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US09802780B2	Apparatus for collecting sheets and apparatus for forming images Provided is an apparatus provided with a collection tray for receiving a discharged sheet and shifting, a discharge unit (binding unit constituting a part of a sheet processing apparatus) for discharging a sheet, a shift rail (up-and-down rail including an up-and-down rack) provided in the discharge unit to permit a shift of the collection tray corresponding to a sheet collection amount of the collection tray, a drive member (up-and-down motor) that shifts the collection tray along the shift rail, and an extension rail capable of being added and set onto the shift rail to extend a shift range of the collection tray. By this means, it is possible to increase a collection amount of sheets relatively with ease.
US09802771B2	Trailer stabilizer A trailer stabilizing device for stabilizing a parked freight trailer, the trailer stabilizing device comprising a frame separate from the support frame of the parked freight trailer, the stabilizing device frame having mounted thereto wheels and a hitch, the stabilizing device including a repositionable jack.
US09802770B2	Powder supply apparatus A powder feeder includes a plurality of driving rollers with their axial centers horizontal, a cylindrical hopper placed on the driving rollers and rotationally driven, a connection opening formed in the rotating hopper for loading powder therein, a chuck inserted into the connection opening and supported by a support frame, a powder discharge passage interconnecting the inside and outside of the rotating hopper through the chuck, a scooping part continuously formed on an inner surface of the rotating hopper which faces an inner end of the powder discharge passage, and a pressurization passage open to the inside of the rotating hopper for pressurizing the inside of the rotating hopper, the inner end of the powder discharge passage interconnecting the inside and outside of the rotating hopper being open to a location where the powder that has been scooped up by the scooping part falls down.
US09802763B2	Transporting device, processing arrangement and coating method In various embodiments, a transporting device for transporting a substrate in a process chamber is provided. The transporting device includes a guiding rail arrangement having two guiding rails for mounting a multiplicity of bars between the two guiding rails. The two guiding rails form a closed path of movement along which the multiplicity of bars are guided. The transporting device further includes the multiplicity of bars that are mounted in the guiding rail arrangement, and a drive device for pushing at least one bar of the multiplicity of bars in such a way that, in a transporting region of the guiding rail arrangement, in each case multiple bars of the multiplicity of bars are pushed against one another and the bars that have been pushed against one another move along the path of movement in the transporting region.
US09802753B2	Pneumatic tank having forward and rearward tangential joint lines A tank trailer may include a hopper, an end housing forward or rearward of the hopper, and a slide plate inside the end housing. The slide plate may be configured to help prevent breakage along welds which secure the slide plate.
US09802752B2	Shroud and dispensing system for a handheld container A dispensing system includes a manifold adapted to be fluidly coupled to a valve stem of a container. The manifold includes first and second members extending outwardly from the manifold. The dispensing system also includes a shroud having first and second shroud portions on opposing sides of the shroud. The dispensing system further includes at least one enclosed track. The enclosed track receives and permits sliding of at least one of the first and second members.
US09802746B2	Composite container with peelable membrane A composite container is provided for holding products (e.g., stacked chips). The container includes a tubular body and a peelable membrane. The tubular body is made of at least one paperboard body ply having an inner surface and a metallized Oriented Polypropylene (mOPP) liner ply adhered to the inner surface of the paperboard body ply. A liner sealant is disposed on the inner surface of the mOPP liner ply, and the paperboard body ply and the mOPP liner ply are rolled outwardly to form a rim. The membrane, which has a membrane sealant on its inner surface, is sealed to the liner sealant in the area of the rim to close the container. When the membrane is peeled away, the membrane sealant and the liner sealant remain sealed to each other and cause separation within the mOPP liner ply, avoiding tearing and exposure of the paperboard in the rim.
US09802742B1	Elastic fastener and method of use A fastener has an elastic body that extends to opposed ends, and a three dimensional sphere-like head connected to each of the ends of the elastic body. A plurality of apertures are formed through the elastic body, sized to enable one of the three dimensional sphere-like heads to be pushed through the aperture for securing the fastener. The fastener may be wrapped around two elements, and the head or heads may each be inserted through one of the apertures so that the fastener secures the two elements together.
US09802736B2	Fastening device for sealing a fluid product reservoir A fastener device for closing a fluid reservoir (1) formed with a neck (10) provided with outer peripheral reinforcement (11) that co-operates with the remainder of the neck to define a bottom shoulder (12). The device includes a fastener ring (2) for holding a closure member (4) on the neck (10), the fastener ring (2) including a peripheral skirt (21) engaged around the neck to below the bottom shoulder (12). The skirt (21) has fastener elements (26a, 26b) that form a contact zones (27a, 27b) suitable for potentially engaging the neck (10) below the bottom shoulder (12). The contact zones (27a, 27b) are situated at different axial heights, such that some contact zones (27a; 27b) come into operating engagement below the bottom shoulder (12), while other contact zones (27a; 27b) remain inoperative.
US09802731B2	Flexible lightweight container A light weight container (1) comprising a base (3), four sidewalls (2) and four corner portions, characterized in that the corner portions are so arranged as to allow flexibility between the sidewalk (2) so that an upper opening area of the container (1) can be made smaller by forcing the sidewalls (2) towards each other (compression) and larger by forcing the sidewalk (2) apart (expansion). The invention also relates to a process for the manufacturing of a container (1).
US09802730B2	Methods of compensating for vacuum pressure changes within a plastic container A plastic container comprises an upper portion including a finish adapted to receive a closure, a lower portion including a base, and a sidewall extending between the upper portion and the lower portion. The upper portion, the lower portion, and the sidewall define an interior volume for storing liquid contents. The plastic container further comprises a pressure panel located on the container and moveable between an initial position and an activated position. The pressure panel is located in the initial position prior to filling the container, and is moved to the activated position after filling and sealing the container. Moving the pressure panel from the initial position to the activated position reduces the internal volume of the container and creates a positive pressure inside the container. The positive pressure reinforces the sidewall. A method of processing a container is also disclosed.
US09802720B2	Apparatus and method for maintaining a pattern of non-rigid objects in a desired position and orientation An apparatus and method for maintaining a pattern of non-rigid objects in a desired position and orientation. The first surface, second surface, and third surface are mutually orthogonal and meet at a point to form a lowest corner. The second and third surfaces are supported by, attached to and extend at least somewhat vertically from the apparatus. The first surface is oriented at an angle to a plane running through a bottom of the apparatus and thereby provides the lowest corner.
US09802715B2	Fastener systems that provide EME protection Fasteners are inserted into a stack of members and terminated with parts having at least one of a dry dielectric coating and a dry dielectric seal at select locations to protect against electromagnetic effects (EME).
US09802714B2	Electric charge dissipation system for aircraft A method, apparatus, and composite fuel tank for manufacturing a structure is provided. A first composite layer and a second composite layer are placed on a mold. The second composite layer and the first composite layer are cured. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form the structure. The second composite layer is configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure.
US09802688B1	Systems and methods for mounting a propulsion device with respect to a marine vessel A system comprises an elastic mount configured to support a propulsion device with respect to a marine vessel. The elastic mount contains an electromagnetic fluid. An electromagnet is configured so that increasing an amount of electricity applied to the electromagnet increases the shear strength of the electromagnetic fluid in the elastic mount and thereby decreases elasticity of the elastic mount, and so that decreasing the amount of electricity applied to the electromagnet decreases the shear strength of the electromagnetic fluid in the elastic mount and thereby increases the elasticity of the elastic mount. A controller automatically adapts the amount of electricity applied to the electromagnet during translation of the marine vessel so as to reduce the likelihood that the propulsion device impacts an adjacent structure on the marine.
US09802668B2	Steering system and bicycle using the same A steering system includes a front fork, a front wheel, a handlebar, two bar ends, and two steering members. The handlebar includes a support bar and two elbows disposed at two opposite ends of the support bar. The two bar ends each includes a grip and a linkage; the linkage fits through the corresponding elbow and connects with the grip. Each of the steering members connects the corresponding bar end to the front fork, so that the swing direction of the grips determines the turning direction of the front fork and thus the travel direction of the front wheel. A bicycle using the steering system is also provided. The steering system and the bicycle of the present invention utilize swinging of the grips of the bar ends connected to the two elbows extending from the handlebar to control the travel direction of the front wheel.
US09802658B2	Vehicle with an air guiding element for controlling aerodynamic properties and method for controlling aerodynamic properties of a vehicle A vehicle has an underbody that rises in a rear region of the vehicle to form a diffuser and an air guiding element for controlling aerodynamic properties of the vehicle. The air guiding element is arranged on the underbody in the rear region of the vehicle. The air guiding element is reversibly transferable between a primary position and a secondary position. In the secondary position, the air guiding element and the underbody arranged behind the air guiding element, as seen in the direction of travel, are arranged forming an angle of more than 75°, preferably of more than 85° and particularly preferably of more than 90° to each other.
US09802657B2	Powered deployable spoiler assembly for motor vehicles A powered deployable spoiler assembly includes a support member adapted for mounting to a motor vehicle and a spoiler panel disposed in a recessed segment of the support member. A pair of power-operated drive units interconnect the spoiler panel to the support member and are operable to move the spoiler panel between a non-deployed position, a first deployed position to provide aerodynamic assistance at a first vehicle speed, and a second deployed position to provide augmented aerodynamic assistance at a second higher vehicle speed. Each drive unit defines a guide slot and includes a stanchion fixed to the spoiler panel and a follower assembly fixed to the stanchion and disposed for movement within the guide slot. Electric motors are coupled to rotary-to-linear conversion mechanisms for converting rotation into translation of the follower assemblies to control movement of the spoiler panel.
US09802648B2	Vehicle lower portion structure A vehicle lower portion structure has: a tunnel portion disposed at a vehicle transverse direction central portion of a floor portion; a front side member whose rear portion is disposed at a vehicle lower side of the floor portion and a vehicle transverse direction outer side of the tunnel portion; a first member including a first horizontal wall that extends from the rear portion toward a vehicle transverse direction inner side, and a first vertical wall bent toward a vehicle upper side from the first horizontal wall; and a second member spanning an opening portion of the tunnel portion. The second member includes a second horizontal wall, and a second vertical wall that is bent toward the vehicle upper side from the second horizontal wall, is disposed parallel to the first vertical wall, and is joined to the first vertical wall.
US09802644B2	Electronic power steering apparatus An electronic power steering apparatus for a vehicle having a steering mechanism to generate a steering assisting force includes: a steering angle sensor; a steering torque sensor; a target steering torque setting unit for setting a target steering torque based on the detected steering angle; a torque deviation computing unit for computing a torque deviation between the target steering torque and the detected steering torque; a first target current value computing unit for computing a first target current value for generating a steering assisting force by the motor based on the computed torque deviation; and a vehicle speed sensitivity adjusting unit that adjusts the first target current value, at least corresponding to a detected vehicle speed, and outputs the adjusted first current value as a second target current value. The motor control unit controls the motor to generate the steering assisting force based on the second target current value.
US09802643B2	Fail safe apparatus and method for MDPS system A fail safe apparatus for an MDPS system may include: a vehicle speed sensor configured to measure a vehicle speed; a gear stage input unit configured to receive a gear stage from a transmission of the vehicle; a GPS vehicle speed calculation unit configured to calculate a GPS vehicle speed based on location information of the vehicle; and a control unit configured to determine whether the vehicle speed is an error, based on one or more of the vehicle speed, the gear stage, and the GPS vehicle speed, and determine vehicle speed data of the MDPS system based on one or more of the gear stage and the GPS vehicle speed.
US09802640B2	Ball screw assembly A ball screw assembly includes a helical path for a plurality of balls to be routed through, the helical path extending from a first end to a second end. The ball screw assembly also includes a recirculation path extending from a first transition location to a second transition location. The recirculation path includes a first segment defined by a first arc portion of a first ellipse. The recirculation path also includes a second segment defined by a second arc portion of the first ellipse. The recirculation path further includes a third segment defined by an arc of a second ellipse, wherein the first ellipse and the second ellipse are disposed in a common plane.
US09802631B2	Route examining system Systems for examining a route inject one or more electrical examination signals into a conductive route from onboard a vehicle system traveling along the route, detect one or more electrical characteristics of the route based on the one or more electrical examination signals, and detect a break in conductivity of the route responsive to the one or more electrical characteristics decreasing by more than a designated drop threshold for a time period within a designated drop time period. Feature vectors may be determined for the electrical characteristics and compared to one or more patterns in order to distinguish between breaks in the conductivity of the route and other causes for changes in the electrical characteristics.
US09802629B2	Automatic bail off for locomotive braking system A system for automatically performing a bail off of the locomotive brakes in response to certain train braking operations without the need for the train operator to manually bail off the locomotive brakes. The system includes a controller that is programmed to determine when an appropriate train braking operation has been requested and to issue commands to the locomotive braking system to cause the locomotive brake cylinder to be reduced to zero pressure or a predetermined minimum pressure. The controller is also programmed to determine when an automatic bail off should be inhibited and/or cancelled depending on ongoing train conditions.
US09802627B2	Railcar bogie A railcar bogie includes: a cross-beam supporting a carbody; pair of axles at both cross-beam sides in car longitudinal direction and extending in car-width direction; bearings at both car-width direction sides of each axle and rotatably supporting axles; axle-boxes accommodating respective bearings; plate-springs supporting both car-width direction end-portions of the cross-beam and extending in car longitudinal direction, both car longitudinal direction end-portions of each plate-springs supported by axle-boxes; pressing members at both car-width direction end-portions of the cross-beam placed on respective car longitudinal direction middle-portions of plate-springs, lower surface of a portion of each pressing member having a convex downward circular-arc shape in side-view, the portion pressing the plate-spring, a middle-portion upper surface of each plate-spring having convex downward circular-arc shape in side-view, the middle-portion pressed by the pressing member, and a lower surface curvature of the pressing member larger than the upper surface curvature of the middle plate-spring portion.
US09802623B2	Autonomous driving device Disclosed is an autonomous driving device in which a threshold value for switching to manual driving which is used for switching a driving state from autonomous driving to manual driving with respect to degree to which a steering operation is carried out by a driver is calculated to be a greater value by a calculation unit when the direction of the steering operation is predicted to be a direction close to an obstacle than a threshold value when the direction of the steering operation is predicted to be a direction away from the obstacle or a threshold value when no obstacle is detected.
US09802621B2	System and method for controlling a vehicle A vehicle is provided including an electronic power steering system, an electronic throttle control system, and a stability control system.
US09802620B2	Position error estimate and implementation for autonomous driving Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided for controlling an automated system of a vehicle. In one example, the vehicle includes one or more automated driving systems, a plurality of input systems, and a processor. The plurality of input systems are used in connection with the vehicle, and are configured to provide inputs. The processor is coupled to the plurality of input systems, and is configured to at least facilitate: estimating a current position of the vehicle using the inputs from the plurality of input systems generating a current position estimate, estimating an error for the current position estimate, the error comprising an expected error radius for the current position estimate, and controlling the one or more automated driving systems using the current position estimate and the expected error radius.
US09802619B2	Moving amount estimating apparatus, autonomous mobile body, and moving amount estimating method A moving amount estimating apparatus includes a position data obtaining unit, a first estimating unit, and a second estimating unit. The position data obtaining unit obtains a plurality of position data used to form a projection object image before and after movement of a mobile body. The first estimating unit calculates a moving amount of a parallel movement and/or a rotational movement of second position data as a moving amount of a mobile body when a plurality of moving position data is calculated. A second estimating unit compensates for a wheel moving amount based on a comparison between a second reference moving amount based on a rotating amount of a wheel during a predetermined period and a first reference moving amount obtained by calculating the moving amount of the mobile body in the first estimating unit during the predetermined period, and estimates the moving amount of the mobile body.
US09802612B2	Vehicle engine activation control system A vehicle engine activation control system includes a starter connected to a battery; an idle stop control unit configured to automatically stop an engine and automatically reactivate the engine by the starter; an input unit configured to generate an operation request in response to input from a driver; an electric parking brake device including an electric motor connected to the battery, wherein the electric motor starts driving in response to the operation request; and a mediating unit configured to prohibit the reactivation of the engine by the idle stop control unit, when the electric motor is in a driving state in response to a predetermined operation request.
US09802608B2	Driving assist device Provided is a driving assist device 10 that recognizes an object in the vicinity of a moving body, and assists a driver in driving the moving body, the apparatus including: an object detecting unit 12 that detects the object in the vicinity of the moving body; a three dimensional object detecting unit 13 that detects a three dimensional object in the vicinity of the moving body; and an object recognition unit 18 that recognizes the object at a predetermined detection position as a non-obstacle when the object information storing unit 16 stores the position of the object, and the three dimensional object information storing unit 17 does not store the position of the three dimensional object at the predetermined position in which detection is performed by both of the object detecting unit 12 and the three dimensional object detecting unit 13.
US09802603B2	Hybrid vehicle control device and control method A control apparatus of a hybrid vehicle that uses a combination of an engine and a traveling motor as vehicle drive sources has an engine speed detector configured to detect an engine rotational speed, an EV-state determination unit configured to determine whether a mode is an EV state in which the traveling motor is mainly used as the drive source; an EV-state annunciator configured to notify a driver about the EV state, and a switching controller configured to control switching between notification and non-notification about the EV state. The switching controller is configured to bring the EV-state annunciator to a non-notification state when the EV-state determination unit determines that the mode is not the EV state and the engine rotational speed is greater than a predetermined first threshold value.
US09802596B2	Method for furnishing a sensor in the braking system in a vehicle A method for furnishing a sensor signal in a braking system, in which in the event of a failure of the brake control unit signal transfer is switched over and the signal is transmitted to a further control unit.
US09802587B2	Method of and apparatus for controlling the braking of a tractor trailer combination A method of controlling the braking of a tractor-trailer combination, in which the tractor includes a drive train having an engine and at least one ground-engaging member driveably connected thereto, at least one ground-engaging member of the tractor includes at least one tractor brake, and at least one ground-engaging member of the trailer includes at least one trailer brake, the operation of which depends at least in part on the operative condition of the at least one tractor brake, includes the steps of, on the initiation of operation of the at least one tractor brake and the at least one trailer brake to brake the tractor-trailer combination, commencing operation of a timer that times the duration of operation of the at least one tractor brake and/or the at least one trailer brake. On a parameter related to the duration of braking effort timed by the timer reaching or exceeding a threshold value, the method then includes adjusting the braking effort applied by the at least one trailer brake in order to achieve or maintain a chosen braking performance of the tractor-trailer combination.
US09802584B2	Landing gear for power generation unit trailer system and method of anchoring trailer system Various embodiments of the disclosure include a power generation unit trailer system. A first aspect of the disclosure provides for a landing gear for a power generation unit trailer system. The landing includes: a support configured for attaching to a base of the power generation unit trailer; and a vibration isolator attached to the support and configured to anchor the support to a foundation beneath the base.
US09802552B2	Trim panel mounting system for securing a trim panel to a substrate A trim panel mounting system is provided for securing a trim panel to a substrate. That trim panel mounting system includes a push pin, a push pin holder and a trim panel. That trim panel includes at least one mounting post engaging the push pin holder and a resilient retention finger capturing the push pin between the trim panel and the push pin holder.
US09802539B2	Distance and direction estimation of a target point from a vehicle using monocular video camera A method and system for determining a distance and direction between a video camera secured on a vehicle and a target point relies on an electronic control unit. The system maps and stores grid points representing a world coordinate grid onto a screen coordinate grid and displays the video image on a display using the screen coordinate grid. The system obtains a target point of an object in the video image and determines a locus of four closest grid points of the screen coordinate grid that encircle the target point. The system determines screen distances from the target point to each of the four grid points and maps the four grid points onto the world coordinate grid. The electronic control unit interpolates the location of the target point in the world coordinate grid as weighted by the screen distances. Using the video camera location in world coordinates and the target point location in world coordinates, the system determines a distance between the video camera and the target point.
US09802530B2	Height-adjustable warning lamp with emergency light indicating means Disclosed herein is a height-adjustable warning lamp with an emergency light indicating means. The warning lamp includes a main body and a sub body such that the main body and the sub body are separated from each other in a vertical direction in order to extend the height of the warning lamp based on the situations on a road. The warning lamp is configured as a single-body structure when the main body and the sub body are coupled to each other, wherein, when the sub body is moved upward from the main body, a light emitting diode (LED) lamp, which is received in the main body and is formed in the shape of an arrow for indicating an advancing direction, is unfolded, thereby improving external visibility of the warning lamp and thus effectively preventing collisions with other vehicles while guiding the safe driving of other vehicles.
US09802526B2	Latching system for automatic securement of a container to a container chassis A front pin arrangement for automatic securement of a container to a container chassis is provided. The front pin latching arrangement includes first and second latching systems disposed proximate two corners of a container chassis, wherein each of the first and second latching systems automatically secure the container to the container chassis. The front pin latching arrangement also includes an interlock assembly operably coupled to the first and second latching systems. The interlock assembly is configured to provide a fail-safe operation such that the first and second latching systems maintain securement of the container to the container chassis.
US09802523B1	Golf cart beverage holder systems A golf cart beverage holder system having at least one right-side-beverage-holder and at least one left-side-beverage-holder for holding beverage containers and keeping drinks cold during a round of golf. The golf cart beverage holder system is adapted to fit inside existing cup holders on a golf cart.
US09802507B2	Linear motor transport for packaging and other uses The invention provides in some aspects a transport system comprising a guideway having a plurality of regions in which one or more vehicles are propelled, where each such vehicle includes a magnet. Disposed along each region are a plurality of propulsion coils, each comprising one or more turns that are disposed about a common axis, such that the respective common axes of the plurality of coils in that region are (i) substantially aligned with one another, and (ii) orthogonal to a direction in which the vehicles are to be propelled in that region. The plurality of coils of at least one such region are disposed on opposing sides of the magnets of vehicles being propelled along that region so as to exert a propulsive force of substance on those magnets. In at least one other region, the plurality of coils disposed on only a single side of the magnets of vehicles being propelled in that region exert a propulsive force of substance thereon—regardless of whether the plurality of coils in that region are disposed on a single or multiple (e.g., opposing sides) of those magnets.
US09802505B2	Fuel cell vehicle and control method therefor With a fuel cell vehicle includes a fuel cell and a secondary battery, a drive motor and a pump motor are connected to each other via an electric power line so that the drive motor and the pump motor are capable of receiving and supplying electric power with each other without involving reception and supply of electric power with the secondary battery. The control device determines an upper-limit guard value of torque of the pump motor based on a dischargeable power of the secondary battery and an output power of the fuel cell, or determines a lower-limit guard value of torque of the pump motor based on a chargeable power of the secondary battery and an output power of the fuel cell.
US09802503B2	Power management device In order to manage power exchanged between an electric vehicle 1 and a house system 2 including an electric device 22, a power management device includes a vehicle detection portion 26 configured to detect a vehicle available for a resident of the house. A controller 24 determines power supplied from the electric vehicle 1 to the house system 2 in accordance with the presence of the vehicle detected by the vehicle detection portion 26. The power management device can thereby supply power from an electric vehicle to a house while securing the situation where the resident can move by vehicle in emergencies.
US09802501B2	Guided vehicle positioning for inductive charging with the assistance of a vehicle camera A method and a corresponding device are provided for positioning a vehicle above a primary coil for inductive charging of a rechargeable battery in the vehicle. A control device for a vehicle is described. The vehicle has a secondary coil for receiving electrical energy from a primary coil outside the vehicle. The vehicle further has at least one camera, which is designed to detect an environment of the vehicle. The control unit is designed to receive image data from the at least one camera of the vehicle and to access reference data. The reference data includes information on at least one predefined reference object in the detected environment of the vehicle and on a position of the at least one predefined reference object relative to the primary coil. The control unit detects the at least one predefined reference object in the received image data on the basis of the reference data. In addition, the control unit determines a position of the secondary coil relative to the primary coil on the basis of the detected at least one reference object.
US09802495B2	Off-board charger for high-voltage battery charging An off-board battery charger for a vehicle may include a high-voltage connector having first, second and power supply connector ports. The first connector port connects to a vehicle controller via a first cable. The second connector port connects to a vehicle battery via a second cable. And, the power supply connector port is electrically connected with the second port and receives power via a power supply cable from a separate and external power supply.
US09802492B2	Vehicle drag reduction and electricity generation system A system comprising an air intake structure, a tunnel structure, and an energy generation device is described. The air intake structure may include a first entrance and a first exit. The air intake structure may receive air directed towards the first entrance. A size difference between the first entrance and the first exit may cause a compression of the received air into first compressed air. The tunnel structure may include a second entrance and a second exit. The tunnel structure may receive the first compressed air. A size difference between the second entrance and the second exit may cause a compression of the first compressed air into second compressed air. The energy generation device may receive the second compressed air, and may transform a portion of the second compressed air into energy. The system may further include elements effective to facilitate cooling of components of a vehicle.
US09802475B2	Motor vehicle front end part A motor vehicle front end part (1) has a device for influencing a cooling air flow. The device has an adjustable flap (22) that extends in a vehicle transverse direction and that is assigned to an air inlet opening (10) with an air inlet cross section (12). To provide a motor vehicle front end part that is of simple design and can be produced cost-effectively, the flap (20) is arranged in front of the air inlet cross section (12) in a vehicle longitudinal direction to such an extent that, if the flap (20) is in an operative position, the cooling air flow (22, 23) is channeled completely or virtually completely past the air inlet opening (10).
US09802465B1	Visor assembly for a vehicle A visor assembly for a vehicle includes a visor housing including a first side and a second side spaced apart from and cooperating with the first side to define an outer periphery having an opening extending through the first and second sides of the visor housing and an inner periphery having at least one receiving surface cooperating with the opening. At least one support is disposed in the inner periphery of the visor housing and cooperating with the at least one receiving surface. A cover panel having an elongate body received is within the channel and movable relative to the at least support between at least a first position at least partially covering the opening and a second position. A biasing member selectively positions the cover panel in the second position.
US09802458B2	Motor vehicle with a water box and an air conditioner A car having a water box comprising an outer face, an inner face, an air inlet opening, an air outlet opening and a water outlet opening. The inner face forms a water separating space that is connected to the air inlet and outlet openings and the water outlet opening. The water outlet opening discharges water out of the separating space. An air conditioner is connected to the air outlet opening to feed air from the water box into the air conditioner. An air feeding unit sucks the air into the air conditioner via the air inlet opening. The air feeding unit is designed as a suction fan. The water box comprises a wall that comprises fibers forming a non-woven fabric i.e. felt.
US09802457B2	Vibration damping device for a vehicle body A damping force change mechanism includes an on-off valve located in a through hole of a piston rod. The on-off valve opens/closes a third hydraulic oil passage that allows a first oil chamber on a free piston side and a second oil chamber between a first piston and a second piston to communicate with each other. The on-off valve includes an expanded diameter portion in the first oil chamber extending outward in the radial direction. The expanded diameter portion faces the entire opening edge of the through hole and tightly contacts an end surface of the piston rod. The magnitude of a damping force is easily changed, and a damping force characteristic in a case in which the damping force is large is stabilized.
US09802454B2	Plastic spring seat having integrated crash member The present disclosure relates to a strut assembly for use with a vehicle. The strut assembly has a shock absorber having a shock absorber tube, a lower spring seat, a tubular member and a coil spring. The lower spring seat supports one end of the spring and includes a tubular member having an inner wall surface, and is configured to receive the shock absorber tube therein. The lower spring seat has an annular member extending radially outwardly from the tubular member with a surface for supporting the one end of the coil spring thereon. The tubular member has a portion constructed to deform and collapse in response to a predetermined excessive force experienced by the shock absorber.
US09802449B1	Controlled tire deflation valve system The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the current trial and error method in deflating tires. The controlled tire deflation valve system allows for tires to automatically and accurately deflate to the desired pressure. The present invention comprises a shaft, a spring and a piston wherein the shaft runs through the spring until the spring rests on the shaft spring seat. The shaft spring seat is effective in restricting the movement of the spring.
US09802443B2	Pneumatic tire A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided with a pair of crown main grooves and a pair shoulder main grooves to divide middle portions and shoulder portions, the tread portion having a contact surface covered with a cap rubber layer with a loss tangent of from 0.03 to 0.18, the middle portions provided with only middle lug grooves with groove widths within 2 mm, each middle lug groove extending from one end connected either the crown or shoulder main groove to the other end terminating within the middle portion, the middle lug grooves having an angle of from 40 to 55 degrees with respect to a tire circumferential direction, and each shoulder portion provided with first shoulder lateral grooves having axially inner ends connected to the shoulder main groove, wherein first shoulder lateral grooves consist of grooves having groove widths within 2 mm.
US09802440B2	Folding art work mounting frame The system invention herein disclosed and claimed is an art work frame that can easily be folded into a smaller area such that shipping container and costs are reduced. Upon arrival at its destination, it can easily be unfolded into frame suitable for art work mounting.
US09802437B2	Security device and method of manufacture A security device is presented, including: an array of focusing elements, each focusing element being adapted to focus light in at least two orthogonal directions, the focusing elements being arranged on a regular two-dimensional grid; and an array of elongate image elements overlapping the array of focusing elements, configured such that each focusing element can direct light from any one of a respective set of at least two elongate image elements to the viewer, in dependence on the viewing angle. In a first region of the security device, the elongate image elements extend along a first direction, and in a second region of the security device, the elongate image elements extend along a second direction which is different to the first direction.
US09802432B2	Tape cassette A tape cassette that includes a housing having a front wall and a tape feed exit located on the front wall, a tape included at least partially within the housing, and a pressing portion and a first non-pressing portion on the front wall. The pressing portion and the first non-pressing portion are positioned to oppose tape type detecting switches of the label printer when the cassette is in the label printer. The pressing portion is configured to change a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches, and the first non-pressing portion is configured to avoid changing a state of an opposing one of the tape type detecting switches. The first non-pressing portion is a planar area of the front wall extending in a tape width direction from a top surface of the housing to a bottom surface of the housing.
US09802422B2	Printer for printing of printable objects and ink ribbon cassette for use in a printer A printer includes: a housing, a print space within the housing, a print head, a replaceable ink ribbon cassette, a receiving device for a printable object which is to be printed, a control and evaluation unit, and an input and display apparatus. The receiving device can travel between a loading and unloading position outside the print space and a print position within the print space.A print head holder on whose bottom the print head is attached is pivotably mounted in the housing. In the closed position of the print head holder the print head is located in a working position above the ink ribbon cassette. In a swung-up position of the print head holder an ink ribbon cassette can be inserted into the housing or can be removed from the housing. At least one spring arm is formed on the top of the ink ribbon cassette or on the bottom of the print head holder.
US09802413B2	Photopolymerizable inkjet ink To provide a photopolymerizable inkjet ink, which contains photopolymerizable monomers containing at least one selected from the following compound group (A) compounds of which are negative for skin sensitization, and at least one selected from the following compound group (B) compounds of which are negative for skin sensitization, wherein the compound group (A) is a compound group consisting of caprolactone-modified dipentaerythritol hexaacrylate, polyethoxylated tetramethylol methane tetraacrylate, ethylene oxide-modified bisphenol A diacrylate, caprolactone-modified hydroxy pivalic acid neopentyl glycol diacrylate, polypropylene glycol diacrylate [CH2═CH—CO—(OC3H6)n-OCOCH═CH2 (n≈12)], hydroxyethyl acryl amide, trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, and tricyclodecane dimethanol dimethacrylate, and the compound group (B) is a compound group consisting of ethylene oxide-modified phenolacrylate, isostearyl acrylate, ethylene oxide-modified trimethylol propane trimethacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, and glycerin dimethacrylate.
US09802405B2	Inkjet printhead In an inkjet print head for generating a droplet of ink, the inkjet print head comprises an ink supply substrate, a droplet forming unit arranged on the ink supply substrate and an intermediate element arranged between the ink supply substrate and the droplet forming unit. The intermediate element has a first element surface on which the droplet forming unit is arranged and the intermediate element has a second element surface opposite to the first element surface. The intermediate element is supported on the ink supply substrate at the second element surface. The intermediate element is provided with a number of support protrusions at the second element surface. Due to the support protrusions, differences in coefficient of thermal expansion of the droplet forming unit and the ink supply substrate may reduce an effect of a resulting deformation of the droplet forming unit on an image quality.
US09802404B2	Chip layout to enable multiple heater chip vertical resolutions A method of printing, including providing a fluid ejection device that includes a substrate, a plurality of drive units formed on the substrate, each drive unit including at least two drive elements electrically coupled in parallel, and a plurality of fluid ejection elements disposed on the substrate, each fluid ejection element of the plurality of fluid ejection elements electrically coupled with a single respective drive unit. Electrical power is selectively supplied via the plurality of drive units to the plurality of fluid ejection elements to cause fluid to be expelled from the fluid ejection device based on image data.
US09802403B2	Techniques for print ink droplet measurement and control to deposit fluids within precise tolerances An ink printing process employs per-nozzle droplet volume measurement and processing software that plans droplet combinations to reach specific aggregate ink fills per target region, guaranteeing compliance with minimum and maximum ink fills set by specification. In various embodiments, different droplet combinations are produced through different printhead/substrate scan offsets, offsets between printheads, the use of different nozzle drive waveforms, and/or other techniques. These combinations can be based on repeated, rapid droplet measurements that develop understandings for each nozzle of means and spreads for expected droplet volume, velocity and trajectory, with combinations of droplets being planned based on these statistical parameters. Optionally, random fill variation can be introduced so as to mitigate Mura effects in a finished display device. The disclosed techniques have many possible applications.
US09802399B2	Feeder A feeder provided with multiple types of tape peeling units, which are based on the type of carrier tape to be fed by the feeder, that are detachably attached to a tip section of the feeder; a cutter member, which is provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units, that peels one edge of cover tape of the carrier tape to reveal a component stored in a storage section; an identification mark provided on the multiple types of tape peeling units; an identification sensor, which is provided on main body of the feeder, that identifies the identification mark; and a comparing device that compares information recognized by the identification sensor and information of the component stored in the carrier tape.
US09802396B2	Synthesis of quantum dot/polymer/layered-structure ceramic composite The present invention relates to a quantum dot and a preparation method therefor, and more specifically, to a novel quantum dot composite having high surface stability, and a preparation method therefor. The quantum dot composite according to the present invention constitutes a layered-structure ceramic composite in which the layered-structure ceramic comprises a polymer-quantum dot composite between the layers thereof.
US09802387B2	Corrosion resistant hardfacing alloy Disclosed herein are embodiments of iron-based corrosion resistant hardfacing alloys. The alloys can be designed through the use of different compositional, thermodynamic, microstructural, and performance criteria. In some embodiments, chromium content in the alloy can be increased while avoiding the formation of different hard chromium carbides, thereby increasing the corrosion resistance of the alloy.
US09802383B2	Multilayer composite interior component A laminated composite interior component, having cushioning property, including a first member having a predetermined mating surface, and a second member made of an elastically deformable resin material, having a plate portion on and parallel to the mating surface and multiple solid protrusions formed integrally with the plate portion and having tip ends that protrude toward and contact the mating surface, and flexural rigidity of each protrusion against a compressive load having anisotropy around an axis perpendicular to the plate portion. Each of the protrusions have a longitudinal shape in a transverse section parallel to the plate portion and have one or more stepped portions, with a smaller section at its tip end side, in one of a pair of sidewalls located in a lateral direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the longitudinal shape. Each protrusion is tilted toward a sidewall opposite the stepped portion.
US09802380B2	Method of sticking together and un-sticking two parts by means of a filled adhesive A method of bonding a first part on a second part made of composite material by an adhesive, in which the adhesive is filled with elements of shape memory alloy, is provided. A method of un-sticking the first part adhesively bonded on the composite material second part is also provided. The un-sticking method includes a step of weakening the adhesive interface that consists in subjecting the adhesively bonded parts to heat treatment performed at a temperature that is lower or higher than the martensitic transformation temperature of the shape memory alloy elements.
US09802377B2	Autoclave An autoclave suitable for use for heating articles such as tires is described. The autoclave includes an elongated chamber having an interior section and an annular duct surrounding the interior section, wherein the annular duct is separated from the interior section by a dividing wall; said autoclave further including a heat source for heating the air, a fan for circulating the air in the chamber, and an air deflector mounted in a distal end of the chamber. The air deflector is positioned to redirect the airflow towards the interior portion of the chamber to eliminate air recirculation zones and improve the temperature uniformity.
US09802370B2	Ceramic tools A tool for use in forming molded articles, comprising a tool body formed of a ceramic material preferably porous with a porosity of between 40% and 60% and in the form of a foam. The tool body is profiled to define the mold surface(s) of the tool. The outer surface of the tool can be sealed with epoxy sealant to provide the mold surface(s) of the tool. An elastomeric layer can be applied to the surface(s) of the tool body and a resinous material, such as a fiber reinforced material, applied to the elastomeric layer, wherein the elastomeric layer inhibits the movement of resin from the resinous layer into the porous ceramic body, and the resinous layer defines the mold surface.
US09802360B2	Platen planarizing process for additive manufacturing system A method for printing a three-dimensional part with an additive manufacturing system, the method comprising generating and printing a planarizing part having a substantially-planar top surface relative to a build plane, and a bottom surface that substantially mirrors a topography of a platen surface, and printing the three-dimensional part over the substantially-planar top surface of the printed planarizing part.
US09802356B2	Welding device for producing tubular bodies The invention relates to a welding device (1) for producing tubular bodies by the edge-side welding of two substrate edges (2, 3), in particular two laminate edges, said welding device having a continuous, circulating first contact belt (5) for coming into contact with the substrate (4), and an energy source (12, 13) for providing welding energy. According to the invention, the first contact belt (5) has a seamless polyimide contact surface (35) for coming into contact with the substrate (4).
US09802355B2	Nanoparticle filtering environmental control units Environmental control units are disclosed. In an aspect, an environmental control unit for use with additive manufacturing and other VOC and particle emitting processes are disclosed. In an aspect, an environmental control unit comprising one or more filters, an air handler, a temperature control device, one or more sensors and a control unit is disclosed.
US09802351B2	Molding apparatus An in-mold shutter (140) for embedding in an injection mold (100, 200, 300) is described herein. The in-mold shutter (140, 240, 340, 440, 540) includes a shutter actuator (148, 548) that is configured to selectively engage a first mold shoe (130) of the injection mold (100, 200, 300) with a platen of a mold clamping assembly (996) to hold the first mold shoe (130) in an extended position (E), along a mold-stroke axis (X), during a step of molding a first molded article (102A) in the injection mold (100, 200, 300). Also described herein is a molded article transfer device (150, 250) for use with the injection mold (100, 200, 300). The molded article transfer device (150, 250) includes a shuttle (154) that is slidably arranged, in use, within the injection mold (100, 200, 300). The shuttle (154) defines a first aperture (156A), at least in part, that alternately accommodates: (i) a first mold stack (106A, 206A, 306A) arranged therein; and (ii) a first molded article (102A) received therein with opening of the first mold stack (106A, 206A, 306A).
US09802347B2	Method of forming an oral care implement A system or method of forming an oral care implement and an oral care implement formed thereby comprising a base structure having a handle portion and a head portion. The method may comprise providing a first mold that defines a first mold cavity having a first portion that corresponds to the handle portion and a second portion that corresponds to the head portion; injecting a first material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via a first injection orifice with a first hot runner sub-system; and injecting a second material into the first portion of the first mold cavity via a second injection orifice with a second hot runner sub-system, the second material being injected into the first material thereby forming the base structure, the second material forming a core component and the first material forming a shell component of the base structure that surrounds the core component.
US09802346B2	Variegated building product and method A method of molding a building product may include providing an injection mold with a plurality of gates located adjacent a perimeter of the injection mold. The method may further include commingling a first material and a second material into a flow. The second material may be a color that contrasts with a color of the first material. The method may include injecting the commingled flow into the plurality of gates to form an injection molded building product, and removing the molded building product from the injection mold. In addition, the second material may extend through an interior of the molded building product and appear as contrasting streaks on an exterior of the building product to form a variegated grain appearance.
US09802339B2	Method for making contact lenses The instant invention pertains to a method and a fluid composition for producing contact lenses with improved lens quality and with increased product yield. The method of the invention involves applying to a molding surface of the mold a layer of mold releasing agent selected from a group consisting of fatty amines of carbon chain length C18 or less and silicones bearing pendant substituted pyrrolidone groups solution to reduce an averaged mold separation force by at least about 50% in comparison with that without the releasing agent.
US09802336B2	Liquid glaze dipping apparatus and methods for using the same A dipping apparatus is provided having a clamp pad and a support pad configured to clamp the external and internal surfaces of the base of a ceramic object to assist in dipping the ceramic object into a liquid glaze to achieve a blemish-free coating.
US09802335B2	Methods and systems for the formation and use of reduced weight building blocks forms In some embodiments, a method may include preparing building forms including at least some cementitious materials. The method for preparing forms may include mixing substantially dry cementitious material particles with closed cell foam particles to form a substantially dry composition. In some embodiment, at least some of the cementitious material particles may adhere to at least some surface deformations on the surface of the closed cell foam particles. In some embodiments, the method may include mixing a second portion of water with the substantially dry composition for a second period of time to form a partially wet composition. In some embodiments, a method may include forming a building form including at least some cementitious materials from the partially wet composition. In some embodiments, the closed cell foam particles may include expanded polystyrene. In some embodiments, a ratio of the water to cementitious material particles may range from 0.20 to 0.40.
US09802332B2	Router jig for cutting decorative profiles A jig for profiling the end of an elongate workpiece, especially a coping or crown molding section, comprises a support for a sample to be copied, and for a profiling comb to be pushed against the sample to define a cam surface. A cutting tool can be mounted to follow a path defined by the cam surface, to cut the workpiece end to match the shape of the cam surface. The profiling comb is movable between a first position facing the sample support to form a profile and a second position in which the profile can contact the cam follower on the movable mounting. In its second position the comb extends at an acute angle to the longitudinal direction of the workpiece support, which is configured to support the workpiece at an acute angle about its longitudinal axis corresponding to the angle at which the comb is fixed.
US09802323B2	Secured motor-driven articulated arm with cable capstan A motor-driven articulated haptic interface arm includes: a frame; an arm linked to the frame and rotationally mobile about an axis; and a motor, which delivers at least one torque about the axis countering at least one part of forces applied to the arm by its environment. A main transmission transmits the torque to the arm and includes a capstan-type cable reducer, and an auxiliary transmission transmits the torque to the arm. The auxiliary transmission is capable of taking at least two states: an inactive state, when the forces applied to the arm by its environment are below a predetermined threshold, in which the auxiliary transmission transmits no torque to the arm; and an active state when the forces applied to the arm by its environment are higher than a predetermined threshold, in which the main transmission transmits no torque to the arm.
US09802306B2	Impact tool An object of the invention is to provide an impact tool improved in vibration-proofing structure of a handle. A representative impact tool has a tool body and handle. The handle has a handle body and pair of grips that extend in a direction crossing an axial direction of a tool accessory, designed to be held by user's right and left hands. The handle body has a first part to which the grips are connected in a fixed manner and a second part that is connected to the tool body in a fixed manner. The first part is supported against the tool body via an elastic member and is allowed to move with respect to the tool body and the second part while being biased by an elastic force of the elastic member. A current supply cable, supplying current to a motor, is installed on the second part.
US09802298B2	Electric ratchet wrench An electric ratchet wrench includes a driving member rotatably mounted in a body. A pawl device is pivotably mounted to the driving member. A ring gear is rotatably mounted around the driving member. A flexible transmission shaft includes a first end connected to a motor and a second end configured to switch between a meshing state meshed with the ring gear and a disengagement state disengaging from the ring gear. The motor drives the transmission shaft to rotate the driving member. The body can be manually driven to overcome a resistance which is larger than the torque outputted by the motor and which causes a tooth slippage phenomenon between the transmission shaft and the ring gear.
US09802297B2	Tightening tool for a screw element having a line, and coupling part and screw element Disclosed is a tightening tool for a screw element, having a tool receptacle and an associated line. A coupling part is provided, which is formed at a free end for engaging with the tool receptacle in a form-closed manner and transitions into a handle or can be coupled to a handle at the other end. The coupling part has an interior and at least one lateral opening for inserting or leading out the line at least at the free end of the coupling part. The interior and the opening extend to the free end and are open there. The invention further relates to a coupling part and to a screw element.
US09802294B2	Pressure-sensitive adhesive tape Provided are a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape, a polishing pad, a method of manufacturing the same, a polishing device and a method of manufacturing a glass substrate. The illustrative pressure-sensitive adhesive tape may be a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape for a polishing material. The pressure-sensitive adhesive tape may be effectively fixed to a surface plate without bubbles, and have excellent resistance to water and a polishing solution and shear strength applied in a polishing process. In addition, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape may be easily removed from a carrier or surface plate for a polishing pad without residues after polishing.
US09802292B2	Advanced polishing system A method for polishing a polishing pad includes detecting, by a first sensor, a presence of a defect formed on a groove of a polishing pad; removing, by a polishing disc, the defect from the groove of the polishing pad; after removing the defect, measuring, by a second sensor, a remaining depth of the groove; and based on the measured remaining depth of the groove, applying, through the polishing disc, a polishing condition on the groove.
US09802279B2	Apparatus and method for a molded plastic fin shell for electronic devices Embodiments are provided for using a molded thermal plastic fin shell as part of a heat sink design for electronic devices. The heat sink design also includes metal components in contact with the electronics components of the device and the thermal plastic fin shell. The thermal plastic fin shell serves both as part of the heat sink design to dissipate heat to the air and as a protective casing or packaging for the device. The heat is transferred from the electronics components or heat sources in the device to the heat sink metal components and hence to the thermal plastic fin shell in contact with the metal. The thermal plastic fin shell dissipates the heat into the surrounding air. The combination of metal and thermal plastic materials in the heat sink design combines both desired properties of high thermal conductivity and ease of manufacture.
US09802278B2	Low melting point braze alloy for high temperature applications A multi component braze filler alloy is described having a melting temperature less than about 1235 deg. C. and greater than about 1150 deg. C. This alloy can be processed by hot isostatic pressing (HIP) at a temperature above about 1065 deg. C. and is particularly suited for the repair of gas turbine blades and vanes, especially those made from Alloy 247. The relatively low Ti content in the present braze alloy tends to form less MC carbides at the joint interface, particularly in comparison with other braze alloys high in Zr and/or Hf. Processes for employing this braze filler alloy in processing of nickel-base superalloys, especially Alloy 247, are presented.
US09802274B2	Hybrid lead-free solder wire A lead-free solder wire includes a core wire with a first alloy and a shell coating layer with a second alloy. The first alloy may be composed of Bi—Ag, Bi—Cu, Bi—Ag—Cu, or Bi—Sb; and the second alloy may be composed of Sn, In Sn—Ag, Sn—Cu, Sn—Ag—Cu, Sn—Zn, Bi—Sn, Sn—In, Sn—Sb or Bi—In, such that the shell coating layer is applied to a surface of the core wire. In another implementation, the lead free solder wire may include a first wire with a first alloy and a second wire with a second alloy. The first alloy may be composed of Bi—Ag, Bi—Cu, Bi—Ag—Cu, or Bi—Sb; and the second alloy may be composed of Sn, Sn—Ag, Sn—Cu, Sn—Ag—Cu, Sn—Zn, Bi—Sn, Sn—In, Sn—Sb or Bi—In, such that the first alloy of the first wire and the second alloy of the second wire are braided together.
US09802270B2	Laser machining apparatus A laser machining apparatus has a laser beam irradiation unit that includes: a pulsed laser oscillator that oscillates a pulsed laser beam at a given repetition frequency; first and second condensers that collect the pulsed laser beam oscillated by the pulsed laser oscillator; and a beam splitting unit arranged between the pulsed laser oscillator and the first and second condensers to split the pulsed laser beam oscillated by the pulsed laser oscillator and direct the resultant beams alternately toward the first and second condensers. The beam splitting unit includes a photoelastic modulator that has a piezo element and a synthetic quartz formed in one piece and modulates the laser beam so that a polarization plane of the laser beam is alternately at 0 and 90 degrees by applying, to the piezo element, a high frequency voltage at a frequency that matches the natural frequency of the synthetic quartz.
US09802262B2	Thread-forming tap A thread forming tap includes a screw thread formed into a male thread shape with margin portions disposed to project in radial direction and relief portions having a diameter smaller than the margin portions, the margin portions and relief portions alternatively arranged and, thread forming tap causes the margin portions of the screw thread to cut into a surface layer portion of a prepared hole formed in a work to plastically deform the surface layer portion to form a female thread, margin portions are formed into a ridge line shape with a width dimension of zero at least at a thread bottom of the screw thread, and margin portions are formed into a ridge line shape with a width dimension of zero in a range from a thread bottom of the screw thread to a position between the thread bottom and an effective diameter position of the screw thread.
US09802260B2	Reamer A reamer has a shank made of steel and a cutting body made of a harder material, wherein the cutting body forms the outer circumference of the reamer in the region of the workpiece side end and has all the cutting ribs.
US09802252B2	Method for controlling powder compacting apparatus and compacting apparatus There is provided a method for controlling a powder compacting apparatus including: a die having a hollow; an upper punch and a floating lower punch; a first actuator that pushes down the upper punch; a second actuator that controls a floating load of the floating lower punch; and a stopper that defines a pressurization stop position of the floating lower punch. The powder compacting apparatus is configured such that the first actuator is operated to push down the upper punch to pressurize powder charged into the cavity, and the second actuator is controlled to pressurize the powder such that a load acting on the powder during pressurization becomes a prescribed floating load required to compact the powder. The method includes reducing the floating load in a stepwise manner after completion of the pressurization.
US09802249B2	Ceramic refractory stopper The invention relates to a ceramic refractory stopper (a stopper device) for controlling a flow of molten metal at an outlet opening of a metallurgical vessel, such as a tundish.
US09802244B2	Method for the continuous casting of a metal strand in a continuous casting installation and a continuous casting installation A method for the continuous casting of a metal strand in a continuous casting installation, in which, in a casting machine, the metal formed into a slab, with a still molten core, is brought out vertically from a mold, wherein, downstream of the mold in the conveying direction, the slab is made to move along a casting bow, through a number of casting bow segments, and is deflected into the horizontal, wherein each casting bow segment has a number of segment rollers, which are designed for coming into contact with the surface of the slab. In the region before the end of the casting machine, a number of segment rollers are lifted off from the surface of the slab, or are not installed in receptacles provided, and so the contact between the slab and the segment roller is interrupted or there is no contact.
US09802243B2	Methods for casting titanium and titanium aluminide alloys The disclosure relates generally to mold compositions and methods of molding and the articles so molded. More specifically, the disclosure relates to mold compositions, intrinsic facecoat compositions, and methods for casting titanium-containing articles, and the titanium-containing articles so molded.
US09802241B2	Flat semi-finished product made of metal and methods for producing same as well as components thereof The invention relates, in a first aspect, to a flat semi-finished product made of metal (1), wherein said semi-finished product comprises at least out structured section (2) and at least one non-structured section, wherein said semi-finished product has non-structured edge sections (4) and exhibits a high strength. The semi-finished product made of metal (1) according to the invention is characterized in that it is designed as one piece and predetermined sections (2) are structured and predetermined sections are non-structured, wherein at least one non-structured section (4) is designed as a connecting region for positive or non-positive connection or for connecting by bonding. Furthermore, methods for producing the semi-finished products according to the invention are provided.
US09802240B2	Thin heat pipe structure and manufacturing method thereof A thin heat pipe structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The thin heat pipe structure includes a tubular body and a mesh body. The tubular body has a chamber and a working fluid. At least one first channel and at least one second channel are formed on an inner wall face of the chamber. The first and second channels extend to intersect each other. The mesh body is attached to the inner wall face of the chamber. The thin heat pipe structure is able to transfer heat in both axial direction and radial direction. By means of the manufacturing method, the heat pipe can be slimmed and the ratio of good products can be greatly increased.
US09802230B2	Bioremediation of perchlorate-contaminated media Methods for bioremediation of environmental media contaminated with at least one perchlorate compound. A Pseudomonas consortium of P. putida strain B, P. putida strain E, and P. fluorescens strain G was provided to contaminated water, soil, etc. under conditions to result in bioremediated water, soil, etc. In embodiments, the method is used ex-situ, e.g., in a reactor vessel, or is used in-situ.
US09802221B2	Deposition mask production method and laser processing apparatus A method including: a first step of forming a mask member having a structure in which a magnetic metal member provided with through-holes is in tight contact with one surface of a film; a second step of forming a plurality of preliminary opening patterns by subjecting the film to penetration processing by irradiating laser beams at predetermined regular positions in the plurality of through-holes; and a third step of performing laser processing so as to form each opening pattern over the corresponding preliminary opening pattern, is provided.
US09802214B2	Play fountain The invention relates to an assembly, in particular a play fountain, comprising a floor (1), a plurality of nozzles (2), preferably a reservoir for a liquid, in particular water, or means to connect the assembly to a liquid supply, and a control system (3) for controlling one or more of the nozzles (2) during operation of the assembly. The floor (1) is assembled modularly.
US09802213B2	Spray gun having internal boost passageway A barrel (20) adapted for use with a spray gun (2) is disclosed. The barrel (20) comprises a boost feed port (44) fluidly connected to a boost passageway (48), the boost passageway (48) being integral to the barrel (20). The boost passageway (48) is adapted to convey a pressurized boost fluid originating in the spray gun (2) to a boost delivery port (56) to assist in urging a coating fluid from a compatible coating fluid reservoir (80) for spraying by the spray gun (2).
US09802210B2	De-icing apparatus A de-ice apparatus is configured to remove ice buildup in containers or other locations by melting the ice using a de-ice component and to remove waste fluid using a vacuum component. The de-ice component causes discharge of pressurized fluid to melt ice. The de-ice component may include a base with guide features configured to engage an opening of the container. The de-ice component may direct a spray of the pressurized fluid into the container to melt the ice. The de-ice component may include a pressure regulator valve to selectively regulate a resulting force of the fluid sprayed into the container, which may enable a user to avoid damaging internal components located within the container. The vacuum component may cause the pressurized fluid to flow through a high pressure nozzle to create a vacuum effect at a suction inlet, which can extract waste fluid and/or other debris from the container.
US09802208B2	Centrifugal rotor with arc-shaped centrifugal carrier or weight body A centrifugal rotor includes a support disk and a centrifugal carrier. The centrifugal carrier is assembled within the support disk. The centrifugal carrier includes an arc-shaped body, a sample application chamber, a sample metering chamber, a diluent chamber, a diluent metering chamber, a metering control member and a mixing chamber. The sample metering chamber is communicated with the sample application chamber. The sample metering chamber is positioned radially outward from the sample application chamber. The diluent metering chamber is communicated with the diluent chamber. The diluent metering chamber is positioned radially outward from diluent chamber. The metering control member is slidingly connected within or detachably fixed to the sample metering, chamber or the diluent metering chamber. The mixing chamber is communicated with the diluent metering chamber and the sample metering chamber respectively. The mixing chamber is positioned radially outward from both the diluent metering chamber and the sample metering chamber.
US09802205B2	Particle separation system A particle separator including a rotor disposed inside a housing. The rotor has a plurality of magnetic sections that are arranged with alternating poles. A drive rotates the rotor to generate a changing magnetic field. Magnetic particles and non-magnetic conductive particles are removed from a liquid that flows through the particle separator. The magnetic particles attach to the rotor and the non-magnetic conductive particles are repelled away from the rotor by the changing magnetic field.
US09802204B2	Extended riffle structure for a dry washer A generally elastic riffle assembly useful with a dry washer is provided with a frame that is receivable within the washer opening through which the mined particulates descend while the washer is agitated to separate the denser particulates and a set of inclined transverse riffles aligned across the frame to form wedge shaped transverse cavities in which the descending particulates are collected. Each of the riffles further include a plurality of generally vertical posts attached to their elevated edges which assist in the separation of the particulate flow and in setting off of the various modes of elastic motion of their corresponding riffle.
US09802201B2	Bale processor and flail for use with same In one embodiment, a bale processor includes a hopper for receiving baled material, a discharge opening for outputting chopped material, and primary and secondary rotors. The primary rotor has an axis of rotation and a rotatable flail to chop the material from the bale received in the hopper. The secondary rotor is rotatable to chop the material after being chopped by the primary rotor, and the secondary rotor is offset from the primary rotor such that the primary rotor is between the secondary rotor and the discharge opening. The flail includes a pivot tube for rotating about the axis, first and second hammers secured to the pivot tube, and a paddle. The paddle is positioned between and secured to the first and second hammers to generate airflow when the first and second hammers are rotated at an operating speed, thereby increasing a throw distance of the chopped material.
US09802189B2	Density phase separation device A mechanical separator for separating a fluid sample into first and second phases within a collection container is disclosed. The mechanical separator may have a separator body having a through-hole defined therein, with the through-hole adapted for allowing fluid to pass therethrough. The separator body includes a float, having a first density, and a ballast, having a second density greater than the first density. A portion of the float is connected to a portion of the ballast. Optionally, the float may include a first extended tab adjacent a first opening of the through-hole and a second extended tab adjacent the second opening of the through-hole. In certain configurations, the separator body also includes an extended tab band disposed about an outer surface of the float. The separator body may also include an engagement band circumferentially disposed about at least a portion of the separator body.
US09802184B2	Method for recycling a plastic A method of recycling a plastic includes decomposing the plastic in the presence of a catalyst to form hydrocarbons. The catalyst includes a porous support having an exterior surface and defining at least one pore therein. The catalyst also includes a depolymerization catalyst component disposed on the exterior surface of the porous support for depolymerizing the plastic. The depolymerization catalyst component includes a Ziegler-Natta catalyst, a Group IIA oxide catalyst, or a combination thereof. The catalyst further includes a reducing catalyst component disposed in the at least one pore.
US09802173B2	Catalyst reactor basket A catalyst reactor basket is provided that includes an outer side wall extending along the outer circumferential periphery and an inner side wall disposed within the outer side wall. An aperture is sized and shaped to allow a fluid to flow axially with respect to the basket. First and second covers are disposed on opposite ends of the outer side wall and inner side wall and a dividing wall is disposed between the first and second covers. The dividing wall defines a first and second chamber within the inner volume of the basket. A plurality of partitions are disposed within the first and second chambers. The plurality of partitions define a plurality of compartments within the first and second chambers, each compartment being sized and shaped to receive a catalyst.
US09802170B2	Analyzer and agitation unit Analyzers are described that control sample agitation by detecting vibration acceleration and using feedback to control the agitation and also alert to the presence of abnormal agitation. An embodiment provides an analyzer comprising a liquid agitation unit; an agitated liquid analysis unit; and a unit that controls the agitation unit. The agitation unit includes a vibrator of a liquid container and a detector of vibration of the container and that outputs a signal to the control unit, which responds by regulating the vibrator.
US09802166B2	Vortex mixing system A matter displacement and mixing system having a mixing chamber for material to enter, and a vortex aperture that directs air into the mixing chamber at either a high velocity for violent shearing or lower velocity for gentle mixing. This would depend on the shape of the vortex aperture, or the pressure.
US09802161B2	Fluid treatment assemblies Fluid treatment assemblies may include first and second end pieces, at least one fluid treatment unit positioned between the first and second end pieces, and a retainer extending between the first and second end pieces and arranged to press the fluid treatment unit(s) and the first and second end pieces together. Each of the end pieces is formed from a nonmetallic material and has a flexural modulus of at least about 1.5×106 psi.
US09802156B2	Small pore molecular sieve supported copper catalysts durable against lean/rich aging for the reduction of nitrogen oxides Provided is a system for treating a flowing exhaust gas comprising a lean NOx trap, a catalyzed soot filter, an ammonia or an ammonia precursor metering system for metering ammonia or an ammonia precursor into the flowing exhaust gas; and an SCR catalyst, wherein the SCR catalyst is disposed downstream of the lean NOx trap and comprises copper and/or iron supported on a small pore molecular sieve.
US09802145B2	Air purifier An air purifier capable of maximizing air purification capacity thereof while having a minimum installation area. The air purifier including a body, a suction unit arranged at a lower portion of the body, having a suction port to intake air, a discharge unit arranged at an upper portion of the body, having a discharge port to output the intake air, a blowing unit arranged within the body, to blow air from the suction unit to the discharge unit, and a filter unit arranged within the body, to purify the blown air, wherein at least one of the suction port and the discharge port has a surface that is inclined from a central axis of the body, wherein the filter unit has a filter surface, through which air passes, the filter surface being inclined from the central axis.
US09802131B2	Amusement ride for hang gliding simulation An amusement ride includes a plurality of main arms which are moved by at least one motor along a circular path about a central rotation axis arranged substantially vertical to the ground, or to a platform. The main arms are rotatable about a rotation axis so that a first portion, which extends with respect to the rotation axis, can be raised or lowered with respect to the ground. The ride further includes at least one seat for at least one rider connected to the first portion of the main arm, at least one movable aerodynamic surface, and a control device for modifying the angle of incidence of the aerodynamic surface with respect to the air flow impacting it during the rotation of the main arm about the central axis.
US09802127B2	Video game including user determined location information A method, apparatus and computer program product for a video game including user determined location information is presented. Location information (e.g. GPS, Google Maps, an entered address or the like) determined by a user of a video game is acquired. Then user determined location information relating to a physical location determined by the user is mapped to a video game environment wherein the user of the video game experiences objects from the users entered location while playing the video game.
US09802126B2	Interactive video game system comprising toys with rewritable memories The invention disclosed herein relates to a video game system comprising a video game console and an object or toy used in connection with the video game console, wherein the object or toy has a rewritable data storage device, and wherein the video game console stores information in the rewritable data storage device in response to game play events occurring in a first gaming session. The stored information is subsequently retrieved by the video game console in a second gaming session, and the retrieved information is used to conduct the game play of the second gaming session.
US09802123B2	Apparatus and method for adapting audio signals A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an audio control apparatus having a game audio port for receiving a gaming audio signal generated by a gaming application, a chat port for receiving a chat signal comprising audio information generated by at least one gamer, and an audio system coupled to the game audio port and the chat port. The audio system can be operable to detect an energy level in the chat signal that exceeds a threshold, reduce a magnitude of the gaming audio signal to a desired audio energy level responsive to the aforementioned detection, generate a mixed audio signal comprising a combination of the gaming audio signal having the reduced magnitude and the chat signal, and transmit the mixed audio signal to a listening apparatus. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09802119B2	Virtual environment for computer game A multi-user virtual reality universe (VRU) process receives input from multiple remote clients to manipulate avatars through a modeled 3-D environment. A VRU host models movement of avatars in the VRU environment in response to client input, which each user providing input for control of a corresponding avatar. The modeled VRU data is provided by the host to client workstations for display of a simulated environment visible to all participants. The host maintains personalized data for selected modeled objects or areas that is personalized for specific users in response to client input. The host includes personalized data in modeling the VRU environment. The host may segregate VRU data provided to different clients participating in the same VRU environment according to limit personalized data to authorized users, while all users receive common data.
US09802116B2	Machine learning controller for prize dispensing entertainment machines A system to rapidly set up new claw machines for different styles of prizes, while also providing an excellent player experience through dynamically changing claw machine behavior through machine learning algorithms. These systems can be readily installed on most any crane machine by replacing the controller card. The system is configured by means of a control wand physically connected to the controller. Teaching the machine about the prize is accomplished by physically inserting a sample prize into the grabber, and executed a command via control wand to tell the machine to learn. Once configured and taught the prize, the machine is autonomous, and will maintain its programmed profit margin throughout the prizes dispensed by learning player behavior and making adjustments after each play.
US09802108B2	Technologies for transportation An apparatus comprising a platform; a plurality of trucks coupled to the platform; and a roller assembly coupled to the platform, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an omnidirectional rotation, wherein the roller assembly is configured for an elastic biasing, wherein the roller assembly is driven by a motor.
US09802104B2	Reticulated digit shield for protective sports glove A protective digit shield for a protective sports glove, the shield having a hard chassis portion and an energy absorbing portion forming a hinge. The chassis portion provides an arcuate channel in which the thumb/digit is received. The chassis is segmented along the longitudinal axis to provide a proximal portion and a distal portion corresponding generally with the proximal and distal phalanx bones of the thumb/digit. A resilient, energy absorbing element along the channel provides separation between the chassis and forms a living hinge such that the chassis can rotate. The energy absorbing element may also include a damping element along opposing edges at the segmented joint to absorb and dissipate forces and prevent hyperextension. In an alternate embodiment, the energy absorbing element is replaced with a connection cable for connecting the portions of the chassis.
US09802103B2	Protective equipment A protective apparatus comprising a cantilever yoke system including a left arch slot, a right arch slot and one or more swivel slots, a left distal arch including attachment points configurable with the left arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a left proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the left distal arch to join the left proximal arch to the left distal arch, a right distal arch including attachment points configurable with the right arch slot of the cantilever yoke system, a right proximal arch including attachment points configurable with at least one of the attachment points of the right distal arch to join the right proximal arch with the right distal arch, and a swivel including proximal arch slots configurable to join the left proximal arch with the right proximal arch.
US09802100B2	Dynamic positioning golf training apparatus An apparatus to enable golfers to practice uneven golf shots. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a golf training apparatus is generally comprised of a foot platform and a ball platform that may be dynamically positioned. The golf training apparatus enables the golfer to practice balance and technique for uneven golf shots by manipulating both the plane of the golfer's stance as well as the position of the ball.
US09802098B1	Physical fitness exercise device which simulates horseback riding and also facilitates upper body and lower body exercise A physical fitness device that simulates the motion of horseback riding. Innovative features of the present invention include a horseback riding simulation post which extends both vertically, at a vertical angle toward a rider seated on the device, and an upwardly extending longitudinal section which extends toward a rider on the exercise device seat and terminates in a transverse handle which enables the user to grasp the handle with both hands or one hand. There are a pair of parallel crank arms with a respective one of the crank arms adjacent opposite sides of the exercise device with each crank arm having an upwardly extending section extending forwardly or rearwardly.
US09802089B2	Iron type golf club head and set An iron-type golf club head having a sole channel extending from an exterior of a sole portion toward a face. The sole channel has an axis that intersects the face at an axis-to-face intersection point for at least one position along a channel length, and preferably at least 25% of the channel length. The elevation of the intersection point may below the Ycg distance and the axis defines an angle from the vertical that may be related to the loft. The iron-type golf club head may be incorporated in a set containing club heads with varying degrees of unsupported face area.
US09802077B2	Exercise apparatus having a stationary inner platform and an outer annular member rotatably connected thereto There is accordingly provided an exercise apparatus including an inner housing upon which a user may stand. The apparatus includes an outer housing rotatably coupled to the inner housing. The apparatus includes a handlebar coupled to and extending upwards from the outer housing. The apparatus includes a mount for retaining one or more weights thereon. The mount operatively connects to the outer housing and is enclosed within one of the housings.
US09802075B2	Dual balance exercise apparatus A weight resistance exercise machine having cable and pulley linkage assemblies attached to a single weight stack. Each cable and pulley linkage assembly, which is independent of the other(s), can be used by one arm or leg during bilateral exercise training (that is, training in which both limbs of a pair are used to simultaneously to lift a weight). A tilt platform and biofeedback assembly display and measure in real-time how much each limb of a pair is contributing to such lifting effort.
US09802074B2	Outdoor fitness resistance mechanism and housing A resistance mechanism for an exercising device is provided. In one embodiment, the resistance mechanism comprises at least one flywheel. The resistance mechanism may also comprise at least one resistance index wedge configured to engage with the at least one flywheel. The resistance mechanism may also comprise a resistance adjustment mechanism connected to the resistance index wedge and configured to alter a resistance provided to the exercise device by increasing pressure provided by the at least one resistance index wedge to the at least one fly wheel assembly, wherein the resistance mechanism is configured to operate in an outdoor environment.
US09802073B2	Variable weight kettlebell A kettlebell may comprise a main body configured to retain one or more removable exercise weights and a handle connected to the main body at two attachment points on a top side of the main body. The main body may have an opening disposed on the top side and between the two attachment points configured to receive the one or more removable exercise weights.
US09802071B2	Valve control device for fire-extinguishing piping A valve control device for fire-extinguishing piping includes a deluge valve whose water-pressure control chamber is connected to a water inlet manifold and a water outlet manifold. The water outlet manifold has an adjustable-pressure valve, a constant-pressure valve, and a switch valve. The water inlet manifold guides fire-extinguishing water to the water-pressure control chamber for pressure accumulation. The water outlet manifold guides the fire-extinguishing water in the water-pressure control chamber to the water outlet passage. The water outlet manifold controls when the fire-extinguishing water is discharged using the switch valve. The constant-pressure valve performs first water-pressure control on the fire-extinguishing water in the water-pressure control chamber and in the water outlet manifold. The adjustable-pressure valve performs second water-pressure control on the fire-extinguishing water in the water-pressure control chamber and in the water outlet manifold, thereby preventing pressure drop, fluid hammer, and water outage during a power failure.
US09802069B2	Throwable fire extinguisher There is provided a fire extinguisher comprising a fire extinguishing agent; a first mechanism configured to operate said fire extinguisher via a manual operation; a second mechanism configured to operate said fire extinguisher automatically; and wherein said fire extinguisher comprises at least one detector to detect the existence of a fire and cause the operation of said second mechanism.
US09802055B2	Ultrasound powered pulse delivery device An implantable device system for delivering electrical stimulation pulses to a patient's body includes a pulse delivery device having a piezoelectric element that is enclosed by a housing and produces voltage signals delivered to the patient's body in response to receiving ultrasound energy. The pulse delivery device includes a circuit having a rate limiter configured to filter voltage signals produced by the piezoelectric element a rate faster than a maximum stimulation rate.
US09802051B2	External pulse generator device and associated methods for trial nerve stimulation Systems and methods for providing a trial neurostimulation to a patient for assessing suitability of a permanently implanted neurostimulation are provided herein. In one aspect, a trial neurostimulation system includes an EPG patch adhered to a skin surface of a patient and connected to a lead extending through a percutaneous incision to a target tissue location. The EPG may be a modified version of the IPG used in the permanent system, the EPG may be smaller and/or lighter than the corresponding IPG device. The EPG and a lead extension may be sealed to allow improved patient mobility and reduced risk of infection. The EPG may be compatible with wireless systems used to control and monitor the IPG such that operation and control of the EPG is substantially the same in each system to allow seemless conversion to the permanently implanted system.
US09802049B2	Apparatus and methods for stimulating tissue Apparatus and methods for stimulating tissue employing local current imbalance to facilitate more effective stimulation regimens.
US09802044B2	System and method for neural hearing stimulation A system for stimulation of a patient's ipsilateral cochlea, having at least two spaced apart patient-worn microphones for providing first and second audio signals from ambient sound; a sound processor for generating an ipsilateral auditory nerve stimulation signal in a plurality of output channels from at least one of the input audio signals; and a stimulation assembly for being implanted within the ipsilateral cochlea and having a plurality of stimulation channels for ipsilateral stimulation of the patient's hearing according to the ipsilateral auditory nerve stimulation signal. The sound processor comprising a DOA unit for determining periodically a main direction of incidence of ambient sound from a sound source by analyzing the first and second audio signals, and a directional information coding unit for coding information concerning the determined main direction of incidence in the ipsilateral auditory nerve stimulation signal in manner to enable the patient to localize the sound source.
US09802040B2	Body motion detection device and human body stimulation apparatus comprising said device The human body stimulation apparatus comprises a left detection unit, a right detection unit, a determination unit, a control unit, a right stimulation unit and a left stimulation unit. The detection units generate a detection signal according to a walking motion of a human body. The determination unit divides the walking motion of one walking cycle into multiple walking stages on the basis of the detection signal. The determination unit determines that the walking motion is stopped on the basis of at least one duration time of the walking stages. The control unit controls the magnitude of the stimulation that the right stimulation unit and the left stimulation unit apply to the human body on the basis of the determination results of the determination unit.
US09802039B2	Electrical stimulation device and method for the treatment of neurological disorders An electrical stimulation system and method for the treatment of neurological disorders is disclosed. In a preferred embodiment, the electrical stimulation system includes channels of electrodes positioned in electrical contact with tissue of a neuromuscular target body region of a patient to provide pattered neuromuscular stimulation to the patient's musculature. In addition, at least one electrode from a channel is positioned in electrical contact with a tissue of the motor control region of the brain. A series of patterned electrical pulses are then applied to the patient through the channels to provide peripheral neuromuscular stimulation, and a direct current is applied transcranially to the brain. Various exemplary embodiments of the invention are disclosed.
US09802034B2	Medical equipment electrodes Cardiac electrodes and techniques for testing application of the electrodes to a victim are described herein.
US09802030B2	Integrated sliding seal fluid pathway connection and drug containers for drug delivery pumps A fluid pathway connection includes a piercing member, a connection hub, and a sliding pierceable seal, wherein the sliding pierceable seal is configured to move from a first position, where the piercing member is initially retained within a sterile cavity between the connection hub and the sliding pierceable seal, to a second position, where the pierceable seal has been penetrated by the piercing member. A filter may be utilized to enclose the sterile cavity from the outside environment. The fluid pathway connection may further be configured to move to a third position where one or more interconnects and/or one or more corresponding contacts are permitted to transmit a signal to the user. Such fluid pathway connections may be integrated into a drug container having a barrel and a plunger seal. A drug delivery pump includes such integrated fluid pathway connections and drug containers.
US09801990B2	Pump clean-out system A system for cleaning an implanted blood pump, comprising: an inflow catheter having an expandable inflow member positioned about the periphery thereof; an inflow tube coupled with the inflow catheter; a valve assembly coupled to the inflow tube; an outflow tube coupled to the valve assembly; and an outflow catheter having an expandable outflow member positioned about the periphery thereof, the outflow catheter being coupled to the outflow tube. In use, the inflow tube and outflow tube extend through the skin of a human body, the inflow catheter and outflow catheter are positioned within the human body, and the valve assembly is positioned outside the human body.
US09801985B2	Apparatus for topical negative pressure therapy Apparatus and a method for the provision of TNP therapy to a wound are described, the apparatus comprising: a sealing membrane (504) for covering a wound to form a wound cavity (500); one end of an aspirant conduit (522) operably associated with the wound cavity, vacuum means (524) provided at a distal end of the aspirant conduit for applying a vacuum to the wound cavity; and, air bleed means (510) in fluid communication with the wound cavity. Various embodiments of air bleed port members are also described.
US09801979B2	Catheter assembly with osmolality-increasing fluid A catheter assembly includes a hydrophilic catheter; a wetting fluid for wetting of the catheter; and a receptacle enclosing at least the insertable part of the catheter and the wetting fluid. The wetting fluid is a solution incorporating at least one osmolality-increasing compound, and the total concentration of the osmolality-increasing compound(s) preferably exceeds 600 mOsm/dm3. The wetting fluid could either be arranged in contact with the hydrophilic surface layer of the catheter in the receptacle, for preservation of the hydrophilic surface layer in a wetted state during accommodation in said receptacle and provision of a ready-to-use catheter assembly, or be arranged to keep the wetting fluid separated from the hydrophilic surface layer of the catheter during storage, but to be brought into contact with said hydrophilic surface layer upon activation before an intended use of the catheter.
US09801977B2	Method for deriving melanocytes from the hair follicle outer root sheath and preparation for grafting The present invention relates to the field of biology and medicine, and more specifically, to the field of stem-cell biology, involving producing or generating melanocytes from stem-cells and precursors derived from human hair root. Additionally, the present invention relates to the materials and method for producing autografts, homografts or allografts comprising melanocytes in general, as well as the materials and methods for producing autografts, homografts and allografts comprising melanocytes for the treatment of diseases related to depigmentation of the skin and for the treatment of scars.
US09801973B1	Peptide having zirconia-binding capacity The present invention relates to a peptide that binds specifically to the surface of zirconia, and more particularly, to a peptide conjugate obtained by linking a functional drug to the peptide so as to enable the drug to be securely fixed to the surface of zirconia to thereby maintain the activity of the drug over a long period of time. The zirconia-binding peptide according to the present invention can be securely fixed to the surface of zirconia so that the activity of a physiologically active substance introduced into the peptide can be maintained on the zirconia surface over a long period of time. Thus, the zirconia-binding peptide is useful for surgical regenerative treatment.
US09801968B2	Lighted air freshener assembly A lighted air freshener assembly provides a fragranced odor and illumination as well as the ability to be hung from a support structure, such as a Christmas tree. The assembly includes a support base having a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall coupled to and extending between the top wall and the bottom wall. At least one light emitter is coupled to the support base. A scent device is coupled to the support base and includes a scented material for emitting a fragranced odor. A decorative casing is positionable over the scent device and is removably couplable to the support base.
US09801967B2	Saturation-enhanced, low-concentration vaporized hydrogen peroxide decontamination method A method for decontaminating an object disposed in a region. The method includes the steps of: heating the region to a target temperature; introducing steam into the region until a humidity level in the region reaches a target humidity level; introducing a vaporized sterilant into the region until a sterilant concentration in the region reaches a target sterilant concentration; and maintaining the target temperature, the target sterilant concentration and the target humidity level until a predetermine target dose is obtained.
US09801960B2	Probe for a biological specimen and labelling method and screening method using the probe Provided is a novel probe for a biological specimen for labelling by itself and clearly visualizing one of a specific cell and a specific cell organ in a living body, the probe having excellent spectral characteristics and exhibiting excellent storage stability. The probe for a biological specimen contains, as an active agent, at least one kind of compound represented by a general formula (I).
US09801958B2	Polymer nanoparticle composite and composition for MRI imaging including same The present invention provides a safe polymer nanoparticle composite with few side effects, and an MRI contrast agent incorporating said polymer nanoparticle composite. The polymer nanoparticle composite is capable of specifically accumulating on a tumor tissue to selectively extract the tissue, exhibiting high contrast even when used in small amounts, and enabling imaging over prolonged periods of time. This polymer nanoparticle composite is characterized by containing a block copolymer that includes a non-charged hydrophilic polymer chain segment and an anionic polymer chain segment, and MnCaP.
US09801957B2	Lipid-based nanoparticles Lipid-based nanoparticle compositions are provided. The compositions generally comprise lipid-hydrophilic polymer-amyloid binding ligand conjugates, and may be liposomal compositions. The compositions, including the liposomal compositions, may be useful for imaging and/or the treatment of amyloid-β plaque deposits characteristic of Alzheimer's Disease.
US09801951B2	Drug-conjugates, conjugation methods, and uses thereof In certain aspects, compounds and uses thereof are provided. In certain aspects, compound-conjugates and uses thereof are provided.
US09801949B2	Combinations of albumin-based drug delivery systems The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least two different albumin-based drug delivery systems, as well as to a pharmaceutical composition comprising said composition.
US09801948B2	Antimicrobial compositions and methods of use thereof Antimicrobial compositions including a cell penetrating peptide (CPP) having the amino acid sequence Tyr-Ala-Arg-Val-Arg-Arg-Arg-Gly-Pro-Arg-Gly-Tyr-Ala-Arg-Val-Arg-Arg-Arg-Gly-Pro-Arg-Arg (SEQ ID NO:1) or variant thereof are disclosed. The CPP, which itself has antimicrobial properties, can be advantageously combined with or conjugated to a cargo to increase the delivery, efficacy, or combinations thereof, of the cargo into cells. In preferred embodiments, the CPP is combined with or conjugated to a functional nucleic acid, such as an external guide sequence (EGS) which can target and reduce expression of essential microbial genes or genes than impart resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Methods of using the compositions alone or in combination with traditional antimicrobial drugs to treat infections are also disclosed.
US09801944B2	Lipocationic polymers and uses thereof Polymers produced by ring opening polymerization which comprises an amino group that can be used in compositions to deliver a nucleic acid such as a miRNA or a siRNA. In some embodiments, compositions which comprise the polymers described herein and a nucleic acid are also provided herein. In some embodiments, these compositions are used to silence one or more genes in vivo or treat a disease or disorder.
US09801935B2	Soluble needle arrays for delivery of influenza vaccines Influenza vaccines are administered using solid biodegradable microneedles. The microneedles are fabricated from the influenza vaccine in combination with solid excipient(s) and, after penetrating the skin, they dissolve in situ and release the vaccine to the immune system. The influenza vaccine is (i) a purified influenza virus surface antigen vaccine, rather than a live vaccine or a whole-virus or split inactivated vaccine (ii) an influenza vaccine prepared from viruses grown in cell culture, not eggs, (iii) a monovalent influenza vaccine e.g. for immunizing against a pandemic strain, (iv) a bivalent vaccine, (v) a tetravalent or >4-valent vaccine, (vi) a mercury-free vaccine, or (vii) a gelatin-free vaccine.
US09801932B2	Yersinia spp. polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Yersinia spp. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides.
US09801930B2	Incapacitated whole-cell immunogenic bacterial compositions produced by recombinant expression The present invention features incapacitated whole-cell bacterial immunogenic compositions and methods of their production, which compositions are useful to deliver antigens in a manner resembling the live infectious organism in terms of elicitation of a robust immune response, but with reduced risk or no risk of disease. The compositions of the invention are produced by rendering a bacterium bacteriostatic through expression of a recombinant promoter in the bacterial cell, which promoter can be operably linked to a polynucleotide encoding a recombinant gene product. In one embodiment, where the bacterium is a gram negative host, the recombinant gene product provides for reduced toxicity of LPS. In one embodiment, the gene product is a bacteriophage protein, such as endolysin, holin, or ndd.
US09801928B2	Monoclonal antibodies for CSPG4 for the diagnosis and treatment of basal breast carcinoma It is disclosed herein that condroitin sulfate proteoglycan 4 (CSPG4), also known as high molecular weight melanoma associated antigen, is overexpressed on basal breast carcinoma cells (BBC), specifically triple negative basal breast carcinoma cells (TNBC). Methods for detecting basal breast cancer in a subject are disclosed. Methods are also disclosed for inhibiting the growth of a basal breast cancer cell. These methods include contacting the basal breast cancer cell with an effective amount of an antibody that specifically binds CSPG4. Additional treatment methods, and the use of antibody panels, are also described herein.
US09801922B2	Compositions and methods of treating cancer The invention provides compositions and methods to treat cancer with an agent that increases reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels in cancer cell mitochondria (“an XTPP agent”) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an inhibitor of hydroperoxide metabolism and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier.
US09801917B2	Composition for improving blood sugar metabolism An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for improving blood sugar metabolism, the composition improving and/or enhancing sugar metabolism function in skeletal muscle. The present invention provides a composition for improving blood sugar metabolism, the composition comprising a persimmon leaf extract obtained by a process comprising extracting persimmon leaves with a 40-60% ethyl alcohol-water mixture.
US09801914B2	Prevotella histicola preparations and the treatment of autoimmune conditions This document provides methods and materials related to Prevotella histicola preparations. For example, Prevotella histicola preparations in the form of an oral medicament or dietary supplement (e.g., a pill, tablet, capsule) are provided. In addition, methods and materials for using a Prevotella histicola preparation provided herein as an anti-inflammatory agent are provided.
US09801908B2	Treatment for chitin-containing microorganisms The present disclosure relates to treatment of chitin-containing microorganism infection or colonization on an aquatic animal. The methods, systems, and kits provided herein facilitate termination and/or inhibition of proliferation of chitin-containing microorganisms (e.g., Saprolegnia and sea lice).
US09801903B2	Targeting cancer with metabolic therapy and hyperbaric oxygen A method of treating cancer using ketogenic diet, while concurrently subjecting the patient to a hyperbaric, oxygen-enriched environment. Optionally, the hyperbaric, oxygen-enriched environment is 100% oxygen at 2.5 ATA absolute. The treatment may further include administering at least 10% ketone supplementation, such as acetoacetate, adenosine monophosphate kinase, 1,3-butanediol, or ketone ester, to the patient.
US09801902B2	Debridement method using topical nitric oxide donor devices and compositions The present invention relates to methods for removal of dead tissue from wounds or skin using topical nitric oxide donor devices and/or compositions. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to a transdermal patch device that is designed to deliver nitric oxide. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to one or more devices and/or compositions that are designed to deliver nitric oxide and optionally one or more other compounds, where such devices/compositions include, without limitation, bandages, layered bandages, adhesive bandages, transdermal patches, creams, ointments, or a any combination of two or more thereof.
US09801896B2	Compositions comprising S-adenosylmethionine and a gallic acid ester Provided herein are compositions and formulations comprising S-adenosyl-L-methionine (“SAM-e” or “SAMe”) and one or more gallic acid esters. Also provided herein are methods for improving the delivery of SAMe. Compositions and formulations provided herein increase SAMe plasma concentrations and area under the curve (AUC) values. Also provided herein are methods of treating a disease or disorder in a subject by administering compositions or formulations comprising exogenous SAMe and one or more gallic acid esters.
US09801890B2	Medical methods utilising high purity diaminophenothiazinium compounds This disclosure pertains generally to the field of chemical synthesis and purification, and more specifically to methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7 diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as “diaminophenothiazinium compounds”) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: nitrosylation (NOS); nitrosyl reduction (NR); thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); oxidative coupling (OC); Cr(VI) reduction (CR); isolation and purification of zwitterionic intermediate (IAPOZI); ring closure (RC); chloride salt-formation (CSF); one of: sulphide treatment (ST); dimethyldithiocarbamate treatment (DT); carbonate treatment (CT); ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid treatment (EDTAT); organic extraction (OE); and recrystallization (RX). Also disclosed resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising them (e.g., tablets, capsules), and their use in methods of inactivating pathogens, and methods of medical treatment and diagnosis, etc., for example, for tauopathies, Alzheimer's disease (AD), skin cancer, melanoma, viral diseases, bacterial diseases, or protozoal diseases.
US09801888B2	Pyrimidine compounds as mTOR and PI3K inhibitors The present invention relates to pyrimidine compounds of formula (I): which are useful in treating mTOR kinase- or PI3K kinase-related diseases.
US09801876B2	Complex granule formulation having improved stability comprising levocetirizine and montelukast The present invention relates to a complex granule formulation comprising a first granular part comprising levocetirizine or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, cyclodextrin or its derivative, and an alkalinizing agent; and a second granular part comprising montelukast or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, cyclodextrin or its derivative, and an alkalinizing agent. This formulation can effectively inhibit the production of related compounds of levocetirizine and montelukast by allowing levocetirizine and montelukast to form clathrate complexes with cyclodextrin, and using an alkalinizing agent. This formulation not only shows increased stability and bioavailability, but also improves patient compliance owing to its effective masking of bitter taste.
US09801859B2	Bendamustine formulations A lyophilized bendamustine composition consisting of bendamustine hydrochloride, an aqueous solvent, and optionally an excipient, and a method of preparation thereof for treating a condition in a subject are provided. The aqueous solvent includes, for example, water, an acid, a base, or a salt, etc. The excipient includes at least one cryoprotectant, for example, sucrose, trehalose, mannitol, etc. A pre-lyophilization bendamustine composition is lyophilized, for example, by freezing, primary drying, annealing, secondary drying, condensed cooling and evacuation at preset temperatures to obtain the lyophilized bendamustine composition as a cake, a powder, or a solid concentrate. The lyophilized bendamustine composition is free of a non-aqueous solvent. Reconstitution is performed by mixing the lyophilized bendamustine composition with an aqueous solvent for about 30 seconds to 300 seconds. The reconstituted bendamustine product containing about 0.2 wt % to about 2.5 wt % by weight of impurities is administered to the subject in need thereof.
US09801856B2	Composition of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator useful for the treatment of disorders related thereto The present invention relates to certain compositions of a 5-HT2A serotonin receptor modulator and methods for their preparation. The compositions disclosed herein are useful for increasing slow wave sleep, improvise sleep consolidation, improving sleep maintenance and improving sleep quality, and for treating insomnia and related sleep disorders, dyssomnias, parasomnias and nonrestorative sleep and the like. The compositions disclosed herein are further useful for treating platelet aggregation, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, transient ischemic attack, angina, stroke, atrial fibrillation, thrombosis, asthma or symptoms thereof, agitation or symptoms thereof, behavioral disorders, drug induced psychosis, excitative psychosis, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, manic disorder, organic or NOS psychosis, psychotic disorders, psychosis, acute schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia, NOS schizophrenia and related disorders, diabetic-related disorders and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy and the like.
US09801853B2	Methods for identifying and using inhibitors of casein kinase 1 epsilon isoform for inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation of MYC-driven tumor cells In one aspect, the invention provides a method for inhibiting the growth and/or proliferation of a myc-driven tumor cell comprising the step of contacting the tumor cells with a CSNK1ε inhibitor. In another aspect, the invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from a tumor comprising myc-driven tumor cells, comprising administering to the subject an amount of a composition comprising a CSNK1ε inhibitor effective to inhibit the growth and/or proliferation of the tumor cells.
US09801851B2	Methods and compositions for the treatment of BCR-ABL positive lymphoblastic leukemias In one aspect, the invention relates to compositions comprising BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibitors and artemisinin analogs, derivatives thereof, or related compounds, which are useful as in treating Philadelphia chromosome positive leukemias; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of treating disorders of uncontrolled cellular proliferation associated with BCR-ABL dysfunction using the compounds and compositions. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09801848B2	Prevention of rosacea inflammation The disclosure demonstrates the role of mast cell stabilizers in treating rosacea. The disclosure also shows the role of mast cells, cathelicidin, serine protease and/or vitamin D3 in rosacea pathology and the use of antagonists and inhibitors thereof to treat rosacea.
US09801842B2	Nanoemulsion therapeutic compositions and methods of using the same The present invention relates to methods and compositions for treating pulmonary infection. In particular, the present invention provides nanoemulsion compositions and methods of using the same to treat bacteria associated with biofilms (e.g., found in pulmonary infections). Compositions and methods of the present invention find use in, among other things, clinical (e.g. therapeutic and preventative medicine), industrial, and research applications.
US09801841B2	Controlled release dosage form The present invention provides a simple and improved dose form that is capable of providing a controlled release of GABAB receptor agonist contained in the core thereof. The invention also provides methods of administering the dosage form and of treating conditions that are therapeutically responsive to GABAB receptor agonist.
US09801828B2	Tamper resistant oral opioid agonist formulations Oral dosage forms containing an opioid antagonist in a sequestered form are described. The opioid antagonist is sequestered such that it is not released or substantially not released in the gastrointestinal tract from the dosage form which is administered orally intact. However, when the dosage form is chewed, crushed, heated or dissolved in a solvent, and then administered orally, intranasally, parenterally or sublingually, the opioid antagonist is released and at least partially blocks effects of the opioid agonist.
US09801826B2	Accordion pill comprising levodopa for an improved treatment of Parkinson's Disease symptoms The invention provides for the use of an accordion pill comprising levodopa for the treatment of symptoms of Parkinson's disease in a subject in need thereof over a 24 hour period, to be administered to the subject in a twice daily administration regimen, with an interval of about 8 to about 10 hours between the first dose and the second dose, and with an interval of about 14 to about 16 hours between the second dose and the first dose of the following day. The twice daily administration regimen provides a stable blood plasma level of levodopa in the subject after multiple administrations and is effective in treating the symptoms of Parkinson's disease over a 24 hour period.
US09801824B2	Method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to patient in need thereof The present disclosure is directed to a method for delivering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof, comprising: administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition in unit dose form comprising naproxen, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and esomeprazole, or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09801820B2	Pharmaceutical core-shell composite powder and processes for making the same A composite particle including a core with at least one carrier material; a fluidizing material layer on the surface of the core; and an outer layer comprising nanoparticles of an ingestible material distributed in at least one matrix-forming material. A process of making the composite particles includes the steps of dry coating carrier particles with a fluidizing material; preparing a suspension of nanoparticles of an ingestible material distributed in a matrix-forming material; and fluid bed coating the carrier particles with the suspension. The process and products provide quick dissolving composite particles which can be used for delivery of poorly water soluble ingestible materials in suitable dosage forms. The process of the invention reduces or prevents particle agglomeration during fabrication of the composite particles to enable delivery and quick redispersion of nanoparticles of the ingestible material from a dosage form.
US09801818B2	Method for stabilizing amphiphilic block copolymer micelle composition containing poorly water-soluble drug A method for stabilizing a poorly water-soluble drug-containing amphiphilic block copolymer micelle composition via simplified steps in short time is described. Also described is a stabilized poorly water-soluble drug-containing amphiphilic block copolymer micelle composition having improved stability.
US09801809B2	Compositions including a botanical extract and methods of using the same in skin whitening and skin lightening applications Compositions for topical use and having a melanin synthesis-inhibiting activity that include an amount of a botanical extract of at least one of Aspalathus Linearis, Matricaria, Saxifraga, Astragalus, Taraxacum officinale/mongolicum, Ferula varia/foetida, Carthamus tinctorius, Sophora flavescentis, or Chrysanthemum morifolium effective to reduce melanin synthesis are described. Methods for inhibiting melanin synthesis and for skin whitening are also described.
US09801805B2	Personal care composition comprising silicone network The invention is directed to a personal care composition which contains a crosslinked ionic silicone network wherein the crosslinked ionic silicone network is formed by the ring-opening polymerization of oxirane moiety.
US09801799B2	Compositions and methods for the removal of tattoos The present invention provides a method for removing a tattoo in a region of skin the method comprises administering to a least a portion of the tattoo a composition comprising an effective amount of a bisphosphonate and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient to at least cause fading of the tattoo in said region.
US09801797B2	Formulation comprising ester quats based on isopropanolamine Cosmetic formulations including specific ester quats based on isopropanolamine are provided, as well as the use of these ester quats in cosmetics.
US09801795B2	Oral care compositions and methods Provided is an oral care composition comprising a phosphate/acrylate co-polymer, a whitening agent and an orally acceptable carrier and methods of using the same.
US09801792B2	Methods of treatment of the dental pulp and filling root canals using water-based material A dental composition comprising: a) about 1 to about 80% by weight of particulate material including: (i) calcium silicate, calcium aluminate, tetracalcium aluminoferrite, calcium phosphate, calcium sulfate, silica, alumina, calcium oxide, calcium hydroxide, or mixtures thereof; and b) about 1 to about 50% by weight liquid carrier including: (i) water-soluble polymer, (ii) surfactant, the surfactant is selected from the group consisting of alkyl sulfates, alkyl ether sulfates, and sarcosinates, and mixtures thereof; and (iii) water; wherein the particulate and liquid carrier being mixed together to form a hydrate gel material that can harden.
US09801791B2	Medication dispensing cart A medication dispensing cart having a computer and monitor, a work surface with pull out keyboard, and plural drawers arranged as a vertical series of cassettes that can be added as needed. The battery powered device uses software and pass codes for controlling access to each drawer, and requires a second pass code for any drawer designated to contain narcotics. Records can be kept of who dispenses what medication and when for each cart in a system of carts. The cart in the system is in wireless communication with a system administrator. Emails alerting the system administrator of low battery power, of a cart switching to off, of an attempted break-in, and of inventory and usage data are sent automatically by email.
US09801787B2	Multiple dose vial and method A vial for storing multiple doses of a substance to be dispensed into one or more syringes or other delivery devices. The vial has a body, a variable-volume storage chamber within the body for storing multiple doses of the substance therein, and a one-way valve connectable in fluid communication with a syringe or other delivery device. The one-way valve is moveable relative to the body between first and second positions (i) one of which permits the valve to open so that substance from the variable-volume storage chamber can flow therethrough and into the syringe or other delivery device connected in fluid communication therewith, and (ii) one of which prevents the valve from opening.
US09801781B2	Exercise device A exercise roller device including a center roller portion provided with shaped end roller portions, and the center roller portion provided with a centered circumferential groove. A method of making the exercise roller device.
US09801779B2	Proprioceptive feedback assist device and associated method A device for facilitating or enhancing proprioceptive feedback during breathing and related exercises includes a user attachment component attachable to a user about the thorax. Two elongate tensile members are connected at proximal ends to the user attachment component at points essentially just below the armpits of a user. These two elongate tensile members are connectable at their distal ends to the feet of the user. Another two tensile members are connected at their proximal ends to a back portion or strap of the harness and at their distal ends to or about the user's hands.
US09801767B2	Patient support apparatus and method A patient support is provided. The patient support may include a plurality of inflatable members that raise or lower portions of the patient support based on the status of a valve assembly. The patient support may also include a plurality of inflatable members positioned at a foot end of the patient support to support lower legs of a patient including their heels. Another valve assembly is provided to control a bleed rate of air from the heal bladders.
US09801765B2	Odour control material, method for preparation of an odour control material and an absorbent product comprising the odour control material The present invention relates to an odor control material consisting of a water-insoluble particulate odor control agent and a thermoplastic water-soluble carrier matrix encapsulating the odor control agent. The carrier matrix dissolves when in contact with an aqueous solution, such as urine and the odor control material is obtained by means of thermoforming. The invention relates also to a method for the preparation of the odor control material and the use of the odor control material in absorbent products. The present odor control material minimizes dusting problems caused by particulate odor control agents in production processes.
US09801763B2	Method and apparatus for advancing an absorbent article A converting apparatus operates to transfer a folded absorbent article from a first carrier apparatus to a second carrier apparatus. The converting apparatus includes a transfer apparatus and a guide member located adjacent to the transfer apparatus, forming a gap there between. The transfer apparatus includes a frame that is rotatable about a first axis of rotation and a transfer member that is rotatable about a second axis of rotation. The transfer member defines a receiving surface and the guide member defines a guide surface. The guide surface converges toward the receiving surface. The frame advances the absorbent article in a machine direction through the gap. While advancing absorbent article advances through the gap, the transfer member rotates the absorbent article about the second axis of rotation. The guide member includes side seam tuckers that are adapted to tuck the side seams of the absorbent article.
US09801761B2	Provision of wound filler A process of manufacturing a wound dressing filler and/or wound dressing.
US09801739B1	Personalized prosthesis and methods of use A personalized prosthesis for implantation at a treatment site of a patient includes a self-expanding mesh or membrane having collapsed and expanded configurations. The collapsed configuration is adapted to be delivered to the treatment site, and the expanded configuration engages the personalized prosthesis with the treatment site. The mesh or membrane is personalized to match the treatment site in the expanded configuration, and has an outer surface that substantially matches the treatment site shape and size. The self-expanding mesh or membrane forms a central lumen configured to allow blood or other body fluids to flow therethrough. Methods of manufacturing and delivery of the personalized prosthesis are also disclosed.
US09801733B2	Expandable spinal interbody and intravertebral body devices A device for insertion into a spinal (intervertebral or intravertebral) space is expandable and contractable. The device includes a body assembly, a top member configured to fit within a gap in the body assembly, a drive gear disposed within the body assembly at a distal end of the body assembly, a proximal gear assembly, and a distal gear assembly. The drive gear includes a receiver accessible from outside the body assembly and configured to be rotated in order to rotate the drive gear. Each gear assembly is attached to the top member. The distal gear assembly engages the drive gear. Rotation of the drive gear in a first direction causes the gear assemblies to translate the top member away from the body assembly, and rotation of the drive gear in a second direction causes the gear assemblies to translate the top member towards the body assembly.
US09801731B2	Spinal implant and methods of manufacture thereof Disclosed herein is an intervertebral disc prosthesis comprising a first cantilever arm; the first cantilever arm comprising a shaft that is affixed to a disc; a second cantilever arm that comprises a plurality of rods that contact the disc; the plurality of rods being equidistant from a central axis of the shaft; and a third cantilever arm that comprises a platform to which are attached a plurality of rings; the rings being concentrically disposed about the shaft; the rings being in operative communication with each other; where the plurality of rods contacts the platform; and where the second cantilever arm has more degrees of freedom than the first cantilever arm, while the third cantilever arm has a number of degrees of freedom that are greater than or equal to the number of degrees of the second cantilever arm.
US09801726B2	Canine elbow repair and instrumentation Instrumentation and assembly for arthroscopic elbow surgery which includes a humeral component. The humeral component is installed in a trough formed in the humeral condyle. The trough may be formed by using a plurality of drill pins and a plurality of corresponding cutters (and optionally a template). The two drill pins are passed through the template and drilled into the humerus, and cutters are advanced over the corresponding drill pins to form the trough. The humeral component may be employed in conjunction with an ulnar implant.
US09801721B2	Sizing device and method of positioning a prosthetic heart valve A sizing device for a collapsible prosthetic heart valve includes a collapsible and expandable stent. A microelectromechanical sensor is coupled to the stent, the sensor being capable of collecting information related to the size and stiffness of tissue.
US09801713B2	Production of tissue engineered heart valves The invention is directed to methods for preparing artificial heart valves by preconditioning a matrix seeded with endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells differentiated from isolated progenitor cells. These cell seeded matrices are exposed to fluid conditions that mimic blood flow through the heart to produce tissue engineered heart valves that are analogous to native heart valves.
US09801710B2	Collapsible cardiac implant and deployment system and methods A collapsible device, such as an annuloplasty ring or prosthetic heart valve, is configured to be collapsed prior to being introduced into a patient via minimally-invasive access points such as port holes or intercostal incisions. A holder is configured to hold the collapsible device, and to selectively collapse the device for introduction into the patient and then re-enlarge the device at the desired deployment site. Collapsible devices include devices that can hingedly fold about hinge lines, and devices that can elongate to form substantially spiral forms with reduced diameters.
US09801706B2	Prosthesis having pivoting fenestration The present disclosure relates to an endoluminal prosthesis, such as a stent graft that includes one or more fenestrations to accommodate endovascular disease, such as an aneurysm in cases where one or more side branches is involved. In one aspect, the prosthesis includes fenestrations that are pivotable to accommodate the dynamic geometry of the aortic branches.
US09801698B2	Estimating a surface texture of a tooth Embodiments for estimating a surface texture of a tooth are described herein. One method embodiment includes collecting a sequence of images utilizing multiple light conditions using an intra-oral imaging device and estimating the surface texture of the tooth based on the sequence of images.
US09801694B2	Centrifugal deflection device for a surgical or dental handpiece for removing foreign matter Centrifugal deflection device intended to be fitted to a surgical or dental handpiece to prevent the penetration of foreign matter that results from an operation, the centrifugal deflection device including a ring coupled in rotation either directly or via a tool shank to a drive shaft of the handpiece. This device is characterized in that the ring is covered by a sleeve secured to the front end of the body of the handpiece and which, with the ring, delimits an ejection chamber. The ejection chamber includes an inlet that communicates with a rear area of the handpiece and an outlet that communicates with the external environment, the ring having a first diameter at the outlet of the ejection chamber and a second diameter at the inlet of the ejection chamber, the first diameter of the ring being larger than the second diameter of the ring.
US09801692B2	Instrument deployed tissue protector A surgical device includes a guiding instrument; a protector comprised of a protective material held in a non-protecting state by the guiding instrument and having a protection state; and an actuator connected to the protector that is configured to advance the protector along the guiding instrument such that the protector is allowed to assume the protection state.
US09801674B2	Universal anchor for bone fixation The present invention relates to a bone-fixation anchor comprising a rigid expandable part and a soft part. The rigid expandable part secures the anchor with respect to the bone and the soft part enables the anchor to fit any bone screw on the market.
US09801673B2	Implant, implantation device, implantation method An implant suitable for being anchored with the aid of mechanical vibration in an opening provided in bone tissue. The implant is compressible in the direction of a compression axis under local enlargement of a distance between a peripheral implant surface and the compression axis. The implant includes a coupling-in face which serves for coupling a compressing force and the mechanical vibrations into the implant, which coupling-in face is not parallel to the compression axis. The implant also includes a thermoplastic material which, in areas of the local distance enlargement, forms at least a part of the peripheral surface of the implant.
US09801672B2	Sternal closure cerclage, plate implant and instrumentation A closure system may secure a first bone portion to a second bone portion. The closure system may include a bracket, a band and a tensioning device. The bracket may include a first portion adapted to engage the first bone portion and a second portion adapted to engage the second bone portion. The band may engage the bracket and may be adapted to be looped around the first and second bone portions. The tensioning device may include a body and a threaded member. The threaded member may be received in the body and may engage the band such that rotation of the threaded member relative to the body moves a first end of the band relative to a second end of the band.
US09801666B2	Device and method for correcting a spinal deformity A method for correcting a spinal deformity is provided. A spinal implant for correcting a spinal deformity includes a multipoint connector that connects to at least one vertebra of a spine at a plurality of locations and a force directing device that applies a force to the vertebra through the multipoint connector. The force directing device may include a rod which extends generally along an axis of the spine and a force directing member which is adjustably coupled to both the rod and the multipoint connector and which applies a corrective force to the at least one vertebra.
US09801659B2	Medical device A medical device is provided. The medical device includes a puncture needle that is inserted into body tissue from outside a body and pierces membranous tissue near pulsating tissue inside the body tissue; a tubular protection member that is disposed on the outer side of the puncture needle; a pulse-information acquisition portion that acquires pulse information of the pulsating tissue; and a driving unit that moves the puncture needle and the protection member relative to each other in synchronization with the pulse information of the pulsating tissue acquired by the pulse-information acquisition portion, in such a manner that a tip of the puncture needle is retracted toward a proximal end from a distal end of the protection member when the pulsating tissue expands and that the tip of the puncture needle is projected farther forward from the distal end of the protection member when the pulsating tissue contracts.
US09801657B2	Expandable introducer sheath An expandable introducer sheath for use in inserting a medical device into a body vessel of a patient includes a body which extends from a proximal end to a distal end along an axis. The body includes an inner layer, an outer layer, and an expandable reinforcement member which is disposed between said inner and outer layers. The expandable reinforcement member is configured to radially expand as the medical device is axially advanced or retracted through said introducer sheath. Once the medical device has exited the introducer sheath, the expandable reinforcement member facilitates a return of the introducer sheath to its original or unexpanded condition.
US09801656B2	Self-adjusting pneumatically sealed trocar A surgical access device including a housing having a nozzle assembly, a gas supply plenum, a gas return plenum, and a pressure sensing plenum, as well as an elongated tubular body that extends from the housing portion and defines a central lumen communicating with the nozzle assembly and the gas return plenum, a telescopic cannula assembly associated with the tubular body and including a proximal section arranged coaxially within the tubular body and a distal section coaxially supported within the proximal section and mounted for movement relative to the proximal section between retracted and extended positions, and an elastomeric sheath associated with the telescopic cannula assembly and having a distal anchor portion for securing the surgical access device during a laparoscopic surgical procedure.
US09801655B2	Device for creating an intercostal transcutaneous access to an, in particular endoscopic, operating field A device for creating an intercostal transcutaneous access to an, in particular endoscopic, operating field including a base body, which closely surrounds an incision all-side frame-shaped and with at least two webs mounted on the base body, which can be introduced into an intercostal space, by which two ribs arranged next to each other can be moved apart. To create a device for creating an intercostal transcutaneous access to an, in particular endoscopic, operating field which allows individual pressing apart of the ribs, it is proposed according to the invention that the at least two webs are mounted adjustable relative to each other on the base body.
US09801647B2	Catheter including cutting element and energy emitting element A catheter for removing tissue from a body lumen and for providing information relating to the body lumen. The catheter includes a tissue cutting element that rotates relative to the catheter body and is mounted to the drive shaft for imparting rotation to the tissue cutting element. An energy emitting element of the catheter rotates relative to the catheter body and is rotatable independently of the tissue cutting element.
US09801646B2	Adapter load button decoupled from loading unit sensor A surgical device is provided. The surgical device includes: a jaw assembly comprising a first jaw and a second jaw moveable relative to the first jaw and an elongated body removably coupled to a proximal end of the jaw assembly. The elongated body includes an actuation bar movable upon engagement of the jaw assembly with the elongated body to secure the jaw assembly thereto; a release button coupled to the actuation bar such that the release button is movable by the actuation bar upon engagement of the jaw assembly with the elongated body and the release button is configured to move the actuation bar to allow for removal of the jaw assembly from the elongated body; and a lockout button in mechanical cooperation with the release button, the lockout button configured to prevent actuation of the release button.
US09801645B2	Surgical instrument for grasping and cutting tissue A surgical instrument for cutting and grasping tissue comprising a handle assembly, an elongated member and first and second jaws. A first movable member moves the second jaw in a first direction about a first pivot axis in a grasping action and a second movable member moves the second jaw in a second direction different than the first direction and about a second pivot axis in a cutting action. A switch is positioned at the proximal portion of the instrument and a selecting member is actuated by movement of the switch, the selecting member movable between a first position to enable movement of the second jaw in the first direction and prohibit movement in the second direction and a second position to enable movement of the second jaw in the second direction and prohibit movement in the first direction.
US09801636B2	Ligator An apparatus applicable for the ligation of internal tissue in a created or natural cavity in animals or in the human body, for example varicose veins in the gullet or a duodenal diverticulum, by means of an elastic band (19) while observing the ligations through an endoscope. The apparatus includes an automatic trigger unit (1) mounted firmly on the handle of the endoscope which can release a number of elastic bands (19) with the aid of a single-stranded trigger cord (11). Only a single elastic band (19) is released for each ligation thereby establishing a one-man-operated apparatus.
US09801634B2	Tissue thickness compensator for a surgical stapler A fastener cartridge can comprise a support portion, a tissue thickness compensator positioned relative to the support portion, and a plurality of fasteners positioned within the support portion and/or the tissue thickness compensator which can be utilized to fasten tissue. In use, the fastener cartridge can be positioned in a first jaw of a surgical fastening device, wherein a second jaw, or anvil, can be positioned opposite the first jaw. To deploy the fasteners, a staple-deploying member is advanced through the fastener cartridge to move the fasteners toward the anvil. As the fasteners are deployed, the fasteners can capture at least a portion of the tissue thickness compensator therein along with at least a portion of the tissue being fastened.
US09801631B2	Sheath and balloon tensioner and locator systems and methods A tissue closure system includes a sheath and a tissue closure device. The sheath includes a tensioner assembly. The tissue closure device is insertable through and connected to the sheath, and includes an expandable member positionable distal of a distal end of the sheath. Operating the tensioner assembly applies a biasing force to the tissue closure device that withdraws the expandable member.
US09801624B2	Surgical suture device and methods of using the same A medical instrument, such as a surgical device for manipulating and placing a tissue suture and methods of using the same is disclosed. The device comprises a handle, a hollow shaft removably coupled to the handle assembly and a stylet extending within the hollow shaft and longitudinally slideable therein. Preferably, the stylet is not rotationally moveable relative to the shaft. The stylet may be moved between a first position wherein a grasping member formed on the stylet is retracted into a distal end portion of the shaft and a second position wherein the grasping member extends distally beyond the distal end portion of the shaft. Distal movement of an actuation member on the handle correspondingly moves the stylet to the extended position and movement of the actuation member to a proximal position on the handle correspondingly moves the stylet to the retracted position. Lateral movement of the actuation member on the handle does not impart rotational movement of the stylet relative to the shaft.
US09801623B2	Devices and methods for positioning sutures A device that facilitates the placement of one or more needles and their attached sutures in the body of a surgical patient is disclosed. The device contains one or more needle guide channels in which one or more needles may be backloaded. The device also contains one or more lumens extending though the body of the device. One or more sutures may be coupled to the one or more needles, and threaded through the lumen. The one or more needles may then be advanced out of their respective needle guide channels by pulling on one end of one or more sutures. When one end of a suture is pulled, the attached needle is advanced out of the device and will pierce and be positioned in the tissue that is located adjacent to the device.
US09801621B2	Arthroscopic biceps tenodesis in continuity Techniques and reconstruction systems for soft tissue surgical repairs. The biceps tenodesis technique of the present invention provides fixation of a single diameter of the biceps tendon in a socket without the need for externalizing the tendon and without the need to pass any suture (or similar material) through any portion of the tendon (i.e., without the need to stitch or whipstitch any area/portion of the tendon). The technique improves the biomechanics of the combined fixation and helps overcome surgeons' concerns about rapid return to ADLs.
US09801618B2	Laparoscopic surgical scaffold A collapsible scaffolding can collapse for deployment to a laparoscopic surgical site through a trocar or the like, and can expand to provide a surface for organ retraction within a body cavity. In the expanded state, the scaffolding may assist a surgical procedure in a variety of ways, such as by providing a rigid structure upon which to secure retracted organs or surgical tools such as lights, cameras, and so forth.
US09801616B2	Live feed ultrasound via internet streaming The present invention provides, in at least one embodiment, a system and method for real time evaluation of ultrasound video images taken at a first local location and evaluated at a second remote location. The system transmits a continuous live video feed from a veterinary ultrasound at the first location to a viewer at the remote location for real time study, review, and collaboration. In the method, the ultrasound video images are converted from analog ultrasound video to digital ultrasound video, where the digital ultrasound video is processed into multiple streams and transmitted across multiple broadband channels, each channel carrying a different stream. The multiple streams are aggregated into a reconstituted video and displayed for evaluation at the remote location.
US09801604B2	System for controlling an X-ray detector The present invention relates to a system (1) for controlling an X-ray detector (11) for detection of X-ray radiation, an X-ray imaging arrangement (3) comprising such system (1) and a method for controlling an X-ray detector (11) for detection of X-ray radiation. The system (1) for detection of X-ray radiation comprises a trigger device (12). The trigger device (12) is configured to be arranged remotely from the X-ray detector (11). The trigger device (12) is furthermore configured to be data-linked to the X-ray detector (11). The trigger device (12) is configured to determine a start of an X-ray exposure of an X-ray tube (2), to generate an activation signal and to communicate such signal the X-ray detector (11) to activate image detection.
US09801597B2	Multi-detector imaging system with x-ray detection An imaging system is provided that includes a gantry having a bore extending therethrough; a plurality of image detectors attached to the gantry and radially spaced around a circumference of the bore such that gaps exist between image detectors along the circumference of the bore; an x-ray source attached to the gantry, wherein the x-ray source transmits x-rays across the bore towards at least two of the image detectors; wherein at least two image detectors detect both emission radiation and x-ray radiation.
US09801595B2	Count-weighted least squares parameter estimation for a photon-counting detector A method and apparatus for estimating a parameter vector including a plurality of parameters of a detector response model of a photon-counting detector. The method includes calculating a modeled spectrum based on an input spectrum and an initial value of the plurality of parameters. For each detector, a difference between the normalized photon count of the measured spectrum and the normalized modeled spectrum is calculated. A root mean square error (RMSE) between the measured and modeled spectra is obtained by squaring the normalized difference and weighting the normalized difference by a weighting factor. The parameter vector is updated until an optimum RMSE value is achieved. Upon determining optimal values of the parameter vector, measured data that is obtained via a patient scan is corrected based on the optimal parameter vector.
US09801592B2	Caster system for mobile apparatus A mobile imaging device includes a base having at least one caster, a first drive mechanism that moves the system in a transport mode and translates an imaging component relative to the base in a scan mode, and a second drive mechanism that extends caster relative to the base to raise the base off the ground in the transport mode, and retracts the caster relative to the base to lower the base to the ground in the scan mode. A caster system for a mobile apparatus includes a base containing a housing and a caster, attached to the base, the caster having a wheel defining a wheel axis and a swivel joint defining a swivel axis and a pivot point defining a pivot axis, wherein the caster pivots on the pivot axis as the caster is retracted into the housing and extended out of the housing.
US09801578B2	Reduced size optical coupler for fluorescence detection Optical systems are disclosed for use in identifying an analyte, such as glucose in blood or interstitial fluid (ISF), using a biomaterial, such as glucose binding protein (GBP), that is brought into contact with the analyte. An optical system includes a first filter adapted to reflect light emitted from a light-emitting diode to illuminate a fluorescent body, and further adapted to transmit light emitted from the fluorescent body, and a second filter adapted to separate light transmitted by the first filter into signal band light and reference band light.
US09801566B2	Automatic identification of instruments used with a surgical navigation system A system and apparatus taught to determine the identification and selected information relating to surgical instruments near a reader. The information can be stored on a member operable to transmit the information to a reader at a selected time. The information can be used in a navigation system to assist in navigation of the instrument relative to a patient.
US09801561B2	System and method for electrocardiogram analysis and optimization of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapy delivery The system and method provide for electrocardiogram analysis and optimization of patient-customized cardiopulmonary resuscitation and therapy delivery. An external medical device includes a housing and a processor within the housing. The processor can be configured to receive an input signal for a patient receiving chest compressions and to select at least one filter mechanism and to apply the filter mechanism to the signal to at least substantially remove chest compression artifacts from the signal. A real time dynamic analysis of a cardiac rhythm is applied to adjust and integrate CPR prompting of a medical device. Real-time cardiac rhythm quality is facilitated using a rhythm assessment meter.
US09801559B2	Integrated optical neural probe In certain embodiments, a neural probe comprises a substrate comprising elongated shanks for penetrating neural tissue, each comprising a proximal end and a distal end; at least one optical source integral to the neural probe for illuminating the neural tissue; and microelectrodes located proximate the distal end of the elongated shanks for monitoring neuronal activity. In certain embodiments, a method of monitoring neuronal activity comprises implanting the neural probe into a test subject such that the elongated shanks protrude into neural tissue of the test subject; illuminating the neural tissue with the at least one optical source; and measuring neuronal activity in response to illuminating the neural tissue. In certain embodiments, a device comprises a semiconductor chip; at least one optical source integral to the semiconductor chip; and sensor elements integral to the semiconductor chip for collecting data responsive to light emitted from the at least one optical source.
US09801558B2	Detection and monitoring of abdominal aortic aneurysm Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms (AAA) cause a large number of deaths annually. Ruptures occur even in people who are already diagnosed with AAA and are being monitored. The reason is that the interval between tests is too long because of the need to visit a pathological facility with imaging equipment. It is preferable to estimate the progress of AAA frequently, once detected, in a non-invasive manner, preferably at the subject's home, without the need for the subject to visit a pathological facility. A device is disclosed for detecting a state of a vascular pathology of a subject, comprising a sensor signal unit (103) for providing a signal representative of a blood volume in a body part of a subject, a comparator (107) for comparing the sensor signal with a reference signal, and a user interface (109) for conveying a result based on the comparison to a user of the device.
US09801551B2	Annular vision system A vision system that may be used in a catheter or similar guiding instrument includes receptors distributed in an annular area. Each of the receptors has a field of view covering only a portion of an object environment, and the field of view of each of the receptors overlaps with at least one of the fields of view of the other receptors. A processing system can receive image data from the receptors and combine image data from the receptors to construct a visual representation of the entirety of the object environment.
US09801548B2	Apparatus and method for fluorescence imaging and tomography using spatially structured illumination Apparatus and method for performing depth sectioned fluorescence imaging of a turbid sample including a fluorescent turbid medium, uses an apparatus for quantitative modulated fluorescence imaging, the apparatus including projection optics with a first optical axis, to expose the turbid sample to a periodic pattern of excitation radiation to provide depth-resolved discrimination of fluorescent structures within the turbid medium; an image capture module, including a second optical axis and a detection beam path, to receive a data image from the sample; and a signal processor to transform the data image from the sample, spatially filter the transformed data image from the sample, and reconstruct the filtered, transformed data image from the sample.
US09801547B2	Portable monitoring devices for processing applications and processing analysis of physiological conditions of a user associated with the portable monitoring device An activity monitoring device and associated methods for using and interfacing with the activity monitoring device are provided. In one example, the activity monitoring device includes a housing configured for attachment to a body part of a user. Also included ins a display screen attached to the housing and a sensor for capturing physiological conditions of the user. The sensor is disposed along a surface of the housing so that the sensor is proximate to the body part, the body part having at least some exposed skin. The activity monitoring device also includes memory for storing the captured physiological conditions, and a processor for examining the captured physiological conditions. At a particular time, the processor automatically selects an application to execute from a plurality of applications based on characteristics of the captured physiological conditions.
US09801539B2	Ocular Videography System The present invention relates to an Ocular Videography System for tracking eye movements of an animal, in particular rats, comprising a camera system suitable of being positioned on the head of an animal to track eye movements of at least one eye of the animal, a head mount on which the camera system is fixed or fixable, wherein, at least one image sensor as well as at least one decoder, for decoding a signal detected by the image sensor, each being comprised by the camera system, and wherein the camera system, and in particular a camera of the camera system, is designed in such a way that it detects a movement of the eye and/or a movement of the head of the animal in a vertical and/or horizontal and/or a torsional direction to an optical axis of the camera system and/or of the optical axis of the animal's eye without interfering with the animal's natural motion dynamics.
US09801538B2	Systems and methods for processing portable wavefront aberrometer data Systems and methods for processing portable wavefront aberrometer data are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving, from a mobile computing device, image data captured by a light detector of the mobile computing device, the image data corresponding to light reflected from an eye of a patient and passed through a portable wavefront aberrometer coupled to the mobile computing device. The method further includes processing the image data to compute a patient-specific parameter associated with the patient, and transmitting the patient-specific parameter to one or more of the mobile computing device or a computing device associated with a medical provider.
US09801537B2	Image processing device and method, eye fundus image processing device, image photographing method, and eye fundus image photographing device and method An eye fundus image photographing device and method that can acquire images of higher quality. The eye fundus image photographing device photographs a wide-angle eye fundus image on an appropriate exposure condition with respect to a peripheral area different from an optic disk region of an eye fundus area and detects the optic disk region from the wide-angle eye fundus image. Moreover, based on the detection result of the optic disk region, the eye fundus image photographing device photographs a narrow-angle eye fundus image which assumes an area of the optic disk region as an object, on an appropriate exposure condition with respect to the area of the optic disk region. Further, the eye fundus image photographing device generates a synthetic eye fundus image of a high dynamic range by synthesizing the wide-angle eye fundus image and the narrow-angle eye fundus image.
US09801520B2	Mop holder This unit is created to put the mop away and help it dry when is wet. It has three separate pieces. The main unit, which is in the form of a tall rectangular box, contains four equal sides with spaces for ventilation so that the humidity doesn't get trapped in, and a base that will be used to support the unit. The second piece is a snap on piece that will connect with the main unit that helps hold the mop up and be able to stand vertically firm. The third piece is a small drawer where the water will drip from the mop when wet and be emptied out.
US09801516B2	Surface cleaning appliance A surface cleaning appliance having a cleaner head that includes an agitator and a motor for driving the agitator. The appliance includes a switch coupling the motor to a supply voltage, a voltage sensor for measuring the magnitude of the supply voltage, a current sensor for measuring the magnitude of current through the motor, and a controller configured to output a PWM signal for controlling the switch. The controller then adjusts the duty cycle of the PWM signal in response to changes in the supply voltage and in response to changes in the current through the motor.
US09801515B2	Robot cleaner A robot cleaner includes a cleaner body, a suction unit, and a cyclone unit. The cyclone unit has a first suction opening and a second suction opening for sucking air, and a first cyclone and a second cyclone for passing air therethrough, the air having dust filtered therefrom by a centrifugal force. A first guiding member and a second guiding member extend upwardly from the suction unit toward the cyclone unit with an inclination angle, the first guiding member for connection between the suction unit and the first suction opening, and the second guiding member for connection between the suction unit and the second suction opening. A dust box communicated with a dust discharge opening is provided at a front side of the cyclone unit so as to collect dust filtered by the cyclone unit. The dust box is partially or wholly accommodated between the first and second guiding members.
US09801512B2	Self-propelled and self-steering floor cleaning appliance A self-propelled, self-steering floor cleaning appliance is provided with at least one cleaning element for cleaning a floor surface, including a drive device having an undercarriage, a sensing part for sensing obstacles, at least one displaceable holding part for holding the sensing part on the floor cleaning appliance and at least one detection element for detecting a displacement of the at least one holding part and for providing a signal relating thereto. The floor cleaning appliance includes at least one accommodating part on which the at least one holding part is held so as to be displaceable in a first and a second direction of displacement, which is aligned at an angle to the first direction of displacement, and the at least one detection element is actuatable by the at least one holding part upon displacement of the holding part in the first and in the second directions of displacement.
US09801503B1	Personal hygiene container system and method A personal hygiene container system; the system provides a raised cylindrical housing having a separator and draining fence for storing personal hygiene utensils. The housing includes a removable lid and a fluid drain hole to allow excess moisture or fluids to safely flow away from the internal chamber of the housing. A draining tray is also provided to receive any excess liquid that may escape through the drain hole. The personal hygiene container system is useful for retaining personal utensils in a clean storage environment that helps prevent the buildup of mold and other bacteria, as well as preventing unsanitary airborne particles from accumulating on said hygiene utensils.
US09801502B2	Toothbrush storage system A toothbrush storage system for containing fluid dripping from a toothbrush includes a toothbrush. A container is provided and the container has the toothbrush positioned therein. Thus, the container may have a fluid dripping from the toothbrush pass through the container. A pan is removably coupled to the container such that the pan may capture the fluid passing through the container.
US09801497B2	Electric frying pan An electric cooking appliance comprises a base frame having a front and rear and left and right sides connecting the front and rear. A generally planar, electrically heated cooking surface is supported by the base frame and has a front and rear edge and a pair of sides connecting the front and rear edges. A splash guard is removably or secured to and extends upwardly from the rear edge and a portion of each of the sides of the cooking surface. A recess or groove is formed in the cooking surface to collect excess cooking oil; and an oil reservoir is carried by the base frame and in fluid communication with the recess in the cooking surface to collect cooking oil from the recess.
US09801490B1	Stand for turkey frying A turkey stand for use in deep frying a turkey or other fowl. The stand includes a rod which is threaded on a first end and flattened on the opposite end. The threaded end is received through central holes in 2 of 3 legs and threaded into a collar secured to the third. Each of the three legs has V-shaped bends near each end forming 2 feet, with the bends increasing in depth to accommodate the variation in distance from the support surface. Thus, each of the feet engages the bottom of the fry pot without any rocking.
US09801487B2	Steam cooking apparatus A steam cooking apparatus includes a steam generating unit to generate steam from a supply of water, a steam container to cook food using the steam from the steam generating unit, a steam supply pipe coupled to the steam generating unit in order to supply the steam container with the steam generated by the steam generating unit, a steam pipe coupled to the steam container in order to supply the steam container with the steam passing through the steam supply pipe, and a steam pipe connection tube including a first connection portion coupled with the steam supply pipe and a second connection portion coupled with the steam pipe, the second connection portion coupled with the steam pipe being formed to have a diameter which is expanded toward the steam pipe so as to guide the steam pipe.
US09801485B2	Collapsible hanger for use in-garment to reduce creasing, crushing, and wrinkling, while maintaining support and structure, of upper garment during storage and transportation A collapsible hanger includes a left arm, a right arm, and a hook. A hinge rotatably holds the left and right arms together. When in expanded state, the left and right arms extend opposite each other. When in collapsed state, the arms are rotated adjacent to each other. The hook is rotatably coupled to one of the arms in a ball and socket arrangement, and rotatable around the ball and socket arrangement between first and second positions. In the first position, the hook curved end is located above a top side of the respective arm. In the second position, the hook curved end is rotated into an opening and recess in the respective arm. A pin holding the hinge together includes a curved end portion overhanging an outer surface of the hinge to form a clasp to hold a collar of a garment.
US09801483B2	Adjustable beverage holder A beverage holder configured to accommodate drinking vessels of different sizes and that can be secured on a resting surface includes a hollow tubular body with an open end, a closed end opposite the open end, at least one projection along the inner surface of the hollow tubular body spaced from the closed end, and a removable insert configured to seat within the hollow tubular body against the at least one projection such that the removable insert is spaced from the closed end. The beverage holder may also include at least one suction cup extending from the exterior surface of the closed end.
US09801477B2	Picture hanging bracket and method of installation A hanging bracket for hanging a picture frame having at least two right angled corners on a supporting structure. The bracket is a one-piece member formed of plastic having a planar base terminating with a beveled edge formed by two straight sections and an intervening arcuate section. A V-shaped column is spaced from the beveled edge by a V-shaped planar portion of the base and extends perpendicularly from the base terminating in a V-shaped top edge with two straight legs joined at a rounded corner. A pin is embedded in the rounded corner and extends outwardly beyond the straight legs of the column. The base is inserted between the back of a canvas picture and the two adjacent frame members at each corner of the picture frame with the projecting pins being pressed into the support structure to suspend the picture frame therefrom.
US09801476B2	Collapsible food service system A food service system is formed using a plurality of units capable of being interlocked together in a variety of customizable configurations. The units of the food service system include a food service bar with buffet pan chillers, a work table, a cashier station, and variety of connecting pieces for linking each of the units together. The food service bar comprises a sneeze guard that protects the food contained within the bar on three sides and can be broken down and folded down and into itself when the bar is being transported or stored. The buffet pan chillers are double sided and configured such that when frozen, may accommodate a shallow food pan on one side and then flipped over to accommodate a deep food pan on the other side while still maintaining the same serving height. Each unit is configured to receive multiple sizes of wheels or casters.
US09801469B2	Versatile accessory holder for a barber chair The invention relates to a versatile accessory holder for a barber chair and method to attach the versatile accessory holder to the back of one of a plurality of barber chair types. Certain embodiments of the invention have a plurality of slots that may be used to receive an appendage in the form of a tongue or one or more sets of pins to attach the versatile accessory holder to the back of a chair. Certain embodiments of the versatile accessory holder have a tray with compartments to receive accessories, such as clipper blades. In some embodiments, the compartments have an opening at the bottom, and some embodiments have compartment stops to enable hair to fall from a blade resting in the compartment onto the floor. In some embodiments, the outer wall of the tray has a strip adapted to fasten a magnet to the outer wall of the tray.
US09801461B1	Electric toothbrush holder for laboratory use The electric toothbrush holder for laboratory use is a holder for the testing of dental appliances. The electric toothbrush holder for laboratory use includes a base having opposed upper and lower surfaces. A sample receptacle is mounted on the upper surface of the base and defines an open interior region for removably receiving a dental sample. At least one support is mounted on the upper surface of the base for releasably supporting a gripping portion of an electric toothbrush. At least one bracket is pivotally secured to the at least one support for releasably securing the gripping portion of the electric toothbrush to the at least one support. In use, the gripping portion of the electric toothbrush is releasably secured to the at least one support such that bristles of a head portion thereof contact the dental sample received within the sample receptacle.
US09801453B2	Exoskeletal backpack system and articulating connector therefor An exoskeletal backpack system includes a pelvic superstructure, a trunk superstructure, and an articulating connector. The pelvic superstructure is configured to be carried by a user, such as, for example, a person. The trunk superstructure also includes a user engagement element that is configured as a pair of flexible composite shoulder extensions.
US09801452B2	Backpack with ballistic insert A backpack contains a compartment having an opening; a flap movable between a closed position closing the opening and first and second open positions leaving the opening open; a ballistic protection shield, passing through the opening and over the head of a backpack wearer, movable from a storage position in the inside of the compartment to a deployed position in which it protects the torso of the backpack wearer; and shield straps linking the shield to the compartment capable of suspending the shield in the deployed position. The backpack defining a passage between the edge of the opening and the flap in the closed position and having a pull-type handle fixed to the shield and projecting to the outside of the compartment by way of this passage when the shield is in the storage position and when the flap is in the closed position.
US09801451B2	Backpack and waist bag carrying system The invention provides improved backpack and waist bag carrying systems in which a waist bag rotates through a lower compartment of a backpack to allow the bearer of the backpack to access the contents of the receiver of the waist bag by rotating the waist bag to the front of the bearer's torso. One or more doors are provided in one aspect to secure the receiver of the waist bag in the lower compartment of the backpack but permit the egress of the receiver through the opening covered by the door, which may be tensioned away from the opening by a tensioning element when the free end of the door is released.
US09801449B2	Two-part applicator for a cosmetic product This relates to a cosmetic product applicator comprising, along the same longitudinal axis, a mascara portion and an applicator portion, the mascara portion comprising a longitudinal sleeve along a longitudinal axis and an applicator end piece at a distal end of the sleeve, the applicator portion comprising a longitudinal rod and an applicator end at a distal end of the rod, the sleeve being dimensioned so as to be able to accommodate the longitudinal rod at least in part, the mascara portion and the applicator portion being able to be joined together and detached from one another, characterised in that the applicator end piece comprises a housing which is dimensioned so as to allow the applicator end to pass therethrough at least in part when the mascara portion is joined to the applicator portion.
US09801448B1	Mono-directional sonic movement lotion, cream and shaving cream for men application apparatus and method A brush includes a brush head moving mechanism and a removable brush head for applying flowable matter to a surface, the brush head including a chamber for retaining flowable matter, a chamber delivery wall with outwardly protruding bristles and with delivery ball ports among the bristles into each of which a matter delivery ball is rotatably seated and retained by ball retaining structures to partly protrude through the delivery wall, and an opposing chamber mounting wall with brush head mounting means for connecting the brush head to the moving mechanism, and having a chamber side wall interconnecting the chamber delivery wall and the chamber mounting wall to form a closed and sealed container for the flowable matter.
US09801445B2	Container for accommodating an ophthalmic lens during a lens treatment process A container (1) for accommodating an ophthalmic lens during a lens treatment process has a longitudinal axis (11) and comprises as separate elements a containment element (2), a mounting element (3), and a retaining element (4). The containment element (2) comprises a tubular section (21) and a bottom (22) arranged at a distal end of the tubular section (21), the bottom (22) protruding convexly towards the outside at the distal end of the tubular section (21) and being provided with a number of apertures (23, 24), the tubular section (21) at a proximal end (25) thereof having a latch (26) protruding from the proximal end (25) of the tubular section (21) towards the mounting element (3). The mounting element (3) comprises a sidewall (31) extending along the longitudinal axis (11) of the container (1), the sidewall (31) being provided with recesses or orifices (32) which are in engagement with the latch (26) of the containment element (2). The mounting element (3) further comprises an access opening (37) arranged at a proximal end of the mounting element (3) remote from the containment element (2). The retaining element (4) is fixedly arranged in between the containment element (2) and the mounting element (3), the retaining element (4) being configured to prevent the ophthalmic lens from being washed out of the containment element (2) and to permit access for a gripper through the access opening (37) of the mounting element (3) into the containment element (2) for insertion and removal of the ophthalmic lens.
US09801430B2	Footwear incorporating a tensile element with a deposition layer An article of footwear may have an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a base layer, a plurality of strand segments, and a deposition layer. The base layer has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The strand segments are located adjacent to the first surface and extend substantially parallel to the first surface for a distance of at least five centimeters. The deposition layer is deposited upon the first surface and the strand segments, and the deposition layer is joined with the first surface and the strand segments. The deposition layer is applied using a screen printing process. Different inks can be used during the screen printing process to form the deposition layer and an indicia layer.
US09801428B2	Tethered fluid-filled chamber with multiple tether configurations An article comprises a chamber that includes a barrier formed from a polymer material. The barrier has a first portion that forms a first surface of the chamber, and a second portion that forms an opposite second surface of the chamber. The barrier forms at least one interior cavity between the first portion and the second portion. The at least one interior cavity is filled with fluid retained by the barrier.
US09801427B2	Climbing shoe A climbing shoe comprising a substantially sock-shaped shoe-upper, so as to completely cover the foot of the user; a front sole which is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to cover the tarsal-phalangeal region of the sole of the foot; a rear sole which is separate and spaced apart from the front sole and is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to at least partly cover the talus-calcaneus region of the sole of the foot; and a substantially ribbon-shaped medial tensioning strip which is made of elastomeric material and is fixed on the bottom part of the shoe-upper so as to extend substantially along the center line of the sole of the foot, from the shoe-upper area under the front sole up to the shoe-upper area under the rear sole following an arched trajectory.
US09801425B2	Helmet shield including ventilation unit A helmet shield coupled to a front opening of a helmet includes a lens unit provided to face a front of the front opening; a frame unit provided along a circumference of the lens unit; and a ventilation unit provided at both sides of the lens unit for communication between an inside and an outside of the helmet shield.
US09801416B2	Tobacco-containing smoking article A smoking article may include a cigarette incorporated within an electrically powered aerosol generating device that acts as a holder for that cigarette. The smoking article possesses at least one form of tobacco. The smoking article also possesses a mouth-end piece that is used by the smoker to inhale components of tobacco that are generated by the action of heat upon components of the cigarette. A representative smoking article possesses an outer housing incorporating a source of electrical power (e.g., a battery), a sensing mechanism for powering the device at least during periods of draw, and a heating device (e.g., at least one electrical resistance heating element) for forming a thermally generated aerosol that incorporates components of tobacco. During use, the cigarette is positioned within the device, and after use, the used cigarette is removed from the device and replaced with another cigarette.
US09801412B2	Smoking article with dual function cap A smoking article is formed from two component parts. These parts are a rod comprising an aerosol-forming substrate and a removable cap. The removable cap can be coupled to the rod in two configurations. In a first configuration, the removable cap is coupled to a first end of the rod and a heat source located at or near a second end of the rod heats the aerosol-forming substrate to generate an inhalable aerosol. In a second configuration, the removable cap is coupled to the second end of the rod and at least substantially covers the heat source. The smoking article is arranged in the second configuration for disposal.
US09801407B2	Compression system for producing a high density compact product A compression system includes a compression device and a controller. A treated material is pressed longitudinally through a compression chamber by simultaneously applying a lateral pressure and a two-dimensional cross-section compression which includes a pressure applied in a direction traverse to a direction of transport and a pressure applied in a direction parallel to the direction of transport. The controller controls the two-dimensional cross-section compression applied to the treated material such that, during compression, liquids in the treated material migrate to the outer surface of the treated material upon reaching the outlet orifice.
US09801400B2	Natural honey-containing compositions and method of preparation Compositions comprising cellulosic polymers and natural honey that display reduced instability due to the presence of a chelant that inhibits the activity of naturally occurring cellulases are described. Methods of treating natural honey to inhibit cellulase activity comprising mixing the natural honey with a chelant and optionally heating the mixture are provided. Flavor compositions consisting of natural honey and a chelant, optionally in a carrier are further described.
US09801395B2	Meat processing equipment having improved yieldable arresting means Meat processing equipment is disclosed that includes a first element having a first face; a second element having a second face. The first and second faces extend parallel to one another and define a common plane between the first and second faces. The first and second elements are relatively movable with respect to one another. Yieldable arresting features are included for yieldably arresting the first and second elements in at least one predetermined position of relative movement, the yieldable arresting features include cooperating first and second permanent magnets, associated with at least one of the first and second elements.
US09801394B2	Separation tool An apparatus and method for processing a poultry carcass includes a first assembly with parallel guide plates opposite a second assembly with parallel guide plates. The assemblies include a cutting element presenting an edge extending beyond a bottom edge of the guide plates. A bracket secures the cutting element to the guide plate allowing adjustment of the cutting edge. The carcass is advanced into engagement with the apparatus whereby the cutting edges cut the connective tissue between the leg and back. A bracket leading edge prevents tissue from being driven between the cutting element and guide plate. The cutting edge can extend further from the bottom edge of the guide plates at the heel than at the point. Manual processing of the carcass includes: cutting tissue between the leg and back; and separating the leg from the back wherein muscle tissue connecting the leg and the back remain intact.
US09801379B2	Method for controlling pests in soybean A method for controlling pests of soybean plants comprises the step of contacting the soybean plant, parts of it, its propagation material, the pests, their food supply, habitat or breeding grounds with one or more components of the ginkgo tree selected from the group consisting of bilobalide, ginkgolide A, ginkgolide B, ginkgolide C, ginkgolide J and ginkgolide M.
US09801376B2	Synergistic pesticidal compositions and related methods A pesticidal composition comprises a synergistically effective amount of a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) agonist compound and a pesticide selected from N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-3-((3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)thio)propanamide (I), N-(3-chloro-1-(pyridin-3-yl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-N-ethyl-3-((3,3,3-trifluoropropyl)sulfinyl)propanamide (II), or any agriculturally acceptable salt thereof. A method of controlling pests comprises applying the pesticidal composition near a population of pests. A method of protecting a plant from infestation and attack by insects comprises contacting the plant with the synergistic pesticidal composition.
US09801370B2	Control of arthropod infestation Use of particles in controlling a population of arthropod pests, wherein the particles comprise i) a hydrophobic exterior that adheres to the cuticle of at least one species of an arthropod pest; and ii) at least one pesticide associated with the said particles, wherein the pesticide is present at a weight of no more than 2% of the weight of the particles, populations of particles, methods of producing populations of particles and methods of application of such populations.
US09801369B2	Herbicidal composition with increased herbicidal efficacy An herbicide composition available as a concentrate for dilution with water or a ready-to-use oil-in-water emulsion which has a significantly reduced amount of active ingredient of a broadleaf herbicide. The composition combines the reduced amount of herbicide in a mixture of oil and emulsifier.
US09801361B2	System and method for maintaining the health of captive fish in a mobile environment A system for maintaining the health of captive fish in a mobile environment, comprising a live well for containing fish in a fluid medium, a plurality of thermoelectric coolers affixed to the live well, and a thermometric rheostat for controlling a direct current applied to the thermoelectric coolers, and a method for maintaining a consistent temperature comprising the steps of setting an initial temperature, applying a current to thermoelectric coolers, reading a new temperature, and adjusting the current based at least in part on the new temperature reading.
US09801351B2	Milking of animals with reduced teat stress The invention relates to a milking unit comprising a milk collection part and at least two milk tubes that are connected to the milk collection part. At least one end of the milk tube has an essentially spherical clamping body, the central point of the clamping body being offset in relation to the longitudinal axis (S) of the milk tube and/or the clamping body having a channel with a mouth. The longitudinal axis (S) penetrates a plane, on which the cross-sectional surface of the mouth lies at an angle that is not equal to 90°.
US09801349B1	Maize inbred PH2RNJ A novel maize variety designated PH2RNJ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH2RNJ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH2RNJ through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby are provided. Hybrid maize seed, plants or plant parts are produced by crossing the variety PH2RNJ or a locus conversion of PH2RNJ with another maize variety.
US09801340B2	Spreader arrangement for an agricultural harvester A spreader arrangement for an agricultural harvester includes a pair of spreader discs, at least one cover plate and a windrow chute. The spreader discs are generally horizontally arranged and rotatable in a counter rotating manner. Each cover plate is positioned at a location above a respective spreader disc, and is operable to inhibit a flow of crop material to the respective spreader disc when positioned above the respective spreader disc. The windrow chute has an entrance end positioned below the pair of cover plates and above the pair of spreader discs, whereby crop material is discharged from the top of the cover plates into the windrow chute.
US09801338B2	Lawn mower A lawn mower includes: a blade disk rotatable about a rotation shaft extending in an up-down direction; and a plurality of cutter blades mounted on the blade disk. The blade disk includes a plurality of blade mounting sections having corresponding ones of the cutter blades mounted thereon, and a circumferential high-rigidity section for increasing rigidity of the blade disk between the blade mounting sections. The blade mounting sections are located on, and spaced from each other along, an imaginary reference circle concentric with a rotation center of the blade disk, and the circumferential high-rigidity section is located in such a manner as to interconnect the plurality of blade mounting sections along the reference circle, the circumferential high-rigidity section being formed in a generally concave-convex configuration by being depressed and protruded in a facewise direction of the blade disk.
US09801329B2	On-the go soil sensors and control methods for agricultural machines An on-the-go monitor and control means and method for an agriculture machines includes on-the-go soil sensors that can be used to control tillage and seeding depth. On seeder implements, the sensors provide information that affects uniform plant emergence.
US09801326B2	Method for removing dust from seeds Embodiments of a technique are provided for removing dust from treated seeds. The method includes applying a treatment to a number of seeds at a seed treatment station and at least partially drying the seeds at the treatment station. The partially dried seeds may then be conveyed through a conveying station from the treatment station to an output area. Air may be directed through an inlet of the conveying station, where the directed air is configured to remove non-seed particles from the seeds. Furthermore, air may be filtered through an outlet of the conveying station to capture the removed non-seed particles using a filtering system. In some cases, an initial temperature of the air may be controlled to optimize the dust removal process, such as by heating and/or chilling the air.
US09801324B2	Bi-fold tool bar linkage A farm implement having rotatable wings rotatably connected to a main carrier and also having a folding bar linkage, which folds as the corresponding wing is rotated into a stowed position and extends as the wing rotates into a deployed position. A fixed length control bar rotatably linking a tow bar of the folding bar linkage to the main carrier controls the folding and unfolding of the bar linkage as the wing rotates between the deployed and stowed positions.
US09801322B2	Implement weight management systems, methods, and apparatus Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for managing implement weight. In some embodiments, a position sensor is used to determine a position of the wing section and a downforce applied to the wing is modified in order to lower the wing section. In some embodiments, the position sensor indicates the position of a wing wheel assembly of the wing section. In other embodiments, the position sensor indicates the position of a center wheel assembly of a center section of the implement.
US09807917B2	Electronic component and method for producing the electronic component The invention specifies an electronic component which has a first electrode (10), a second electrode (20), an active region (30), which is electrically coupled to the first electrode (10) and to the second electrode (20), and a housing (100), wherein the housing (100) contains carbon layers which are monoatomic at least in subregions.
US09807904B2	Mounting frame and rail for electronics and instrumentation enclosure A mounting frame for an electronics and instrumentation enclosure includes two elongated supports joined by an elongated piece and four corner parts fastened to the ends of the elongated supports by a fastener. For the mounting frame to be easy and rapid to assemble and to mount inside the enclosure also at the mounting site, the ends of the elongated supports are provided with a locking tongue formed as one piece with the elongated support and extending away from a plane defined by the elongated supports, and through-hole for mounting are provided at the corner parts and arranged to receive the locking tongues of the elongated supports without clearance, the corner parts comprising a plural number of such mounting holes at a distance from one another in the longitudinal direction of the corner parts. An elongated support is provided for a mounting frame.
US09807902B2	Top loading cartridge A top loading cartridge is provided herein. The top loading cartridge includes a support member, a rail member, and a lock mechanism. The support member to receive an electronic module. The rail member attached to the support member to engage with a tray that receives the top loading server cartridge. The lock mechanism to lock the top loading cartridge.
US09807900B2	High density storage assembly A high-density storage assembly having a casing, an engaging mechanism, and a recording medium machine; the casing has a receiving space, with a plurality of fixing portions disposed on a substrate at a bottom of the casing, the engaging mechanism has at least two supporting portions arranged in a side by side in a transverse width direction, each having a coupling portion and a supporting plate, with the coupling portions connected to the fixing portions of the substrate of the casing, respectively, and extended upward and obliquely to form the supporting plates. A containing space for movably placing and positioning the recording medium machine is formed between an abutting leaf spring and a limit plate which are disposed on a lower surface of the supporting plate of one of two adjacent said supporting portions and an upper surface of the supporting plate of another said supporting portion, respectively.
US09807897B2	Glass system for hermetically joining Cu components, and housing for electronic components An housing for electronic components, such as LEDs and/or FETs, is provided. The housing has a base body having an upper surface that at least partially defines a mounting area for an electronic functional element, such that the base body provides a heat sink for the electronic functional element. The base body has a lower surface and a lateral surface and includes a connecting body for the electronic functional element, which is joined to the base body a glass layer formed by an alkali titanium silicate glass.
US09807896B2	Converter A converter includes an amplifier case main body having an amplifier main body accommodated therein, and a safety cover attached to the amplifier case main body. The safety cover has a plurality of through-holes for as removal.
US09807882B1	Density-optimized module-level inductor ground structure An integrated circuit (IC) device may include a first substrate having an inductor ground plane in a conductive layer of the first substrate. The integrated circuit may also include a first inductor in a passive device layer of a second substrate that is supported by the first substrate. A shape of the inductor ground plane may substantially correspond to a silhouette of the first inductor.
US09807870B2	Printed wiring board A printed wiring board is provided which comprises a first insulating substrate (11) composed of a liquid crystal polymer, a first signal line (131) formed on one main surface (11a) of the first insulating substrate (11), a second insulating substrate (21) composed of a liquid crystal polymer, a second signal line (231) formed on one main surface (21a) of the second insulating substrate (21) and along the extending direction of the first signal line (131), and an adhesion layer (30) composed of a modified polyphenylene ether for adhesion between the one main surface (11a) of the first insulating substrate (11) and the one main surface (21a) of the second insulating substrate (21). When frequencies of signals transmitted by the first signal line and the second signal line are 2.5 GHz or more and 5.0 GHz or less, an offset amount is longer than a circuit width (L1) of the first signal line (131) and 130 μm or more and 300 μm or less. The offset amount is a distance from the position of one end of the first signal line (131) among ends along the width direction to the position of one end of the second signal line (231) among ends along the width direction.
US09807866B2	Shielding mold for electric and magnetic EMI mitigation An electronic package having a substrate that includes signal traces and ground traces; an electronic component mounted on an upper surface of the substrate such that the electronic component is electrically connected to the signal traces and the ground traces in the substrate; an insulating layer covering the electronic component and the upper surface of the substrate; and an electromagnetic interference shielding mold covering the insulation layer such that the electromagnetic interference shielding mold is electrically connected to the ground traces in the substrate. In some forms of the electronic package, the electromagnetic interference shielding mold is electrically connected to the ground traces through openings in the insulation layer.
US09807854B2	Illumination device, and frame provided with the same An illumination device includes a signal reception unit capable of receiving an audio signal from outside, a musical piece extraction unit capable of extracting continuous consonant sounds in the audio signal as a musical piece, a performance state detection unit capable of detecting start/end of performance of the musical piece according to a result of extraction by the musical piece extraction unit, a first illumination lamp capable of radiating ultraviolet rays, a second illumination lamp capable of radiating white light, and an illumination control unit capable of controlling on/off of the first illumination lamp, and of controlling on/off and illuminance of the second illumination lamp, The first and the second illumination lamps are turned on in response to detection of the start of performance, and the first and the second illumination lamps are turned off in response to detection of the end of performance.
US09807851B2	Identity-based environment adjusting techniques A method, apparatus, and system for security and/or automation systems, for adjusting a home environment. Some method embodiments involving a lighting system may include receiving data relating to an occupant of a home from a sensor, analyzing the data, identifying the occupant based at least in part on the analyzing, and initiating an adjustment of the lighting system based at least in part on the identifying. One such embodiment may also include searching a catalog of occupant profiles, and comparing the data with the catalog of occupant profiles. Some other method embodiments may initiate adjustments to an environment based on an occupant's preferences (whether those preferences are already included in a profile, or determined by analysis) such as for example the occupant's lighting preferences (in an embodiment involving a lighting system). One method embodiment may also include correlating data relating to the occupant with the occupant's profile.
US09807849B2	Automatically commissioning lighting controls using sensing parameters of the lighting controls Apparatuses, methods, and systems for automatically commissioning lighting controls using sensing parameters of the light controls are disclosed. One embodiment includes a building control system. The building control system includes a plurality of sensors, a plurality of lights associated with the plurality of sensors, and a controller. The controller is operative to receive sense signals from the plurality of sensors, and generate a graph based on the sensed signals, wherein the graph includes nodes that represent light locations, and edges that represent distances between the lights. For an embodiment, the controller further operative to performing inexact graph matching between a floor plan graph and the sensor graph, thereby automatically commissioning the plurality of lights based on the sensed signals of the plurality of sensors.
US09807841B2	Circuit for expanding the dimming range of an LED lamp A circuit and method for controlling one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) includes one or more LEDs connected to the emitter a transistor and controlling the brightness of the LEDs over a large range based on a voltage range at a base of the transistor controlled by an automatic adjusting mechanism.
US09807834B2	Load device, driver for driving the load, and driving method A device and associated PCB structure are provided in which a dedicated area of the device substrate is patterned, so that it can be contacted by a readout arrangement of the PCB. The pattern comprises an arrangement of contact regions. Interconnections and open circuits are used to encode information. A dotted contact area of the PCB is used to probe the pattern, and relay this to a driver which can then derive information about the type of device being driven. The driver can thus be controlled accordingly.
US09807830B1	LED driver circuit with step configurable output An LED driver apparatus provides discrete output current configuration. User interfaces such as dip switches enable user selection of output current settings. LED driver circuitry includes an inverter, a primary transformer winding coupled to the inverter switches and providing resonant inductance, and a secondary transformer winding coupled on a first end to an output rectifier. Various circuit branches are coupled in parallel between the output rectifier and the secondary winding, each including a switching element driven between open and closed states associated with the user-selected output current setting. The circuit branches may be coupled to respective secondary winding taps, wherein output current is regulated according to an effective turns ratio defined by the closed circuit branch. Alternatively, the circuit branches may be coupled to one end of the secondary winding but include current limiting capacitors, wherein one or more closed circuit branches define an equivalent capacitance and associated output current.
US09807829B2	Voltage isolating current control circuits In one example, an electrical circuit includes a first functional block with an electrical load to produce an external result, a second functional block with a voltage isolator; a third functional block with a current controller. The first, second, and third functional blocks are connected such that the external result of the electrical load is determined by the current controller acting through the voltage isolator. The voltage isolator may be configured to limit a maximum voltage across the current controller.
US09807825B2	Solid state lighting devices utilizing memristors LED chip circuits, solid state light engines and SSL luminaires are disclosed that utilize memristors to vary LED chip emission. In different embodiments the resistance of said memristor can be varied to vary the drive signal applied to one or more LED chips, thereby varying the LED chip emission intensity. The present invention can be used in much different arrangement to vary LED chip emission, such as changing the drive signals to LED chips that experience changes in emission intensity at different temperatures or that experience emission intensity depreciation over time.
US09807815B2	Apparatus, system and method of simultaneous connectivity to location origin transceivers Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of simultaneous connectivity to location origin transceivers. For example, a transceiver may be configured to simultaneously maintain a plurality of simultaneous Media-Access-Control (MAC) layer connections with a plurality of location origin beacon transceivers (LOBTs), and to communicate wireless communication signals with the plurality of LOBTs via the plurality of simultaneous MAC-layer connections.
US09807803B2	Transmission control for wireless communication networks Techniques for controlling transmissions in wireless communication networks are described. In one aspect, transmission control for a mesh network may be achieved by ranking mesh points or stations in the mesh network. In one design, the rank of a first station in the mesh network may be determined. At least one station of lower rank than the first station in the mesh network may be identified. At least one transmission parameter for the at least one station of lower rank may be set by the first station. At least one transmission parameter value may be selected for each station based on the rank, QoS requirements, amount of traffic, and/or achievable data rate for that station and may be sent (e.g., via a probe response message) to the station.
US09807802B2	Method and device for adjusting contention window value adaptively A method and device for adjusting contention window value adaptively are disclosed. The method comprises the following steps: the number n of stations participated in a contention currently is measured; according to the number n of stations participated in the contention currently, a practical collision probability Pc of a current contention window value CWold and optimal collision probability Pcopt, under the maximum network throughput are acquired; when a data frame is sent successfully, an initial contention window value CWinit is adjusted according to the practical collision probability Pc and optimal collision, probability Pcopt; when a data frame is sent unsuccessfully, a retransmission contention window value CWnew adjusted according to said practical collision probability Pc. The above solution can better reflect network collision situation, adaptively adjust an initial contention window value and retransmission contention window value jointly.
US09807801B2	Device and method for transmitting random access preamble Base Station (BS) and User Equipment (UE) apparatuses for configuring a Random Access CHannel (RACH), and methods thereof, are provided. The method for a BS to configure a RACH includes generating configuration information on RACH resources, transmitting the configuration information on the RACH resources to a UE, receiving a random access preamble multiplexed on a plurality of continuous RACH resources from the UE, extracting the random access preamble multiplexed on the plurality of continuous RACH resources, and detecting the extracted random access preamble. The method for a UE to configure a RACH includes receiving configuration information on RACH resources from a BS, selecting occupied RACH resources among a plurality of continuous RACH resources, generating a random access preamble, multiplexing the generated random access preamble on the selected RACH resources, and transmitting the random access preamble on the selected RACH resources to the BS.
US09807798B2	Apparatus and method for operating resource in wireless local area network system supporting multi-user transmission scheme The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE). A method for operating a resource in a first device in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system supporting a multi-user transmission scheme is provided. The method includes determining a number of resource allocation request messages acceptable at a timing point; and transmitting information related to the number of resource allocation request messages, wherein a resource allocation request message is acceptable if the first device is capable of allocating a resource to a second device that transmits the resource allocation request message at the timing point.
US09807793B2	Multiple delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) per device within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications Communications are coordinated between different respective wireless communication device groups in a multiple delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) per device signaling scheme. Different respective wireless communication devices (e.g., wireless stations (STAs)) may communicate with a manager/coordinator wireless communication device (e.g., access point (AP)) at different times and for different reasons. The manager/coordinator wireless communication device generates and transmits beacons to the wireless communication devices specifying times during which communications may be supported with the manager/coordinator wireless communication device. A restricted access window (RAW) information element (IE) within a beacon includes at least one restricted access window (RAW) to specify a wireless communication device authorized to communicate with the manager/coordinator wireless communication device. Different wireless communication device groups may communicate with the manager/coordinator wireless communication device at different periodicities, and any one wireless communication device may be included in more than one wireless communication device group.
US09807791B2	Random access method and user equipment The present invention disclose a random access method and user equipment, which relate to the field of communications and improve the transmission efficiency and reliability of a UE for sending a message to a base station in a random access process. The specific solution includes: sending a random access preamble sequence to a base station through a first antenna, so that the base station obtains the antenna number of the UE according to the random access preamble sequence, wherein the first antenna is any antenna of multiple antennas of the UE; judging whether a random access response sent by the base station is received within a preset time threshold; and sending a layer 2 or layer 3 message to the base station by using multiple antennas according to a preset rule if the random access response is received. The present invention is applied to the random access process.
US09807778B2	Dynamic spectrum management Described herein are methods, metrics and apparatus for bandwidth allocation for cognitive radio. Information that needs to be passed between different components of a dynamic spectrum management (DSM) system for dynamic bandwidth allocation along with the corresponding interfaces is identified. Methods and associated metrics for measuring network performance, evaluating channel sensing results and handling various bandwidth allocation scenarios are presented. Also provided is an admission control mechanism for quality of service support. Alternate channel monitoring may be performed in the background so that when a new channel is needed, an alternate channel may be immediately allocated and service disruption to the DSM system is reduced. A channel may be dynamically assigned as the primary channel in multiple channel scenarios to support tasks such as transmission of acknowledgment frames. Hybrid mode devices that may access a television white space (TVWS) database and perform spectrum sensing are also described.
US09807772B2	Systems and methods for simultaneous sampling of serial digital data streams from multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), including in distributed antenna systems Systems and methods for simultaneous sampling of serial digital data streams from multiple analog-to-digital converters (ADCs), including in distributed antenna systems, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a controller unit samples a plurality of serial digital data streams simultaneously. To allow the controller unit to sample the multiple serial digital data streams simultaneously from a plurality of ADCs, the controller unit is configured to provide a plurality of data input ports. Each of the ADCs is coupled to a common chip select port and clock signal port on the controller unit. The controller unit communicates a chip select signal on the chip select port to activate all of the ADCs simultaneously to cause each of the ADCs to provide its respective digital data stream to the respective data input port of the controller unit simultaneously for sampling. As a result, fewer or lower-cost components may be used to sample multiple ADCs.
US09807770B1	Efficient use of assigning resources in the uplink of a wireless communication network Systems and methods for assigning resources in a wireless communication system are provided. First data addressed to a first wireless device can be encoded by multiplying the first data with a first masking code. In addition, second data addressed to a second wireless device can be encoded by multiplying the second data with a second masking. The encoded first data can be assigned to a first resource element of a resource block. The encoded second data can be assigned to a second resource element of the resource block. Alternatively, the encoded first and second data can be assigned to the same resource element of a single resource block. The resource block can be transmitted to the first wireless device and the second wireless device.
US09807767B2	Systems and methods for allocating tones between users in wireless communication systems Methods and apparatus for signaling tone allocations in OFDMA communication are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the method includes determining a tone allocation which divides a plurality of tones between a plurality of wireless communication devices, the tone allocation including at least one of determining a plurality of subbands, each subband comprising an exclusive contiguous subset of the plurality of tones, at least one subband of the plurality of subbands assigned to two or more devices of the plurality of wireless communication and assigning a tone group size to each wireless communication device of the plurality of wireless communication devices, wherein the tone group size indicates a number of contiguous tones that the wireless communication device is allocated, wherein at least one tone group size is larger than one. The method also includes transmitting the tone allocation to each of the plurality of wireless communication devices.
US09807766B1	Method and system for component carrier selection based on content type A method and system for selecting carrier frequencies to use as a user equipment device's (UE's) primary component carrier (PCell) and secondary component carrier (SCell) for carrier aggregation service, based on consideration of the type of content that will be transmitted to or from the UE. A base station that is arranged to operate on a plurality of carrier frequencies may determine a type of content that will be communicated between the base station and a UE being served by the base station. Based on the determined type of content, the base station may select a first carrier frequency of the plurality to use as a PCell and may further select a second carrier frequency of the plurality to use as an SCell. The base station may then provide the UE with carrier aggregation service concurrently on the PCell and SCell.
US09807755B2	Method for allocating resources in a wireless communication system and a device for the same A method is provided for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) at a base station in a wireless communication system. The base station assigns a set of Virtual Resource Blocks (VRBs) for the DCI on a downlink subframe, wherein the DCI is related with a specific device. The base station transmits, to the specific device, the DCI via a specific downlink control channel configured for the specific device by using the downlink subframe. The set of VRBs is configured to be a same VRB set in a first slot and a second slot of the downlink subframe. If the set of VRBs is assigned in the first slot of the downlink subframe, the DCI is configured for a downlink transmission for the specific device. If the set of VRBs is assigned in the second slot of the downlink subframe, the DCI is configured for an uplink transmission for the specific device.
US09807752B2	Communication method, device, and system The present invention discloses a communication method, including: sending, by a user equipment, a request message to a micro network node, so that the micro network node sends an indication message to a macro network node; receiving an uplink resource (UG) sent according to the indication message by the macro network node; and sending uplink signaling or uplink data to the macro network node according to the uplink resource (UG). Embodiments of the present invention further provide a corresponding device and system. In technical solutions of the present invention, the micro network node participates in accessing the user equipment to a network, so that a UE can rapidly access the network, which reduces an access delay of the UE.
US09807746B2	Method of handling hybrid automatic repeat request feedback and related communication device A method of handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback in a subframe for a first communication device in a wireless communication system comprises determining whether the HARQ feedback exists in a physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) in a downlink (DL) control region of the subframe transmitted by a network of the wireless communication system according to a first uplink (UL)/DL configuration of the first communication device and a second UL/DL configuration of a second communication device in the wireless communication system communicating with the network; detecting the HARQ feedback in the PHICH of the subframe, if the HARQ feedback exists in the PHICH; and detecting the HARQ feedback according to DL control information (DCI) in a physical DL control channel (PDCCH) in the DL control region, if the HARQ feedback does not exist in the PHICH.
US09807743B2	Network-assisted LTE channel acquisition In one embodiment, the present disclosure provides an IRP manager configured to query at least one eNB to determine physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band information associated with one or more cell coverage areas associated with the at least one eNB and determine an optimal physical layer cell identification and LTE band for at least one cell associated with the at least one eNB. The optimal physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band may be based on, for example, network topology statistics (e.g., current cell coverage area, etc.), traffic load, etc. The optimal physical layer cell identification and/or LTE band information may be utilized by at least one UE within a coverage area of a WLAN AP to provide cell connection in the event the at least one UE falls outside the coverage area of a WLAN AP.
US09807742B2	Method and device for transmitting uplink control information A method and a device for transmitting an uplink control channel are provided. A user equipment (UE) receives downlink data which is scheduled by a downlink control channel from a network device, where the downlink control channel is a downlink control channel corresponding to a serving cell, the serving cell is a serving cell of at least two serving cells configured for the UE, the at least two serving cells include one primary serving cell and at least one secondary serving cell. The UE selects identity information according to the downlink control channel. The UE generates a physical uplink control channel corresponding to the downlink data by using the selected identity information, and transmits the physical uplink control channel on a channel resource of the physical uplink control channel.
US09807737B2	Method for receiving control information in wireless communications system and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, a method for enabling a terminal to receive control information in a wireless communications system according to the present invention includes the steps of: constituting PCell and SCell; and monitoring a plurality of expected channels in a search space to receive the control information from a sub-frame #n in SCell, wherein if the sub-frame #n is included in a particular sub-frame set, the search space includes CSS, or if the sub-frame #n is not included in the particular sub-frame set, the search space includes only USS.
US09807736B2	Method and apparatus for performing initial ranging for machine to machine communication service in a mobile communication system Provided is an INitial ranging (IN) method for a Machine to Machine communication service in a mobile communication system. The IN method includes if the presence of a terminal attempting IN is recognized, determining whether a service the terminal wants to receive is a mobile communication service or a Machine to Machine communication service; and setting an indicator indicating to use Ranging Preamble (RP) code partition information for available in the determined service, and transmitting ‘IN-related control information for mobile communication’ including the indicator to the terminal.
US09807725B1	Determining a spatial relationship between different user contexts A processing apparatus including one or more processors and memory determines a first context of a first user at a first location in a physical space based on sensor measurements from one or more sensors of a set of one or more devices coupled to the first user and detects movement of the first user to a second location in the physical space based on sensor measurements from one or more sensors of the devices. The processing apparatus determines a second context of the first user at the second location based on sensor measurements from one or more sensors of the devices and generates, based on the first context, the second context, and the movement of the user from the first location to the second location, a first mapping of the physical space that includes information corresponding to a spatial relationship between the first context and the second context.
US09807721B2	Method and apparatus for device-to-device synchronization sequence processing In one aspect of the teachings herein, a transmitter transmits synchronization signals according to one or more defined transmission characteristics that enable a receiver to distinguish the type of transmitter and/or the type of carrier used to convey the synchronization signals. Different types of transmitters reuse at least some of the same synchronization signal sequences and generation algorithms, but use different transmission parameters to impart one or more recognizable characteristics to the transmitted synchronization signals. In turn, an appropriately configured receiver “knows” which characteristics are associated with which transmitter and/or carrier types. For example, wireless devices operating in a wireless communication network transmit device-generated synchronization signals that reuse at least some of the same sequences used by network base stations for the transmission of network synchronization signals. However, device-generated synchronization signals are transmitted using a relative positioning or mapping that characteristically differs from that used for network synchronization signals.
US09807716B2	Method and apparatus for providing common time reference in wireless communication system A terminal and method of performing device-to-device (D2D) communication by a terminal in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes determining if a signal including synchronization information is received via at least one of an uplink and a downlink; and when the signal including the synchronization information is not received, transmitting a synchronization information-containing signal.
US09807709B2	Device to-device (D2D) cross link power control Device-to-device (D2D) cross link power control systems and methods may be disclosed. For example, a device such as a UE or WTRU may determine whether it may have simultaneous transmissions where at least one of the transmissions may include a cross link transmission. The device may further determine whether a total transmit power of the simultaneous transmissions may exceed a maximum transmit power of the device. If the device may have simultaneous transmissions and such transmissions may exceed the maximum transmit power, the device may reallocate power based on a priority or priority setting. The device may further determine a maximum cross link power, a maximum device power, and a cross link transmit power level such that the device may further control the power for transmissions based thereon.
US09807708B2	Radio communication apparatuses and radio communication method A radio communication apparatus is provided, which includes a receiver and a controller. The receiver, in operation, receives a first power headroom (PHR), which is obtained by subtracting a transmit power for a data channel from a maximum transmit power at a mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station, and receives a second PHR, which is obtained by subtracting the transmit power for the data channel and a transmit power for a control channel from the maximum transmit power at the mobile station and which is transmitted from the mobile station. The controller, in operation, selectively sets a simultaneous transmission of the data channel and the control channel in different frequency bands to be performed by the mobile station. When the data channel and the control channel are simultaneously transmitted in different frequency bands from the mobile station, the second PHR is obtained and transmitted from the mobile station.
US09807706B2	Power control for devices having multiple antennas Power control for devices having multiple transmit antennas are disclosed, including power control methods for Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) and Sounding Reference Signal (SRS) transmissions for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The PUCCH and SRS power control methods include selecting a multiple input multiple output (MIMO) mode and changing the power of the PUCCH or SRS transmission based on the selected MIMO mode. Another power control method estimates an antenna gain imbalance (AGI) for a WTRU having at least two transmit antennas. The AGI is based on measuring a Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) on each transmit antenna. Each transmit antenna is then scaled by an AGI scaling factor based on the estimated AGI.
US09807703B2	High-frequency signal processing apparatus and wireless communication apparatus A high-frequency signal processing apparatus and a wireless communication apparatus can achieve a decrease in power consumption. For example, when an indicated power level to a high-frequency power amplifier is equal to or greater than a second reference value, envelope tracking is performed by causing a source voltage control circuit to control a high-speed DCDC converter using a detection result of an envelope detecting circuit and causing a bias control circuit to indicate a fixed bias value. The source voltage control circuit and the bias control circuit indicate a source voltage and a bias value decreasing in proportion to a decrease in the indicated power level when the indicated power level is in a range of the second reference value to the first reference value, and indicate a fixed source voltage and a fixed bias value when the indicated power level is less than the first reference value.
US09807693B2	Method for minimizing power consumption and electronic device implementing the same A method of minimizing power consumption of an electronic device is provided. The method includes receiving a signal through a plurality of receivers of the electronic device, checking a status of the received signal, determining whether the received signal satisfies a preset amplifier control condition based on the status of the received signal, and adjusting a gain of an amplifier, which is connected to a receiver of the plurality of receivers, in response to the preset amplifier control condition when the preset amplifier control condition is satisfied.
US09807692B2	Systems and methods for providing power management A network device includes one or more memories and one or more processor circuits coupled to the one or more memories. The one or more processor circuits are configured to cause providing for transmission a request directed to a network controller to change a power state of the network device, receiving a grant from the network controller in response to the request, and changing the power state of the network device in response to receiving the grant. The power state of the network device includes a running power state and a standby power state, where the standby power state includes an active mode and an idle mode. A network controller for granting a request from the network device to change a power state of the network device is also disclosed.
US09807686B2	Measurements to aid rapid identification of neighbor cells A method for communication in a wireless telecommunications system is provided. The method comprises performing, by a UE, responsive to the UE being engaged in an emergency service, at least one neighbor cell measurement regardless of a value of an RSRP in relation to a cell measurement parameter and regardless of a configuration status of the cell measurement parameter.
US09807678B2	Communications system A communication apparatus which communicates with a base station, the communication apparatus includes a receiving circuit configured to receive a message from the base station, wherein the message includes at least information identifying if the base station is a hybrid access mode base station; and a transmission circuit configured to transmit a parameter which identifies a user equipment to the base station when the base station is the hybrid access mode base station.
US09807662B2	Method and apparatus for device handover Disclosed in the present invention are a method and an apparatus for device handover, which belongs to the mobile communication field. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining a Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service configuration information of neighbor cells; selecting a target cell for a user equipment according to the MBMS service configuration information of the neighbor cells and the MBMS service reception information of the user equipment; handing over the user equipment to the target cell. The apparatus comprises: an acquiring module, for obtaining the Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) service configuration information of the neighbor cells; a selecting module, for selecting a target cell for a user equipment according to the MBMS service configuration information of the neighbor cells and the MBMS service reception information of the user equipment; a handover module, for handing over the user equipment to the target cell. With the implementation of the technical solution that the MBMS service configuration information of the neighbor cells is obtained, the target cell for the user equipment is selected according to the MBMS service configuration information and the MBMS service reception information of the user equipment, and the user equipment is handed over to the target cell, the present invention enables the user equipment to switch to an appropriate target cell.
US09807652B2	System and method for providing handover to an ambiguous small cell access point in a network environment An example method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a request to relocate a user equipment (UE) from a source macro radio to an ambiguous small cell access point (AP), wherein the request includes a target cell identity (ID) encoded with a source macro cell identifier for the source macro radio and a target sub-carrier identifier for the ambiguous small cell AP; determining potential target small cell APs for relocation of the first UE using the using the first target cell ID, wherein each of the potential target small cell APs are within a coverage area of the source macro radio and operate using the target sub-carrier identifier; and preparing, for each of the potential target small cell APs, a common channel to receive relocation of the first UE. The first UE can relocate to a particular target small cell access point using the common channel.
US09807650B2	Method for handing over a terminal during a non steady VoIP call, network element, device and system The present invention provides a method for handing over a terminal from a packet switching domain to a circuit switching domain during a non steady state of a call, a network element managing service centralization and continuity, an access device, a network element managing mobility of a terminal, as well as a communication system at least comprising at least a terminal, a network element managing service centralization and continuity, an access device and a network element managing mobility of a terminal. The method comprises a first network element anchoring the call based on the call setup request received from the terminal, and storing a provisional response returned to the terminal and the state of the call; the terminal detecting that a handover is necessary and sending a measurement report to an access network; the access network deciding to request a second network element for handover, upon detection of a signaling bearer while the measurement report meets handover condition; the second network element deciding to send the first network element a PS to CS handover request upon detection of the signaling bearer, after receiving a request for handover from the access network; and after reception of said handover request, if the first network element detects that the call is in the non steady state, then it checks the previously stored provisional response and sends the provisional response to a third network element, whereby completing the session handover procedure and updating the remote end.
US09807647B2	Method for determining transport block size and signal transmission method using the same A method for receiving, by a first device, data from a second device. The first device receives modulation and coding related information and resource related information for a transport block with a size for the data, and receives second cyclic redundancy check (CRC) attached code blocks to which a first CRC attached transport block corresponding to the transport block is mapped. The first device obtains the transport block with the size from the second CRC attached code blocks based on the modulation and coding related information and resource related information. The modulation and coding related information and the resource related information represent the size of the transport block. The size of the transport block is one of a plurality of predetermined transport block sizes. The plurality of predetermined transport block sizes are predetermined such that all the second CRC attached code blocks have a same size as each other.
US09807643B1	Multiple operator, shared communications terminal Provided are a communications apparatus including an LTE central node including at least a pair of radio base stations, a processor, and at least a pair of virtualized cores respectively and operatively connected with the pair of radio base stations, each radio base station and each core being configured together on a separate, common platform and forming a base station and core set, and each base station and core set being configured to selectively coordinate communications traffic; and, in a radio access network (RAN), a communications method including receiving a first signal at a central node comprising at least a pair of radio base station and virtualized core sets, in which each set is formed as a system on a chip (SoC), and transmitting a second signal, based on the first signal, each base station and core set being configured to selectively coordinate communications traffic.
US09807640B2	Network operating system resource coordination Network device coordination schemes allocate resources, configure transmission policies, and assign users to utilize resources. A set of transmission policies is generated to services users while each user maintains a throughput threshold. The set of transmission policies can be altered to alter a network energy efficiency. The set of transmission polices can be altered based on energy consumption, data throughput, channel characteristics, measured interference, and the like.
US09807638B2	Method for reporting channel quality One embodiment of the present specification provides a method by which a user equipment (UE) reports channel quality. According to the method, the UE can receive a channel state information-interference measurement (CSI-IM) configuration of first and second transmission points (TPs). Here, the CSI-IM configuration includes at least three configurations for the CSI-IM, and the at least three configurations for CSI-IM can include a first CSI-IM configuration for measuring interference to the first TP caused by the second TP, a second CSI-IM configuration for measuring interference to the second TP caused by the first TP, and a third CSI-IM configuration for measuring interference from other interference sources. Therefore, according to the channel quality reporting method, the UE can feed a channel quality indicator (CQI) measured using the first CSI-IM configuration and a CQI measured using the third CSI-IM configuration back to the first TP.
US09807624B2	Self-adjusting wireless in-band backhaul A communication cell may use a wireless in-band backhaul to route backhaul traffic to a macrocell of a carrier network such that the backhaul traffic is delivered to a core network of the carrier network. The communication cell may route backhaul traffic of user devices via the wireless in-band backhaul between the communication cell and the macrocell. The wireless in-band backhaul may take place of a dedicated backhaul between the communication cell and the core network. As the backhaul traffic is routed, if a characteristic of the wireless communication between the communication cell and the macrocell fails to meet a threshold, an antenna of the communication cell may be electrically or mechanically adjusted to improve the characteristic of the wireless communication. The adjustment of the antenna includes performing a beam forming or moving one or more antenna elements of the antenna.
US09807620B2	Method and apparatus for interference management in heterogenous networks A method is provided a wireless system for providing small “guard” cells in a heterogeneous network at locations proximate to privately-maintained HeNB (or femto) cells in the heterogeneous network. More particularly, the methodology of the invention addresses the problem of a mobile user in a heterogeneous network located nearby to a privately maintained HeNB cell in the heterogeneous network, and the inherent interference created for the HeNB cell by the necessity of the mobile user having to transmit and receive communications from a distant public macro eNB. By deploying small public “guard” cells in the macro cell proximate to the private HeNB cells, such a public mobile terminal is enabled to communicate with the public small cell at generally lower power than would have been necessary for communication with the distant macro eNB, with a resulting reduction in interference for the nearby HeNB cell. The FL interference between the macro cell and the HeNBs is also mitigated.
US09807618B2	Performance enhancements for frequency reuse and time division multiplexing in a licensed assisted access system Techniques and apparatuses for wireless communication are described herein. According to some possible aspects, a base station may determine a random number to be used in association with performing a clear channel assessment (CCA) in a licensed assisted access (LAA) network. The base station may determine the random number in coordination with one or more other random numbers determined by one or more other base stations. The base station may determine, based on the random number, a time to perform the CCA to reduce or prevent conflicts with the one or more other base stations.
US09807617B2	Higher order MU-MIMO for LTE-A An access node of a 3GPP LTE-based wireless communication network comprises a transmitter portion that transmits downlink control information (DCI) to at least one wireless station of a plurality of wireless stations wirelessly accessing the node as a Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) wireless communication network. The DCI comprises at least one code word indicating a rank of a channel matrix between the transmitter portion of the node and the wireless station greater than 4 and a spatial-related configuration for the wireless station. In one exemplary embodiment, the transmitter portion transmits the DCI from one substantially localized geographical transmission point forming a single-cell access point for the plurality of wireless stations. In another exemplary embodiment, the transmitter portion transmits the DCI from multiple geographically substantially isolated transmission points forming a single-cell access point.
US09807616B2	Electronic apparatus and control method thereof According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus has a communication circuitry, a memory and a processor. The circuitry communicates with terminals by short-distance wireless communication in accordance with a wireless communication standard. The memory stores first security data of a first terminal and second security data of a second terminal. The processor receives a command to lock or unlock an electronic locking, waits for any security data to be received from the terminals for a period after a reception of the command, accepts the command if the first and second security data is received for the period, and rejects the command if at least one of the first and second data is not received for the period.
US09807611B2	Electronic device and voiceprint authentication method An electronic device uses a voiceprint for user authentication, and includes a storage unit, a voice input unit, and at least one processor. The storage unit registers a first voiceprint based on first voice corresponding to a first character string and a second voiceprint based on second voice corresponding to a second character string longer than the first character string. The at least one processor generates a third voiceprint from third voice input to the voice input unit after registration of the voiceprint in the storage unit, and makes a first comparison between the first voiceprint and the third voiceprint as first user authentication. The at least one processor generates a fourth voiceprint from fourth voice input to the voice input unit after the third voice, and makes a second comparison between the second voiceprint and the fourth voiceprint, when the first user authentication has failed.
US09807601B2	Geo-fencing based functions Systems and methods are provided for geo-fencing using a mobile device. In certain instances, the geo-function setting sets boundaries relating to when alerts may be presented to a user of the electronic device, or when an alert may be transmitted to another electronic device. A geo-function setting may relate a perimeter around a location, or may relate to a perimeter bracketing a pre-defined route traversed by a person carrying the electronic device. When the electronic device crosses a perimeter, an alert may be presented or transmitted according to the operating system setting. In other instances, a geo-function may be initiated though a user interface of the electronic device, and may relate to the learning of a route traversed by a person carrying the electronic device.
US09807593B2	Communications system, capability openness gateway, and method for opening wireless pipe capability Embodiments of the present invention provide a communications system, a capability openness gateway, and a method for opening a wireless pipe capability. The system includes: a COGW and at least one wireless pipe network element, where a first interface is provided between the COGW and the capability openness object, and a second interface is provided between the COGW and the at least one wireless pipe network element; the COGW is configured to converge a capability of the at least one wireless pipe network element through the second interface, and supply the capability of the at least one wireless pipe network element to the capability openness object through the first interface; and the capability openness object is configured to use the capability of the at least one wireless pipe network element, thereby implementing openness of a wireless pipe capability.
US09807591B2	Establishment of connection to the internet in cellular network Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods to establish a connection to the Internet via a local gateway (L-GW) function for a LIPA or a SIPTO@LN. The establishment of the connection to the Internet may be performed, for example, by at least one of an E-RAB SETUP procedure, an INITIAL CONTEXT SETUP procedure, an INITIAL UE MESSAGE procedure or an UPLINK NAS TRANSPORT procedure.
US09807590B2	Techniques to facilitate dual connectivity Examples are disclosed for facilitating dual connectivity for user equipment (UE) in a wireless network. The examples include establishing a backhaul link between base stations serving as primary and secondary cells for separate UE connections to management or gateway entities for the wireless network. The primary base station may provide macro cell coverage for the one or more UEs while the secondary base station may provide small cell coverage. The two base stations may split at least some protocol stack processing for radio bearers associated with the separate UE connections. Control information may be exchanged through the backhaul link to facilitate the split protocol stack processing. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09807588B2	Wireless controller communication method and wireless controller A wireless controller communication method and a wireless controller are provided. The method comprises: receiving, by the wireless controller, an identifier and address information allocated to the wireless controller by a network management device; registering, by the wireless controller, attribute information of a slave control device belonging to the wireless controller with the network management device, wherein the network management device establishes a mapping relationship between the wireless controller and the slave control device; searching for address information of the slave control device based on the mapping relationship when the wireless controller needs to communicate with the slave control device; and establishing, by the wireless controller, communication with the slave control device based on the address information of the slave control device.
US09807584B2	Communication apparatus, control method, and storage medium In the case of receiving a first signal from another communication apparatus after starting operation as an access point, a communication apparatus provides a communication parameter to the other communication apparatus, and in the case of receiving a communication parameter provision request from another communication apparatus from when starting the operation as the access point and until the elapse of a predetermined time, the communication apparatus provides a communication parameter to the other communication apparatus even in the case where the first signal is not received from the other communication apparatus.
US09807581B2	Text message sender location and PSAP determination systems and methods Computer systems, according to various embodiments, are adapted to assist emergency services providers in determining the location of an individual who is in need of help. In various embodiments, the system may be adapted to determine a current dispatchable location for the individual who is in need of help, use the determined dispatchable location to determine which particular public-safety answering point will be handling an emergency electronic communication (e.g., text message or other, non-text digital or analog electronic communication) regarding the individual, update a data structure associated with the particular public-safety answering point to indicate the individual's current location, and then initiate and/or mediate an electronic communication between the individual and the emergency services provider. In various embodiments, updating the database may provide more accurate information regarding the individual's location than would otherwise be available for the individual.
US09807575B2	System and method for forming electronic groups Methods, computer readable media, and electronic devices are provided for forming an electronic group by determining that a plurality of electronic devices satisfy at least one proximity criterion; determining a plurality of candidate members for the electronic group according to contact list information for at least one of the plurality of electronic devices; and forming the electronic group from the plurality of candidate members.
US09807568B1	System and method for passive building information discovery A system and method is provided that facilitates passive building information discovery. The system may include a processor configured to track positions in a building of portable devices over time and based thereon determine characteristics of the building including locations in the building where at least some of the portable device are unauthorized, based on communications received from radio-frequency (RF) sensors mounted in spaced-apart relation across the building. Such communications may include information detected by the RF sensors from RF signals from the portable devices that uniquely identify each portable device. The processor may be configured to determine when at least one of the portable devices is detected via a communication from at least one of the RF sensors at a determined unauthorized location in the building, and responsive thereto provide at least one notification that indicates that the at least one portable device was detected at the unauthorized location.
US09807567B1	Techniques for heuristically determining coordinates in a wireless network A technique for a network entity to locate a first device and a second device within a communication network is described. The technique receives measurement data from the first device and the second device, appends the received measurements data to a database that includes prior measurement data, and determines coordinate values for each of the first device and the second device based on the measurement data and at least a portion of the prior measurement data. The technique may further determine a location distribution for one of the first device and the second device with respect to the network entity and determine a statistical coordinate value for the first device and the second device. The location distribution may be adjusted based on whether the device is mobile or stationary.
US09807566B2	Method and device for adjustment of at least one parameter of a communication system A method for adapting at least one parameter of a communication system between two subscribers, wherein at least one subscriber is mobile, in which case a current position of the mobile subscriber is determined at a time and a channel quality for a future time is estimated on the basis of the current position using an environmental model, wherein at least one parameter is changed at the future time on the basis of the estimation. Also disclosed is an apparatus.
US09807562B2	Method and system for obtaining location information regarding a device in a wireless network A method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a subscriber device; obtaining contextual information regarding the request; and formulating a positioning request for transmission to the device, wherein depending on the contextual information, the positioning request is formulated to instruct the device to retrieve location information from a first or a second type of location establishment entity. Also, a method for execution by at least one entity in a wireless communication environment, the method comprising: receiving a request for location information pertaining to a device; determining that the device is equipped with both a built-in location establishment entity and a removable location establishment entity; consulting an information database to select one of the location establishment entities; instructing the device to retrieve location information from the selected location establishment entity.
US09807560B2	Method and network node for enabling position determination of a user equipment measurement Method and a network node (110, 910) for enabling position determination of a measurement performed by a user equipment (120) served by a base station (110). The user equipment (120) and the base station (110) are comprised in a cellular communications network (100). A measurement report comprising measurement data associated with the measurement and a time of measurement thereof is received (301, 801) from the user equipment (120). One or more first type of data associated with the user equipment (120) at a respective point in time are retrieved (302, 802), which first type of data is localization corresponding data. Based on the time of measurement, first type of data that corresponds to the time of measurement is determined (303, 803) from the retrieved one or more first type of data. The determined first type of data is associated (304, 804) with the measurement data. The position of the measurement may then be determined based on the first localization corresponding data associated with the measurement data.
US09807556B2	Locator system A locator system and method of use is disclosed. The locator system may be used to receive radiolocation signals, calculate location data based on the radiolocation signals, and send the current location data over a telecommunication network to a server computer. A client may request the location data from the server computer and the server may send the location data to the client.
US09807544B2	Addition of secondary endpoint based on message reply A method for adding an additional endpoint for a service based on a short messaging service (SMS) message may include receiving a request to add a second user equipment (UE) as an additional endpoint for a service associated with a first UE, and generating a transaction identifier in response to receiving the request. The method may include sending a command to provide a short message service (SMS) message to the first UE requesting permission to add the second UE as the additional endpoint, and receiving a message granting permission to add the second UE as the additional endpoint, where the message may include a network identifier assigned to the first UE. The method may include generating credential(s) for authorizing the second UE to access the service, and may then provide the credential(s) to the second UE.
US09807537B2	Signal processor and signal processing method A signal processor includes an input unit that receives a first audio signal and a second audio signal including mutually correlated components, a delay unit that delays the first audio signal received at the input unit by a prescribed delay time, a synthesis unit that synthesizes the first audio signal having been delayed by the delay unit with the second audio signal received at the input unit, and outputs a third audio signal resulting from synthesis, and a frequency band restriction unit that restricts a level of the first audio signal before the synthesis in a prescribed frequency band including a frequency of a dip occurring at a lowest frequency among a plurality of dips occurring in a frequency characteristic of the third audio signal as a result of the synthesis performed by the synthesis unit.
US09807534B2	Device and method for decorrelating loudspeaker signals A device for generating a multitude of loudspeaker signals based on a virtual source object which has a source signal and a meta information determining a position or type of the virtual source object. The device has a modifier configured to time-varyingly modify the meta information. In addition, the device has a renderer configured to transfer the virtual source object and the modified meta information to form a multitude of loudspeaker signals.
US09807532B2	Acoustic apparatus, system and method of fabrication An acoustic apparatus includes an anchored diaphragm that is actuated by mechanical energy and a transduction material that is disposed in the anchored diaphragm that generates the mechanical energy that actuates the anchored diaphragm. The acoustic apparatus further includes an extendable diaphragm that is actuated when the anchored diaphragm is actuated and a plurality of damping holes that are disposed about the extendable diaphragm and that allow the extendable diaphragm to actuate in a vertical direction.
US09807525B2	RIC assembly with thuras tube A hearing aid assembly comprising a receiver comprising a front chamber and a back chamber being acoustically coupled to respective front and back chamber openings, and acoustical guiding means for guiding air from at least one of the front and back chamber openings to an air mixing zone for mixing air from the front and back chamber openings. The mixing of air from the front and back chambers enhances the low-frequency response of the hearing aid assembly.
US09807523B2	Hearing aid antenna with symmetrical performance Left/Right (L/R) hearing assistance device (HA) symmetrical performance of the antenna is highly desired when using the same HA design for both the left and the right ears. Physical symmetry and loading of the antenna, both internal and external to the HA, is usually not possible because the antenna should avoid the microphone, battery, and switch locations within the HA. Described herein are antenna structures, hearing assistance devices with integrated antennas, and methods of wireless communication in hearing assistance devices which create symmetrical (L/R) antenna performance with physically asymmetrical antenna designs.
US09807518B2	Acoustic transducer This invention relates to acoustic drivers with stationary and moving coils. Time varying signals are applied to the moving and stationary coils to control the movement of a diaphragm, which produces audible sound. The time varying signals correspond to an input audio signal such that the sound corresponds to the input audio signal. Some of the described embodiments include multiple moving coils, multiple stationary coils or both. Some embodiments include feedback for adjusting one or more of the signals based on a characteristic of the acoustic driver. Various compensation and other features of the invention are also described in relation to various embodiments.
US09807511B2	Speaker with a coil stabilizer and method for manufacturing the same A speaker and method for making the same are provided. The speaker includes a permanent magnet and a coil disposed about a first axis around the permanent magnet, the coil being configured to move along the first axis. The speaker further includes a membrane attached to a top surface of the coil and a stabilizer contacting at least one of an internal surface, an external surface, and a bottom surface of the coil, and configured to limit movement of the coil relative to a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.
US09807508B2	Long stroke speaker A long stroke speaker is provided in the present disclosure. The long stroke speaker includes a shell, a magnetic system received in the shell, and a vibrating system. The vibrating system includes a membrane and a coil assembly connecting to the membrane for driving the membrane to vibrate. The membrane includes a membrane body and a periphery surrounding the membrane body. The periphery includes a first periphery part with a first protrusion portion protruding away from the magnetic system, and a second periphery part with a second protrusion portion protruding towards the magnetic system.
US09807507B1	Electronic accessory apparatus and audible signal transmission method thereof An electronic accessory apparatus and audible signal transmission method thereof are provided. The electronic accessory apparatus includes a type C USB connector, a first switch circuit, a second switch circuit, a grounding switch circuit and a first channel selector. The type C USB connector has a plurality of data pin sets, a first ground pin, and a second ground pin. The first switch circuit transports a data signal set or an audible output signal set to a first selected data pin set according to a first control signal. The second switch circuit transports the audible output signal set to the first selected data pin set according to the first control signal. The grounding switch circuit is turned on or cut off according to a second control signal. The first channel selector sets a signal transmission relation between the first audible input signal set and the first and second ground pins.
US09807503B1	Systems and methods for use of adaptive secondary path estimate to control equalization in an audio device In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, an adjustable equalization filter may have a response that generates an equalized source audio signal from a source audio signal to account for effects of changes in an electro-acoustical path of the source audio signal to a transducer. An equalizer coefficient control block may adapt the response of the adjustable equalization filter in response to changes in a response of a secondary path estimate filter for modeling the electro-acoustical path of a source audio signal through the transducer, wherein a response of the secondary path estimate filter is adapted in conformity with an error microphone signal indicative of the acoustic output of the transducer.
US09807478B2	Optical buffer and methods for storing optical signal An optical buffer and a method for storing an optical signal using the optical buffer, where the optical buffer includes a first waveguide, a first optical delay waveguide loop and a controller. The first waveguide includes a first arm and a second arm, where a first end of the first arm is an input end of the optical buffer, and a second end of the second arm is an output end of the optical buffer. A second end of the first arm connects to a first end of the second arm. The first optical delay waveguide loop connects to the first arm at a first end using a first optical switch, and a second part of the first optical delay waveguide loop connects to the second arm at a second end using a second optical switch. The controller connects to the first optical switch and the second optical switch respectively.
US09807475B2	Methods and systems for sensing ambient conditions using passive radio frequency (RF) devices Disclosed are various embodiments of systems and methods related to measuring one or more ambient conditions within a confined environment. A telemetry monitoring system comprises a magnetic resonator disposed within a confined environment. The magnetic resonator may be passively energized by an interrogating antenna situated outside the confined environment. Resonant signal responses emitted from the magnetic resonator may be analyzed to determine one or more ambient conditions within the confined environment.
US09807463B2	Unified media program guide systems and methods An exemplary method includes a media program guide system 1) providing, for display on a display screen, a media program guide user interface that includes a grid of cells representing scheduled-type media content and on-demand-type media content, and a selector window positioned relative to the grid of cells to select a cell included in the grid of cells, and 2) selectively configuring a feature of the selector window based on whether the cell selected by the selector window represents the scheduled-type media content or the on-demand-type media content. Corresponding systems and methods are also described.
US09807444B2	Running touch screen applications on display device not having touch capability using a remote controller not having any touch sensitive surface A TV without a touch screen can nonetheless execute applications designed for mobile devices that assume a touch screen user interface (UI) by a “dumb” remote control with up/down, left/right, select buttons, or by a remote control with a touch pad, or by a remote control application running on a mobile device with a touch screen that communicates with the TV. In all three scenarios, the TV recognizes that it is running in a special remote control mode and with a corresponding remote control application running on the TV that is able to intercept key presses and finger swipes and translate them to touch screen commands that are input to a touch screen-enabled software application running on the TV.
US09807443B2	Systems and methods for providing storage of data on servers in an on-demand media delivery system A system and method may be provided that allows users to store, retrieve, and manipulate on-demand media content and data stored on a remote server network in an on-demand media delivery system. More particularly, the system may allow a user to access his or her on-demand media account from user equipment in different locations as long as the current user equipment can communicate with a remote server that stores user-specific information. The system upon user selection may freeze the delivery of on-demand media at a particular point and allow the user to resume the media at a later time from some other network location in system. Users may upload personal images or files to an on-demand delivery server for later retrieval and display. Users may be permitted to assign access rights to the uploaded files.
US09807440B2	Method and apparatus for processing digital service signal An apparatus of processing digital service signals includes a PDI module configured to receive a PDI table, wherein the PDI table includes at least one question element having an id field identifying a PDI question and extract the PDI question from the PDI table, a PDI storing module configured to receive a PDI answer according to the extracted PDI question, a filtering module configured to receive a filtering criteria information associated with downloadable contents including criterion id and criterion value, wherein the criterion id identifies each criterion matching the id field of each of the PDI question and the criterion value indicates a value of the criterion being a possible answer to the PDI question and filter contents of the digital service signal using the filtering criteria information to determine the contents to download.
US09807439B2	Method for managing channel and electronic device therefor An electronic device and method thereof are provided. The electronic device includes a display; and a processor configured to control the display, wherein the processor is further configured to identify a condition for updating a channel, compare the condition for updating the channel to a predetermined condition, determine whether to update the channel based on a result of the comparison, and control the display to display information relating to updating the channel. The method includes identifying a condition for updating a channel; comparing the condition for updating the channel to a predetermined condition; determining whether to update the channel based on a result of the comparison; and displaying information relating to updating the channel.
US09807438B2	Video on demand gifting A system receives, from a first user device associated with a giver, a request for a video-on-demand (VOD) gift, wherein the request identifies a recipient and a VOD selection. The system creates a billing event corresponding to the VOD gift, for an account associated with the giver, and generates a coupon code for the VOD gift. The coupon code is associated with the identified recipient and the VOD selection. The system sends, to a second user device associated with the recipient, an indication of the VOD gift that includes the coupon code. The system receives, from a third user device associated with the recipient, the coupon code and provides, to the third user device, information to enable access to VOD content corresponding to the coupon code.
US09807437B2	Method, system, mobile device, apparatus and computer program product for validating rights objects A method, system, mobile device, apparatus and computer program product are provided for accurately determining whether one or more rights objects associated with a mobile device are valid. In particular, a secure time source (e.g., DRM clock or time) may be maintained by the mobile device and used to check the validity of the one or more rights objects. In order to ensure that the secure time source or clock remains accurate, the mobile device may update the secure time source by regularly requesting and receiving the DVB-H network time from a DVB-H network entity. Because the DVB-H network time is secure, accurate and readily accessible, it provides an ideal tool for correcting possible drift in the mobile device's secure time source.
US09807431B2	Generic indication of adaptation paths for scalable multimedia A file format structure for use with scalable video coding systems and methods, where a rate share operation box indicates which adaptation operation points for coded media are available in a file. The rate share operation box can include a characterization of the adaptation result for each adaptation operation point. In addition, the rate share operation box can include an identifier that indicates which algorithm was used in generating each adaptation operation point.
US09807418B2	Reference picture signaling An encoded representation of a picture of a video stream is decoded by retrieving buffer description from the encoded representation. The buffer description information is used to determine at least one picture identifier identifying a respective reference picture as decoding reference for the picture. A decoded picture buffer is updated based on the determined picture identifier. The encoded representation of the picture itself comprises the information needed by a decoder to identify the reference pictures required to decode the encoded representation.
US09807401B2	Transform unit partitioning for chroma components in video coding A video encoding device is configured to obtain an N by N array of residual values for a luma component and a corresponding N/2 by N array of residual values for a chroma component. The video encoding device may partition the N/2 by N array of residual values for the chroma component into two N/2 by N/2 sub-arrays of chroma residual values. The video encoding device may further partition the sub-arrays of chroma residual values based on the partitioning of the array of residual values for the luma component. Video encoding device may perform a transform on each of the sub-arrays of chroma residual values to generate transform coefficients. A video decoding device may use data defining sub-arrays of transform coefficients to perform a reciprocal process to generate residual values.
US09807394B2	Image coding and decoding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics An image coding method and apparatus considering human visual characteristics are provided. The image coding method comprises (a) modeling image quality distribution of an input image in units of scenes such that the quality of an image input in units of scenes is gradually lowered from a region of interest to a background region, (b) determining a quantization parameter of each region constituting one scene according to the result of modeling of image quality distribution, (c) quantizing image data in accordance with the quantization parameter, and (d) coding entropy of the quantized image data.
US09807392B2	Sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment method and apparatus and SAO adjustment determination method and apparatus A sample adaptive offset (SAO) adjustment method, the method includes: obtaining slice SAO parameters with respect to a current slice from a slice header of a received bitstream; obtaining luma SAO use information for a luma component of the current slice and chroma SAO use information for chroma components of the current slice from the slice SAO parameters; determining whether to perform an SAO adjustment on the luma component of the current slice based on the obtained luma SAO use information; and determining whether to perform an SAO adjustment on a first chroma component and a second chroma component of the current slice based on the obtained chroma SAO use information.
US09807390B2	Image coding apparatus for correcting coarseness and encoding uncompressed data An image coding apparatus obtains a quantization parameter of a macroblock to be encoded. The quantization parameter is corrected by adding a correction value thereto. An encoding part encodes the macroblock by using the corrected quantization parameter. After the encoding, a quantization parameter correction part calculates the cumulative target amount of codes by accumulating the target amounts of codes set for the encoded macroblocks, respectively, and calculates the cumulative amount of generated codes by accumulating the respective amounts of generated codes of the encoded macroblocks. If the cumulative amount of generated codes is larger than the cumulative target amount of codes, the quantization parameter correction part increments the correction value. A new macroblock to be encoded is quantized more coarsely than the encoded macroblocks.
US09807389B2	Method and apparatus for improving visual quality by using neighboring pixel information in flatness check and/or applying smooth function to quantization parameters/pixel values An image processing method includes at least following steps: partitioning a picture into a plurality of picture regions, wherein each picture region comprises at least one pixel group row, each pixel group row comprises at least one pixel group, and the picture regions comprise a first picture region and a second picture region horizontally adjacent to each other; and performing flatness check upon a specific pixel group in a pixel group row of the first picture region through using at least one pixel borrowed from the second picture region.
US09807379B2	Systems and methods for displaying an image or video on a retro-reflective screen A display system comprises a projector combined with a retro reflective screen and a viewer distance from the projector such that the observation angle is less than approximately 2-3 degrees. The brightness of the image on the screen for the proposed display system is increased by a factor of ˜100-500× as compared to traditional display systems with for an equivalent power/intensity light source.
US09807378B2	Systems and methods for displaying an image or video on a retro-reflective screen A display system comprises a projector combined with a retro reflective screen and a viewer distance from the projector such that the observation angle is less than approximately 2-3 degrees. The brightness of the image on the screen for the proposed display system is increased by a factor of ˜100-500× as compared to traditional display systems with for an equivalent power/intensity light source.
US09807374B2	Stereoscopic image capturing device and stereoscopic image capturing method A camera unit that captures and generates a plurality of images of a subject and a setting unit that sets different image capturing positions of the camera unit are provided. The setting unit sets the different image capturing positions so that the distance between an n-th image capturing position and an n+1th image capturing position and the distance between an m-th image capturing position and an m+1th image capturing position among the different image capturing positions differ from each other, where n and m are different natural numbers.
US09807371B2	Depth perceptive trinocular camera system A method for detecting decalibration of a depth camera system including a first, second, and third cameras having overlapping fields of view in a direction includes: detecting a feature in a first image captured by the first camera; detecting the feature in a second image captured by the second camera; detecting the feature in a third image captured by the third camera, the third camera being non-collinear with the first and second cameras; identifying a first conjugate epipolar line in the second image in accordance with a detected location of the feature in the first image and calibration parameters; identifying a second conjugate epipolar line in the second image in accordance with a detected location of the feature in the third image and the calibration parameters; and calculating a difference between a detected location of the feature in the second image and the first and second conjugate epipolar lines.
US09807370B2	Compact stereoscopic picture taking system A stereoscopic picture taking systems includes a first camera having a first optical objective, and a second camera having a second optical objective, where the optical characteristics of the two objectives are substantially identical. The stereoscopic system also includes a plane semi-reflecting plate in front of the first objective and inclined by a predetermined angle on the optical axis of the first objective. The stereoscopic picture taking system also includes an optical element having a plane reflecting surface disposed at the level of the second objective and inclined by the same predetermined angle on the optical axis of the second objective such way that the main part of the optical axis of the second objective is substantially parallel to the optical axis of the first objective. This optical element can be a plane mirror or a return prism. The first objective has a plate of identical optical thickness.
US09807364B2	Support bar for virtual reality camera A support bar for virtual reality camera, including a mounting case on which the virtual reality camera is mounted; rotation shafts which are arranged on both ends of a weight center of the mounting case and rotates the mounting case up and downward; a balance weight arranged on a lower part of a weight center of the mounting case; a support plate which connects the rotation shaft and a support bar to rotate the mounting case front and rearward; and a rotation control device on the rotation shaft. A magnet is provided on one side of the rotation shaft and a magnetic body such as steel is provided on the other side; and a wide view sight photographing lens on an upper one side of the mounting case, which has a view angle of front rear and left right 360°.
US09807361B2	Three-dimensional display device, three-dimensional image processing device, and three-dimensional display method A three-dimensional display device for displaying a three-dimensional image, including: a gaze point obtaining unit which obtains a position of a gaze point of a viewer; a fusional area determination unit which determines a fusional area where binocular fusion is allowed, based on the obtained position of the gaze point; a correction unit which corrects the three-dimensional image so as to suppress display of an object that is included in the three-dimensional image outside the fusional area; and a display unit which displays the corrected three-dimensional image.
US09807347B2	Encapsulated image acquisition devices having on-board data storage, and systems, kits, and methods therefor A method of one aspect may include receiving an encapsulated image acquisition device having an internal memory. The internal memory may store images acquired by the encapsulated image acquisition device. The images may be transferred from the internal memory to an external memory that is external to the encapsulated image acquisition device. An image analysis station may be selected from among a plurality of image analysis stations to analyze the images. The images may be analyzed with the selected image analysis station. Other methods, systems, and kits are also disclosed.
US09807335B2	TV program playing method, remote control and TV The present disclosure provides a TV program playing method, a remote control and a TV, and the method comprises: obtaining, by the remote control, a first unlock instruction triggered by a first user when a TV system is in standby state; obtaining, by the remote control, a first heart rate feature information of the first user via the optical sensor according to the first unlock instruction; sending, by the remote control, a first playing instruction carrying an identifier of the first user to the TV when a difference between the first heart rate feature information and a second heart rate feature information in a feature library is less than a threshold so that the TV plays a program in a program list corresponding to the identifier of the first user, wherein the feature library pre-stores corresponding relationship between identifiers and heart rate feature information of users.
US09807334B1	Analog to digital conversion with enhanced precision A device for conversion of an analog signal into a digital signal includes a clock signal generator and a ramp generator configured for delivering a rising voltage ramp. A comparator is configured for comparing the value of the analog signal and the value of the voltage ramp and for generating a comparison signal taking a first logical value when the two values are equal. A signal generator is configured for generating a counter signal equal to the inverse of the clock signal if the comparison signal takes its first value while the clock signal is in the high state, or a counter signal equal to the clock signal if the clock signal is in the low state. A counter is configured for counting the number of edges of the counter signal.
US09807333B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging system An imaging apparatus according to an exemplary embodiment includes pixels, reading circuits, first current sources each including a first transistor, second current sources each including a second transistor, a first control unit configured to control outputting a current from the first transistor to the reading circuit, and a second control unit configured to perform selectively supplying a voltage to a gate of the second transistor and holding a voltage at the gate of the second transistor. When the second control unit supplies the voltage to the gate of the second transistor, the second transistor supplies the reference current and the first control unit stops outputting the current from the first transistor to the reading circuit. When the second control unit holds the voltage at the gate of the second transistor, the first control unit causes the first transistor to output the current from the first transistor to the reading circuit.
US09807332B2	Image capturing apparatus and method for controlling the same An image capturing apparatus comprises: an image sensor that includes a plurality of pixels, each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a readout unit that reads out a signal from a portion of the photoelectric conversion elements of each pixel as a first signal and reads out a sum of signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements of each pixel as an image signal; a generation unit that generates a second signal for each pixel using the image signal and the first signal; and a calculation unit that calculates a moving amount of a focus lens for achieving an in-focus state based on a phase difference between the first signal and the second signal. The calculation unit performs the calculation without using a signal from a defective line.
US09807326B2	Image sensor In an image sensor, a front-end circuit provides an output signal indicative of the amount of light in response to at least one input signal. The front-end circuit includes a transistor having a threshold voltage that affects a relationship between the output signal and the level of the detection quantity. This transistor has a biasing node via which a biasing voltage can be applied to a semiconductor region that affects the threshold voltage of the transistor. A replica of the front-end circuit receives at least one defined input signal, among which is a substitute of the detection quantity having a defined level. The replica is arranged in a control loop that controls the biasing voltage that is applied to the biasing node in the replica, so that the replica provides a defined output signal. This biasing voltage is then also applied to the biasing node in the front-end circuit.
US09807325B2	Imaging apparatus, control method for imaging apparatus, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium An imaging apparatus comprising an image sensor including a plurality of focus detection pixels for generating a focus detection image and a plurality of imaging pixels for generating a captured image, a color ratio detection unit detecting a color ratio based on a pixel value output from a pixel in a position surrounding a processing target pixel, a color conversion unit generating a first pixel value by applying color conversion with the color ratio to a pixel value output from a pixel that is located in the predetermined direction of the processing target pixel, and an adding unit generating a third pixel value by adding a second pixel value output from the processing target pixel with the first pixel value having the same color as the second pixel value.
US09807324B2	Methods for correcting bad pixels and apparatuses using the same A method for correcting bad pixels, performed by a processing unit, at least contains: reading a block of a frame; labeling each pixel of the block as a good pixel, a weak pixel, or a bad pixel; detecting a weak-pixel pair from the block, which includes two pixels labeled as weak pixels; re-labeling the pixels of the weak-pixel pair as bad pixels converted from weak pixels; and correcting the pixels labeled as the bad pixels, and the bad pixels converted from weak pixels.
US09807310B2	Field display system, field display method, and field display program A field display system is provided which can intelligibly present to a user a range in which a camera can capture an image of an entire target to be monitored or a certain part or more of the target to be monitored. A projecting unit 5 projects a position in an image captured by a camera, on a plurality of monitoring domains obtained by moving, in parallel, a region to be monitored which defines a range to be checked for an image capturing situation of the camera, the monitoring domain being determined based on a height of a target to be monitored, an image of which is captured by the camera, and specifies fields of the plurality of monitoring domains as a range an image of which the camera can capture without being blocked by an obstacle. An integrating unit 6 integrates the fields in the monitoring domains. The display control unit 7 causes the display apparatus to display an integration result of the fields.
US09807303B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program An information processing apparatus includes a first optical system, a second optical system, and a casing. The first optical system is configured to input light into a first imaging device. The second optical system is configured to input light into a second imaging device. The casing includes one surface long in a specific direction with the first optical system and the second optical system being arranged in the one surface in an orthogonal direction almost orthogonal to the specific direction. The first optical system and the second optical system are arranged such that an optical axis of the first optical system and an optical axis of the second optical system form an angle in the specific direction.
US09807295B1	Lens module and electronic device having the same A lens module for autofocus of a camera in passive mode includes a lens barrel containing a first lens, a second lens, a pressure sensor, an image sensor, and a processor. In the passive autofocus mode, the first lens is located at a first end of the lens barrel and moves within the lens barrel when a distance to a target object changes. The pressure sensor between the first and the second lenses senses both pulling and pushing pressures which the first lens applies. The image sensor is adjacent to an end of the lens barrel and is behind the first and second lenses. The processor can apply formulas to calculate a distance between the target object and the lens module.
US09807280B2	Image processing apparatus, method, and storage medium A binary image of an input image is generated, and a character region within the binary image and a region surrounding each character are acquired as character segmentation rectangle information. A thinning process is executed on a region within the binary image which is identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information to acquire a thinned image. An edge detected image of the region identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information is acquired. Whether each character identified based on the character segmentation rectangle information is a character to be separated from a background by the binarization process or not is determined based on a result of a logical AND of the thinned image and the edge detected image.
US09807276B2	Image processing apparatus having a display device for displaying a trimming range selection screen, and image processing method An image processing apparatus for photographing a user includes a photographing device configured to photograph the user to generate a photographed image; a display device configured to display a selection screen that is a screen with which the user selects one of a plurality of trimming ranges, the trimming range being a range of trimming a part of the photographed image generated by the photographing device; an instruction receiving device configured to receive selection of the trimming range on the selection screen; and a trimming processor configured to perform a trimming process on the photographed image generated by the photographing device based on the trimming range selected with the instruction receiving device.
US09807273B2	Information presentation system and information presentation method An information presentation method includes an apparatus information acquisition step to acquire as apparatus information a detection result of detecting a state of an image forming apparatus by a detection part, an input step to let a user of the image forming apparatus input a content to search for about the image forming apparatus as search input information by an input part, a presentation order determination step to read more than one of multiple answers stored in a server device on a symptom that occurred in the image forming apparatus based on the search input information and the apparatus information, the read answers being to be presented to the user, and to determine a presentation order of the answers, and a presentation step to present, by a presentation part, the answers to the user in the presentation order.
US09807270B2	Image reading apparatus and image forming apparatus An image reading apparatus includes a first transparent plate that supports an original document, a second transparent plate that is disposed adjacent to the first transparent plate, a reading member that moves along the first transparent plate to read an image of the original document supported by the first transparent plate and is disposed on a lower side of the second transparent plate, a positioning member that positions the reading member with respect to the second transparent plate in a plate thickness direction of the second transparent plate in a state where the reading member is disposed on the lower side of the second transparent plate, and a transporting member that transports an image of an original document to be read by the reading member positioned with respect to the second transparent plate by the first positioning member, in a linear shape along the second transparent plate.
US09807269B2	System and method for low light document capture and binarization with multiple flash images The embodiments include systems and methods for guiding a user to capture two flash images of a document page, and selectively fuse the images to produce a binary image of high quality and without loss of any content. Each individual image may have an FSR where the content is degraded/lost due to the flash light. The idea is to first guide the user to take two images such that there is no overlap of flash-spots in the document regions. The flash spots in both images are detected and assessed for quality and extent of degradation in both images. The image with lower degradation is chosen as the primary image and the other image as secondary, to minimize fusing artifacts. The region in secondary image corresponding to the FSR in the primary is aligned to the primary region using a multiscale alignment technique. The primary image and aligned FSR are binarized and fused in the vicinity of the flashspot in the primary using an intelligent technique that minimizes fusion boundary artifacts such as cutting of characters and words.
US09807268B2	Image forming apparatus having firmware update function, method of controlling the same, program for executing the method, and storage medium An image forming apparatus which is started in a plurality of modes and improved in reliability of the firmware update function. An image forming apparatus includes a storage unit that stores standard firmware for a normal operation and safe firmware for updating the standard firmware, in respective different storage areas. A standard firmware update section updates the standard firmware. Proper operations of the standard firmware update section and the safe firmware update section are verified before updating them, respectively. When the verification of the operation of the standard firmware update section is successful, the standard updating section is caused to perform the update of the standard firmware. When the verification of the operation of the safe firmware update section is successful, the safe firmware update section is caused to perform the update of the safe firmware.
US09807257B2	System and method of remote fax interconnect technology The present invention provides systems and methods for the virtualization, aggregation, and distributed processing of facsimile communications. The Remote FAX Interconnect known as etherFAX® is a system and method that allows for the reception and delivery of information based on cloud computing infrastructure to or from one or more facsimile systems using Internet/web based communication protocols such as HTTP(S) as the transport between a facsimile capable application or hardware and the remotely accessible etherFAX® services.
US09807254B2	System, apparatus and method configured to detect, analyze and/or report impact to output device Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided to allow for detection of an impact to an output apparatus. Such impact may be caused by a sudden force applied to one or more points on the apparatus housing or another part of the apparatus accessible from outside the apparatus housing. An impact detector outputs to an apparatus controller an impact report including impact time and impact data corresponding to the detected impact event.
US09807251B2	Toll-free telecommunications management platform Methods and systems are provided for the management, routing and reporting of toll-free telecommunications calls and data. Methods and systems are provided for pre-populating a call routing template based on natural language inputs and populating telecommunications routing codes at nodes of a call routing decision tree to generate a call routing template that may be identified and presented to a user interface based at least in part on a natural language input.
US09807247B2	Systems and methods for sharing cost of a video-on-demand subscription with another subscriber Systems and methods are provided herein for sharing cost of a video subscription of a primary subscriber with a secondary subscriber. These systems and methods provide the secondary subscriber with access to the primary subscriber's video subscription and track a variety of metrics pertaining to access of the video subscription by each subscriber. These systems and methods determine, based on the access metrics, the relative usage of the video subscription by each subscriber and split the total cost of the subscription among them accordingly. This cost sharing subscription model may overcome inefficiencies in cost allocation in current subscription cost models and enable video streaming providers to increase their subscriber satisfaction levels and new subscriber acquisition rates.
US09807241B2	Electronic device and method for managing incoming calls A method for managing an incoming call includes sending a first predetermined voice message to a caller when a fixed-line telephone receives the incoming call from the caller, capturing an image of a predetermined scene range of the fixed-line telephone when the incoming call is determined to be calling for the owner of the fixed-line telephone, sending prompt information to at least one mobile device when the owner of the fixed-line telephone is not detected, performing a corresponding function according to a selected operation of an owner of the at least one mobile device.
US09807238B2	System and method for gamified service request management A computing system and method for request management receive an incoming customer request at a request management server. Components at the server identify a type of problem associated with the request and the customer sending the request. The system searches for a customer experience profile for the identified customer in a customer database stored in a computer memory and determines based on the customer experience profile if the customer has prior experience solving the type of problem identified. The system routes the customer to an abbreviated resolution process when the customer has prior experience solving the identified type of problem and resolves the request using the abbreviated resolution process.
US09807237B2	System and method for a progressive dialer for outbound calls A system and method are disclosed herein for an automated progressive dialer system. The system comprises maintaining a callee database for a calling campaign. A Presence registrar is maintains a list of call center agents, wherein the list comprises the agent's current state, account information and other metrics. An agent progressive dialer (APD) indicates an agent's current state to the Presence registrar and maintains an agent's open line to connect with a connected outbound call to a callee. One or more callees are selected to call based upon the agent's current state. Outbound calls are placed to the selected callee using a callee progressive dialer (CPD). Upon successfully connecting a call to a callee, the Presence registrar provides an available agent with an open line to receive the call. The CPD then bridges the successfully connected callee outbound call with the available agent's open line on the APD.
US09807234B2	Disaster relief event call flagging Embodiments of the invention relate to systems, methods, and computer program products for providing disaster relief event call flagging. The system, method, and computer program product are configured to create a disaster relief event associated with a plurality of customer accounts maintained by an entity, wherein the disaster relief event comprises one or more parameters that identify locations associated with the disaster relief event; create a temporary dialer file for use in contacting the plurality of customers in reference to the accounts, wherein the dialer file is based at least partially on the one or more parameters of the disaster relief event, and automatically suspend contact to one or more customers based at least partially in response to the telephone numbers of the one or more customer being excluded from the temporary dialer file.
US09807218B2	Method for filtering spam in electronic device and the electronic device A method for filtering spam in an electronic device is provided. The method includes transmitting a request message inquiring whether a received call or message is spam to a server through a mobile communication network, in response to the received call or message being determined to be spam based on a response message received from the server, displaying an alert message, and storing a sender phone number of the received call or message in a spam phone number list.
US09807211B2	Protective modular case for electronic device A protective case for an electronic device includes an inner liner, a first aperture, a second aperture, and an outer shell. The inner liner receives the electronic device and the first aperture permits access to a touchscreen interface of the electronic device. The second aperture permits optical access to a camera of the installed electronic device. The outer shell includes an attachment mechanism for attaching an accessory. The attachment mechanism includes a receiver channel to slidably receive a rail member of the accessory to removably attach the accessory to the protective case. The receiver channel includes a lip for retaining the rail member in the receiver channel. The attachment mechanism further includes a snap feature having an interference fit with a corresponding snap feature of the rail member to removably lock the rail member into the receiver channel when the rail member is inserted into the receiver channel.
US09807210B2	Cordless phone A cordless phone includes an earpiece speaker, a ringtone speaker, a front casing in which the earpiece speaker is held and a reception sound opening covered by the earpiece speaker is formed, a rear casing in which the ringtone speaker is held and a ringtone opening covered by the ringtone speaker is formed, an earpiece speaker rear opening formed in the rear casing, and a cushion material. The cushion material is in close contact with an inner wall surface of the rear casing, surrounds the earpiece speaker rear opening, is in close contact with a rear surface of the earpiece speaker, separates the rear surface of the earpiece speaker from a space in the casing defined based on the front casing and the rear casing, and allows the rear surface of the earpiece speaker to be in communication with the earpiece speaker rear opening.
US09807209B2	Mobile terminal A mobile terminal, including: a main body in which a semicircle-shaped, cell chamber with an opened end is provided, wherein one inner side of the cell chamber is provided with a plurality of groups of electrode contacts, and the other inner side of the cell chamber is provided with a plurality of sliding tracks at locations corresponding to the plurality of groups of electrode contacts, respectively; and a semicircle-shaped cell having one side provided with a plurality of groups of electrodes configured to be engaged with the electrodes, and the other side provided with a plurality of positioning tracks configured to be engaged with the sliding tracks. The mobile terminal allows replacing a cell in a switched-on state without opening a back cover of the main body.
US09807206B2	Aggregating physical network interfaces for peer-to-peer connections The disclosed embodiments provide a system that facilitates communication with a first electronic device from a second electronic device. During operation, the system establishes a peer-to-peer connection between the first electronic device and the second electronic device on a first physical network interface. Next, the system uses the peer-to-peer connection to obtain, on the second electronic device, a first set of network-interface capabilities for the first electronic device. Finally, the system switches the peer-to-peer connection to a second physical network interface based on at least one of the first set of network-interface capabilities and one or more characteristics associated with the peer-to-peer connection.
US09807203B2	Method and apparatus for content transmission and content reception A method of transmitting content to a content receiver and of receiving content from a content transmitted is provided. The method may include receiving, at a content transmitter, a content transmission request fragmenting a segmented content corresponding to the content transmission request into at least one frame, generating a header comprising a frame identifier for the at least one frame, and transmitting the at least one frame and the header to the content receiver.
US09807189B2	Data transfer device and data transfer system using adaptive compression algorithm A data transfer device compresses and transfers data according to a priority given to a CPU-constraint process imposing a constraint to a compression processing speed over a NW bandwidth-constraint process imposing a constraint to a transfer processing speed. It is necessary to select a compression algorithm, applied to the CPU-constraint process or the NW bandwidth-constraint process, based on a NW bandwidth, compressibility, and compression processing speed maximizing an effective throughput. When the amount of compressed data held in a temporary hold part is smaller than the predetermined value, the compressed data of the NW bandwidth-constraint process is stored in a temporary hold part. When the amount of compressed data held by the temporary hold part is larger than the predetermined value, the compressed data of the CPU-constraint process is stored in the temporary hold part. Thus, it is possible to improve an effective throughput by effectively using NW bandwidths.
US09807188B2	Methods and apparatuses for dynamic content offloading Methods and apparatuses for dynamic content offloading are provided. For example, a method includes sending, by a client device, a request for one or more data files and receiving a redirection message redirecting the client device to receive the one or more data files through a broadcast channel if offloading is available for the one or more data files. As another example, a method a method includes configuring a client device to utilize offloading and dynamically redirecting the client device to a broadcast channel to receive a transmission of one or more data files in response to (i) receiving a request from the client device for the one or more data files, (ii) determining that offloading to the broadcast channel is appropriate for the one or more data files, and (iii) determining that the client device is configured to utilize offloading.
US09807186B1	Transmitting notifications to users in a venue based on locations of users within the venue To improve communication with users, a venue management system is associated with the venue and allows an administrator to configure notifications to send to users at or near the venue. To configure a notification, the administrator provides to the venue management system notification information for presentation to users, criteria describing conditions need to be satisfied for the notification to be transmitted to users, and user targeting information identifying characteristics of users to receive the notification. Based on information gathered by the venue management system, the venue management system determines whether at least a threshold amount of the criteria of the notification are satisfied. If at least the threshold amount of the criteria of the notification are satisfied, the venue management system sends the notification to users having characteristics matching at least a threshold amount of the user targeting information.
US09807159B2	Allocation of virtual machines in datacenters A method of operating a datacenter comprising a plurality of hosts coupled by a network, the hosts being configurable to run a plurality of virtual machines, the method comprising: collecting network load information indicating a load of the network; determining a target allocation of one of the virtu machines at one of the hosts based on the collected network load information; and allocating the one virtual machine at the one host based on the determined target allocation.
US09807156B2	Cloud computing infrastructure A first node comprises a web server with a network interface configured to connect the web server to a plurality of second nodes of a cloud infrastructure. The first node has physical storage, connected to the web server, the physical storage comprising at least a master database of a multi-master database system of the cloud computing infrastructure, the master database configured to store atomic code units and data redundantly as part of the multi-master database system, the atomic code units defining the dynamic web application. The web server receives requests comprising input data and identifiers of individual ones of the atomic code units, at least some of the requests originating from client devices using the dynamic web application. The web server executes, in response to requests, individual ones of the atomic code units in dependence on state of the master database, such that the dynamic web application is executed.
US09807152B2	Distributed processing device and distributed processing system as well as distributed processing method In a distributed processing device, there are provided: a collective communication means in which at least one activated process executes a local collective communication among a plurality of processes within one process group among a plurality of process groups generated by partitioning the plurality of processes by a first partitioning pattern; and a communication control means for selecting, after the local collective communication, a second partitioning pattern different from the first partitioning pattern used in the local collective communication and allowing the collective communication means to execute a next local collective communication using data based on a result of the local collective communication among a plurality of processes within one process group among a plurality of process groups generated by partitioning the plurality of processes by the second partitioning pattern.
US09807140B2	Method, terminal, and system for reproducing content A method of reproducing content is provided. The method includes, when a sync terminal reproduces content by receiving the content from a source terminal via a certain network, reproducing the content in a mirroring mode during a certain time, buffering image data corresponding to the content to be reproduced after the certain time, during the certain time, and reproducing the content in a streaming mode after the certain time by using the buffered image data.
US09807133B2	Notification control apparatus for replying to received information and notification control method In accordance with one embodiment, a notification control apparatus comprises an interface and a control section. The interface receives first information sent from a terminal held by a user. The control section calculates, based on the information received by the interface, a distance from the notification control apparatus to the terminal held by the user, and carries out a control to send reply information to the terminal held by the user if the distance is within a given range, and not to send reply information if the distance is out of the given range.
US09807130B2	Multiple avatar personalities Perception of multiple online personas is enabled in an instant messaging communications session. At least two identities within a communications environment to whom messages may be directed are identified. A first persona of a user is enabled to be projected to a first of the identities while a second persona of the same user is enabled to be concurrently projected to a second of the identities. The first and second personas each include an avatar capable of being animated, and the first persona and the second persona differ.
US09807122B2	Security considerations for outgoing communications A method includes determining a topic and a media type of a communication to be sent from a sending communication device to a designated receiving communication device, assigning one or more security requirements to the communication based on the topic and the media type, identifying a security state of the receiving communication device for receiving the communication via the media type, and transmitting the communication from the sending communication device to the receiving communication device only in response to the security state of the receiving communication device satisfying the one or more security requirements.
US09807118B2	Security orchestration framework In an example, there is disclosed a computing apparatus, including: a network interface; one or more logic elements providing a security orchestration server engine operable for: receiving contextual data from a client via a network interface; providing the contextual data to a security orchestration state machine, the security orchestration state machine operable for deriving a policy decision from the contextual data; and receiving the policy decision from the policy orchestration state machine. There is also disclosed one or more tangible, non-transitory computer-readable mediums having stored thereon executable instructions for providing a security orchestration engine, and a method of providing a security orchestration engine.
US09807117B2	System and apparatus for providing network security A rule engine receives data flows. The data flows are between a network and an application. The rule engine determines data flow information and in dependence on the information performs an action with respect to said flow. A controller provides control information to the rule engine to define one or more actions. The communications between said rule engine and said controller are secure.
US09807114B2	System and a method for identifying the presence of malware using mini-traps set at network endpoints A system for identifying the presence of advanced persistent threats on a network including a plurality of resources, interconnected to form a network, at least one decoy resource, at least one mini-trap installed on at least one of the plurality of resources and functionally associated with at one of the at least one decoy resource, the at least one mini-trap comprising deceptive information directing malware accessing the at least one mini-trap to the decoy resource associated therewith, and a manager node forming part of the network, locally or remotely, and configured to manage placement of the at least one mini-trap on the at least one of the plurality of resources and association between the at least one mini-trap and the decoy resource associated therewith.
US09807102B1	Real-time communication support system within a group A communication support system among a plurality of users within a hierarchical structure is disclosed herein. An electronic note may be transcribed using a computing device within an active session that has other authorized users. The communication support system may determine other devices authorized to receive electronic notes, at the end of each session all information is permanently deleted. Notes may be sent based a chain of command of those users in a session. Notes will be relayed based on an authorization level of each client computing devices and will be relayed when certain criteria are satisfied. The electronic note may be transmitted to a second client computing device based on the authorization level and the criteria being satisfied. The second computing device may then approve of and forward the electronic note to a relatively higher client computing device within the hierarchy, such as a third client computing device.
US09807083B2	Distributed white list for security renewability To provide for security and robustness in distribution of high value video content such as UHD video, a white list is provided that does not grant default access to content like a revocation listing does, but rather forces a software update on potentially compromised devices to bring them back into copy protection compliance, eliminating, e.g., the use of certain outputs that have been compromised. Prior to outputting content, a source device determines whether the receiving device is on a white list, whether the output is still valid, whether the version number of the receiving device is still valid, and that the receiving device does not have insecure outputs on which it could re-output content.
US09807082B2	Certificate information storage system and method A system and method of storing in a computer device digital certificate data from a digital certificate are provided. When a digital certificate is received at the computer device, it is determined whether the digital certificate data in the digital certificate is stored in a first memory store in the computer device. The digital certificate data is stored in the first memory store upon determining that the digital certificate data is not stored in the first memory store.
US09807077B2	Systems and methods for containerized data security Provided herein are systems and methods useful in facilitating containerized data security. The system may include a data store, a computer processing unit, a network interface, and memory. The memory may contain executable instructions for causing the system to perform a containerized data security method including obtaining a first external communication from a source external to the system; associating the first external communication with the first container; authenticating the first external communication with respect to the first container; providing the first external communication to an unencrypted instance of the first container in the memory; obtaining a first responsive communication from the unencrypted instance of the first container; and providing the first responsive communication to the source external to the system.
US09807075B2	Methods for activation of an application on a user device Methods for activating a second application on a user device using a first application already installed and activated on the user device are described. In one embodiment the second application requests activation from the first application. The first application then authenticates a user before providing an activation response. The activation response can be requested from a remote server by the first application on behalf of the second application. The methods improve the ease of activating new software on a user device.
US09807072B2	Fast-accessing method and apparatus A fast-accessing method may comprise: establishing a first security connection between a first network node and a user equipment; obtaining first information from a second network node, wherein the first information comprises at least one of system information of the second network node and an identifier of a security algorithm selected by the second network node for the user equipment; providing second information to the second network node, in response to an indication of the second network node from the user equipment, wherein the second information comprises security information related to the user equipment; and sending the first information to the user equipment for establishing a second security connection between the user equipment and the second network node.
US09807064B2	Distributed backup and retrieval system A method is provided for performing distributed backup and retrieval of data. Data is sent by a plurality of client devices to be processed by a server and then stored in a database. A subset of the processed data stored in the database is backed up to each of the plurality of client devices. For the one or more particular client devices owned by a user, the subset of processed data stored on the one or more particular client devices is the subset of processed data that is associated with the user. The server and client device is updated to maintain the same state of processed data in the database and the backup. In the event of failure of either the database or a client device, processed data may be restored using the processed data stored on the database or the backup stored on the plurality of client devices.
US09807063B2	Control method and device for controlling authenticity of codes resulting from application of a bijective algorithm to messages A device (CD) is intended for controlling authenticity of a code received with a message by an electronic device (ED2) and resulting from application to this message of a bijective algorithm with at least one predetermined key. This device (CD) has i) a first computation means (CM1) arranged for applying partly this bijective algorithm with this predetermined key, from a starting step to a chosen intermediate step, to the received message, in order to get a first result, ii) a second computation means (CM2) arranged for applying partly in a reverse manner the bijective algorithm with the predetermined key, from an ending step to this chosen intermediate step, to the received code while using the received message, in order to get a second result, and iii) a comparison means (CM3) arranged for comparing these first and second results and for outputting an information representative of the authenticity of the received code when the first and second results are identical.
US09807061B2	Privacy server for protecting personally identifiable information A privacy server protects private information by substituting a token or an identifier for the private information. The privacy server recognizes that a communication includes private information and intercepts the communication. The privacy server replaces the private information with a random or pseudo-random token or identifier. The privacy server maintains the private information in a local database and associates the private information for a particular person with the token or identifier for that person.
US09807060B2	Governed routing of enterprise data in hybrid mobile applications Methods and arrangements for protecting enterprise data with respect to a hybrid application in a mobile device that accesses a global computer information network using enterprise infrastructure. A hybrid application is recognized in a mobile device, the hybrid application being configured to communicate with an enterprise network and a non-enterprise network. There are provided, in communication with the hybrid application, controls for segregating data flows from the enterprise network and non-enterprise network. A policy service is provided, which applies a policy for the segregating and governed routing of data flows from the enterprise network and the non-enterprise network. Other variants and embodiments are broadly contemplated herein.
US09807054B2	Method and system for advanced alias domain routing A method and system for advanced alias domain routing are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a computer implemented method comprises receiving an incoming message from a first unified communications server, the incoming message comprising source address data, destination address data, and digital content. A real address of a destination address is computed by using the source address data, and an alias address of a source address is computed by using the destination address data. The incoming message is processed, wherein processing the incoming message includes enforcing policies. An outgoing message is generated comprising the digital content, the real address and the alias address. The outgoing message is transmitted to a second unified communications server.
US09807052B2	Consistent binding of shared storage across clustered servers An information handling system includes first and second nodes and a storage enclosure. The nodes share access to the storage enclosure. The nodes bind a logical unit number (LUN) in the storage enclosure consistently regardless of an order in which the two devices access the LUN. The system further preferably includes a switch between the nodes and the storage enclosure wherein multiple paths exist between a node and the storage enclosure. The storage enclosure preferably includes first and second storage processors and multiple ports per processor. The first node preferably includes first and second host bus adapters. The first host bus adapter preferably connects the node to a first of the switches and the second host bus adapter connects the node to a second of the switches. The system preferably includes multiple paths between the first node and a LUN in the storage enclosure.
US09807046B2	Automated messaging system survivor An automated messaging system for distributing personalized messages of a deceased user to particular recipients on particular dates.
US09807042B2	Enhanced real-time messaging A system includes a gateway that is configured to receive a message from a source for transmission to a destination and multiple communication channels on which to transmit the message to the destination, where the communication channels include different types of communication channels. The system includes a decision engine that is operably coupled to the gateway and the communication channels. The decision engine is configured to select a first communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination. The decision engine is configured to select a second communication channel from the communication channels to route the message for transmission to the destination in response to a period of time expiring without receiving an acknowledgement from the destination via the first communication channel, where the second communication channel is a different type of communication channel than the first communication channel.
US09807040B2	Instant messaging system and method An instant messaging system comprising an instant messaging server to which a plurality of client devices are connectable to the Internet; where client device(s) belonging to a user is connectable to the instant messaging server by using an identifier of the user; wherein in a default mode an instant message is sent from a client device to the instant messaging server for routing to an intended recipient via Internet connection; and if the Internet connection is not available the instant message is routed via another electronic link to the instant messaging server for routing to an intended recipient, the another electronic link using a session-based protocol is disclosed.
US09807030B2	Method and apparatus for implementing traffic flags for large service groups The use of traffic flag symbols allows a large number of CPEs to transmit traffic notifications to a network controller. In some such embodiments, hundreds of CPEs simultaneously transmit traffic flags on different subcarriers of a channel. For example, in a MoCA2 based access network, up to 480 CPEs can transmit flags in only 5 μs in the 100 MHz-wide channel.
US09807027B2	Maintaining packet order in a multi processor network device A plurality of packets are received by a packet processing device, and the packets are distributed among two or more packet processing node elements for processing of the packets. The packets are assigned to respective packet classes, each class corresponding to a group of packets for which an order in which the packets were received is to be preserved. The packets are queued in respective queues corresponding to the assigned packet classes and according to an order in which the packets were received by the packet processing device. The packet processing node elements issue respective instructions indicative of processing actions to be performed with respect to the packets, and indications of at least some of the processing actions are stored. A processing action with respect to a packet is performed when the packet has reached a head of a queue corresponding to the class associated with the packet.
US09807026B2	Hierarchical quality of service scheduling method and device Provided are an HQoS scheduling method and device. A received uplink data packet is encapsulated and stored in a queue in uplink direction, and an uplink queue scheduling component is requested to perform scheduling. In this manner, HQoS scheduling in the uplink direction is implemented, and a personalized demand of a user can be met by scheduling uplink data, to carry out more flexible function customization. According to the method and device, the data packet may be further sent to a downlink direction after the HQoS scheduling in the uplink direction is completed, and the HQoS scheduling can be performed on the data in the downlink direction, so that the HQoS scheduling is respectively performed on the data in both the uplink direction and the downlink direction; in this manner, the real bidirectional HQoS scheduling control is implemented, and QoS of the user service can be guaranteed in both directions.
US09807025B2	System and method for ordering of data transferred over multiple channels A multiple channel data transfer system (10) includes a source (12) that generates data packets with sequence numbers for transfer over multiple request channels (14). Data packets are transferred over the multiple request channels (14) through a network (16) to a destination (18). The destination (18) re-orders the data packets received over the multiple request channels (14) into a proper sequence in response to the sequence numbers to facilitate data processing. The destination (18) provides appropriate reply packets to the source (12) over multiple response channels (20) to control the flow of data packets from the source (12).
US09807023B2	Method, apparatus and machine readable medium for traffic engineering in a communications network having quality of service flows and best effort flows The present disclosure provides a method, apparatus and machine readable medium for traffic engineering in a communications network having Quality of Service (QoS) flows and Best Effort (BE) flows. Traffic engineering in a mixed traffic scenario is a multi-objective optimization (MOO) problem having a solution which involves trade-offs between QoS performance objectives and BE performance objectives. In one embodiment of the method, jointly optimized paths and respective flow allocations for each of the QoS flows and BE flows are determined. At least one network component in the communications network are notified of the jointly optimized paths and respective flow allocations for each of the QoS flows and BE flows.
US09807022B2	Optimum utilization of yellow tokens in packet metering Packet metering systems and methods optimize utilization of yellow or excess tokens. The packet metering method includes receiving a packet of size B in an interval; and marking a color of the packet as green for committed, yellow for excess, or red for discard, based on the size B, a current committed token bucket for the interval, a current excess token bucket, and an overflow counter used to preserve unused yellow tokens from previous intervals while preserving Excess Information Rate (EIR) and Excess Burst Size (EBS) for the interval.
US09807019B2	Offline optimization for traffic engineering with segment routing Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of offline traffic matrix aware segment routing. The method may include receiving a traffic matrix based upon all the traffic between nodes i and j that is routed in the network; and determining the amount of traffic between nodes i and j will be routed through node k, based on minimizing a maximum link utilization for the traffic matrix by determining that the total amount of flow on a link e in the network is less than the link's capacity.
US09807008B2	Tournament scheduling A method is provided for allocating tasks amongst system computing resources by using polling tournaments. The method includes receiving a request to schedule a task. The task is associated with a constraint identifying an amount of computing resources needed to perform the task. A subset of candidate devices from a plurality of server computing devices is randomly selected to compete in a polling tournament for scheduling the task. The subset includes a predetermined maximum number of candidate devices. The candidate devices of the subset are polled to determine an amount of computing capacity currently available in each candidate device. A winning candidate device of the polling tournament is determined based on the amount of computing capacity currently available in each of the polled candidate devices and the constraint. Thereafter, the task is scheduled to be run by the winning candidate device.
US09807005B2	Multi-fabric manager One embodiment of the present invention provides a computing system. The computing system includes processing circuitry, one or more ports, a persistent storage module, and a management module. The persistent storage module stores a plurality of persistent storage instances associated with a plurality of switch groups. A respective persistent storage instance stores configuration information associated with a switch group in a data structure. The management module identifies at least two switch groups, which are associated with a logical network, from the plurality of switch groups and configures a respective virtual network representing the logical network in a respective identified switch group. The management module also maintains a mapping between a respective virtual network and the logical network.
US09806999B2	Method to manage an opportunistic communication network This relates to message propagation in an opportunistic communication network. Nodes of the network each have a ranking which is compared when the nodes connect, and message is transferred from one node to the other in dependence on the relative values of their respective rankings. The ranking is dependent on a plurality of parameters. One parameter is a social parameter determined by the social contacts of a user associate with a node, for example determined from the contact directory of that person either locally or from a central database such that located on a Face book servicer. Another parameter is the number of physical connections established by a node. The ranking values of connecting nodes is updated when they connect. By combining both parameters, a more efficient forwarding path for messages is obtained.
US09806996B2	Information processing system and control method for information processing system An effect range identifying unit identifies servers that were in communication. Then, the effect range identifying unit identifies virtual machines that were in communication in the identified servers. However, the effect range identifying unit excludes the virtual machine in which the time elapsed after the occurrence of the failure is greater than the aging time from the virtual machines that were in communication. Furthermore, the effect range identifying unit refers to the ARP management table and excludes the virtual machine in which the failure occurrence time is not greater than the transmission time from the virtual machines that are in communication. Then, the effect range identifying unit refers to VM allocation information and tunnel path information and identifies a tenant and a communication path that are affected by the failure.
US09806979B1	System, method, and computer program for optimizing a chain of virtual network functions in a network based on network function virtualization (NFV) According to one aspect of the present invention there is provided a system, method, and computer program product for deploying a plurality of virtual network function (VNF) instances in a communication network using network function virtualization (NFV-based network), where the network includes a plurality of computing-related units and communication links in-between, the method including: determining at least one performance value for at least one of the computing-related units and communication links, determining at least one performance requirement for at least one of the VNF instances, and associating the at least one VNF instance with at least one of the computing-related units and the communication links according to the at least one performance requirement and the at least one performance value.
US09806975B2	Methods and systems for managing capacity in a virtualized network An embodiment of the disclosure includes a method including providing a network function virtualization (NFV) capacity for a plurality of virtual network functions (VNFs) on a computing platform. A network function virtualization management function creates at least one VNF to operate on the computing platform to perform a network function. Each of the VNFs has a definition comprising a plurality of parameters. At least one of the parameters is a capacity indication relative to a capacity of the network function for the respective VNF.
US09806972B2	System and method for monitoring and altering performance of a packet network The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for monitoring performance of a packet network. In one embodiment, a method includes determining network performance information of a packet network by monitoring performance information packets that are communicated along network paths of the packet network. The method also includes appending the network performance information gathered at a network node along the network paths to data stored in the performance information packets. The method stores the network performance information collected by monitoring the performance information packets in memory and analyzes the stored network performance information to generate historical network performance information. The method automatically alters network operation in response to current network performance information indicating that the packet network is not operating properly based on the historical network performance information.
US09806971B2	Restricted-signal confirmation for high-throughput links In order to maintain performance during wireless communication via a channel in a restricted band of frequencies, a transmitting electronic device may monitor for unknown wireless signals in the restricted band of frequencies. If unknown wireless signals are detected by a radio in the transmitting electronic device, the transmitting electronic device may transfer the communication to another channel (which may have poorer performance) in a band of frequencies outside of the restricted band of frequencies. Moreover, a separate radio in the transmitting electronic device may concurrently receive the unknown wireless signals in the channel and may analyze the unknown wireless signals based on a target signature. If the unknown wireless signals do not match the target signature, the transmitting electronic device may transfer the communication back to the channel to restore the performance.
US09806966B2	Network management layer—configuration management Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing network management layer configuration management. In some embodiments, a system might determine one or more network devices in a network for implementing a service arising from a service request that originates from a client device over the network. The system might further determine network technology utilized by each of the one or more network devices, and might generate flow domain information (in some cases, in the form of a flow domain network (“FDN”) object), using flow domain analysis, based at least in part on the determined network devices and/or the determined network technology. The system might automatically configure at least one of the network devices to enable performance of the service (which might include, without limitation, service activation, service modification, fault isolation, and/or performance monitoring), based at least in part on the generated flow domain information.
US09806964B2	System and method for monetizing switching of web service messages The present system and method comprises an improved marketplace for providing and consuming services. Using the present system, generally via one or more APIs, comprises a method for integrating value added services within a network of participants, for instance, a payment network. The network can use service switching capabilities to route service calls to and from the service consumers and providers using routing elements defined in a message specification. Network participants can be both consumers and providers of services. The network can route service messages to the appropriate provider depending on details in the message.
US09806955B2	Network service incident prediction A device may obtain first information related to network devices of a network. The device may obtain second information related to the network devices and/or to one or more historic network service incidents. The one or more historic network service incidents may be related to network services provided in association with the network devices. The one or more historic network service incidents may include outages and/or degradations of one or more network services. The device may perform an analysis of the first information and the second information. The device may train a predictive model based on the analysis of the first information and the second information. The predictive model may predict a probability of a future network service incident based on the first information and/or the second information. The device may cause third information, related to the network devices, to be monitored based on the predictive model.
US09806950B2	System and method for automatically detecting and configuring server uplink network interface A system and a method for automatically detecting and configuring server uplink network interfaces in a network environment. An exemplary method includes receiving a discovery packet from a network element on a network interface of a server connected to the network element; evaluating the discovery packet to determine whether the network element possesses virtual bridging capabilities; and configuring the network interface of the server as an uplink interface for communicating with a network when the discovery packet indicates that the network element possesses virtual bridging capabilities.
US09806949B2	Transparent interconnection of Ethernet fabric switches One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a fabric switch module and a border module. The fabric switch module maintains a membership in a first fabric switch. The fabric switch includes a plurality of switches and operates as a single logical switch. The border module determines that the egress switch identifier in a first encapsulation header of a first packet is associated with a switch outside of the fabric switch. The first packet is forwardable in the first fabric switch based on the first encapsulation header. In response to the determination, the border module changes the ingress switch identifier in the first encapsulation header of the first packet to a first virtual switch identifier associated with a first virtual switch. This first virtual switch externally represents the first fabric switch.
US09806940B1	Device metering A system includes a configuration server, a client device, and a VPN system. The configuration server is configured to send a configuration profile to a client device. The configuration profile is configured to cause the client device to connect to a VPN system without user input and send network traffic through the VPN system. The client device is configured to receive the configuration profile and apply the received configuration profile such that the client device is configured to connect to the VPN system without user input and send network traffic through the VPN system. The VPN system is configured to receive the network traffic sent by the client device through the VPN system and record information about the network traffic sent by the client device through the VPN system.
US09806939B2	Method and apparatus for linear protection switching Provided is a linear protection switching method of a node, wherein the method includes selecting a local request based on a priority of at least one local request, determining a global request based on a priority between the selected local request and a remote message, and performing a state transition based on the global request.
US09806923B2	RXLOS deglitch apparatus and method A RXLOS deglitch apparatus for a receiver is provided. The RXLOS deglitch apparatus includes a sampler, an edge detecting unit and a finite state machine. The sampler receives a recovered clock, and samples a RXLOS signal according to the recovered clock. Consequently, a sampled RXLOS signal is generated. The edge detecting unit receives the RXLOS signal. When a logic level of the RXLOS signal is changed, an edge detection signal is activated by the edge detecting unit. The finite state machine receives the edge detection signal and the sampled RXLOS signal, generates an edge rest signal to control the edge detecting unit, and outputs a filtered RXLOS signal.
US09806921B2	Communication device and method for signal determination in radio communication A mobile communication device is provided that includes a receiver configured to receive a signal. The communication device further includes a calculation circuit configured to determine a cumulant value of an order higher than two of the received signal, to determine a function value of the determined cumulant value and to compare the determined function value with a predefined value. The communication device further includes a decoder configured to decode the received signal. The communication device further includes a target signal detector configured to activate the decoder based on the comparison of the function value with the predefined value.
US09806918B1	Fast direct feedback circuit for decision feedback equalization correction Embodiments include systems and methods for providing fast direct feedback to correct decision feedback equalization (DFE) in receiver circuits. Embodiments can provide direct feedback for DFE correction in a manner that is effective in high-speed data channels, while manifesting less latency, power consumption, and/or area than conventional DFE implementations. In some implementations, in each clock cycle (e.g., Tn), implementations can select (e.g., using a multiplexer) between a positive reference signal and a negative reference signal (e.g., both reference signals generated according to an inter-symbol interference magnitude for a data channel) according to a decision feedback signal from a previous clock cycle (Tn−1). The selected reference signal can be compared (e.g., in the same clock cycle Tn, using a comparator) with an input data signal to generated an updated decision feedback signal for a next clock cycle (e.g., Tn+1).
US09806915B1	Circuit for and method of receiving an input signal A continuous time linear equalizer comprises an input of a first equalizer path configured to receive a first differential input signal; an input of a second equalizer path configured to receive a second differential input signal; a first programmable load capacitor coupled to an output of the first equalizer path; a second programmable load capacitor coupled to an output of the second equalizer path; and a programmable source capacitor coupled between the first equalizer path and the second equalizer path.
US09806914B1	Successive signal interference mitigation A radar sensing system for a vehicle includes a transmitter, a receiver, and an interference mitigation processor. The transmitter transmits radio signals. The receiver receives radio signals. The received radio signals include reflected radio signals that are each transmitted radio signals reflected from objects in the environment. The receiver also down-converts and digitizes the received radio signals to produce a baseband sampled stream. The interference mitigation processor produces a second received radio signal that includes reflected radio signals that are transmitted radio signals reflected from a first object. The interference mitigation processor uses the second received radio signal to remove selected samples from the baseband sampled stream that are attributed to radio signals reflected from the first object to produce a modified baseband sampled stream. The receiver uses the modified baseband sampled stream to detect a second object more distant than the first object.
US09806912B2	Methods and devices for channel estimation and OFDM receiver A method (200) for channel estimation includes receiving (201) a receive symbol (206) comprising: a plurality of interfering transmissions from: a first transmit symbol (202), the first transmit symbol (202) comprising a plurality of unknown modulated symbols interleaved with a plurality of known modulated symbols and a second transmit symbol (204), the second transmit symbol (204) comprising a plurality of unknown modulated symbols interleaved with a plurality of known modulated symbols, wherein the plurality of transmissions from the first transmit symbol (202) and the second transmit symbol (204) are a plurality of transmissions of different time instances; and estimating (203) a channel based on the receive symbol (206) and a plurality of estimates of the first transmit symbol (202) and the second transmit symbol (204).
US09806910B2	Gateway device, vehicle including the same, and control method for the same Disclosed herein is a gateway device including a communication interface provided with a plurality of channels capable of connecting to an external device; a switch unit configured to determine a connection state between the plurality of channels; and a controller configured to group a Controller Area Network (CAN) signal, which is received from a first external device connected to a first channel among the plurality of channels, into a message frame, and when an identifier of the message frame is included in a pre-determined high-speed transmission identifier group, configured to control the switch unit so that a second channel to which a second external device corresponding to the identifier is connected, is connected to the first channel.
US09806905B2	WiFi boost with uplink offload to LTE with independent IP addresses A local gateway and router device is configured to route uplink IP packets from a base station to a network element of a wireless local area network (WLAN) by configuring an IP route for the uplink IP packets based on a source IP address of the uplink IP packets. The source IP address is obtained from the WLAN; the uplink IP packets originate from a user equipment application having the source IP address; and the uplink IP packets have an indicator indicating that the uplink IP packets were received at the base station over a cellular link between the user equipment and the base station.
US09806903B2	Device communication with power distribution units In an embodiment, a data processing system comprises: a power distribution circuit that is configured to distribute electrical power to one or more network devices; a microcontroller; data transceiving logic that is configured to establish connectivity with the one or more network devices and the power distribution apparatus; receive a first data stream from a first network device; generate a combined signal by combining the first data stream with a power signal into the combined signal; one or more ports that are configured to transmit the combined signal to the one or more network devices.
US09806902B2	Scalable framework for monitoring machine-to-machine (M2M) devices A device receives information associated with machine-to-machine (M2M) devices connected to a host server device via a network. The information associated with the M2M devices include one or more of device information associated with components of the M2M devices, application information generated by the M2M devices, or network information associated with interactions of the M2M devices, with the network, when the M2M devices provide the application information to the host server device via the network. The device performs an analysis of the information associated with the M2M devices via one or more analytics techniques, and generates analysis information based on the analysis of the information associated with the M2M devices. The device provides the analysis information for display by the host server device.
US09806893B2	Methods systems and computer readable media for providing real time data network usage information using subscription profile repository (SPR) A method for providing real time data network usage information using an SPR includes receiving a request for real time data network usage information. The method further includes, in response to the request, effecting a data change for the subscriber in the SPR. The method further includes, at the SPR, in response to the data change, sending a notification of the change to a policy and changing rules function (PCRF). The method further includes, at the PCRF, in response to the notification of the data change, requesting real time data network usage information from at least one policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) serving the subscriber. The method further includes, at the PCRF, receiving the data network usage information from the at least one serving PCEF. The method further includes providing an indication of the real time data network usage information to the SPR.
US09806883B2	Secure provision of a key The embodiments relate to a method and a digital circuit area for securely providing a key using a request unit and a provision unit. In this case, a key is derived from parameters, at least one of which is used for the key derivation in a non-predefinable manner by the request unit. In this case, the key derivation is carried out in a digital circuit area in which the request unit and the provision unit are implemented.
US09806877B2	Calibration method and calibration circuit Disclosed are a calibration method and a calibration circuit. The calibration method and the calibration circuit effectively calibrate the mismatches between the first signal path and the second signal path of a transmitter by calibrating a plurality of tap coefficients of the FIR filter configured in the second signal path and optimizing the tap coefficients. The calibration and optimization for the tap coefficients of the FIR filter is according to differences between the electrical characteristics the DAC convertor and the LPF in the first signal path and differences between the DAC convertor and the LPF in the second signal path. These differences are obtained when the data transmission has not yet started by the transmitter (that is, when the transmitter is working in a training mode).
US09806867B2	Method and apparatus for supporting AMD re-segmentation A method and apparatus for acknowledge mode data (AMD) re-segmentation are disclosed. An AMD protocol data unit (PDU) is generated from at least one RLC SDU. The AMD PDU size is within a flexible maximum AMD PDU size. The original AMD PDU is stored in a retransmission buffer, and transmitted. If transmission of the original AMD PDU fails and the original AMD PDU size is larger than an updated maximum AMD PDU size, the original AMD PDU is segmented to segmented AMD PDUs. If transmission of one of the segmented AMD PDUs fails, the original AMD PDU may be re-segmented to smaller size AMD PDUs.
US09806865B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting signal from device-to-device terminal in wireless communication system One embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for transmitting a signal from a device-to-device (D2D) terminal in a wireless communication system, which is a signal transmission method comprising: generating a reference signal sequence; mapping the reference signal sequence on specific symbols; and transmitting a signal comprising the reference signal sequence, wherein the specific symbols are shifted n and m symbols, respectively, away from the fourth symbol of each slot toward a time axis.
US09806859B2	Secondary synchronization signal mapping Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmitter, a receiver and methods of operating a transmitter or a receiver. In one embodiment, the transmitter is for use with a base station and includes a primary module configured to provide a primary synchronization signal. The transmitter also includes a secondary mapping module configured to provide a secondary synchronization signal derived from two sequences taken from a same set of N sequences and indexed by an index pair (S1, S2) with S1 and S2 ranging from zero to N−1, wherein the index pair (S1, S2) is contained in a mapped set of index pairs corresponding to the same set of N sequences that defines a cell identity group. Additionally, the transmitter further includes a transmit module configured to transmit the primary and secondary synchronization signals.
US09806858B2	Method and apparatus for controlling length of aggregation frame in wireless network Method and apparatus for controlling length of aggregation frames in a wireless network is provided. The method includes: obtaining a noisy level of a channel based on the number of first data received by a first terminal in a first period, the first terminal being a STA or AP in the wireless network, and the first data include aggregation frames or non-aggregation frames; and determining length of an aggregation frame to be transmitted by the first terminal in a second period based on the noisy level, where the second period is following and adjacent to the first period along a time axis. The first terminal may detect the noisy level and select the length of the aggregation frame based on the noisy level. Thus, inter-frame collision and interference in the channel may be reduced, channel resources may be well utilized, and a throughput rate may be improved in real time.
US09806856B1	Efficiently responding to mobile-device requests in a wireless environment Multiple mobile devices can request or wait for acknowledgement from a device associated with a mobile telecommunications network. Embodiments of the present invention include creating and broadcasting a single acknowledgment to multiple mobile devices. Mobile devices can be associated with identifiers that include sets of characters. In order to acknowledge more than one device with one broadcast, subsets of characters from more than one identifier can be included in one value. One acknowledgement is broadcast to multiple devices. The devices are able to identify the unique subsets of characters and compare them to portions of identifiers. Multiple devices can recognize acknowledgement based on a shared value that is broadcast to the devices.
US09806853B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving control information in a broadcasting/communication system A method and an apparatus for encoding, transmitting, and receiving signaling information in a broadcasting/communication system are provided. The method includes generating the signaling information which comprises a plurality of pieces; determining a number of coded blocks to which the signaling information is to be encoded, based on a number of bits of the signaling information and a number of encoder input information bit; segmenting each piece of the signaling information based on the number of the coded blocks; constructing input information bits of each coded block to include segmented parts of each piece of the signaling information; encoding the input information bits to each coded block; and transmitting each coded block.
US09806850B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting uplink control information In the field of wireless communication, a method and an apparatus for transmitting Uplink Control Information (UCI) are provided. The method includes: determining a codeword corresponding to the UCI among multiple codewords according to a preset rule when the UCI is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) with the multiple codewords (101); and transmitting the UCI by mapping the UCI onto the corresponding codeword (102). The apparatus includes a determining unit and a transmitting unit. The method and the apparatus provide a solution to transmitting UCI on a PUSCH with multiple codewords. This solution can be implemented easily based on LTE R8, without involving too much additional work of standardization.
US09806847B2	Base station and method for receiving control information Disclosed are an encoding ratio setting method and a radio communication device which can avoid encoding of control information at an encoding ratio lower than necessary and suppress lowering of the transmission efficiency of the control information. In the device, an encoding ratio setting unit (122) sets the encoding ratio R′control of the control information which is time-multiplexed with user data, according to the encoding ratio Rdata of the user data, ΔPUSCHoffset as the PUSCH offset of each control information, and ΔRANKoffset as the rank offset based on the rank value of the data channel using Expression (1). R control ′ = O Q ′ ⁢ max ( O ⌈ O 10 - Δ offset PUSCH + Δ offset RANK 10 · R data ⌉ , O 4 · M sc ) ( 1 ) Where ┌x┐ is an integer not greater than x, and max(x,y) is the greater one among X and Y.
US09806845B1	Mitigating spectral excursions in passive optical networks Systems and techniques for mitigating spectral excursions in a passive optical network (PON) are described herein. A spectral excursion may be determined in the PON. The spectral excursion may indicate a laser transmission output on the PON at a wavelength that is outside a designated wavelength range. A duration may be identified for the spectral excursion. A first preamble offset may be generated using the duration of the spectral excursion. A round trip delay for the PON and a local time of day may be determined. The first preamble offset, the round trip delay, and the local time of day may be transmitted to an optical line terminal (OLT).
US09806843B2	Method and device for creating a control channel in an optical transmission signal and method and device for extracting the information included therein The invention relates to a method for creating a control channel in an optical transmission signal, wherein the optical transmission signal (SDS,i, SUS,i) includes an optical carrier frequency component, a higher frequency modulation component carrying user information to be transported from a first end to a second end of an optical transmission link and a lower frequency modulation component carrying control information, the higher frequency modulation component realizing a user channel and the lower frequency modulation component realizing the control channel, and wherein the lower frequency modulation component is created by amplitude modulation. According to the invention, the lower frequency modulation component includes a binary digital pilot tone signal component which corresponds to a pilot tone signal having a predetermined pilot tone frequency (fi).
US09806835B2	Clock synchronization using multiple network paths A network device includes one or more ports coupled to a network, and a time synchronization module. The time synchronization module processes (i) respective path information, and (ii) respective time synchronization information included in each of at least some of a plurality of time synchronization packets received from a master clock device over two or more different communication paths and via at least one of the one or more ports, wherein the respective path information indicates a respective communication path in the network via which the respective time synchronization packet was received. The time synchronization module determines a system time clock responsive to the processing of the path information and the time synchronization information included in the at least some of the plurality of time synchronization packets.
US09806834B2	User terminal, radio base station, downlink control channel receiving method and mobile communication system The present invention is designed such that it is possible to optimize the effect of improving the efficiency of use of radio resources even when the number of user terminals to be multiplexed over the same radio resources is further increased. A user terminal performs downlink communication with a radio base station using a PDCCH resource region and a PDSCH resource region. The user terminal detects the starting position of the radio resources where the PDSCH and the PDCCH are frequency-division-multiplexed in the PDSCH resource region in the time direction, and receives the PDCCH that is frequency-division-multiplexed over the radio resources starting from the detected starting position.
US09806825B2	Noise cancellation system A noise cancellation system comprises an I-channel mixer configured to receive a radio frequency signal from an antenna and an intermediate frequency signal from a local oscillator, a Q-channel mixer configured to receive the radio frequency signal from the antenna and a phase-shifted intermediate frequency signal from the local oscillator, a first noise cancellation apparatus connected with the I-channel mixer, wherein an I-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and an I-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the first noise cancellation apparatus and a second noise cancellation apparatus connected with the Q-channel mixer, wherein a Q-channel differential mode second-order intermodulation component and a Q-channel common mode second-order intermodulation component cancel each other in the second noise cancellation apparatus.
US09806817B2	Wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network system This disclosure describes a wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network system (100) comprising an optical line terminal (180) for controlling transmission of data that are carried by optical signals across the optical network system along an upstream or downstream path; a signal modulating loop circuit including a circulator (110) connected to the optical line terminal (180) for determining the transmission paths of the optical signals; a splitter (120) connected to the circulator (110) for splitting the optical signals into a first portion of optical signals and a second portion of optical signals according to a predetermined ratio; an amplifier (160) connected to the splitter (120) for amplifying the second portion of optical signals; and a modulator (170) connected in between the amplifier (160) and the splitter (120) for modulating the amplified second portion of optical signals to be transmitted to the circulator (110); a converter (140) connected to the splitter (130) for converting the first portion of optical signals into electrical signals; and one or more optical network units (150) connected in between the converter (140) and modulator (170) for receiving the electrical signals from the converter (140), and transmitting electrical signals to the modulator (170) for converting the electrical signals into optical signals to be transmitted together with the amplified second portion of optical signals to the optical line terminal (180); wherein the circulator (110) directs the optical signals received from the modulator (170) to the splitter (120) for being transmitted back into the signal modulating loop circuit and/or towards the optical network units along the downstream path, or towards the optical line terminal along the upstream path.
US09806812B1	Method and apparatus for distortion correction in optical communication links In some embodiments, an apparatus includes an optical transmitter module that can be electrically coupled to an electrical serializer/deserializer and a controller. The optical transmitter module can include an electrical detector that can receive an in-band signal. The electrical detector can send to the controller a first power error signal and a second power error signal based on the in-band signal. The controller can send a correction control signal to the electrical serializer/deserializer based on the first power error signal and the second power error signal such that the electrical serializer/deserializer sends a pre-emphasized signal to the optical transmitter module based on the correction control signal. In such embodiments, the first power error signal, the second power signal and the correction control signal are out-of-band signals.
US09806807B1	Automatic rogue ONU detection Methods, systems, and apparatus for automatically identifying rogue Optical Network Unit (ONU) are disclosed. In one aspect, an Optical Line Terminal (OLT) determines dark power on a fiber optic link over a period of time. For a given ONU, the OLT determines an optical power of high signals and an optical power of low signals received over the fiber optic link during a timeslot assigned to the given ONU, determines a modified optical power of the high signals and a modified optical power of the low signals based on differences between the optical power of the respective signals and the dark power, determines an extinction ratio based on a ratio of the modified optical power of the high signals relative to the modified optical power of the low signals, and identifies the given ONU as a rogue ONU when the extinction ratio is outside of a specified range.

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