be added, so that a user may easily acquire broadcasting program information.
US09641891B2	System and method for determining whether to use cached media An electronic device with one or more processors, memory and a display receives a first request to display a first video stream and, in response, displays the first video stream. After receiving the first request, the device preloads a second video stream that corresponds to live content, including caching a cached portion of the second video stream. While displaying the first video stream, the device receives a second request to display the second video stream. In response to receiving the second request, the device determines whether the second request meets recency criteria. When the second request meets recency criteria, the device starts to play the second video stream using the cached portion. When the second request does not meet the recency criteria, the device requests, from a content source for the second video stream, data corresponding to a portion of the second video stream other than the cached portion.
US09641888B2	Video advertisement overlay system and method This disclosure relates system(s) and method(s) for overlaying functionalities, text, annotations, and/or features on video advertisements and content videos.
US09641882B2	Systems and methods for a television scoring service that learns to reach a target audience Television is the largest advertising category in the United States with over 65 billion spent by advertisers per year. A variety of different targeting algorithms are compared, ranging from the traditional age-gender targeting methods employed based on Nielsen ratings, to new approaches that attempt to target high probability buyers using Set Top Box data. The performance of these different algorithms on a real television campaign is shown, and the advantages and limitations of each method are discussed. In contrast to other theoretical work, all methods presented herein are compatible with targeting the existing 115 million Television households in the United States and are implementable on current television delivery systems.
US09641881B2	Aggregation system for generating and providing an enriched program schedule for media content A device may receive, from a source device, first information relating to programs provided by a media content service provider. The programs may include media content. The device may generate a program schedule based on the first information. The program schedule may identify a program. The device may publish the program schedule for enrichment using second information that is different from the first information, and may receive the second information based on publishing the program schedule. The second information may include information aggregated from external source devices that are different from the source device. The device may generate an enriched program schedule using the program schedule and the second information.
US09641877B2	System and method for conveying session information for use in forensic watermarking Methods for providing content session information using a content manager, streaming server, and one or more watermarking devices are disclosed. A content asset is also disclosed. The content asset may include content. In addition, the content asset may include a content data field having forensic watermark information, e.g. session or identifying information. In one aspect, the content asset is compressed and the compressed content asset has one or more pre-processed candidate watermark locations. In this aspect, the forensic watermark information may be extracted, e.g. by a watermarking device, from the content data field and included in the one or more pre-processed candidate watermark locations.
US09641875B2	Video signal transmitting device, video signal receiving device, and recording medium In a video signal transmitting device, a basic image generation unit extracts, for each of the color signal component, pixels constituting a frame of the color signal component at a uniform interval two-dimensionally and two-dimensionally arranges the extracted pixels in a prescribed arrangement to generate a prescribed number of color signal basic images. A basic stream generation unit extracts, for each of the color signal basic images, pixels of the color signal basic image generated by the basic image generation unit in a prescribed sequence to generate a basic stream. A link signal generation unit synthesizes a prescribed number of basic streams in the same or different color signal components generated by the basic stream generation unit, encodes bit-length units of the synthesized basic streams to a different bit length, and generates a link signal having a prescribed speed.
US09641874B2	System for broadcasting video programmes The present invention concerns a method for generating a stream in accordance with the DVB standard that is understood by a first-generation decoder, typically in accordance with DVB-S/C/T/, and which also enables the deterministic generation of a stream in accordance with the second-generation DVB-T2 standard. A method is described for generating a stream containing a multiplex according to a first-generation DVB standard. This stream also contains the information relating to an encapsulation in accordance with DVB-T2 of at least one subset of broadcast programs inserted in the stream in the form of private sections that will be ignored by a first-generation decoder that will decode the stream in accordance with the first-generation standard. Equipment according to the invention can construct the T2-MI stream at a DVB-T2 transmitter deterministically, which can then be integrated in an SFN network.
US09641855B2	Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding video by using pattern information in hierarchical data unit A method of decoding an encoded video including determining at least one coding unit by using split information extracted from a bitstream, obtaining first pattern information indicating whether residual samples of a coding unit among the at least one coding unit are equal to 0, when the first pattern information indicates the residual samples are not equal to 0, extracting from the bitstream transformation index information indicating whether a transformation unit of a current level included in the coding unit from among the at least one coding unit is split, when the transformation index information indicates a split of the transformation unit of the current level, splitting the transformation unit of the current level into transformation units of a lower level, and when the transformation index information indicates a non-split of the transformation unit of the current level, obtaining second pattern information for the transformation unit of the current level, wherein the second pattern information indicates whether the transformation unit of the current level contains one or more transform coefficients not equal to 0, wherein the transformation unit of the current level is split into four transformation units of the lower level.
US09641852B2	Complexity scalable multilayer video coding A multi-layer video system has a first layer encoder that encodes a first layer of video information, at least one second layer encoder that encodes at least one second layer of video information, and an encoder side reference processing unit (RPU) that estimates one or more of an optimal filter or an optimal process that applies on a reference picture that is reconstructed from the first video information layer, and processes a current picture of the second video information layer, based on a correlation between the first layer reconstructed reference picture. The correlation relates to a complexity characteristic that scaleably corresponds to the first video information layer reconstructed reference picture and the second video information layer current picture. A scalable video bitstream is outputted, which may be decoded by a compatible decoder. A decoder side RPU and the encoder side RPU function as an RPU pair.
US09641851B2	Conformance window information in multi-layer coding A system and method for coding a picture in a multi-layer bitstream is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes encoding at least one layer of the multi-layer bitstream in accordance with a first coding scheme. The multi-layer bitstream may comprise a base layer. The method further includes encoding a conformance window flag and at least one position offset for the picture in a Video Parameter Set (VPS) of the base layer. The conformance window flag may indicate that the VPS comprises the at least one position offset.
US09641848B2	Moving image encoding device, encoding mode determination method, and recording medium A moving image encoding device includes determining whether an orthogonal transformation coefficient to which orthogonal transformation processing has been executed is equal to or less than a threshold determined from a quantization step used for quantization processing, and first calculating an encoding error from a first coefficient determined to be the threshold or less among the orthogonal transformation coefficients and the number of second coefficients determined to be larger than the threshold, and estimating, from the number of the second coefficients, an information amount generated when variable length encoding processing is executed to the orthogonal transformation coefficient after execution of the quantization processing, and second calculating an encoding cost from the encoding error and the information amount.
US09641844B2	Method and apparatus for selecting a prediction mode, and image encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same The present disclosure concerns a method and apparatus for selecting an intra prediction mode and a video encoding/decoding method and apparatus using same. The encoding apparatus selects an intra prediction mode of current block to encode from input video by a variation of the value of pixel adjacent to the current block; encodes a residual block from intra-predicting the current block in the selected intra prediction mode of current block to generate coded coefficient bit having a bitstream generator for generating and outputting a bitstream including the coded coefficient bit and a prediction mode bit representing the selected intra prediction mode of current block by a macroblock or subblock unit with the prediction mode bit included selectively in the bitstream depending on the variation. Accordingly, selection process of a prediction mode for image compression is simplified, a faster compression is obtained and compressed data is deflated to improve compression efficiency.
US09641830B2	Automated camera calibration methods and systems Methods and systems are disclosed for calibrating a camera using a calibration target apparatus that contains at least one fiducial marking on a planar surface. The set of all planar markings on the apparatus are distinguishable. Parameters of the camera are inferred from at least one image of the calibration target apparatus. In some embodiments, pixel coordinates of identified fiducial markings in an image are used with geometric knowledge of the apparatus to calculate camera parameters.
US09641828B2	Projector and projection display device A projector includes: an optical element including first and second regions and which diffuses light that has entered the regions; an irradiation device for irradiating the first and second regions with light in a time-divisional manner; a polarization control unit disposed on a plane which is conjugate to a plane on which the optical element is disposed; and a spatial light modulator disposed in a light path from the optical element to the polarization control unit and which is illuminated with light that has been diffused by the first and second regions. The polarization control unit is configured to control the polarization state of light so that light that has been diffused by the first region becomes light of a first polarization component, and light that has been diffused by the second region becomes light of a second polarization component which differs from the first polarization component.
US09641821B2	Image signal processing device and image signal processing method An obtaining unit obtains, for the stereoscopic image signal, depth information indicating a depth value in each position in an image plane. A smoothing unit smoothes the depth information in the image plane. A correction unit corrects the depth information which has been smoothed and expands a range of an area having a depth value of a foreground in a boundary portion between the foreground and a background. An image generation unit generates, using the depth information which has been corrected, a new stereoscopic image from the stereoscopic image signal.
US09641819B2	Display device including a plurality of sub-signal processing circuits corresponding to a plurality of video signal colors, and method of controlling display device A display device includes a main signal processing circuit to which color video data is input, and a plurality of sub-signal processing circuits to which video data for respective colors output by the main signal processing circuit are input. The main signal processing circuit generates information, which is used when each of the sub-signal processing circuits performs a predetermined process, based on information of a plurality of colors in the color video data input, and then outputs data representing the generated information to each of the sub-signal processing circuits together with the video data for the respective colors.
US09641817B2	Method and system for generating multi-projection images Disclosed herein is a method of generating multi-projection images. The method of generating multi-projection images includes controlling a plurality of different types of filming devices so that the filming devices are disposed at specific angles, controlling the shutter operations of the plurality of different types of filming devices in order to synchronize the plurality of different types of filming devices, and controlling the plurality of different types of filming devices so that the filming devices perform filming operations in a plurality of viewpoint directions.
US09641793B1	System and method for dual recording integration and combined file sharing A system and method for dual recording integration, more specifically a system and method for integrating multiple recording devices are provided. Such devices would include a mounted video/audio device (such as within and/or on a vehicle dashboard) and a hand-held or otherwise attached video/audio device (such as a free body camera). The mounted device includes an opening for insertion of the hand-held device in order to provide both a means to charge the hand-held device as well as to download video/audio files from the mounted device thereto. The hand-held device may then be carried to an established storage system for complete transfer of both sets of recorded video/audio files from the two devices. The overall system utilizing firmware for such a result, as well as the two hardware devices themselves, are encompassed within this invention.
US09641790B2	Interactive video program providing linear viewing experience Embodiments are disclosed that relate to creating and providing an interactive video program. One disclosed embodiment includes combining a first interactive video segment of a first type and a second interactive video segment of a second, different type than the first segment. The first interactive video segment includes a first video component, a second video component related to the first component, and metadata including information related to a possible user input that triggers the second component. The interactive video program includes an active viewing route that proceeds through the first and second interactive video segments, and includes playback of the second component. The active viewing route is triggered by receipt of an actual user input that corresponds to the possible user input. The interactive video program also includes a passive viewing route that proceeds through the first and second interactive video segments without playback of the second component.
US09641789B2	Surveillance camera and digital video recorder Disclosed is a surveillance apparatus such as a surveillance camera and a digital video recorder. The surveillance apparatus includes: an analog-to-digital converter configured to convert an analog video signal, of at least one image of a region captured by an optical system, into digital video data of the region; and a main controller configured to detect a current motion region from the digital video data of the region, remove a high frequency component of the region except the current motion region, and transmit the digital video data of the region, from which the high frequency component is removed, to a target device over a communication network.
US09641780B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus A solid-state imaging device includes a pixel array unit in which a plurality of imaging pixels configured to generate an image, and a plurality of phase difference detection pixels configured to perform phase difference detection are arranged, each of the plurality of phase difference detection pixels including a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, a plurality of floating diffusions configured to convert charges stored in the plurality of photoelectric conversion units into voltage, and a plurality of amplification transistors configured to amplify the converted voltage in the plurality of floating diffusions.
US09641779B2	Solid-state image sensing device with increased dynamic range A CMOS image sensor used as a solid-state image sensing device includes a pixel circuit for outputting a voltage of a level corresponding to the illuminance, and an A/D converter for converting an output voltage of the pixel circuit into a digital signal. The resolution on the low illuminance side is higher than the resolution on the high illuminance side in the A/D converter. Thus, the dynamic range can be increased and the operation speed can be increased, compared to the case in which the resolution is constant independent of the illuminance.
US09641767B2	Display apparatus and method using high dynamic range function for vehicle A display apparatus using an HDR function for a vehicle may include: a camera configured to capture an image around the vehicle; a luminance sensor configured to sense luminance around the vehicle; a camera image controller configured to analyze a luminance characteristic of the luminance inputted from the luminance sensor, and selectively apply the HDR function to the original image inputted from the camera; and a display controller configured to analyze the original image and the HDR-processed image which are inputted from the camera image controller, apply a transfer curve to the HDR-processed image according to the analysis result, compare the original image and the image to which the transfer curve is applied, and display any one of the original image and the image to which the transfer curve is applied, through a display unit according to the comparison result.
US09641758B2	Image blur correction apparatus, lens apparatus, image pickup apparatus, method of controlling image blur correction apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An image blur correction apparatus includes a vibration detection unit configured to detect vibration information of the image blur correction apparatus to output a vibration signal, a signal separation unit configured to separate the vibration signal into a first vibration signal and a second vibration signal, a first sensitivity correction unit configured to correct an amplitude of the first vibration signal, a second sensitivity correction unit configured to correct an amplitude of the second vibration signal, a first drive unit configured to drive the first optical correction unit based on an output signal from the first sensitivity correction unit, and a second drive unit configured to drive the second optical correction unit based on an output signal from the second sensitivity correction unit.
US09641757B2	Image processing apparatus that sets moving image area, image pickup apparatus, and method of controlling image processing apparatus An image processing apparatus that properly sets a moving image area according to an image. An image processor generates a combined image, by setting one of a plurality of images as a basic image and disposing a moving image generated from the plurality of images in a moving image area which is designated in part of the basic image. The image processor sets a still area in part of the basic image. A system controller causes the basic image to be displayed on a display section. A user performs a touch operation on the display section displaying the basic image, whereby the moving image area is designated. When the moving image area is designated in a manner overlapping the still area, the image processor performs image combining by deleting the overlapping area from the moving image area.
US09641745B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for digital image capture A method of editing a digital image is provided herein. The method includes displaying a first image in a user interface presented in a display of a user device, receiving a selection of an edit area of the first image, and displaying a portion of a second image of a plurality of still images in the edit area of the first image. Each of the plurality of still images is captured in succession adjacent to the first image. The method further includes replacing the edit area of the first image with the portion of the second image to generate a modified image and storing the modified image in memory as an image file. Associated systems and computer program products are also provided herein.
US09641741B2	Focus detection apparatus and method for controlling the same In a focus detection apparatus having a plurality of filters suitable for processing of signals having different frequencies, a setting unit sets a thinning rate in a main-scanning direction of an image sensor depending on a filter to be used, a control unit controls to read image signals sequentially with the set thinning rate and store the read image signals in a storage unit, a processing unit processes the stored image signals with the filter and obtains a focus state evaluation value in a sub-scanning direction of the image sensor and a focus control unit performs the focus control processing based on the focus state evaluation value. If the filter to be used is for a second frequency that is higher than a first frequency, the setting unit sets a lower thinning rate than that for a filter for the first frequency.
US09641738B1	Universal device management and control Systems and methods for universal device management of one or more imaging devices using a common controller are described. The systems and methods are directed at storing information for each imaging device in a memory of a processor. The processor receives unformatted instructions (or user input) from the controller and processes the unformatted instructions into instructions that can be recognized by the particular imaging device. In this way, a single controller can be used to communicate with a plurality of different imaging devices that each may have their own distinct payload format.
US09641736B2	Wide-area aerial camera systems A system for capturing aerial images, the system comprising four steerable detail camera modules, each steerable detail camera module comprising a detail camera and a beam-steering mechanism in an optical path of the detail camera module whereby the pointing direction of the detail camera is time-multiplexed to provide a wider effective field of view, the beam-steering mechanism comprising a first steerable mirror.
US09641728B2	Image data processing apparatus An image data processing apparatus includes a white-colorant-amount specifying unit that specifies an amount of a white colorant used by an image forming apparatus to form an image having a unit area, the image forming apparatus forming an image on a recording medium by using the white colorant and at least one process-color colorant; and a process-color-colorant-total-amount adjusting unit that adjusts a total amount of the at least one process-color colorant used by the image forming apparatus to form the image having a unit area. The process-color-colorant-total-amount-adjusting unit adjusts the total amount of the at least one process-color colorant so that a sum of the amount of the white colorant and the total amount of the at least one process-color colorant used to form the image having a unit area is constant.
US09641716B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method for both side copying An image forming apparatus includes an image reading that reads an original document. An image processing unit determines a region other than a first document region corresponding to the first surface of the original document. The region other than the first document region is eliminated from first image data. A region other than a second document region corresponding to the second surface of the original document is determined. The region other than the second document region from the second image data is eliminated. A printing image is generated. An image forming unit prints the printing image generated by the image processing unit on a single surface of a recording medium.
US09641712B2	Image reading device and image forming apparatus An image reading device generates, as image data of a reading region, image data for output and image data for size detection, the latter having a lower resolution than the former, discriminates high density lines from the size-detection image data, sets as a target line one of the high density lines. And the image reading device calculates as a width for size detection a width from a reference line to the target line, sets as the size of a document a reference size that has a width closest to the width for size detection, performs image processing on the output image data based on the reference size set as the size of the document, and outputs the processed image data.
US09641708B2	System, method and apparatus for an interactive virtual fax machine A system, method, and apparatus for a virtual fax machine are provided. In one embodiment, a system for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to display a virtual fax machine based on a script, a server configured to receive at least one electronic document associated with a fax to be sent using the virtual fax machine, and a traditional facsimile machine configured to receive the fax to be sent. In another embodiment, an apparatus for a virtual fax machine is provided including a computer configured to locate and execute a script associated with a virtual fax machine, display the virtual fax machine, associate at least one electronic document with a fax to be sent, encode the at least one electronic document to a form suitable for communication over a network, and transmit the encoded electronic document over the network as the fax to be sent.
US09641707B2	Operation screen of an image forming apparatus being displayed on a portable device based on the position of the portable device An information processing apparatus includes: a display section displaying a first operation image for user operation; a display control section; a detection section detecting an approach direction of a predefined communication device approaching the display section; a storage section storing, besides the first operation image of the display section, plural second operation images associated with the approach direction; a communication control section reading, from the storage section, the second operation image associated with the approach direction detected by the detection section, allowing a communication section to transmit the read second operation image to the communication device, and to receive, from the communication device, an instruction corresponding to an operation inputted on the second operation image in the communication device; an instruction reception section receiving the instruction received by the communication section besides an instruction corresponding to operation on the first operation image of the display section; and an execution section.
US09641699B2	Calibration of scanning devices Systems and methods for calibrating scanning devices are described. The method comprises dividing a dark scan image of a calibration strip into one or more regions. The dark scan image is further analyzed to obtain at least one data point from each of the one or more regions. Further, calibration values for each of the one or more regions are computed based on the at least one data point for calibrating the scanning device. The calibration values include mean and standard deviation of the data points for each of the one or more regions.
US09641696B2	Notification of charging rate adjustments in regions of a mobile network to control bandwidth usage in the regions Systems and methods are disclosed that notify end users of mobile devices of charging rate adjustments within a mobile network. A rate notification system receives bandwidth usage data for the mobile network, and identifies a region within the mobile network having a bandwidth usage that exceeds a threshold. The bandwidth usage is processed per media type (i.e., voice calls, text messages, etc) based on the bandwidth usage data. The rate notification system then identifies a mobile device located within the region, and identifies one or more contacts of the end user of the mobile device. The rate notification system then identifies an adjusted charging rate per contact per media type for this end user, and provides the adjusted charging rates to the end user of the mobile device.
US09641690B2	Systems and methods for routing user data Apparatus for initiating a phone call is provided. The apparatus may comprise a receiver configured to receive a request from a user to initiate a phone call. The apparatus may also comprise a transmitter. In response to the receipt of the request to initiate the phone call, the transmitter may be configured to transmit user data over a data communications network to a remote computer platform. The remote computer platform may be in communication with one or more agent desktops.
US09641683B2	Method and apparatus for network-intelligence-determined identity or persona A method and apparatus is presented for enabling an agent to assume the identity or persona of a called party and process calls directed to the called party. In one embodiment, methods, which enable an agent to assume the identity or persona of a called party, and process calls directed to the called party are considered a call center functions and may be implemented in a call center. A call is initiated to a called party. Initiating the call generates called party information. Using the called party information a server retrieves information associated with the called party and then forward the information associated with the called party to an agent. The call is then forwarded to the agent. As a result, the agent may use the information associated with the called party to assume the identity or persona of the called party when responding to the call.
US09641676B1	Call center audio redaction process and system The redaction process/system operates on temporarily captured/saved audio file during an agent-customer-call center (CC) call. Voice-based audio data is captured and processed by monitoring data input from CC-agent into a defined data field (field in a CC-agent-presented form). The redact process generates a start-record time based upon initial data input into the field and further generates an end-of-recording (“EOR”) time for the field. The audio file is filtered and segments are permanently saved audio data (A-data) bounded by the start-record and EOR times. Thereafter, all stored audio data is deleted (preferably crypto-shredded) except the saved A-data to substantially eliminate retrieval of initially stored audio data. An IVR process can be used to trigger record ON/OFF instructions. Audio file segments can be trimmed with precursive and successive time periods to move the start and end times of the audio segments. System Operator sets time-trim periods.
US09641659B2	Access node and method An all-encompassing fully integrated communication Access Node for call stations and other security and communications equipment includes a modular housing within which is mounted wire and wireless communication systems and power systems. The housing has a chassis for mounting the electronics and battery modules and a backbox and panel for staged installations, managing cables and providing heat dissipation. A door to the chassis is secured using latch hooks with roller bearings. Optical cable termination is provided as a two sided patch panel. Dual power supplies provide power to internal components and to external components via a distribution module. Backup power is provided by a custom battery backup with a charging controller. Cooling is controlled by dual fans and a fan controller moving air through the housing using openings and baffles. Freestanding pedestal mounting of the Access Node and various other mounts for column, wall, or ceiling to any substrate or condition is an option. Venting through a plug prevents pressure build up.
US09641658B2	Mobile terminal comprising edge mounted LCD display module and window A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes: a display unit having a window, and an LCD module provided below the window; a first case spaced from the display unit and configured to support the display unit; and an edge member disposed between the display unit and the first case, and formed along an edge of the display unit, wherein the window is formed to have a smaller size than the LCD module in a first direction, such that at least part of the edge member contacts a side surface of the window, an upper surface of the LCD module, and an inner side surface of the first case.
US09641655B2	Method and apparatus for PCDP discard A method and apparatus for discarding a packet data convergence protocol (PDCP) service data unit (SDU) are disclosed. A PDCP layer sets a timer and discards a PDCP SDU upon expiration of the timer. The timer may be set upon receiving the PDCP SDU from an upper layer or upon submitting the PDCP SDU to a lower layer for transmission. The timer and a radio link control (RLC) discard timer may be coordinated. Alternatively, the PDCP layer may discard the PDCP SDU based on a notification from an RLC layer or based on a PDCP status report.
US09641652B2	Method for enabling interception, decoding and/or processing of a MAC level message There is disclosed a method in a User Equipment, UE, for enabling interception, decoding and/or processing of at least parts of a Media Access Control, MAC, level message. The method comprises the steps of receiving configuration information comprising information to add additional information to a MAC level message, and creating a bit string representing the additional information. The method also comprise the step of adding the created bit string to the MAC level message, to enable a recipient of said MAC level message to determine, based on the additional information represented by the bit string, whether at least part of a payload of the MAC level message is to be intercepted, decoded and/or processed. There is further disclosed a method in a base station for decoding a corresponding MAC level message. A corresponding User Equipment, UE, and a base station configured for the methods are also disclosed.
US09641650B2	TCP proxy server In methods and devices for controlling a TCP proxy server, the TCP-proxy initial window size is set based on TCP RTT measurements. This is possible because the TCP proxy has knowledge about both sides Round Trip Time RTT values just after opening the TCP connections. The proxy can set its initial window size higher in the download case if it notices that the RTT in the link between the proxy and internet is shorter than the RTT in the other link, typically a wireless link. In the opposite case, when the RTT in the link between the proxy and internet is longer than the RTT in the other link, typically a wireless link, the TCP proxy can be configured to send more Acknowledgements (ACKs) to increase the internet TCP server congestion window size faster.
US09641645B2	Optimized image delivery over limited bandwidth communication channels Large-scale images are retrieved over network communications channels for display on a client device by selecting an update image parcel relative to an operator controlled image viewpoint to display via the client device. A request is prepared for the update image parcel and associated with a request queue for subsequent issuance over a communications channel. The update image parcel is received from the communications channel and displayed as a discrete portion of the predetermined image. The update image parcel optimally has a fixed pixel array size, is received in a single and or plurality of network data packets, and were the fixed pixel array may be constrained to a resolution less than or equal to the resolution of the client device display.
US09641631B2	Integrated personalized content recommendation and management system and method The integrated personalized content recommendation and management system aggregates content across multiple third-party websites and applications to be presented to said user based to generate personalized content recommendations. The system utilizes a unique profile associated with a particular user to generate the personalized content recommendations, and additionally, the system may seamlessly propagate the user's profile across multiple third-party websites and applications, and build social instructions based on the user's profile. The integrated personalization content recommendation and management system and method may provide an online recommendation and social networking service that delivers to users personalized content, social and/or product recommendations derived from participating electronic mediums (e.g. web sites, applications and mobile devices). The personalized content or product inventory may be derived from participating consumer or commercial web sites and web and mobile based applications.
US09641627B2	Techniques for remapping sessions for a multi-threaded application Examples may include a remapping of sessions for a multi-threaded application that may be executed at a server or a client coupled to the server via a plurality of transmit control protocol (TCP) connections. Sessions may be remapped such that the multi-threaded application may expect to route sessions through a same TCP connection but the sessions are actually outputted via separate TCP connections.
US09641626B2	Defining a user group during an initial session A computer implement method for creating a user group is provided. In accordance with the method, a temporary session identifier is generated for a first session associated with the user group. The temporary session identifier is communicated to a display for presentation. Requests to join the first session are received from a plurality of users. The requests include the temporary session identifier. User identifiers of the plurality of users are correlated with the temporary session identifier. The user group is created, comprising the user identifiers of the plurality of users and a name for said user group. The user group is stored in memory. A computing device and a non-transitory computer readable medium configured to implement the method are also described.
US09641625B2	Method and system for executing an internet radio application within a vehicle Various embodiments may include a computer-implemented method and system for operating a computer application stored on a nomadic wireless communication device (ND) located within the vicinity of a vehicle. An input may be received at a vehicle computer system (VCS) to pair the VCS with the ND for establishing a wireless communication link. A number of instructions may be received at the VCS from the ND over the wireless communication link. The instructions may include instructions for establishing a connection with an internet radio application and instructions for prompting a user for one or more internet radio application events. A request from the user for the one or more internet radio application events may be received at the VCS and the one or more internet radio application events may be executed.
US09641615B1	Allocating RAID storage volumes across a distributed network of storage elements A distributed network of storage elements (DNSE) is provided in which the physical capacity of each drive is split into a set of equal sized logical splits which are individually protected within the DNSE using separate RAID groups. To reduce restoration latency, members of the RAID groups having a member in common on a given drive are spread within the DNSE to minimize the number of sets of drives within the DNSE that have RAID members in common. By causing the splits to be protected by RAID groups, restoration of the splits may occur in parallel involving multiple drives within the DNSE. By minimizing the overlap between RAID members on various drives, failure of a given drive will not require multiple reads from another drive in the DNSE. Likewise, spare splits are distributed to enable write recovery to be performed in parallel on multiple drives within the DNSE.
US09641600B2	System, method, computer-readable medium and apparatus A system includes a terminal apparatus configured to generate pieces of data, each of the pieces of data including time information indicating when each of the pieces of data is generated; a destination apparatus configured to accumulate the pieces of data; a relay apparatus configured to store the pieces of data transmitted from the terminal apparatus based on the time information and to relay the pieces of data to the destination apparatus; and a processing apparatus configured to acquire the pieces of data that are stored in the relay apparatus and to process the pieces of data, wherein the relay apparatus is configured to store an amount of the pieces of data in the relay apparatus based on the time information, the amount corresponding to an amount of data that the processing apparatus processes based on a time range of the pieces of data.
US09641592B2	Location of actor resources In an actor system, messages communicated to and from a first actor in a first location of an actor system can be monitored. A message frequency between the first actor and a second actor in a second location of the actor system can be determined. The message frequency can be compared to a threshold message frequency. A determination can be made whether to move the first actor from the first location based on comparison of the message frequency to the threshold message frequency.
US09641591B1	Modifying web content at a client Producing a modified document object model structure is disclosed. A desired webpage is requested. An alternative webpage is received in response to the request instead of an original version of the desired webpage to be rendered. The alternative webpage is processed. Program code included in the alternative webpage is utilized to request the original version of the desired webpage. The original version of the desired webpage is received. The modified document object model structure different from an original document object model structure corresponding to the received original version of the desired webpage is produced.
US09641588B2	Packets recovery system and method In a network for reliable transfer of packets from a transmitter to a receiver using a Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP), a system for packet recovery, the system comprising a detection block (detector) for packet loss detection and a probe device (probe) for lost packet retransmission, wherein the detector is configured to send a packet retransmit request to the probe upon detecting a packet loss (a lost packet), and wherein the probe is configured to store received packets and retransmit the lost packet responsive to the retransmit request.
US09641587B2	Classified media quality of experience A method for reporting a streaming quality is shown, wherein at least one continuous media stream is streamed to a client (601), and wherein the streaming is controlled by a protocol (109) that is operated between the client (601) and a server (600), the method including selecting at least one quality metric and a quality metrics class from a pre-defined set of at least two quality metrics classes, and reporting to the server (600) the quality of the streaming based on the at least one selected quality metric and the selected quality metrics class. The protocol (109) is preferably a Real-time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) in combination with a Session Description Protocol (SDP) in the context of the 3GPP Packet-Switched Streaming Service (PSS). Also shown is a computer program, a computer program product, a system, a client, a server and a protocol.
US09641584B2	Method and arrangement for representation switching in HTTP streaming In a method of enabling representation switching during HTTP streaming sessions in a communication system, arranging available representations into groups, providing information identifying the groups and their respective representations, and switching representation based on the provided group identify information.
US09641580B2	Distributed stream processing in the cloud A low-latency cloud-scale computation environment includes a query language, optimization, scheduling, fault tolerance and fault recovery. An event model can be used to extend a declarative query language so that temporal analysis of event of an event stream can be performed. Extractors and outputters can be used to define and implement functions that extend the capabilities of the event-based query language. A script written in the extended query language can be translated into an optimal parallel continuous execution plan. Execution of the plan can be orchestrated by a streaming job manager which schedules vertices on available computing machines. The streaming job manager can monitor overall job execution. Fault tolerance can be provided by tracking execution progress and data dependencies in each vertex. In the event of a failure, another instance of the failed vertex can be scheduled. An optimal recovery point can be determined based on checkpoints and data dependencies.
US09641577B2	Exchanging digital content A first content selection stored on a portable media device is associated with a first tag. In addition, a second tag that is associated with a second content selection and that indicates that supplemental content related to the second content selection is stored on a peer device is accessed from a peer device. The first tag is compared to the second tag, and, if a commonality shared by the first content selection and the second content selection is identified, an exchange of the supplemental content from the peer device to the portable media device is initiated.
US09641574B1	Generating connection recommendations on a social network using social contacts A method for generating connection recommendations for a social network from social contacts is disclosed. The method includes identifying a first user of a content sharing platform, selecting a second user of the content sharing platform based on an affinity score between the first user and the second user, wherein the first user and the second user are not connected on the content sharing platform, contacting the second user to request a list of recommended subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user, receiving, from the second user, the list of recommended subscriptions for the first user, and providing, to the first user, at least a portion of the list of recommended subscriptions as suggestions for subscriptions on the content sharing platform for the first user.
US09641573B2	Orchestration of electronic meetings A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for orchestrating presentations within an electronic meeting. In an implementation, a method may include receiving one or more social scoring inputs associated with a plurality of presentations included within an electronic meeting. The method may also include defining a social score for a first presentation of the plurality of presentations based on, at least in part, the one or more social scoring inputs. The method may further include establishing at least one attribute of the first presentation for the electronic meeting based on the social score for the first presentation.
US09641553B2	Methods and apparatus to facilitate end-user defined policy management Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to facilitate end-user defined policy management. An example apparatus includes an edge node interface to detect addition of a networked user device to a service gateway, and to extract publish information from the networked user device. The example apparatus also includes a device context manager to identify tag parameters based on the publish information from the networked user device, and a tag manager to prohibit unauthorized disclosure of the networked user device by setting values of the tag parameters based on a user profile associated with a type of the networked user device.
US09641552B2	Extending SELinux policy with enforcement of file name translations An operating system identifies a request of a process to create a new object with a name in a file system of the processing device. The operating system identifies a policy rule applicable to the new object in view of at least the name of the new object. The operating system creates a label for the new object using the applicable policy rule and associates the new object with the created label.
US09641551B1	System and method for traversing a NAT device with IPSEC AH authentication A method for routing IP packets with IPSec AH authentication is disclosed. The method includes locating overlay edge routers between private domains and their associated NAT routers. Outbound packets from a source private domain are modified by its overlay edge router to include IPSec AH authorization data computed using IP source and destination addresses that match a packet's final source and destination IP address upon final NAT translation immediately prior to delivery to a host of a destination private domain.
US09641548B2	System and method for detecting and protecting against malicious The invention relates to computer security and to systems and methods for detecting and protecting against malicious content such as computer viruses. Gateway (200) and security (400) computers for protecting a client computer (300) against dynamically generated malicious content. The gateway computer includes: a receiver configured to receive original content, the original content including a call to an original function, the call including an associated input. The gateway computer further includes: a content modifier unit configured to modify the original content to produce modified content, wherein the modified content includes at least a portion of the original content and a call to a shielding function, the shielding function being operable to cause the client computer to transmit an instruction to a security computer (400) to inspect the input associated with the call to the original function. The gateway computer further includes: a transmitter configured to transmit the original content to the security computer and to transmit the modified content to the client computer, thereby allowing, based on the original content, detection of dynamically generated malicious content.
US09641543B2	Systems and methods for securing remote configuration A system and method for securing remote configurations. The system and method can include, at a monitoring device, connecting to a messaging service for at most a determined connection period. The system and method can also include receiving one or more configuration payloads during the connection period. During the connection, if a single configuration payload is received from the messaging service, the configuration payload can be implemented by the monitoring device after disconnecting from the messaging service. If multiple configuration payloads are received during the connection, then the monitoring device can disconnect from the messaging service and may not implement either configuration payload.
US09641538B1	Authenticating an entity There is disclosed a method, system and a computer program product for use in authenticating an entity. An authentication request is received from the entity. Information in connection with the entity is acquired from an external source. Based on the information, a risk score is set such that the riskiness of the authentication request can be readily deduced therefrom.
US09641536B2	Policy access control lists attached to resources Methods, storage systems and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include defining, for an entity, a policy access control list including one or more access rules, each of the access rules including one or more user conditions and one or more entity conditions. Upon receiving a request from a user to access a given entity, one or more user attributes associated with the user and one or more entity attributes associated with the given entity are identified. For each of the access rules, the one or more user conditions are applied to the one or more user attributes, the one or more entity conditions are applied to the one or more entity attributes. Access to the given content entity is granted to the user upon determining that a minimum threshold of the one or more user conditions and the one or more entity conditions are met.
US09641535B2	Apparatus and data processing systems for accessing an object A system and method for providing access to an object over a network may comprise hosting an object on a distributed data processing system accessible over the network, the object contained within a cell; generating, by a cell access provider, a unique and random address for the cell containing the object, utilizing an address resolution module and providing, by the cell access provider, the unique and random address to a computing device of a unique consumer; and upon receipt of the unique and random address from the unique user, matching the unique and random address with the cell to facilitate access by the unique user to the object. The object may comprise a virtual object acting as a cell for facilitating access to one or more additional objects. The virtual object cell may contain one or more unique and random addresses facilitating access to one or more additional objects.
US09641534B2	Providing controlled access to admin credentials during a migration Access to admin credentials can be controlled during a migration. By controlling access to the admin credentials, a consultant can be allowed to perform migration tasks without the consultant being exposed to the administrative-level access necessary to perform such tasks. Accordingly, an organization can maintain complete control and visibility over the entire migration process, including how and when the admin credentials are used, while still being able to employ outside individuals or even inside individuals with reduced security or clearance levels in the process.
US09641517B1	System and method for secure communications A system and method provides security features for inter-computer communications. After a user has proved an association with one of several firms, a user identifier of the user that cannot be used to log the user in to a data consolidating system is received by a matching system from the data consolidating system. The validity of the user and the firm is checked at the matching system and, in response to the checking, the user identifier is converted to a different user identifier and the different user identifier is provided to a data providing system by the matching system. The data providing system provides the data of the user in response, and the matching system forwards the data to the data consolidating system.
US09641515B2	RFID tag and method for operating an RFID tag The invention relates to an RFID tag, which comprises a receiving means, a first and a second verification means, and a transmitting means. The receiving means is designed to receive a challenge message sent by an RFID reading device. Said challenge message comprises a challenge data set, which has a digital certificate issued for the RFID reading device by a certification authority and signed by means of a private key of the certification authority and which has a request message, and a digital signature at least of the request message, which digital signature is generated by means of a private key of the RFID reading device. The first verification means is designed to verify the digital certificate by means of a public key of the certification authority. The second verification means is designed to verify the digital signature by means of a public key of the RFID reading device. The transmitting means transmits a response message to the REID reading device if the certificate and the digital signature are verified. By verifying the challenge message, the RFID tag can ensure that the RFID tag transmits a response message only to such a requesting REID reading device that is actually authorized to communicate with said RFID tag.
US09641508B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and computer-readable recording medium An information processing apparatus according to the present invention is arranged in a client terminal connected to a server storing data via a network, wherein the information processing apparatus receives requests from one or a plurality of applications in the client terminal and controls transmission and reception of information to/from the server. The information processing apparatus includes an authentication information storage unit for storing authentication information of a user for accessing the server, and a request transmission unit for attaching the authentication information of the user of the client terminal to a request based on the request given by the application of the client terminal, and transmits the request to the server.
US09641506B2	Information processing method, information processing device, authentication server device, and verification server device capable of imposing use restriction There is provided an information processing method of an information processing device, including acquiring tag-unique information unique to an IC tag from the IC tag through near field communication, acquiring device-unique information unique to the information processing device, transmitting the acquired tag-unique information and the acquired device-unique information to an outside, and receiving, from the outside, an authentication result of the acquired tag-unique information and a verification result of right information for using the IC tag, which are obtained based on the transmitted tag-unique information and device-unique information.
US09641501B2	Content sharing system, content sharing method, and information communication apparatus A content sharing system includes: a server; a first information communication apparatus; and a second information communication apparatus, in which the first information communication apparatus includes a reserve requesting unit which sends to the server a reserve request message for requesting to reserve a sharing space to be newly generated, the reserve request message including first identification information for identifying the second information communication apparatus or the user using the second information communication apparatus, and the server includes: a first storage; and a sharing space generating unit which, upon receiving the reserve request message, generates the sharing space in the first storage, and stores in the first storage the first identification information included in the reserve request message.
US09641498B2	Single sign-on processing for associated mobile applications Systems, methods and computer-readable media are disclosed for performing single sign-on processing between associated mobile applications. The single sign-on processing may include processing to generate an interaction session between a user and a back-end server associated with a mobile application based at least in part on one or more existing interaction sessions between the user and one or more back-end servers associated with one or more other mobile applications. In order to establish an interaction session with an associated back-end server, a mobile application may leverage existing interaction sessions that have already been established in connection with the launching of other associated mobile applications.
US09641491B2	Secure memory interface with cumulative authentication A method includes generating a first sequence of data words for sending over an interface. A second sequence of signatures is computed and interleaved into the first sequence, so as to produce an interleaved sequence in which each given signature cumulatively signs the data words that are signed by a previous signature in the interleaved sequence and the data words located between the previous signature and the given signature. The interleaved sequence is transmitted over the interface.
US09641488B2	Advanced security protocol for broadcasting and synchronizing shared folders over local area network A method, system, and manufacture for securely broadcasting shared folders from one client device to other client devices and synchronizing the shared folders over a local area network. A first client device, associated with a content management system, generates a secure identifier for a shared folder, using a shared secret key that is associated with the shared folder. The first client device announces the secure identifier over a local area network to other client devices on the local area network including a second client device. The first client device receives a synchronization request for the shared folder from the second client device. After authenticating, using the shared secret key, that the second client device has authorization to access the shared folder, the first client device synchronizes the shared folder with the second client device over the local area network.
US09641487B2	Method, system and apparatus for sharing media content in a private network A method, system and apparatus for sharing media content securely and reliably among various computing devices in a private network through media streaming technology is provided. According to the invention, a media streaming apparatus is installed on each computing device, said media streaming apparatus comprises: a controller for controlling a media streaming proxy and a trusted media player to render the requested media stream according to a user's request or the request coming from other application component; the trusted media player for securely rendering the requested media stream for the user under the control of said controller; the media streaming proxy for communicating with the trusted media player and other remote media streaming proxies in said private network, forwarding encrypted media stream, controlling encryption/decryption module to encrypt/decrypt the media player and providing the decrypted media stream to the trusted media player; and the encryption/decryption module for encrypting/decrypting the media stream under the control of the media streaming proxy.
US09641484B2	System and methods of installing and operating devices without explicit network addresses A method of discovering addressing information of one or more upstream devices to respond to specific messages by a second device on behalf of the one or more upstream devices in a network includes acquiring the addressing information in an upstream direction from one or more downstream devices to the one or more upstream devices. The method further includes acquiring the addressing information in a downstream direction from the one or more upstream devices to the one or more downstream devices. The method further includes responding to specific messages using the acquired addressing information about the one or more upstream devices.
US09641479B2	Interworking between messaging service domains An interworking function is provided between first and second messaging domains or technologies, when original address/identities of users in the first domain and the second domain are incompatible. Upon receiving from a sender in the first messaging domain a message addressed to a recipient in the second messaging domain, the interworking function provides, for an original sender address or identity received in the message, a new sender address which is valid in the second messaging domain, and inserts the new address in a header field of the message to be forwarded to the recipient in the second messaging domain. Moreover, the interworking function adds the original sender address into the specific header field of the message either as a part of the new sender address or as an attribute.
US09641477B2	Withdrawal of a message sent in a social networking system Some embodiments of a method for withdrawal a message include receiving, by a mobile device, an input to send a first message to a first recipient, the first message containing at least one image or video. The mobile device processes the first message for transmittal to the first recipient. In response to detecting a request to withdraw the first message within a timeout period, the mobile device determines that the first message has not been sent from the mobile device and terminates the processing of the first message for sending.
US09641473B2	Data communication apparatus, data communication apparatus control method, and program A data communication apparatus which does not have a function for receiving, via a mail server, e-mail sent by an external device includes a setting unit configured to set a POP account for the mail server, a reading unit configured to read a document to generate image data, a sending unit configured to send the generated image data as an e-mail via the mail server after performing authentication based on the POP account set by the setting unit, and a notification unit configured to transmit to the mail server, a delete instruction to delete an e-mail stored in a mailbox on the mail server.
US09641470B2	Channel based communication and transaction system System and methods are provided for receiving identification information from remote user devices associated with users. The identification information serves to obtain corresponding stored user profiles. Users are engaged with pre-existing primary communication channels for each user based upon their profiles. Each such primary channel facilitates electronic communication between a corresponding enterprise data source and users. For each respective primary channel in a subset of the primary channels of a first user, a corresponding plurality of sub-channels is generated based upon their profile. A sub-channel enables secure bidirectional communication between (i) the remote user device associated with a first user and (ii) the enterprise data source associated with the primary channel to which the sub-channel is associated.
US09641462B2	Accelerating network convergence for layer 3 roams in a next generation network closet campus Accelerating network convergence may be provided. Consistent with embodiments of the disclosure, a mapping server may be configured to map an interconnection of various network elements comprising at least the following: a wireless host, at least two access switches, a plurality of distribution switches, a core switch, a mobility controller, and a mapping database. The mapping server may then receive an indication from the mobility controller that the wireless host has roamed from a first access switch to a second access switch. In response to the indication, the mapping server may remap the interconnection of network elements in the mapping database to update network routing information associated with the wireless host.
US09641461B2	Relay device, communication system, and communication method A communication method executed by a processor included in a relay device, the communication method includes receiving a target packet among a plurality of segmented packets generated by dividing a transmission packet, the plurality of segmented packets including a same identifier as that of the transmission packet; storing the target packet into a memory, when no error is detected from the target packet; discarding one or more packets stored in the memory and including a same identifier as that of the target packet, when an error is detected from the target packet; generating a discard request including an identifier of the transmission packet, and information requesting to discard a packet including the identifier, when the discarded one or more packets do not include a head packet among the plurality of segmented packets; and transmitting the discard request to a transmission destination to which the head packet is transmitted.
US09641449B2	Variable configurations for workload distribution across multiple sites Embodiments include a method, system, and computer program product for maintaining continuous availability. An embodiment of the present invention includes receiving a unit of work data. The unit of work data is distributed among the plurality of workloads using either an active/standby configuration, an active/query configuration, an active/partitioned configuration, or an active/active configuration. A primary workload is selected from a plurality of workloads to process the unit of work data based on a workload distribution rule. It is determined if the primary workload is capable of processing the unit of work data based on user configurable settings. If the primary site is capable of processing the unit of work data then the unit of work data is transmitted to the primary workload. Otherwise the unit of work data is transmitted to a secondary workload. The unit of work data is replicated between the primary workload and the secondary workload.
US09641438B2	Apparatus, system, and method for asymmetrical and dynamic routing A regenerator system is provided for dynamic and asymmetric bandwidth capacity adjustment when exchanging data between a first remote network device and a second remote network device. The regenerator includes first and second couplers in communication with the first and second remote network devices, respectively, using a first communication medium that provides multiple communication channels, and at least one redirecting device operable to selectively configure at least one of the channels for either transmission of a signal from the first remote network device to the second remote network device, or transmission of the signal from the second remote network device to the first remote network device.
US09641428B2	System and method for paging flow entries in a flow-based switching device A network switching device includes a macroflow sub-plane that performs packet-based routing in the network switching device and a microflow routing sub-plane that performs flow-based routing in the network switching device. The microflow routing sub-plane receives a first data packet, determines that the first data packet is associated with a first flow page, wherein the first flow page comprises a plurality of flow entries, determines that the first flow page is not resident in a routing table of the microflow routing sub-plane, and requests the first flow page from a software defined network (SDN) controller.
US09641426B2	Method and system for routing information in a network A method and system for determining an optimal route from a node to a given sink node in a network is described. Sink node periodically transmits routing information containing an indicator of recency. This indicator of recency is periodically updated. Routing information is received by a plurality of nodes in the network. Each node receiving routing information compares the indicator of recency contained in the routing information with an indicator of recency stored at the node to determine whether the received routing information is more recent than the stored routing information. An optimal route to the sink node is determined based on this comparison. Each node also periodically transmits routing information based on stored routing information to other nodes.
US09641424B1	Shaping outgoing traffic of network packets in a network management system A network management system can include multiple network interfaces. For example, the network management system can include a first network interface that can receive a stream of network packets associated with users. The network management system can include a second network interface for transmitting the received stream of network packets. The network management system can shape the stream of network packets before transmission. The network management system can assign the network packets into classes. The classes may have a configured hierarchical relationship. The classes may also have an operational hierarchy based on bandwidth usage during operation. The network management system can shape the stream of network packets based on operational hierarchy of classes and configured hierarchical relationship.
US09641417B2	Proactive detection of host status in a communications network In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a packet from a host at a first hop router in a network site, the first hop router in communication with a core network and operable to encapsulate packets received from the host for transmission to a remote network site, setting a status for the host in a table at the first hop router as active, starting a timer for the host at the first hop router, transmitting a probe message from the first hop router to the host if a packet is not received at the first hop router from the host before the timer expires, updating the status of the host at the table based on whether a response message is received from the host, and using the host status to detect host migration. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09641416B2	Operations analysis of packet groups identified based on timestamps In one embodiment, operations analysis of packet groups identified based on timestamps is performed. One embodiment includes sending a plurality of sent timeframe groups of a plurality of time-stamped packets from a first packet network node towards a second packet network node in a network and recording first information associated with each of the plurality of said sent timeframe groups of the plurality of time-stamped packets. The second network node receives a plurality of received timeframe groups of a received plurality of time-stamped packets of said sent plurality of time-stamped packets and recording second information associated with each of the plurality of said received timeframe groups of the received plurality of time-stamped packets. Operations analysis based on one or more operations characteristics of said first information and said second information to produce analysis results.
US09641415B2	Method and system for seamless SCTP failover between SCTP servers running on different machines A Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) cluster of multiple SCTP-servers is defined in such manner that some of the servers are assigned Active Role where others are assigned Standby Role with the purpose of ensuring uninterrupted SCTP-connections between the SCTP-cluster and any number of SCTP-clients. The Standby Servers use the same Internet Protocol (IP)-address(es) on the SCTP bound interfaces as their assigned Active Server. The Active Servers are effectively communicating to the SCTP-clients, where the Standby Servers are communicating to their assigned Active SCTP-Server using a separate backchannel TCP-connection. Over that backchannel connection the Standby Server receives regular updates from the Active Server. These updates hold enough information so that the Standby Server could locally simulate SCTP-negotiations and create SCTP-associations as if the SCTP-negotiations were performed directly with the SCTP-Clients. In this manner the Standby Servers are fully synchronized and ready in case of an Active Server failure to continue the SCTP-communications without any interruption. This handover does not involve any subsequent action from the SCTP-clients so that the SCTP-clients are unaware that such a handover took place.
US09641414B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting control packet in broadband communication network An apparatus and a method for transmitting a control signal for determining a keep alive status of a counterpart node in a broadband communication network are provided. When a period for determining a keep alive status of the counterpart node to which a data is connected arrives, whether traffic is received from the counterpart node is determined. If it is determined that the traffic is received from the counterpart node, the keep alive status of the counterpart node is determined using the traffic received from the counterpart node. If it is determined that the traffic is not received from the counterpart node, a request signal for determining the keep alive status of the counterpart node is transmitted to the counterpart node.
US09641412B2	Method and apparatus for guaranteeing traffic quality of communication module in wireless communication system Provided is a communication control apparatus for controlling data transmission performed by a first communication module and a second communication module, each using a different communication scheme, the apparatus including a receiver to receive traffic information associated with the first communication module, an operating unit to calculate, based on the traffic information, a slack time, starting from a first point in time and ending at a second point in time at which traffic relating to the first communication module occurs, and a transmitter to transmit the slack time to the second communication module, wherein the first point in time is a point in time at which the second communication module requests the slack time from the communication control apparatus in order to transmit data.
US09641409B2	Timestamping packets in a network Techniques are presented herein to facilitate latency measurements in a networking environment. A first network device receives a packet for transport within a network domain that comprises a plurality of network devices. The plurality of network devices have a common time reference, that is, they are time synchronized. The first network device generates timestamp information indicating time of arrival of the packet at the first network device. The first network device inserts into the packet a tag that comprises at least a first subfield and a second subfield. The first subfield comprising a type indicator to signify to other network devices in the network domain that the tag includes timestamp information, and the second subfield includes the timestamp information. The first network device sends the packet from to into the network domain to another network device. Other network devices which receive that packet can make latency measurements.
US09641403B2	Systems, devices and methods of decomposing service requests into domain-specific service requests The various embodiments include methods, computers and communication systems that enable decomposing abstract service requests into resources rules, which may include receiving an abstract service request (e.g., a request specifying a functional requirement) via an exposed public interface, generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request, identifying relevant components in a telecommunications domain for enforcing the generated domain-specific resource rules, and send the domain-specific resource rules to the identified components (e.g., on-line charging server, policy management server, etc.) for enforcement. Generating domain-specific resource rules based on the received abstract service request may include generating the rules consistent with the existing resource rules of the domain.
US09641400B2	Internet of things device for registering user selections A platform, apparatus and method for Internet of Things Implementations. For example, one embodiment of an apparatus comprises: a memory for storing program code and a microcontroller for executing the program code; a communication interface for coupling the microcontroller to a network; a plurality of input elements communicatively coupled to the microcontroller to detect user input; a slot for receiving a selection card, the selection card comprising a plurality of user-selectable items displayed thereon, wherein each of the input elements are associated with at least one of the user-selectable items displayed on the card when the selection card is inserted in the slot; and wherein upon selection of a particular input element corresponding to a particular item, the microcontroller transmits an identification code for the item to a service over the network, the service identifying the item using the identification code and performing one or more operations responsive to selection of the item by the user.
US09641397B2	Communication system, control apparatus, control method, and program A communication system includes a first control unit configured to change setting of a communication node(s) belonging to a first hierarchical network, in response to a setting request for the first hierarchical network and to change a topology of a second hierarchical network formed by using the first hierarchical network, and a second control unit configured to change setting of a communication node(s) belonging to the second hierarchical network, using the topology of the second hierarchical network after the change.
US09641389B2	Method and system for recovering from network disconnects by cloning a virtual port Techniques for managing the configuration of managed nodes in a virtual machine network are disclosed. In an embodiment, managing the configuration of a managed node involves creating a clone of a virtual port on the managed node and using the cloned virtual port as an alternative communication channel between the managed node and a virtual machine management system to modify the virtual port. This technique can be used to restore connectivity to a managed node, such as a virtual switch, when connectivity is lost due to a misconfigured virtual port.
US09641378B1	Adjustment of compression ratios for data storage Storing data from a volatile memory of a host in a non-volatile memory (NVM) of a data storage device (DSD). Data from the volatile memory of the host is identified which has been compressed with a first compression ratio. The identified data is decompressed and a second compression ratio is determined based on a time to restore the data to the volatile memory of the host and characteristics of the NVM. At least a portion of the decompressed data is recompressed with the second compression ratio and at least a portion of the recompressed data is stored in the NVM.
US09641374B2	Direct-detected orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing with dispersion pre-compensation digital signal processing Chromatic dispersion is pre-compensated in a direct-detected orthogonal frequency-division multiplexed optical transmitter through digital signal processing methods, to generate signals that can be transmitted over an optical fiber. The dispersion pre-compensation digital signal processing may include multiplying subcarriers by a respective factor. The dispersion pre-compensation digital signal processing may instead include application of a finite impulse response filter to signals. The dispersion pre-compensation digital signal processing may instead include fast Fourier transformations of signals, application of a frequency domain filter to signals generated by the fast Fourier transformations, and inverse fast Fourier transformations of the signals produced by application of the frequency domain filter.
US09641360B2	Preferential allocation of different length scrambling codes A base station herein assists a radio network controller (RNC) to allocate scrambling codes in a cell. The base station's assistance advantageously permits the RNC to allocate different length scrambling codes to different mobile terminals (or downlink carriers) in the cell. Specifically, the base station determines a preference for whether the length of a scrambling code to be allocated to each terminal or carrier should be short or long, based on whether uplink communications transmitted by the terminal, or downlink communications transmitted over the carrier, are to be processed with a high-complexity receiver or a low-complexity receiver. The RNC receives these preferences from the base station and takes them into account in order to allocate either a short scrambling code or a long scrambling code to each terminal or downlink carrier in the cell. The RNC then propagates the scrambling code allocations throughout the cell.
US09641357B1	System and method for mmWave channel estimation A method for decoding a symbol transmitted over a millimeter wave (mmWave) channel estimates channel state information (CSI) of the mmWave channel using a Bayesian inference on a test symbol according to a probabilistic model of the mmWave channel including statistics on paths and spread of mmWaves propagating in the mmWave channel and decodes a symbol received over the mmWave channel using the CSI.
US09641356B2	Collaboration system A method and controller are provided for use in a communication system including a plurality of user terminals in communication with each other and the controller via a plurality of communication channels. The method includes receiving, by the controller from a sender user terminal, a message designated to be communicated to a recipient associated with a recipient user terminal. Additionally, the method includes posting, by the controller via a dashboard interface, the message to a discussion to which it pertains. Finally, the method includes distributing, by the controller, the message to the recipient user terminal based on a preferred communication channel, availability, and workload for the recipient associated with the recipient user terminal.
US09641353B2	Forwarding packets According to various examples, in a site network, a layer-2 gateway device via which a terminal accesses a layer-2 network establishes a virtual link and an IS-IS relation with a layer-3 edge device, sends information of an learned MAC address to the layer-3 edge device, receives a packet sent by the layer-3 edge device via the virtual link, performs tunnel decapsulation on the packet, and searches a local MAC forwarding table based on a VLAN ID and a destination MAC address in the decapsulated packet to forward the packet in the site network according to a search result.
US09641351B2	Jitter removal in deterministic networks In one embodiment, a method includes receiving packets in a flow at a network device in a deterministic network, wherein at least one of the packets is transmitted from a source out of sync due to collision with another flow at the source, analyzing at the network device, the flow to reconstruct a period of the flow, and processing at the network device, the packets according to the period to synchronize the processing of the packets at the network device with the source and remove jitter from the flow. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09641346B2	Method and apparatus for performing charging control to application-layer data An objective of the present invention is to provide a method and apparatus for performing charging control to application-layer data. When a trigger condition is satisfied, a TDF transmits a first credit control request to an OCS, wherein the first credit control request includes a result of inspecting an application or application traffic by the TDF; the OCS determines charging control information for the application or application traffic based on the first credit control request to generate a credit control answer; the OCS transmits the credit control answer to the TDF. Compared with the prior art, in the present invention, the TDF detects an application or application traffic and provides the detection result to the OCS; the OCS determines charging control information to the application or application flow and returns it to the TDF, thereby realizing charging control to the application-layer data and improving the accuracy of the charging system.
US09641341B2	Method for distributed trust authentication A method for distributed trust authentication of one or more users attempting to access one or more service providers operating on a network includes performing primary authentication of a user using a first authentication factor, generating a first partial digital signature for a first authentication response to the primary authentication, performing secondary authentication of the user using a second authentication factor, generating a second partial digital signature for the second authentication response to the secondary authentication, combining the first and second partial digital signatures to form a composite digital signature, and validating the composite digital signature.

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