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US09676532B2	Packaging reclosure label for high alcohol content products The present subject matter provides a layered article for sealing an opening in a package for a high alcohol content product. The layered article has a facestock, a reclosure adhesive, a machine direction oriented film, and a sealing adhesive. The sealing adhesive provides a good long-term seal for the package that is resistant to degradation from alcohol. The machine direction oriented film provides an alcohol barrier between the product and the reclosure adhesive. Upon opening, the film tears clean and straight in the machine direction to allow a portion of the film to stay in contact with the package and another portion of the film to be pulled from the package to expose the opening. The reclosure adhesive provides resealing capabilities for the layered article after the initial opening of the package. The clean straight tear also provides a tamper evident feature for the package.
US09676529B2	Adjustable dispensing cap Embodiments of the present invention provide dispensing caps, containers, and methods for quickly and easily dispensing liquids of varying viscosities at different flow rates. In one embodiment, an adjustable dispensing cap is provided that permits a user to rotate a first member to select an appropriately sized pour hole and achieve a desired flow rate for the particular liquid to be dispensed.
US09676518B2	Hanging, stackable and nestable industrial bin A hanging, stackable and nestable bin for storing parts and components used in assembly includes a pair of footers and a pair of footer depressions having a complimentary shape to one another. The hanging, stackable and nestable bin also includes a notch with a projection formed in the floor of the bin that extends transversely along the rear wall of the bin and a complimentary shaped upper rear wall rim. The footer, footer depressions, notch and upper rear wall rim provide three point stacking support when one bin is stacked onto another bin. In addition, the hanging, stackable and nestable bin includes sidewalls that are generally planar at the rear portion of the bin which aid in facilitating nesting of one bin into another bin. A cleat formed in the top rear wall of the bin provides rear hanging support for the bin.
US09676514B1	Secure barrel pallet A pallet device for securing a barrel for transportation includes a first pallet half including a first semi-circular cut-out, a second pallet half including a second semi-circular cut-out, wherein the first pallet half and the second pallet half are connected together to form a circular cut-out configured to accommodate the barrel.
US09676499B2	Fuel depot in space A fuel depot in space is provided. The fuel depot has a collapsible housing with a guidance, navigation, and control (GNC) system, a power management system, and a reaction control system (RNC). Connected to the housing are a plurality of fuel tanks that are connected via collapsible rods. The fuel tanks have pipe systems that are in communication with a plurality of pumps to transfer fuel from the tanks through a refueling arm and into a spacecraft during refueling.
US09676490B2	Assisting the piloting of a multi-engined rotorcraft in an engine-failure situation, in the context of a main rotor of the rotorcraft being driven at variable speed A method of assisting the piloting of a multi-engined rotorcraft in the event of an engine failure. A main rotor of the rotorcraft is driven at a variable NR speed under the control of a control unit. Calculation means identify an authorized margin of mechanical power usable by the pilot depending on a rating for regulating the operation of each of the engines under the control of a regulator unit. Outside an engine-failure situation, and providing the main rotor is being driven at a low NR speed, the mechanical power margin that is usable by the pilot and that is displayed on a screen, is in fact a limited margin of a value less than the authorized margin. Under such conditions, and in an engine-failure situation, the mechanical power reserve that is actually available enables the pilot to counter rapidly the sudden drop in the NR speed of rotation of the main rotor as induced by the engine failure.
US09676485B2	Ice detection system and method An ice detection system, in particular a method, apparatus and controller for detecting icing conditions and the presence of ice formed on a structure. Also, a method, apparatus and controller to detect the prevailing environmental conditions to determine whether or not ice may form on a structure. Two heaters of an ice protection system (experiencing substantially the same environmental conditions) are driven to different temperatures (the first greater than or equal to 0° C., and the second less than 0° C.). A difference in the powers required to drive the two heaters indicates the prevailing environmental conditions. In another embodiment, a heater of an ice protection system is driven and the rate of change of surface temperature is measured over several periods. A substantial deviation from a rate of change of surface temperature, which indicates the presence of ice on the surface of the structure, is detected.
US09676484B2	Adaptive trans-critical carbon dioxide cooling systems A cooling system includes a first heat exchanger, an evaporator coupled to a thermal load of an aircraft. first and second cooling circuits coupled to the heat exchanger, the first and second cooling circuits selectable via a set of cooling circuit valves that are arranged to direct a refrigerant through the first circuit, the second circuit, or both the first and second circuits based on air passing through the first heat exchanger at ambient conditions of the aircraft, and a receiver configured to accumulate reserve refrigerant to provide flexibility in system operation as the cooling system operates in sub-critical, trans-critical, and super-critical modes of operation.
US09676481B1	Tether compensated airborne delivery A tether compensated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is described. In one embodiment, the UAV includes a winch with a tether to lower an item from the UAV for delivery, a flight controller to control a flight path of the UAV, a tether compensation mechanism through which the tether extends, at least one sensor to identify movement in the tether, and a tether response controller. Based on movement identified in the tether, the tether response controller may determine a complementary response and direct the tether compensation mechanism to brace the tether against the movement. Thus, the tether compensation mechanism may stabilize sway or movement in the tether by moving against the sway or movement, which may help prevent the tether from undesirable swinging when lowering the item from the UAV for delivery, for example, or at other times.
US09676472B2	Systems and methods for configurable user interfaces A user interface presented to an operator of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) may be presented to facilitate the ease of operation of the UAV. The information displayed in the user interface may be customized by the operator to display selected data. The display configuration data may be saved and imported into other systems for future use. Various entities related to one or more UAVs may be presented in a hierarchical tree structure illustrating the relationship between the entities. Electronic checklists may be presented to a user to facilitate addressing common and emergency situations.
US09676469B2	System and method for fastening structures A system includes an outer band, inner band, and a fastener. The outer band covers at least a portion of a first structure and has a first edge opposite a second edge. The second edge forms a first load redistribution ramp corresponding to a bend in the first structure. The inner band is positioned beneath a second structure and has a first surface opposite a second surface. The second surface forms a second load redistribution ramp corresponding to the bend in the first structure. A portion of the inner band adjacent to the second surface forms a curve around an edge of the second structure such that the second load redistribution ramp forms a wedge between the first structure and the second structure. The fastener couples the outer band, first structure, second structure, and inner band.
US09676466B2	Naval platform provided with at least one hull comprising steerable thrusters This naval platform (1) of the type including at least one hull (2) equipped with steerable thrusters (3, 4, 5, 6) distributed on the latter and means (7, 8, 9, 10, 11) for controlling the orientation and the actuation of the latter, is characterized in that the control means comprise means (12) for illustrating at least one portion of the surface of the water around the naval platform (13) in proximity to the latter, associated with the means (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21) for controlling at least one portion of the steerable thrusters (3, 4, 5, 6) for generating and directing a waterflow towards this portion of the surface.
US09676459B1	Oscillating fin propulsion apparatus A water propulsion apparatus operatively connected to a body moving on or through a body of water, may produce a propulsive force by sweeping fins in an oscillating motion in a generally transverse direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the body. The fins may be mounted on opposite sides of a frame and are rotatable about a first axis coplanar to the center longitudinal axis of the frame. Drive members rotatable about a second axis that is canted relative to the first axis may be operatively connected to the fins. The oscillatory motion of the fins may be controlled by torque applied at the canted second axis by reciprocating the drive members in a generally vertical plane parallel to the center longitudinal axis of the frame. The oscillating fins may provide a propulsive force during both oscillating directions of the fins as they sweep back and forth.
US09676458B2	Watercraft with undercut grip insert A watercraft includes a molded hull in the form of a single-piece hollow plastic structure, and the hull defines a recess having an interior. An insert is also provided that defines an opening and is attached to the hull. The insert is positioned with respect to the recess such that the opening in the insert communicates with the interior of the recess, and the insert cooperates with the recess to define an undercut that accommodates a portion of a hand of a user.
US09676457B2	Surfboard with removable wheels A wheeled system for engagement with a surfboard is provided. Wheeled mounting plates removably engageable with a bottom surface of a surfboard, allow a rider to ride on support surfaces such as the sidewalk, and to remove the wheeled mounting plates to employ the surfboard in the water. The wheeled mounting plates may be retrofitted to existing boards with an elastic or mechanical engagement, or provided in combination with a surfboard.
US09676451B1	Bilge plug saver device The bilge plug saver of the present invention includes a large piece and a small piece made of a waterproof material, preferably rubber. The large and small piece fit together to form a waterproof capsule sized and shaped to accommodate a bilge plug within the capsule.
US09676439B2	Collapsible vehicle A vehicle with a collapsible body. With this construction a one-person's vehicle can be folded together to a very compact size with the dimensions of an average suitcase. The body comprises two halves: a front and back part. Each of these parts contains a lower and upper hollow section. Each upper hollow section can slide telescopically in and out the lower hollow section, thus enlarging or reducing the length of the corresponding part. In the collapsed state both parts with all their sections are nested into each other. A further reduction of the volume of the collapsed vehicle can be achieved by using a chassis with two retractable slidable frame parts.
US09676434B2	Bicycle seat A bicycle seat includes a deformation space that corresponds to a pressure deformation of a bicycle rider. Wherein, a plurality of filler particles is filled in the deformation space. Therefore, the plurality of filler particles in the deformation space is sliding and rolling under pressure, and the bicycle seat can average support the body of the rider and bring lower friction.
US09676427B2	Low drag low noise devices using jet flow control Low drag low noise devices are described herein that use passive jet flow control to reduce the drag and noise created by motor vehicles (e.g., motor vehicle side view mirrors and their main bodies) while the motor vehicles travel through a fluid. The low drag low noise devices described herein comprise a lengthwise axis, an outer body, and an inner body. The outer body and the inner body cooperatively define a channel through which fluid can pass during use.
US09676426B1	Vehicle roof structure A vehicle roof structure is provided that includes a vehicle body and a roof. The roof includes a flange extending outward from the roof. An insert is positioned between the vehicle body and the roof to maintain a gap between the vehicle body and the flange. An adhesive is positioned in the gap to bond the flange to the vehicle body.
US09676421B2	Welded structure for vehicle body panel A second joining flange formed along an edge of a second panel and a third joining flange formed along an edge of a third panel are superimposed on a first joining flange formed along an edge of a first panel, a seam weld is made in a section in which the first joining flange and the second joining flange form two layers and a section in which the first joining flange and the third joining flange form two layers, and a spot weld is made in a section in which the first joining flange, the second joining flange and the third joining flange form three layers. Such structure enhances production efficiency by increasing welding speed, and facilitates spot welding in the section having three layers, for which seam welding is difficult due to the large number of superimposed sheets, thereby enhancing strength against peel-off.
US09676420B2	B-pillar deformation mode A vehicle comprises: a vehicle structure without a continuous roof rail; a B-pillar attached to the vehicle structure, the B-pillar having a first initiator; and a header attached to the B-pillar and extending at least partly across the vehicle, the header having a second initiator, wherein the first and second initiators are configured to provide a B-pillar deformation mode upon side impact.
US09676418B1	Vehicle crossmember assembly with pedestal detachment A vehicle crossmember assembly including a pair of main rails, a crossmember, and a pair of pedestals is provided. The main rails are laterally spaced apart. The crossmember is transverse to the main rails. The pedestals extend between and connect lateral ends of the crossmember to the main rails. Each pedestal has a lower end disposed adjacent to the crossmember and an upper end that projects upwardly from the crossmember. Fasteners connect the pedestals to the main rails. Each pedestal has a sleeve disposed at the upper end. Each sleeve has a sleeve wall defining a bore that receives one of the fasteners and each sleeve has a slit in the sleeve wall. Each slit provides a release path through which one of the fasteners can pull through the sleeve wall during an impact event, allowing the pedestals to detach from the main rails.
US09676410B2	Stop control device of vehicle A vehicle stop control device is provided which prevents, when a traveling mode is switched, unintended movement of a vehicle in which all wheels are capable of being independently turned, and which can travel in a non-normal mode. Provided is: traveling mode switching section which can switch among a lateral movement mode, a pinwheeling mode, a normal traveling mode, and a parking mode, as a control mode for selecting operation combined by turning devices and traveling drive mechanisms; and turning timing shift part configured to shift the timing for turning at least one of all the wheels relative to the timing for turning the other ones of the wheels at the time of mode switching by the traveling mode switching section.
US09676407B2	Steering column including a protective cover A steering column for a motor vehicle may include a steering spindle and a cover. The steering spindle may include an input shaft configured to rotate with a steering wheel, an output shaft rotatably mounted in a steering gear housing, and a swivel joint arranged between the shaft and the output shaft. A portion of the steering spindle within a footwell of the vehicle may be covered by the cover. The cover may include a fastening device and an opening on a side facing away from the footwell. The opening of the cover may extend across a portion of the output shaft, the swivel joint, and a portion of the input shaft. The cover may be fastened to the steering gear housing by the fastening device so the cover does not rotate with the steering spindle.
US09676401B2	Slack adjuster contaminant sump, drain, and overload relief A drainage system for use with a slack adjuster for a railway brake rigging. The drainage system allows fluid and other contaminants to drain from the slack adjuster to prevent the fluid and contaminants from accumulating within the slack adjuster, contacting an operating area of the slack adjuster, and interfering with the operation of the slack adjuster. The slack adjuster includes a main housing portion, a cone nut housing portion enclosing a critical operating area of the slack adjuster, and an overtravel housing portion. The drainage system includes at least one aperture extending through a sidewall portion of the overtravel housing portion. The at least one aperture is configured to allow fluid and/or contaminants to drain there through to reduce exposure of the critical operating area to fluid and/or contaminants. A plug and/or patch can be provided to sealingly and/or removably engage the at least one aperture.
US09676397B2	Clamp assembly A clamp assembly for supporting multiple elongate rails in a rail tie-down car utilizes spring-loaded, hydraulically actuated clamp assemblies to clamp individual rails to the tie-down car. Each clamp assembly incorporates at least two clamp members which act opposite one another to prevent the rail secured in place by the clamps from sliding in either longitudinal direction.
US09676393B2	System and method for detecting environment-induced disablement of advanced driver assistance system The present invention discloses a system and method for detecting environment-induced disablement of ADAS. The system comprises a rainfall detector, a fog detector and a temperature/humidity detector respectively generating a rainfall value, a fog value, and a temperature/humidity value; a processor electrically connected with these detectors, using the rainfall value and fog value to generate a rainfall-fog value, using the fog value and temperature/humidity value to generate a snowfall value, using a fuzzy computation to process the rainfall-fog value and snowfall value to generate an output value, and emitting an alert signal if the output value exceeds a preset output value; and an automatic driver assistance device electrically connected with the processor, receiving the alert signal, and determining whether to stop automatic driving according to the alert signal. The present invention will alerts ADAS of the disablement lest ADAS execute wrong control actions.
US09676390B2	Vehicle traction control A method of setting a vehicle in motion over a driving surface and/or maintaining motion of said vehicle over the driving surface implemented by a control system, said method comprising initiating motion control, initiating motion control comprising: commanding by the control system application of brake torque and drive torque to one or more wheels such that the vehicle is held stationary; subsequently initiating motion from rest while brake torque continues to be applied to the one or more wheels. The strategy may also be implemented to maintain vehicle progress on low friction surfaces. The vehicle driver may be commanded to vary a control input, such as accelerator pedal position, in order to facilitate the maintaining of progress.
US09676385B2	Connection preservation and timeout in remote vehicle telematics Disclosed herein are computer devices, systems, and methods for enabling persistent data connections with a vehicle and low-latency vehicle commands. A driver can use an app installed on a mobile device to send commands to a vehicle's DCM, which can execute such commands on one or more vehicle systems, such as remote ignition and door lock systems. Upon app initialization, a wakeup command can be sent to the DCM through one or more intermediary servers to establish a persistent data connection between a data center server and the DCM. Then, when the driver issues a command from the app, the command can be communicated between the data center server and the DCM directly over the persistent data connection, with lower latency. After a predetermined timeout period in which the driver has not used the mobile app, the persistent data connection can be terminated.
US09676378B2	Valve device adaptable for brake control of a variety of pressure medium-operated vehicle brake systems A valve device for brake control of a different pressure medium-operated vehicle brake systems comprises a housing that has pressure medium ducts. A relay valve provides a pneumatic control pressure, which is fed to the relay valve via at least one of the pressure medium ducts at a higher flow rate. At least one insert is pneumatically connected to at least two of the pressure medium ducts, which can be pneumatically connected to each other by the insert. The two pressure medium ducts define a pressure medium path, the profile of which differs based on the housing that is in each case selected and/or switched based on the selected insert. The housing is selected from a set of housings having different pressure medium ducts, in particular bores, but which are otherwise essentially similar. The insert is selected from a set of different inserts.
US09676373B1	Decontainment and containment trailer and roll-off system The present invention comprises a trailer unit and or a roll-off trailer unit that converts when deployed into a washing and decontamination pad and may include a first section and two or more wings that unfold to provide a platform that is capable of having vehicles and other equipment driven and or wheeled into position on the platform and may also provide a containment system that traps wastewater, contaminates and so forth.
US09676371B1	Product metering system A product metering system for accurately dispensing one or more products. The product metering system generally includes a vehicle wash product supply fluidly connected to an electronic control valve and a control unit in communication with the electronic control valve. The electronic control valve operates at an open/close ratio that dispenses the product supply at a desired flow rate.
US09676369B2	Vehicle wiper device A vehicle wiper device includes: a first blade having an operating range that includes an upper mid region of a vehicle windshield; a second blade having an operating range that includes a lower region of the operating range of the first blade; a blade driving unit that causes each blade to reciprocate; and a controller that controls operation of the blade driving unit. When a tip end of the second blade moves in a special control region that is oriented toward a specific region preliminarily specified in the upper mid region, the controller controls the blade driving unit such that a moving speed of the second blade is lower than a moving speed of the second blade when moving in another region.
US09676368B2	In-vehicle protection system using multiple processing units and/or using communication module to send positioning information An in-vehicle protection system includes a signal input interface, a vehicle protection circuit, and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module. The signal input interface receives an indication signal indicative of a status of a vehicle. The vehicle protection circuit includes a first processing unit, a second processing unit, and a controller. The first and second processing units perform predetermined action in response to abnormality of a vehicle, and have different computing power. The controller outputs the indication signal to one of the first and second processing units according to an operational state of the in-vehicle protection system. The GNSS module obtains positioning information of the vehicle. After the second processing unit detects an abnormal status of the vehicle, the first processing unit sends at least one of the positioning information and vehicle alarm information indicative of the abnormal status through a communication network.
US09676365B2	Side airbag device A side airbag device is provided, which is capable of increasing an energy absorption amount while suppressing the load on an occupant. The side airbag device includes: a bag-shaped cushion; an inflator provided on a vehicle rear side inside the cushion; an inner tube that surrounds the inflator; an upper opening and a lower opening formed in the inner tube; a tether that extends toward a vehicle front side from the inner tube to partition the vehicle front side of the inside of the cushion into a chest restraining portion and a waist restraining portion; a void portion provided inside the cushion on the vehicle front side of the tether; and a vent hole formed near the void portion. The upper opening has a smaller opening area than the lower opening, and the tether is inclined downward toward the vehicle front side from the vehicle rear side.
US09676348B2	Shield conductive path A shield conductive path may include a tubular shield portion that surrounds a plurality of electric wires. The shield conductive path may further include a partition portion that partitions an interior space of the shield portion into a plurality of electrical wire insertion paths. A specific electrical wire may be inserted through a specific electrical wire insertion path of the plurality of electrical wire insertion paths and may be guided out from a guiding-out opening formed in the shield portion, to the outside of the shield portion, and this guiding-out opening can be formed within an area, of the shield portion, provided with the partition portion.
US09676341B2	Center console for a motor vehicle and motor vehicle having such a center console A center console for a motor vehicle includes a stowage compartment with a stowage compartment aperture. A stowage compartment lid is positionable from a closed position, in which the stowage compartment lid covers the stowage compartment aperture, into an open position, in which the stowage compartment lid opens the stowage compartment aperture. The stowage compartment lid can be pivoted about a first pivot axis extending in longitudinal direction in a first pivot direction from the closed position into the open position. The present disclosure furthermore relates to a motor vehicle with such a center console.
US09676338B2	Reinforced blow moulded vehicle running board and method of making same A structurally reinforced blow molded assembly includes an overmold body bonded to one or more preformed internal stiffening ribs. The reinforcing r ribs are partially encapsulated by o the overmold body in an orientation selected to carry load a forces thereon. The resin mixture used to form the overmold body comprises 10% to 40% by weight short glass having a length less about 15 cm, and 60% to 90% by weight thermoplastic resin. To facilitate recycling the reinforcing ribs comprise 30 to 60% by weight long glass fibers and 40% to 70% of thermoplastic bonding resin.
US09676329B2	Camera system and method for operating a camera system for a motor vehicle A camera system for a motor vehicle includes an image sensor for outputting image signals and multiple optical elements. The optical elements include a switchable optical element which is part of a first camera optical system in the first switching state and part of a second camera optical system in a second switching state. Optical elements form the first camera optical system for detecting a first surrounding and for imaging the first surrounding on the image sensor with the aid of a first object distance, and optical elements form the second camera optical system for detecting a second surrounding and for imaging the second surrounding on the image sensor with the aid of a second object distance which differs from the first object distance.
US09676325B1	Method, device and system for detecting the presence of an unattended child left in a vehicle A method for detecting the presence of an unattended child left in a vehicle includes receiving acoustic data obtained from inside a vehicle, determining if the vehicle is running or not in response to the acoustic data, determining if all windows in the vehicle are closed when the vehicle is not running, determining if sound volume inside the vehicle exceeds a predetermined threshold when all of the windows are closed, determining if a predetermined high-frequency word is spoken inside the vehicle when all of the windows are closed, and outputting an alert indicating that an unattended child is left in the vehicle when the sound volume inside the vehicle exceeds the predetermined threshold and when the predetermined high-frequency word is spoken inside the vehicle.
US09676324B2	Driving assistance method and device A device for assisting with driving an automotive vehicle, the vehicle being equipped with at least one illuminating device able to emit a beam for illuminating a road scene (SR) in front of the vehicle, the assisting device comprising a variable transmission screen that is intended to be placed between the road scene (SR) and a driver of the vehicle, the assisting device being configured to, when active, synchronously control a light emission of at least one light source of the illuminating device and a transmission coefficient of the variable transmission screen with a pulsed signal. The assisting device is configured so as to prevent antiphase and/or phase effects while and if a vehicle equipped with a device of the same type is approaching.
US09676323B2	System for mounting a lamp with respect to a surface of a vehicle A system is provided for mounting a lamp having a plurality of different types of mounting members. One of the mounting members is a rigid tray mountable by fasteners flush upon a surface of a vehicle to enable an on-surface mounting mode, and other of said mounting members, such as a grommet or bracket, are mountable at least partially in an opening or hole when present along such surface of a vehicle to enable an inset mounting mode. The different mounting members each engage a common shape housing of the lamp, such as round or oval, so that by selection of one of the mounting members, on-surface or inset mounting of the lamp can readily be achieved. One or more common engagement features are provided along the housing to facilitate engagement of the housing of the lamp by mounting members in on-surface and inset mounting modes.
US09676320B2	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp is provided with a housing for mounting to a vehicle and defining a outward opening. A lens is attached to the outward opening of the housing to define a lamp chamber therebetween. The lens has an appearance portion and a concealed portion. A condensation trap feature is formed along an inner surface of the concealed portion of the lens.
US09676315B1	Loading ramps and ramp support system A support system for loading ramps useful in loading and unloading vehicles and other machinery in truck beds and similar storage and transport structures. The support system includes a horizontal support which couples with a hitch receiver, a vertical support having a central aperture at its top to receive a support bar of a loading ramp system, and an angle brace designed and configured to be removably affixed to the horizontal and vertical supports. The angle brace may extend at an angle of between 20 and 40 degrees or between 50 and 70 degrees from horizontal. In some embodiments the support system is provided with a ramp system including a pair of ladder ramps, each ladder ramp having two ladder ramp segments hingedly connected. In these and other embodiments the support system may be provided with a ramp system including an arced segment near the top portion thereof.
US09676298B2	Longitudinal adjustment device for a motor vehicle seat, comprising two pairs of rails A longitudinal adjustment device for a motor vehicle seat has two pairs of rails. It includes a locking device for each pair of rails. It has a common actuating unit for the two locking devices, the unit interacting with both locking devices and includes a handle. The actuating unit has an electric drive motor, a gearbox which is connected to the electric drive motor, an actuator and preferably a setting unit.
US09676293B2	Driving force controller for electric vehicle An electric vehicle driving force control device capable of decreasing discrepancy generated between a driver's acceleration pedal operation and output torque actually generated by a drive motor is provided. The electric vehicle driving force control device includes target torque setting unit 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10 for setting target torque by limiting an upper limit of a target torque basic value from the target torque basic value and the maximum discharge power equivalent motor torque. The target torque setting unit corrects the target torque basic value such that, on a graph indicating a relationship between an acceleration opening and the target torque, an acceleration opening generating a limited target torque shifts to an acceleration opening side greater than the acceleration opening, and target torque smaller than the target torque basic value is generated in an accelerator opening region which is smaller than the limited accelerator opening.
US09676285B2	Vehicle charging pad having reduced thickness This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for charging pads for use with wireless power systems. In one aspect a vehicle charging pad having a reduced thickness is provided. A charging pad may include multiple wire coils and a ferrite block backing. By forming a longitudinally extending slot in the ferrite block, a portion of the wires extending from the coils can be routed through the slot in the ferrite block to decrease the overall thickness of the charging pad.
US09676282B2	Range-extending, charging, and driving apparatus for an electric vehicle Nowadays people attempt to replace petrochemical engine vehicles by electric vehicles. However, up to now this attempt has not been successful yet for the insufficiency of safety, cruising range and convenience. When the electricity of battery is used up, the electric vehicle has to stop running and wait for charging and looking for charging stations, always make consumers give up the idea of buying electric vehicles. We have creatively design a range-extending, charging, and driving apparatus for an electric vehicle. It makes use of the clever configuration of wheel motor and planetary gear assembly, which can increase the cruising range, torque and speed of electric vehicle, and conduct charging while driving, and provides the auxiliary power fuel cell with the fuel of oxygen. Here electric vehicles cover all kinds of electric vehicles.
US09676279B2	Parallel regeneration brake torque modulation system and method A parallel regeneration brake torque modulation system for an electrified vehicle includes a brake pedal travel sensor adapted to transmit a brake pedal travel sensor signal upon travel of a vehicle brake pedal through at least a portion of a range of motion; and a regenerative braking system adapted to apply regeneration braking torque to a vehicle using the brake pedal travel sensor signal from the brake pedal travel sensor.
US09676278B2	Vehicle electrical network having at least two energy storage devices, method for operating a vehicle electrical network, and means for the implementation thereof A vehicle electrical network has: an electric machine configured to operate at least in generator mode; a first energy storage device; a second energy storage device; and a switching arrangement by which the switching states a) through c) described below can be set alternatively to one another: a) either only the first energy storage device or only the second energy storage device is connected to the electric machine; b) the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device are connected in parallel to the electric machine; and c) the first energy storage device and the second energy storage device are connected in series to the electric machine.
US09676276B2	Mobile power supply device An electric vehicle that is serving as a mobile power supply device is provided with: a power-supplying coil that is covered by a weatherproof cover and that, together with an external power-receiving coil, forms an electromagnetic coupling circuit; and a power supplying circuit that supplies power stored in a storage cell wirelessly to the outside via the electromagnetic coupling circuit that is formed by the power-supplying coil and the external power-receiving coil.
US09676265B2	Hybrid power train A hybrid power train may include a first friction element installed between an engine and a motor, a second friction element installed between the motor and the output shaft, and a planetary gear set including a plurality of rotating elements, in which the second friction element comprises a brake connected to any one rotating element of the planetary gear set.
US09676258B2	System for controlling the doors of a powered split tailgate A power, split door system for a vehicle includes a first vehicle door and a second vehicle door arranged to be articulated between closed and open positions. A controller controls movement of the first and second doors between the open and closed positions. A collision zone is defined as a region of the door system in which the first vehicle door and the second vehicle door could potentially come into contact with one another. If both of the doors are within the collision zone during powered articulation of the doors, both are stopped within the collision zone and articulated in a reverse direction to the direction they were being articulated in and into either their fully open or fully closed positions in an appropriate manner that avoids collision of the doors or the doors may remain stopped.
US09676253B2	Dual temperature HVAC system A heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system for a vehicle includes an evaporator and a diffuser. The evaporator is configured to cool air passing through the evaporator. The diffuser is configured to direct a first portion of the air entering the diffuser through a first section of the evaporator, and direct a second portion of the air entering the diffuser through a second section of the evaporator. The evaporator and the diffuser are configured to cooperate such that air exits the first section at a first temperature and air exits the second section at a second temperature less than the first temperature.
US09676247B2	Motor-driven compressor A motor-driven compressor comprises a mounting portion for mounting a housing including a fluid compression mechanism to an attachment section of a vehicle. The mounting portion includes a tubular body, a damping member provided integrally with the tubular body and formed from a resin, a fixing member provided integrally with the damping member and mounting the integrated tubular body and damping member to the housing, and a fastening member mounting the tubular body to the attachment section. The damping member is provided to be interposed between the tubular body and the fixing member, and the fixing member is provided to be interposed between the housing and the damping member.
US09676244B2	Integrated active suspension smart valve Various embodiments related to hydraulic actuators and active suspension systems as well as their methods of use are described.
US09676243B2	Industrial vehicle An industrial vehicle includes a frame, a counterweight that is connected to a rear part of the frame and a drive device that drives rear wheels. The drive device includes a drive device body and a pair of damping members that is mounted to the counterweight on right and left sides of the drive device body and allows relative motion between the counterweight and the rear wheels. The counterweight has a left mounting portion and a right mounting portion that are formed by machining. The left mounting portion and the right mounting portion have a first mounting hole and a second mounting hole, respectively, through which the respective damping members are mounted to the left mounting portion and the right mounting portion. The first mounting hole and the second mounting hole are formed coaxially with each other.
US09676236B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire according to the invention includes: a pair of left and right beads 3 each including a bead cores 3a and bead fillers 3b; a carcass ply 5 extended around the bead cores 3a; and an inner liner 4 arranged on an inner peripheral side of the carcass ply 5, and is characterized in that the carcass ply 5 is wound up around the bead cores 3a from the outside in the direction of width of tire to the inside in the direction of width of tire, and a distortion restraining layer 7 configured to restrain distortion of the winding ends 5a of the carcass ply 5 is provided between the bead fillers 3b and the carcass ply 5 so as to overlap with a wind-up ends 5a of the carcass ply 5.
US09676229B2	Wheel structure for an automobile A wheel structure for an automobile having a wheel rim, a central part, and spoke elements connected to the wheel rim and individually connected to the central part. Spoke elements have through-holes for wheel screws or bolts and the central part has holes for screwing in or pushing through same wheel screws or bolts. The through-holes of the spoke elements form a first hole circle and the holes in the central part form a second hole circle. The diameter of the first hole circle is smaller than the diameter of the second hole circle if the spoke elements are not connected to the central part, and the diameter of the first hole circle corresponds to the diameter of the second hole circle if the spoke elements are also connected to the central part.
US09676228B2	Decorative element comprising a number of stones which are assembled within a closed frame, comprising two decorative faces A decorative element including a number of stones (4) assembled in a closed frame (2) to form two decorative faces. The stones include two opposite external faces (10, 12) which are decorative, and internal faces serving as joints (20, 22) between these stones, and as edging (24, 26) with the interior contour of the frame (32). Some of these internal faces (22, 24) have grooves (28) arranged inside the volume of the frame (2) and accepting strips (34) the ends of which cross the contour of this frame at two opposing points in order to be secured. The decorative element is characterized in that the interior contour (32) of the frame (2) has a protruding cross section which fits into corresponding channels made in the internal edging faces (24, 26) of the stones (4). Applicable for example to the creation of jewelry.
US09676215B2	Inkjet recording apparatus that conveys recording medium while applying negative pressure An inkjet recording apparatus includes a recording head, a conveyance section, a plate member, and a negative pressure applying section. The recording head ejects ink onto a recording medium. The conveyance section conveys the recording medium to a position of image forming by the recording head and has a conveying surface on which the recording medium is to be placed. The plate member is located upstream of the recording head in a conveyance direction of the recording medium to form a narrow gap with the conveying surface of the conveyance section. The negative pressure applying section applies negative pressure to the narrow gap. A distance across the narrow gap in a direction perpendicular to the conveying surface is set so as to allow air flowing into the narrow gap from surrounding space to have a higher flow velocity in the narrow gap than before flowing into the narrow gap.
US09676213B2	Printing apparatus and control method therefor A printing apparatus comprises a conveyance control unit which controls conveyance of printing sheets so that a trailing edge of a preceding sheet as a printing sheet precedingly fed from the stacking unit and a leading edge of a succeeding sheet as a printing sheet succeedingly fed from the stacking unit overlap each other; and a skew correction unit which performs skew correction of the succeeding sheet while the succeeding sheet overlaps the preceding sheet by the conveyance control unit. The skew correction unit makes the leading edge of the succeeding sheet abut against the conveyance roller during a time from an end of a last line feed operation by the conveyance roller for printing on the preceding sheet by the printing unit to start of a next conveyance operation.
US09676212B2	Printed material, method of producing printed material, and printer A printed material has a transparent base member, a first image layer formed on the base member, an intermediate layer formed on the first image layer, and a second image layer formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer has a lower white background layer positioned above the first image layer, a light blocking layer positioned above the lower white background layer, and an upper white background layer positioned above the light blocking layer. In the printed material, a thickness of the light blocking layer is uneven in conformity with undulation of the first image layer, and therefore a surface of the intermediate layer which is in contact with the second image layer is flat. With this structure, it is possible to prevent or suppress the undulation of the first image layer from appearing in the second image layer.
US09676208B2	Knit article of apparel and apparel printing system and method An article of apparel including a tubular knit textile region is provided, as well as an apparel printing system for printing on regions of the tubular knit textile region and related methods. The article of apparel can include a tubular knit textile region having an internal side and an opposite external side configured to be exposed during use, a plurality of yarns in an arrangement of interlocked loops forming parallel rows and channels therebetween, and a printed ink design on its external side. The printed ink design can be formed from ink applied to the parallel rows of loops and to the channels. An apparel printing system for printing on the article of apparel can include a textile printer having a print head and a tubular platen that includes features on the platen surface to retain and register the tubular knit textile on the platen surface during printing.
US09676205B2	Thermal head and thermal printer A thermal head includes: a substrate; a thermal storage layer disposed on the substrate and having a ridge portion; heat generating portions disposed on the ridge portion; and electrodes which are disposed on the substrate. At least one of the electrodes has a first corner portion at which a side surface and an upper surface intersect, more upstream in the conveyance direction of the recording medium than the top portion of the ridge portion. In a cross section of the thermal head, an inclination angle of an imaginary line which connects an intersection point of an imaginary line which hangs downward from the top portion (13b1) of the ridge portion and the substrate, with the first corner portion, is 75° or less from the substrate. Thus, printing residue is less likely to adhere to the thermal head.
US09676200B2	Liquid cartridge A liquid cartridge includes a liquid chamber with a liquid outlet configured to supply the liquid from an interior of the chamber to an exterior of the chamber. An actuator is movable between a first position in which the liquid outlet is closed, and a second position in which the liquid outlet is open. A detector is positioned in the chamber, and is movable from a restricted position to a released position in response to movement of the actuator from the first to the second position. The detector is movable from the released position to the restricted position in response to movement of the actuator from the second to the first position.
US09676199B2	Tank system There is provided a tank system including a tank and a liquid injection container. The tank has a liquid storage chamber; and a cylindrical wall extending from an outer wall in a first direction. The tank is formed with inlet and outlet ports each communicating the liquid storage chamber with the outside of the tank. The liquid injection container includes: a liquid storing portion; a liquid discharging portion; an arm; and a craw. The cylindrical wall has: a first portion, a second portion located between the first portion and the outer wall and having outer diameter smaller than that of the first portion, and a connecting surface connecting the outer circumferential surface of the first portion to that of the second portion. The craw contacts the connecting surface of the cylindrical wall toward the first direction in a state that the liquid discharging portion is inserted into the inlet port.
US09676194B2	Inkjet printing method and inkjet printing apparatus A controller controls printing heads to print a page information mark with black ink to perform line flushing. The printing heads each have a plurality of inkjet nozzles for discharging ink being disposed in parallel in a width direction of web paper. Upon printing the mark, when an overlap region is present in which a mark printable region overlaps a line flushing region with ink other than the black ink, the controller performs control to decrease an ink discharge amount per unit area in the overlap region in the mark printable region to be smaller than that in the mark printable region except for the overlap region and the line flushing region. This causes a decreased total ink discharge amount in the overlap region.
US09676193B2	Substrate processing method and method of manufacturing substrate for liquid discharge head including forming hole in substrate by dry etching A substrate processing method includes forming a first hole in a first surface of a silicon substrate to have a depth that it does not extend through the substrate and forming a second hole in a second surface to make the second hole to communicate with the first hole, so that a through hole formed of the first and second holes is formed in the substrate. The process of forming the second hole includes forming a communication portion wider than an opening of the first hole between the first and second holes after the second hole has been made to communicate with the first hole by dry etching.
US09676190B2	Print head die with thermal control A print head die may include a substrate, an electrical connector and at least three liquid feed slots. The electrical connector is on a first side of the substrate and extends along the major dimension of the substrate. The electrical connector is connectable directly to an electrical interconnect to connect the print head die to a controller. The at least three liquid feed slots are formed in the substrate and extend along the major dimension of the substrate. Wherein at least one and less than all of the at least three liquid feed slots has an associated temperature sensor connected to the electrical connector.
US09676186B2	Fluid ejection device with mixing beads In an embodiment, a fluid ejection device includes a die substrate with a chiclet adhered by its front side to the die substrate. The fluid ejection device also includes an ink delivery slot formed through the chiclet from its back side to its front side. The fluid ejection device further includes a mixing bead at the back side of the chiclet, adjacent the ink delivery slot.
US09676174B2	Device and method for joining rubber members When overlapping and joining together end portions of a rubber member, it becomes possible to join them at a joining area smaller than a conventional one by increasing the joining area. There is provided a joining device for overlapping end portions, of a rubber member (tire constituent member) with one upper end portion placing on the other lower end portion and joining the end portions of the rubber member, in which a pressing roll (disk-shaped roll) rotating about an inclined shaft is rolled while being pressed against the overlapped upper end portion of the rubber member, and the upper end portion is extended by a shearing force generated at this time to increase a joining area between the both end portions.
US09676167B2	Laser processing of sapphire substrate and related applications A method of laser processing a material to form a separated part. The method includes focusing a pulsed laser beam into a laser beam focal line, viewed along the beam propagation direction, directed into the material, the laser beam focal line generating an induced absorption within the material, the induced absorption producing a hole or fault line along the laser beam focal line within the material, and directing a defocused carbon dioxide (CO2) laser from a distal edge of the material over the plurality of holes to a proximal edge of the material.
US09676159B2	Method for forming three-dimensional structures with different material portions A system and method for forming 3D printed structures includes printing an outer shell portion and filling an interior of the outer shell portion to form an inner portion. The outer shell portion and inner portion may have differing material properties. The outer shell portion may be anchored to the base component.
US09676157B2	Manufacturing method for mold die, mold and eyeglass lens A manufacturing method for a mold die comprising: making design data for a molding surface based on predetermined prescription information; creating the molding surface in accordance with the design data; specifying error amounts at first and second corresponding points defined on the created molding surface respectively corresponding first and second reference points; defining a first correction surface based on an error amount specified at the first corresponding point; of defining a second correction surface based on the first correction surface and an error amount specified at the second corresponding point, wherein the second correction surface has no power at the first corresponding point; combining a design surface by the design data, the first correction surface and the second correction surface, and corrects the design data based on combined data after the combining; and creating the molding surface in accordance with the corrected design data.
US09676156B2	Multi-layer body The invention relates to a multi-layer body (10) and a process for the production thereof. The multi-layer body has a first layer (23) with a first surface (231) and a second surface (232) opposite the first surface (231). The first surface (231) of the first layer (23) is defined by a base plane spanned by coordinate axes x and y, wherein a large number of facet faces (50) are molded into the second surface (232) of the first layer (23) in a first area (31). Each of the facet faces (50) is determined by one or more of the parameters F, S, H, P, Ax, Ay and Az, wherein the parameters of the facet faces (50) arranged in the first area (31) are varied pseudorandomly in the first area (31) within a variation range predefined in each case for the first area of surface and wherein a reflective second layer (24) is applied to each of the facet faces.
US09676154B2	Apparatus for making an optical waveguide There is provided a method of making an optical polymer waveguide having an arbitrary refractive index profile, the method including: a) providing a first input optical beam having a first beam intensity profile and a second input optical beam having a second beam intensity profile; b) combining the first and second input optical beams to form an output optical beam having an output beam intensity profile; and c) forming the optical waveguide on a substrate by: exposing the optical materials of the waveguide to the output optical beam; and curing the optical materials using said output optical beam.
US09676153B2	Vinyl alcohol ophthalmic lens molds, ophthalmic lenses molded therein, and related methods Ophthalmic lens molds made from at least one vinyl alcohol copolymers with high amorphous content, ophthalmic lenses including silicone hydrogel contact lenses formed using these molds, packaged ophthalmic lenses present in a solution comprising the at least one vinyl alcohol copolymer with high amorphous content, and related methods are described. The methods of manufacturing ophthalmic lenses can use wet demolding, delensing or demolding and delensing processes involving dissolving the molds in water or an aqueous solution.
US09676151B2	Bonded rework template system A method and apparatus for processing an inconsistency. A shape of the inconsistency is identified in a location having layers of composite materials. A model of the location is created with a portion of a number of layers in the layers of composite materials removed to form a section based on the shape of the inconsistency and a policy for rework.
US09676150B2	Capsule formation A method of forming a capsule, comprising: encapsulating a body of solid core material with a coating material and converting the core material from a solid to a liquid to form a capsule having a liquid core encapsulated by a solid coating. An apparatus configured to perform the method is also described.
US09676143B2	Self-hardening material and process for layerwise formation of models The invention relates to a self-hardening material for layerwise construction of three-dimensional components, whereby the material comprises at least one particulate material and a separately applied bonding agent for bonding the particulate material, and has a setting time which is at least several times as long as the application time of a particulate layer.
US09676141B2	Apparatus and method for manufacturing reinforced containers Various embodiments of the apparatus and methods are configured to make containers such as disposable reinforced cups using reinforcing members configured to be respectively attached to cups. The apparatus and method of various embodiments of the present disclosure sequentially heat different or selective portions of the heat activated adhesive on the reinforcing member at multiple sequential stages, steps or times to attach the reinforcing member to the container.
US09676140B2	Method for manufacturing containers, including an anticipated boxing operation Method of manufacturing a container from a blank of plastic material, within a mold provided with a wall defining a cavity with the impression of the container, and a mold bottom that is movable with respect to the wall between a retracted position and a deployed position in which it extends protruding into the interior of the cavity in order to form a hollow recess in the container. The method includes inserting the blank into the mold; a pre-blowing operation including injecting a fluid under pressure into the blank, at a pre-blowing pressure; a blowing operation including injecting a fluid under pressure into the blank at a blowing pressure that is greater than the pre-blowing pressure; and a boxing operation, initiated prior to the blowing operation, and including moving the movable mold bottom from its retracted position to its deployed position.
US09676124B2	Method and system for forming composite articles A method of forming a composite article (22) comprises the steps of providing a tool (26) having a mold surface (24), providing a preform (62), and disposing the preform (62) on the mold surface (24). The method further comprises the steps of heating the mold surface (24) within a first period of time (Tt1), applying pressure to the preform (62) within a first period of time, and maintaining temperature of the mold surface (24) for a second period of time (Tt2). The method further comprises the steps of maintaining pressure for a second period of time, reducing pressure on the composite article (22), cooling the mold surface (24) within a third period of time (Tt3), and removing the composite article (22) from the mold surface (24). The total of Tt1+Tt2+Tt3 is generally no greater than about 30 minutes. A thermal system (20) comprising a heater-subsystem, and optionally, a chiller-subsystem, can be used to heat and cool the mold surface (24).
US09676120B2	Mixing device for bone cement and method for mixing bone cement A mixing device for bone cement is provided. The mixing device includes a mixing handle, an housing, and a mixing paddle. The mixing handle having a rod, where at least portions of the rod are in tubular form with monomer inside of the rod. The housing has a mixing chamber in which the monomer and a powder are miscible. The mixing paddle is arranged in the mixing chamber and is movable via the rod.
US09676117B2	Method and device for producing a ply involved in the construction of a multi-ply panel There is a method for producing a ply involved in the construction of a multi-ply panel for constructing or adding to a wall, floor or ceiling, or a sloping part for a building. The ply includes a juxtaposition of strips, either structural strips or filling strips, positioned between the structural strips and made of a different material from that of the structural strips. The materials are selected for the thermal or acoustic insulation thereof, the thermal inertia thereof or the fire résistance thereof. Each lateral movement of a ply being produced with respect to the assembly plane is carried out by the synchronized movement of a table with which the lower face of the ply is in contact and a driver with which the upper face of the ply is in contact. There is an installation for implementing the method according to the invention.
US09676114B2	Wafer edge trim blade with slots A wafer edge trim blade includes a round blade body and at least one slot formed inward from an outside edge of the round blade body. The at least one slot is configured to remove debris generated during wafer edge trimming using the wafer edge trim blade.
US09676104B2	Variable spring constant torque coupler A torque coupler includes a first torque plate having a first slot extending in a radial direction, and a second torque plate having a second slot extending in the radial direction. The second slot has a side formed of a flexible beam. A cam plate is pivotable about an axis, and has a cam slot having a first portion at a first radial distance from the axis and a second portion at a second radial distance, where the second distance is greater than the first distance. A torque transfer member is slidably received within the first slot, the second slot, and the cam slot. The transfer member transferring torque between the first and second torque plates. A drive device rotates the cam plate about the axis, which causes the first cam slot to radially slide the transfer member along the flexible beam.
US09676098B2	Data collection from living subjects and controlling an autonomous robot using the data Using various embodiments, methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for capturing the behavior of living subjects, where the data can be processed by a machine-learning algorithm to control an autonomous robot. In one embodiment, using the data captured by a user performing everyday operations, the autonomous robot can behave in a substantially similar manner as the living subject did in the environment where the behavior capture sessions of the living subject were carried out. Further, once the autonomous robot is provided with the processed data, the actions of the robot can iteratively be stored and processed by the machine learning algorithm to further refine the robot's movements performing the everyday operations. In another embodiment, behavior recorded from the living subject can be processed such that the autonomous robot is able to speak and understand spoken speech similar to that which occurred most frequently in the behavior capture sessions.
US09676087B2	Pair of circlip pliers A pair of circlip pliers includes two handles, two jaws and two switching boards. The handles are symmetrical to a longitudinal axis and are arranged at a horizontal interval. The jaws are symmetrical in shape, are mounted between the handles, abut each other, and are pivotally connected with the handles. The switching boards are respectively and pivotally connected with the handles. The pair of circlip pliers can be applied as an expanding type circlip plier or a squeezing type circlip plier to allow a user to change the state of the pair of circlip pliers for different purposes.
US09676077B2	Bonded abrasive article and method of forming An abrasive article includes a body having abrasive grains contained within a bond material comprising a metal or metal alloy, wherein the body comprises a ratio of VAG/VBM of at least about 1.3, wherein VAG is the volume percent of abrasive grains within the total volume of the body and VBM is the volume percent of bond material within the total volume of the body.
US09676070B2	Method and apparatus for installing a hanger clip A method and apparatus are disclosed for installing a hanger clip. The apparatus may include a tool head that may be placed on the end of a pole. The tool head may include a channel for receiving the hanger and a passage that intersect with the channel and allows a wire to be threaded through the tool head and hanger. The method may involve positioning the hanger in the tool head such that the hanger is releasably engaged by a catch on the head. The wire is then threaded through the tool head and hanger so that opposing portions of the wire extend from the tool head. The hanger is then mounted to a support and released from the catch. Thereafter, the wire twisted about itself by rotating the tool head while moving the tool head downward to draw out the ends of the wire from the tool head.
US09676055B2	Rotating tool for friction stir welding and friction stir welding method using same Providing a rotary tool for friction stir spot-welding, which makes it possible to join together two aluminum members superposed on each other, with a high degree of joint strength. The rotary tool has a probe which is provided in a central part of a distal end portion of a cylindrical tool body so as to extend coaxially with the tool body and which has a stepped structure consisting of an intermediate probe and a central probe which extend coaxially with each other. Distal end faces of the tool body and the intermediate probe respectively give a first shoulder surface and a second shoulder surface which are gradually recessed in a radially inward direction and connected to proximal portions of the respective intermediate and central probes.
US09676040B2	Hydraulic chuck For enabling accurate and efficient cutting work on a narrow area, in a hydraulic chuck configured such that a pressurization fluid pressurized by a push member (8b) is fed through a pressurization passage (8) to a pressurization chamber (6) to reduce a diameter of an elastic deformable part (2b), the hydraulic chuck includes a body (1) having a flange accommodating part (5a) opening at a small-diameter portion at a tip end of the body and a sleeve accommodating part (5b) opening in a bottom face of the flange accommodating part (5a), and a sleeve (2) having a hole (2a) in which a gripped object is inserted, the sleeve being engageable and insertable with/to the sleeve accommodating part (5b) from a leading end side of the flange accommodating part (5a), the sleeve (2) forming the pressurization chamber (6) reserving therein an amount of the pressurization fluid between this sleeve (2) and the sleeve accommodating part (5b), the sleeve (2) having a flange (7) engageable with the flange accommodating part (5a).
US09676039B2	Tool holder Provided is a holder device that uses a pressure medium suitable for gripping a long and thin grasped object, the device eliminating need for a small-diameter machining for a device body and allowing use of a material suitable for sleeve deformation at a portion where a pressure chamber is formed. A holder device capable of deforming in a radial direction for fastening a grasped object 7 through a function of a pressure medium, includes a device body 2, a sleeve 3 disposed at a leading end of the device body 2 for gripping the grasped object 7, a pressure chamber 8 formed circumferentially in the sleeve 3, and a support portion 9 provided continuously from the device body 2 for forming the pressure chamber 8 together with the sleeve 3.
US09676036B2	Polygon machining device and polygon machining method A polygon machining method whereby first polygon machining using a polygon cutter is carried out on a workpiece, followed by machining using tools other than the polygon cutter, then second polygon machining using the polygon cutter again. The polygon machining method comprises: a first polygon machining step in which a main axis and a tool main axis are synchronously rotated such that the rotation speed of the main axis and the tool main axis are at a ratio required for the first polygon machining, and polygon machining is carried out; a machining step in which the ratio is changed to a second synchronization ratio such that the main axis rotates at a rotation speed required for machining after the first polygon machining, the main axis and the tool main axis are synchronously rotated, and machining is carried out on the workpiece that has received the first polygon machining; and a second polygon machining step in which the main axis and the tool main axis are synchronously rotated such that the rotation speed of the main axis and the tool main axis are at a ratio required for the second polygon machining, and polygon machining is carried out.
US09676035B2	Peeling device The invention relates to a device (10) for the at least partial removal of the outside circumferential surface of a pipe consisting of plastic, comprising a hollow cylindrical housing (12), with a wall that surrounds a cylindrical interior space that accommodates the body in an axially moveable manner, at least one opening in the wall as well as a cutting element (74) that is associated with the opening (62) and with its cutting section projects into the interior space. To be able to remove the outside circumferential surface of the pipe in an unproblematic manner and to the desired degree, it is suggested that the cutting element (74) in a front view exhibit a disc or ring geometry and be connected to the housing (12) by a fastening element that extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cutting element, whereby the cutting element can be connected to the housing in the desired position by rotating it about its longitudinal axis.
US09676034B2	Method of manufacturing powder having high surface area A method of manufacturing a powder having a high surface area is provided. According to the method of manufacturing a powder having a high surface area, a metal electrolyte in which metal ions of different kinds of first metals are dissociated is prepared. Subsequently, a metal alloy powder formed of the first metals is formed by soaking a second metal having a higher reducing power than the first metals in the metal electrolyte to induce a first spontaneous substitution reaction. Therefore, it is possible to form a powder having an improved specific surface area.
US09676028B2	Method for processing castings A method of processing a casting is described. The method comprises removing a mold from a cast metal part without cold working surfaces of the cast metal part and thermally treating the cast metal part. The method can further comprise finishing the surfaces of the cast metal part after thermally treating such that any cold working of the surfaces of the cast metal part occurs after thermally treating such that no recast layer is formed in the cast metal part.
US09676027B2	Undercut die casting and injection molding systems and methods Method and system for producing a part using die casting or injection molding with a top die and undercut dies that are independently moveable from the top die. In one particular form, the method and system can include a top die and one or more undercut dies that can have a protrusion. The undercut dies can be lowered into a base of the system and moved away from each other, and the top die can be lowered into a receiving portion between the undercut dies. A molten liquid can be introduced into a space between the undercut dies and additional aspects of the system, and after cooling to form a part, the top die can be moved vertically to allow space for the undercut dies to be moved toward each other. The undercut dies can be moved vertically and the part can be removed.
US09676026B2	Implant made of a magnesium alloy and method for the production thereof A method for manufacturing a bioresorbable implant, wherein a magnesium alloy is formed into an implant. A melt is pressed into a die and gases in the die induce turbulence in the inflowing melt, thereby enclosing gas, so that the porous implant is formed with a porosity, which increases from outside inwardly. The surface of the implant is substantially free from open pores.
US09676025B2	Low-pressure casting apparatus and low-pressure casting method using the same Provided is a low-pressure casting apparatus for stable casting without using feedback control even if a furnace body has a crack, and a low-pressure casting method using the same. A low-pressure casting apparatus fills a cavity with molten metal M through a guiding unit by introducing gas into a holding furnace for heating the molten metal M to apply pressure to a surface of the molten metal M. The holding furnace includes a casing, a furnace body accommodated in the casing, and a refractory layer disposed between the casing and the furnace body, the refractory layer having a pore structure. The low-pressure casting apparatus further includes a first gas supply unit for supplying to the furnace body the gas to apply pressure to the molten metal M and a second gas supply unit for supplying gas to the refractory layer.
US09675999B1	Facile chemically-resistant coatings The present invention provides methods for preparing or repairing a chemically-resistant coating such as a porcelain enamel on a metal substrate. One such method involves forming a ground coat on the substrate, cooling the substrate to substantially near ambient temperature, optionally by applying a heat source to cool the substrate slowly, followed by flame-spray depositing a coating material onto the softened ground coat. Then, the substrate is allowed to cool slowly so the chemically-resistant coating can form with less stress. Optionally, an induction coil is used to heat the substrate, both to form the ground coat and to slow the cooling of the substrate. Such methods allow for easier and faster repairs, and even in situ repairs of articles such as chemical reactor vessels, covers, baffles, thermowells, agitators, agitator shafts, pipes, heat exchangers, and storage tanks, as well as white goods such as ovens, stoves, washing machines, driers, in addition to bathtubs, sinks, and shower stalls, in addition to steel girders and steel reinforcing bars. Articles having a chemically-resistant coating also form a part of the invention.
US09675995B1	Method of creating decorative artwork A method of creating decorative artwork including providing a wall-mountable substrate having a paint-receiving upper surface and a wall-mounting surface opposite the paint-receiving upper surface, applying a first coat of resin to the paint-receiving upper surface, applying a metallic substance to the paint-receiving upper surface, and applying a sealer including a quantity of volatile organic compounds to the paint-receiving upper surface at a velocity sufficient to disperse at least one of the first coat of resin and the metallic substance in a plurality of directions with respect to the paint-receiving upper surface to create at least one decorative marking.
US09675993B2	Coating applicator and coating application system A coating applicator that applies a coating or liquid to a variety of different substrates having different contoured surfaces is disclosed. A coating applicator of the present disclosure is able to reach, contact, and cover the entirety of a contoured substrate. In this manner, the coating applicator is able to transfer a coating to the entirety of the contoured substrate.
US09675990B2	Method for on-line control of a manufacturing process for a multicomponent sheet material A method of controlling a process for the manufacture of a multicomponent sheet material having a desired pre-determined parameter comprising applying an acoustic or an electromagnetic signal to interact with the sheet material whereby the interaction modifies the applied signal, detecting the modified signal, comparing the modified signal or data derived from it with data relating to the pre-determined parameter and modifying at least one step of the process whereby the data relating to the modified signal is modified towards the data relating to the pre-determined parameter.
US09675984B1	Rapid cleaner and disinfecting system The rapid cleaner and disinfecting system is a wheeled cart that houses two containers having a first and a second cleaning fluid that can be sprayed through one of multiple self-coiling hoses with cleaning wands attached to each hose. The distal ends of the cleaning wands are coupleable to one cleaning tool of a set of cleaning tools that are usable with one of the cleaning fluids at a time pressure sprayed through the cleaning tools. The user grips the pistol grip handle of one of the cleaning wands having a cleaning tool attached and scoures the appurtenance with the tool while being assisted with the pressure spray.
US09675983B2	Fluid through needle for applying multiple component material Embodiments of a spray gun incorporating a needle for applying multiple component materials are provided. In accordance with certain embodiments, the spray gun includes a fluid delivery tip assembly comprising an inner passage, a hollow needle disposed within the inner passage of the fluid delivery tip assembly, wherein the hollow needle comprises at least two indentions along an outer circumferential surface of the hollow needle near an end of the hollow needle, a first passage configured to deliver a first spray fluid to a fluid tip exit of the fluid delivery tip assembly, wherein the first passage is defined by a volume between the fluid delivery tip assembly and the hollow needle, and a second passage through the hollow needle, wherein the second passage is configured to deliver a second spray fluid to the fluid tip exit of the fluid delivery tip assembly.
US09675977B2	Compressive grinder for a bed of materials A compressive grinder for a bed of materials, includes: a cylinder having a horizontal axis, and an inner wall having a raceway for a grinding roller arranged inside the cylinder; elements for rotating the cylinder about the axis; the grinding roller having an axis parallel to that of the cylinder; elements for urging the grinding roller against the raceway; an input for supplying material to be ground at one end of the cylinder and an outlet for ground material at the other end. The grinder includes: a smoothing roller upstream of the grinding roller in the cylinder's direction of rotation; elements for keeping the smoothing roller adjacent to and separated from the raceway, such that, upon each cylinder turn, the material consecutively passes under the smoothing roller and then under the grinding roller, the smoothing roller exerting, on the bed of materials, a pressure that smoothes the surface thereof.
US09675975B2	Gas-based microfluidic devices and operating methods thereof Gas-based microfluidic devices and operating methods of gas-based microfluidic devices are provided. The gas-based microfluidic devices comprise a drive module and a microfluidic platform, in which the microfluidic platform further comprises a microfluidic element having an injection chamber, a process chamber, an air chamber, an overflow channel, a barrier, and at least one detection chamber. Gases in the air chamber enable solutions to move toward the direction opposite to the centrifugal force applied by the drive module. Accordingly, the operating methods utilize the gases compressed in the air chamber to move solutions to difference components in the microfluidic element.
US09675972B2	Method of concentrating beads in a droplet Methods of concentrating beads in a droplet and/or loading beads on a fluidic device are provided, including among other things, a method of concentrating beads in a droplet, the method comprising: (a) providing a droplet actuator comprising: (i) an interior droplet operations volume; and (ii) a reservoir exterior to the interior volume; (iii) a droplet established in a liquid path extending from the reservoir into the interior volume; (b) providing magnetically responsive beads in the portion of the droplet which is in the reservoir; (c) magnetically attracting the magnetically responsive beads through the liquid path into the portion of the droplet which is in the interior volume; and (d) forming a droplet comprising one or more of the magnetically responsive beads in the interior volume.
US09675971B2	Honeycomb monolith structure loaded with nanozeolites for enhanced propylene selectivity in methanol conversion A catalyst system and a process for methanol to light olefin conversion with enhanced selectivity towards propylene. The catalyst system comprises a honeycomb monolith catalyst support coated with aluminosilicate nanozeolite catalysts on the edges and inside the channels of the support structure. The aluminosilicate nanozeolite catalysts have not been pre-modified with a promoter metal. The catalyst system gives higher hydrothermal stability to the catalyst compared to randomly packed pellet catalysts and allows methanol to be converted to predominantly propylene at a low temperature, with decreased selectivity towards C2, higher olefins and paraffinic hydrocarbons.
US09675954B2	Device and method for real-time detection of molecular accumulations and/or monitoring the production process of a molecular microarray The invention relates to a method for producing a microarray, wherein the production of this array is detected in real time from the accumulation of the product molecules being produced. The invention further relates to a microarray produced by this method, and to a device for the real-time detection of molecular accumulations on an array surface during the production of microarrays.
US09675949B2	Quantitative catalyst supply device The present invention provides a quantitative catalyst supply device that supplies a predetermined amount of catalyst slurry through an injection port formed through a container bottom. The quantitative catalyst supply device includes: an extendible supply pipe connected to a hopper and filled with catalyst slurry; a head connected to the supply pipe and supplying catalyst slurry to the injection port at the container bottom; a cylinder connected to a side of the supply pipe and supplying a predetermined amount of catalyst slurry through the head; and valve units disposed in an upper portion and a lower portion of the supply pipe spaced from the cylinder and opened or closed by operation of the cylinder.
US09675947B2	Mixing system The present invention relates to a mixing system comprising a vessel (1) for housing a disposable fluid mixing bag (2), which vessel (1) comprises a base (3) supporting the fluid mixing bag (2) and a sidewall (4) extending vertically upwards from the base (3). The sidewall (4) of the vessel comprises a door opening (5) which is closable by a sliding door (6). The system with the sliding door provides an easy access to the inside of the vessel (1) in a space saving manner.
US09675944B2	Reciprocating fluid agitator A fluid mixing assembly comprising a fluid agitating element adapted to reciprocate within a fluid between a first position and a second position. The fluid agitating element having an internally disposed magnetic member adapted to couple with an external drive device.
US09675931B2	Mercury control using moderate-temperature dissociation of halogen compounds A system and method is provided for the removal of mercury from flue gas. Effective removal of mercury is obtained by oxidation of elemental mercury, with highly reactive halogen species derived from dissociation of halogen compounds at moderate temperatures brought into contact with the flue gas with or without the addition of carbon.
US09675930B2	Control method of plasma by magnetic field in an exhaust gas treating apparatus and an exhaust gas treating apparatus using the same A plasma control method for an exhaust gas treating apparatus includes providing an exhaust gas treating apparatus having a plasma discharge space, a coil disposed on an outer circumference of the plasma discharge space, an upper electrode, and a lower electrode; generating plasma in the plasma discharge space; controlling the state of the plasma generated in the plasma discharge space by generating a magnetic field in the plasma discharge space between the upper electrode and the lower electrode; and cooling the reaction tube using a water cooled jacket disposed around the reaction tube. The magnetic field is generated by applying a current to the coil.
US09675927B2	Method for hydrogen production by pressure swing adsorption A method for hydrogen production by pressure swing adsorption that can increase the recovery efficiency of an adsorption target component while enabling an off-gas to be appropriately supplied to a combustion device is provided that can achieve a cost reduction and an increase in the efficiency of the combustion operation.
US09675921B2	Air filter attachment for side channel compressor The invention first relates to an air filter attachment (4) for a turbomachine, in particular a side channel compressor, comprising a housing, comprising a filter material (8) arranged in a housing interior, and comprising an inlet (9) and an outlet (10) which are formed in the housing, which have a free opening cross section, and through which air is suctioned. The aim of the invention is to advantageously design a turbomachine comprising an air filter attachment. This is achieved in that the housing interior that has the filter material (8) extends laterally relative to the opening cross section of the inlet (9) and/or the outlet (10) in a non-uniform manner and in any case in a direction by a magnitude of 1½ or more times the dimension from a central axis (M) of the respective opening cross section to a periphery of the opening cross section in the direction. The invention further relates to a turbomachine, in particular a side channel compressor, comprising such an air filter attachment. Additionally, the invention relates to a filter part (12, 19) consisting of a pleated filter material (8) or a circumferential filter wall (21) which is connected to a base part (22) and which consists of a filter material.
US09675917B2	Protective housings for a system An apparatus for filtering and/or purifying and/or conditioning a fluid comprises a pressure vessel having an inlet for introducing fluid into the pressure vessel and an outlet for removing fluid from the pressure vessel, filtering medium positioned inside the pressure vessel for filtering and/or purifying and/or conditioning fluid, and a shell surrounding the pressure vessel, the shell having sufficient anti-flammability properties to be resistant against fire to protect the pressure vessel from fire.
US09675914B2	Bagged filter cartridge, system and methods A filter is provided comprising a filter media element enclosed by an impermeable bag with inlet and outlet ports provided for flow into and out of the bag and through the filter media element contained in the bag. The bag may be constructed of a sheet of plastic material of multiple layers. The filter element may be a stack of filter media disks for depth filtration and adsorption. The filter provides for cleanly change out, with unfiltered fluid being contained in the bag on the upstream side of the filter element within the bag.
US09675912B2	Heat-pressed activated carbon polypropylene composite filter device A heat-pressed activated carbon polypropylene composite filter device has a central filtering core, a composite filtering core, and two covers. The composite filtering core is mounted around the central filtering core and has a carbon-polypropylene filter layer and a polypropylene layer. The carbon-polypropylene filter layer is made of nonwoven polypropylene on which multiple activated carbon granules are heat-pressed. The polypropylene layer is made of polypropylene and is covered on the carbon-polypropylene filter layer by a meltblown process. The covers are mounted on the ends of the composite filtering core respectively.
US09675903B2	Process and apparatus for the separation of the components of a liquid mixture Process and apparatus for the separation of the components having different boiling points of a liquid mixture, characterized in that forming bubbles by a carrier gas in the liquid mixture where the one or more volatile component is getting enriched in the bubbles, then after said bubbles leave the liquid phase the released vapor content of them is collected and condensed and the obtained liquid being enriched in the more volatile component(s) is separated from the carrier gas.
US09675889B2	Systems and methods for determining game level attributes based on player skill level prior to game play in the level A system, a machine-readable storage medium storing instructions, and a computer-implemented method are described herein for a System Tuner for customizing a player's experience. The System Tuner calculates a player skill level for a player. The System Tuner modifies at least one attribute of a second game level based on the player skill level prior to game play of the player in the second game level. The System Tuner detects game play of the player in the second game level. The System Tuner identifies a difference between a current rate of progression of the player and a reference rate of progression. The System Tuner triggers the modified attribute of the second game according to an extent of the difference between the current rate of progression and the reference rate of progression.
US09675886B2	Method, computer, and program for providing game A controller collectively transmits game view data of a game having a set of a plurality of rounds to a user terminal. The game view data corresponds to a first subset of rounds including a predetermined number of rounds in the plurality of rounds. The controller collectively transmits game view data corresponding to a second subset of rounds to the user terminal responsive to detecting that the first subset of the rounds is completed. The second subset of rounds includes the predetermined number of rounds subsequent to the completed rounds.
US09675877B2	System for remote game access A system for allowing a user to remotely access a game includes: a game console; a remote console client configured to receive a game control signal; and a remote console server. The remote console server includes an audio and video encoder configured to receive an audio output and a video output from the game console and to convert the audio output and the video output to a network packet. The remote console server also includes: a game controller emulation unit and a network interface configured to send and receive the network packet. The game controller emulation unit is configured to receive a game controller signal from the game console and to send the game controller signal to the remote console client and to receive a game controller input from the remote console client and send the game controller input to the game console.
US09675874B1	Multi-player gaming system The disclosure includes a system and method for providing a multi-player gaming service to users. The system includes a processor; and a memory storing instructions when executed cause the system to: receive game inputs from two or more devices; simulate the game session from a starting state to an ending state by sequentially applying received game inputs at each frame; and store the ending state of the game session.
US09675868B2	Skateboard with engraved grip surface A recreational sports board includes an engraved upper surface providing an attractive detailed image having recessed portions with sufficient depth so as to also provide a suitable grip surface for the rider's feet. A depth of the recessed portions may vary across the board from one location to another location relative to the top side of the board.
US09675867B2	Ski binding equipment The present disclosure relates to a binding equipment for binding a hard-shell boot comprising a profiled bottom surface to a ski, the ski comprising a bottom surface to be directed towards a gliding element and a top surface to be directed towards the boot, wherein the binding equipment is configured to adapt the top surface of the ski to the profiled bottom surface of the boot.
US09675866B2	Movement supporting method and apparatus A movement supporting method includes the following steps: detecting a movement tempo of a user; determining whether a movement tempo detection value is within a target range; and outputting a warning when the movement tempo detection value is out of the target range.
US09675863B2	Nonobstructional golf practice device Golf practice devices are adapted to facilitate practicing without obstructing a putting surface or practice area. According to one example, a golf practice device can include a first base member with a first clamping end and a first handle end, and a second base member with a second clamping end and a second handle end. A portion of the first base member located between the first clamping end and the first handle end may be hingedly coupled to a portion of the second base member located between the second clamping end and the second handle. At least one coupling arm may be pivotably mounted to the first base member, and an attachment feature may be coupled to the first coupling arm. In some examples, a sight or a cell phone with an integrated camera may be coupled to the attachment feature. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US09675862B2	Methods, apparatus, and systems to custom fit golf clubs Examples of methods, apparatus, and systems to custom fit golf clubs by providing gapping determination are generally described herein. Other examples may be described and claimed.
US09675861B2	Hydro eliminator full body exercise swim machine Disclosed is a swim trainer using a laterally displaceable torso support pad and two cables interconnecting the swimmer's opposite hands and feet: right hand with left foot, left hand with right foot. It incorporates tension physics with applied tension force displacement wherein the torso is supported with two degrees of motion, i.e., hinged front-to-back tilt and left-to-right displacement of the torso. The user's opposite hands and feet are interconnected by cables passing through pulleys located below the torso. As the user performs a simulated swim stroke, force is asserted on the cable ends, moving the entire body to the right or left along a defined lateral displacement path. The user controls the swimming stroke speed, therefore controlling the amount of resistance applied between hands and feet based on the lateral motion torso speed against torso weight pressing down on the central support.
US09675848B2	Lacrosse ball resurfacing device A device for restoring the surface of used lacrosse balls. Lacrosse balls are placed inside a chamber that is lined with an abrasive surface. The device can be placed within a typical clothes dryer machine and during the course of a normal drying cycle the surface of the lacrosse balls are restored to a desired characteristic tactile grip. The exterior of the device is cushioned to dampen impact with the inner surface of the clothes dryer and minimize the generation of noise during use.
US09675844B2	Diving fin apparatus, systems and methods of use A diving fin system is provided. The fin system includes without limitation a collapsible, leg mounted diving fin. The fin system includes a first section mounted to lower leg and a second section and a third section that can collapse up to and around the lower leg. When collapsed, it can have a very low profile such that it looks like a slightly wider version of the calf area of the leg. It can be also be a three-piece deploying fin, wherein the first section is maintained coupled to the lower leg, the second section slides and rotates to couple to the top of a foot and the third section rotates away from the second section to form the fin blade for use in diving, such as scuba diving.
US09675843B2	Extendable rope protecting sheath An extendable rope protecting sheath is an apparatus that extends over an existing climbing rope in order to provide a barrier that protects said climbing rope from fraying and weakening as a result of direct contact with damaging surfaces. The apparatus includes an extendable sheath which folds over the climbing rope and is secured onto itself by an inner fastening strip and an outer fastening strip. The apparatus includes a first breakaway recovery strap which is connected to the extendable sheath and used to attach a breakaway wristband to the extendable sheath. The attachment between the breakaway wristband and the extendable sheath allows the user to adjust the apparatus with minimal interference to the user's range of motion. The apparatus uses a first double-sided fastening strip and a second double-sided fastening strip to secure the apparatus to the climbing rope and link multiple extendable rope protecting sheaths together.
US09675839B2	Treadmill with a tensioning mechanism for a slatted tread belt A treadmill has an exercise deck, and a tread belt disposed on the exercise deck. The treadmill further has a tensioning mechanism attached to the exercise deck, and the tensioning mechanism has a selectively movable structure movable with respect to the exercise deck to push outward against an inward surface of the tread belt.
US09675826B2	Positionable outlet for a water monitor One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for a water monitor with a stationary fluid inlet. A movable portion has a first piece rotatably coupled to the stationary portion and a second piece rotatably coupled to the first piece. The second piece has an inlet portion that extends through a second end of the first piece. The second piece couples with a power transmission disposed on a first side of the first piece, and couples with the first piece at a second side of the first piece. In this way, the power transmission can remain outside a path of fluid flow, and may be able to apply rotational force to the second piece to alter an elevation of the fluid outlet in the second piece.
US09675824B2	Fall rescue apparatus A fall rescue apparatus (10) for mounting on the roof of a building includes a spike (28) mounted to an extendable support arm (27) and shaped to penetrate the roof in response to the pull of a tether (35) connected to a falling worker. An elbow linkage (39) unfolds as the spike is extended into the roof for guiding and supporting the spike against the roof.
US09675823B2	Two component compositions containing zinc amino acid halide complexes and cysteine Provided are compositions, e.g., oral and personal care products, comprising (i) a zinc (amino acid or trialkyl glycine) halide complex, and (ii) cysteine in free or in orally or cosmetically acceptable salt form, together with methods of making and using the same.
US09675820B2	Ultrasound-mediated inducement, detection, and enhancement of stable cavitation Methods and systems for passively detecting stable cavitation and enhancing stable cavitation during sonothrombolysis are provided. The method of passively detecting stable cavitation includes providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy. The system for inducing and passively detecting stable cavitation includes a dual-element annular transducer array configured to provide a fundamental ultrasonic frequency and to detect an ultrasonic frequency that is a derivative of the fundamental frequency. The method of enhancing stable cavitation includes administering a nucleating agent and a thrombolytic agent to a treatment zone, providing a determined level of ultrasonic energy, and detecting a scattered level of ultrasonic energy.
US09675807B2	High reliability wire welding for implantable devices Methods of making an implantable pulse generator are disclosed herein. The implantable pulse generator can include a body defining an internal volume and a plurality of wires extending from out of the internal volume of the body. Some of these wires can be connected, either directly or indirectly to a lead via a welded joint. The welded joint can be created by first resistance welding and then laser welding some of the wires to a connector.
US09675805B2	Method and system for localizing left ventricular conduction non-uniformity Methods, devices and systems are provided for selecting one or more left ventricular multi-electrode pacing site(s). The methods, devices and systems measure arrival times of LV activation events for corresponding LV sensing sites, where the arrival times each correspond to a conduction time from an intrinsic ventricular event or delivery of a pacing pulse until sensing of the corresponding LV activation event. Site-to-site (STS) relative delays are calculated as differences between the arrival times associated with adjacent LV sensing sites. The STS relative delays represent STS arrival delays for corresponding combinations of the adjacent LV sensing sites. An LV electrode combination is identified that is associated with at least one of the STS relative delays that satisfy selection criteria, where the LV electrode combination corresponds to a target tissue region exhibiting a select degree of non-uniformity. The LV electrode combination is designated as a first LVEC pacing site from which to deliver LV pacing pulses.
US09675804B2	Medical monitoring and treatment device with external pacing A non-invasive bodily-attached ambulatory medical monitoring and treatment device with pacing is provided. The device includes at least one therapy electrode; a memory storing information indicative of a patient's cardiac activity; circuitry for implementing a plurality of pacing routines, each pacing routine of the plurality of pacing routines corresponding to at least one cardiac condition of a plurality of cardiac conditions; and at least one processor coupled to the circuitry and configured to identify, within the information, at least one cardiac condition of the plurality of cardiac conditions; and respond to the identified cardiac condition in part by causing execution of at least one pacing routine corresponding to the identified cardiac condition.
US09675803B2	System and method for animal-human neural interface Aspects of the invention include system and method for transmitting neural data extracted from an electrical signal of a non-human mammal to a human. The system includes an electrode implantable into the animal auditory nerve, brainstem, or midbrain of the non-human mammal, configured to record the electrical signal of the non-human mammal, the electrical signal being in the form of sequences of pulses or pulse trains encoding frequency information of the non-human mammal, a processing device electrically coupled with the electrode, configured to process the electrical signal and convert the processed electrical signal into a digital signal, a transmitting device electrically coupled with the processing device, configured to transmit the digital signal, and a receiving device electrically coupled with the transmitting device, configured to receive the transmitted digital signal, convert the received digital signal into a sensory output perceptible to the human, and apply the sensory output to the human.
US09675798B2	Interventional medical systems, devices, and components thereof A fixation member component, for example, employed by a relatively compact implantable medical device, includes a plurality of fingers; each finger includes a first segment extending from a fixed end of the corresponding finger, and a second segment extending from the corresponding first segment to a free end of the corresponding finger. Each first segment is elastically deformable from a relaxed to an extended condition, and from the relaxed to a compressed condition, and includes a peripheral portion and a central cut-out portion, framed by the peripheral portion. In the compressed condition, a free tip of the cut-out portion of some or all of the fingers may lodge against opposing tissue surfaces, via a spring force of the compressed fingers. Each second segment and cut-out portion is preferably configured to prevent penetration thereof within tissue at the implant site.
US09675795B2	Systems and methods for radial steering of electrode arrays A device for brain stimulation includes a lead having a longitudinal surface, a proximal end and a distal end. A plurality of electrodes are disposed along the longitudinal surface of the lead near the distal end of the lead. At least one marker is disposed on the longitudinal surface of the lead. The at least one marker is configured and arranged to identify a relative position of the plurality of electrodes.
US09675792B2	Hemostasis mechanism and method A hemostasis mechanism includes a housing having a valve body, a connector coupled to a distal end of the valve body, and a cap coupled to a proximal end of the valve body. A first valve is within the housing and has a fixed state of axial compression between the valve body and the cap. A second valve is within the housing and has a range of states of axial compression between the valve body and the connector. The first valve has a self-closing bias and forms a lower pressure seal about a medical device pushed therethrough. The second valve has a self-opening bias and forms a higher pressure seal about the medical device via adjustment of its state of axial compression.
US09675784B2	Intravenous catheter insertion and blood sample devices and method of use Devices and methods for guidewire assisted placement of catheters into blood vessels are described. Some of the devices and methods relate to automated or partially automated or assisted insertion and placement of an intravenous catheter into a vein or artery of a patient. Other of the devices are blood draw devices and methods for insertion and placement of an intravenous device into a vein or artery of a patient or to withdraw a blood sample from the patient. The devices also provide for guide wire tip inspection after use.
US09675780B2	Balloon catheter system and methods of making and use thereof A catheter system having an intussuscepting balloon and a handle for a catheter system. The handle includes a fluidic system for preventing overpressure conditions during balloon intussuscepting and includes a locking mechanism disposed outside of the fluidic system for preventing unintended or accidental movements of a plunger assembly included in the fluidic system. The system includes standard sized components and non-standard sized components. During handle assembly, specific sizes of non-standard sized components are selected to match the length and/or the diameter of a specific selected balloon and are assembled with the standard sized components to form the catheter system.
US09675778B2	Wire organizer basin with spools A wire organizer includes a basin having an inner surface that defines a reservoir. The reservoir has a liquid therein. A hub is positioned within the reservoir. A plurality of spools are positioned on the hub such that the spools are spaced apart from the inner surface and are rotatable relative to the basin. The spools each have a wire wrapped around each of the spools. At least a portion of each of the wires extends through the liquid. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US09675777B2	Method and apparatus for sensory substitution An apparatus and method for use in treating tinnitus, employs a sound processing unit, a tactile unit, and an interface therebetween. The tactile unit comprises an array of stimulators each of which can be independently actuated to apply a tactile stimulus to a subject, and an input for receiving a plurality of actuation signals from the interface and directing individual actuation signals to individual stimulators. The sound processing unit receives an audio signal at an input, analyses the signal with a digital signal processor to generate the actuation signals which are representative of the audio signal, and provides the plurality of actuation signals to the interface. In a preferred embodiment the digital signal processor divides the audio signal into a series of frames in the time domain, performs a transform on each frame to generate a set of coefficients representing said frame, and maps the set of coefficients to a set of actuation signals to be applied to the array.
US09675773B2	Airway tube There is provided an airway tube for breath sampling, comprising a breath sampling port comprising two or more inlets adapted to sample breath from the airway tube. The inlets are connected to each other through a junction located outside of the air passageway of the airway tube.
US09675753B2	Safe drug delivery system A system for safe delivery of drug to a patient employs a programmable memory card for transferring drug delivery instructions and patient information between a server in a pharmacy and a drug delivery apparatus in a patient room. The server in the pharmacy checks the prescription for safety and the drug delivery apparatus checks for the drug delivery instructions and also the patient identity. The drug delivery apparatus records the information about the drug delivered to the patient onto the programmable memory card at the end of the drug delivery.
US09675743B2	Methods of making medical solutions and related systems This disclosure relates to making medical solutions. In certain aspects, a method is performed by a data processing apparatus. The method includes introducing liquid into a container that contains a dissolvable solid concentrate in a manner so that a layer of solution above the solid concentrate is maintained at a depth that allows the liquid introduced into the container to agitate the solution adjacent to the solid concentrate to cause mixing of the solid concentrate with the solution.
US09675742B2	Fiducial point optimization A flow rate of blood through an implantable blood pump is determined based on a parameter related to the flow, such as a parameter related to thrust on the rotor of the pump. An amount of current supplied to the pump is used to determine each of a first flow rate value and second flow rate values. Each of the first and second flow rate values, in combination with the parameter related to thrust on the rotor of the pump, are used to calculate a flow rate of blood through the pump.
US09675739B2	Motor assembly with heat exchanger for catheter pump A catheter pump is disclosed. The catheter pump can include an impeller and a catheter body having a lumen therethrough. The catheter pump can also include a drive shaft disposed inside the catheter body. A motor assembly can include a chamber. The motor assembly can include a rotor disposed in the at least a portion of the chamber, the rotor mechanically coupled with a proximal portion of the drive shaft such that rotation of the rotor causes the drive shaft to rotate. The motor assembly can also comprise a stator assembly disposed about the rotor. The motor assembly can also include a heat exchanger disposed about the stator assembly, the heat exchanger may be configured to direct heat radially outward away from the stator assembly, the rotor, and the chamber.
US09675728B2	Compositions for wound treatment A wound dressing composition comprising a chitosan and an oxidized cellulose. For example, the composition may be in the form of a sponge formed by freeze drying an aqueous dispersion of chitosan and oxidized regenerated cellulose (ORC). The composition is especially suitable for the treatment of chronic wounds.
US09675720B2	Sterilization units, systems, and methods A Sterilization Unit includes: a UV-C radiation source configured to emit UV-C radiation; and a room partition selectably configurable between two or more different partition geometrics and configured, in each of the two or more different partition geometrics, to (a) physically separate floor space of a room into sterilization target area and a non-target area, and (b) direct the UV-C radiation to the target area from at least two different directions while shielding the non-target area from the UV-C radiation.
US09675716B2	Microwave plasma sterilisation system and applicators therefor A sterilization system having a controllable non-ionizing microwave radiation source for providing microwave energy for combining with a gas to produce atmospheric low temperature plasma for sterilizing biological tissue surfaces or the like. A plasma generating region may be contained in a hand held plasma applicator. The system may include an impedance adjustor e.g. integrated in the plasma applicator arranged to set a plasma strike condition and plasma sustain condition. The gas and microwave energy may be transported to a plasma generating region along an integrated cable assembly. The integrated cable assembly may provide a two way gas flow arrangement to permit residual gas to be removed from the surface. Invasive surface plasma treatment is therefore possible. The plasma applicator may have multiple plasma emitters to produce a line or blanket of plasma.
US09675714B1	Graphene based theranostics for tumor targeted drug/gene delivery and imaging Disclosed herein are theranostic nanoparticles configured for simultaneous delivery of a diagnostic moiety, drug moiety, and a gene therapy moiety. In one embodiment, the theranostic nanoparticles contain a super paramagnetic iron oxide chemotherapeutic loaded on a chitosan functionalized 2D graphene sheet with a gene therapy moiety attached to the surface of the chitosan functionalized 2D graphene sheet. Also disclosed are methods for making and administering theranositic nanoparticles configured for simultaneous delivery of a diagnostic moiety, drug moiety, and a gene therapy moiety.
US09675708B2	Functionalized nanoparticles for intracellular delivery of biologically active molecules Functionalized biocompatible nanoparticles capable of penetrating through a mammalian cell membrane and delivering intracellularly a plurality of bioactive molecules for modulating a cellular function are disclosed herein The functionalized biocompatible nanoparticles comprise: a central nanoparticle ranging in size from about 5 to about 50 nm and having a polymer coating thereon, a plurality of functional groups covalently attached to the polymer coating, wherein the plurality of bioactive molecules are attached to the plurality of the functional groups, and wherein the plurality of bioactive molecules include at least a peptide and a protein, and wherein the peptide is capable of penetrating through the mammalian cell membrane and entering into the cell, and wherein the protein is capable of providing a new functionality within the cell. The protein may be a transcription factor selected from the group consisting of Oct4, Sox2, Nanog, Lin28, cMyc, and Klf4.
US09675693B2	Methods and drugs targeting Eva1 or Ceacam1 gene expression for treatment and diagnosing of glioma An object is to provide glioma treatment and testing methods, and a method for delivering a desired substance to a glioma, all of which target a molecule specifically expressed in a glioma, as well as drugs and so forth used in these methods. It has been found out that targeting Eva1 or Ceacam1 enables glioma treatment and testing, and delivering of a desired substance to a glioma.
US09675687B2	Compositions and methods to treat AIDS Polyvalent, primary isolate nucleic acid compositions for inducing an immune response against HIV are disclosed. The compositions and methods described herein are for the use of a nucleic acid composition that encodes one or more different HIV envelope glycoproteins. The synthetic, codon-optimized DNAs encoding one or more HIV proteins are a combination of different nucleic acids, such as DNA plasmids, generated from primary isolate DNA of different HIV major group genetic clades and/or different proteins. HIV polypeptide compositions for inducing an immune response against HIV are also disclosed. Methods for using the polypeptide compositions before, at the same time as, and/or after administration of the DNA compositions are provided.
US09675683B2	Chlamydia antigens The invention provides Chlamydia antigens for use in the treatment, prevention and/or diagnosis of Chlamydia infection. In particular, the invention provides antigens CT733, CT153, CT601, CT279, CT443, CT372, CT456, CT381, CT255, CT341, CT716, CT745, CT387, CT812, CT869, CT166, CT175, CT163, CT214, CT721, CT127, CT043, CT823 and/or CT600 from C. trachomatis for the treatment, prevention or diagnosis of Chlamydia infection.
US09675664B2	Compositions, formulations and methods of treating preeclampsia-type disorders of pregnancy This invention discloses a method of and composition for treating a PE-type disorder in a subject in need of such treatment comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutically effective amount of a TTR polypeptide in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle.
US09675657B2	Role of an herbal formulation in the prevention and management of age related neurodegenerative disorders with special reference to senile dementia According to this invention there is provided a herbal formulation for the prevention and management of neurodegenerative disorders comprising, hydro-methanolic extract of at least one plant selected from Curcuma longa, Bacopa monnieri and Valeriana jatamansi, at 70-80° C., maintaining the pH of the solution between 7-10, Separating the active compounds chromatographically and Subjecting the active compounds to the step of molecular characterization.
US09675652B2	Compositions and methods to relieve chronic diseases symptoms Compounds having unique properties are prepared from the herbal compositions described herein and comprise extracts derived from plants and fungi of the genera Panax, Ganoderma, and Saussurea. The compositions are useful in preventing, treating, relieving, and improving the quality-of-life of patients suffering from chronic diseases, such as liver diseases, cancer, cachexia, and immune system disorders.
US09675643B2	Biologic composition and method of manufacture A biological composition has a mixture of mechanically selected allogeneic biologic material derived from bone marrow. The mixture has non-whole cellular components including vesicular components and active and inactive components of biological activity, cell fragments, cellular excretions, cellular derivatives, and extracellular components. The mixture is compatible with biologic function.
US09675630B2	Compositions and methods of use of A-type procyanidins The invention relates to compositions, such as pharmaceuticals, foods, food additives, or dietary supplements, containing A-type procyanidins, and methods of use thereof, for prophylactic or therapeutic treatment of a human or a veterinary animal to treat or prevent NO-responsive health conditions, treat hypertension, cardiovascular disease, coronary artery disease and/or vascular circulation disorders, prevent or reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, congestive heart failure and/or kidney failure, or to improve blood flow, for example renal blood flow. The composition may optionally contain an additional NO modulating agent and/or a cardiovascular-protective or therapeutic agent, or may be administered in combination with such an agent.
US09675620B2	MAO inhibitors and their conjugates as therapeutics for the treatment of brain cancer A pharmaceutical composition and method for treating brain cancer are provided. The method includes administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of one or more compounds that include moclobemide, clorgyline, clorgyline's Near-infra-red dye Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor (NMI), and MHI 148-clorgyline, and their salt thereof. The composition and method are particularly effective in reducing the size of glioblastomas that are temozolomide (TMZ) resistant.
US09675619B2	Treatment of erectile dysfunction and other indications The present invention generally relates to the transdermal delivery of various compounds. In some aspects, transdermal delivery may be facilitated by the use of a hostile biophysical environment. One set of embodiments provides a composition for topical delivery comprising a phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor and/or a salt thereof, and optionally, a hostile biophysical environment and/or a nitric oxide donor. In some cases, the composition may be stabilized using a combination of a stabilization polymer (such as xanthan gum, KELTROL® BT and/or KELTROL® RD), propylene glycol, and a polysorbate surfactant such as Polysorbate 20, which combination unexpectedly provides temperature stability to the composition, e.g., at elevated temperatures such as at least 40° C. (at least about 104° F.), as compared to compositions lacking one or more of these.
US09675614B2	PRMT5 inhibitors and uses thereof Described herein are compounds of Formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Compounds of the present invention are useful for inhibiting PRMT5 activity. Methods of using the compounds for treating PRMT5-mediated disorders are also described.
US09675608B2	Identification of natural small-molecules AMPK activators for treatment of cancers or multidrug-resistant cancers The present invention discloses a method of treating cancer and/or multidrug-resistant cancer, comprising administering an effective amount of hernandezine or thalidezine. A pharmaceutical composition comprising hernandezine or thalidezine admixed with a pharmaceutical carrier for treating cancers and/or multidrug-resistant cancer is also disclosed.
US09675606B2	2-amino-3-(imidazol-2-yl)-pyridin-4-one derivatives and their use as VEGF receptor kinase inhibitors The invention relates to the compounds of general formula (I): Preparation process and therapeutic use.
US09675605B2	Substituted naphthyridine and quinoline compounds as MAO inhibitors The invention provides a chemical entity of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, Y, and n have any of the values described herein and compositions comprising such chemical entities; methods of making them; and their use in a wide range of methods, including metabolic and reaction kinetic studies, detection and imaging techniques, and radioactive treatments; and therapies, including inhibiting MAO, and MAO-B selectively, enhancing neuronal plasticity, treating neurological disorders, providing neuroprotection, treating a cognitive impairment associated with a CNS disorder, enhancing the efficiency of cognitive and motor training, providing neurorecovery and neurorehabilitation, enhancing the efficiency of non-human animal training protocols, and treating peripheral disorders (including obesity, diabetes, and cardiometabolic disorders) and their associated co-morbidities.
US09675594B2	Arylpyrrolopyridine derived compounds as LRRK2 inhibitors The present invention is directed to arylpyrrolopyridine derivatives of Formula A: The compounds are considered useful for the treatment of diseases associated with LRRK2 such as Lewy body dementia, Parkinson's disease or cancer.
US09675592B2	Methods and compositions for bacteria infections Compositions and methods are provided for treating or inhibiting a bacterial infection involving at least one antibiotic and a compound that potentiates the antibiotic activity of the antibiotic. In certain embodiments the antibiotic is a beta lactam. In further embodiments, the antibiotic is oxacillin. In additional embodiments, the potentiating compound is an inhibitor of vraSR operon expression. In specific embodiments, the bacterial infection involves an antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
US09675590B2	Methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of myelodysplastic syndromes The present invention provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions designed to intervene in this defective process and to promote or restore erythrocyte maturation in individuals suffering from a myelodysplastic syndrome. The methods involve maintaining the activity of GATA-1 by preventing sequestration of Hsp70 in the cytoplasm. Accordingly, it is an object of this invention to provide methods of restoring or increasing erythrocyte maturation in a subject suffering from a myelodysplastic syndrome by preventing proteolytic inactivation of GATA-1. In some embodiments, preventing is achieved by administering to the subject a compound that inhibits the XPO1 nuclear transporter.
US09675588B2	Ondansetron extended release solid dosage forms for treating either nausea, vomiting or diarrhea symptoms A method of treating a patient comprises orally administering a solid oral dosage form comprising a core comprising a non-ionic polymer matrix, a first amount of ondansetron dispersed within the matrix, and a salt dispersed within the matrix, wherein the first amount of ondansetron ranges from about 9 mg to about 28 mg; a first seal coat surrounding the core, wherein the first seal coat is comprised of a non-ionic polymer matrix; and an immediate release drug layer surrounding the first seal coat and comprising a non-ionic polymer and a second amount of ondansetron dispersed therein, wherein the second amount of ondansetron ranges from about 3 mg to about 8 mg, wherein release of ondansetron from the solid oral dosage form provides exposure to ondansetron for a minimum period of 16 hours so as to result in a reduction in frequency of vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, or a combination thereof.
US09675585B1	Extended release pharmaceutical formulations The present invention relates to coated extended release pharmaceutical formulations of valsartan comprising a core comprising valsartan and at least one coating layer over the core. The present invention further relates to extended release pharmaceutical formulations comprising (a) a core comprising valsartan and at least one hydrophilic swelling polymer and (b) at least one coating layer over the core wherein the coating layer in contact with the core is applied from an organic solvent based system.
US09675584B2	Substituted indoles for the inhibition of PASK Disclosed herein are substituted pyrazinyl acrylic acids of Formula (II): and compositions thereof, which may be useful as inhibitors of PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
US09675581B2	Methods for purifying trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and trans- (+)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol Methods for making trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and trans-(+)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol composition is prepared by allowing a composition comprising (±)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol to separate on a chiral stationary phase to provide a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol composition comprising at least about 99% by weight of trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol based on the total amount of trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol and trans-(+)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol. The invention also relates to methods for treating or preventing a condition such as pain comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a trans-(−)-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol having a purity of at least about 98% based on the total weight of cannabinoids.
US09675580B2	Method of treatment for enhancing exercise performance Provided is a composition containing myricetin or a pharmaceutically available salt thereof as an active ingredient. The composition increases exercise capacity and enhances physical strength. In addition, the composition prevents aging and recovers from fatigue. The composition increases energy efficiency by improving the function of mitochondria, and also has an antiobesity effect by increasing energy consumption. Therefore, the composition may be significantly applied in a functional food or medicine field.
US09675576B2	Polyenolic zinc-binding agents (pezbins) actively promote inactivation of cancer stem cells and potentiate cytotoxic anti-tumor drug substances The present invention provides a method of inhibiting the growth of or promoting differentiation and destruction of cancer stem cells (CSCs) comprising contacting the cancer stem cells with a compound having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09675575B2	Omega-3 compositions, dosage forms, and methods of use Omega-3 compositions, dosage forms, and methods of use are disclosed herein. The omega-3 compositions and dosage forms disclosed herein may comprise DHA and EPA at a ratio of about 5:2. The omega-3 compositions and dosage forms disclosed herein may comprise re-esterified triglycerides. Methods of treatment using the compositions and dosage forms are also disclosed.
US09675556B2	Biodegradable stealth polymeric particles fabricated using the macromonomer approach by free radical dispersion polymerization The present invention is directed to a crosslinked or non-crosslinked polymer particle, wherein the crosslinked polymer particle comprises a copolymer of poly(alklyene glycol-graft-lactate) that is crosslinked by at least one hydrolysable monomer. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising a crosslinked polymer particle that is a product of starting materials comprising (a) a hydrophilic monomer, (b) a hydrophobic monomer, and (c) a hydrolysable crosslinking agent. Another embodiment of the present invention is a polymer particle comprising, a crosslinked copolymer comprises structures represented by Formulas (I), (II), and (III), where Formulas (I), (II) and (III) are defined in the specification. Yet other embodiments of the present invention include a method of preparing a methacrylate terminated macromonomer, a method of preparing a crosslinking agent, and a method of preparing a therapeutic agent loaded nanosphere by dispersion polymerization.
US09675554B1	Method of forming liposomes Compositions of reagents are formed by forming empty liposomes, mixing the thus-formed liposomes with a sugar solution and a regent, then drying the mixture. The compositions will generally contain less than 10% w/v sucrose. Using this procedure small liposomes are formed with high entrapment efficiency. The process is useful in the production of pharmaceuticals.
US09675550B2	Methods for inducing an immune response via buccal and/or sublingual administration of a vaccine Vaccine compositions that may be administered to a subject via the buccal and/or sublingual mucosa are provided. Methods for administration and preparation of such vaccine compositions are also provided.
US09675546B2	Method of treating atrophic vaginitis The present invention provides novel pharmaceutical compositions containing triphenylethylene derivative compounds, and methods of using the composition for treatment of symptoms associated with atrophic vaginitis. The pharmaceutical compositions are prepared for the vaginal administration of triphenylethylene derivative compounds in single or combination therapies. Preferably, the triphenylethylene derivative is tamoxifen.
US09675544B2	Volatile anesthetic compositions comprising extractive solvents for regional anesthesia and/or pain relief The present invention provides methods for reducing pain in a subject in need of such pain reduction by delivering, e.g., intrathecally or epidurally, a volatile anesthetic dissolved in a solution comprising an extractive solvent, e.g., DMSO or NMP, in an amount effective to reduce pain. Chronic or acute pain may be treated, or the anesthetic may be delivered as a regional anesthesia to a subject to anesthetize a portion the subject prior to a surgery, hi certain embodiments, isoflurane, halothane, enflurane, sevoflurane, desflurane, methoxyflurane, or mixtures thereof may be used. Dosing regimens including a one-time administration, continuous and/or periodic administration are contemplated.
US09675543B2	Method of improving aging appearance of skin by modulation of WIPI-1 Methods of using WIPI-1 to impart anti-aging benefits to the skin and/or improve skin conditions resulting from reduced autophagy activity.
US09675539B2	Cosmetic and pharmaceutical compositions and methods using 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico derivatives A method for treating hair loss in mammals uses compositions containing 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico prostaglandin derivatives. The compositions can be applied topically to the skin. The compositions can arrest hair loss, reverse hair loss, and promote hair growth. Compositions containing 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico prostaglandin derivatives can also be used to lower intraocular pressure and treat bone disorders.
US09675517B2	Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) feedback systems and methods Systems and methods for cardiopulmonary resuscitation feedback are disclosed. According to an aspect, a method includes determining a force. The method also includes, in response to determining the force, acquiring spatial orientation data, remove the effects of gravity, and wirelessly or wired method of communicating the spatial orientation data.
US09675514B2	Transmission assembly for use in an exoskeleton apparatus An exoskeleton for a limb of a user wherein the limb has an upper portion connected to the body of a user and a lower limb portion is provided. The exoskeleton comprises a drive force transmission mechanism drivingly connecting a drive motor having an output axle aligned with the upper limb portion to one of the body portion and the lower limb portion. The drive force transmission mechanism comprises a first gear provided on an upper end of the lower limb portion or on the body portion and a first transfer member extending transverse to the motor axis.
US09675513B2	Device suitable for rehabilitation and use thereof A system for extending a finger of a hand comprises structural elements configured to be inserted into a flexed finger and capable of providing a controllable force to extend the finger. In some embodiments, structural elements comprise a cam connected to a spacer, the spacer connected to a first strut, and a second strut holding a loading assembly, an end piece and a spring. The loading assembly compresses or relaxes the spring, which exerts a variable force on the end piece, which rotates the cam and the first strut about an extension angle. When the extension angle is minimal, the first and second struts are substantially parallel. A method of extending a finger of a hand substantially fixed in a flexed position comprises inserting a system comprising structural elements into the finger and thereafter providing a force to extend the finger and maintaining the force for a period of time.
US09675511B1	Burial vault assembly A burial vault assembly includes a box that may contain a corpse. The box may be buried underground having the corpse being vertically oriented. Thus, the box occupies less space in a graveyard than a casket. A lid is selectively positioned on the box and the lid closes the box. A seal is coupled to the lid and the seal is comprised of a resiliently compressible material. Thus, the seal forms a fluid impermeable seal with the box when the lid is positioned on the box to inhibit decomposition gases from escaping the box.
US09675506B2	Protective shield systems for control interfaces of mobility devices A protective shield system protects a control interface of a wheelchair from environmental factors. The control interface includes a handle extending from a housing of the control interface to control motion of the wheelchair and one or more actuating mechanisms on the housing of the control interface to control one or more wheelchair functions. The protective shield system includes a flexible cover including at least one opening therein. The opening encompasses the handle when the cover is placed in operative connection with the control interface. The flexible cover further includes a releasable closure mechanism via which the at least one opening may be closed around a base of the handle. At least a portion of the flexible cover which is placed over the one or more actuating mechanisms is translucent. The one or more actuating mechanisms are actuatable by a user of the wheelchair by contact by the user with an outer surface of the portion of the flexible cover which is placed over the one or more actuating mechanisms.
US09675502B2	Absorbent article The present invention addresses the problem of providing an absorbent article in which a bonding part for bonding a liquid-permeable layer to an absorbent core has been formed in a low-basis-weight region of the absorbent core and which has all of sufficient flexural rigidity of the bonding part, sufficient bonding strength of the bonding part, and sufficient liquid-absorbing properties. This problem is solved with an absorbent core which comprises a first region that has a given absorbent-material basis weight and second regions (regions 411a, 411b) that have a lower absorbent-material basis weight than the first region, wherein the ratio of the basis weight of a highly absorbing polymer to the basis weight of the absorbent material in the second regions is regulated to 10/100 to 47/100, and compressed parts are formed inside the second regions.
US09675494B2	Elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device, clamping pliers, installation pliers, line guide and implantation method The present invention relates to an elastic tongue-dorsum refraction device for treating obstructive sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (OSAHS), clamping pliers, installation pliers, a line guide, and an implantation method. The elastic tongue-dorsum refraction device of the present invention includes a tongue dorsum connection mechanism, an elastic retractor and a tooth-side fastener. The tongue dorsum connection mechanism is disposed at the tongue dorsum portion, the tooth-side fastener is fixed to teeth or the alveolar bone or outside the maxilla and mandible lips, one end of the elastic retractor is connected to the tooth-side fastener, and the other end of the elastic retractor is connected to the tongue dorsum connection mechanism. In this way, an elastic retraction device using the tooth-side fastener as a fulcrum is formed. By pulling up the sagging tongue root forward, stenosis and obstruction of the airway at the glossopharyngeal portion are prevented, thereby providing a function of treating snoring and OSAHS. Since the elastic refractor exerts an elastic retraction force on the tongue dorsum portion, the movement of the tongue tip is not affected when the tongue root is properly pulled up, so that a clear language function and an adequate swallowing function can be maintained, and not only the airway at the glossopharyngeal portion is enlarged, but also good comfort is provided. In addition, the present invention further discloses clamping pliers, installation pliers and a line guide for use together with the elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device, and an implantation method of the elastic tongue-dorsum retraction device.
US09675493B2	Goggle breathing system Provided is a goggle kit including a goggle clip attachable to the goggle frame, and a corresponding nose element, which adheres to the user's nose. The nose element and the goggle clip are configured to be detachably engageable therewith, such that when the nose element is placed on the user's nose and the goggle is placed over the user's eyes, the goggle clip and nose element may be engaged with each other, thereby urging the nasal opening of the user to dilate.
US09675488B2	Luminal stenting A stent delivery system, a core assembly, and methods of operating the same are provided. The delivery system can comprise a catheter and the core assembly. The core assembly can comprise a constraining member, protruding member, a core member, and a stent extending along the core member. The tubular constraining member can be spaced apart from the core member and define a capture area. The protruding member can be disposed along the core member at least partially distal of the capture area. The stent can have a first portion disposed within the capture area and a second portion, distal to the first portion, extending across or over an outer surface of the protruding member so that the protruding member and the constraining member cooperate to inhibit expansion of the first portion of the stent.
US09675485B2	Catheter delivery system for stent valve A delivery catheter for a stent. The delivery catheter may comprise a distal end and a proximal end. The distal end includes a stent attachment region adapted to receive a stent. The stent may be of the self-expanding type. The catheter further comprises a handle at its proximal end and at least one sheath which may at least partially circumferentially cover said stent such as to retain it in a collapsed configuration. The sheath is coupled at its proximal end to an actuator located on said handle portion.
US09675476B2	Vascular stenting for aneurysms Described herein are flexible implantable occluding devices that can, for example, navigate the tortuous vessels of the neurovasculature. The occluding devices can also conform to the shape of the tortuous vessels of the vasculature. In some embodiments, the occluding devices can direct blood flow within a vessel away from an aneurysm or limit blood flow to the aneurysm. Some embodiments describe methods and apparatus for adjusting, along a length of the device, the porosity of the occluding device. In some embodiments, the occluding devices allows adequate blood flow to be provided to adjacent structures such that those structures, whether they are branch vessels or oxygen-demanding tissues, are not deprived of the necessary blood flow.
US09675474B2	Vascular device with valve for approximating vessel wall A vascular device comprising a plurality of vessel engaging members and a valve. The device is movable from a collapsed insertion position having a first diameter to a second expanded position having a second diameter larger than the first diameter. The plurality of vessel engaging members extend outwardly from the device for securely engaging the internal wall of a vessel upon expansion of the device to the second expanded position, wherein the vessel engaging members pull the internal wall of the vessel radially inwardly upon movement of the device from the second expanded position toward a first expanded position having a third diameter greater than the first diameter and less than the second diameter. In the first expanded position the valve is movable between an open position to allow blood flow therethrough to a closed position to prevent blood flow.
US09675468B1	Hinged spinal insert device A spinal insert device adjusts inter-vertebral spacing and alignment of the spine relative to pelvic incidence, pelvic tilt and overall sagittal alignment. The device includes an upper arm having a substantially planar upper surface and a lower arm having a substantially planar lower surface. Each of the upper arm and the lower arm extends outwardly from a base section. A hinge couples the upper arm to the base section such that the upper arm is pivotable relative to the base section. An adjustment member is positioned between the upper arm and the lower arm. The adjustment member has a plurality of distinct lengths measured straight through a center of the adjustment member. The adjustment member is rotatable wherein an angle between the upper arm and the lower arm is selectively adjustable by rotation of the adjustment member.
US09675467B2	Intervertebral fusion implant The present invention provides an intervertebral implant for implantation in a treated area of an intervertebral space between vertebral bodies of a spine. The implant includes a spacer portion having an inferior and superior surface, wherein the inferior and superior surfaces each have a contact area capable of engaging with anatomy in the treated area, and the inferior and superior surfaces define a through-hole extending through the spacer body. The present invention further provides screw holes extending from a side portion to the inferior and superior surfaces of the spacer portion and a plate portion rigidly coupled to the spacer portion through a coupling means, wherein the plate portion contains screws holes for receiving screws. A screw back out prevention mechanism adapted on the plate portion and prevents the back out of screws from the screw holes.
US09675466B2	Expandable spinal implant The present application relates to an expandable spinal implant comprising three or more elongated implant members. The implant members are rotatably coupled to a central base portion and comprise a first end with an axis of rotation and circumferentially arranged gear teeth. The gear teeth of at least one of said elongated implant members are interlocked into said gear teeth of the two other elongated implant members.
US09675465B2	Standalone interbody implants Stand-alone interbody fusion devices for engagement between adjacent vertebrae. The stand-alone interbody fusion devices may include a spacer and one or more inserts or members coupled to the spacer. The inserts or members may be configured and designed to provide the apertures which are designed to retain bone fasteners, such as screws, and secure the implant to the adjacent vertebrae.
US09675464B2	Tibial tray system and method of implantation A tibial tray system includes a tibial tray configured for attachment to a surgically-prepared surface of the proximal end of the tibia. The tibial tray includes a track disposed in a generally A-P direction. The tibial tray system also includes a spline configured to engage the track and to be positionable in at least one location along the track. The spline includes a bearing surface that is configured to contact a femoral component of the knee prosthesis to guide movement of the femoral component during extension and flexion of the knee.
US09675462B2	Intermediate body for a bone implant, and implant arrangement An intermediate body is for a bone implant for replacement of an osseous area. The intermediate body has a base body and a seat which extends axially in the base body and is surrounded by a wall of the base body. The intermediate body is designed to receive and surround an end portion of an intramedullary implant part. A clamp device is assigned to the seat. A clamp component is arranged on the wall of the base body surrounding the seat. In order to clamp, the end portion is inserted beforehand into the seat relative to the wall of the base body. The wall then surrounds the seat and the inserted end portion is movable towards the seat and in the process clamps the end portion in the seat. An implant arrangement is provided with the intermediate body.
US09675453B2	Methods of identifying and replacing implanted heart valves A prosthetic heart valve configured to replace a native heart valve and for post-implant expansion and having a valve-type indicator thereon visible from outside the body post-implant. The indicator communicates information about the valve, such as the size or orifice diameter of the valve, and/or that the valve has the capacity for post-implant expansion. The indicator can be an alphanumeric symbol or other symbol or combination of symbols that represent information about the characteristics of the valve such as the valve size. The capacity for post-implant expansion facilitates a valve-in-valve procedure, where the valve-type indicator conveys information to the surgeon about whether the implanted valve is suitable for the procedure and informs the choice of the secondary valve.
US09675438B2	Dome-shaped vascular filter There is disclosed embodiments of a vascular filter having, among other things, a plurality of discrete segments, each having two or more loops and an extension. The loops of each segment can be connected to form a dome or conical shaped end with an unblocked central opening. Prongs and beads may be provided to enhance visualization and anchoring in a vessel. Methods for inserting and moving or removing the filter from the vessel are also disclosed.
US09675436B2	Pelvic floor repair system Systems, method, and devices related to surgically implantable supportive slings are presented herein. More specifically, in various embodiments, the systems, devices and methods relate to a surgically implantable supportive sling adapted to anchor in patient tissue.
US09675435B2	Dental compositions containing upconversion phosphors and methods of use A luminescent coating is disclosed that is used to dimensionally control the curing of a photocurable agent placed in close contact with the coating. The coating is applied at the interface of structures, such as brackets and prosthetics, or may be applied directly on a curable material for use in 3D printing, at the location where bonding material is needed to be cured. The luminescent coating irradiates from its structure the curing radiations necessary to photopolymerize the resin in response to a first radiation irradiated on its structure of a different wavelength.
US09675434B2	Dental bridge A system for attaching a natural tooth to a dental implant includes a dental prosthesis and an elastomeric cushion. The elastomeric cushion is positioned in contact, either directly or indirectly, with at least a portion of the dental implant and at least a portion of the dental prosthesis such that the elastomeric cushion permits movement of the dental prosthesis relative to the dental implant in response to movement of the natural tooth transferred through the dental prosthesis.
US09675430B2	Confocal imaging apparatus with curved focal surface A confocal imaging apparatus includes an illumination module to generate an array of light beams. Focusing optics perform confocal focusing of an array of light beams onto a non-flat focal surface and direct the array of light beams toward a three dimensional object to be imaged. A translation mechanism adjusts a location of at least one lens to displace the non-flat focal surface along an imaging axis. A detector measures intensities of an array of returning light beams that are reflected off of the three dimensional object and directed back through the focusing optics. Intensities of the array of returning light beams are measured for locations of the at least one lens for determination of positions on the imaging axis of points of the three dimensional object. Detected positions of one or more points are adjusted to compensate for the non-flat focal surface.
US09675425B2	Apparatus for aligning a dental drill An apparatus for aligning a dental drill including a guide body having a drill guide through hole including a longitudinal axis, a pair of guide pincer axes orthogonal to and symmetrical about the longitudinal axis and a pair of outer pincer axes orthogonal to and symmetrical about the longitudinal axis, a pair of opposed outer pincers, each outer pincer having an outer engagement protrusion, and each outer pincer is rotatable about a respective one of the pair of outer pincer axes, and a pair of opposed guide pincers, each guide pincer having gear teeth and a guide engagement protrusion, and each guide pincer is rotatable about a respective one of the pair of guide pincer axes. The gear teeth of each guide pincer engage the gear teeth of the other, guide pincer, rotation of one of the pair of guide pincers causes rotation of the other of the pair of guide pincers and the pair of opposed outer pincers rotate independent of each other.
US09675419B2	System and method for automating medical procedures A system and a method for automating a medical process including a memory storing a software program, a computer connected to the memory for running the software program, a display connected to the computer for generating a visual representation of output data generated by the computer running the program, a user interface connected to the computer for obtaining image data representing a configuration of a patient treatment space and fixed markers in the treatment space and storing the image data in the memory, a robot arm connected to the computer, and a medical tool mounted on the robot arm wherein when a human inputs a selected treatment procedure into the computer, the computer runs the software program to generate a tool path based upon the treatment procedure and the image data, and the computer operates the robot arm to move the medical tool along the tool path without human guidance, and wherein the data generated during the treatment procedure is stored, analyzed, and shared among collaborating computer systems.
US09675408B2	Electrosurgical device and methods An electrosurgical bipolar probe with internal cooling for use in systems and methods for lesioning in bone and other tissue is disclosed. The bipolar probe includes tubular electrodes configured such that the inner surface of the electrodes are cooled, directly or indirectly, while keeping the electrodes electrically isolated. An exemplary disclosed method of using a bipolar probe having an active tip having at least two electrodes for delivering energy includes the steps of: advancing the active tip into a bone tissue; delivering energy substantially between the electrodes in a bipolar manner; and supplying cooling fluid to the active tip for internal cooling of the electrodes. Some versions of the method further include the steps of monitoring the temperature of tissue to which the energy is being delivered; and controlling the delivery of energy in suspense to the temperature of the tissue.
US09675407B2	Radio frequency treatment apparatus A radio frequency (RF) treatment apparatus includes a main machine and a treatment handpiece. The treatment handpiece may comprise an RF output device, comprising a controller, an RF electrode module, an RF electrode driving circuit, and an RF generation module. The treatment handpiece may also employ a modified arrangement of the plurality of RF electrodes and/or an adjusted series-connection pattern. The treatment handpiece may also be provided with a microneedle member, which includes a plurality of microneedles, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a substrate plate, wherein the plurality of microneedles comprise a plurality of long microneedles and a plurality of short microneedles.
US09675406B2	Ablation device with guide sleeves An energy delivery device for treating a patient includes a probe body; a plurality of guide sleeves positioned inside the probe body and adapted to be deployed radially away from the probe body and into tissue of the patient; and a plurality of elongate electrode elements each adapted to receive electrical treatment energy from an energy source and adapted to be deployed into the tissue through a corresponding deployed guide sleeve. The guide sleeves provide a structural pathway for guiding the electrodes along their intended trajectory and for determining the angle of deployment of the electrodes relative to the longitudinal axis of the probe body.
US09675403B2	Graphical user interface for monitoring and controlling use of medical devices A device for treating a tissue region is supplied with a separate usage key card. The usage key card comprises a storage medium, which is formatted to contain an identification code unique to the usage key card. The usage key card is adapted to be read by a remote reader, to download the identification code for processing by a controller for the device. Processing of the identification code by the controller either enables or disables operation of the device according to prescribed criteria. A viewable image is generated on a display screen that changes in response to processing of the identification code.
US09675386B2	Flexible fastening system A flexible implant system includes a flexible implant, an implant housing, and an implant set screw. The flexible implant is configured to loop around a portion of a bony element. The implant housing includes a housing body defining a rod passage configured to receive an rod. The housing body also defines an implant passage that receives a portion of the flexible implant. The implant set screw engages the flexible implant within the implant passage to fix the flexible implant to the implant housing.
US09675383B2	Articulation apparatus for external fixation device An articulation element consisting of a plurality of adjustable jaw pairs for the purposes of fixating the relative position of coupled bars and/or bone pins of an external bone fixator. Each of the adjustable jaws consists of a pair of hemispherical jaw elements contained within a spherical housing. A passage is eccentrically arranged through the jaw elements to accept the pin or bar. The jaw elements have interposed between them a spring element that serves to bias the jaw elements in the closed position. Pins serve to provisionally lock the jaw elements in the closed position. Spring loaded buttons act to release the pins thereby allowing the jaw elements to open accepting the pin or bar. The jaws are attached in a back to back fashion through the use of a threaded collar which acts as a turnbuckle pulling the jaws together when tightened.
US09675380B2	Surgical tool positioning system Described is a tool positioning system comprising an introduction device, a first tool support and a second tool support. The introduction device is constructed and arranged to slidingly receive an articulating probe. The first tool support comprises at least one guide element constructed and arranged to slidingly receive a first tool. The first tool support is oriented toward a first operator location. The second tool support comprises at least one guide element constructed and arranged to slidingly receive a second tool. The second tool support is oriented toward a second operator location.
US09675375B2	Ultrasonic surgical system and method An ultrasonic surgical system has an ultrasonic unit including an instrument operatively connected to an ultrasonic generator, wherein the instrument has an ultrasonic end effector on the distal end of a shaft. The system further includes a positioning unit including a movable arm adapted for releasably holding the instrument, whereby an operator may direct the positioning unit to position the end effector at a surgical site inside a body cavity of a patient for performing a plurality of surgical tasks. The system further includes a control unit operatively connected to the ultrasonic and positioning units, wherein the control unit is programmable with a surgical subroutine for performing the surgical tasks. The system further includes a user interface operatively connected to the control unit for initiating an operative cycle of the surgical subroutine such that the surgical tasks are automatically performed during the operative cycle.
US09675363B2	Surgical tools having application for spinal surgical procedures and method of use A cannula tool in combination with other tools is used to provide multiple instruments necessary for surgical procedures. The cannula tool is used in combination with a piercing tool to form a dilator instrument to access a treatment site and in combination with a plunger tool to deliver biological or grafting material to a treatment site. Each of the plunger and piercing tools includes a guide lumen to track the tools over a K-wire or other guide device for placement at the treatment site. The application discloses asymmetrical piercing and plunger tools for placement proximate to a facet joint for treatment.
US09675362B2	Device for haemostatic control of a blood flow Device for haemostatic control of a blood flow, comprising a suction cup which provides leaktight coverage and is able to surround and be applied tightly to a tissue area (2) that is to be treated, said tissue area (2) being the site of a haemorrhage or of a blood flow that is to be controlled, this suction cup (3) coming into contact with the periphery of the tissue area and delimiting an internal volume (8) which is connected in a leaktight manner, by a catheter or a similar connecting tube (7), to an external aspiration element that establishes a vacuum, so as to create an underpressure of defined value within this volume between the suction cup and the tissue area, the suction cup (3) having the general shape of a dome (4), of which the base (5) supports an inner bearing element (11) that can be arranged opposite the tissue area (2) under the suction cup (3). The invention lies in the inner bearing element being formed by a solid obturator (11) or an open grill (13).
US09675360B2	Invaginator for gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device An assembly for restoring a gastroesophageal flap valve includes a restoration device substantially free for rotation. The assembly comprises an elongated member configured to be fed through a throat, down an adjoining esophagus and into an associated stomach. The elongated member has a distal end. The assembly further comprises a gastroesophageal flap valve restoration device carried on the distal end of the elongated member for placement in the stomach, and an invaginator carried by the elongated member. The invaginator is configured to grip the esophagus and the elongated member and invaginator are coupled for restricted relative axial movement and substantially free relative rotational movement.
US09675359B2	Surgical instrument with preload assembly A surgical instrument comprising a handle assembly, an elongated body portion extending distally from the handle assembly, a head portion and a preload assembly is disclosed. The head portion is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated body portion and includes an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The anvil assembly is movable in relation to the shell assembly between spaced and approximated positions. The preload assembly is disposed in mechanical cooperation with the shell assembly and enables longitudinal movement of the shell assembly with respect to the elongated body portion.
US09675358B2	Conduit for peripheral nerve replacement A biphasic material and devices comprising the same are provided for the development of conductive conduits that may be used for the treatment of peripheral nerve injury. These devices or conduits are designed such that repeated electric field gradients can be initiated to promote neurite and axonal outgrowth. Conducting conduits using doped synthetic and/or natural polymers create specifically patterned high and low conducting segmented materials, which are mechanically used to produce the electrical properties needed for nerve conduits. These electrical properties stimulate neurite outgrowth and axonal repair following a peripheral nerve transection.
US09675354B2	Torque compensation Embodiments of a clamping system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system used with a motor assembly and a clamping device is presented, the system adjusting torque limits in the motor assembly according to conditions, for example operating temperature of the motor assembly and aging of the clamping device and the motor assembly. The clamping device can be, for example, a stapler or a vessel sealer.
US09675351B2	Buttress release from surgical stapler by knife pushing A surgical stapling apparatus including a releasable buttress material includes a cartridge assembly, an anvil assembly, a knife, and a buttress material. The cartridge assembly includes a plurality of staples and a tissue contacting surface defining staple retaining slots. The anvil assembly includes a tissue contacting surface defining staple pockets for forming staples expelled from the staple retaining slots of the cartridge assembly. The knife is disposed within a knife slot formed in the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge assembly. The buttress material includes at least one weld joining the buttress material to the tissue contacting surface of the cartridge assembly. The at least one weld is positioned across the knife slot.
US09675348B2	Electrical surgical instrument with knife return Electrically operated surgical instrument, comprising a handle having a power supply; a drive assembly having an electrical motor, a controller electrically connected to the power supply and motor, and a drive part selectively moved by the motor between a fully extended position and a fully retracted position; and a control assembly operably connected to the motor to control a rotation of the motor; an end effector having a tissue-cutting assembly comprising: a blade connected to the drive part to move between opposing compression surfaces over the course of a blade stroke to cut tissue compressed between the compression surfaces, the blade stroke being comprised of the drive part advancing the blade towards the tissue to an extended position and retreating proximally to a retracted position, the control assembly being operable to selectively cause the motor to automatically retreat the drive part to place the blade in the retracted position.
US09675342B2	Devices, systems, and methods for wound closure A wound closure device includes a shaft, a sleeve, a suture, and a cartridge. The sleeve is disposed about the shaft and defines first and second sleeve arms movable between a retracted position, wherein the sleeve arms extend along the shaft, and a deployed position, wherein the sleeve arms extend outwardly from the shaft. The cartridge includes a base and first and second cartridge arms. The base is configured for releasable coupling with the shaft and defining a pocket configured to retain an intermediate portion of the suture. The first and second cartridge arms are configured for positioning adjacent the respective first and second sleeve arms and are configured to move in conjunction with the respective first and second sleeve arms between the retracted and deployed positions. The first and second cartridge arms are configured to retain first and second ends of the suture, respectively.
US09675337B2	Minimally open interbody access retraction device and surgical method Devices, systems and methods for minimally open orthopedic spine surgery are disclosed. A first flexible screw-based retractor is designed to be coupled to each pedicle screw inserted into adjacent vertebral bodies. A retractor system is provided in which a first retractor blade is mounted to one of the screws and a second movable retractor blade is moved away from the first blade, in a medial direction, to create a working channel through which the disc space may be accessed for passing instruments and implants. Light may be incorporated into the device to illuminate the surgical field. One or all of the retractor blades may be made of a sterilizable plastic or metal and be disposable or reusable.
US09675336B2	Methods and devices for accessing and retracting a capsule of a joint Devices and methods are disclosed herein for accessing the hip joint. A first device can be securely attached to the capsule of a joint. The first device can tent the capsule to increase the volume of the peripheral compartment. A second device can be biased against the first device to pierce the tented capsule and create a portal. Devices and methods are also disclosed herein for distending the capsule of a joint. A distention device may access a portal established within the capsule. The distention device can expand the capsule by applying an expansive force within the peripheral compartment. The distention device can maintain distention of the peripheral compartment while other devices access the joint.
US09675330B2	Multi-utility surgical instrument A multi-utility surgical instrument may include a nosecone, a handle, a housing sleeve, an actuation facilitating sleeve, a piston tube, a hypodermic tube, and an end plug. The hypodermic tube may be disposed within the piston tube; the piston tube may be disposed within the actuation facilitating sleeve; the actuation facilitating sleeve may be disposed within the housing sleeve; the end plug may be disposed within a portion of the housing sleeve; the housing sleeve and the end plug may be disposed within the handle; the nose cone may be fixed to a distal end of the handle; and the hypodermic tube may be fixed to the nosecone.
US09675319B1	Loupe display A system and method for providing image guidance for placement of one or more medical devices at a target location. The system can determine one or more intersections between a medical device and an image region based at least in part on first emplacement data and second emplacement data. Using the determined intersections, the system can cause one or more displays to display perspective views of image guidance cues, including an intersection indicator in a virtual 3D space.
US09675297B2	Method and apparatus for measuring a biological signal Provided is an apparatus and method for analyzing a biological signal. The apparatus may measure the biological signal, detect a noise signal influencing the electrical characteristics of the measured biological signal, and display the measured biological signal by distinguishing a normal section of the measured biological signal from an abnormal section of the biological signal.
US09675295B2	Devices and methods for tissue immobilization and non-invasive lower urinary tract analysis Provided are devices and methods suitable for immobilizing tissue and for use in non-invasive methods of assessing lower urinary tract symptoms as well as in surgical application.
US09675289B2	Method and glucose monitoring system for monitoring individual metabolic response and for generating nutritional feedback A system and method for monitoring individual metabolic response and for generating nutritional feedback involve monitoring of a glucose level in a qualified subject. The method comprises the step of consecutively performing a plurality of measurements of a glucose level in the qualified subject by a measuring device. In the measuring device first data corresponding to the measured glucose level is generated. This data is further transmitted to an analysis device. There, second data is generated representing at least one measure for variability of a glucose level of the subject from a time-series of glucose measurements represented by the first data. The second data is compared with reference data and a result of the comparison is further processed for generating a conclusion about nutritional quality of foodstuffs consumed by the subject and/or about a risk of long-term health complications of the subject. Finally, feedback is provided corresponding to the conclusion on an output device.
US09675285B2	Delivery device for implantable monitor In general, this disclosure describes techniques for placing a capsule for sensing one or more parameters of a patient. In particular, the techniques provide for anchoring of the capsule to a tissue at a specific site and releasing the capsule from the device using a single actuator. As an example, a delivery device may anchor the capsule to the tissue site during a first motion of the actuator and release the capsule from the delivery device during a second motion of the actuator. This allows a user to place the capsule by interacting with only a single actuator, thus making delivery of the capsule easier and more reliable.
US09675284B2	Apparatus and method for detecting and\or monitoring one or more compounds in blood A platform has microneedles for determining blood levels of compound of interest, such as glucose.
US09675282B2	Method and apparatus for determining a respiration signal The invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining a respiration of a subject (305) in which, with a single multi-axial accelerometer (310) positioned on a body of the subject (305), accelerometer signals are generated (101) indicative of the acceleration of the subject (305) along different spatial axes, a vector magnitude signal of the acceleration of the subject (305) along the different spatial axes is calculated (102) from the accelerometer signals, a non-respiratory motion contribution to the acceleration along the different spatial axes is identified (103, 203) from the vector magnitude signal, which non-respiratory motion contribution is not caused by the respiration, and a respiration signal indicative of the respiration of the subject is determined (104, 204) by filtering the non-respiratory motion contribution from at least one of the accelerometer signals. In this way a method is provided which determines the respiration of a subject (305) with a single accelerometer (310) in an efficient and, for a patient, comfortable way.
US09675279B2	Method for determining the time point of a heart movement and corresponding apparatus A method for determining a time point of a heart movement is described, wherein an EKG signal showing the heart movement is received. A first time point is determined, after which a mechanical signal characterizing the heart movement will probably be received, as a function of the received EKG signal. A mechanical signal is also received after the determined first time point. The time point of a heart movement can be concluded based on the receive time point of the mechanical signal. An apparatus for determining a time point of a heart movement is also described. The apparatus has a first receive facility, a timing facility, a second receive facility, and an evaluation facility. The evaluation facility is configured to determine the receive time point of the mechanical signal and to determine a time point of a heart movement based on the determined receive time point of the mechanical signal.
US09675275B2	Extracorporeal devices and methods for facilitating cessation of undesired behaviors Devices, Methods and Systems are disclosed for assisting patients in behavioral modification and cessation programs aimed at terminating undesired behaviors such as smoking, alcohol use and others. Patient devices with automated patient prompting for self-testing, analysis of test results and data logging are included in a networked system with a specifically designed treatment modality.
US09675264B2	System and method for monitoring and diagnosing patient condition based on wireless sensor monitoring data A device adapted to attach to a subject for detecting an ECG signal of the subject. The device includes a first, a second, and a third electrode, where the electrodes form an orthogonal configuration. Two channels of ECG data can be obtained using a common electrode, and can be further combined to obtain a further channel using vector mathematics. The channel combination can be performed at vector angles suitable for optimizing the detection of various features of the ECG spectra of the subject. A method of using an implantable cardiac device together with surface-attached wireless sensor(s) is also provided where the acquired data from the implantable cardiac device and from the surface-attached wireless sensor(s) are both used for diagnosing patient's heart conditions and administering appropriate therapies.
US09675259B2	Physiological function detecting earphone and detecting method thereof A physiological function detecting earphone includes an earphone body, an earplug mounted at one side of the earphone body and defining a window, a light processing module including a light sensing module towards the window, and a signal processing module. A detecting method using the earphone by a participant includes the steps of: the participant inserts the earplug in the ear canal thereof; the light sensing module senses the changes of light emitted through the window and then reflected by the wall of the ear canal; the light processing module processes the reflected light changes to get photoplethysmography (PPG) signals; and the signal processing module receives and processes the PPG signals to get physiological information of the participant.
US09675257B2	Impedance devices and methods to use the same to obtain luminal organ measurements Impedance devices and methods to use the same to obtain luminal organ measurements. In at least one embodiment of an impedance device of the present disclosure, the impedance device comprises an elongated body having a distal body end, and a first electrode located along the elongated body at or near the distal body end, the first electrode configured to obtain one or more conductance values within a mammalian luminal organ within an electric field, wherein a measured parameter of the mammalian luminal organ can be calculated based in part upon the one or more conductance values obtained by the first electrode.
US09675255B2	Electromagnetic tomography solutions for scanning head An electromagnetic tomography system for gathering measurement data pertaining to a human head includes an image chamber unit, a control system, and a housing. The image chamber unit includes an antenna assembly defining a horizontally-oriented imaging chamber and including an array of antennas arranged around the imaging chamber. The antennas include at least some transmitting antennas and some receiving antennas. The control system causes the transmitting antennas to transmit a low power electromagnetic field that is received by the receiving antennas after passing through a patient's head in the imaging chamber. A data tensor is produced that may be inversed to reconstruct a 3D distribution of dielectric properties within the head and to create an image. The housing at least partially contains the antenna assembly and has a front entry opening into the imaging chamber. The head is inserted horizontally through the front entry opening and into the imaging chamber.
US09675250B2	System and method for measurement of vital signs of a human A method and system for optical measuring one or more vital signs of a human is described. The method includes generating an optical Pulse Width Modulated (PWM) signal modulated in accordance with a predetermined Pulse Width Modulation scheme. The PWM scheme includes one or more Pulse Width Modulations having different modulation frequencies. The method also includes applying the PWM optical signal to a measurement location in a blood perfused body tissue of the human and receiving light originated back from the measurement location. A photo current signal of a time response of the blood perfused body tissue to the PWM optical signal is indicative of the vital signs. The method includes generating a voltage signal from the photo current signal and processing the voltage signal for determining the vital signs.
US09675249B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and method A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a collection unit and a generation unit. The collection unit collects data of an imaging area over a plurality of time phases within a certain respiratory cycle after applying a labeling pulse to a labeling area in which cerebrospinal fluid flows under a task of respiration. The generation unit generates images of a plurality of time phases depicting the cerebrospinal fluid by using the collected data.
US09675233B2	Signal transmission components for use with medical devices Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a medical device. The medical device may include an elongate member, having a proximal end and a distal end and at least two lumens extending therebetween. At least one of the lumens may be an imaging lumen configured to hold an imaging device, and an imaging device may be disposed inside the imaging lumen. A signal transmitting device may extend longitudinally through the imaging lumen. A distal end of the signal transmitting device may be operably coupled to the imaging device and a proximal end may be operably coupled to a processor. The processor may be located outside of the imaging lumen. The signal transmitting device may transmit signals between the imaging device and the processor. A grounded, braided catheter may be disposed within and extend the length of the elongate member, surrounding the imaging lumen.
US09675232B2	Bottle washer assembly for dishwasher appliance Bottle washer assemblies for dishwasher appliances are provided. A bottle washer assembly includes a supply conduit defining a main passage for flowing wash fluid therethrough. The bottle washer assembly further includes at least one spray tine. The at least one spray tine includes a conduit defining a passage for flowing wash fluid therethrough, the passage in fluid communication with the main passage, and a rotatable impeller disposed within the passage.
US09675219B1	Bagless vacuum cleaner A canister vacuum cleaner is disclosed, which includes an exterior casing that has a top half and a bottom half. An interior area of the bottom half of the casing houses a motor that is configured to generate a suction force, which is ultimately transmitted through a tube and an appended flexible hose. By positioning the motor at the bottom half of the casing, the vacuum cleaner exhibits a more preferred and ergonomic center of gravity. The canister vacuum cleaner is bagless—and does not require the use of a disposable bag to capture and retain dirt and debris that the vacuum cleaner extracts from the environment. In some cases, the vacuum cleaner utilizes a first, second, and third means for cyclonic separation of dirt and debris.
US09675212B2	Container for food processing system A container configured for use with a food processing system is provided including a container body configurable with a food processing base. A chamber is defined by the container body. A pressure relief mechanism is associated with the container body and is configured to relieve pressure when the pressure within the chamber exceeds a defined pressure threshold.
US09675211B2	No-bean detection for coffee bean grinder A method for detecting a state of a coffee bean grinder includes providing a supply voltage to a motor of a grinding apparatus, and monitoring with a motor stall detection sensor at least one operating parameter of the motor. The method further includes determining whether a motor stall has been detected based on monitoring the at least one operating parameter. The method also includes measuring using a weight sensor a weight of coffee grounds that have been ground by the grinding apparatus, and determining that no beans are present in a hopper that feeds coffee beans to the grinding apparatus when no motor stall has been detected and no change in weight has been detected at the weight sensor for a predetermined amount of time. A coffee bean grinder is also disclosed.
US09675210B2	Flatbread toaster A flatbread toaster is an apparatus that is utilized to toast flatbread. Flatbreads of various sizes are toasted within a plurality of toasting slot assemblies. The flatbread toaster features an expandable slot assembly that is capable of accommodating and cooking additional types and sizes of food as well. The expandable slot assembly includes a translating wall that may be moved in order to adjust the size of the expandable slot assembly. The flatbread toaster is regulated through a plurality of physical inputs located on a control panel that allows the user to provide commands. User commands provided through the plurality of physical inputs are processed by a computing unit. Heat is provided to cook food via a plurality of heating elements within each of the plurality of toasting slot assemblies and a first heating element and a second heating element within the expandable slot assembly.
US09675204B2	Beverage machine for different spatial environments A beverage preparation machine (1) comprising: a body (2) having one or more outer faces (21,22) and a beverage outlet for delivering a beverage on a beverage dispensing area (27); and a module (3) operatively connected to the body adjacent to one of said one or more outer faces. The module is movable into a plurality of different operative connection positions along said one or more outer faces of the body.
US09675194B2	Floor mat and method for assembling such a mat A floor mat comprising several sections each provided with a trench designed to receive an insert, each section having first and second lateral grooves extending along respectively two longitudinal axes, and several joining elements, each joining element being configured to join two sections to one another, each joining element comprising a first set of main tabs inserted in the second lateral groove of a first section and a second set of main tabs inserted in the first lateral groove of a second section.
US09675188B1	Shopping cart corrals with at least two advertisement panels arranged in a staggered fashion and method of providing same Certain embodiments disclose a corral and enclosure defined by three members having an opening configured to hold one or more shopping carts and display one or more advertisements, with two substantially parallel walls of different lengths and advertisement panels affixed on the walls, such that they are staggered. The staggered arrangement of the at least two advertisement panels facilitates better visibility and allows the simultaneous viewing of at least two advertisement panels. The longer member also further protects vehicles parked on its side from colliding with shopping carts.
US09675183B2	Accessories suitable for use with an infant playpen and mount assembly for installing the same A mount assembly includes a playpen frame, a support frame that can provide support for a bassinet in the playpen frame, and multiple bar segments to provide support for a utility accessory positioned side-by-side relative to the bassinet. The playpen frame includes two first upper side rail assemblies each having a fixed wall, and a second upper side rail assembly connected with the two first upper side rail assemblies. The support frame includes two connectors operable to respectively attach to and detach from the fixed walls. Each connector is formed to include a socket. The two connectors can attach to the fixed walls respectively near a middle of the two first upper side rail assemblies. The bar segments are mountable to the playpen frame, one of the bar segments once mounted to the playpen frame having an end portion resting in contact with the socket of one connector.
US09675181B2	Object barrier for placement beneath an item of furniture An object barrier method includes providing a strip of material having a height that can fit beneath an item of furniture, such as a couch or sofa and a length extending from a first front leg to a second front leg of the couch or sofa; enabling a first end of the strip to be releaseably attached to the first leg; and enabling a second end of the strip to be releaseably attached to the first leg. An object barrier having the above structure is provided in which the ends of the strip of material may be provided with releaseably frictional fasteners. Mating releaseably frictional fasteners can also be provided, which are secured to the front legs of the couch or sofa. The frictional fasteners of the strip are then releaseably secured to the frictional fasteners of the legs.
US09675180B2	Portable solar powered heated seat cushion A portable solar powered heated seat cushion wherein the solar cell supplies energy to a heating element inserted into a portable seat cushion to create a heated seat cushion that can be used in the outdoors, especially for use in hunting, fishing and camping and that can be fitted onto existing seats or surfaces.
US09675174B2	Pull-out system A pull-out system comprises at least two pull-out guides, each pull-out guide having a stationary rail and at least one rail that can be moved relative to the stationary rail, means for synchronizing the movement of the movable rails being provided, said means comprising at least one flexible deflector element for synchronization. In this way, the movement of wide or heavy pull-out units can be synchronized in a simple manner, producing little noise.
US09675170B2	Telescopic column, preferably for furniture A telescopic lifting column (1) preferably for furniture, such as height adjustable tables and beds, and comprising at least two mutually telescopic members (2, 3, 4) and an electric drive unit (5, 10; 41, 42) for adjusting the telescopic members. The lifting column comprises a telescopic cable guiding device (22; 45, 58, 80, 103) for guiding at least one electric cable (29), where the telescopic cable guiding device extends between or in all essentials between the lower and upper end of the lifting column and is connected thereto so that the telescopic cable guiding device collaborates in the telescopic adjustment of the lifting column. Thus the cables may be guided in a protected manner.
US09675168B2	Head for an oral care implement A head for an oral care implement comprises a mounting surface and at least one tuft extending from the mounting surface. The tuft comprises a first group of filaments and at least a second group of filaments. The first group of filaments is surrounded by the second group of filaments. The filaments of the first group have a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the cross sectional area has a substantially circular shape with a first diameter. The filaments of the second group have a longitudinal axis and a cross-sectional area extending in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and the cross sectional area has a substantially circular shape with a second diameter. The first diameter is smaller than the second diameter. The first diameter is about 0.15 mm to about 0.16 mm, preferably about 0.152 mm (6 mil) and the second diameter is about 0.17 mm to about 0.18 mm, preferably about 0.178 mm (7 mil).
US09675165B2	Backpack frame device The backpack frame device includes back frames mutually spaced apart and connected, shoulder frames which include one ends coupled with the back frames and the other ends extending over shoulders of a user toward a rear of the waist of the user, supporting pads which are hinge-coupled with bottom ends of the back frames and include top ends opposite to the bottom ends and which are configured to support parts of the shoulder frames, shoulder mounted pads which are coupled with the shoulder frames and elastically pressurize both shoulders of the user, and a lumbar support which is coupled with the bottom ends of the shoulder frames and supports the rear of the waist of the user.
US09675160B2	Fixed quantity discharge device for liquid container The present disclosure relates to a fixed quantity discharge device for a liquid container, more specifically a fixed quantity discharge device for a liquid container which includes a contents suction tube extended into the inside of the container body for enabling a pipette tube to be inserted and drawn so as to make the lower end of the pipette tube be exposed to the contents, thus preventing contamination of the pipette tube, and a piston provided in the container body so as to rise as the contents are consumed, thus minimizing the residual contents in the container body.
US09675144B2	Self-sealing fastener and garment This invention relates to a fastener assembly and garment comprising same having a first fastener tape and a second fastener tape, and a first edge and a second edge, the first edge having a row of cooperating fastener elements mounted thereon; wherein the second edge of each of the first and second fastener tapes is folded parallel to its row of cooperating fastener elements such that when the fastener is closed, and a meshed area of fastener elements from the first and second fastener tapes is formed, i) the second edges of each of the first and second fastener tapes overlap, ii) the second edge of the first fastener tape fully covers the meshed area of fastening elements, and iii) the overlap of the second edge of the first fastener tape by the second edge of the second fastener tape extends past the meshed area of fastening elements.
US09675142B1	Snap cover converter A snap cover converter couples a boat cover to a boat. The converter has a snap portion that snaps to a mating snap portion on the cover, and will remain snapped thereto until a person removes the snap cover converter. A loop, when secured, extends from the snap portion snapped to the cover to and about either one of a male snap member affixed to a boat, or a knob that may be used in addition to or to replace a prior art snap member. The knob has a top, a base, and a shoulder intermediate between top and base that together engage securely with an opening in the loop. In one preferred embodiment, the loop opening is keyhole shaped, and the knob top has a generally cylindrical exterior of a diameter greater than the knob shoulder and less than a diameter of the knob base.
US09675115B2	Electronic cigarette The disclosure discloses an electronic cigarette. The electronic cigarette comprises a cigarette rod provided with an air outlet for cigarette smoke flowing out, wherein the electronic cigarette further comprises a break means formed on an edge area around the air outlet to be convenient for users to smoke after removing the break means. In this disclosure, a break means configures around an air outlet for the cigarette smoke flowing out. In such case, firstly, removing the break mean while users use the electronic cigarette, which can be regarded as a mark for judging whether the electronic cigarette has been used or not. With such construction, it is convenient for users to judge whether the electronic cigarette has been used or not, which is more healthy and can avoid diseases transmitting crossly between users.
US09675112B2	Soft electronic cigarette This present invention relates to a soft electronic cigarette comprising an atomization component, a power component, and an outer sleeve configured for accommodating at least one of the atomization component and the power component; an outer side of one end of the outer sleeve is coaxially mounted with a filter tip structure, and the filter tip structure includes a cylindrical flexible body and a first sticker coated on an outer surface of the flexible body. The soft electronic cigarette in a mouth has the same feeling as a filter tip of a cigarette. The soft electronic cigarette can completely meet psychological and physiological needs of smokers, enhance user experience, and be beneficial for improving the effects of quitting smoking. In production, it is convenient for assembly and disassembly, an operation of the production is made to be simple, and the production efficiency is improved.
US09675109B2	Method and system for vaporization of a substance A smoking device for generating and releasing smoking vapor free from contamination into the mouth of a user comprising a mouthpiece for providing vapor for inhalation to a user including a tubular casing containing a heater for heating a smoking substance at a substantially constant low temperature by regulating the flow of fuel by a thermal regulator and further having means for visual indication of the operation of the device.
US09675101B2	High performance adjustable juicer with whole foods feed chute A juicing system with a drive mechanism and a juicer assembly, where the juicer assembly includes a main housing defining a cavity. A lid encloses a top portion of the cavity and has an opening therethrough. An auger is disposed within the cavity and has a top portion and a bottom portion. The auger is operably connected at one of the top portion or the bottom portion to the drive mechanism to rotate the auger. A rotatable cutting blade is disposed at the top portion of the auger. The rotatable cutting blade cuts foods inserted into the cavity through the opening. A juicing basket is disposed within the cavity, radially outwardly from the auger. The juicing basket has at least one screen with apertures therethrough of varying sizes. Food is pressed by the auger against the juicing basket to squeeze juice and pulp through the apertures.
US09675094B2	Automated poultry hanging system and method This invention relates to automated systems and methods for hanging live poultry for further processing. The system has an alignment conveyor, an alignment stunner, a hanging box, a vacuum system and a shackle. The alignment conveyor conveys poultry from an input point to the alignment stunner. The alignment stunner urges the poultry to move to a desired position on the alignment conveyor and stuns the poultry. The hanging box grasps the stunned poultry and places the poultry into the shackle for further processing. A computer and at least one sensor control operation of the system so that human intervention is minimized.
US09675087B2	Filling machine and method for monitoring the state of fouling in a vacuum system of a filling machine The invention relates to a filling machine for producing sausages and a method for monitoring the state of fouling of a collection container and/or a channel which is in communication with the collection container of such a filling machine, where the filling machine comprises a vane cell pump for delivering pasty mass, a vacuum pump for generating negative pressure of the vane cell pump, where the vane cell pump is via the collection container for the pasty mass that is dragged along in communication with the vacuum pump. The filling machine further comprises an inspection opening that is via a channel in communication with the collection container for inspecting the channel and/or the collection container.
US09675085B2	Fluid distribution systems, cabinet assemblies including fluid distribution systems and related assemblies and methods Fluid distribution systems for use in meat-handling facilities include a fluid distribution assembly for fluidly coupling with a fluid supply where the fluid distribution assembly comprises at least one valve for alternately supplying fluid to a first nozzle assembly and a second nozzle assembly. The fluid distribution assembly may further include at least one motor for oscillating the nozzle assemblies. Cabinet assemblies for use in meat-handling facilities may include a fluid distribution system. Valve assemblies may include a diverter for selectively supplying fluid to at least two outlets. Methods of washing at least a portion of a carcass include spraying fluid onto the at least a portion of the carcass with a first set of nozzle assemblies and with a second set of nozzle assemblies positioned over the first set of nozzle assemblies.
US09675078B2	Method of delivery of bio-active agents to plant cells by using nano-sized materials as carriers A method for regulating properties of a plant, includes: providing a nanoagent having at least one nanocomposite; and delivering the nanoagent to the plant. The nanocomposite has at least one gold nanorod, a silver layer coated on an outer surface of the gold nanorod, a pegylated layer coated on the silver layer, and an active layer conjugated to the pegylated layer. The silver layer includes silver nanoparticles. The pegylated layer includes at least one of thiolated polyethylene glycol (HS-PEG), thiolated polyethylene glycol acid (HS-PEG-COOH) and HS-PEG-NHx. The active layer includes at least one bio-active agent configured to interact with the plant. The bio-active agent can be 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D).
US09675067B2	Animal feed preservative, supplement and methods Embodiments herein relate to animal feed preservatives including byproducts containing levulinic acid and methods of making and using the same. In an embodiment, a method of making an animal feed preservative is included. The method can include obtaining an acidic byproduct of a manufacturing process. The acidic byproduct can include at least about 1% by weight levulinic acid or a salt thereof. The method can further include mixing the acidic byproduct with a base to form the animal feed preservative. The animal feed preservative can include at least about 5 wt. % of the acid byproduct. In various embodiments, a method of reducing the amount of mycotoxins formed in an animal feed product during storage is included. In various embodiments, an animal feed preservative or supplement is included. Other embodiments are also included herein.
US09675065B2	Biocide and bleach compositions and related methods Provided are biocide compositions and bleach compositions comprising organic acyl polyoxychlorine and related methods. The reduction of the acyl polyoxychlorine group releases a reactive intermediate that undergoes a series of cascading reduction steps, resulting in termination products Generally Recognized As Safe.
US09675059B2	Rodent deterrent apparatus A rodent deterrent apparatus has one or more deterrent features including a deterring light feature, a deterring sound feature and/or a deterring scent feature. A selection feature allows a user to select one or more of the deterring features to be activated. A motion detector may activate the deterring feature or features when motion is detected near the rodent deterrent apparatus. An accelerometer detects when the rodent deterrent apparatus is in motion and a controller may switch the apparatus to a power saver mode, wherein the deterrent features are not activated during motion, in order to save power.
US09675058B2	Fish recompression tool A fish recompression tool comprises an elongate body having and internal airtight chamber, an attachment member, a locking member, a piston, and a spring within the airtight chamber that engages the piston. The attachment member may switch between open and closed configurations, such that a fish is attached to the device in the closed configuration. The attachment member configuration is controlled by the locking member, such that a locked configuration corresponds to a closed configuration. The attachment member switches to the open configuration when the piston moves in response to reaching a water depth that results in the external pressure surrounding the airtight chamber being sufficiently greater than the internal pressure within the airtight chamber and the spring force on the piston. In preferred embodiments, a plug attaches to an open ended elongate body and may be moved to set different unlocking requirements (i.e. different release depths).
US09675055B2	Fishing tackle devices and methods of manufacturing same Tackle or artificial fly devices for improved fishing experience. The tackle device includes head and tail portions formed of a single, continuous material and allows one to tie flies thereon without fixing a certain hook type and/or size directly to the device. A lumen extends the device length and enables the tackle device to slide freely along a fishing line and more easily release from junction tubing and/or a fishing hook when a fish strikes. The tackle device can consist of a plastic, polycarbonate or other rigid polymer formed via injection molding. Device head portions can include cylindrical, dome as well as segmented shapes; various sizes; and one or more bills, cavities and/or carve-outs to create desired motion of the device while fishing. Incorporating draft into the tail portion further facilitates separation from junction tubing when hooking a fish, thereby prolonging the useful life of the tackle device.
US09675041B2	Leg spreading device to be mounted in a milking stall A leg spreading device for an animal in a milking stall includes a first and second elongated elements forming a first raised surface provided with a left side edge and a second raised surface provided with a right side edge. The elongated elements are oriented in a manner such that a transverse distance (w) between the left side edge of the first raised surface and the right side edge of the second raised surface increases continuously in a longitudinal direction of the elongated elements from a first transverse distance in the first longitudinal position to a second transverse distance in a second longitudinal position.
US09675033B1	Soybean cultivar 42062766 A soybean cultivar designated 42062766 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 42062766, to the plants of soybean cultivar 42062766, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 42062766, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 42062766. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 42062766. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 42062766, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 42062766 with another soybean cultivar.
US09675032B1	Soybean variety 27Y13T9 Disclosed is the seed of a novel soybean variety, designated 27Y13T9, a sample of which is deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123705. Also disclosed are plants, or parts thereof, grown from the seed of the variety, plants having the morphological and physiological characteristics of the 27Y13T9 variety, and methods of using the plant or parts thereof in a soybean breeding program.
US09675029B2	Soybean variety 01050834 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01050834. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01050834. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01050834 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01050834 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09675027B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV031874 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV031874. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV031874, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV031874 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 CV031874 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 CV031874.
US09675026B1	Soybean variety XR35AP14RX The invention relates to the soybean variety designated XR35AP14RX. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety XR35AP14RX. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety XR35AP14RX and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety XR35AP14RX with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09675022B2	Tomato line PSQ 23-2284 The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line PSQ 23-2284. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line PSQ 23-2284, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09675018B2	Cucumber hybrid SV7135CN and parents thereof The invention provides seed and plants of cucumber hybrid SV7135CN and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of cucumber hybrid SV7135CN and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a cucumber plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another cucumber plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09675016B2	Downy Mildew resistant cucumber plants The present invention relates to cucumber lines having increased resistance to Downy Mildew. The present invention also relates to parts of cucumber plants from lines having increased Downy Mildew resistance, including seeds capable of growing cucumber plants with increased Downy Mildew resistance. Further provided are methods of producing such plants by genetic marker assisted selection.
US09675003B2	Seed variety changer for a planter A system for changing seed variety on a planter includes a plurality of row units with each row unit having a plurality of seed meters. Each seed meter has a guide for delivering seed to a transport member and a switch that is activated and deactivated by a switch actuator on the member. The transport member is an endless member. The endless member has adjustable sidewalls, cover, and lugs.
US09681594B2	Electromagnetic shielding member A electromagnetic shielding member whose tubular shape is maintained with a simpler structure. The electromagnetic shielding member includes a pluralities of first and second protrusions that are respectively formed at first and second edges in a circumferential direction of a metal plate member that has been bent into a tubular shape. The plurality of first protrusions are formed, spaced apart in a longitudinal direction, each of the first protrusions having a first wider portion closer to its tip than the first narrower portion. The plurality of second protrusions are formed, spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, each of the second protrusions having a second wider portion closer to its tip than the second narrower portion. The metal plate member is formed into the tubular shape so that the first protrusions and the second protrusions are engaged with each other and are interposed with each other.
US09681577B2	System and method for improving fan life in an information handling system An information handling system includes a first fan in a first location for cooling a first component of the information handling system, a second fan in a second location for cooling a second component of the information handling system, and a management controller. The management controller determines that the first fan has experienced greater stress than the second fan, and recommends that the first fan be placed in the second location and that the second fan be placed in the first location.
US09681573B2	Slide rail assembly A slide rail assembly includes first and second rails, a retaining member, and a bracket. The second rail is movable to a retracted position relative to the first rail. The retaining member is connected to the second rail. The bracket includes a side plate connected to the first rail, an end plate bent from the side plate, and a movable member movably connected to the side plate. The movable member has at least one retaining portion corresponding to the end plate. When the second rail is in the retracted position, at least a portion of the retaining member faces the movable member so that the second rail can, via the retaining member, restrict displacement of the movable member relative to the retaining member.
US09681572B2	System with stepped three dimensional profile and venting A system and method are provided that comprise a circuit board including one or more processors and a chassis that holds the circuit board. The chassis includes a card receptacle that receives an electronics card. The electronics card comprises a card circuit board having electronic components including one or more processors. The card circuit board has a chassis loading end. A heat sink is provided on the circuit board and thermally coupled to one or more electronic components to dissipate heat therefrom. The heat sink has a three-dimensional envelope having a stepped end profile relative to the chassis loading end. Vent openings are provided in shielding of the electronics card for airflow from the electronics card.
US09681570B2	Welded high-density low-profile interconnect system An electronic device may have printed circuits to which electrical components are mounted. The printed circuits may have metal traces that form signal lines and contact pads. Vias or other conductive structures may be used in interconnecting the signal lines to the contact pads. The contact pads may have elongated shapes or other shapes and may be formed in arrays on the printed circuits. Laser welds or other electrical connections may be used to join contact pads on a first printed circuit to respective contact pads on a second printed circuit. The laser welds may form part of a rectangular region of welds or may form part of a non-rectangular region of welds such as a region with a curved edge. Alignment marks may be used in aligning the contact pads.
US09681564B2	Panel structure of power apparatus A panel structure of a power apparatus is provided. The power apparatus includes a case. The front of the case is longitudinally provided with a panel. The panel is transversely formed with at least two parallel heat dissipation holes. The panel is formed with a connecting portion between the heat dissipation holes. A heat dissipation net is provided on the heat dissipation holes. The heat dissipation net is formed with a plurality of openings corresponding to the connecting portion. A reinforcement rib is provided on the connecting portion, preventing the panel from collapsing or deforming. The durability of the panel is increased, and the appearance of the panel is pleasing to the eye.
US09681560B2	Cabinet and cabinet group including the same A cabinet includes a base, a top frame, at least three vertical pillar assemblies which are disposed between the base and the top frame, a cover, and at least three side plates. The cover is disposed at a side of the top frame, that is opposite to the side facing the base. A vertical pillar assembly includes a pillar, an inner clamp, and an outer clamp, wherein the inner clamp includes a first and a second side edge, and the outer clamp includes a third and a fourth side edge. The pillar is clamped between the inner clamp and the outer clamp. Space between the first side edge and the third side edge of the outer clamp is used for clamping a side plate, and space between the second side edge and the fourth side edge of the outer clamp is used for clamping a side plate.
US09681557B2	Metastable gas heating A heating apparatus includes a gas supply for providing a base gas, a generator configured to excite the base gas to produce a metastable gas mixture that includes a metastable gas, and a housing. The housing includes a wall shaped to contain the metastable gas mixture and selectively enclose a reactive element of a target component. Interaction between the metastable gas and at least one of a coupling material and the reactive element transfers energy to selectively heat the at least one of the coupling material and the target component.
US09681554B2	Printed circuit board A printed circuit board is disclosed. The printed circuit board comprises a substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface. A ground plane is on the bottom surface. A signal trace is on the top surface along a first direction. At least two isolated power planes are on the top surface adjacent to opposite sides of the signal trace, respectively. A conductive connection along a second direction couples to the two power planes, across the signal trace without electrically connecting to the signal trace, wherein the signal trace doesn't directly pass over any split of the ground plane.
US09681550B2	Method of making a circuit subassembly A frame 100 containing aperture(s) 102, 103, 104 is positioned on and joined to a permanent substrate 206a or temporary substrate 206b. Electrical component(s) 202, 203, 204 are placed into respective aperture(s) 102, 103, 104 with the leads 504, 1002 of the component(s) 202, 203, 204 positioned on and attached to the permanent substrate 206a or the temporary substrate 206b. Then an encapsulant 402, electrically insulating, but preferably thermally conductive, envelops the component(s) 102, 103, 104. At this point, temporary substrate 206b may be removed exposing component leads 1002. Or, if component(s) 102, 103, 104 are mounted on permanent substrate 206a, vias 502 extend from the surface of substrate 206a to leads 504. With leads 504, 1002 exposed, the completed subassembly 500, 1000 may be incorporated into various forms of reverse-interconnection process (RIP) assemblies as detailed in related applications.
US09681549B2	Conical inductor, printed circuit board, and optical module A conical inductor provided in the present invention includes: a housing, a conical coil located inside the housing, a first pin and a second pin respectively connected to two ends of the conical coil, where one end of the first pin is connected to one end of the conical coil, the other end of the first pin is connected to a hole in a first side wall of the housing in a fastened manner, one end of the second pin is connected to the other end of the conical inductor, and the other end of the second pin is connected to a hole in a second side wall of the housing in a fastened manner; and each of the first pin and the second pin includes one segment of waveform segment fluctuating in a direction perpendicular to a top wall of the housing.
US09681540B2	Electrode member and touch window including the same Disclosed is an electrode member. The electrode member includes a substrate, and an electrode provided in the shape of a mesh on the substrate.
US09681538B2	Flexible display A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display includes a flexible display panel including: a first flat portion, a bending portion connected to the first flat portion, and a second flat portion connected to the bending portion and opposing the first flat portion. The flexible display also includes a guide member fixed to the flexible display panel and arranged between the first and second flat portions and a housing supporting the flexible display panel and the guide member and arranged between the first and second flat portions. The flexible display further comprises a sliding member connected to the housing and the guide member and configured to move the second flat portion by substantially the same distance as and in an opposite direction to the first flat portion when the first flat portion is moved.
US09681532B2	Light emitting element module A light emitting element module according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first metal substrate; a second metal substrate on the first metal substrate; an insulation layer on the second metal substrate and including at least one of a carbide-based insulation material and a nitride-based insulation material; a circuit pattern on the insulation layer; and a light emitting element on the insulation layer.
US09681528B2	Rotatable plasma cutting torch assembly with short connections A plasma torch assembly is provided with a torch body having a primary portion and a dielectric portion. The use of the dielectric portion allows for the length of the leads in the torch body to be shorter than known torches, especially in higher current applications. This provides for added stability and longevity of the torch and its components.
US09681526B2	Power efficient line synchronized dimmer There is set forth herein a dimmer circuit for controlling delivery of input line voltage to a load. The dimmer circuit can include a switch coupling an input line voltage terminal to a load terminal. The dimmer circuit can be operative to provide one or more switch firing control scheme for latching the switch.
US09681519B2	Night light for reducing nighttime fears Disclosed is a fear-reducing device including a light for providing illumination in a dark room occupied by a person and including a controller for controlling the light output levels of the light. The light has variable lumen output levels in response to light control signals from the controller for helping overcome night-fear of the person. The control unit automatically reduces the output levels over a tapering period of time extending for multiple weeks. The control unit automatically reduces the output levels over a dimming period for each day of the tapering period. The controller is remote from the light and communicates with the light with wireless communication.
US09681515B2	LED structure with a dynamic spectrum and a method An integrated LED structure and a method of adjusting the emission spectrum of an integrated LED structure, for photobiological process. The structure comprises a substrate; a plurality of optically isolated and electrically non-independent light emission areas integrated on the substrate; a light emitting semiconductor source of a first type mounted in the emission area(s); a light emitting semiconductor source of a second type mounted in the emission area(s); an electrical circuit layer for connecting the said light emitting semiconductor sources in serial fashion for each emission area; and wavelength conversion materials. The emission areas are controlled with a common electrical drive current, and the emission output can be tuned by adjusting the common current value, to enable use of one luminaire for a large variety of biomass growing applications.
US09681511B1	LED driver circuits In some implementations, a circuit includes a first terminal to couple with an alternating current (AC) power source and a second terminal to couple with the AC power source. The circuit includes a first diode and a second diode that are coupled in series, the first terminal being coupled to a node between the first diode and the second diode. The circuit includes a first capacitor and a second capacitor that are coupled in series, the second terminal being coupled to a node between the first capacitor and the second capacitor. The circuit includes one or more light emitting diode elements coupled in parallel with the first capacitor and the second capacitor.
US09681510B2	Lighting device with operation responsive to geospatial position A lighting device is arranged to receive or determine information indicative of geospatial location (and optionally additional information such as time, time zone, and/or date) and automatically adjust one or more light output parameters (e.g., luminous flux, color point, color temperature, spectral content, and operating time) based on such information to operate one or more emitters differently on different days of a year. Information indicative of geospatial location may be received or provided by a user input element, a signal receiver, and/or at least one sensor. Brightness and/or spectral content of lighting device emissions may be further adjusted intraday based on sensed ambient conditions, conditions of an illuminated space or surface, information indicative of weather conditions, and/or user inputs.
US09681499B2	Food package The present invention relates to a food package for cooking, storing and heating of ready-to-eat food. The food package comprises a food container (65), a plastic film (26) for sealing the food package from ambient air and being provided with an opening (16), said food package further comprising an openable and resealable valve membrane (52, 62) of a thermoelastic material covering said opening, wherein an adhesion between the valve membrane (52, 62) and the surface it is applied on is lower in a first area (160) than in a second area, wherein said first area (160) extends in a direction at least between said opening (16) of said plastic film and an edge of said valve membrane (52, 62), such that a canal (60) may be created between said opening (16) and a valve membrane periphery during cooking and/or heating of said ready-to-eat food, wherein the valve membrane has a production machine direction (8) of the thermoelastic material which has a relationship to said direction of said first area such that an angle therebetween is within an interval of 60° to 90°.
US09681497B2	Multi zone heating and cooling ESC for plasma process chamber An electrostatic chuck assembly including a dielectric layer with a top surface to support a workpiece. A cooling channel base disposed below the dielectric layer includes a plurality of fluid conduits disposed beneath the top surface. A chuck assembly further includes a plurality of resistive heater rods spatially distribute across the chuck assembly. In embodiments, 169 heater rods and three heat transfer fluid flow controls are independently controlled during execution of a plasma etch process.
US09681491B2	Discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system A discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system are provided in the present invention. The discontinuous reception method in the wireless communication system includes the following steps: in case of a continuous carrier aggregation, setting a common On Duration timer and/or a common Discontinuous Reception inactivity timer for a primary cell and each secondary cell; and in case of a discontinuous carrier aggregation, setting an independent On Duration timers and/or an independent Discontinuous Reception inactivity timers for the primary cell and each secondary cells. The present invention realizes discontinuous reception of the carrier aggregation, thus saving power consumption of the mobile station.
US09681484B2	Networking method for mobile terminals and mobile terminal A networking method for mobile terminals is provided, including: dividing a frequency spectrum resource suitable for operation in a mobile communication network into three kinds of frequency bands which are a CB, a LB, and a UB; and establishing, by a calling mobile terminal, a radio communication connection with a called mobile terminal on the CB or the LB or the UB; wherein the calling mobile terminal and the called mobile terminal are implemented by an SDR way. The present disclosure also discloses a mobile terminal. Accordingly, not only a utilization rate of a frequency spectrum resource and a resource usage rate of a base station are improved, a coverage range of the mobile communication network is expanded, but also mobile terminal user experience is improved.
US09681482B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting/receiving signals with a value indicated by a TPC command being accumulated for all parameter sets The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink signals to a plurality of transmission points in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving information on at least one parameter set group through upper layer signaling, wherein each of the at least one parameter set group includes a plurality of parameter sets; detecting a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) comprising indication information for indicating specific parameter sets which belong to one of the parameter set groups from among the at least one parameter set group; and transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by using the specific parameter set, wherein each of the plurality of parameter sets includes information on a power control parameter and information on timing advance (TA) for transmitting the PUSCH signal.
US09681476B2	Wireless communication devices and methods for forming peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless connections between devices Various embodiments include an apparatus having a wireless communication device (WCD) and methods for the WCD to wirelessly exchange messages with other devices. In some embodiments, such a WCD may send a message to reject an invitation to form a peer-to-peer (P2P) wireless connection between the WCD and a first device if the invitation is received by the WCD when the WCD has already established a P2P wireless connection with a second device. Other embodiments including additional apparatus and methods are described.
US09681474B2	Method and apparatus for separated connections of uplink and downlink Provided is a method and an apparatus for uplink and downlink separated connections, wherein a terminal may establish a downlink cell association with a downlink base station, receive an identifier of an uplink base station providing an uplink from the downlink base station to the terminal through an established downlink, and establish an uplink cell association with the uplink base station using the identifier of the uplink base station, and the downlink base station may select the uplink base station from among base stations in a network based on an uplink reference signal and a bias factor.
US09681471B1	Pairing of devices for activation/deactivation of a paired device A device/object is paired to one or more communication devices for the purpose of activating and/or deactivating the device/object. Such activation of the device/object requires that the paired devices be in concurrent possession of the user (i.e., within a specified range of the user) and that, while in concurrent possession of the user, communicate information from the device/object to the communication device. Thus, the invention provides for additional security, in that two or more devices must in the possession of the user (or within the specified range of the user), and communicating with one another, in order for one of the paired devices to be in activated state.
US09681466B2	Scheduling transmissions on channels in a wireless network Allocation of resources in a wireless network are described where resources are allocated for data of each channel having a second parameter above zero prior to another channel's data for transmission having a third parameter less than or equal to zero. The second parameter may be derived from a first channel's first parameter and the third parameter is derived from a second channel's first parameter.
US09681463B2	Coexistence priority selection Methods and systems for auto coexistence priority selection for a SCO link are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include a first Bluetooth device communicating with a collocated WLAN device via a coexistence method. The first Bluetooth device, prior to executing a non-SCO task, which may comprise tasks that do not involve SCO packet transfer, may communicate low priority via the coexistence method if a Bluetooth SCO link is present between the first Bluetooth device and a second Bluetooth device, and if a current task being handled by the first Bluetooth device is a high priority task. If a SCO link is not present between the first and second Bluetooth devices, and if the current non-SCO task is a high priority task, the first Bluetooth device may communicate high priority via the coexistence method prior to executing the non-SCO task.
US09681456B2	Method for reducing interference of user equipment in wireless access system, and the user equipment for the same A method for reducing interference of a user equipment (UE) in a wireless access system, and the user equipment (UE) for the same are disclosed. The method for reducing interference of a UE includes receiving a signal from a first base station (BS) and a second BS; and detecting a signal of the second BS from the reception signal, wherein allocation resources of the detection signal of the second BS is OFDM-symbol-level-shifted according to a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) of the first BS in such a manner that a control region does not overlap with another part.
US09681454B2	Uplink scheduler algorithm for orthogonal division multiple access systems The present invention provides a method of scheduling uplink transmissions from at least one access terminal to an access network. The method includes estimating, at the access network, at least one signal-to-noise ratio associated with each access terminal and determining, at the access network, a format for the packet based upon the estimated signal-to-noise ratio. The method also includes ranking access terminals and allocating, at the access network, resources to access terminals for transmission based on each access terminal's priority and the determined format of the packet and transmitting, from the access network, information indicative of the resources allocated to each access terminal.
US09681449B2	Method and apparatus for power control in wireless communication network A method of controlling power in a transmitter in communication with a receiver in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The method comprising measuring a value of a first metric of signals received in the receiver, the first metric usable to generate a power control command; determining a measurement error of the first metric; generating the power control command based on the measured value of the first metric if the measurement error of the first metric does not exceed a threshold; and sending the power control command from the receiver to the transmitter.
US09681446B2	Flexible Gaussian minimum shift keying in a cellular internet of things system Methods, systems, and devices are described for wireless communication at a UE. A user equipment (UE) may utilize orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) for demodulating downlink messages and a combination of Gaussian minimum shift keying (GMSK) and single carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) for uplink modulation. The uplink modulation process may include generating a symbol vector with an M-point discrete Fourier transform (DFT), filtering the symbol vector with a frequency domain Gaussian filter, generating a sample vector from the filtered symbol vector utilizing an inverse DFT, and modulating the sample vector utilizing GMSK. In some cases, the uplink modulation may be based on a narrowband resource allocation received from a base station.
US09681445B2	Method and device for monitoring frequency domain-based wireless link in wireless communication system The present disclosure relates to a technique for radio link monitoring in a wireless communication system, and to operation procedures of the base station and user equipment and a method for radio link quality evaluation on the basis of the technique. In the method, the user equipment divides the downlink channel bandwidth into multiple frequency ranges, measures channel states for each frequency range, and evaluates the radio link quality based on channel state measurement results. Thereafter, the user equipment sends frequency range quality information to the base station, which may then utilize the same for downlink resource allocation. Hence, it is possible to solve the problem of the existing scheme wherein the user equipment enters the physical layer problem detection state or the radio link failure state although a frequency range usable for service provisioning is present within the downlink channel bandwidth.
US09681444B2	Wireless router or residential gateway capable of distinguishing power-sensitive wireless sensors and providing separate treatment thereto Techniques are disclosed for a wireless router or residential gateway to distinguish power-sensitive wireless sensors and provide separate treatments thereto for low power consumption connections. In some embodiments, a network device includes a wireless network circuit, and control circuitry coupled to the network circuit and configured to, upon receipt of a request of connection from a client, identify whether the client is power-sensitive. The network device can further cause, if the client is identified as power-sensitive, the power-sensitive client to connect using a low-power connection while maintaining a regular connection to other regular clients. The low-power connection can be operated on a first channel different from but in a same frequency band as a second channel on which the regular connection is operated.
US09681429B2	Method and device for allocating search space of control channel in subframe Disclosed are a method and a device for allocating a search space of a control channel in a subframe. A method for monitoring downlink control information comprises the steps of: acquiring first control information on a first enhanced-physical downlink control channel (e-PDCCH) by monitoring a common search space in a first slot of a subframe; and acquiring second control information on a second e-PDCCH by monitoring a user equipment (UE)-specific search space in a second slot of the subframe. Thus, a terminal can obtain cell-specific information through an e-PDCCH even without a legacy physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).
US09681418B2	Wireless multicast communication This document describes multicast communication between wireless devices. A scheduling frame may be wirelessly transmitted by a wireless device. The scheduling frame may include a multicast address indicating a group of intended receiving devices for a payload frame. The scheduling frame may further include scheduling information indicating an order for the group of intended receiving devices to transmit acknowledgement information for the payload frame. A payload frame may also be wirelessly transmitted by the wireless device. The payload frame may include payload information intended for the group of intended receiving devices. Additionally, acknowledgement frames may be wirelessly received by the wireless device from at least a subset of the group of intended receiving devices. The acknowledgement frames may be received according to the order indicated in the scheduling information.
US09681417B2	Paging method, apparatus, and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a paging method, apparatus, and system, so as to implement paging of UE in an area with relatively poor signal coverage. UE includes: a receiving unit, configured to receive a broadcast message sent by a base station; and a determining unit, configured to determine whether the UE is first UE where the determining unit is further configured to: in a case in which it is determined that the UE is the first UE, determine a start PF and a start PO according to the first radio frame parameter; the determining unit is further configured to determine a first subframe set according to the start PF and the start PO; and the receiving unit is further configured to receive, according to the start PF, the start PO, and the first subframe set, a paging message sent by the base station.
US09681414B2	Telecommunications method and apparatus for facilitating positioning measurements A wireless terminal (30) capable of operating in a discontinuous mode and method for operation facilitate measurements pertaining to position of the wireless terminal (30). A measurement request message from a radio access network (28) indicates that measurements are to be performed by the wireless terminal on downlink signals transmitted by the base station or by the base station on downlink signals transmitted by the base station. As a result of or after receiving the message, operation of the wireless terminal (30) changes from a discontinuous mode to a modified mode to facilitate performance of the measurements. Relative to the discontinuous mode at least one of following are shortened or eliminated in the modified mode: (i) the non-reception periods, and (ii) the non-transmission periods.
US09681404B2	Method and user equipment for synchronizing component carriers used in carrier aggregation According to the present invention, user equipment synchronizes a specific component carrier with an NCT-type component carrier with respect to time and/or frequency. The cell synchronization method for synchronizing predetermined cells by user equipment according to the present invention may include receiving reference cell information relating to a first synchronization reference cell for the predetermined cells, acquiring first synchronization information from the first synchronization cell based on the reference cell information, and performing the synchronization of the predetermined cells based on the first synchronization information.
US09681398B2	Radio communication apparatus, communication control apparatus, radio communication method and communication control method [Object] To realize a mechanism for protecting a terminal connected to a small cell against harmful interference when idea of full-duplex radio communication is applied to a radio backhaul link and an access link of the small cell.[Solution] Provided is a communication control apparatus including: a control unit configured to, when transmission from a base station to a master terminal on a radio backhaul link and transmission from the master terminal to a radio communication apparatus on an access link are executed on the same channel at the same time, control transmission power of the base station and transmission power of the master terminal so that the radio communication apparatus is able to cancel a second received signal due to transmission on the radio backhaul link, the second received signal interfering with a first received signal on the access link, using an interference cancellation technique based on a received power difference.
US09681389B2	Integrated ultra wideband transceiver An integrated ultra wideband transceiver. The transceiver comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and at least one on-chip monopole antenna electrically connected to at least one of the transmitter or receiver for transmitting and/or receiving electrical signals. The transceiver further comprises a clock generator comprising a temperature-compensated relaxation oscillator, a baseband controller electrically connected to, and configured to exert a measure of control over, at least one the transmitter, receiver, or clock generator, and a micro-battery operative to provide operating power to each of the transmitter, receiver, clock generator, and baseband controller.
US09681385B2	Method and apparatus for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system The present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for optimizing the power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system. The method for optimizing power consumption of a terminal in a mobile communication system comprises: a determination step of determining whether there is a need for changing a configuration for a discontinuous reception operation of the terminal; and a transmission step of transmitting, to a base station, a request message for a change in the discontinuous reception operation, if it is determined that the change is needed.
US09681381B2	Bluetooth low energy (BLE) device and method for adjusting operation mode of application processor based on information communicated within BLE packet A method of broadcasting a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) packet, the method is provided. The method includes generating a random address that includes service identification information of a device, writing the generated random address to a header of the BLE packet, and broadcasting the BLE packet including the header where the generated random address is written, wherein the service identification information of the device includes information to switch an Application Processor (AP) in an external device that receives the BLE packet from a sleep mode to an awake mode.
US09681376B2	Method and related equipment for sending signaling The present invention relates to the field of communications, and in particular, to a method and related equipment for sending signaling. The method includes: when a power consumption preference of a user equipment is changed to lower power consumption, determining whether a first timer used for restricting sending of a lower power consumption preference indication expires, and if a determination result is yes, sending a lower power consumption preference indication to a base station; and when the power consumption preference of the user equipment is changed to higher power consumption, sending a higher power consumption preference indication to the base station, or determining whether a second timer used for restricting sending of a higher power consumption preference indication expires, and if a determination result is yes, sending a higher power consumption preference indication to the base station. The present invention may improve user experience.
US09681372B2	Terminal device and information processing apparatus [Object] To simplify the operation of a terminal device for performing D2D communication in which the same communication scheme as the communication scheme of cellular communication is adopted.[Solution] Provided is a terminal device including: a detection unit configured to detect a synchronization signal for wireless communication with a base station; and a control unit configured to control transmission of a synchronization signal for inter-device communication. A radio frame used in the wireless communication with the base station and a radio frame used in the inter-device communication have a same frame structure. A timing of the synchronization signal for the inter-device communication in the same frame structure is same as a timing of the synchronization signal for the wireless communication with the base station in the same frame structure.
US09681370B2	Co-located network selection algorithm A wireless device may automatically connect to a preferred wireless network, such as a preferred Wi-Fi network. The wireless device may order a plurality of wireless networks according to initial criteria, such as the time the wireless device last connected to each wireless network. Preference rules may then be applied to reorder the wireless networks. Each preference rule may be applied only if an associated score meets a threshold. A scan may be performed to determine which of the wireless networks are available for connection. The wireless device may automatically connect to the highest-ordered available wireless network. The scores associated with the preference rules may be modified in response to events that indicate a user preference for one or more of the wireless networks, such as manually switching from one network to another.
US09681365B2	Group owner (GO) negotiation in peer to peer (P2P) communications to obtain group owner role According to one embodiment, a non-transitory computer readable medium within a first network device operating as an access point and comprising instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, causes performance of a number of operations including transmission and reception of Peer-to-Peer messages between two or more network devices having Peer-to-Peer functionality. Thereafter, negotiations are conducted by network devices to selection of a Group Owner (GO) for a Peer-To-Peer group. The negotiations comprise specifically selecting a set of one or more values that ensures the first network device obtaining the GO role for Peer-to-Peer communications within the Peer-to-Peer group instead of randomly selecting the one or more values for the negotiating of the GO role.
US09681356B2	Data forwarding in hybrid mesh networks A system and method are disclosed for forwarding data in hybrid wireless mesh networks. The method includes configuring a number of mesh network nodes as potential relay nodes (PRNs) in an overlay network associated with a hybrid wireless mesh network, streaming data packets from a source node to a destination node using a native data forwarding algorithm of the hybrid wireless mesh network, dynamically identifying relay nodes (RNs) among PRNs in the overlay network, creating secondary paths for sending data packets towards selected RNs in the overlay network, and relaying data packets from RNs to the destination node using the overlay network.
US09681349B1	Method and system for managing traffic offload in a wireless communication network based on closed access mode conditions Systems and methods are described for offloading traffic in a wireless communication network. A plurality of active wireless devices in communication with a first access node may be detected. Measurement and reporting information may be received at the first access node from the wireless devices indicating proximity to a second access node. It may be determined that a loading level at the first access node has exceeded a threshold value. The second access node may be updated to operate in a closed access mode. A criteria for selecting a wireless device in communication with the first access node for traffic offload may be determined. Closed access mode information associated with the second access node may be provided to the selected wireless device. The first access node and/or a controller node may instruct the selected wireless device to communicate with the second access node.
US09681347B2	Method and apparatus for determining energy-saving compensation cell in small cell-based wireless access system According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for determining an energy-saving (ES) compensation cell in a wireless access system comprises: a step of transmitting an ES compensation candidate request message to confirm whether the ES compensation state can be changed from a first base station to a second base station; a step of receiving, from the second base station, an ES compensation candidate response message for indicating the switch to the ES compensation state; a step of receiving, from the second base station, an ES candidate cell indicator message including an ES state cell list for indicating third base stations to be additionally switched to the ES state; and a step of determining the ES compensation cell on the basis of the ES compensation candidate response message and the cell list.
US09681341B2	Channel enhancement in millimeter wavelength wireless access networks A base station (anchor node) determines that a channel quality for a UE is less than a threshold quality, and commands one or more base stations to adjust a periodicity of performing a beam sweep with the UE based on whether said channel quality is determined to be less than the threshold quality. A base station (mmW base station) adjusts a periodicity for performing a beam sweep with a UE based on a channel quality associated with the UE, and performs the beam sweep at the adjusted periodicity. The beam sweep is a plurality of transmissions of a beam in a plurality of different transmit spatial directions by one of the base station or the UE and a plurality of scans of the beam in a plurality of different scan spatial directions by an other of the one of the base station or the UE.
US09681338B2	Processing state information A method of processing state information relating to user equipment in a communications system comprising a radio access network, the method comprising: maintaining current state information relating to the user equipment; and on the basis of a change of connection of the user equipment from a first cell to a second cell: transmitting a current value associated with a given state information part to the target radio access node in response to detecting at least one of one or more predetermined triggers that indicate that the target radio access node may not have received the current value from the source radio access node; or relying on the target radio access node having received the current value from the source radio access node if said at least one of said one or more predetermined triggers is not detected.
US09681336B2	Quality of service information configuration Quality of service information can be used to facilitate wireless communication. A network entity, such as a terminal, as well as a network can initialize an authorization to establish a link using quality of service information. Various features can be integrated with the use of quality of service information, such as having quality of service reservation before a call and supplying a permanent identity for use in correlation.
US09681324B2	Method and controller for low-overhead user equipment measurements An embodiment method includes identifying a plurality of VTP configurations representing allocations of TPs among a plurality of VTPs each having at least one TP. Potential serving VTPs are then identified for a selected UE in a plurality of UEs according to at least one UE centric criterion. The potential serving VTPs are selected for each of the plurality of VTP configurations. A UE measurement set is then scheduled for the potential serving VTPs for a scheduled channel resource according to measurement parameters. The method further includes selecting a serving VTP configuration from the plurality of VTP configurations according to UE measurement feedback from the selected UE.
US09681321B2	Method and system for analyzing radio performance during over-the-air operation An apparatus for identifying failed or suspect RF transmitting devices while the devices are in normal operation transmitting over-the-air RF signals, each of the RF transmitting devices including an identifier and being mobile, portable or stationary, includes an RF signal sensor receiving the RF signals and responsive thereto, an analyzer, and a GUI. The analyzer measuring signal parameters and determines operating characteristics of a device therefrom, determining the identifier, if each RF signal conforms to packet structure specifications, and bit-field information of each RF signal to discern therefrom a transmission type, measures RF frequency offset, correlates the bit-field information with the RF frequency offset utilizing the identifier; and repeats the last three steps to determine a range of RF frequency offset deviations over time. The GUI displays the range in a form used to identify an RF frequency offset range of the RF transmitting device.
US09681310B2	Studio-transmitter link (STL) systems and methods Studio-transmitter link (STL) systems and methods are disclosed. In one embodiment, a STL system is provided that includes a STL transmitter comprising a first STL transmitter interface that transmits program content over a first transmission path to a STL receiver, and a second STL transmitter interface that transmits program content over a second transmission path to the STL receiver.
US09681309B2	Methods exploiting asymmetric capabilities for contention-based random access in mm-wave access systems A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for operating a user equipment (UE) are provided. The apparatus receives beamforming capability information indicating one of at least a digital, analog, or hybrid beamforming capability, the beamforming capability associated with a millimeter wave base station (mmW-BS). Based on the beamforming capability information, the apparatus scans N transmit beams from the mmW-BS for each of M receive beam directions of the UE, determines one or more preferred scanned beams from among the N transmit beams, and establishes a wireless communication link with the mmW-BS based on the preferred one or more scanned beams.
US09681306B2	Method for selecting master CM in coexistence network Disclosed according to one embodiment of the present invention is a method whereby a management device, which enables coexistence of television white space (TVWS) devices in a TVWS, sends a server a request for the selection of a master management device, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether a trigger condition for the process of selecting the master management device is satisfied; judging the management device as a candidate slave management device, and the other management devices as candidate master management devices, provided that the trigger condition is satisfied; and initiating the process for selecting the master management device, wherein the trigger condition may be based on the load balance parameter or geographical coverage parameter of the management device.
US09681305B2	System and method for multi-factor mobile user authentication A system and method are disclosed herein leveraging financial networks standards with mobile device data and SIM card chip knowledge to authenticate a device. For instance, a party to a transaction may utilize these elements of information, not traditionally associated with wireless transactions, to achieve a lower probability of fraud and/or a higher confidence associated with the transaction.
US09681304B2	Network and data security testing with mobile devices The present invention provides a network and data security testing app for mobile devices such as an Apple iPad, which is connected to the Internet via a wireless network. The app downloads and stores one or more network security or data loss test cases from a centralized server, which are then executed on the mobile device. For example, a test case attempts to access predetermined web pages through the wireless network and then determines whether access was granted. In another example, a test case attempts to transmit sensitive data through the network. Results of the test case are displayed on the mobile device and uploaded to the centralized server. The network and data security testing app also identifies whether access was granted to web pages hosting botnets, malicious web exploits, malicious web obfuscation, malicious iframe redirection, and malware files.
US09681299B2	Deauthenticating and disassociating unauthorized access points with spoofed management frames A spoofed management frame is sent to an unauthorized access point (AP) on behalf of a station from an authorized AP, using a media access control (MAC) address of the station. The spoofed frame triggers a security association (SA) query from an unauthorized AP to reestablish valid communications. An acknowledgment (ACK) frame sent from the client to the unauthorized AP responsive to the SA query request is detected by the AP. A probe response is sent to the client. The probe response includes a channel switching element. The channel switching prevents the client from completing the SA process before a time out.
US09681295B2	Verification and checking methods for use in a multimedia IP core network, and servers Disclosed is a verification method comprising reception of a registration request at a multimedia IP network core, the registration request containing a public identity of a user. The method also comprises interrogation of a user data server of the network core, comprising the transmission of a check request to the user data server in order to check a user's right to be registered with the registration server, the check request containing the public identity and a private identity. The method may be carried out by an interrogation server located upstream of the registration server. In addition, a piece of information is inserted by the interrogation server into the check request before it is sent to the user data server, the piece of information indicating if the private identity has been generated by the entity or received in the registration request.
US09681287B2	Method for providing information in system including electronic device and information providing server, and electronic device thereof Exemplary embodiments may disclose a method for providing information in a system including an electronic device and an information providing server and an electronic device. The information providing method includes transmitting location information of a region that a user wishes to search and a local information request signal to the information providing server, by the electronic device, searching local information of the region using at least one social network service of at least one user located in the region, by the information providing server, in response to the local information request signal, transmitting the searched local information to the electronic device, by the information providing server, and displaying a local information user interface (UI) using the local information received from the information providing server and a map of the region, by the electronic device.
US09681283B2	Packet-based usage tracking for a wireless device A method for tracking usage of a wireless device includes monitoring, at a tracking device connected to and different from a wireless network, information regarding a first data packet sent from a wireless device to the wireless network, wherein the information regarding the first data packet includes an identifier of the wireless device, an identifier of a first type of wireless service, and an amount of data included in the first data packet.
US09681267B2	Positioning techniques for narrowband wireless signals under dense multipath conditions Techniques and systems for position determination using narrowband signals are disclosed. A disclosed technique includes receiving, at a wireless device, signals that are transmitted at different times, each of the signals having a different carrier frequency and representing a different subchannel of a wireless channel; determining estimated magnitudes of the subchannels based respectively on the signals; determining estimated group delays of the subchannels based respectively on the signals; determining an estimated channel frequency response of the wireless channel based on the estimated magnitudes and the estimated group delays; determining a propagation delay of the signals based on the estimated channel frequency response; and generating position information based on the propagation delay.
US09681261B2	Method and apparatus of providing integrity protection for proximity-based service discovery with extended discovery range The present invention is directed to a method and an apparatus for use in a wireless communication system, specifically, the method is directed to perform a ProSe discovery procedure by a first ProSe-enabled UE in a cellular communication system, the method comprising: encrypting a payload of a discovery signal by using a private key of the first ProSe-enabled UE; adding a public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE to the payload of the discovery signal; and transmitting the discovery signal including the payload and the public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE to one or more second ProSe-enabled UEs, wherein the public key of the first ProSe-enabled UE is used for the one or more second ProSe-enabled UEs to decrypt the payload of the discovery signal.
US09681260B2	Device selection for user interface A system including a processor to create a history database in a storage medium for storing signal strength history records, each history record including an indication of one or more signals and a signal strength for each of the one or more signals detected by a mobile device, each of the history records being mapped to a rendering device, receive a first signal strength record, compare the first signal strength record to at least some of the history records to find one of the at least some history records which is a sufficiently close match to the first signal strength record, wherein the sufficiently close matching history record is mapped to a first rendering device, select the first rendering device for the user interface software to send control commands to, and store the first signal strength record in the history database mapped to the selected rendering device.
US09681249B2	Sound processing apparatus and method, and program The present technology relates to a sound processing apparatus and method, and a program for enabling more stable localization of a sound image.A virtual speaker is assumed to exist on the lower side among the sides of a tetragon having its corners formed with four speakers surrounding a target sound image position on a spherical plane. Three-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the virtual speaker and the two speakers located at the upper right and the upper left, to calculate gains of the two speakers at the upper right and the upper left and the virtual speaker, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. Further, two-dimensional VBAP is performed with respect to the lower right and lower left speakers, to calculate gains of the lower right and lower left speakers, the gains being to be used for fixing a sound image at the position of the virtual speaker. The values obtained by multiplying these gains by the gain of the virtual speaker are set as the gains of the lower right and lower left speakers for fixing a sound image at the target sound image position. The present technology can be applied to sound processing apparatuses.
US09681247B2	Loudness adjustment for downmixed audio content Disclosed is a non-transitory computer readable storage medium which receives, by an audio decoder (operating in a specific playback environment different from a reference channel configuration), an audio signal for the reference channel configuration. The audio signal includes audio sample data and encoder-generated loudness metadata which includes a plurality of portions of loudness metadata for a plurality of playback environments. The plurality of portions of loudness metadata includes one or more respective portions of loudness metadata for each playback environment in the plurality of playback environments. The medium also selects one or more portions of specific loudness metadata (based on the specific playback environment), from among the plurality of portions of loudness metadata for the plurality of playback environments. The one or more portions of specific loudness metadata relating to the specific playback environment determine loudness adjustment gains from the one or more portions of specific loudness metadata for the specific playback environment, apply the loudness adjustment gains as a part of overall gains applied to the audio sample data to generate output audio data.
US09681246B2	Bionic hearing headset A bionic hearing headset for enhancing directional sound from an external audio source. The headset includes a pair of headphones, each having a microphone array that connects listeners to the environment through a plurality of microphones, even while listening to content presented over the headphones from an electronic audio source. The microphone array signals are first converted into beam-formed directional signals. Diffuse signal components may be suppressed using a common, noise-reduction mask. The audio signals may then be converted to binaural format using a plurality of head-related transfer function (HRTF) pairs.
US09681239B2	Audio output apparatus and method for audio correction An audio output apparatus and a method for audio correction is provided. An audio correction method of an audio output apparatus may include receiving a test signal from a terminal device, generating correction filter information of the terminal device based on the received test signal and a standard signal of the terminal device, and in response to an audio signal being received from the terminal device, correcting the received audio signal based on the correction filter information.
US09681230B2	Acoustic system, output device, and acoustic system control method An acoustic system includes a supply device, which is connected to a network and configured to supply an acoustic signal to the network, and at least one output device configured to output a sound based on the acoustic signal supplied from the supply device via the network. Also, the acoustic system includes a control unit, which is provided to the at least one output device on a one-to-one basis, and configured to control necessity/non-necessity of outputting the acoustic signal to an associated one of the at least one output device, based on frequency characteristics of the acoustic signal.
US09681213B2	Headphone device, audio device, and method for operating a headphone device A headphone device includes an electric input terminal for receiving an electric audio signal, an electric energy storage device, and a charging device coupled to the electric input terminal and the electric energy storage device. The charging device is configured to charge the electric energy storage device with electric energy from the electric audio signal. An audio device includes an electric output terminal for outputting an electric audio signal from an audio source of the audio device, and an audio energy supply device configured to generate an additional electric audio signal with a frequency above a first frequency value and/or a frequency below a second frequency value, and to output the additional electric audio signal via the electric output terminal.
US09681202B2	System and method for recognition of items in media data and delivery of information related thereto The system and method disclosed herein relate to the establishment of both the location and identity of individual items in pictures or videos. Once the one or more items in the picture/video are identified and matched to images in a reference database, the locations of the items are established and additional information relating to the items is accessed. Collectively, the position data and additional data is merged in the electronic pictures or videos and then provided to a user as a merged data stream. Additional functionality related to those identified items can occur when those identified locations are “pointed to”, “clicked” or otherwise selected (e.g., purchase an item, request information, select another video stream, play a game, share the item, rate, “Like”, and the like).
US09681186B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for gathering and presenting emotional response to an event Provided herein is a method, apparatus and computer program product for gathering and presenting emotional response to an event in the form of an emotional response timeline. In particular, the method may include generating a timeline of a collected emotional response of a user relative to an event, selecting, by a processor, a portion of the timeline of the emotional response that meets at least one predefined criterion, and generating an edited event based on the portion of the timeline of the emotional response that meets the at least one predetermined criterion. The emotional response may include one or more of a heart rate, a facial expression, a vocalization, or a facial flush. The at least one predetermined criterion may include an emotional response above a predefined threshold.
US09681183B1	Over-the-air digital television video stream tuning and casting A display device and display techniques for receiving a digital television signal, outputting the digital television signal on a display screen, transcoding the digital television signal to a streamable format, and casting the transcoded digital television signal via a communication network to a remote device are described herein. In an example, the processing circuitry of a television device may be configured to convert digital audiovisual content to another format and transmit the digital audiovisual content to a secondary display device using a built-in Wi-Fi chipset, such as to enable screen mirroring, place-shifting, or portability of the audiovisual content. In a further example, the processing circuitry of a television device may be configured to convert digital audiovisual content to another format and transmit the digital audiovisual content to a secondary streaming device, such as a media server, to allow subsequent playback.
US09681182B2	Real-time transmission of dynamic range tags in a video broadcast There is provided systems and methods for storing and transmitting dynamic range tags in video using a non-transitory memory storing a video having a plurality of frames, a plurality of dynamic range tags corresponding to the plurality of frames, and a video tagging software, and a hardware processor executing the video tagging software stored in the non-transitory memory to obtain a frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, obtain a dynamic range tag including information about the frame of the plurality of frames of the video from the memory, insert the dynamic range tag into a vertical ancillary data (VANC) space of the frame of the video to generate a modified video.
US09681180B2	Apparatus and method for communicating media between communication devices A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a display device having a controller to wirelessly receive media; wirelessly receive control signals for presentation of the media from a mobile communication device; and selectively disable control by the display device over presentation of the media on the display device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09681173B2	Method of and system for processing a user request for a web resource, the web resource being associated with sequentially semantically linked documents There are discloses a method of and a server for processing a user request for a web resource, the user request received at a server from an electronic device via a communication network. The method can be executed at the server. The method comprises: determining that the web resource comprises a plurality of sequentially semantically linked documents that are potentially responsive to the user request; determining a particular document of the plurality of sequentially semantically linked documents, the particular document being one that the user has completed using, the determination that the user has completed using the particular document being executed by means of: determining that the user has reached an end of the particular document; and if the user has not reached the end of the particular document, determining that the user has reached a pre-determined usage threshold within the particular document; generating a suggest to be displayed to the user on the electronic device, the suggest including a sequentially next document after the particular document.
US09681172B2	System and method for creating hierarchical multimedia programming favorites A system that determines first data according to data associated with a first number of media content items accessed by equipment of a user. A request is determined from the equipment of the user to receive media content items that are associated with the first data and an index category of an indexed media content items guide. The indexed content items guide is searched to identify those media content items of a second number of media content items that have indexed content items guide data associated with the index category and the first data. Search results including a third number of media content items are determined based on the searching of the indexed content items guide. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09681171B2	Providing second screen content based on a frequency code A device configured to receive a request, from a server, to provide frequency code information identifying a frequency code. The frequency code includes frequencies to be emitted by a broadcasting device that presents a first content. The device may generate a code based on the request. The device may receive a second content from the server. The device may store the second content and the code so that the second content is associated with the code. The device may generate the frequency code information based on the code. The device may provide the frequency code information for the frequency code to be emitted by the broadcasting device. The device may receive the code from a listening device that detected the frequency code emitted by the broadcasting device. The device may provide the second content associated with the code to the listening device.
US09681168B2	Recommending a composite channel Recommending channels is disclosed. A method for recommending a channel includes identifying multiple component channels of a content platform. The method further includes generating a user interest score for the user for each of the component channels. The method further includes defining a composite channel that includes a subset of the component channels. The method further includes providing a recommendation to the user to subscribe to the composite channel.
US09681164B2	System and method for managing program assets A method of operating a communications system storing assets for later transmission, is disclosed. The assets have respective expiration dates beyond which a right to transmit expires. The method comprises checking an expiration date of an asset and deleting the asset from storage based, at least in part, on the expiration date, a predetermined period of time added to or subtracted from the expiration date and/or whether the asset has been selected for later viewing. The predetermined period of time may provide a grace period for completing viewing of a selected asset by a user, either after or before the expiration date, depending on the rights to the asset granted by the source of the asset. The period of time may depend on a playtime of the asset and may be added to the expiration date only if the asset has been selected for viewing. Systems are also disclosed.
US09681163B1	Identify bad files using QoS data Methods and apparatus are described for validating files associated with content items. The validation can be performed according to feedback statistics including failure rates pertaining to the content items.
US09681161B2	Method and apparatus for high bandwidth data transmission in content delivery networks Methods and apparatus for delivering data over extant infrastructure within a content-based network. In one embodiment, the network comprises a cable network, and the infrastructure comprises that nominally used for on-demand (OD) services such as VOD. The method includes the allocation of dedicated end-to-end network resources via a “session request, as well as data flow control and packet size adaptation, by a data server based on feedback from the requesting/receiving client device (e.g., DSTB) within the network. Mechanisms for retransmission requests for error recovery are also provided.
US09681155B2	Recovery from packet loss during transmission of compressed video streams A method for delivering video over a network includes encoding, by a hosting service, a moving picture which includes a sequence of video frames as a primary compressed video stream and a secondary compressed video stream comprising a subset of the primary compressed video stream. The primary and secondary compressed video streams are then and the secondary compressed video stream transmitted over a network to a client device. The client device selects the primary compressed video stream for decoding in the absence of packet loss; however, if packet loss is detected, the client device selects the secondary compressed video stream for decoding.
US09681153B2	Motion video predict coding method, motion video predict coding device, motion video predict coding program, motion video predict decoding method, motion predict decoding device, and motion video predict decoding program A video predictive coding system includes a video predictive encoding device having: an input circuit to receive pictures constituting a video sequence; an encoding circuit which conducts predictive coding of a target picture using, as reference pictures, pictures encoded and reconstructed in the past, to generate compressed picture data; a reconstruction circuit to decode the compressed picture data to reconstruct a reproduced picture; picture storage to store the reproduced picture as a reference picture for encoding of a subsequent picture; and a buffer management circuit which controls the picture storage, (prior to predictive encoding of the target picture), on the basis of buffer description information BD[k] related to reference pictures used in predictive encoding of the target picture, encodes the buffer description information BD[k] with reference to buffer description information BD[m] for a picture different from the target picture, and adds encoded data thereof to the compressed picture data.
US09681149B1	Picture encoding device, picture encoding method, picture encoding program, picture decoding device, picture decoding method, and picture decoding program A candidate list construction unit selects a plurality of blocks each having one or two pieces of motion information containing at least information about a motion vector and information about a reference picture from a plurality of neighboring encoded blocks of an encoding target block and constructs a candidate list containing candidates of the motion information used for the motion compensation prediction from the motion information of the selected blocks. A selected candidate generator generates a new candidate of the motion information by combining the motion information of a first prediction list derived by the first motion information deriving unit and the motion information of the second prediction list derived by a second motion information deriving unit.
US09681143B2	Methods, devices and systems for parallel video encoding and decoding A method for decoding a video bitstream is disclosed. The method comprises: entropy decoding a first portion of a video bitstream, wherein first portion of video bitstream is associated with a video frame, thereby producing a first portion of decoded data; entropy decoding a second portion of video bitstream, wherein second portion of video bitstream is associated with video frame, thereby producing a second portion of decoded data, wherein entropy decoding second portion of video bitstream is independent of entropy decoding first portion of video bitstream; and reconstructing a first portion of video frame associated with video bitstream using first portion of decoded data and second portion of decoded data.
US09681135B2	Method for palette table initialization and management A method and apparatus for palette coding of a block of video data using a shared palette/palette prediction buffer are disclosed. The system receives a bitstream including compressed data associated with a current palette coded block and determines a palette predictor for the current palette coded block stored in a shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Reuse flags for entries of the current palette are used to update the current palette stored in the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. Any new signaled entry will be inserted to the shared palette/palette predictor buffer. An updated palette predictor for a next palette coded block is generated accordingly. A method of palette management and initialization for first palette-coded block in a high-level video structure is also disclosed. The high-level video structure may correspond to a slice, wavefront, sequence or picture.
US09681133B2	Two bins per clock CABAC decoding CABAC coefficient decoding may be increased to two bins per clock by performing a calculation for a first bin followed by renormalization for the first bin in a first thread and performing a calculation for a second bin and renormalization for the second bin being after the first bin calculation and renormalization using a second thread different from the first thread.
US09681132B2	Methods and apparatus for adaptive loop filtering in video encoders and decoders Various implementations provide filtering for pictures. Several such implementations attempt to reduce artifacts caused by over-filtering in a decoding loop. Certain of these implementations provide multiple loop filters, and select a loop filter based on the result of a deblocking 5 filter. One particular implementation applies a first filter to a picture to produce a filtered picture. A second filter is selected based on a difference between a value of a particular pixel in the filtered picture and a value of a corresponding pixel in the picture. The second filter is applied to the particular pixel in the filtered picture. In another implementation, a signal or signal structure includes 10 an indication of the second filter, an encoding of at least a portion of a picture, and an encoding of at least a portion of a subsequent picture that has been encoded based on the output of the second filter above.
US09681129B2	Scalable video encoding using a hierarchical epitome A method and apparatus are provided for encoding an image sequence and outputting a signal having a layered organization with at least a base layer and an enhancement layer. For at least one current image of the sequence, the method includes constructing a hierarchical epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to a maximum resolution level of the current image, using: an epitome associated with the enhancement layer corresponding to the maximum resolution level of the current image; and at least one epitome associated with a preceding layer corresponding to a resolution level lower than the maximum resolution level of the current image.
US09681121B2	Mobile display device Mobile display device (100) for enabling a user to obtain either three-dimensional [3D] or two-dimensional [2D] viewing of content, comprising a 3D display (120) for enabling the 3D viewing of the content, a 2D display (140) for enabling the 2D viewing of the content, a display processor for displaying the content as 3D content 124 on the 3D display and for displaying the content as 2D content (144) on the 2D display, the 3D display and the 2D display being arranged on opposite faces (122, 142) of the device for enabling the user to obtain either the 3D viewing or the 2D viewing of the content by turning (102) the device about-face.
US09681118B2	Method and system for recalibrating sensing devices without familiar targets Methods and systems for recalibrating sensing devices without using familiar targets are provided herein. The method may include: capturing a scene using a sensing device; determining whether or not the device is calibrated; in a case that said sensing device is calibrated, adding at least one new landmark to the known landmarks; in a case that said sensing device is not calibrated, determining at least some of the captured objects as objects stored on a database as known landmarks at the scene whose position is known; and calibrating the sensing device based on the known landmarks. The system may have various architectures that include a sensing device which captures images of the scene and further derive 3D data on the scene of some form.
US09681115B2	In-painting method for 3D stereoscopic views generation using left and right images and a depth map A method for generating an intermediate view on the basis of left and right views of a 3D picture and a disparity map, the method including: using pixel information contained in the left and right views and the disparity map for creating an intermediate view, identifying occlusion pixels in the created intermediate view, and filling the occlusion pixels with information gained from adjacent pixels.
US09681113B2	Method and system of using floating window in three-dimensional (3D) presentation A method and system for presenting stereoscopic images are described, in which a portion of at least one stereoscopic image of a stereoscopic pair is blocked while displaying the stereoscopic images. The blocked portion has a width at least equal to a magnitude of a minimum disparity associated with a region of the image near a vertical edge of the image or near a vertical edge of an area for displaying the image. By blocking the portion of the image during content display, one can avoid depth cue conflicts near the edge of the images or the display area.
US09681110B2	Luminescent wheel, light source unit having luminescent wheel device including same luminescent wheel, and projector There is provided a luminescent wheel including a reflecting plate on which a diffuse plate and a luminescent material layer are provided in an end-to-end relationship with each other in a circumferential direction, a first supporting plate which is provided on one surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate, and a second supporting plate which is provided on the other surface of the reflecting plate to support part of the diffuse plate, and the luminescent material layer is formed on the reflecting plate.
US09681108B2	Occupancy sensor and associated methods A device to detect occupancy of an environment includes a sensor to capture video frames from a location in the environment. The device may compare rules with data using a rules engine. The microcontroller may include a processor and memory to produce results indicative of a condition of the environment. The device may also include an interface through which the data is accessible. The device may generate results respective to the location in the environment. The microcontroller may be in communication with a network. The video frames may be concatenated to create an overview to display the video frames substantially seamlessly respective to the location in which the sensor is positioned. The overview may be viewable using the interface and the results of the analysis performed by the rules engine may be accessible using the interface.
US09681105B2	Interactive media guidance system having multiple devices When selecting a television program for recording, a user may configure the delivery of the selected television program and associated data and interactive applications to different user equipment devices in a home network, which may have different capabilities. Because the user equipment devices in the home network may have different capabilities, the user may wish to deliver different types and amount of content, different amounts of data, and different versions of interactive applications to the user equipment devices in the home network.
US09681102B2	Method and system for tracking actual channel content output A system and method includes a first automation system generating a first run log a first on air status and a second automation system generating a second run log having a second on-air status. A billing module receives a consolidated run log corresponding to the first on-air status from the first run log and the second on-air status from the second run log.
US09681101B2	Split frame multistream encode Techniques for video conferencing including receiving bandwidth and/or codec characteristics of a plurality of video conference participants, determining whether or not any of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics are sufficiently different from others of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics to warrant different treatment, when one or more of the bandwidth and/or codec characteristics are sufficiently different, grouping video conference participants into at least a first group and a second group according to video conference participants having same or similar bandwidth and/or codec characteristics, and establishing a video conference with at least first and second subconferences to service the first and second groups, respectively, wherein each of the video conference participants receives frames of video in which a first portion of the frames is encoded by a shared encoder, and wherein a second portion of the frames is encoded by different encoders respectively designated for each of the video conference participants.
US09681098B2	Apparatus and method for managing telepresence sessions A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, receiving first and second media content portraying images of first and second users, wherein the first and second users participate in a conference call. Joint media content is generated of the conference call including the images of the first and second users, that when presented at a display of a third user includes the images of the first and second users. Speech of the first user directed to the second user is detected and, in response, the image of the first user of the joint media content is adjusted to obtain a rotated image of the first user. The joint media content includes the rotated image of the first user and the image of the second user, that when presented at the display of the third user portrays the first user turned toward the second user.
US09681094B1	Media communication Embodiments obtain a content item representing graphic content suitable for display as part of a shared media event, determine an activity metric for said content item, determine an activity metric for a participant of said shared media event, comparing the activity metric of the content item and the activity metric the participant, cause a display to render the graphic content associated with said content item, and render a representation of said participant. In at least some implementations, the relative displayed positions of said graphic content and said representation of the participant are based on the result of the comparison of the activity metric of the content item and the activity metric the participant.
US09681082B2	Analog-to-digital converter configured to operate at high speed and image sensor including the same Provided is an image sensor including a pixel array including a plurality of pixels and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) configured to compare a reference voltage with an analog voltage output by the pixel array and latch and decode a comparison result. The ADC is controlled in response to clock information and a counter clock, which are obtained by expanding and encoding a master clock.
US09681073B1	Method and apparatus for compensation of veiling glare in an image capturing device Embodiments include an image capturing apparatus comprising: an image capturing module configured to capture (i) a first image of a first object, and (ii) a second image of a second object; a calibration module configured to, based on the first image of the first object, determine a correction factor; and an image processing module configured to, based on the correction factor, process the second image of the second object to compensate for veiling glare in the second image.
US09681072B2	Solid-state image pickup device with averaging of signals from individual pixels A solid-state image pickup device 1A includes an image pickup section 2 having a pixel array P in which a pixel C is two-dimensionally arranged, a lens section 3 having a plurality of lenses 3a arranged on the pixel array P, and an image generating section 4A for generating an image by using an electrical signal SE. The image pickup section 2 has a plurality of the pixel arrays P including one image pickup region T. The image generating section 4A generates the image by averaging the electrical signals SE for each pixel C corresponding to one another among the image pickup regions T, in order to reduce noise present in the electrical signal SE.
US09681065B2	Gimbal positioning with target velocity compensation A gimbal system, including components and methods of use, configured to track moving targets. More specifically, the disclosed system may be configured to orient and maintain the line of sight (“los”) of the gimbal system toward a target, as the target and, in some cases, the platform supporting the gimbal system are moving. The system also may be configured to calculate an estimated target velocity based on user input, and to compute subsequent target positions from previous positions by integrating the estimated target velocity over time. A variety of filters and other mechanisms may be used to enable a user to input information regarding a target velocity into a gimbal controller.
US09681063B2	Method of generating image by compensating excluded pixel data and image generation device therewith A method of generating an image using an image capturing device includes generating an imperfect image excluding data corresponding to one or more pixel sensors by capturing an object while the object is focused. A defocused image is generated to include the data corresponding to the one or more pixel sensors generated using neighboring pixel sensors around the one or more pixel sensors while the object is defocused. The data corresponding to the one or more pixel sensors is extracted based on data in the generated imperfect image and data in the generated defocused image. A final image is then generated by reflecting the extracted data to at least one of the generated imperfect image or the generated defocused image.
US09681051B2	Method and apparatus for motion coded imaging An imaging apparatus and corresponding method according to an embodiment of the present invention enables high-resolution, wide-field-of-view, high sensitivity imaging. An embodiment of the invention is a camera system that utilizes motion of an optical element, such as a spatial filtering mask or of the camera itself, to apply different spatial filtering functions to a scene to be imaged. Features of a spatial filtering mask implementing the different filtering functions are adjacent along an axis of the spatial mask, and a pitch of the features of the mask is smaller than a pitch of the sensor elements. An imaging reconstructor having knowledge of the filtering functions can produce a high-resolution image from corresponding low-resolution coded imaging data captured by the imaging system. This approach offers advantages over conventional high-resolution, wide-field imaging, including an ability to use large-pitch, lower cost sensor arrays, and transfer and store much less data.
US09681029B2	Swivel camera mount A camera mount is configured to attach a camera to a mount base which, in turn, may be secured to sport equipment, musical instruments, vehicles, and the like. The camera mount includes a ball component that couples to a camera or camera housing and that allows a user to rotate a camera within a horizontal plane, and to pivot a camera in one or more vertical planes. The ball component is securely coupled within a sleeve component with a bucket or other coupling mechanism that allows the sleeve component (and thereby the ball component and coupled camera or camera housing) to couple to the mount base.
US09681026B2	System and method for lens shading compensation A method for performing lens shading compensation is provided. The method includes: receiving at least two series of source images of different exposure settings; performing first lens shading compensation on the at least two series of source images respectively; analyzing luminance distribution of the at least two series of compensated source images; composing a series of HDR images from the at least two series of compensated source images according to the luminance distribution; performing second lens shading compensation on the series of HDR image; and performing tone mapping on the series of compensated HDR images. A system for performing lens shading compensation is also provided.
US09681022B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and recording medium An image processing apparatus includes a geometric correction unit to generate a plurality of pieces of pixel value corrected image data having different pixel values based on object information of input image data, a synthesizer to select a pixel value to be applied to each pixel from the plurality of pieces of pixel value corrected image data to generate corrected image synthesized data, and a pseudo grayscale processor to perform a pseudo grayscale process on the corrected image synthesized data.
US09681012B2	Colour measurement device and colour measurement method A color measurement device acquires an image of a relative position calibration chart. The relative position calibration chart includes a calibration figure having a given calibration feature that has a position that is detectable along at least one of a first and a second direction. A color measurement of the relative position calibration chart is performed. Relative position relationship-related information is derived based on the calibration feature in the image of the relative position calibration chart and the calibration feature in the color measurement of the relative position calibration chart. A color of each patch of a number of patches of a color chart is measured at a position corresponding to one of the patches while correcting the position of the patch based on the position relationship-related information.
US09681010B2	Printing apparatus for controlling discharge to first stacking unit according to status of first stacking unit and second stacking unit A printing apparatus has a stacker that includes a first stacking unit that stacks discharged sheets and a second stacking unit that slides a predetermined amount of sheets stacked on the first stacking unit from the first stacking unit and holds them. In a case in which a print job is executed, an operation of discharging sheets to the first stacking unit is controlled according to stacking statuses of the first stacking unit and the second stacking unit.
US09681007B2	Processing received image data based on a communication status of an image forming apparatus that receives the image data An image forming apparatus that is connected to a network includes a communication part that communicates image forming data, which is to be printed on a medium, through the network, a communication status obtaining part that obtains a communication status of the communication part, a determination part that determines, based on the communication status of the communication part, which of a first process or a second process is executed on the image forming data received by the communication part, the determined process being defined as the data process, a receipt data processing part that processes the image forming data in either the first process or the second process that is determined by the determination part.
US09681002B2	Improving charging information accuracy in a telecommunications network A method for improving charging information accuracy in a telecommunications network with respect to a target user equipment includes: in case of a handover or cell change procedure from a first base transceiver station to a second base transceiver station regarding the target user equipment, transmitting first non-delivered packet data volume information from the first base transceiver station to the second base transceiver station using at least one of the following: an X2 interface between the first base transceiver station and the second base transceiver station, an S1 interface between the first base transceiver station and the core network and the S1 interface between the core network and the second base transceiver station, and user equipment history information regarding the target user equipment; and determining, based on the first non-delivered packet data volume information, the second non-delivered packet data volume information.
US09680989B2	Identifying recycled telephone numbers An automated method begins by receiving a list of numbers that have been de-activated by a carrier. Periodically, and for each number, a request is made to identify a current carrier for the number. If the current carrier matches the carrier that provided the de-activation information, the mobile number is considered to be in a first state, i.e., shut off and returned to a pool of numbers that are available to this same carrier. Upon a determination that the number is in the first state, the provider issues a request to any opt-in database to delete any express consent or other similar data associated with the number. If, however, the number does not match the carrier of deactivation, the number is considered to be in a second state, i.e., likely to have been ported by the same user to a new carrier. This state is logged in an audit trail.
US09680988B2	Method for configuring reference signal, base station and user equipment The embodiments of the present invention provide a method for configuring a reference signal, a base station and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a first base station, candidate reference signal configuration information of a second base station transmitted by the second base station, and/or candidate reference signal configuration information of the first base station transmitted by an operation and maintenance entity (OAM); and configuring, by the first base station, a reference signal for a user equipment (UE) according to the candidate reference signal configuration information of the second base station, and/or, configuring, by the first base station, a reference signal for a UE according to the candidate reference signal configuration information of the first base station.
US09680987B2	Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit configured to perform a wireless communication, a touchscreen having a front output unit exposed from a front side of the touchscreen and at least one lateral output unit exposed from a lateral side of the touchscreen, and a controller, if an event occurs, controlling an object to be displayed on the lateral output unit to notify that the event occurs, the controller controls a detailed information on the event to be displayed through at least one of the front output unit and the lateral output unit in response to a input to the lateral output unit. Accordingly, the present invention outputs an alarm indicating an occurrence of an event and facilitates a content or substance of the occurring event to be checked.
US09680975B2	Electronic device with reworkable midplate attachment structures An electronic device may be provided with a display mounted in a display frame assembly that includes a plastic structure overmolded over a display frame. A housing midplate may be used to provide the electronic device with mechanical rigidity and strength, and may also be used as a sensor plane. For sensor plane applications, accurate placement and assembly of the midplate in the housing can be critical. The housing midplate may be accurately assembled to the display frame using connections formed using welded tabs, welded and screwed nuts, overmolded plastic heat stake structures, or overmolded plastic structures and adhesive. Rework and repair operations may be performed by disconnecting connections such as welds using cutting equipment, by using solvent to dissolve adhesive, by unscrewing welded nuts, or by removing heat stake structures. Following rework or repair, a fresh midplate and associated components may be attached to the display frame.
US09680968B2	Establishing translation for virtual machines in a network environment A method, apparatus, computer readable medium, and system that includes receiving an indication identifying a tunnel between a first virtual machine, associated with a first protocol, and a second virtual machine, associated with a second protocol, determining that the first protocol is different than the second protocol, determining at least one translation directive that specifies for translation between the first protocol and the second protocol for the tunnel, and causing establishment of a translator based, at least in part, on the translation directive is disclosed.
US09680962B2	Building a multi-tenant portal application Providing software-as-a-service to a plurality of clients includes: selecting a first virtual portal, determining a score for a first resource to generate a first scored resource, determining a set of scored resources, visually rendering the first virtual portal and the set of portal resources, visually rendering the set of scored resources, and selecting a scored resource from the set of scored resources to be associated with the first virtual portal by updating the resource association matrix with an identifier of the scored resource. The score is selected to represent a usefulness factor of the first resource. Each scored resource of the set of scored resources is selected to be different than each portal resource of a set of portal resources associated with the first virtual portal by a resource association matrix.
US09680957B2	Adaptive bandwidth consumption optimization for wireless data connections Embodiments are disclosed for caching multimedia content. An example in-vehicle computing system that adaptively caches multimedia data, the in-vehicle system including a memory, a position sensor, a receiver, and a processor. The position sensor provides a position signal indicative of a present location of the system. The receiver wirelessly receives multimedia data from a remote multimedia data source. The processor stores the received multimedia data in the memory, transfers multimedia data in the memory to a queue for playback when an amount of multimedia data saved in the memory is at least a first threshold value, and adjusts a size of the memory when a wireless communication channel is not available between the system and a remote multimedia data source.
US09680955B1	Persistent local caching of image data on a computing device Systems and methods that utilize local storage associated with web browsers to store image data as an alphanumeric string. An expiration date may be associated with the image data such that it expires either after predetermined period of time or at a certain date. By storing image data in local storage, as a user navigates to a website, images are loaded from local storage and displayed in the web browser rather than fetching the image data from a remote source.
US09680954B2	System and method for providing virtual desktop service using cache server There are provided a system and method for providing a virtual desktop service using a cache server. A system for providing a virtual desktop service according to the invention includes a host server configured to provide a virtual desktop service to a client terminal using a virtual machine, a distributed file system configured to store data for the virtual machine, and a cache server that is provided for each host server group having at least one host server, and performs a read process or a write process of data using physically separate caches when the read process or write process of the data is requested from the virtual machine in the host server.
US09680953B2	Cache and delivery based application data scheduling A device receives configuration information that instructs the device about when to send content to a user device. The device also receives content from an application server at a first time, and stores the content. The device determines, based on the configuration information, that the content is to be sent to the user device, and sends the content to the user device based on the determination. The content is sent to the user device at a second time that is later than the first time.
US09680949B2	Remote selection and authorization of collected media transmission A personal media system implemented as a tuple service allows remote access, selection, authorization, and transmission of personal media stored in a collection on a home network across a network to a guest network. A mobile client device enables browsing/searching for content, shows media players within a domain, finds a media player within a domain for a given media type, gets a media object, and renders a media object on a given media player within a domain. Each gateway has an agent that registers to the server and responds to commands from the server. The server acts as a hub for moving digital content objects between domains, provides media services on behalf of domains (e.g., transcoding, proxy streaming, etc.), provides a web interface to mobile client devices for control over user domains, sends commands to the personal media agents, and creates an accessible set of domains for a user.
US09680936B2	Rail systems mark-up language A train control operation system, the system comprising a data collection server for collecting data relating to one or more elements of trains, a network for distributing data relating to the elements to subscribers and a subscription server for hosting definitions of elements which is accessible by subscribers of the system, so as to enable each subscribers to access the definitions from a single source.
US09680934B2	Vehicle communication channel management A communication policy server may receive channel availability information indicative of a plurality of communication channels detected by a communication manager of a vehicle, each of the plurality of communication channels configured to provide messages to a target recipient associated with the vehicle. The communication policy server may recommend one of the plurality of detected communication channels as optimal based on factors such as preferences of the target recipient and preferences of the message source, the timing of the messages and the content of the messages.
US09680932B2	Linear network coding in a dynamic distributed federated database A method, system and/or computer program product secures response data sent from a responder to a querier. Path information for query data is collected. The path information identifies paths from the querier to the responder and includes a physical machine identifier for each node hosted by a physical machine. One or more sets of return paths are identified for sending response data. For each set of return paths, any return paths that utilize any nodes sharing a physical machine identifier with any node present in another of the return paths within the set of return paths are discarded. The response data is split into a plurality of portions, and each of the plurality of portions is sent from the responder to the querier using a different return path selected from one of the set of return paths.
US09680930B2	Data communication system for a storage management system and communication method thereof The present invention relates to a data communication system for storage management, the system comprises a storage management apparatus, an expander enclosure SCSI enclosure services (SES), the expander enclosure SES is connected to the storage management apparatus through a communication line, and a mainboard baseboard management controller (BMC), the mainboard BMC is connected to the expander enclosure SES through a communication medium, wherein each of the expander enclosure SES and the mainboard BMC has a instruction converting module.
US09680920B2	Anticipatory resource allocation/activation and lazy de-allocation/deactivation A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for managing resources in a server environment. The method includes determining, by one or more processors, to shut down a first resource consumer, wherein the first resource consumer is assigned a first virtual resource with a first set of one or more host resources. It is determined, by one or more processors, whether a second virtual resource assigned to a second resource consumer requires the first set of one or more host resources. If the second virtual resource assigned to the second resource consumer does not require the first set of one or more host resources, it is determined, by one or more processors, not to deactivate the one or more host resources assigned to the first virtual resource.
US09680905B2	System for intelligible audio conversation over unreliable digital transmission media During unfavorable network conditions, a system provides a fallback mode that ensures conversation intelligibility and eliminates dropouts. In the fallback mode, the system uses data retransmission and mitigates retransmission delay by breaking input and output audio into segments for flow control and by involving the users in flow control. On the receive end, when necessary, the system pauses audio output and indicates the pause to the receiving user to inform the receiving user that the pause is a system artifact rather than silence from the transmitting user. On the transmit end, when necessary to avoid accumulation of excessive end-to-end delay, the system suspends audio input and indicates the suspension to the transmitting user to inform the transmitting user that audio input is temporarily being ignored. The transmit end of the system decides when to suspend audio input based on current end-to-end delay, which is continually communicated from the receive end.
US09680901B2	Method, apparatus and non-transitory computer medium for encoding data of a media file A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer medium are provided for encoding data of a media file for playback by a user equipment in a communications network. A request for a range of encoded data is received from the user equipment, the encoded data to be generated by encoding data from an original media file. The request for a range of encoded data is converted into a request for a range of original data from the original media file. The range of original data is retrieved and the range of original data is encoded to generate encoded data. The requested range of encoded data, from the generated encoded data, is provided to the user equipment.
US09680896B2	Mobile media content delivery A system and method are disclosed for managing the wireless delivery of streaming media content to a user equipment (UE) device. A UE device establishes a network connection with a local wireless network, which in turn is associated with a wireless network region with a corresponding data infrastructure server. The UE device then requests predetermined streaming media content from the data infrastructure server. A determination is made whether the requested streaming media content is stored in transcoded form on the data infrastructure server. If so, then a control information network is implemented to transmit and receive streaming media content control data between the UE device and the data infrastructure server. In turn, the streaming media content control data is used by the data infrastructure server to control the transmission of the transcoded streaming media content over a data network for delivery to the UE device.
US09680882B2	Automatic configuration of endpoint communication devices to set up a VoIP network Implementations relate to automatic configuration of endpoint communication devices to set up a communication network such as a VOIP network. In some implementations, a method includes a server receiving an extension request for device extension from an endpoint communications device connected to a communication network, mapping an identifier for the endpoint communications device to a device extension, and transmitting the device extension to the endpoint communications device.
US09680880B2	Method and apparatus for supporting IP multicast The invention includes a method and apparatus for configuring legacy nodes to support multicast functions. The method includes determining, in response to a request for a first user device to join a multicast group, whether any node in a multicast path between the first user device and a second user device comprises a legacy node and forming, in response to a determination that a node in the multicast path is a legacy node, a message adapted for configuring the legacy node to start forwarding multicast traffic from a first interface to a second interface of the legacy node. The legacy node may be configured to stop forwarding multicast traffic from the first interface of the legacy node to the second interface of the legacy node. The legacy node may be configured to start/stop forwarding traffic from one or more input interfaces to one or more output interfaces.
US09680875B2	Security policy unification across different security products A management entity receives from multiple security devices corresponding native security policies each based on a native policy model associated with the corresponding security device. Each security device controls access to resources by devices associated with the security device according to the corresponding native security policy. The management entity normalizes the received native security policies across the security devices based on a generic policy model, to produce a normalized security policy that is based on the generic policy model and representative of the native security polices.
US09680872B1	Trusted-code generated requests Custom policies are definable for use in a system that enforces policies. A user, for example, may author a policy using a policy language and transmit the system through an application programming interface call. The custom policies may specify conditions for computing environment attestations that are provided with requests to the system. When a custom policy applies to a request, the system may determine whether information in the attestation is sufficient for the request to be fulfilled.
US09680870B2	Software-defined networking gateway A device determines a network attribute associated with a first network, transmits, to an orchestration device associated with a second network, information that identifies the network attribute, and receives, from the orchestration device, control information that specifies a routing policy, a security policy, or a load balancing policy associated with the first network. The device provisions network devices associated with the first network, based on the control information, and provides packets, associated with a traffic flow, to a network device, based on the control information.
US09680859B2	System, method and apparatus to visually configure an analysis of a program A method extracts views from an application program, where at least some extracted views include at least one view component, and presenting the extracted views to a user. In response to the user selecting a view component in a presented extracted view, the method presents a form to the user having a plurality of vulnerability types indicated for the selected view component and, for each vulnerability type, provides an ability for the user to set an indicator in the form as to indicate whether the view component is at least one of a source or a sink. The method further includes saving the form containing the user's input in conjunction with a user-provided label for the selected view component and a unique identification of the selected view component, and deriving an analysis policy configuration from the saved form that is formatted for use by a program security analyzer.
US09680857B1	Cyber intelligence clearinghouse Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for providing a cyber intelligence clearinghouse (CIC). Providing a CIC can include generating analysis data from intelligence information collected from a number of sources. In addition, providing a CIC can include calculating a number of fidelity scores from the analysis data, wherein the number of fidelity scores represent a trustworthiness of the number of sources. In addition, providing a CIC can include determining a number of events to block based on the number of fidelity scores. Furthermore, providing a CIC can include providing feedback data to the number of sources based on the number of fidelity scores and the number of events to block.
US09680856B2	System and methods for scalably identifying and characterizing structural differences between document object models A security auditing computer system efficiently evaluates and reports security exposures in a target Web site hosted on a remote Web server system. The auditing system includes a crawler subsystem that constructs a first list of Web page identifiers representing the target Web site. An auditing subsystem selectively retrieves and audits Web pages based on a second list, based on the first. Retrieval is sub-selected dependent on a determined uniqueness of Web page identifiers relative to the second list. Auditing is further sub-selected dependent on a determined uniqueness of structural identifiers computed for each retrieved Web page, including structural identifiers of Web page components contained within a Web page. The computed structural identifiers are stored in correspondence with Web page identifiers and Web page component identifiers in the second list. A reporting system produces reports of security exposures identified through the auditing of Web pages and Web page components.
US09680855B2	Probabilistic model for cyber risk forecasting A system and method are presented for forecasting the risk of cyber-attacks on targeted networks. The described technology quantifies linear and non-linear damages to network-dependent assets by propagating probabilistic distributions of events in sequence and time in order to forecast damages over specified periods. Damage-forecasts are used to estimate probabilistically time-varying financial losses for cyber-attacks. The described technology incorporates quantities and dependencies for pricing insurance, re-insurance, and self-insurance, assessing cost-benefit tradeoffs for sequenced implementation of security control measures, and detecting attacks in the targeted network.
US09680853B2	Apparatus and method for preventing malicious code in electronic device A method for preventing a malicious code in an electronic device according to various embodiments of the present disclosure includes: converting a suspicious operation code to a logging operation code, executing the converted logging operation code, and displaying predictive operation information to a display unit related to the logging operation code according to the result of execution.
US09680852B1	Recursive multi-layer examination for computer network security remediation Computer-implemented methods and apparatuses for recursive multi-layer examination for computer network security remediation is provided herein. Exemplary methods may include: receiving a first identifier associated with a first node; retrieving first metadata using the first identifier; identifying a second node in communication with the first node using the first metadata; ascertaining a first characteristic of each first communication between the first and second nodes using the first metadata; examining each first communication for malicious behavior using the first characteristic; receiving a first risk score for each first communication responsive to the examining; determining the first risk score associated with one of the second communications exceeds a first predetermined threshold and indicating the first and second nodes are malicious. Exemplary methods may further include: providing the identified malicious nodes and communications originating from or directed to the malicious nodes.
US09680840B2	Password protected device unlock based on motion signature and proximity A method is provided for the authentication of an electronic device using an authenticated wearable device. The method includes wirelessly connecting a wearable device and an electronic device. The method also includes detecting a movement on a touchscreen of the electronic device. The method also includes detecting a movement of the wearable device. The method also includes comparing the movement on the touchscreen and the movement of the wearable device. The method also includes unlocking the electronic device when the movement on the touchscreen matches the movement of the wearable device.
US09680833B2	Detection of compromised unmanaged client end stations using synchronized tokens from enterprise-managed client end stations Techniques related to detecting compromised unmanaged client end stations using synchronized tokens placed on enterprise-managed client end stations are described. A token distribution module causes token(s) to be placed with user data of a managed client end station in specific locations. The placement locations are selected due to the token(s) likely being synchronized, the token(s) being unlikely to be discovered or used by an authorized user, but likely discovered by an attacker. During a synchronization process, the token(s) are sent to an unmanaged client end station. The token(s) can be detected and/or acquired from the unmanaged client end station by an attacker, and thereafter used in an attempt to access an apparent enterprise resource. A token detection module can detect this use of the token(s) to thereby detect the compromise of the unmanaged client end station, without needing direct access to the unmanaged client end station.
US09680829B2	Broadcast-based trust establishment A method and apparatus for device authentication are provided. In the method and apparatus, authentication data for a first device is received. The first device is then authenticated based at least in part on demonstrated access to authentication data prior to broadcast of the authentication data. One or more actions may be taken in response to the authentication of the first device based at least in part on the demonstrated access to the authentication data.
US09680828B2	Mobile devices, terminal devices, and authentication methods thereof A mobile device including a touch panel and a processing unit is provided. The touch panel includes one transmitting electrode and one receiving electrode. The transmitting electrode performs signal transmission using a touch-link technology, and the receiving electrode performs signal reception using the touch-link technology. The processing unit receives a message from a terminal device via the receiving electrode, and transmits an identification number to the terminal device via the transmitting electrode according to the message, so as to use the identification number for a verification on the terminal device.
US09680826B2	Biometric authentication method, computer-readable recording medium, and biometric authentication apparatus A biometric authentication method is disclosed. Biometric information is acquired from a pair of portions at right and left of a body. Collation feature data are generated from the biometric information for right and left. Similarity feature data are generated for calculating a similarity between the biometric information for right and left. A similarity score between right and left is calculated by using the similarity feature data. The collation feature data for right and left and the similarity score are registered in a registration database. Collation scores for right and left are calculated by comparing the collation feature data in the registration database, and other collation feature data generated in an authentication. It is determined whether the authentication is successful, by using the collation scores, the similarity score in the registration database, and another similarity score generated in the authentication.
US09680819B2	Method and system for co-termination of digital certificates A method of renewing a plurality of digital certificates includes receiving, at a first time, a request from a user to renew a first digital certificate and determining an expiration date for the first digital certificate. The method also includes receiving, at a second time, a request from the user to renew a second digital certificate and determining an expiration date for the second digital certificate. The expiration date for the second certificate is later than the expiration date for the first certificate. The method further includes determining a new expiration date occurring after the first time and the second time and renewing the first digital certificate. An expiration date for the renewed first digital certificate is equal to the new expiration date. Moreover, the method includes renewing the second digital certificate. An expiration date for the renewed second digital certificate is equal to the new expiration date.
US09680817B2	Information display method, terminal, security server and system Disclosed is an information display method, a terminal, a security server and a system, which belong to the field of computers. The method comprises: parsing received information which includes corresponding two-dimensional (2D) code carrying content data, the content data containing anti-fake information; acquiring the content data carried in the 2D code, and detecting whether the information is transmitted by a security server according to the anti-fake information contained in the content data; and acquiring content to be displayed corresponding to the information from the security server and displaying the content to be displayed if the information is detected as being transmitted by the security server.
US09680813B2	User provisioning A method of credential provisioning on a target service utilizes three credential sets: authentication credentials, privileged credentials and provisioned credentials. An intermediate element receives a request from a user client to establish a session with a target service. The request includes authentication credentials. The intermediate element creates provisioned credentials using privileged credentials which are authorized for creating provisioned credentials for accessing the target service. Once provisioned credentials have been created, a dual session communication channel is established between the user client and the target service. The session between the user client and intermediate element is established using the authentication credentials and the session between the intermediate element and the target service is established using the provisioned credentials. Optionally, user authorization to establish a session with the target service is determined prior to creating the provisioned credentials.
US09680810B2	Authorization of device access to network services Techniques are disclosed for authorization of devices entering a network. A new device entering a network sends an authorization request. Another device in the network may receive the request and prompt the user to approve the device. The user can use a device identifier provided by the new device in approving the new device. Assuming the identifier provided by the new device matches an identifier accessible by the authorizing device, the user authorizes the new device. A key is then generated for the new device, which allows access to an appropriate range of network services. Authorization decisions can be synchronized among the various devices in a network, so even if an authorizing device leaves the network, the new device key can be validated. A security service can be replicated in a new device once the device is authorized to access the network.
US09680807B2	Secure session capability using public-key cryptography without access to the private key A server establishes a secure session with a client device where a private key used in the handshake when establishing the secure session is stored in a different server. During the handshake procedure, the server receives a premaster secret that has been encrypted using a public key bound with a domain for which the client device is attempting to establish a secure session. The server transmits the encrypted premaster secret to the different server for decryption along with other information necessary to compute a master secret and session keys for the secure session. The different server decrypts the encrypted premaster secret, generates the master secret, and generates session keys that are used in the secure session for encrypting and decrypting communication between the client device and the server and transmits those session keys to that server.
US09680806B2	Secure transactions using alphacodes Systems and method for sending a first alphacode to a first participant over a secure channel. Sending a second alphacode to a second participant over a secure channel. Receiving a first encoded message, a second encoded message, and a plaintext message. The first encoded message is based on the first alphacode and the second encoded message is based on the second alphacode. Generating a first ciphertext based on the first alphacode and the plaintext message. Comparing the first ciphertext to the first encoded message and determining the authenticity of the first encoded message based at least on the comparing to the first ciphertext. Comparing the second ciphertext to the second encoded message and determining the authenticity of the second encoded message based at least on the comparing to the second ciphertext. Sending a first confirmation to the first participant and sending a second confirmation to the second participant.
US09680801B1	Selectively altering references within encrypted pages using man in the middle A request addressed to a particular resource is received and a determination is made that the request should be redirected to a man-in-the-middle gateway within the network. A first encrypted connection is established between the client device and the man-in-the-middle gateway, and a second encrypted connection between the man-in-the-middle gateway and the server. The resource is modified into a modified resource by changing pointers within the particular resource to point to a location in a domain associated with the man-in-the-middle gateway within the network. The modified resource is served.
US09680800B2	Methods for universal resource identifier (“URI”) integration Methods may display a URI of a resource. Methods may determine the presence of a non-public data element in the URI. Methods may generate a random number in response to the determination of the presence of the non-public data element. Methods may compute a resultant number based on the exclusive or of the random number and the non-public data element. Methods may substitute the resultant number for the non-public data element in the URI. Methods may transmit the URI and the random number to a server. Methods may receive a resource from the server, in response to the transmission of the URI and the random number to the server. Methods may compute the non-public data element using the random number and the resultant number. Methods may substitute the non-public data element for the resultant number in the URI. Methods may re-determine the URI of the resource.
US09680787B2	Electronic message distribution lists A distribution list identifies a plurality of recipient addresses for electronic messages. Normal updates to the distribution list can be performed via update commands from an authorized address that is stored in association with the distribution list as authorized to update the distribution list. When a removal command is received from a specific recipient address, which is not authorized to update the distribution list, the specific address can be removed from the distribution list. When an addition command is received from the specific address, a new address can be added to the distribution list. Before sending an outbound electronic message, the distribution list is resolved to the current set of recipient addresses.
US09680786B2	Communication and notification system and method thereof The invention generally relates to a communication and notification system and method thereof, and more particularly to a method and system for providing, tracking, sending reminders, and receiving communications/notifications in response to end-users in a variety of commercial market segments, e.g., medical, governmental compliance and criminal.
US09680779B2	System, method, and apparatus for storing, transmitting, receiving, and using structured data using un-structured text message bodies The present invention relates to the use of unstructured and untagged text message protocols to form a text message body that can be used to transmit and receive semi-structured, or structured text message bodies, which optionally may also use various, widely used Markup Languages. The semi-structure, or structure used within the text message body can be a format, such as, but not limited to, partitioning and/or comma delimited values, etc. The tagging for use with the text message body can be a protocol, such as, but not limited to, Extensible Markup Language (XML).
US09680772B2	System and method for managing configuration of virtual switches in a virtual machine network Techniques for managing configuration of virtual switches in a virtual machine network are disclosed. In an embodiment, a virtual machine network that includes virtual switches is configured to revert back to a saved network configuration if a configuration change causes the connection between the VM management system and a managed node to be lost. For example, before any configuration changes are made, the active configuration is saved. If the new configuration supports a working connection between the managed node and the VM management system, then the saved configuration is no longer needed and can be flushed from memory. If, however, the new configuration causes the managed node to be disconnected from the VM management system, then the system reverts back to the saved configuration that was previously known to work. The saved configuration is used to reestablish the connection so that the network continues to function.
US09680768B2	Network apparatus and packet processing device There is a need for a network interface supporting various line speeds to have a smaller size and provide more flexible accommodation than the related art. In the present invention, provided is a communication device including a transfer processing unit which has four connectors capable of coupling with network interface units to be accommodated in one slot, and a packet processing circuit configured to process a packet input from the network interface via any one of the connectors and output the packet toward the network interface unit to be coupled with the connector, and a path control unit configured to manage a path between the packet processing circuit and the connector.
US09680757B2	System and method for management of cloud-based systems System and method for reporting usage of a network infrastructure includes obtaining a map that includes at least one flow-mapping that correlates a flow feature with a service and that correlates a flow feature with an endpoint type, wherein the endpoint types include at least a subscriber type and a service type; at a first computer, receiving flow telemetry of a network infrastructure, the flow telemetry representing at least the destination and source attributes for network traffic in the flow telemetry; categorizing the flow telemetry into at least a subscriber flow category based on the source and destination endpoint types of the traffic; for subscriber flow telemetry of a subscriber, processing the subscriber flow telemetry into at least one flow feature; identifying at least one service to attribute to at least a portion of the subscriber flow telemetry, the service identified through the processed flow feature and a flow-mapping.
US09680745B2	Multi-domain source routed forwarding based on collaborating network controllers Efficient and scalable source routed forwarding can be achieved in multi-domain networks by substituting path identifiers for intra-domain hop lists in source route hop lists. The path identifiers are then replaced with the corresponding intra-domain hop lists at the ingress edge nodes of each corresponding domain. The path identifiers do not specify individual hops along an intra-domain path segment, and are therefore typically shorter than the intra-domain hop lists. To facilitate multi-domain source routed forwarding techniques, routing tables in edge nodes of the corresponding domains are updated to associate the path identifiers with the corresponding intra-domain hop lists during (or immediately following) inter-domain path computation.
US09680743B2	Message forwarding method, system, and relay agent device The present disclosure provides a message forwarding method and system, and a relay agent device. The forwarding method includes receiving a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) for Internet Protocol (IP) version 6 (DHCPv6 ) message from a DHCPv6 client through a layer-3 interface, generating a relay-forward message, where the first DHCPv6 message is encapsulated into the relay-forward message and an identifier (ID) of the layer-3 interface is added therein, and sending the relay-forward message to a DHCPv6 server.
US09680739B2	Information transmission system, information communication apparatus, and information transmission apparatus The information which can be acquired at the information communication apparatus side is treated as additional information. The information communication apparatus transmits the additional information and packet data, and the information transmission apparatus communicably connected to the information communication apparatus receives the packet data from the information communication apparatus. Conditions on the basis of the additional information to be received are stored in association with process instruction information. A condition which can be satisfied by the additional information received from the information communication apparatus is searched from among the stored conditions. If a condition which can be satisfied by the additional information is present, predetermined feature information of the packet data received from the information communication apparatus is extracted, the packet data is processed on the basis of the process instruction information associated with the condition, and the extracted feature information is stored in association with the process instruction information.
US09680721B2	Ascertainment method and device An ascertainment device includes a processor that executes a process. The process includes: acquiring addresses of a plurality of respective data processing devices and virtual network identification data associated with the plurality of respective data processing devices; ascertaining the identification data for each of the plural data processing devices based on the acquired virtual network identification data and addresses, association data, stored in a storage section, of addresses and data processing devices, and association data, stored in the storage section, of virtual network identification data and data processing devices; and ascertaining as a data processing device group configured redundantly with respect to execution of specific processing, any data processing devices out of the plural data processing devices with the same virtual network identification data and the same address as each other associated with the identification data of the data processing devices.
US09680718B2	Multifusion of a stream operator in a streaming application Embodiments of the present disclosure include a method, a system, and a computer program product for fusing a stream operator into more than one processing element within a streaming application. The method includes receiving an instruction to concurrently fuse, into a second processing element, a stream operator of interest that is fused into a first processing element. The method includes determining whether the stream operator of interest is stateful. The method includes compiling, in response to determining the stream operator of interest is stateful, a clone of the stream operator of interest into the second processing element so that the clone is synchronized with the stream operator of interest.
US09680713B2	Network management system A technique for communicating in a network management system is disclosed. The technique includes transferring information from an application server to a gateway that processes the information, transferring the gateway processed information from the gateway to a plurality of adapters associated with the gateway that process the gateway processed information, and transferring the adapter processed information from one of the adapters to a client.
US09680712B2	Hardware management and control of computer components through physical layout diagrams In one aspect, a system includes a service processor (SP), having a processor, a non-volatile memory and a communication interface. The SP receives a component information of components of a host computer from a basic input/output system (BIOS) being executed at a central processing unit (CPU) of the host computer through the communication interface, and stores the received component information in the non-volatile memory. When the SP receives a managing instruction from a remote management computer to change the component information of at least one designated component of the components of the host computer, the SP updates the corresponding component information stored in the non-volatile memory based on the managing instruction. Once the component information is updated, the SP may, in response to receiving the component information from the BIOS, send the updated component information back to the host computer through the communication interface.
US09680711B2	Method and apparatus for visualizing dynamic-host-configuration-protocol scopes A method and apparatus can be configured to determine that a first range of internet protocol addresses corresponds to a first scope. The method can also include displaying a first visual representation of the first scope. The first visual representation includes a first displayed bar. The length of the first displayed bar represents the span of the first scope. Each internet protocol address of the first scope has a representative position within the first displayed bar.
US09680701B2	Differentiating image files in a networked computing environment In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to differentiate and/or customize image files in a networked (e.g., cloud) computing environment. Specifically, a plurality of images corresponding to a requested instance, and all configuration files corresponding to the plurality of images, will be identified. In identifying the configuration files, a first subset of configuration files that are common to all of the plurality of images, and a second subset of configuration files that are unique to individual images will be determined. The user can then individually select configuration files from the two subsets, and the requested instance can be generated based thereon.
US09680693B2	Method and apparatus for network anomaly detection A network anomaly detector evaluates two complementary measurements of network statistics, a time variation and correlation among those statistics, to provide an extremely robust detection of network anomalies. In one embodiment, the variability and correspondence are compared against historically derived thresholds to provide for a system that accommodates to local network conditions and evolving network qualities.
US09680681B2	Transmission apparatus, reception apparatus, and communication system A transmission apparatus that transmits a block signal including a plurality of data symbols, includes a data-symbol generation unit that generates data symbols; a fixed-symbol arrangement unit that arranges a data symbol and a fixed symbol such that the fixed symbol is inserted at a predetermined position in the block signal to generate a block symbol; an interpolation unit that performs interpolation processing on the block symbol; and a CP insertion unit that inserts a Cyclic Prefix into a signal on which the interpolation processing has been performed to generate the block signal.
US09680675B1	Methods and apparatus for automated adaptation of transmitter equalizer tap settings One embodiment relates to a method of automated adaptation of a transmitter equalizer. A multi-dimensional search space of tap settings for the transmitter equalizer is divided into multiple single-dimensional search spaces, each single-dimensional search space being associated with a single tap of the transmitter equalizer. The multiple single-dimensional search spaces are searched in series, and a tap for a single-dimensional search space is set before searching a next single-dimensional search space. Another embodiment relates to a transceiver with adaptation circuitry configured to implement the above-described method. Other embodiments, aspects, and features are also disclosed.
US09680674B2	I/Q calibration techniques A receiver includes a static I/Q calibration block and a correlation/integration block. The static I/Q calibration block is configured to substantially eliminate mismatches between in-phase and quadrature components of a portion of the spectrum having associated I/Q mismatches that are relatively frequency-independent. The correlation/integration block is configured to substantially eliminate mismatches between the in-phase and quadrature components of portions of the spectrum having associated I/Q mismatches that are relatively frequency-dependent in accordance with a pair of signals generated by the static I/C calibration block.
US09680673B2	Communication system and method A communication system comprises a packet stream transforming unit, a mapping unit and a transmission unit. The packet stream transforming unit is configured to receive a 4-bit packet stream and transform the 4-bit packet stream into a 6-bit packet stream. The mapping unit is configured to map the 6-bit packet stream into multiple ternary bit streams, and the mapping unit maps at least one idle symbol into the ternary bit streams according to at least one particular bit of the at least one idle symbol of the 6-bit packet stream. The transmission unit is configured to transmit the ternary bit streams to a remote communication device through a cable.
US09680664B2	Using a multicast address as a tunnel remote gateway address in a layer 2 tunneling protocol access concentrator A layer 2 tunneling protocol access concentrator (LAC) may receive an indication to set up a layer 2 tunneling protocol (L2TP) tunnel. The LAC may determine, based on the indication, a multicast address associated with initiating setup of the L2TP tunnel. The LAC may provide, to the multicast address, a request associated with initiating the L2TP tunnel. The request may be provided such that a plurality of L2TP network servers (LNSs) receives the request. The LAC may receive a set of responses to the request. The set of responses may be provided by a respective set of LNSs. The plurality of LNSs may include the respective set of LNSs. The LAC may select, based on the set of responses, a particular LNS, of the respective set of LNSs, with which to set up the L2TP tunnel.
US09680663B2	Tunnel endpoint device, communication device, communication system, communication method, and program A tunnel endpoint device includes a control unit configured to establish a communication tunnel with a tunnel endpoint device as a communication peer and an interface configured to access a storage device including communication state information about a tunnel communication. The control unit is configured to be adapted to take over state information about a tunnel communication of another tunnel endpoint device via the storage device when receiving an externally supplied switching instruction.
US09680657B2	Cost optimization in dynamic workload capping A mainframe computing system includes a central processor complex, a plurality of billing entities, each billing entity having a respective capacity limit, and a workload manager that schedules work requested by the plurality of billing entities on the central processor complex and tracks, by billing entity, a rolling average of millions of service units. The mainframe also includes a dynamic capping policy that identifies a maximum MSU limit, a maximum cost limit, a subset of the plurality of billing entities, and, for each billing entity in the subset, information from which to determine a MSU entitlement value and cost entitlement value. The mainframe also includes a dynamic capping master that adjusts the respective capacity limits of the subset of the plurality of billing entities at scheduled intervals based on the dynamic capping policy to favor billing entities having high-importance workload within the maximum MSU limit and maximum cost limit.
US09680655B2	Public-key certificate management system and method Methods and systems for public-key certificate management comprise storing digital certificates in data structures that allow the manager to provide a verifiable proof about the validity status of a certificate. The certificates are stored in two data structures in a database. One data structure stores items in chronological order and is queried to establish a proof that a later snapshot of the database is an extension of an earlier snapshot of the database. Another data structure is ordered by user identifier and is queried to establish a proof that a given digital certificate is currently valid.
US09680654B2	Systems and methods for validated secure data access based on an endorsement provided by a trusted third party Methods, systems, and techniques for securing access to stored data are provided. Example embodiments provide a Storage Management System (“SMS”) that is configured to facilitate protected information sharing. The SMS may restrict access to shared information based on one or more criteria that validate an entity's right to access the information. For example, the SMS may restrict access to entities that are located in a particular geographic region, that are using a particular type of hardware or software, that hold particular credentials, or the like. In some cases, the SMS may require that an entity's claim to meet on or more required criteria be validated by a trusted third party.
US09680652B2	Dynamic heterogeneous hashing functions in ranges of system memory addressing space Dynamic heterogeneous hashing function technology for balancing memory requests between multiple memory channels is described. A processor includes functional units and multiple memory channels, and a memory controller unit (MCU) coupled between them. The MCU includes a general-purpose hashing function block that defines a default interleaving sequence for memory requests to alternately access the multiple memory channels and multiple specific-purpose hashing function blocks that define different interleaving sequences for the memory requests to alternately access the multiple memory channels. The MCU also includes a hashing-function selection block. The hashing-function selection block is operable to select one of the specific-purpose hashing function blocks or the general-purpose hashing function block for a current memory request in view of a requesting functional unit originating the current memory request.
US09680646B2	Relay service for communication between controllers and accessories A relay service can relay messages between controllers and electronically controllable accessory devices that may be located remotely from the controllers. Relaying of messages by the relay service can be decoupled from any knowledge of the functionality of the accessory or the content of the messages. Device identification and relaying of messages can be managed using “relay aliases” that are meaningful only to the relay service and the endpoint devices (the controller and accessory). The endpoint devices can implement end-to-end security for messages transported by the relay service.
US09680640B2	Secure multi-party communication with quantum key distribution managed by trusted authority Techniques and tools for implementing protocols for secure multi-party communication after quantum key distribution (“QKD”) are described herein. In example implementations, a trusted authority facilitates secure communication between multiple user devices. The trusted authority distributes different quantum keys by QKD under trust relationships with different users. The trusted authority determines combination keys using the quantum keys and makes the combination keys available for distribution (e.g., for non-secret distribution over a public channel). The combination keys facilitate secure communication between two user devices even in the absence of QKD between the two user devices. With the protocols, benefits of QKD are extended to multi-party communication scenarios. In addition, the protocols can retain benefit of QKD even when a trusted authority is offline or a large group seeks to establish secure communication within the group.
US09680639B2	Secret sharing apparatus and secret sharing method that restores secret data from at least two of generated shared data A secret sharing apparatus generates, from secret data, a plurality of pieces of shared data from which the secret data is able to be restored. The secret data includes a plurality of pieces of divided data which does not include a random number. The secret sharing apparatus includes a shared data generating section which performs an XOR operation between the pieces of divided data and generates the plurality of pieces of shared data which includes the result of the XOR operation between the pieces of divided data.
US09680638B2	Non alterable structure including cryptographic material The present invention relates to a method to build a non-alterable structure and to such a non-alterable structure including data relative to a set of cryptographic material generated randomly or derived from a secret key linked to a business use, the non-alterable structure being intended to be transferred from a first entity to a second entity, the entities sharing at least an encryption/decryption key and a signature key, the structure comprising at least business data relative to the intended use of cryptographic material, an encrypted protection key encrypted with the encryption key, an encrypted set of cryptographic material encrypted with the protection key, a signature of the set of cryptographic material, the protection key and the data relative to the intended use of cryptographic material signed with the signature key.
US09680629B2	MAC cycle alignment method for neighboring network coordination Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide communication between networked nodes while minimizing interference from neighbor network communication. Medium Access Control (MAC) cycles at the nodes may be aligned to MAC cycles of neighbor nodes and/or networks based on decoded timing information detected by the nodes.
US09680628B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control channel in intra-cell carrier aggregation system A method for receiving control channel and an apparatus in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes transmitting, at a base station, information on a primary cell operating in a frequency division duplexing (FDD) mode and a secondary cell operating in a time division duplexing (TDD) mode, transmitting, at the base station, downlink scheduling information for downlink data, transmitting, at the base station, the downlink data in a first subframe according to the downlink scheduling information, and receiving, at the base station, control information corresponding to the downlink data on the primary cell, from a terminal. The control information is transmitted using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format determined based on a type of the first subframe of the secondary cell.
US09680626B2	Methods and systems for frequency multiplexed communication in dense wireless environments Systems, methods, and devices for high-efficiency wireless frequency division multiplexing are provided. A method includes exchanging, at an access point, at least one frame reserving a wireless medium with at least one of a first and second wireless device. The method further includes receiving a first communication on a first set of wireless frequencies from the first wireless device. The method further includes receiving a second communication, at least partially concurrent with the first communication, on a second set of wireless frequencies from the second wireless device. The method further includes transmitting at least one acknowledgment of the first and second communication. The first set and the second set are mutually exclusive subsets of a set of wireless frequencies available for use by both the first and second wireless device.
US09680621B2	MU-MIMO acknowledgement protocol efficiency A method for improving multiple-user (MU) multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) acknowledge (ACK) protocol efficiency includes: receiving a sounding frame from a device, sending a feedback response, which includes quantized channel state information (CSI) to the device, receiving an MU physical-layer protocol data unit (PPDU) frame from the device, and in response to receiving the MU PPDU frame, sending an ACK frame to the device without receiving a polling frame prior to the ACK frame.
US09680619B2	Method and apparatus for operating sounding in wireless communication system in which uplink control channel resource dynamically changes The present invention relates to a procedure for transceiving a sounding reference signal and to a method for operating sounding in a wireless communication system in which an uplink control channel resource dynamically changes. More particularly, the method for transmitting a sounding reference signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system according to the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving uplink/downlink configuration information transmitted from a base station; checking whether a conflict occurs between a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource region based on the uplink/downlink configuration information and a sounding reference signal (SRS); and skipping the transmission of the SRS upon the occurrence of a conflict. The present invention has the advantage of efficiently solving the problem of conflicts between the SRS and the uplink control channel resource without increasing the power consumption burden in the terminal or without excessive restrictions on an SRS transmission subframe or sounding band.
US09680616B2	Tone reordering in a wireless communication system One or more LDPC encoders generate two or more LDPC code words to be included entirely in an OFDM symbol. A frequency segment parser parses content of the two or more LDPC code words into a first frequency segment corresponding to a first subband of the communication channel and a second frequency segment corresponding to a second subband of the communication channel. A constellation mapper maps first content of the two or more LDPC code words to first constellation points corresponding to first OFDM tones in the first subband, and maps second content of the two or more LDPC code words to second constellation points corresponding to second OFDM tones in the second subband. A tone ordering unit reorders the first OFDM tones and the second OFDM tones such that the first content is distributed over the first subband, and the second content is distributed over the second subband.
US09680615B2	Methods and systems of wireless communication with remote radio heads A method of operating an eNB in a wireless communication network is provided. The method comprises transmitting, by the eNB to a UE, configuration information of first and second sets of CSI-RS resources, wherein the first set of CSI-RS resources is used for long term measurement and the second set of CSI-RS resources is used for short term CSI feedback.
US09680602B2	Bit coding device, bit decoding device, transmission device, reception device, bit coding method, bit decoding method, transmission method, reception method, and program A bit coding device that creates a coded bit sequence by performing error correction coding on an input bit sequence that is input, includes a coding unit that creates a first bit sequence by performing the error correction coding on the input bit sequence, an extraction unit that extracts a second bit sequence from the first bit sequence, and an information compression unit that creates a third bit sequence by performing lossy compression on the second bit sequence, in which coded bits include at least a portion of the third bit sequence.
US09680598B2	Wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission apparatus and wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission method A wavelength division multiplexing optical transmission apparatus includes a plurality of polarization multiplexing optical modulation means, polarization-maintaining optical multiplexing means, and delay adjustment means. The polarization multiplexing optical modulation means generate a plurality of polarization multiplexed optical modulation signals having different wavelengths. The polarization-maintaining optical multiplexing means multiplexes the wavelengths of the polarization multiplexed optical modulation signals to generate a wavelength multiplexed optical signal (WDM). The delay adjustment means adjusts a delay such that light intensities of polarization multiplexed optical modulation signals having adjacent wavelengths in the wavelength multiplexed optical signal (WDM) vary inversely with respect to each other.
US09680595B2	Optical line terminal and optical network unit An optical line terminal which includes an observing unit that observes information of any one or all of an arrival interval of frames, an instantaneous bandwidth under use of a flow, a queue length of a queue temporarily storing the frames, and a traffic type, and a stop determining unit that dynamically determines a sleep time to be a period in which a sleep state where partial functions of the ONU are stopped is maintained, on the basis of the information obtained by the observing unit. The ONU is entered into a sleep state, immediately after communication ends, after a predetermined waiting time passes from when the communication ends, or after a waiting time determined on the basis of the information passes from when the communication ends.

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