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US09834121B2	Tray table, steering wheel having tray table, and vehicle having steering wheel A tray table includes a deformable body and a pivot portion. The deformable body includes a first edge and a second edge. A substantially planar surface extends from the first edge to the second edge in a first condition of the tray table. The body defines a first length from the first edge to the second edge in the first condition of the table. The body defines a second length of the tray table, shorter than the first length, in a second condition of the tray table upon exposure of the second edge to a force. The pivot portion adjacent the first edge of the body is configured to pivotally attach the body to a steering wheel.
US09834120B2	Automatic table deployment The invention provides an electrically driven stowable and deployable table mounted on a support structure, wherein the table comprises a switch mechanism operable by a user to select between a first, automatic, operation for stowing and deployment of the table, and a second, user adjustable operation for user adjustment of the deployed position of the table.
US09834118B2	Car seat mobility system The present application includes a system and method for transporting a car seat outside of a vehicle. The system includes a wheel assembly configured to couple to a portion of the car seat. The wheel assembly attaches to existing base attachment portions on the car seat to minimize any need for retrofit operations. The system further includes a mobility handle configured to adjust in length and couple to a portion of the car seat. The mobility handle is designed to allow an individual to guide and control the movement of the car seat on the wheel assembly.
US09834115B2	Coasting torque control system of vehicle and method using the same A coasting torque control method of a vehicle includes: determining whether external information is received; when the external information is received, acquiring one or more pieces of speed information about a road on which the vehicle is currently driving based on the received external information; selecting a coasting torque based on the acquired speed information; and controlling a drive motor coupled to a drive shaft of the vehicle based on the selected coasting torque.
US09834107B2	External power supply connector, vehicle, and external power supply system An external power supply connector attached to a vehicle-side connecting portion and control unit controlling the supply power to the vehicle-side connecting portion, supplying power from the vehicle to outside. The external power supply connector includes a body including an external connecting portion to an electric plug supplying power to a connected external device; a restricting member enables switching between restricting state wherein the electric plug is restricted from being attached and detached to and from the external connecting portion, and allowing state enabling the electric plug to attach and detach to and from the external connecting portion. A signal outputting portion outputs a signal to the control unit and detecting portion. The detecting portion detects the restricting state and allowing state of the restricting member. In allowing state, the signal outputting portion outputs a prohibiting signal from being supplied to the external power supply connector to the control unit.
US09834102B2	In-vehicle power supply device Provided is an in-vehicle power supply device that ensures safety and meets the standards required by the regulation associated with a high voltage, without requiring a large change in the in-vehicle power supply device when outputting DC electric energy stored in a storage battery mounted on a vehicle to the outside of the vehicle, and also provided is a photovoltaic power generation device. In the in-vehicle power supply device, when controlling a switching unit (112) so that a second DC voltage output from a DC/DC converter (111) is output to a DC voltage outlet (103), a vehicle-side control unit (107) controls the DC/DC converter (111) so that the second DC voltage becomes smaller than or equal to a predetermined voltage value that is smaller than the rated voltage value of a storage battery (106).
US09834091B2	Control device for vehicle A control device for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a drive power source, a first drive wheel, a second drive wheel, and a drive power distribution device. One of the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel is provided on the left side with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle, and the other drive wheel is provided on the right side with respect to the traveling direction of the vehicle. The drive power distribution device distributes power from the drive power source to the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel. The control device includes an electronic control unit. The electronic control unit is configured to perform drive power distribution control. The drive power distribution control is control for distributing drive power to the first drive wheel and the second drive wheel by the drive power distribution device. The electronic control unit is configured to make a first variation of a control command value be smaller than a second variation of the control command value. The first variation is a variation per unit time of the control command value in the process of stopping the drive power distribution control when abnormality in the drive power distribution control occurs and a friction coefficient of a traveling road surface is great. The second variation is a variation per unit time of the control command value in the process of stopping the drive power distribution control when abnormality in the drive power distribution control occurs and the friction coefficient is small.
US09834089B2	Fuel tank structure A fuel tank structure includes: a fuel tank that is installed in an automobile and that accommodates fuel; a bag-shaped member that is fixed to a ceiling portion of an interior of the fuel tank, and whose state of contact with a liquid surface of fuel accommodated in the fuel tank is maintained due to the bag-shaped member inflating or deflating in accordance with a height of the liquid surface; a temperature sensor that senses a temperature of the fuel or evaporated fuel that is within the fuel tank; and a cooling wind introducing section that introduces cooling wind into an interior of the bag-shaped member in a case in which the temperature of the fuel or the evaporated fuel detected by the temperature sensor becomes higher than a predetermined temperature.
US09834087B2	Vehicle structure A vehicle structure includes a cooling device, an air guide member, and a horn. The cooling device is cooled with a flow of moving air which a vehicle receives while traveling. The air guide member guides the moving air into the cooling device. The air guide member has a single opening in a front of the vehicle. The horn is disposed at a side of the air guide member. The cooling device and the horn are arranged in a vehicle-width direction. The cooling device and the horn face the single opening viewed form the front of the vehicle.
US09834086B2	Radiator support structure A radiator support structure includes: a first attachment member that is fixed to a vehicle body, and that supports a radiator body; and a second attachment member that (i) is separate from and unattached to the first attachment member, (ii) is attached to a front side member of the vehicle body through a shock absorbing member that is fixed to a vehicle front-rear direction front end of the front side member, and (iii) supports the radiator body. At least one of the first attachment member and the second attachment member is configured to detach from the radiator body when a collision force in the vehicle front-rear direction is applied to the second attachment member.
US09834076B2	Dual action truck bed cover A dual action truck cover provides two modes, actions or ways to access contents in a truck bed. Side rails can be mountable to a cargo box so as to be pivotable between a raised position to provide a rear opening in an open pivot arrangement, and a lowered or closed pivot arrangement. The side rails can be spaced apart to define an inter-rail area therebetween. A door can include a plurality of elements hingedly coupled together and extending between the side rails and movable between a closed door arrangement wherein the elements cover the inter-rail area, and an open door arrangement in which the elements are positioned to permit access through the inter-rail area. The door can move between the open and closed arrangements by rolling up the hingedly coupled elements together or folding the elements together.
US09834074B1	Vehicle sunroof with adjustable blind An apparatus is provided for regulating conditions in a vehicle cabin associated with a roof including an opening. A sunroof selectively covers the opening to the vehicle cabin. A blind is adapted for moving from a stowed position within the roof to a deployed position spanning across the opening. The blind includes blades selectively movable for partially blocking light entry while permitting airflow to the passenger compartment in the deployed position of the blind. A plurality of blades may be provided for concurrent operation, and may be adjustable to control a direction of airflow through the opening when the sunroof is open.
US09834072B1	Liftgate assembly for a vehicle A liftgate assembly for a vehicle includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The outer panel is adapted for mounting to a rear portion of a vehicle and includes first and second lower corner regions. The inner panel is mounted to the outer panel such that the outer panel and inner panel define an opening for a rear window. The inner panel includes a first reinforcement rib diagonally extending from the first lower corner region to a Z/Y center adjacent the opening and a second reinforcement rib extending from the second lower corner region to the Z/Y center. The reinforcement ribs are arranged with the outer panel to define an A-shape or inverted V-shape.
US09834071B2	Fastening arrangement for mounting a decorative cover and/or a window guide on a vehicle door A fastening arrangement is disclosed for mounting a decorative cover or a window guide on a vehicle door having a material section associated with a decorative cover or a window guide and another material section is associated with a vehicle door. A connector configured as a connection clip connects the material sections. The connection clip positions the material sections in a form-fitting manner relative to one another in at least one direction.
US09834065B2	Air conditioning device for vehicle In an interior air conditioning unit, a divided case is provided with a main water receiver, a main drain port, a side wall, a secondary drain port, a partition wall, a notch, a droplet reservoir, a path, and a tilted portion. The side wall, the secondary drain port, the notch, the droplet reservoir, the path, and the tilted portion are respectively located such that a condensate water flows out of the main water receiver and reaches the secondary drain port through the notch before a water surface of the condensate water reaches a fitting portion between the divided cases. According to the above-described configuration, the condensate water produced in the cooling heat exchanger can be certainly prevented from leaking through the fitting portion of the air conditioning case.
US09834057B2	Suspension stabilization system and related methods A suspension stabilization system may include a stabilizer bar having an end configured to connect to a suspension component of a vehicle, and a torsion shaft with an end connected to the stabilizer bar. A locking mechanism may be configured to rotationally couple and decouple at least a portion of the torsion shaft with a portion of a frame of the vehicle. Methods relate to stabilizing a vehicle suspension.
US09834049B2	System and method for connecting or disconnecting a trailer to a vehicle System and method for connecting or disconnecting a trailer (102) to a vehicle (101) comprising a tow bar (201) mounted to the vehicle (101), a trailer hitch mounted on the trailer (102), at least one motor mounted in connection with the tow bar (201), a control of said at least one motor and is further characterized in that said tow bar (201) automatically can connect to the trailer hitch mounted on the trailer (102) when these are within a predetermined radius of one another.
US09834031B2	Chiral liquid crystal polymer layer or pattern comprising randomly distributed craters therein Described is a chiral liquid crystal polymer (CLCP) layer or pattern which comprises randomly distributed craters of controlled mean diameter and/or density. The density and/or mean diameter of the craters can be controlled, for example, by adjusting the wetting of a substrate by a CLCP precursor composition, the development time of the precursor composition, and the thickness of the applied precursor composition.
US09834026B2	Decoloring apparatus and paper conveyance method A decoloring apparatus comprises a decoloring unit configured to carry out a decoloring processing which decolors the color of an image formed on a paper with a decolorable color material; a scanner configured to scan the papers to which the decoloring processing is carried out; a memory configured to store data of a predetermined image indicating a predetermined form formed on the paper; a conveyance section configured to convey the paper scanned by the scanner to a plurality of paper discharging positions; and a control section configured to determine whether or not the scan image generated by the scanner is consistent with the predetermined image, and to drive the conveyance section to respectively convey the papers on each of which the scan image is consistent with the predetermined image and the papers on each of which the scan image is not consistent with the predetermined image to different positions.
US09834023B2	Thermal transfer sheet The present invention is to provide a thermal transfer sheet which is able to prevent a heat resistant slipping layer from transferring to a guide roller, etc., and which is able to prevent wrinkles when printing. Disclosed is a thermal transfer sheet including a substrate sheet, a thermal transfer layer disposed on one side of the substrate sheet, and a heat resistant slipping layer disposed on the other side of the substrate sheet via a primer layer, wherein the primer layer contains a cured product of a resin composition containing one or more kinds of resins selected from a urethane resin and a polyester resin and a compound having a functional group selected from an epoxy group, a silanol group and a hydrolyzable silyl group.
US09834014B2	Printer The disclosure discloses a printer including a printing head, a DC motor, an energization control part, a short-circuiting device, a temperature detecting device, and a braking control part. The DC motor is configured to generate a driving force for feed by a feeder. The energization control part is configured to control energization by an energizing device. The short-circuiting device is configured to short-circuit a positive electrode and an negative electrode of the DC motor and brake when deenergized under control of the energization control part. The temperature detecting device is configured to detect a temperature of ambient surroundings. The braking control part is configured to control the short-circuiting device in accordance with the temperature detected by the temperature detecting device, to thereby variably control an operation mode of the braking by the short circuiting.
US09834013B2	Liquid ejecting apparatus and liquid ejecting method A liquid ejecting apparatus includes (A) a carriage that moves a nozzle ejecting a liquid which is cured by irradiation of an electromagnetic wave in a moving direction, (B) a first irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on dots formed by landing the liquid which is ejected from the moving nozzle, on a medium, and (C) a second irradiation section that is installed on the carriage and irradiates electromagnetic waves on the dots which are irradiated by the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section, in which an irradiance level of the electromagnetic waves from the second irradiation section is different from that of the electromagnetic waves from the first irradiation section.
US09834006B2	Method of elevated printing A method of forming a solid body using a two-dimensional image printer, wherein liquid droplets of different colors are used for applying solid material in several layers one upon the other, and colors of the liquids for forming a surface layer of the body are selected from a specific set of surface colors, the surface layer being formed by mixed printing of transparent droplets and surface color droplets, characterized in that the thickness of the surface layer is varied such that it increases with increasing slope of the surface of the body.
US09833993B2	Ink jet head and manufacturing method thereof An ink jet head includes a base member having a plurality of openings, a diaphragm formed on a surface of the base member covering each of the openings, a pressure chamber being formed at each of the openings, and a plurality of piezoelectric elements formed at locations on the diaphragm corresponding to the pressure chambers, each of the piezoelectric elements being configured to eject liquid from a corresponding pressure chamber by causing deformation of the diaphragm. The diaphragm includes a plurality of stress release portions that reduces compressive residual stress in the diaphragm, each of the stress release portions corresponding to one of the piezoelectric elements.
US09833992B2	Recording-element substrate, recording head, and recording apparatus A recording-element substrate includes a substrate including a base member, a pair of electrodes, a heating element formed of a thermal resistor layer between the electrodes, a surface on which an electroconductive film coating the heating element has been formed, and an insulating film between the heating element and the electroconductive film and a flow-path-forming member including walls forming a liquid flow path toward the heating element while being disposed on the substrate's surface side. The substrate includes an electric connecting portion in contact with the electroconductive film to connect the electroconductive film with the base member. The shortest distance between the electric connecting portion and a portion where an angle formed by the walls is 120 degrees or smaller when viewed from a direction orthogonal to the surface is smaller than that between a boundary between the electrodes and the heating element and the portion.
US09833988B2	Pocket multifunctional electronic experiment device Disclosed is a pocket multifunctional electronic experiment device, comprising a thermal transfer printer (2), a control box (1), a solder bath (4) and a board holder (3). The thermal transfer printer (2) is composed of two halves folded together; wherein an upper heat resisting sponge (12) is stuck onto an upper heating board (11) while a lower heat resisting sponge (13) is placed on a lower heating board (14) and removable; the heating boards (11,14) are connected to the AC power supply via the control box (1); an upper metal support (9) is connected to a lower metal support (16) via an axis of rotation (91), an upper handle and a lower handle (5,19) are respectively configured on the sides of the metal supports opposite to the axis (91); the upper handle (5) is provided with a clasp (6) while the lower handle (19) is provide with a toggle correspondingly.
US09833985B2	Three-dimensional printing system A three-dimensional printing system calculates a resin amount required to print a three-dimensional object by curing a liquid photo-curable resin and sequentially stacking layers of the cured resin each having a predetermined cross-sectional shape. The system includes a first storage section configured to store information of a three-dimensional object, and information of an auxiliary member that supports the three-dimensional object, a first calculation section configured to calculate a resin amount necessary to print the three-dimensional object and a resin amount necessary to print the auxiliary member based on the information of the three-dimensional object and the auxiliary member stored in the first storage section, an output section configured to output a first resin amount that is the sum of the calculated resin amounts necessary to print the three-dimensional object and the auxiliary member, and a three-dimensional printing apparatus.
US09833984B2	Method and system for preparing substrates before gold-plated The invention concerns a method and/or a system for personalizing substrates and/or preparing substrates before gold-plating. In particular, the invention consists of a printing method comprising a step in which the substrate is subjected to inkjet printing followed by a gold-plating step in which the regions of the substrate to be gold-plated are brought into contact with the gold-plating leaf, characterized by an additional step performed prior to the gold-plating step and which consists in the preparation of the substrate.
US09833968B2	Stitched multi-layer fabric A stitched multi-layer fabric including an interior layer, a batting layer disposed over the interior layer, the batting layer configured to provide insulation, a barrier layer disposed over the batting layer, the barrier layer configured to inhibit fluid flow, a yarn stitched through and securing together the interior layer, the batting layer, and the barrier layer, the yarn forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, and a face layer disposed over the barrier layer, a melted portion of the barrier layer bonding the face layer and the barrier layer together and filling a portion of the stitch holes in the barrier layer.
US09833967B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus includes a first stacking portion on which a sheet conveyed by a conveying portion is stacked, a binding portion which forms, in a sheet bundle stacked on the first stacking portion, a tongue cut out from the sheet, with a part of the tongue attached to the sheet, and a slit, and which binds the sheet bundle by inserting a tip of the tongue of the sheet bundle in the slit of the sheet bundle, and a second stacking portion on which the sheet bundle bound by the binding portion is stacked. In the sheet processing apparatus, a plurality of recessed parts is formed on a guide face of the binding portion, the recessed parts extending in different directions from each other.
US09833963B2	Sheet folding device and carton former A folder/gluer unit includes an upper transfer belt that transfers a corrugated sheet in a direction of transfer, a pair of forming belts that abut against a folding surface which is formed by folding both end portions of the corrugated sheet in a width direction orthogonal to the direction of transfer and fold both of the end portions of the corrugated sheet in the width direction, a pair of folding bars that are disposed in the direction of transfer, abut against the folding surface at both of the end portions of the folded corrugated sheet in the width direction, and guide both of the end portions of the corrugated sheet in the width direction, a moving mechanism that moves the pair of folding bars in the width direction and in a vertical direction, and a control unit that controls the moving mechanism to adjust a position of the folding bar.
US09833962B2	Systems and methods for controlling manufacturing processes In one embodiment, a method for controlling a manufacturing process can include obstructing a part receiving path of a press station with a part detection fixture. The part detection fixture can include a moveable contact member and a target body that moves in response to motion of the moveable contact member. The moveable contact member of the part detection fixture can obstruct the part receiving path such that the target body of the part detection fixture is positioned in a dissenting state. The target body of the part detection fixture can be positioned in an assenting state coincident with contact between the moveable contact member of the part detection fixture and the workpiece. Image data of the target body of the part detection fixture can be detected with a vision system. The press station can be actuated when the image data is indicative of the assenting state.
US09833954B2	Method for manufacturing a composite A method for manufacturing a composite using an adhesive for attaching different layers of fiber material in a correct position is provided. The method includes at least partly dissolving the adhesive by wetting the adhesive with a thermoset resin containing components acting as solvents for the adhesive. The adhesive may include a thermoplastic adhesive with functional groups, which can react with a thermoset resin. Preferably, the adhesive can be made from the same base resin as the thermoset resin for optimal compatibility. Moreover, the adhesive can also be used to reduce the permeability of a material, for example of a fiber package for handling using a semi-vacuum.
US09833951B1	System and method for control of plastic filament extruder A method for control of a plastic filament extruder includes the steps of providing a plastic filament extruder; introducing a quantity of plastic chips to the extruder; activating a heater to heat a mold body of the extruder to a target temperature; activating an electric motor in response to the mold body reaching the target temperature, thereby causing an auger to drive plastic chips the mold body and out of an extrudate sizing die; monitoring the electric current draw of the electric motor; and upwardly adjusting the target temperature of the mold body in response to a threshold increase in the electric current draw of the electric motor. Steps may also include maintaining the mold body within a temperature range about the target temperature and of deactivating the electric motor in response to the target temperature exceeding a threshold deviation above the temperature of the mold body.
US09833948B2	3D printing of colored models on multi-head printers This document describes techniques and apparatuses for 3D printing for colored models on multi-head fused-deposition modeling (FDM) printers. These techniques are capable of enabling FDM printers to create 3D objects based on colored models, in some cases by determining printer instructions for multiple printer heads based on a 3D model and color data for the surface of the 3D model. These techniques can also tailor printer instructions to characteristics of a particular type or individual FDM 3D printer.
US09833943B2	Back sheet for solar cell module and method for manufacturing the same Provided are a polyester white film and a back sheet for a solar cell module using the same, and in particular, provided is a polyester white film having improved light reflectance.
US09833934B2	Method for producing shape memory anti-counterfeiting identifier A method for producing shape memory anti-counterfeiting identifier includes the following steps: a high polymer material with a shape memory function without the need of sunshine cross-linking or chemical cross-linking is directly extruded to become sheet in an extruder or is injected to be molded in an injection molding machine, and the extruded sheet can be a planar sheet or a sheet having a surface on which concave-convex patterns or characters are formed; the above sheet is then heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification temperature and lower than the melting point temperature, and the patterns or characters are pressed on the planar sheet, or the sheet on which the concave-convex patterns or characters are already formed is pressed to become planes or other patterns and characters; the sheet is then cut into small sheets, wherein one pattern or one group of characters is implied on every small sheet, and when the small sheets are again heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification temperature and lower than the melting point temperature, they will return to the extruded state.
US09833924B2	Method and apparatus for automatically adjusting a miter saw fence A miter saw is provided. The miter saw includes a table for supporting a workpiece; a fence located on the table; and a beveling arm for supporting a saw blade, the fence operatively connected to the arm to move the fence when the blade is beveled so that the blade does not contact the fence when the blade is moved toward the table. A method of locating a workpiece near a saw blade is provided. The method may include moving an adjustable section of fence near a path the saw blade will travel by beveling the saw blade; and moving a workpiece to contact the fence near the saw blade path.
US09833922B2	Mount flange A mount flange for mounting a cutting blade on a spindle is provided. The cutting blade has a central engaging hole and a peripheral cutting edge. The mount flange includes a cylindrical boss portion having a front portion adapted to be inserted into the engaging hole of the cutting blade and a rear portion whose inner circumferential surface is adapted to be engaged with the spindle, and a flange portion projecting radially outward from the rear portion of the boss portion and having a front surface functioning as a mounting surface adapted to come into abutment against one side surface of the cutting blade. An annular space is formed in the mount flange so as to surround the spindle and open to the inner circumferential surface of the boss portion, thereby suppressing rearward warpage of the outer circumference of the flange portion due to the rotation of the spindle.
US09833919B2	Power operated rotary knife A power operated rotary knife including an annular rotary knife blade supported for rotation in a blade housing. The rotary knife blade including a body and a blade section extending from the body. The body section including an outer wall including an upper, middle and lower portions. The upper portion of the outer wall including a bearing race extending radially inwardly into the outer wall. The lower portion of the outer wall including the driven gear. In one embodiment, the intermediate portion includes an annular land having an outer surface defining a radially outermost portion of the outer wall of the body, the outer surface of the annular land being radially outward of the driven gear and the bearing race. In another embodiment, the intermediate portion includes an annular channel having an inner surface being radially inward of first and second ends of the bearing race and the driven gear.
US09833918B1	Apparatus for splitting wood into kindling A specialized wood splitting tool and handle attachment for a striking hand tool. The splitting tool uses leverage in addition to downward momentum of the cutting head to split wood. The metal handle and metal cutting head are preferably formed from a single piece of steel, in a perpendicular configuration similar to an adz. A splitting wedge blade within the handle exerts transverse shear forces to enhance splitting, and flat top surfaces of the cutting head and the handle near the joint provide a striking surface. A particularly advantageous handle extension attachment is disclosed that may be used with other striking hand tools as well as the wood splitting tool. A woodsman's hatchet that provides an additional blade perpendicular to a splitting wedge blade is also disclosed.
US09833911B2	Direct acting extensible and retractable arm mechanism, and robot arm provided with direct acting extensible and retractable arm mechanism A multi-joint arm mechanism includes an arm supporting member a first, second and third joints. The third joint has a linear extension and retraction axis. The third joint includes flat-shaped first structures bendably coupled to one another, second structures having a C-shaped section and bendably coupled to one another, a supporting member supporting the stiffened first and second structures, and a drive member sending and drawing the stiffened first and second structures. The first and the second structures are linearly stiffened by being in contact with each other and return to a bent state by being separated from each other. The second structures are bent toward the bottom parts and conveyed into the arm supporting member. The first structures are bent in a same direction as the second structures and conveyed into the arm supporting member. The first structures are stored in the arm supporting member along the second structures.
US09833910B2	Auto-release vacuum device A vacuum device for a material handling system includes a vacuum device body and a sealing element. The vacuum device body has a vacuum passageway in which a vacuum is generated in response to activation of a pressurized air supply that forces pressurized air through a venturi device. The sealing element moves to a sealing position to substantially seal the vacuum passageway when the air supply is activated, and is urged toward the sealing position via pressurized air that is diverted from an inlet of the vacuum device to the sealing element. The sealing element moves to substantially vent the vacuum passageway when the air supply is deactivated. The vacuum passageway may be in fluid communication with a vacuum cup, which seals against the object when the sealing element is at the sealing position and the vacuum generating device generates at least a partial vacuum in the vacuum. passageway.
US09833907B1	Proximity-based binding Example implementations may relate to a computing device configured to operate a robotic system. In particular, the device receives input data that is generated by a hand-holdable controller including a knob, where the knob includes touch sensors arranged to detect touch on surfaces of the knob. Based on the input data, the device detects that the controller is within a first threshold distance from a first component of the robotic system and responsively operates the first component of the robotic system based on the input data. The device then receives subsequent input data that is generated by the controller. Based on the subsequent input data, the device subsequently detects that the controller is within a second threshold distance from a second component of the robotic system and responsively operates the second component of the robotic system based on the subsequent input data.
US09833906B2	Method of path planning for array-based pick-and-place performed with robotic arm and compensator for use with the method A method of path planning for array-based pick-and-place performed with a robotic arm is characterized in that: during each instance of the pick-and-place process performed with the robotic arm, an X-axis position sensor and a Y-axis position sensor sense coordinate errors of a pick-and-place point such that a controller calculates a position compensation value according to the sum of vectors of the coordinate errors, corrects the pick-and-place position of the robotic arm according to the position compensation value, and generates the coordinates of the next pick-and-place point. By repeating the aforesaid process flow, it is feasible to perform plenty array-based pick-and-place jobs.
US09833897B2	Calibration and programming of robots Methods includes calibrating robots without the use of external measurement equipment and copying working programs between un-calibrated robots. Both methods utilize the properties of a closed chain and the relative position of the links in the chain in order to update the kinematic models of the robots.
US09833896B2	Wearable robot and method of controlling the same There are provided a wearable robot and a method of controlling the same. The method includes obtaining a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of a plurality of joints, calculating a target joint angle of one joint among the plurality of joints using a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of at least one joint among the other joints, calculating assistive torque to be applied to the one joint using the calculated target joint angle, and outputting the calculated assistive torque to the one joint.
US09833886B1	Fastener retrieval system A method and apparatus comprising a structure and a connector. The structure may have a number of walls forming a channel with a first opening and a second opening. The connector may be associated with the first opening. The connector may be configured to change a size of the first opening.
US09833884B2	Power tool and operating method for use on the power tool A power tool, comprising: a housing; a motor being disposed in the housing for outputting rotary power; an output shaft having an accommodating hole in the axial direction for holding a tool bit; a transmission mechanism, being disposed between the motor and the output shaft for transmitting rotary power from the motor to the output shaft; a tool bit supporting being disposed in the housing and including several chambers disposed in parallel for holding the tool bit; a connecting member being disposed in the housing and capable of moving axially between a working position where the connecting member passes through one of the chambers and to accommodate the tool bit in the chamber connect the output shaft, and a release position where the connecting member exits and separates from one of the several chambers; and an operating member is arranged on the housing for controlling the axial movement of the connecting member; the power tool further includes an automatic shifting means for adjusting the position of the tool bit supporting in response to the movement of the operating member, wherein the connecting member moves axially to a position that is separated from one of the several chambers, and the cartridge moves to a position where another chamber is axially corresponding to the output shaft under the action of the automatic shifting means.
US09833883B2	Bi-directional screwdriver The present disclosure is a bi-directional screwdriver, which includes a handle, a main shaft, a gearing which includes a driving gear, a driven gear, a transmission seat and an idle gear which is mounted on the idle gear axle on the transmission seat and is fitted between the driving gear and the driven gear for transferring motion. The handle rotates the driving gear. A grip ring is securely provided outside the idle gear axle. When the grip ring is gripped and the handle is rotated to rotate the driving gear, the driving gear rotates the driven gear in a reverse direction through the idle gear. The driving gear also has a first inside ratchet surface, and the driven gear also has a second inside ratchet surface. And the present invention also includes a reversing means which includes a reversing member, a first pawl member and a second pawl member, and a direction switch, in which the driving gear, the driven gear and the transmission seat are all sleeved on the reversing member, the reversing member is sleeved on the main shaft and able to rotate the main shaft.
US09833882B2	Adjustable wrench A wrench for rotating a hex head fastener has a frame having one or two jaw faces. If the frame has two faces, they form a 60 degree angle between them. A movable jaw has two faces forming an angle of about 120 degrees relative to each other. A guide connected to the frame controls movement of the movable jaw along a line forming an angle of about 40.9 degrees with respect to a position of one of the frame faces.
US09833875B2	Polishing apparatus and retainer ring configuration A polishing apparatus capable of preventing wear of rollers which are to transmit a load to a retainer ring and capable of preventing wear particles from escaping outside is disclosed. The polishing apparatus includes: a retainer ring disposed so as to surround the substrate and configured to press the polishing surface while rotating together with a head body; a rotary ring secured to the retainer ring and configured to rotate together with the retainer ring; a stationary ring disposed on the rotary ring; and a local-load exerting device configured to apply a local load to a part of the retainer ring through the rotary ring and the stationary ring. The rotary ring has rollers which are in contact with the stationary ring.
US09833867B2	Lighted tool post guard A lathe or other rotating machine includes a tool rest on a carriage that is movable along the work piece. The carriage includes a post that is movable with the tool rest. The post supports a guard that is disposed between the user and the work piece. The guard may include a frame surrounding a transparent portion. The frame may support a plurality of light emitting elements directed onto the work piece. An extendable/retractable transparent portion may be extended from the guard between the user and the work piece. The extendable/retractable portion and/or the transparent portion may be a magnifier.
US09833862B2	Method and system for additive manufacturing using high energy source and hot-wire A method and system to manufacture workpieces employing a high intensity energy source to create a puddle and at least one resistively heated wire which is heated to at or near its melting temperature and deposited into the puddle as droplets.
US09833861B2	Friction stir welding method for steel sheets and method of manufacturing joint A friction stir welding method for welding steel sheets together includes a heating device disposed ahead of a rotating tool in an advancing direction that preheats an unwelded portion before the welding thereof by the rotating tool and at the time of preheating, the surface temperature distribution in a direction perpendicular to the advancing direction in a position at which the welding by the rotating tool is initiated is set such that given that TAc1 is the Ac1 point of a steel sheet, the maximum temperature (TU) thereof is 0.6×TAc1
US09833860B1	System and method for plasma arc transfer for plasma cutting A plasma arc cutting system and method is providing which provides a fixed arc start current until separation occurs between the torch nozzle and electrode. After separation the current is dropped to a low current level for a period of time and then current pulses are provided until a work current is detected in a work piece to be cut.
US09833846B2	Rotary cutting tool with high-pressure, threaded coolant cap A rotary cutting tool includes a cutter body and a coolant cap removably secured to the cutter body. The coolant cap includes an outer surface, an inner surface and a generally cylindrical outer surface extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The cylindrical outer surface has a second cylindrical outer surface portion with external threads formed thereon such that the coolant cap is capable of being threaded onto the cutter body.
US09833844B2	Desktop milling machine with ovate-shaped bridge The desktop milling machine with an ovate-shaped bridge is a desktop milling machine of the computer numerical control (CNC) type having a portion of the bridge or frame structure configured to alleviate bridge deflections and deformations that are caused during the high-speed milling processes. Preferably, the bridge has an ovate arch, or has a rear face having an ovate contour.
US09833842B2	Rail shoe assembly A rail shoe assembly for mounting a drilling machine to a rail of a railway track, with the drilling machine including a drill, a cutter, and a support frame with the support frame mounted to the rail, includes a base adapted to be positioned with respect to the rail and adapted to be coupled to the support frame. The rail shoe assembly also includes an adjustable bar coupled to and slideable relative to the base. The adjustable bar has a bottom edge for engagement with the rail. The adjustable bar defines a plurality of position indicators and the base defines a plurality of mounting chambers. At least one of the plurality of position indicators and at least one of the plurality of mounting chambers are alignable at a predetermined position for positioning said base relative to the rail such that the drill and cutter are positioned relative to the rail.
US09833837B2	Passivation and alloying element retention in gas atomized powders A method for gas atomization of a titanium alloy, nickel alloy, or other alumina (Al2O3)-forming alloy wherein the atomized particles are exposed as they solidify and cool in a very short time to multiple gaseous reactive agents for the in-situ formation of a passivation reaction film on the atomized particles wherein the reaction film retains a precursor halogen alloying element that is subsequently introduced into a microstructure formed by subsequent thermally processing of the atomized particles to improve oxidation resistance.
US09833831B2	Apparatus for sizing a component shell having at least two different cross-sections An apparatus sizes an exhaust component that includes an outer shell that surrounds first and second substrates. At least one sensor hole is formed in the outer shell at a location between the first and second substrates. A first end of the outer shell is surrounded with a plurality of first fingers to size the first end around the first substrate to a first cross-section. At least one first finger has a protruding portion at a first finger distal end that is longer than first finger distal ends of the other first fingers. A plurality of second fingers surrounds the second shell end to size the outer shell about the second substrate to a second cross-section. At least one second finger has a recess portion at a second finger distal end that receives the protruding portion of the at least one first finger.
US09833822B2	Method and apparatus for cooling hot-rolled steel strip Provided are a cooling method and a cooling apparatus that, in the cooling of a hot-rolled steel strip, regulates the amount of cooling water in a two-stage manner for each set of headers in the width direction and changes the rate at which the steel strip is cooled, in a multistage manner by a simple method, and that is effective particularly in cooling the lower surface of the steel strip, where space is narrow. The spray nozzles 5 are arranged in a row in the width direction of the steel strip at a predetermined pitch. Two systems of cooling headers 6 are arranged for one set so that spray nozzles 5 adjacent in the width direction can be supplied with cooling water from different pipe systems, and a spray valve 7 is attached to each cooling header 7 so that spraying/stop of spraying of cooling water can be individually performed.
US09833818B2	Working surface cleaning system and method A cleaning film designed to remove foreign matter and particulates from working surfaces of cleaning wafers used in semiconductor processes. These processes include wafer sort test for cleaning of probe card pins and FEOL tooling for cleaning during wafer handling equipment and wafer chucks. The debris collected on the cleaning wafer working surfaces is removed by the particle removal film allowing the debris and foreign matter to be discarded. The use of the cleaning film allows the operator to refresh the cleaning wafer without use of an outside vendor and eliminates wet washing and the use of solvents in the cleaning process.
US09833816B2	Apparatus for quickly and efficiently cleaning and disinfecting sink drains and sink overflow holes Apparatus for cleaning and disinfecting sink drains and overflow holes. The apparatus includes: a cleaning fluid dispenser having a cleaning fluid reservoir, and a dispensing mechanism with a fluid dispensing port. Cleaning fluid is forced from the cleaning fluid reservoir out via the fluid dispensing port. A flexible tube is attached to the fluid dispensing port, and a support wire is affixed at its proximal end to the inside of the fluid dispensing port. A cylindrical brush is attached to a distal end of the support wire, which runs inside the tube along its length from the dispensing port to the cylindrical brush, so the tube can provide cleaning fluid to the cylindrical brush. The flexible tube is durable under repeated use, sliding in and out of the overflow hole and the drain of a sink, while the wire prevents the tube from kinking.
US09833810B2	Apparatus and process for face painting substrates with PGM and base metal solutions The principles and embodiments of the present invention relate generally to systems and methods for applying a catalytic coating to the outwardly facing edges of the cell walls of a catalytic substrate to reduce the amount of soot that accumulates at the entrances of the substrate cells that can increase back pressure and reduce the flow of exhaust gases through the substrate.
US09833802B2	Methods and apparatus for conductive element deposition and formation A conductive element such as an antenna, for use in electronic devices, including mobile devices such as cellular phones, smartphones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), laptops, and wireless tablets, and methods of, and apparatus for, forming the same. In one exemplary aspect, the present disclosure relates to a conductive antenna formed using deposition of conductive fluids as well as the method and equipment for forming the same. In one embodiment, a complex (3D) conductive trace is formed using two or more different print technologies via creation of different domains within the conductive trace pattern.
US09833799B2	Container closure with product-discharge control system A package includes a container and a closure arranged to close an opening into an interior region formed in the container. The closure includes a dispensing cap formed to include a body adapted to be coupled to a neck of the container and a product-discharge spout coupled to the body to discharge product stored in the container that passes from the interior region of the container into a discharge passageway formed in the product-discharge spout.
US09833798B2	Dispenser A dispenser (10) to deliver a liquid medication. The dispenser (10) includes a hollow reservoir body (11) providing an interior that receives the liquid. The body (11) has a threaded neck (13) that receives a cap (58). The cap (58) includes a pump assembly (17) and a nozzle member (29). The pump assembly (17) includes a vent one-way (48) that provides for the delivery of air to the interior of the reservoir (11).
US09833784B2	Feed bag construction A feed bag construction is provided comprising a feed bag, a first conduit sealed to the feed bag, a second conduit sealed to the interior of the feed bag for supplying wash reagent to the feed bag and a one piece cap that is removably mounted on the first conduit. The first conduit is provided with a hand operated butterfly valve to open or close the conduit.
US09833783B1	Fluid retainer cartridge assembly and method for utilizing the same A fluid retainer cartridge assembly is disclosed. The fluid retainer cartridge assembly includes a base portion and a cap portion. The base portion defines a plurality of implement-receiving channels. The cap portion is removably-connected to the base portion. The cap portion defines a fluid-receiving void that is fluidly-divided into an upstream fluid-receiving void and a downstream fluid-receiving void by a flange of the base portion that is disposed within the fluid-receiving void of the cap portion. The upstream fluid-receiving void is in fluid communication with the downstream fluid-receiving void by a fluid-flow passage formed by the flange of the base portion. A method is also disclosed.
US09833777B2	Water oxidation catalysts and methods of use thereof Homogeneous water oxidation catalysts (WOCs) for the oxidation of water to produce hydrogen ions and oxygen, and methods of making and using thereof are described herein. In a preferred embodiment, the WOC is a polyoxometalate WOC which is hydrolytically stable, oxidatively stable, and thermally stable. The WOC oxidized waters in the presence of an oxidant. The oxidant can be generated photochemically, using light, such as sunlight, or electrochemically using a positively biased electrode. The hydrogen ions are subsequently reduced to form hydrogen gas, for example, using a hydrogen evolution catalyst (HEC). The hydrogen gas can be used as a fuel in combustion reactions and/or in hydrogen fuel cells. The catalysts described herein exhibit higher turn over numbers, faster turn over frequencies, and/or higher oxygen yields than prior art catalysts.
US09833775B2	Method of manufacturing open-cell bodies and bodies manufactured using said method In a method of manufacturing open-cell bodies, individual parts of an open pore plastic in a size which corresponds to the size of the bodies to be manufactured while taking account of the shrinkage on a sintering or an open pore plastic element having predetermined break points which take account of the size and geometrical design of bodies to be manufactured are/is in filtrated and coated with a suspension in which at least one powdery material is contained. Organic components are expelled after a first heat treatment. Subsequently, a sintering is carried out. Parts of porous plastic provided with the suspension are separated before the first heat treatment or wherein, afterwards the open-cell element which is obtained from the plastic element from the material with which the bodies are formed is cut by forces and thereby separated bodies can be obtained.
US09833771B2	Exhaust gas purifying catalyst The exhaust gas purifying catalyst presented here includes a substrate and a catalyst coat layer formed on the surface of the substrate. The catalyst coat layer is formed in a laminate structure having two layers, with a first layer being nearer to the surface of the substrate and a second layer being relatively further from this surface. The second layer includes a carrier and a noble metal supported on the carrier. The first layer is a noble metal-free layer that does not contain a noble metal but does contain an OSC material having oxygen storage capacity.
US09833770B2	Catalyst production method, electrode catalyst for fuel cell produced by this method, and catalyst production apparatus A method for producing a catalyst supporting a metal or an alloy on a support, including: independently controlling a temperature of a first supercritical fluid to be first temperature, the first supercritical fluid containing a precursor of the metal or precursor of the alloy that is dissolved in a supercritical fluid; independently controlling a temperature of the support to be a second temperature higher than the temperature of the first supercritical fluid; and supplying the first supercritical fluid controlled to the first temperature to the support, to cause the metal or the alloy to be supported on the support.
US09833754B2	Sample dilution to specifiable dilution ratio A dilution apparatus (100) for diluting a fluidic sample in accordance with a specifiable dilution ratio, wherein the dilution apparatus (100) comprises a dilution fluid supply device (102) configured for supplying a dilution fluid at a first quantity per time, a transport fluid supply device (104) configured for supplying a transport fluid at a second quantity per time, a first fluid accommodation unit (106) configured for accommodating a first fluid volume, a second fluid accommodation unit (108) configured for accommodating a second fluid volume, and a control device (110, 112) configured for controlling the flow of the dilution fluid, the transport fluid and the fluidic sample so that in a first operation mode, the fluidic sample, being accommodated in the first fluid accommodation unit (106), is forced to flow to the second fluid accommodation unit (108) while being diluted by being mixed with dilution fluid, and in a second operation mode, the mixture of dilution fluid and fluidic sample, being accommodated in the second fluid accommodation unit (108), is forced to flow from the second fluid accommodation unit (108) to the first fluid accommodation unit (106) while being further diluted by being mixed with further dilution fluid.
US09833751B2	Polyamide water-treatment separation membrane having superior oxidation resistance and chlorine resistance properties, and method of manufacturing the same The present disclosure relates to a water-treatment separation membrane including: a porous support and a polyamide layer formed on the porous support, wherein the polyamide layer contains an antioxidant having a solubility parameter value of 9 (J/cm3)1/2 to 22 (J/cm3)1/2, and a method of manufacturing the same.
US09833746B2	Facilitated CO2 transport membrane, method for producing same, resin composition for use in method for producing same, CO2 separation module and method and apparatus for separating CO2 Provided is a facilitated CO2 transport membrane having improved CO2 permeance and improved CO2 selective permeability. The facilitated CO2 transport membrane includes a separation-functional membrane comprising a hydrophilic polymer gel membrane which contains a CO2 carrier and a CO2 hydration catalyst, wherein the hydrophilic polymer is a copolymer including a first structural unit derived from an acrylic acid cesium salt or an acrylic acid rubidium salt and a second structural unit derived from vinyl alcohol. More preferably, the CO2 hydration catalyst has catalytic activity at a temperature of 100° C. or higher.
US09833743B2	Reverse osmosis treatment device and method for cleaning reverse osmosis treatment device A reverse osmosis treatment device includes: a first pressure vessel for treating an untreated water to produce a primarily treated water and a first permeated water; a second pressure vessel for treating the primarily treated water to produce a secondarily treated water and a second permeated water; a first cleaning solution tank for storing a first cleaning solution for cleaning the first pressure vessel; and a second cleaning solution tank for storing a second cleaning solution for cleaning the second pressure vessel. Each of the first pressure vessel and the second pressure vessel has therein a reverse osmosis membrane element having a reverse osmosis membrane. The first cleaning solution tank is connected to the first concentrate outlet pipe of the first pressure vessel, and the second cleaning solution tank is connected to the inlet pipe for the primarily treated water of the second pressure vessel.
US09833742B2	Cation exchange membrane and method for producing same Provided is a cation exchange membrane having a stable ion exchange performance during usage, being excellent in basic properties such as membrane resistance and ion transportation as well as strength, and useful for electrodialysis and a method for producing the same. The cation exchange membrane is composed of a polyvinyl alcohol copolymer including an anionic group-containing anionic polymer segment and a vinyl alcohol polymer segment, and having a microphase separation structure having a domain size (X) in a range from 0 nm
US09833741B2	Submerged membrane filtration system using reciprocating membrane Provided is a reciprocating submerged membrane filtration apparatus including: a membrane tank comprising a submerged membrane and configured to intake influent wastewater to be treated, the influent wastewater being filtered through the submerged membrane to produce treated water; and a reciprocation apparatus configured to move the membrane to create an inertia force which shakes foulants off from the submerged membrane under oxygen-deficient conditions, wherein the submerged membrane comprises a microfiltration (MF) membrane or an ultrafiltration (UF) membrane.
US09833730B2	Self-cleaning system for filter press A self-cleaning system for a plate press (100) or cylinder press (110) for filtering a fluid product and for eliminating waste material accumulated on filter membranes (13) in a waste accumulation area (102) of the plate press (100) or cylinder press (110), said system comprising a drain port (DP) adjacent to the waste accumulation area (102), said system comprising an area (103) creating a circulation of water and/or forced air jets within the waste accumulation area (102) to expel the waste to the drain port (DP), whereby the waste accumulation area (102) is cleaned from the waste material without having to disassemble the plate press or cylinder press.
US09833729B2	Apparatus and method for degassing An apparatus for degassing of gaseous components from at least one curable material, particularly a curable material for building a composite part, for example, a rotor blade for a wind turbine, is provided in an embodiment herein. The apparatus includes at least one degassing chamber having at least one inlet for introducing a curable material for building a composite part, the curable material containing gaseous components into the degassing chamber and at least one outlet for removing a degassed curable material from the degassing chamber and at least one mechanical splitting means adapted to mechanically split up gaseous components contained within the curable material so as to release the gaseous components from the curable material.
US09833726B2	Distillation system and method of distillation thereof Described herein is a distillation system configured for continuous distillation under vacuum to produce an oil product such as an essential oil. Also described is a method of distillation and distillation product thereof. The distillation system comprises at least one distillation chamber for vaporizing a carrier liquid and passing it through a feedstock; a condenser fluidly connected to the at least one chamber; a separator fluidly connected to the condenser for separating a volatile oil product from a reformed carrier liquid; and a reflux tank fluidly connected to the separator and configured to store the reformed carrier liquid; a valve configured to dose carrier liquid from the reflux tank to the distillation chamber when the level of the carrier liquid in the distillation chamber falls below a predetermined level and a pump configured to maintain a positive carrier liquid pressure between the valve and the reflux tank.
US09833725B2	Interactive cloud-based toy An interactive cloud-based toy for children having a communicator located in the housing of the toy is provided. The communicator has electronic circuitry operatively coupled to a cloud database for transmitting and receiving data through a Bluetooth connection with a smart device. The cloud database corroborates and aggregates data across toys, third party cloud services, and provides customized content to the communicator. The cloud database is operatively connected to the electronic circuitry and is capable of receiving commands therefrom and transmitting data thereto. The cloud database includes provision for authorization of the user and a sensor group.
US09833724B2	Detachable axle A detachable axle comprises an axial body, two engaging portions, and two pivoting portions. The two engaging portions are respectively formed on two axial ends of the axial body, each of the engaging portions has an engaging groove, and the engaging groove is radially formed on the engaging portion. The two pivoting portions are respectively formed on the two engaging portions and extend outwards from the engaging portions. In use, the detachable axle is engaged with a general building block by the two engaging portions. The two pivoting portions extend out of the two sides of the building block and wheels are mounted around the two pivoting portions, so the building block has a moving function. The axial body and the building block could be separated to make the building block become the general combining type. The versatility of the general building block is expanded without any limitation.
US09833713B2	Information processing apparatus, method for displaying information, non-transitory storage medium encoded with computer readable program, and information processing system An exemplary embodiment provides an information processing apparatus configured to be capable of communicating data with another information processing apparatus present within a prescribed range. The information processing apparatus includes a transmission and reception portion configured to receive information for communication from another information processing apparatus. The information for communication includes position information relating to an information processing apparatus which is a source of transmission of the information for communication. The information processing apparatus further includes a display portion. A display control module is configured to perform display processing based on a first distance calculated based on the position information relating to the information processing apparatus which is the source of transmission of the information for communication and position information relating to an apparatus including the display control module.
US09833712B2	Game system, server system, processing method, and information storage medium A game system includes a game processing section that performs a process that implements a game, a data link processing section that determines that a data link activation condition has been satisfied when a data link start positional relationship has been established between a moving object and another moving object, and performs a process that produces a data link effect that changes at least one of the radar-related capability of the moving object and the performance of the moving object, and a display processing section that performs a display process that displays a display object that notifies a player of information about a data link. The data link processing section performs a process that prohibits production of the data link effect during at least one of a given first period after the game has started, and a given second period after production of the data link effect has been canceled.
US09833709B2	Game console system, method and computer program product with anti-malware/spyware and parental control capabilities A system, method and computer program product are provided for securing a game console capable of processing game-related data. In use, the game-related data is scanned for detecting malware. Additionally, the game-related data is scanned for detecting spyware. Further, parental controls are executed during use of the game console.
US09833700B2	Connectable hand-held controllers for virtual-reality systems There is provided a pair of handheld controllers for a virtual-reality system. The pair of hand-held controllers for the virtual-reality system comprises a first hand-held controller and a second hand-held controller. The first hand-held controller comprises a first user-input surface having a first user-input key, a first grip, and a first cage having a first connector coupled to a surface of the first cage. The second hand-held controller comprises a second user-input surface having a second user-input key, a second grip, and a second cage having a second connector coupled to a surface of the second cage. The first and second connectors are configured to detachably couple the first cage to the second cage.
US09833699B2	Notifying users of options to participate in meta games In a method of notifying a user of an option to participate in a meta game, a presence of a player of a computer-implemented game at a location is detected. An association between a computer-implemented meta-game and the location is identified. The player of the computer-implemented game is presented with an option to participate in the computer-implemented meta-game. An indication of an acceptance of the option to participate in the computer-implemented meta game is received from the player of the computer-implemented game. A performance of an action within the computer-implemented game by the player of the computer-implemented game is reflected within the computer-implemented meta game.
US09833696B2	Lockable wagering chip container and method for using the same A lockable wagering chip container is disclosed which includes a case, a drawer, and a lock mechanism. The case includes a case top, a case bottom, two case sides, and two case ends. The case top includes a through-hole and at least one of the two case ends is open. The drawer includes a drawer top, a drawer bottom, two drawer sides, and two drawer ends. The drawer bottom, two drawer sides, and two drawer ends partially enclose a drawer interior configured to hold a plurality of chips; the drawer top is open. At least one of the drawer ends includes a chip slot configured to accept a chip inserted when the drawer is in a closed position. The lock mechanism is positioned within the case and configured to secure the drawer in the closed position until the lock mechanism is released by a key inserted into the through-hole.
US09833692B2	Games tables and corner assemblies for same A games table features a unique corner assembly in which upper and lower corner members respectively embrace about upper and lower edges of an elongated perimeter frame member of the table and are clamped together to secure the frame member in place around a primary gameplay panel. Matable male and female features on the corner assemblies also enable stacking of two table top units to enable convenient switching of a games table between two modes of game play. Invertible caps of the corner units feature braces capable of receiving a second horizontal gameplay panel in a position over the primary gameplay panel. The main gameplay panel is double sided, whereby Inversion of the entire tabletop unit enables a second mode of gameplay. Alternatively, support arms of an upright gameplay unit featuring a basketball backboard or other upright panel are insertable into the corner units.
US09833689B2	Modular connector system A modular connector system for facilitating the construction of a playing area or non-playing area, such as an outdoor or backyard ice hockey or skating rink, a netted or lighted area, sand box, garden, and the like. Spanning boards and/or inserted poles can be used to join side connectors to corner connectors and to side connectors to form a free standing, fully enclosed, partially enclosed, walled-in, netted, or partitioned area.
US09833681B1	Golf impact plane model An apparatus for demonstrating how golf balls interact with golf clubs includes a downswing plane, a club shaft attached to the downswing plane, a golf club head attached to the club shaft, and a collision-plane indicator attached to the golf club head wherein the collision-plane indicator illustrates the plane created by two intersecting lines that are in the direction of the path and the direction of the club face. Preferably, the downswing plane has an adjustable angle, and preferably the downswing plane swivels. Preferably the club shaft is pivotally attached to the downswing plane. Preferably the apparatus includes a removable golf ball with a spin axis through the middle of the ball, and with a black line across the middle of the ball that indicates spin direction perpendicular to the ball's spin axis.
US09833677B2	Swing training harness and associated kit combination incorporating elastic stretch bands connecting via sliding rings to a handle location or to knob end extending attachment of a bat A batter swing training harness and associated kit including a belt adapted to being affixed about a wearer's waist, a vertical portion extending downwardly from the belt and terminating in a looped portion adapted to being affixed about the wearer's upper leg and a first pair elastic bands extending from vertically spaced locations of the belt and vertical portion. A second individual elastic band extends from a further location of the belt. Each of the first pair of bands and the second individual band terminate in a ring adapted to being slidably supported upon a stem extending from a knob end of a bat. The harness controls a motion of the bat during each of a backswing and forward follow through to correct flaws in the batters swing, such resulting in the rings detaching either prematurely from the stem prior to completion of the swing to instruct incorrect positioning of the bat, or detaching from the stem during the forward follow through of a correct swing in order to allow the user to complete the swing.
US09833676B2	Baseball and softball pitching training aid A pitching training aid is provided. The pitching training aid includes an elongated poll having a first end, a second end, and a common axis running from the first end to the second end. The present invention further includes a ball having a slot running from a first side to a second side opposite the first side along a center of the ball. The slot is sized to fit around the elongated poll so that the ball slidably engages the elongated poll along the common center axis. A first stopper is secured to the first end of the elongated poll and a second stopper is secured to the second end of the elongated poll. The first stopper and the second stopper have a diameter greater than a diameter of the elongated poll, thereby preventing the ball from sliding off of the elongated poll.
US09833674B2	Hockey stick A goalkeeper's hockey stick with an angled shaft is disclosed. The goalkeeper stick is comprised of a shaft, paddle and blade. The shaft connects to the paddle which connects to the blade. The portion of the shaft where it connects to the paddle is beveled to provide a grip portion of the shaft where the goalkeeper's gloved hand can grip the stick in a way that provides a more ergonomic position for the goalkeeper's hand.
US09833673B2	Pitch mark repair tool A pitch mark repair tool is provided. The repair tool includes a stationary tube having a top end and a bottom end. At least one spike extends from the bottom end. A handle portion is secured to the top end of the stationary tube. A slide tube is slidably engaged with the stationary tube. The slide tube includes a bottom end having an aperture sized to fit at least one spike therethrough. A spring is disposed about the stationary tube in between the slide tube and the handle portion. The spring biases the slide tube so that the at least one spike is at least substantially disposed within the slide tube. The spike protrudes through the aperture when a pressure is applied to the bottom end of the slide tube 16 against the bias of the spring.
US09833672B1	Foldable golf tee This invention is a golf tee which folds in three sections articulated to each other. When folded, the tee is compact and its pointed tip is shielded. Compactness is achieved by notching the top of the tee or by offsetting the two articulations with respect to each other. The tee is extensible by a linear ratchet or by a screw, thereby allowing the player to adjust the height. The sections can be assembled at their articulation by a snap-on mechanism. The top section can be made springy by including a coil spring between the articulation and the head of the tee. A snap-lock mechanism allows the tee to remain securely locked in the deployed configuration and in the folded configuration. The folding structure of the tee provides directional information to the player, either pointing backward to indicate the best backswing direction or forward indicating the best follow-through direction.
US09833667B1	Golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads Embodiments of golf club heads and methods to manufacture golf club heads are generally described herein. In one example, a golf club head may include a body portion having a first interior cavity portion, a toe portion, a heel portion, a top portion, a bottom portion, a rear portion, a front portion having a face portion, and a second interior cavity portion having an elastic polymer material. The body portion may include a plurality of ports located on the bottom portion. Other examples and embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09833655B1	Modular resistance force system A modular resistance force system includes an axle configured to be rotatable around a rotational axis and one or more resistance mechanisms. Each of the one or more resistance mechanisms includes a resistance element disposed about a portion of the axle, a resistance element housing configured to house the resistance element and a resistance substance disposed between the resistance element and the resistance element housing. Either the resistance element or the resistance element housing is selectively engaged to rotate with the axle. A resistance between the resistance element and the resistance substance causes a force to be applied to the axle when the resistance element and the resistance element housing move relative to each other.
US09833654B1	Hand-held adjustable exercise apparatus A single hand-held full body muscle building exercise apparatus, with a curved bar, that allows conventional disc shaped weights to be mounted on each end of the bar, with two handles located near the longitudinal center of the bar, that are adjustable, to allow for targeting specific muscle groups in the hands, arms, shoulders, chest, abdomen, back, buttocks, legs, ankles and feet. Each handle is adjustable to allow symmetrical and asymmetrical changes in gravitational load on each side of the user's body. The distance between each hand, and the rotational angles of the wrists, forearms, and shoulders can be changed while maintaining the center of gravity, of the weighted bar, about the center of gravity of the human body, during lower body and upper body exercises.
US09833653B2	Exercise and massage device An exercise and massage device utilizes a substantially spherical body having a central cavity that extends to opposite sides of the spherical body so that the cavity forms openings on opposite sides of the spherical body. The spherical body has an outer core of a first resilient hardness. A single rigid handle is positioned within the cavity. The openings of the cavity are sized and configured for allowing a user to access and manually grasp the handle through either opening. A resilient outer layer surrounds the outer core of the spherical body and provides an exterior surface of the spherical body. The resilient outer layer has a second resilient hardness that is less than that of the first resilient hardness of the outer core of the spherical body to provide a cushioning effect when the device is used in a massage mode. The device is weighted to provide a total weight of the device of from 2 lbs or more.
US09833648B2	Methods and systems for suppressing pyrophoric metal fires A method for suppressing a pyrophoric metal fire may include arranging a suppression system above a containment structure. The suppression system includes a first extinguishing agent. The containment structure is configured to contain and isolate a pyrophoric metal from ambient air. The suppression system is configured to activate upon a leak and ignition of the pyrophoric metal so as to release the first extinguishing agent to suppress the pyrophoric metal fire.
US09833642B2	Skin care formulations Disclosed is a method of firming skin or reducing the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles comprising topically applying, to skin in need thereof, a composition comprising palmitoyl tetrapeptide 7 and a dermatologically acceptable vehicle comprising water, glycerin, butylene glycol, propylene glycol, and a chelating agent, wherein topical application of the composition to the skin firms the skin or reduces the appearance of fine lines or wrinkles, and wherein the composition is not a sunless tanning composition.
US09833641B2	System and method for energy delivery to tissue while monitoring position, lesion depth, and wall motion Systems and methods for ablating tissue include an ablation device having an energy source and a sensor. The energy source provides a beam of energy directable to target tissue, and the sensor senses energy reflected back from the target tissue. The sensor collects various information from the target tissue in order to facilitate adjustment of ablation operating parameters, such as changing power or position of the energy beam. Gap distance between the energy source and target tissue, energy beam incident angle, tissue motion, tissue type, lesion depth, etc. are examples of some of the information that may be collected during the ablation process and used to help control ablation of the tissue.
US09833638B2	Location-based encryption and shielding New techniques for controlling electromagnetic and other forms of radiation are provided. In some aspects of the invention, multiple sources of radiation with characteristics that are projected to constructively interfere at a target are provided. In other aspects, spatially-encoded source signals create a decrypted resulting beam at a planned, target location. In still other aspects, a variable shield which is also a lens is inserted between a radiation target and collateral material.
US09833634B2	Advanced methods and systems for treating cell proliferation disorders The present invention relates to methods for treating cell proliferation disorders comprising (1) administering to the subject at least one activatable pharmaceutical agent that is capable of activation by a simultaneous two photon absorption event and of effecting a predetermined cellular change when activated, (2) administering at least one plasmonics-active agent to the subject, and (3) applying an initiation energy from an initiation energy source to the subject, wherein the plasmonics-active agent enhances or modifies the applied initiation energy, such that the enhanced or modified initiation energy activates the activatable pharmaceutical agent by the simultaneous two photon absorption event in situ, thus causing the predetermined cellular change to occur, wherein said predetermined cellular change treats the cell proliferation related disorder, and the use of plasmonics enhanced photospectral therapy (PEPST) and exiton-plasmon enhanced phototherapy (EPEP) in the treatment of various cell proliferation disorders, and the PEPST and EPEP agents and probes.
US09833632B2	Synchronized cardioversion mixed mode operation and timing verification A defibrillator system employs an external ECG monitor (40) and a defibrillator (20). In operation, external ECG monitor (40) generates a synchronized cardioversion input signal as one of an external ECG waveform (50) of a heart (11) of a patient (10) or an external synchronized pulse (51) indicative of a detection by the external ECG monitor (40) of at least one QRS complex of the external ECG waveform (50). Defibrillator (40) includes a synchronized cardioversion input channel (29) for receiving the synchronized cardioversion input signal from external ECG monitor (40), and controls a conditional delivery of a defibrillation shock synchronized with the synchronized cardioversion input signal to the patient (10) in response to the defibrillator (20) receiving the synchronized cardioversion input signal. One condition for shock delivery is a measured time delay between an internal ECG waveform (30) and the synchronized cardioversion input signal being less than a baseline time delay.
US09833630B2	Biphasic or multiphasic pulse waveform and method A novel therapeutic biphasic or multiphasic pulse waveform and method are provided. The novel therapeutic biphasic or multiphasic pulse waveform may be used in a defibrillator, or in another medical device that delivers therapeutic electrical stimulation pulses to a patient.
US09833624B2	System and method for rate modulated cardiac therapy utilizing a temperature senor A cardiac rhythm management system provides an increase in pacing rate as a combination of responses to three characteristics of a relative-temperature signal: a dip, a positive slope, and a positive magnitude. The relative-temperature signal is the difference between a short-term and a long-term temperature average. A dip produces a limited and temporary rate increase having a first proportionality. A positive slope produces a rate increase with a second proportionality. A positive magnitude produces a rate increase with a third proportionality. The dip response seeds the slope response to provide a seamless and immediate rate transition after a dip. The cardiac rhythm management system limits and filters the sum of the rate increases to provide a sensor indicated rate, which is used to stimulate the heart.
US09833618B2	Methods and compositions for treating a disease condition in a subject Methods for treating a disease condition in a subject are provided. The subject methods include selectively modulating at least one biological activity of advential tissue in a manner effective to treat the disease condition. Also provided are compositions, kits and systems for use in practicing the subject methods.
US09833614B1	Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods Autonomic nervous system control via high frequency spinal cord modulation, and associated systems and methods. A method for treating a patient in accordance with a particular embodiment includes selecting a neural modulation site to include a neural population of the patient's spinal cord, and selecting parameters of a neural modulation signal to at least reduce an autonomic system deficit in the patient.
US09833611B2	Systems and methods for making and using improved contact arrays for electrical stimulation systems An electrical stimulation lead or lead extension includes a body having an outer surface, a proximal end, a proximal portion, at least one distal portion, an outer surface, a perimeter, and a longitudinal length, the body defining an alignment slit extending distally from the proximal end of the body and splitting the proximal portion of the body into two transversely space-apart sections; first contacts disposed along the distal portion of the body; segmented second contacts disposed along the proximal portion of the body, where each segmented second contact extends around less than the entire perimeter of the body and is separated from all other segmented second contacts by portions of the body or the alignment slit; and conductors electrically coupling the first contacts to the second contacts.
US09833609B2	Pacing leads with a structured coating An implantable medical device includes a lead body having a distal end and a proximal end, a lumen and at least one lead wire extending through the lumen. The lead wire has an outer surface and a polymeric coating on at least a portion of the outer surface of the lead wire. The coating includes a first structure having a first end proximate the outer surface of the lead wire and a second end opposite the first end. The second end is movable relative to the first end and relative to the lead wire.
US09833596B2	Catheter having a steerable tip A catheter includes an electromechanical polymer (EMP) actuator disposed in a steerable tip at the distal end of the catheter. When activated, the EMP actuator deflects the steerable tip through an angle between 0 and 270 degrees, thus permitting the operator to steer the steerable tip through the vasculature. The steerable tip also has at least a first relatively stiff region and a second relatively flexible region, and the EMP actuator is provided next to the first relatively stiff region so that the steerable tip may toward the flexible region when activated. In one implementation, an external interface allows a user to select by name one of many sets of control signals, with each set of control signals being signals calibrated for configuring the catheter to mimic a known catheter.
US09833595B2	Dual-lever bi-directional handle An improved bi-directional steerable catheter is provided. The catheter generally comprises a catheter body, tip section and control handle. The catheter further comprises first and second puller wires extending from the control handle, through the catheter body and into the tip section. The control handle has deflection means for each puller wire that include a gear, and a carrier to which the proximal end of a puller wire is anchored. The gear is rotatably coupled to a lever controlled by an operator and the gear engages the carrier such that rotation of the gear by the lever results in longitudinal movement of the carrier, which results in deflection of the tip section.
US09833594B2	Balloon catheter A balloon catheter having a distal-end tip which, even if caught in a stenosis, will not break apart from a distal end of an inner shaft of the balloon catheter when the balloon catheter is forcibly rotated or pulled by an operator. The distal-end tip of the balloon catheter is fixed to the distal end of the inner shaft, and a connecting tube covers an outer surface of the distal end of the inner shaft and a proximal end of the distal-end tip. An inwardly protruding portion of the connecting tube is embedded into the distal-end tip. This creates an anchoring effect and increases a welding area between an outer surface of the distal-end tip and an inner surface of the connecting tube, thereby reducing a risk that the distal-end tip will break apart from the distal end of the inner shaft.
US09833592B1	Automatic gel applying container for an intermittent urinary catheter A package or container for a catheter having a catheter tube with a proximal end provided with a catheter outlet and a distal opening at a distal end thereof. A gel receptacle is provided with a cavity for holding an amount of a lubricating agent, and the catheter tube extends therethrough. The gel receptacle is configured such that as the catheter is withdrawn from a stored position therein, a leading tip of the catheter is immersed in the lubricating agent, thus automatically coating the leading tip. The gel receptacle may be held within a rigid body or may be a standalone item packaged in a sterile bag solely with the catheter. A side wall of the gel receptacle is deformable so that as the catheter is withdrawn proximally the side wall is collapsed inward to displace the lubricating agent gel and coat an exterior surface of the catheter tube.
US09833584B2	Portable ventilator secretion management system A patient ventilator secretion management system is disclosed. The system has a valve with an input in pneumatic communication with a therapeutic breathing gas source. The valve has variable positions, each of which corresponds to a specific flow rate of gas being output therefrom. A patient ventilation interface is in pneumatic communication with the valve over a gas delivery circuit. A controller in communication with the valve regulates the position thereof. The controller sequentially switches the valve from one of the variable positions to another to output a first range of fluctuating flow rates of gas for delivery to the patient ventilation interface during at least a selected one of patient expiratory and inspiratory phases.
US09833583B2	System and method for adjusting tidal volume of a self-ventilation subject A system and method are configured to adjust the tidal volume of the breathing of a subject. The subject is self-ventilating (breathes under her own power). The adjustment of tidal volume accomplished through use of the system and/or method may reduce hypertension (e.g., lower blood pressure), reduce stress and/or anxiety (and related maladies), improve relaxation, decrease sleep latency, improve sleep quality, address other sleep disorders, and/or provide other health benefits. The system and method are effective in adjusting tidal volume while the subject is awake and/or asleep.
US09833581B2	Medical device and method for limiting the use of the medical device A method for detecting a limit of use of a medical device is presented having the steps of starting a timer of a medical device when the medical device is used for the first time, detecting the limit of use of the medical device and indicating the limit of use of the medical device. The limit of use is reached when at least one of a first criterion and a second criterion is met, wherein the first criterion is that the timer reaches or exceeds a time limit and wherein the second criterion is that at least one operation of a drive train of said medical device reaches or exceeds a limit.
US09833578B2	Medicament delivery device A medicament delivery device includes a distal housing part; a proximal housing part for a container; a drive mechanism in the distal housing part that includes a plunger rod; and an auto mixing mechanism. The housing parts are movable from a first position, in which the housing parts are partially extended relative to each other, to a second position, in which the housing parts are partially retracted relative to each other. The auto mixing mechanism is configured to hold the housing parts in the first position and to lock the housing parts in the second position, and includes a mixing force member operably arranged between the housing parts such that manual activation of the auto mixing mechanism enables the mixing force member to cause the housing parts to move from the first position to the second position. The plunger rod acts to mixing a medicament in the container.
US09833577B2	Medical injector with coupled body portions A medical injector is provided herein which includes first and second body portions each having a longitudinal axis and configured to couple at a coupling. The medical injector also includes an axially-displaceable plunger; biasing element for advancing the plunger a predetermined distance; and, a releasable retainer for releasably retaining the plunger in a first state against the force of the biasing element. In an initial state, the axes of the first and second body portions are not aligned and the plunger is in the first state. In a coupled state, the axes of the first and second body portions are axially aligned, and the releasable retainer releases the plunger, thereby allowing the biasing element to advance the plunger the predetermined distance. Advantageously, the subject invention provides a medical injector having an automated plunger drive which is triggered upon assembly of the pen injector, thereby minimizing premature or failed activations.
US09833566B2	Injection system Described is a medicament cartridge comprising a housing having open proximal and distal ends, a first coupling mechanism, and a syringe slidably disposed in the housing. The syringe includes a needle and has a retracted position in which the needle is covered by the housing and an extended position in which the needle is exposed. A delivery device comprises the medicament cartridge, an actuator comprising a plunger, a motor adapted to translate the plunger, a second coupling mechanism adapted to detachably engage the first coupling mechanism, and a control button adapted to actuate the motor. A carrier comprises a first slot for at least partially containing the actuator, a second slot for at least partially containing the medicament cartridge, a user interface adapted to provide at least one a visual signal and an audible signal.
US09833559B2	Pressure isolation mechanisms, method of use thereof and fluid delivery systems including pressure isolation mechanisms A pressure isolation mechanism for use in a medical procedure includes a lumen, an isolation port in fluid connection with lumen, and a valve having a first state and a second state. The first state occurs when the lumen and the isolation port are connected. The second state occurs when the lumen and the isolation port are disconnected. The lumen remains open for flow of fluid therethrough in the first state and in the second state. The valve is normally in the first state and is switchable to the second state when fluid pressure in the lumen reaches a predetermined pressure level. A pressure transducer can be in fluid connection with the isolation port of the pressure isolation mechanism A fluid delivery system includes a manually operated syringe and a pressure isolation mechanism as described above.
US09833555B2	Methods and systems for establishing retrograde carotid arterial blood flow Interventional procedures on the carotid arteries are performed through a transcervical access while retrograde blood flow is established from the internal carotid artery to a venous or external location. A system for use in accessing and treating a carotid artery includes an arterial access device, a shunt fluidly connected to the arterial access device, and a flow control assembly coupled to the shunt and adapted to regulate blood flow through the shunt between at least a first blood flow state and at least a second blood flow state. The flow control assembly includes one or more components that interact with the blood flow through the shunt.
US09833554B2	Automatic detection and adjustment of a pressure pod diaphragm A system for controlling the position of a diaphragm in a diaphragm-containing pressure pod, is provided. The system can include a peristaltic pump, a pressure pod having a flow-through fluid side and a gas side that are separated by a diaphragm, and a pressure sensor operatively connected to the gas side. The pressure sensor is configured to sense pulses of pressure resulting from movement of the diaphragm and caused by the action of the peristaltic pump. A gas source and a valve can be in fluid communication with the gas side of the pressure pod and can be configured to provide gas to, or vent gas from, the gas side. A controller receives pressure signals from the pressure sensor and controls the valve in response, and in so doing, controls the position of the diaphragm. Methods for positioning the diaphragm are also included.
US09833551B2	Fully implantable direct cardiac and aortic compression device The present invention provides a combined direct cardiac compression and aortic counterpulsation device comprising: an inflatable direct cardiac compression jacket configured when inflated to directly compress a heart and assist in displacing blood therefrom, an aortic counterpulsation chamber configured when inflated to displace aortic volume for the purposes of causing a counterpulsation effect, and a driver operably connected to said inflatable direct cardiac compression jacket and to said aortic counterpulsation chamber, said driver is configured to inflate said direct cardiac compression jacket and to deflate said aortic counterpulsation chamber during systole of the heart; said driver is further configured to deflate said direct cardiac compression jacket and to inflate said aortic counterpulsation chamber during diastole of the heart.
US09833550B2	Intracardiac pumping device The invention relates to an intercardiac pump device comprising a pump (11) whose distal end (13) is connected to a cannula (15) which is provided with a suction head (16) for sucking blood. Said strainer is provided with a non-sucking extension (20) for stabilizing the position of said pump device in the heart and mechanically prolonging the cannula (15) without deteriorating hydraulic conditions. Said extension is also used in the form of a spacer in order to avoid that the suction head (16) adheres to a cardiac wall.
US09833531B1	Aromatherapy ring for shower head An aromatherapy ring made of soft, flexible silicon or like material. The ring includes a split ring body with an open trough therearound for receiving aroma liquid. The split ring body is adapted for wrapping around a shower filter or a shower head. The ring body includes first and second ends with magnets or like attaching means for engaging each other and holding the ring in a horizontal position on the shower filter or shower head. When warm or hot water passes through the shower filter or shower head, the aroma liquid is heated, thus providing a fragrance for aromatherapy, when taking a shower.
US09833527B1	Escalator sterilization device Disclosed is an escalator sterilization device attached close to a handrail of an escalator and formed by a base and a sterilization module. The sterilization module has a cover in an arc shape, so that the cover can be attached closed to a surface of a handrail of the escalator, and the inner wall of the cover has plural electrode coils electrically coupled to a power supply device in the base. After the power supply device is conducted by an electric power, a high voltage power is generated to excite the electrode coils to form plasma, and the plasma is used to destroy polymorphic bacteria and microorganisms, so that the sterilization module can eliminate the bacteria on the surface of the handrail of the escalator and provide a deodorant effect.
US09833508B2	Cancer therapeutics The invention relates to the treatment of cancer. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a composition comprising a micelle construct attached to a glut-1 antibody and a curcumin molecule. In another embodiment, the present invention provides a method of treating colon and/or breast cancer by administering a therapeutically effective amount of composition comprising a targeted construct attached to an inhibitor of NF-kB.
US09833503B2	Methods for displaying polypeptides and uses thereof Provided herein are methods and compositions for displaying a polypeptide on a tubular structure and uses of such displayed polypeptides in the production of antibodies or vaccines.
US09833499B2	Purification and isolation of recombinant oxalate degrading enzymes and spray-dried particles containing oxalate degrading enzymes The present invention comprises methods and compositions for the reduction of oxalate in humans, and methods for the purification and isolation of recombinant oxalate reducing enzyme proteins. The invention provides methods and compositions for the delivery of oxalate-reducing enzymes in particle compositions. The compositions of the present invention are suitable in methods of treatment or prevention of oxalate-related conditions.
US09833498B2	Methods of treatment of collagen-mediated diseases and conditions Methods and combinations are provided for controlling the duration of action, in vivo, of matrix-degrading enzymes. The methods and combinations permit temporary in-vivo activation of matrix-degrading enzymes upon administration to the extra cellular matrix (or “ECM”). Matrix-degrading enzymes having a controlled duration of action can be used to treat ECM-mediated diseases or disorders characterized by increased deposition or accumulation of one or more ECM components.
US09833492B2	Combinations of a caspase inhibitor and an antiviral agent A compound is provided which has a structure I: A-B-C and a method for administering the compound is also provided for use in the prophylaxis and/or treatment of a viral infection, and in particular for preventing and/or inhibiting viral replication, in which A is a quinoline or quinoline-like group, B is a sole amino acid or a peptide or polypeptide having a given amino acid sequence, and C is an O-phenoxy group. According to one embodiment, the compound is a protease inhibitor such as a caspase inhibitor, and the inhibitor can be Q-VD-OPh (N-(2-(quinolyl)valylaspartyl-(2,6-difluorophenoxyl)methyl ketone), optionally in an O-methylated form. Antiviral compositions and kits are also provided.
US09833489B2	Use of saffron and/or safranal and/or crocin and/or picrocrocin and/or derivatives thereof as a sateity agent for treatment of obesity Use of saffron and its active ingredients, such as safranal and/or picrocrocin and/or crocin and/or derivatives thereof, for the production of an active satiation agent for the treatment of problems of overweight.
US09833485B2	Lactobacillus plantarum capsule for poultry and use thereof The present invention relates to a Lactobacillus plantarum capsule and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of microbe feed additives. The Lactobacillus plantarum capsule consists of a wall material, Lactobacillus plantarum, a cryoprotectant, stachyose, and Morchella esculenta zymolytic powders; wherein the wall material is composed of zymolytic soybean protein isolate, chitosan, xanthan gum, carrageenin, glycerin and trehalose, and when formulated into a mixed solution, the above substances have concentrations of 7 to 10% zymolytic soybean protein isolate, 1 to 2% chitosan, 1 to 3% xanthan gum, 0.1 to 0.5% carrageenin, 0.3 to 1% glycerin, and 0.5 to 2% trehalose. The Lactobacillus plantarum capsule of the present invention enhances resistance of the capsule to gastric acid, has very good enteric solubility, besides, it can effectively inhibit the growth of pathogenic germs to improve immunity, decrease incidence of diseases in livestock and poultry, and improve the breeding quality and benefit.
US09833484B2	Conjugated linoleic acid-producing strains of probiotic bacteria and use thereof for the preparation of a food, dietetic or pharmaceutical composition The present invention relates to conjugated linoleic acid (CLA)-producing strains of probiotic bacteria. In particular, the present invention relates to a selection of bacterial strains belonging to the genus Bifidobacterium which were selected for their ability to produce conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) from linoleic acid (LA). Furthermore, the present invention relates to a food, dietetic or pharmaceutical composition comprising said bacterial strains capable of increasing the quantity of CLA in situ, i.e. inside the gastrointestinal tract.
US09833475B2	Enhanced anabolic cytokine production and delivery system Techniques and devices for removing (filtering out) unwanted/inhibitory components (for example, products, byproducts and/or cell output such as inhibitory catabolic proteins) from a composition (for example, autologous fluid or serum) containing such unwanted/inhibitory components. The devices include at least one construct designed to contain a composition (for example, autologous fluid or serum) containing inhibitory/unwanted components (products, byproducts and/or output of cells such as inhibitory catabolic proteins). The construct is provided with interior walls including specific protein capturing means designed to remove the inhibitory/unwanted component(s) (for example, specific protein(s)) from the composition. Proteins targeted for capture include, but are not limited to, catabolic cytokines such as IL-1β, IL-α, IL-6, TNFα, IFNγ and MMPS as these proteins inhibit the healing process.
US09833472B2	Antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement The invention proposes an antiseptic composition for use as bone cement, in particular an antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement, that can be cured and comprises a content of at least one component that is a compound with an oxidizing effect or from which a compound with an oxidizing effect can be released. Preferably, hydrogen peroxide is or can be released. In this context, it is particularly preferred to use an adduct or a salt of hydrogen peroxide that releases hydrogen peroxide in the presence of water or aqueous conditions. The antiseptic polymethylmethacrylate bone cement can be used for mechanical fixation of primary total articular endoprostheses, for mechanical fixation of revision total articular endoprostheses, and for producing spacers.
US09833471B1	Hypochlorous acid-based hand sanitizer A sanitizing formulation is disclosed for use as a hand sanitizer. The formulation may include hypochlorous acid, a silicone polymer or blend thereof, sodium phosphate, hydrochloric acid, and sodium magnesium silicate. Methods of using and making the sanitizing formulation are also disclosed.
US09833468B2	Methods for treating progeroid laminopathies using oligonucleotide analogues targeting human LMNA Provided are methods of treatment in subjects having progeroid diseases and related conditions which rely upon LMNA-targeted antisense oligonucleotides for reducing expression of one or more aberrantly spliced LMNA mRNA isoforms that encode progerin.
US09833464B2	Target-aiming drug delivery system for diagnosis and treatment of cancer containing liposome labeled with peptides which specifically targets interleukin-4 receptors, and manufacturing method thereof The present invention relates to a target-aiming drug delivery system for diagnosis and treatment of cancer containing liposome labeled with peptides which specifically targets interleukin-4 receptors, and a manufacturing method thereof. The liposome which contains anticancer drugs labeled with IL4RPep peptides prepared in accordance with the present invention can deliver drugs to cancer cells in which IL-4 receptors are overexpressed by IL4RPep peptides which specifically bind to IL-4 receptors, and the drug delivery can recognize cancer cells specifically by a label. Thus, IL4RPep peptides can increase the effect of drugs only on cancer tissues and at the same time significantly reduce the side effects on normal tissues, which makes possible in vivo(molecular) imaging and early diagnosis of tumors. Therefore, the liposome which contains anticancer drugs labeled with IL4Pep peptides of the present invention can be applied, as the target-aiming drug delivery system, effectively to the diagnosis and treatment of cancers.
US09833461B2	Therapeutic compositions comprising cannabidiol and corticosteroids A composition comprising a tetrahydrocannabinoid compound, a second cannabinoid and a corticosteroid is provided. The composition is useful to treat psoriasis and related conditions in a mammal.
US09833458B2	Thioflavin derivatives for use in the antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and in vivo imaging and prevention of amyloid deposition This invention relates to novel thioflavin derivatives, methods of using the derivatives in, for example, in vivo imaging of patients having neuritic plaques, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the thioflavin derivatives and method of synthesizing the compounds. The compounds find particular use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients having diseases where accumulation of neuritic plaques are prevalent. The disease states or maladies include but are not limited to Alzheimer's Disease, familial Alzheimer's Disease, Down's Syndrome and homozygotes for the apolipoprotein E4 allele.
US09833450B2	Oxabicycloheptanes and oxabicycloheptenes for the treatment of depressive and stress disorders A method of treating a depressive or stress disorder in a subject afflicted therewith comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound having the structure:
US09833449B2	2-(azaindol-2-yl) benzimidazoles as PAD4 inhibitors Compounds of formula (I): wherein; R1 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, perhalomethylC0-5alkyl-O—, or C1-6alkoxy; R3 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, or C1-6alkoxyC1-6alkyl; R4 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, perhalomethylC1-6alkyl; or unsubstituted C3-6cycloalkylC1-6alkyl; A is C—R5 or N; B is C—R6 or N; D is C—R7 or N; with the proviso that at least one of A, B, and D, is N; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R6 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; R7 is hydrogen, C1-6alkyl, C1-6alkoxy, or hydroxy; R8 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl, with the proviso that one of R4 and R8 is hydrogen; R9 is hydrogen or hydroxy; R10 is hydrogen or C1-6alkyl; and salts thereof are PAD4 inhibitors and may be useful in the treatment of various disorders, for example rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, cancer, cystic fibrosis, asthma, cutaneous lupus erythematosis, and psoriasis.
US09833432B2	Aminocarbonylcarbamate compounds The present disclosure provides a compound represented by Formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt which are effective as a dopamine reuptake inhibitor and a method of using the compound: wherein X is independently halo, alkyl, alkoxy or nitro; m is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 1 or 2; R1 and R2 are independently H— or alkyl; R3 is H—, alkyl or aralkyl; and R4 is H— or aryl.
US09833431B2	Pharmaceutical combinations for the treatment of cancer The present invention relates to pharmaceutical combinations comprising aminoacetonitrile derivatives and anticancer compounds. Further, the present invention relates to these pharmaceutical combinations for use in the treatment of cancer.
US09833424B2	Application of fluoxetine to treatment of depigmentation diseases The present disclosure provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions for treating depigmentation diseases such as vitiligo or leukoctricia. The pharmaceutical composition contains a therapeutically effective amount of fluoxetine.
US09833422B2	Anti-cancer activity of (E)-1-(3′,4′-dimethoxyphenyl)butadiene The present invention provides a method of using (E)-1-(3′, 4′-dimethoxyphenyl) butadiene to induce anti-tumorigenic effects in pancreatic carcinoma, ovarian carcinoma and prostate carcinoma. The invention also provides a method of using (E)-1-(3′, 4′-dimethoxyphenyl) butadiene to prevent cancer metastasis.
US09833421B2	Method for synthesizing (E)-anethol and related compounds by cross coupling reaction of potassium allyltrifluroborate and 4-bromoanisole and aryl halides Methods of producing substituted and non-substituted beta-methyl styrene by a cross-coupling reaction are provided. The disclosure also provides for methods of preparing (E)-Anethol and related compounds by a cross coupling reaction of potassium allyltrifluoroborate and 4-bromoanisole and aryl halides. Compounds, compositions, and methods of treating disorders utilizing beta-methyl styrene are also provided.
US09833410B2	Lyophilized formulation comprising GM-CSF neutralizing compound The present invention relates to aqueous formulations comprising at least 20 mg/ml of a compound neutralizing GM-CSF, a lyoprotectant and an amino acid and/or a buffer. The ingredients of the formulation preferably provide stability to the compound neutralizing GM-CSF in view of lyophilization, storage and reconstruction. In a preferred aspect, the formulation, e.g. after reconstruction, is for use in therapy, preferably for use in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders, preferably including allergic and psoriatic disorders, as well as arthritic and asthmatic disorders. Furthermore, a kit comprising the formulation of the invention is provided.
US09833404B2	Topical skin compositions for treating wrinkles Disclosed is a method for reducing the appearance of a wrinkle on skin comprising topically applying to said wrinkle a composition that includes an effective amount of ornithine, retinol, Commiphora mukul resin or an extract thereof, and hyaluronic acid, wherein topical application of the composition reduces the appearance of said wrinkle within 120 seconds after application of the composition, and wherein topical application of said composition stimulates adipogenesis in said skin.
US09833403B2	Nanoparticles and nanoemulsions The invention described herein is related to the preparation and usage of nanoemulsions and nanoparticles which containing biological active ingredients including cosmetic, medical and pharmaceutical active ingredients to pass skin barriers and promote cell growth with evident clinical effects. Also, the present invention contains a cosmetic formulation that can be used for skin rejuvenation, wrinkle removal, scar treatment and wounds healing.
US09833402B2	Composition Hair treatment composition comprising from 40 to 95% wt. of the composition silicone elastomer, 0.01 to 5% silica and from 0 to 2% wt. water.
US09833401B2	Method for producing composition for external use containing physiologically acceptable salt of tranexamate A composition for external use containing a tranexamate as an active ingredient with suppressed sticky or oily feeling but having a fresh feel of use, and a method for producing the same. A tranexamate salt can be dispersed stably in an aqueous medium by (a) dissolving the tranexamate salt and an amphiphilic polymer in water, a water-soluble organic solvent or a mixture thereof; and (b) adding a mixed solution obtained in the step (a) to an aqueous medium, and thus keeping the tranexamate salt in molecular assembly particles formed of the amphiphilic polymer.
US09833397B2	Anti-dandruff sugars The invention relates to the cosmetic use of at least one compounds according to the following formula (I), as an anti-dandruff agent or for preventing and/or treating scalp dandruff: where “sugar” denotes a monosaccharide residue chosen from rhamnose, xylose, fucose, mannose, lyxose, and arabinose; where R, substituting the anomeric oxygen in the sugar (represented by “O” in formula (I)), denotes a radical comprising 6 to 38 carbon atoms chosen from: —a linear or branched, saturated alkyl radical; —a linear or branched, alkenyl radical; said linear or branched saturated alkyl radical being optionally substituted by at least one OH and/or NH2 function; —if “sugar” denotes a mannose residue, R denotes a linear C6-C38 alkyl radical, substituted by at least one OH function or an NH2 function; and the salts and solvates and/or optical isomers thereof, alone or in a mixture, particularly racemic forms. The invention also relates to compounds according to formula (I), and cosmetic compositions containing same.
US09833396B2	Personal care composition An aqueous shear-thinning personal care composition comprises: (a) at least 3 wt % of a sulfonate compound of general formula (I): where R1 represents a C8-22 alkyl group alkyl group; R2 represents a C1-4 alkyl group; each of R3, R4 and R5 independently represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; and M+ represents a sodium or potassium cation; (b) at least 3 wt % of an amphoteric or zwitterionic surfactant; (c) at least 10 wt % of water; and (d) at least 0.5 wt % of an additional component in the form of particles or droplets suspended in the composition. The composition is stable in an aqueous environment and can be formulated with a wide range of additional components.
US09833394B1	Methods and compositions for improving the quality and durability of color in artificially colored hair The present disclosure relates to compositions and methods for improving the quality and durability of color in artificially colored hair. The methods employ salts of hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids. The salts of the hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids are incorporated into a pre-color treatment composition (a composition applied to the hair prior to coloring the hair) or added directly to the coloring composition (in-color treatment composition). The salts add alkalinity to the coloring process. Hydroxy-polycarboxylic acids are incorporated into a post-color treatment composition (a composition applied to the hair after coloring the hair). The salts and the acids act as chelators, fixing the dye molecules to the hair, thereby imparting color fading resistance to the hair.
US09833391B2	Personal-care composition comprising a hydrocarbon wax and a polar oil In one embodiment, a stable personal-care composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion may comprise a hydrocarbon wax, a polar oil, and a non-emulsifying silicone elastomer. In another embodiment, a stable personal-care composition in the form of a water-in-oil emulsion may comprise a hydrocarbon wax and a polar oil. The weight ratio of the hydrocarbon wax to the polar oil is from about 0.01 to about 0.5. The personal-care composition allows for previously unattainable levels of polar oils and/or aqueous phase within a water-in-oil emulsion.
US09833390B2	Dental device for inhibition of plaque, calculus and gingivitis The invention relates to a dental device and an edible pet chew. The dental device comprises a dental protection composition containing at least one barrier material, at least one activated phosphatidylcholine, and, optionally, mineral oil. The edible pet chew comprises a dental protection composition, gelatin, and, optionally, one or more humectants, one or more preservatives, one or more structure-providing components, and one or more flavoring ingredients, wherein the dental protection composition contains at least one barrier material, at least one phosphatidylcholine, and, optionally, mineral oil.
US09833379B2	Eye wash system for emergency usage Methods and apparatus for washing systems, both industrial and residential. Some embodiments pertain to face washing systems that provide a gentle upward flow of water for washing a person's face, but which can be easily reconfigured to provide a downward flow of aerated water for washing of the user's hands. Other embodiments pertain to visual indicators to help a user in a dark environment in the use of an emergency eyewash system. Yet other embodiments pertain to eyewashing systems incorporating filters that are automatically flushed of debris. Still further embodiments pertain to emergency eyewashing systems in which a mixing chamber is located downstream of a thermostatically controlled valve to reduce the possibility of a hot temperature spike being provided to the eyewashing outlet apertures, which could be harmful to users.
US09833373B2	Mechanical wave generator and method thereof A wave generator has a wave emitter including an elongated dispersive waveguide and a source operatively connected to a first end of the waveguide. The source covers at least partially a surface area thereof. A signal generator is in operative connection with the transducer to create electrical signals. A computer is in operative connection with the signal generator to cause it to generate the electrical signals. A mechanical input wave is created by the source at the first end of the waveguide. The mechanical input wave is constructed independently of data related to a mechanical wave received from a source in the medium and taking into account the different predetermined propagation velocities of at least two component waves of the mechanical input wave so that they combine with each other at a second end of the waveguide to form the desired mechanical output wave in the medium.
US09833366B2	Powered patient support apparatus Powered patient support apparatuses—such as beds, cots, stretchers, or the like—include a plurality of user controls that allow a caregiver to control the steering and/or driving of one or more powered wheels from multiple different locations around the patient support apparatus (e.g. head end, foot end, and/or the sides). The control is carried out by force sensors that detect both an orientation of the applied forces and a magnitude of the applied forces. Translational and/or rotational movement is effectuated, depending upon the magnitude and direction of the forces, as well as the physical location of the applied force relative to a reference point on the support apparatus, such as the center. One or more object sensors may also be included in the support apparatus to assist in steering and/or navigating.
US09833358B2	Method and system for modifying eye tissue and intraocular lenses As shown in the drawings for purposes of illustration, a method and system for making physical modifications to intraocular targets is disclosed. In varying embodiments, the method and system disclosed herein provide many advantages over the current standard of care. Specifically, linear absorption facilitated photodecomposition and linear absorption facilitated plasma generation to modify intraocular tissues and synthetic intraocular lenses.
US09833357B2	Delivery system and method of use for the eye A method and delivery system are disclosed for creating an aqueous flow pathway in the trabecular meshwork, juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and Schlemm's canal of an eye for reducing elevated intraocular pressure. Pulsed laser radiation is delivered from the distal end of a fiber-optic probe sufficient to cause photoablation of selected portions of the trabecular meshwork, the juxtacanalicular trabecular meshwork and an inner wall of Schlemm's canal in the target site. The fiber-optic probe may be advanced so as to create an aperture in the inner wall of Schlemm's canal in which fluid from the anterior chamber of the eye flows. The method and delivery system may further be used on any tissue types in the body.
US09833353B2	Glossoplasty implant tension relief system A glossoplasty implant tension relief system for treating an airway of a patient has a first portion configured to engage a mandible of the subject. The system also has a second portion configured to engage a tongue of the subject to retain at least a portion of the tongue. The system includes a connecting portion configured to connect the first portion and the second portion. The connecting portion is constructed and arranged to provide tension between the first portion and the second portion. The connecting portion includes an i) inelastic portion and ii) an elastic portion configured to provide elasticity between the first portion and the second portion.
US09833346B2	Deployment handle for a medical device deployment system An introducer assembly includes a first actuating mechanism for actuating a constraining sheath between a first state releasably constraining a vascular implant and a second state allowing deployment of the vascular implant; a second actuating mechanism for actuating a blocking mechanism between a blocked state for blocking other functions of the handle and an unblocked state for allowing operation of the other functions of the handle; and an operating knob operatively coupled to both of the first and second actuating mechanisms for concurrent operation of both of the first and second actuating mechanisms in response to actuation of the operating knob.
US09833342B2	Tracheobronchial implantable medical device and methods of use Devices and methods for treating a diseased tracheobronchial region in a mammal. The device can be a stent which can include a sustained-release material such as a polymer matrix with a treatment agent. The stent can be bioabsorbable and a treatment agent can be incorporated therewith. A treatment method can be delivery of a stent to a tracheobronchial region by a delivery device such as a catheter assembly.
US09833338B2	Tool for intervertebral cage A tool assembly includes at least one tube and a slider disposed on a distal portion of the at least one tube. The slider includes a distal limiter movable between an extended position, in which the limiter protrudes distally from the slider, and a contracted position, in which the limiter does not protrude distally from the slider.
US09833334B2	Enhanced cage insertion assembly A method of delivering a fusion cage to an intervertebral disc space bounded by adjacent vertebral endplates, comprising the step of delivering the fusion cage into the disc space without contacting its teeth to the vertebral endplates during delivery, wherein a sheath is interposed between a cage surface and the endplates to prevent contact therebetween during delivery.
US09833331B2	Anchoring device and system for an intervertebral implant, intervertebral implant and implantation instrument Anchoring devices, anchoring systems for intervertebral implants, intervertebral implants, and instruments and methods for implanting implants are disclosed. In preferred configurations, these various objects share the feature of comprising or cooperating with an anchoring device (1) having a body comprising at least one curved plate (10) elongated along a longitudinal axis (L), designed to be inserted through a passage (21) crossing at least a part of implant (2), in order to penetrate into at least one vertebral endplate and attach implant (2) onto this vertebral endplate by means of at least one stop retaining the implant, characterized in that the body comprises at least one longitudinal rib (11) on at least a part of at least one of its faces, said rib (11) being designed to cooperate with a groove (211) made in passage (21) of implant (2). In some preferred configurations, anchoring device (1) comprises withdrawal stops or latches (12), and/or means (40) for withdrawing the anchor from an inserted position.
US09833326B2	Prosthetic having a modular soft tissue fixation mechanism A method and apparatus for coupling soft tissue to a prosthetic is disclosed. Soft tissue attachment pads having porous metal attachment regions and suture accepting holes are selectively positioned onto an implantable prosthetic to provide coupling locations.
US09833321B2	Joint fusion instrumentation and methods Systems and methods for joint preparation and fusion are disclosed. The system includes a cutting device having a handle, and rigid blade member. The blade member may include cutting edges on first and second sides, and may be curved in one or more planes. The blade member may be deployed to project outside of an outer tube, and the cutting device may be rotated to create a circular cavity. In a method of use, a cannula provides access to a procedure site such as a joint. A pathway to the joint is created, and the cutting device is inserted and deployed to undercut a cavity in the joint. A fusion device may be implanted across the joint to provide compression and fuse the joint. The system may also include instrumentation for creating access to a joint, bone graft insertion and implant insertion.
US09833319B2	Osteoconductive coating of implants made of plastic The invention relates to biomaterials based on plastics, such as polyaryl polyether ketone (PEK), and to methods for producing and using same. The following describes how a mechanically stable coating made of a porous bone substitute material, e.g. Nano Bone®, is applied to polyaryl polyether ketone (PEK), e.g. polyether ether ketone (PEEK), as a result of which the problem of poor cell adhesion on plastics surfaces of this kind can be solved. The bone substitute material can be applied both dry as a powder and also in a wet spraying method. The coating is a result of briefly melting the polymer surface and the resulting partial penetration of the previously applied layer. In the process, the molten polymer penetrates into nanopores of the bone substitute material and thus establishes a firm connection.
US09833315B2	Prosthetic valves and related inventions This invention relates to the design and function of a compressible valve replacement prosthesis, collared or uncollared, which can be deployed into a beating heart without extracorporeal circulation using a transcatheter delivery system. The design as discussed focuses on the deployment of a device via a minimally invasive fashion and by way of example considers a minimally invasive surgical procedure preferably utilizing the intercostal or subxyphoid space for valve introduction. In order to accomplish this, the valve is formed in such a manner that it can be compressed to fit within a delivery system and secondarily ejected from the delivery system into the annulus of a target valve such as a mitral valve or tricuspid valve.
US09833312B2	Liquid crystal optical device with advanced electric field control capability A liquid crystal optical device is provided, including a layered structure including at least two support substrates. An external hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates and has an aperture. An internal hole patterned control electrode is provided on one of the substrates within the aperture, the internal and outer control electrodes being separated by a gap, which forms part of the aperture. A weakly conductive material is provided on one of the substrates over the aperture. A planar transparent electrode is provided on another one of the substrates. An alignment surface is provided on the substrates over the electrodes. A layer of liquid crystal material is contained by the substrates and in contact with the alignment surface of the substrates. A floating transparent electrode is provided on a side of one of the substrates opposite the outer and the internal hole patterned electrode.
US09833307B2	IVC filter with translating hooks A filter with translating hooks is described. The filter can include strut members having first and second struts connected by a connecting portion. A translating hook is disposed adjacent the connecting portion at the strut members, the hook including a first elongate member attached at one end to the first strut and a second elongate member attached at one end to a second strut, the opposite ends of the elongate members connected together to define a tip. The translating hooks are configured to bend toward a central axis of the filter when the filter is in a collapsed configuration for delivery to a blood vessel and recovery from a blood vessel, and away from the central axis of the filter when the filter is in an expanded configuration within a blood vessel such that the hooks engage a vessel wall.
US09833304B2	Vascular filter device A vascular filter device comprises a support; and a filter comprising one or more filter elements configured to capture thrombus passing through a blood vessel. A holder holds the filter in a closed filtering state and releases to convert the filter to an open state after a period of time. The filter is adapted to retain thrombus after said conversion. In one case the filter elements are arranged to remain in a closed state after release by the holder, because they are blocked by a retained clot from opening fully, and the filter elements are biased to the open state with a bias level which is counter balanced by force exerted by a retained clot under action of blood flow.
US09833303B2	Pelvic implant and treatment method A unitary or homogeneous patterned implant is provided. The implant is constructed of patterned cells formed by way of a molding, die casting, laser etching, laser cutting, extruding, and the like. Portions of the implant can be formed into sinusoid or other waveform strut members. One or more undulating anchor arms or rods extend out from the implant for tissue fixation, with the one or more undulating anchor arms including one or more arcuate bends.
US09833300B2	Dental implant system A screw type dental implant system (1), having a dental implant fixture (2), a multifunctional component (3) and an abutment screw (4). The screw shape dental implant fixture has an external surface having buttress threads on the body and micro threads at the collar. This combination provides the advantages of: improved biomechanics at the implant abutment interface, self-tapping nature to the implant, and minimizing the stresses at the crest of the bone leading to decrease resorption of crestal bone. The multifunctional component serves the purposes of implant mount, impression analog and final abutment and has a single prosthetic platform so one component is compatible with different implant dimensions, which minimizes the inventory needed for the implant system and allows easy handling of the system. The multifunctional component also has an external concave transmucosal portion for enhancing the emergence profile and internal threads for securing the abutment screw.
US09833294B2	RFID medical device control interface A medical navigation system is provided for controlling medical equipment during a medical procedure. The medical navigation system includes a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) tag, an RFID sensor for detecting the passive RFID tag, a controller coupled to the RFID sensor, and a robotic arm having an end effector and controlled by the controller. The RFID sensor provides a signal to the controller indicating presence of an activated passive RFID tag. The passive RFID tag has an antenna, an RFID circuit, and a switching device coupled to the RFID circuit for activating the passive RFID tag. The passive RFID tag is used to control a payload attached to the end effector.
US09833287B2	Thermal feedback systems and methods of using the same A system for providing feedback during an electrosurgical procedure on a target tissue is provided. The system includes an electrosurgical energy source; an electrode probe assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein the electrode probe assembly includes at least one electrode assembly having a needle configured to deliver electrosurgical energy to the target tissue; at least one thermal feedback assembly connected to the electrosurgical energy source, wherein each thermal feedback assembly includes at least one temperature sensor assembly; and a hub configured to selectively support the electrode probe assembly and each thermal feedback assembly such that the needle of the electrode probe assembly and each temperature sensor assembly of each thermal feedback assembly are proximate one another when disposed proximate the target tissue.
US09833283B2	Medical devices for renal nerve ablation Medical devices and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example medical device may include a medical device for renal nerve ablation. The medical device may include an elongate shaft having a distal region. An expandable member may be coupled to the distal region. A plurality of electrodes may be coupled to the expandable member and a single conductive member may be coupled to each electrode. Where one of the plurality of electrodes is active, the remaining electrodes may be inactive and act as ground or return electrodes. The electrode of the plurality of electrodes that is active may change over time.
US09833272B2	Multichannel cannula and methods for using same A method for delivering a substance to bone includes placing a stabilizing wire in a bone, creating a hole in the bone around the stabilizing wire, and providing a multichannel cannula. The multichannel cannula includes a first channel having an open proximal end and distal end, the first channel being configured to receive the stabilizing wire, and a second channel having an inlet portal and an exit portal that are in fluid communication. The cannula further includes a cap having a delivery port in fluid communication with the inlet portal and a channel for receiving the cannula therein, and a distal tip. The method further includes inserting the multichannel cannula into the hole in the bone such that the first channel receives the stabilizing wire, and delivering the substance into the bone by introducing the substance into the second channel such that the substance exits through the exit portal.
US09833269B2	Fixator for bar of pectus excavatum repair operation The present invention relates to a fixation device for a correction bar used in the operation of pectus excavatum, and more particularly, to a fixation device for securing the correction bar inserted into a thoracic cavity to a rib in an operation of correcting pectus excavatum, which a sort of thoracic malformation. The fixation device of a correction bar used in the operation of pectus excavatum includes a plurality of rib fixation units fastened to the correction bar and each having a rib support portion and a fastening portion formed at both ends thereof, the rib support portion being formed of a hook portion bent in such a manner as to be hooked and secured to a rib, and the fastening portion being formed of a rectangular through-hole or a slot; and a fastening screw unit adapted to fasten the plurality of rib fixation units hooked and secured to upper and lower ribs to the correction bar through the respective fastening portions of the plurality of rib fixation units.
US09833267B2	Surgical instrument with integrated compression and distraction mechanisms Embodiments disclosed herein provide compression/distraction methods and tools useful for fitting a spinal stabilization system in a patient through minimally invasive surgery. The spinal stabilization system may comprise screws anchored in vertebrae. The vertebrae may need to be compressed or distracted. One embodiment of an instrument disclosed herein may comprise a shaft for engaging one of the screws through an extender sleeve. A driver may engage another screw through an opening of the instrument. Through this engagement, a surgeon may use the rack and pinion of the instrument to compress or distract one or more levels of the vertebrae in a parallel motion, which can be advantageous clinically in certain situations.
US09833249B2	Bony balancing apparatus and method for total knee replacement Total knee replacement surgery is improved through custom cuts on the distal femur without resorting to expensive computer navigation. The method involves measurements on plain radiographs or CT scans prior to surgery, the amount of bone that would be resected on each knee, medially and laterally on the distal femur. In the preferred embodiments, the predetermined distance is in the range of 8-12 mm, more preferably 10 mm, and the resulting distance from the second line to the apex of the lateral condyle is in the range of 6 to 7 mm. A cutting fixture is provided and used to resect the medial condyle at the predetermined distance and the lateral condyle at the measured resulting distance.
US09833247B2	Tool for cutting a helical groove in bone The invention relates to a surgical tool (1) for cutting a helical groove in a bone with a body (2) receiving at least a portion of a drive shaft (9) and a tool part (3) held on same comprising a functional element (5) that produces the groove in the bone by oscillating. The tool part (3) comprises a projecting, rotatable shaft (4) at whose end opposite the body (2) the pin (5) constituting the functional element extends through an aperture (8) out of the shaft (4) that, in order to remove material of the bone, can oscillate longitudinally. The shaft (4) is coupled in such a way with the drive shaft (9) that the latter exerts torque on the shaft (4) and the pin (5) at least indirectly, at least one wing (6) projecting radially from the shaft (4) that extends at a spacing beginning behind the pin (5) in the peripheral direction of the shaft (4) helically in the direction of the body (2). The drive shaft (9) has an eccentric pin (11) projecting from its front-side end that is in engagement with a vibratory shaft (7) extending through the shaft (4), the pin (5) being firmly held on the vibratory shaft (7).
US09833241B2	Surgical fastener cartridges with driver stabilizing arrangements A fastener cartridge for use with a surgical instrument. The cartridge may include a cartridge body that has a series of staple pockets therein. A driver is movably supported in each staple pocket and is configured to operably support at least one surgical staple thereon. In one arrangement, at least some of the drivers may be formed with one or more laterally extending features that are configured to be received in correspondingly-shaped grooves in the cartridge body to provide lateral support to the driver as it is operably moved within the staple pocket. In other arrangements, at least one inwardly-extending features is formed in the inner wall surface of the pocket and is configured to be movably supported within correspondingly-shaped groove in the driver.
US09833235B2	Chip assembly for reusable surgical instruments A surgical instrument system is disclosed, the system including a first component and a second component, the first component being a reload assembly and the second component being selected from a group consisting of a handle assembly and an adapter assembly, the surgical instrument system including at least one chip assembly having a housing assembly on the first component, the housing assembly containing a chip, and a plug assembly on the second component, the chip having data for, and being configured to, prevent use of the reload assembly if the reload assembly is unauthorized.
US09833234B2	Tissue fixation device A tissue fixation device includes an elongated body extending between a distal portion including a barbed loop, and a proximal portion including a blunt tip. The elongated body, proximal portion, and distal portion are provided in a variety of configurations depending upon the performance requirements desired of the tissue fixation device for the envisaged application of use.
US09833228B2	Suture and anchor engagement methods and resulting devices Described are methods and systems for engaging sutures and anchors and the resulting suture and anchor sets. In certain aspects, an end of the suture may be heated to create a melted mass of suture material. The melted mass may act as a shoulder to resist backing out of a hole in the anchor through which the suture is threaded, thereby engaging the suture and the anchor. Adhesive material may optionally be used to enhance the engagement between the suture and anchor.
US09833213B2	Ariadne wall taping for bronchoscopic path planning and guidance A method, system and program product are provided for planning an intervention procedure in a body lumen. A CT scan of the body lumen is performed. A virtual rendering is created of the inside of the body lumen corresponding to an interventional camera image. Then a virtual tape corresponding to a planned path for the intervention procedure is projected onto a wall of the body lumen. The virtual tape is projected onto the lumen wall, which is relatively distant from the camera point on the virtual rendering, so the tape does not appear to oscillate like a central thread. Also, since the virtual tape is located on the lumen wall, it does not occlude the center of the lumen, allowing a user to better visualize the lumen during planning, during fly through, and even during an actual intervention.
US09833207B2	Analysis and clearing module, system and method Modules, systems and methods for clearing substances from a living body are disclosed. A module may include an instructions receiver configured to receive wireless transmissions of instructions from a master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy receiver configured to receive wireless transmission of non-destructive energy from the master controller located outside of the body when the module is inside the body; an energy converter configured to convert the non-destructive energy received to destructive energy; and an energy emitter configured to emit the destructive energy.
US09833202B2	System for generating spectral computed tomography projection data The invention relates to a system (31) for generating spectral computed tomography projection data. A spectral projection data generation device (6) comprising an energy-resolving detector generates spectral computed tomography projection databased on polychromatic radiation (4), which has been provided by a radiation device (2), after having traversed an examination zone (5), and a reference values generation device generates energy-dependent reference values based on radiation, which has not traversed the examination zone. A spectral parameter providing unit (12) provides a spectral parameter being indicative of a spectral property of the radiation device based on the energy-dependent reference values. In particular, spectral properties of the radiation device can be monitored over time, wherein this information can be used for, for instance, correcting the spectral computed tomography projection data, and/or, if undesired spectral properties of the radiation device are indicated, triggering a replacement of the radiation device.
US09833195B2	Biomedical signal sensing circuit A biomedical signal sensing circuit including a first and a second modulation unit, an amplifying unit, a first and a second demodulation unit is provided. The first modulation unit performs a first modulation operation to a first biomedical signal according to a first signal to generate a first modulation signal. The second modulation unit performs a second modulation operation to a second biomedical signal according to a second signal to generate a second modulation signal. The amplifying unit amplifies the first and second modulation signals, and adds the amplified first and second modulation signals to generate a third modulation signal. The first demodulation unit performs a first demodulation operation to the third modulation signal according to the first signal to generate a first sensing signal. The second demodulation unit performs a second demodulation operation to the third modulation signal according to the second signal to generate a second sensing signal.
US09833187B2	Detection, diagnosis and monitoring of osteoporosis by a photo-acoustic method Method for examining bone in vivo, comprises obtaining a laser beam; modulating the laser beam to insert therein photoacoustic frequencies including optical frequencies and acoustic frequencies, the acoustic frequencies being able to give rise to acoustic waves; directing the modulated beam at a bone to cause acoustic waves resulting from the beam to travel through the bone; analyzing received signals from the bone including signals resulting from the acoustic waves, to determine a mineral density and a bone quality for said bone, and thus obtain in-vivo data that can be of assistance to a doctor when diagnosing osteoporosis.
US09833181B2	Method and system for providing calibration of an analyte sensor in an analyte monitoring system Method and apparatus for providing calibration of analyte sensor including applying a control signal, detecting a measured response to the control signal, determining a variance in the detected measured response, and estimating a sensor sensitivity based on the variance in the detected measured response is provided.
US09833172B2	Feature point identification method of mechanocardiography A method to identify feature points associated with the heart valve movement, heart contraction or cardiac hemodynamics is revealed. The mechanocardiography (MCG) is a technology that makes use of vibrational waveforms acquired using at least one gravity sensor attached on one of the four heart valve auscultation sites on the body surface. The data of the electrocardiography (ECG) is recorded simultaneously with the MCG. The feature points are identified by comparing P, R and T points of synchronized ECG with the MCG spectrum. By the time sequences and amplitudes of the feature points, the method provides additional clinical information of cardiac cycle abnormalities for diagnosis.
US09833166B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus configured to acquire target site diagnostic image data based on detection of target sites in prior acquired image data A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a specifying unit and an acquiring unit. The specifying unit specifies, on a basis of a detection result of target sites of a subject detected from an image on which the target sites are visualized, a first region and a second region which is different from the first region on the image. The acquiring unit acquires data of the second region by using an imaging condition which is different from an imaging condition on an imaging slice and used for acquiring data of the first region.
US09833164B2	Ring-shaped skin sensor A sensory-and-logic system includes a ring-shaped, electrically-conductive skin sensor sized and shaped to form an electrical connection with human skin, and an electrical component surrounded by the ring-shaped, electrically-conductive skin sensor.
US09833158B2	Two electrode apparatus and methods for twelve lead ECG Described herein are methods, apparatuses, and systems for heart monitoring of a patient. The heart monitoring system can be used to take an electrocardiogram (ECG) using only two electrodes. A handheld device can be used to sequentially measure the electrical signal between different positions on a patient's body. The electrical signals can be processed and analyzed to prepare an ECG for the patient, including a 12-lead ECG.
US09833155B2	Device, system and method for detection and processing of heartbeat signals A heart beat detection device comprises at least one optical reflection sensor to be positioned on the skin of a person. The sensor unit is provided with a light emitter and a corresponding light receiver which converts the light reflected by the skin into an electric signal and comprises electrically adjustable opt cal filters connected to the emitter, to the receiver or to both of them in order to select, upon operation, a desired light wavelength and perform processing of the signals thus obtained in order to reinforce the heart beat signal. A system with this device and a detection method are also described.
US09833150B2	Apparatus and method for measuring biologic parameters Support structures for positioning sensors on a physiologic tunnel for measuring physical, chemical and biological parameters of the body and to produce an action according to the measured value of the parameters. The support structure includes a sensor fitted on the support structures using a special geometry for acquiring continuous and undisturbed data on the physiology of the body. Signals are transmitted to a remote station by wireless transmission such as by electromagnetic waves, radio waves, infrared, sound and the like or by being reported locally by audio or visual transmission. The physical and chemical parameters include brain function, metabolic function, hydrodynamic function, hydration status, levels of chemical compounds in the blood, and the like. The support structure includes patches, clips, eyeglasses, head mounted gear and the like, containing passive or active sensors positioned at the end of the tunnel with sensing systems positioned on and accessing a physiologic tunnel.
US09833143B2	Transcutaneous analyte sensor The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host.
US09833142B2	Systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for coaching employees based upon monitored health conditions using an avatar Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for monitoring the health of an employee. A method for monitoring the health of an employee including collecting health data corresponding to at least one of biometric health data and biomechanical health data for an employee acquired via a plurality of health sensors located throughout the employee's workstation, determining a health profile for the employee based at least in part on the collected health data, and serving, to an employee computer for display, health profile content comprising an avatar configured to communicate information relating to the health profile for the employee. The plurality of health sensors including at least one of biometric sensors and biomechanical sensors.
US09833141B2	Transfer of measurement data related to physical exercise A system for processing heart rate measurement data measured during a physical exercise of a user. The system includes a server computer configured to: associate, during a registration procedure for a measurement device of a user, a device identifier of the measurement device with a user account of the user stored in the server computer; receive a device identifier and real-time heart rate measurement data over a network connection; identify the user's measurement device from the received device identifier; and store the received heart rate measurement data to the user account of the user on the basis of the association between the received device identifier and the corresponding user account.
US09833140B2	Portable corneal topographer Portable corneal topographers and portable corneal topographer modules are disclosed. In one embodiment, a corneal topographer module comprises a housing having a first aperture and a second aperture formed therethrough; and a plurality of optical components disposed within the housing. The plurality of optical components are arranged to direct light generated by a light source through the first aperture to the cornea via a first optical channel when a cornea of a patient's eye is located adjacent to the first aperture; and direct reflected light from the cornea into the housing through the first aperture and to a light detector of a mobile device via a second optical channel when the corneal topographer module is mechanically coupled to the mobile device.
US09833130B2	Irrigation devices adapted to be used with a light source for the identification and treatment of bodily passages Devices and methods of identifying and treating bodily passages, such as sinus cavities, are provided. More particularly, irrigation devices and methods useful in the identification and treatment of bodily passages, such as sinus cavities, are provided. The irrigation devices comprise an elongate tubular member and an optical fiber which assist with the transcutaneous identification and/or treatment of a bodily passage.
US09833121B2	Dishwasher with self-sealing vent fan A vent fan for use with the dishwasher and providing a vent door covering the opening associated with a motorized fan employs a mechanical coupling between the fan motor and vent door to eliminate the need for a separate vent door actuator by using energy of the fan motor to accomplish the actuation.
US09833102B2	Beverage formation apparatus and method using vibratory energy Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.
US09833093B2	Drinking consumption inspection apparatus and method A drinking consumption inspection apparatus, including: a plurality of compartments; a plurality of cups, each being associated to a different and only to one person, and to a different and only one of the compartments, for inserting the cup thereinto; a weight for each of the compartments, for weighing the cup thereof, upon the insertion; and a controller, for accumulating decrease of sequential weights provided by said weights, for each cup separately, over time, thereby the drinking consumption inspection apparatus records drinking quantity of each of the cups, for inspecting that each person drinks sufficiently.
US09833092B2	Drinking straw with piercing end A drinking straw includes a generally elongate tube having a sidewall defining an internal bore, wherein one end of the straw is provided with a piercing projection formed from a portion of the sidewall and reinforced by a folded portion of the sidewall. The straw is manufactured from an elongate tube on which a piercing projection is formed at one end by folding a portion of the sidewall at that end to reinforce the projection.
US09833086B2	Planar display assembly A planar display assembly is provided with a planar display pane. A frame is provided with a dado sized to receive the planar display pane. A plurality of retainers mounts to the frame about an inner periphery of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame. At least one of the plurality of retainers is elastically deformable to deform during installation of the planar display into the frame, and to expand to retain the planar display pane within the frame. A plurality of apertures or a channel may be formed in the frame about the dado. The plurality of retainers may mount to the frame within the plurality of apertures or the channel of the frame to retain the planar display pane within the frame.
US09833085B2	Interlocking panels, modules with interlocking panels, and a modular display case with interlocking modules with interlocking panels Interlocking panels are assembled to form modules, and the modules are assembled to form a modular display case, for displaying, transporting and storing objects such as models, display items or valuable collectibles. The interlocking panels include interlocking side edge ball key tab including a resilient, compressible ball key, and ports for removably receiving the ball key tab and ball key.
US09833084B2	Merchandiser The present application provides a merchandiser. The merchandiser may include an ambient compartment with at least one ambient product therein, a temperature controlled compartment with at least one temperature controlled product therein, and a vending module in communication with the temperature controlled compartment such that the vending module dispenses a temperature controlled product in response to an ambient product being placed in the vending module.
US09833082B1	Pillow dressing system A pillow dressing system includes a pillow case that has an open end. A pillow is provided and the pillow is selectively positioned within the pillow case. A panel is provided and the panel is selectively manipulated. The pillow is selectively positioned on the panel and the panel is selectively urged into the open end of the pillow case. In this way the pillow is selectively positioned within the pillow case. The panel is removed from the pillow case when the pillow is positioned within the pillow case.
US09833076B2	Human balance work stool Novel sit-stand seating devices, more particularly, to sit-stand seats or stools that can tilt forward to provide balanced support for seated to near-standing postures and methods of their use are disclosed. The sit-stand devices are useful, inter alia, to provide stabilized worker positioning to carry out a task for a range of sitting through standing postures in an environment associated with a task for a worker in need thereof.
US09833070B2	Drawer front connection unit A drawer front connection unit for a drawer wall element of a drawer. The drawer wall element and a marginal portion of a drawer bottom are insertable to form a drawer side wall adjoining the drawer bottom. The drawer wall element comprises a wall profile part and a bottom-receiving profile part. A support surface is provided on the bottom-receiving profile part, for providing underside support to the drawer bottom. The wall profile part comprises a chamber portion having inner and outer wall sheet portions, which, lying opposite each other, are spaced apart by a width of the drawer wall element and connected by a bent section. The drawer front connection unit fits into the chamber portion of the drawer wall element and extends over a height of the chamber portion. The drawer front connection unit has front-fastening elements.
US09833054B2	Device for making artificial nails The present invention relates to a device for making artificial nails of different lengths and designs, characterized in that they are made from a sheet that has a first smaller side that is straight, two larger sides, each with symmetrical cutaways, the first being a square cutaway, close to the straight side, the second cutaway being the shape of an arch, which is made up of a straight section with two curves at the extremities thereof and the second smaller side, in the central part thereof has a cutaway with an undulating shape creating two “curved valleys” and one “curved crest”, followed by a straight side in each of the extremities thereof; a dotted line of symmetry, diagonal dotted lines creating a pair of symmetrical surfaces acting as internal flaps; dotted lines perpendicular to each straight side; a central surface, formed in the device when the internal and external flaps are removed; a removable cover, with the ergonomic design of a human nail; a template, engraved on the central surface on which the artificial nail is formed. Finally, the present invention discloses a means for manufacturing a thumbnail.
US09833052B2	Suitcase and method of manufacture thereof A suitcase is disclosed comprising a first load container section defining at least a first part of a volume for receiving a load and a second container section for cooperation with the base load container section to enclose the volume. The suitcase comprises a base region provided with one or more wheel assemblies, and an upper region at or on which is provided a towing handle (30) adapted to be moved about a single point of contact (32) between a stowed position and a deployed position. This construction provides a towing handle that has the advantages provided by allowing for towing of a wheeled suitcase, while eliminating or at least mitigating the disadvantages of telescopic towing handle arrangements.
US09833047B1	Locking slider assembly and a method for its manufacture A locking slider assembly includes a slider comprising a slot. The assembly includes a rail slidably inserted through the slot of the slider, the rail having at least one tooth movable between an extended state in which the tooth prevents the slot from moving in at least one direction along the rail, and a retracted state in which the slot can slide past the at least one tooth.
US09833042B1	Catch mechanism for an elongated member A catch for attachment to an elongated member and to control movement of the elongated member. The catch generally includes a body with one or more channels, a locking member positioned in the body in proximity to the channel, and a release member to control an extent of movement of the locking member. The catch provides for attachment to the elongated member to adjust its length. The catch is adjustable to provide for movement of the elongated member through the channel.
US09833037B2	Natural rubber outsoles and footwear An elastomer composition includes guayule rubber and a butadiene rubber, with at least about 5 phr guayule rubber based on 100 phr elastomer. The cured rubber has a higher coefficient of friction as compared to a cured rubber of the same formulation except using Hevea rubber rather than guayule rubber.
US09833031B2	Safety accessory with situational awareness and data retention A video recording system for a head safety device includes a microcontroller and an accelerometer mounted in the head safety device. The accelerometer is coupled to the microcontroller. A plurality of camera modules are mounted on the head safety device and coupled to the microcontroller. The camera modules are positioned facing outward to obtain images at different angles of an environment surrounding the head safety device. The microcontroller receives data from the accelerometer and automatically initiates video recording with the camera modules when movement of the head safety device, as sensed using the accelerometer, reaches or exceeds a selected movement threshold.
US09833023B2	Apparatus for providing tension in garments and method of use An apparatus, system and method for providing tension in garments for improving privacy control by the wearer. The apparatus incorporates materials having elastomeric properties which may be placed in proximity to a wearer's crotch during operation. The tension is directed to preventing, concealing and/or obfuscating the curvature or shape of private features of the wearer, such as a woman's labia, from visibility through the garment. The apparatus may include one or more components providing tension for privacy control. The apparatus may include angled seams to obfuscate a woman's private features.
US09833020B2	Electronic smoking device An electronic smoking system (50) is disclose that comprises a mobile telephone (52) having a carrying case (152) and an electronic smoking apparatus (100) that fits within the carrying case.
US09833014B2	Apparatus and method for fluidized bed treatment of materials Apparatus and method for treatment of a particulate material employs a conveyor belt for supporting the particulate material for transport and a source of gas for delivery through the conveyor belt to fluidize the particulate material. A gas distribution system is used for controlling the gas flow to create regions of greater and lesser fluidization. This approach avoids the use of mechanical agitation of the conveyor belt which improves efficiency and reliability. The apparatus and method find particular application in the handling of particulate foodstuffs in bulk when treatment such as freezing, heating, or blanching of individual food particles is required.
US09833002B2	Biocide compositions Disclosed are biocide compositions. The compositions are useful in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas. Also disclosed are methods of using the compositions, particularly in applications relating to the production, transportation, storage, and separation of crude oil and natural gas.
US09832991B2	Composition containing a pesticide and a vinylimidazol terpolymer The present invention relates to an agrochemical composition containing a pesticide and a copolymer, which contains in polymerized form at least 20 wt % vinylimidazol and/or a quaternized vinylimidazol, an acidic comonomer, and a hydrophobic comonomer, which comprises C1-22 alkyl (meth)acrylate, mono C1-22 alkyl terminated poly(ethylene glycol) (meth)acrylate, vinyl ester of aliphatic C1-32 carboxylic acids, or vinyl C1-4 alkyl ether. It further relates to a method for preparing said composition by mixing the pesticide and the copolymer; and to a use of said copolymer as dispersing agent in a composition containing a pesticide. In addition it relates to a method for controlling phytopathogenic fungi and/or undesired plant growth and/or undesired attack by insects or mites and/or for regulating the growth of plants, where said composition is allowed to act on the particular pests, their habitat or the plants to be protected from the particular pest, the soil and/or on undesired plants and/or the useful plants and/or their habitat. Finally, it relates to seed containing the said composition.
US09832988B2	Animated decoy spreader A device for spreading fowl decoys on the surface of a body of water. A hub sits below the surface is removably coupleable with up to four arm arrangements. Arm arrangements are jointed, allowing hub and arm arrangements to sit below the surface of the water while decoys float on surface. Hub is connected to an anchor on the bottom of the body of water, and can be displaced horizontally with a pull cord. Cords in the arm arrangements allow for near-random motion of attached decoys, simulating a swimming motion of fowl. Hub can be displaced vertically with a pull cord, causing the decoys to dip head first into the water, simulating a feeding motion of water fowl. Hubs can be combined by coupling arm arrangements from each hub. When displaced horizontally in the water, hubs not attached to the pull cord move semi-randomly, creating more random motion in decoys.
US09832982B2	Movable hood for reel seat, reel seat, and fishing rod including same A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion and a nut portion. A body of a reel seat passes through the hood portion. The hood portion is movable in a longitudinal direction of the body. The nut portion is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a base end facing the nut portion and a leading end located opposite the base end. When viewing the hood portion from side, a length of an upper side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end is longer than a length of a lower side of the hood portion from the base end to the leading end, and an upper contour of the hood portion has an upward convex curve line.
US09832981B2	Movable hood for reel seat, reel seat, and fishing rod including same A movable hood for a reel seat has a hood portion, through which a body of a reel seat passes, and a nut portion, which is connected to the hood portion to rotate around the body and is threadedly coupled to an outer peripheral surface of the body at an inner peripheral surface. The hood portion has a pair of first guide projections and a second guide projection which are fitted to the outer peripheral surface of the body. The first guide projections project from an inner peripheral surface of the hood portion above a central axis of the hood portion, and the second guide projection projects from the inner peripheral surface of the hood portion at a lower end of the hood portion. A radial thickness in a cross section of the hood portion gradually decreases from the first guide projections toward the second guide projection.
US09832962B1	Soybean variety 01064172 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064172. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064172. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064172 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064172 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09832959B1	Soybean variety 01064131 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01064131. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01064131. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01064131 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01064131 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09832957B1	Soybean variety 01058863 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated 01058863. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety 01058863. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety 01058863 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety 01058863 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US09832949B1	Maize inbred PH18RZ A novel maize variety designated PH18RZ and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant comprise crossing maize variety PH18RZ with another maize plant are provided. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18RZ 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 PH18RZ or a locus conversion of PH18RZ with another maize variety.
US09832947B1	Maize hybrid X13H930 A novel maize variety designated X13H930 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof are produced by crossing inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant by crossing hybrid maize variety X13H930 with another maize plant are disclosed. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13H930 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13H930, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13H930. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13H930.
US09832941B2	Hydroponic cultivation apparatus A hydroponic cultivation apparatus with detachable cultivation tray is provided in that each cultivation tray is magnetically mounted to an expansion socket of a main aqueduct so that a replaceable cultivation room may be independently provided. Each cultivation tray is equipped with a light source plate at the bottom. The light source plate is provided with power via a wireless receiver connected with a wireless transmitter at the socket. Multiple drain slots are aligning along a direction perpendicular to a horizontal level on each cultivation tray with some of them plugged with insulation pieces so that each cultivation tray may have the water level controlled independently.
US09832940B2	Irrigation system having terrain compensation A control system for an irrigation system is disclosed that is configured to prevent a substantial positional change of the irrigation system while the system is traversing a substantially non-flat terrain, or surface. In an implementation, an irrigation system includes multiple interconnected spans that are supported by multiple tower structures. Each tower structure includes a drive unit for driving a tower structure at a selected speed. The irrigation system also includes a position-determining module configured to determine an actual position of the main section assembly. The irrigation system also includes a control device configured to determine an actual position of the main section assembly, compare the actual position with a desired position of the main section assembly, and to determine that the main section assembly is traversing a substantially non-flat surface.
US09832937B2	Trimmer A device for trimming stems and the leafy plant structure projecting from a flower of a plant, for example a harvested flower of a marijuana plant. The device includes a blade head for supporting a pair of sheet blades, each sheet blade having a contact surface, the contact surface of the first sheet blade configured for reciprocating motion against the contact surface of the second. The first sheet blade and the second sheet blade are formed having numerous trimming apertures such that as the first sheet blade reciprocates against the second sheet blade, the plurality of first sheet blade trimming apertures and the plurality of second sheet aperture alternately, and at last partially, align and close creating a shearing action between the edges defining each of the plurality of first sheet blade trimming apertures and an edge defining each of the plurality of second sheet blade trimming apertures.
US09832932B2	Twine knotter A twine knotter has a knotter frame (2). An intermediate shaft (3) is rotatably supported on the knotter frame (2) around a longitudinal axis L. A shaft input (4) connects the intermediate shaft (3) to an output element (61) of a knotter drive shaft (54). At least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is rotatably supported around a knotter hook axis (K1, K2) on the knotter frame (2). The at least one knotter hook shaft (9, 10) is drive-wise connected to the intermediate shaft (3). The at least one knotter hook shaft carries a knotter hook (11, 12) to form a knot. The twine knotter (1) is formed as an independent assembly. The twine knotter (1) is drive-wise detachably connectable, via the shaft input (4) of the intermediate shaft (3), to the knotter drive shaft (54).
US09832930B2	Combo crop harvester crop transfer means A system conveying material-other-than-grain (MOG) from a harvesting machine to a packaging machine towed by the harvesting machine. The system includes an joint pivotably joining a harvesting machine hitch to a packaging machine hitch. An accelerator is mounted to the packaging machine hitch. The accelerator has a housing with a top-side inlet and a side outlet. A MOG-propelling disk is disposed in the housing and is rotatable about an axis. A conduit is disposed above the packaging machine hitch and has an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end coupled to the side outlet. The conduit has first and second opposing side portions and a top side portion without an opposing bottom portion, with at least part of the top side portion is parallel with the plane of the disk. The accelerator, conduit, and packaging machine are collectively in pivotal arrangement relative to the harvesting machine.
US09839165B2	Modular data center and controlling method of modular data center A modular data center includes a fan creating a first cooling wind from outside air, an air conditioner creating a second cooling wind having a temperature lower than that of the outside air, racks housing electronic devices that take in the first and the second cooling wind, and a control unit adjusting an air volume of the first cooling wind by controlling the fan, and so as to cool the electronic device to a specified temperature. The control unit executes stopping the air conditioner when a first assumed value of a sum of air-conditioning power of the air conditioner and the fan is smaller than a current value of the air-conditioning power, and operating the air conditioner when a second assumed value of the sum of air-conditioning power of the air conditioner and the fan is smaller than the current value of the air-conditioning power.
US09839141B2	Method for manufacturing a component interconnect board There is provided a method for manufacturing a component interconnect board (150) comprising a conductor structure for providing electrical circuitry to at least one component (114) when mounted on the component board, the method comprising providing a conductor sheet (100) with a first predetermined pattern (115), providing a solder resist sheet (112) with a second predetermined pattern for defining solder areas (125) of the component board, forming a subassembly (120) by laminating the solder resist sheet on top of the conductor sheet, applying solder onto the subassembly, placing the at least one component onto the subassembly, performing soldering, and laminating the subassembly to a substrate (130). The solder resist sheet is further arranged to act as a carrier for the conductor sheet.
US09839140B2	Method for manufacturing an electronic component carrier for mounting the electronic component to a circuit board A method is disclosed for manufacturing an electronic component carrier. The method comprises positioning a header of a frame between opposing attachment arms extending outwardly for attaching an electronic component for seating within the frame. Further, latching members of a latching mechanism of the frame are positioned at a distal end of each of the attachment arms for releaseably seating the electronic component. The attachment arms are resiliently flexible such that the latching members bend to a release position and resiliently return to a grasping position for releasing and grasping the electronic component. Handling levers are positioned for removably mating the electronic component to a connector on a circuit board. The handling levers extend upwardly through an outer casing housing the circuit board when in an open position, and the handling levers are substantially parallel with a top surface of the header when in a closed position.
US09839138B2	Method for fabricating blackened conductive patterns The present invention relates to a method for fabricating blackened conductive patterns, which includes (i) forming a resist layer on a non-conductive substrate; (ii) forming fine pattern grooves in the resist layer using a laser beam; (iii) forming a mixture layer containing a conductive material and a blackening material in the fine pattern grooves; and (iv) removing the resist layer remained on the non-conductive substrate.
US09839132B2	Component-embedded substrate In a component-embedded substrate, a component and wiring block units are embedded in a component-embedded layer; conductive layers are located on all surfaces of the wiring block units; the component and the wiring block units are arranged such that lower surface side conductive layers of the wiring block units and electrodes of the component contact lower surface side wiring layers; via-hole conductors are located in respective upper positions relative to upper surface side conductive layers of the wiring block units and the electrodes of the component; and upper surface side wiring layers of the component-embedded layer are thus electrically connected to upper surface side conductive layers of the wiring block units, and the electrodes of the component by the via-hole conductors.
US09839130B1	Semiconductor integrated circuit device, printed board and manufacturing method of the semiconductor integrated circuit device A semiconductor integrated circuit device (101) includes a component built-in board (21) in which at least a first core layer (Co21) on which a first electronic component (C21) is mounted, a second core layer (Co22) on which a second electronic component (C22) is mounted, an adhesive layer (Ad21) arranged between the first core layer (Co21) and the second core layer (Co22), and wiring layers (L21-L28) are stacked; a third electronic component (SoC) mounted in a first core layer (Co21) side of the component built-in board (21) and electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electronic components (C21, C22) through the wiring layers (L21 to L28); and an external connection terminal (BE) formed in a second core layer (Co22) side of the component built-in board (21) and electrically connected to at least one of the first and second electronic components (C21, C22).
US09839128B2	Solder void reduction between electronic packages and printed circuit boards An apparatus includes a printed circuit board. The printed circuit board includes at least one conductive layer on top a first dielectric layer, wherein the at least one conductive layer comprises at least one of a ground plane and a power plane. The printed circuit board includes a second dielectric layer on top of the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board includes a thermal pad on top of the second dielectric layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by forming at least one plated through hole for electrically coupling the thermal pad to the at least one conductive layer. The printed circuit board is fabricated by backdrilling the at least one plated through hole to remove a portion of the conductive material, wherein subsequent to the backdrilling the conductive material remaining in the at least one plated through hole electrically couples one or more of the at least one conductive layer to the thermal pad.
US09839125B1	Methods of interconnecting components on fabrics using metal braids An electronics assembly includes multiple electronic components coupled to a fabric. Each of the multiple electronic components includes one or more electrical connection points, such as a bond pad or solder bump. The electronics assembly also includes one or more electrically conductive wire braids, one electrically conductive wire braid coupled to one electrical connection point on an electronic component. One of the electrically conductive wire braids interconnects two electronic components, thereby providing an electrical connection between the two electronic components. The electrically conductive wire braid can be attached to the fabric by an adhesive, a stitched thread, which can be either electrically insulated or electrically conductive, or both adhesive and stitched thread. The fabric can be a wearable fabric, such as a shirt or pants, or other form to be worn by a user, such as an armband, waistband, hat or shoes.
US09839122B2	Flexible printed circuit board and liquid crystal display The disclosure is related to a flexible printed circuit board. The flexible printed circuit board comprises a connecting area and a plurality of gold fingers disposed inside the connecting area, wherein the distances of the gold fingers are different. The disclosure is further related to a liquid crystal display. By the above manner, the disclosure is able to change the distances between the adjacent gold fingers to increase the number of the gold fingers without changing the size of the flexible printed circuit board so as to solve the impedance matching problem of the gold fingers of the flexible printed circuit board, and in the meanwhile to increase the assembling yield rate of the flexible printed circuit board.
US09839119B2	Electrically conductive film The present invention relates to an electrically conductive film characterized by being able to undergo elastic deformation, having little residual strain rate and exhibiting stress relaxation properties. More specifically, the present invention relates to an electrically conductive film wherein the stress relaxation rate (R) and the residual strain rate (alpha), as measured in a prescribed extension-restoration test, are as follows: 20%≦R≦95% and 0%≦α≦3%.
US09839118B2	Method and arrangement for board-to-board interconnection A wide bandwidth circuit board arrangement includes two coplanar substrates separated by a predetermined gap, and at least one bond wire arranged across the gap and interconnecting a respective conducting microstrip line on a first side of each respective substrate. Further, the arrangement includes at least one open stub arrangement configured on the first side of each respective substrate, each open stub arrangement comprising a microstrip extending at an angle from an end of each conducting strip on each respective substrate. Finally, the arrangement includes a ground layer on a second side of each respective substrate, and a defected ground structure arranged on the second side of each respective substrate and laterally overlapping each respective open stub arrangement arranged on the first side.
US09839094B2	Low voltage lighting power supply systems and methods The present application discloses systems and methods for providing low voltage power for low voltage lighting sources, e.g., so-called landscape lighting. A low voltage lighting power supply includes an enclosure and a power circuit enclosed in the enclosure. In some embodiments the power circuit has a primary side and a secondary side. The primary side accepts power from a main power source and the secondary side has a plurality of separate output power circuits, each output power circuit generating a separate low voltage lighting power signal capable of lighting a plurality of low voltage light sources and each being rated for a particular output.
US09839088B1	Security light with remote photo-voltaic module and battery backup and related methods Methods and apparatus for a security light having a remote photovoltaic module is set forth. The security light includes a primary rechargeable battery connected to the remote photovoltaic module while also having a backup battery system to be utilized when the rechargeable batteries condition require recharge. The security lighting unit functions as a security light to provide variable wide area illumination based upon environmental and battery conditions and also which power supply is optionally connected to the load, the load being the illumination sources and the various supportive electronics. The system further includes a controller which can not only operationally selects either the rechargeable batteries or backup batteries but also can monitor battery condition to preserve battery life. In operation, the security light may include a variable battery power supply for ease of installation.
US09839081B2	Ballast stabilizer-compatible lamp having leakage current protection circuit A ballast stabilizer-compatible lamp including a leakage current protection circuit includes a first input stage configured to receive first external power, a second input stage configured to receive second external power, a first switch module electrically connected to the first input stage and configured to switch on/off depending on a predetermined condition, a second switch module electrically connected to the second input stage and configured to switch on/off depending on a predetermined condition, an overvoltage protection circuit electrically connected to the first switch module and the second switch module and configured to prevent an overvoltage, a control module electrically connected to the overvoltage protection circuit and configured to sense and control the state of the first switch module, the first switch module, and the overvoltage protection circuit, and a light source electrically connected to the control module and configured to radiate light when power is applied.
US09839079B2	Dimmer system and method A dimmer system comprising a dimmer having an input interface arranged to receive at least one input for dimming and an output interface for transmitting processed dimming input to at least one LED driver; wherein each of the at least one LED driver is operable to drive a plurality of high powered LED lamp units.
US09839073B2	Multifunctional CNT-engineered structures Various applications for structured CNT-engineered materials are disclosed herein. In one application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of providing its own structural feedback. In another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of generating heat. In yet another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of functioning as an antenna, for example, for receiving, transmitting, absorbing and/or dissipating a signal. In still another application, systems are disclosed, wherein a structured CNT-engineered material forms at least part of an object capable of serving as a conduit for thermal or electrical energy.
US09839064B2	Sensor data collecting device A sensor data collecting device includes a first circuit and a controller. The controller has a first state and a second state and acquires data of one or a plurality of sensors in the second state. The first circuit includes a first register and causes the controller to transit from the first state to the second state. The controller sets the first register based on a minimal data generation period among data generation periods.
US09839063B2	IP multimedia subsystem, proxy session control apparatus, and communication control method A P-CSCF (310) includes a terminating call processing unit (311) which receives SIP INVITE from an S-CSCF. The SIP INVITE includes an identifier of UE, and is relayed in response to acceptance of a terminating call to the UE. The P-CSCF (310) further includes: a restoration execution unit (313) which executes restoration of a subscriber profile linked with the UE based on reception of the SIP INVITE; and an address holding unit (315) which holds an address of a PCRF included in a response received from a DRA along with the execution of the restoration. The restoration execution unit reestablishes a session between the UE and the PCRF based on the held address of the PCRF, and causes the UE to execute re-registration with an IP multimedia subsystem.
US09839062B2	Short range communications method, device, and system Embodiments of the present invention provide a short range communications method, device, and system, and relate to the field of communications, so that a UE can distinguish, on a short range link, a radio bearer corresponding to transmission of data information. The method includes: establishing, by a benefited UE, a mapping between a short range bearer and a first radio bearer, where a mapping is performed between the short range bearer and a second radio bearer on a supporting UE side, and a mapping is performed between the first radio bearer and the second radio bearer on a base station side; and performing, by the benefited UE, data receiving and sending by using the mapping between the first radio bearer and the short range bearer.
US09839058B2	Multi function docking module for a pressure support therapy system A charging and data transfer method for use in a pressure support system adapted to provide a regimen of respiratory therapy to a patient includes establishing a near-field wireless coupling interface between a pressure generating device base unit of the pressure support system and a wireless peripheral device (32) of the pressure support system, transferring energy from the pressure generating device base unit to the wireless peripheral device over the near-field wireless coupling interface and using the transferred energy in the wireless peripheral device to charge an energy storage device (72) of the wireless peripheral device, and transferring pairing information between the pressure generating device base unit and the wireless peripheral device over the near-field wireless coupling interface.
US09839055B2	Method and gateway to handle inactivity timer expiry with a converged gateway Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for handling the expiration of an inactivity timer. A cellular communications system may include a gateway (GW), for example, a converged gateway (CGW) or a local gateway (LGW). The GW may intercept a first message from the eNB intended for a mobility management entity (MME). The first message may include an indication to initiate removal of a first bearer and a second bearer. The first bearer may include an SI bearer associated with the eNB and the GW and/or include a Radio Bearer associated with the eNB and a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRLI). The second bearer may include an S I bearer associated with the GW and a serving gateway (SGW). The GW may determine to maintain the second bearer to maintain a communication path associated with the GW and a WTRU and/or send a second message to the eNB to remove the first bearer.
US09839050B2	Fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame transmission A method includes receiving data at a first access point. The method also includes generating, at the first access point, a transmission schedule based on the data. The transmission schedule indicates when the first access point is to transmit a fast initial link setup discovery (FD) frame. The method further includes selectively transmitting, from the first access point, FD frames based on the transmission schedule.
US09839043B2	Apparatus and method for allocating resources for logical channels in wireless communication system A method and apparatus of allocating a resource for a plurality of logical channels is provided. A transmitter acquires a plurality of available resources for a plurality of component carriers, and allocates the plurality of available resources to the plurality of logical channels based on priority of each of the plurality of logical channels.
US09839042B2	Method, apparatus, and system for resource scheduling Embodiments of the present invention provides a method, an apparatus, and a system for resource scheduling, related to the field of communications, configured to reduce the probability of transmitting data to a terminal by a network-side equipment with a too high or too low scheduling rate so as to improve system performance and improve customer experience. The method includes: receiving scheduling information transmitted by a terminal; where the scheduling information includes: a requested scheduling rate requested by the terminal request and/or requested amount of scheduling data requested by the terminal; and determining a scheduling rate according to the scheduling information. The present invention is applicable to a scenario where a network-side equipment transmits data to a terminal.
US09839034B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting signal via relay backhaul link A method and a base station (BS) for transmitting a signal, and method and a relay for receiving a signal in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method for transmitting a signal according to an embodiment includes mapping a reference signal to a subframe comprising a first slot and a second slot. Each of the first and second slots includes a plurality of resource elements over which the reference signal is allowed to be mapped. When a last orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the subframe is not available for a BS-to-relay transmission, the reference signal is not mapped to the second slot and a data signal is mapped to the resource elements of a penultimate OFDM symbol of the second slot. The method further includes transmitting the reference signal to a relay.
US09839032B2	Method for scheduling pilot signal, control node and wireless device A method for scheduling a pilot signal, a control node and a wireless device are proposed. The control node manages an i-th cell among N cells of a network cluster. The method includes: dividing a training time into at least (N) time slots; scheduling a wireless device of the i-th cell to transmit a first pilot signal at a j-th time slot and a (j+1)-th time slot, or scheduling the wireless device of the i-th cell to transmit a second pilot signal at the j-th time slot and the (j+1)-th time slot; scheduling the wireless device to alternately transmit the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal at residual time slots other than the j-th time slot and the (j+1)-th time slot, wherein the first pilot signal and the second pilot signal have opposite signs.
US09839023B2	Method for setting search area for detecting downlink control information in wireless communication system and apparatus for same Disclosed in the present application is a method for user equipment receiving a control channel from a base station in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises a step of monitoring control channel candidates in a search area on a first subframe, and receiving the control channel including control information corresponding to each of one or more subframes, beginning with a predetermined number of subframes from the first subframe, wherein when the one or more subframes are provided in a plurality, the control channel candidates are sorted according to the control information corresponding to each of the plurality of subframes.
US09839021B2	Method and apparatus for selecting downlink primary carrier for transmitting data A method, an apparatus and a system for selecting a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data are disclosed. The method includes the following steps: A terminal obtains primary carrier selection information configured by a network; and the terminal determines a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data according to the primary carrier selection information. In the embodiments of the present invention, the network selects a downlink carrier corresponding to an uplink carrier of the terminal as a downlink primary carrier for transmitting data. The terminal needs to detect only the downlink primary carrier, and the downlink carrier needs to be switched or detected only if the primary carrier receives a signaling message for detecting or receiving other carriers, so it is not necessary to switch or detect the downlink carrier frequently, which reduces battery consumption of the terminal.
US09839017B2	Method and apparatus for controlling uplink control information in wireless communication system Provided is a method and an apparatus for transmitting uplink control information by a terminal in wireless communication system. When a PUCCH resource used for transmitting only periodic CSI from a subframe, the resource is a first resource, and a resource indicated by ARI is a second resource, when a setting allows transmitting together ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI through a PUCCH from the same subframe, the first resource and the second resource are mutually exclusive, and the second resource that is used for transmitting together the ACK/NACK and the periodic CSI uses the resource indicated by the ARI from resources determined by an RRC.
US09839013B2	Method and apparatus for performing random access procedure in a mobile communication system A method for performing a random access procedure by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system includes transmitting a preamble for identifying the UE, through a first message; receiving a second message from an Evolved Node B (ENB) in response to the first message, the second message including uplink (UL) transmission resource information for transmitting at least one of a transparent Radio Resource Control (RRC) message which is an RRC message that a UE having no RRC control connection transmits for the first time, and Buffer Status Report (BSR) information indicating an amount of UL data; setting a format indicator indicating if the transparent RRC message or the BSR information is included in a third message; and generating the third message according to the set format indicator, and transmitting the generated third message according to the UL transmission resource information.
US09839008B2	Avoiding extended interframe space Methods, systems, and devices are described for avoiding extended interframe space (EIFS) in a wireless local area network (WLAN). A wireless device may transmit a message during a transmit opportunity (TXOP) that includes a first portion transmitted at a first data rate and a second portion transmitted at a second rate that is higher than the first. The wireless device may then transmit a terminating message at the first data rate. The wireless device may also receive a second message prior to transmitting the terminating message. The terminating message may be a clear-to-send message (CTS) or an acknowledgement (ACK) message. The first message may be an aggregate media access control packet data unit (A-MPDU) in which the first portion is a preamble and the second portion is an MPDU.
US09839004B2	Mobile communication system, MME, incoming call control method of mobile communication system, and incoming call control method of MME It is aimed to provide a mobility management device that can normally provide a UE with a notification of an incoming voice call made when ISR is activated and when a mobile communication device is moving from a location registration area under control of an MME to a location registration area under control of an SGSN. A mobility management device (10) makes an ISR feature operate in collaboration with an SGSN (20). It is assumed that a location registration area (60) managed by the mobility management device (10) exists within a location registration area (50) managed by the SGSN (20), and an incoming voice call is made to a mobile communication device (30) during when the mobile communication device (30) is moving out of the location registration area (60). The mobility management device (10) includes an incoming voice call control unit (11) that, in the above case, sends a response message indicating that the mobile communication device (30) is moving to a switching device (40) and, when an incoming voice call message is sent again from the switching device (40) to a switching device (40) after the lapse of a specified period of time, performs call attempt to the mobile communication device (30).
US09838999B2	Portable electronic device and method of controlling notifications A method of controlling a portable electronic device includes, in response to receipt of selection of an option to enter a do not disturb mode at the portable electronic device, suppressing notifications for the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The method also includes, in response to exiting the do not disturb mode, discontinuing suppressing notifications for new communications received at the portable electronic device, providing an option to view the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode and, in response to receipt of selection of the option to view the communications received while in the do not disturb mode, displaying a consolidated list of the communications received at the portable electronic device while in the do not disturb mode. The consolidated list includes a plurality of electronic communication types.
US09838988B2	Device and method for time delay fine-tuning UTP femto distribution and relay The present invention relates to fine-tuning a time delay of a relay device that distributes and relays a signal from a femto base station to several antennas by using an unshielded twisted pair cable (UTP). That is, by measuring a UTP time delay between a signal distribution device, which is a component of a UTP femto distribution and relay device, and a plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices, respectively, a cable time delay between devices is corrected so that the plurality of remote signal transmission and reception devices may relay femtocell signals at the same time. A device for time delay fine-tuning UTP femto distribution/relay includes a signal distribution device that matches with a femtocell and measures a cable delay between the signal distribution device and the remote signal transmission and reception device, and the remote signal transmission and reception device that feeds a signal from the signal distribution device back and accesses a terminal and a femtocell signal wirelessly.
US09838983B2	Controlling power in non-licensed band Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling transmission power in a wireless communication system. A wireless device is connected to a first serving cell utilizing a licensed band and a second serving cell utilizing a non-licensed band. The transmission power from the second serving cell is determined by considering the clear channel assessment (CCA) coverage of the wireless device or the second serving cell.
US09838982B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting power headroom report in wireless communication system A method and apparatus for transmitting a power headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system is provided. A user equipment (UE) transmits a first PHR for a first carrier group, which is configured by a first eNodeB (eNB), to a second eNB; and transmits ing a second PHR for a second carrier group, which is configured by the second eNB, to the first eNB. The first PHR and the second PHR include a PHR for a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) regardless of whether simultaneous transmission of the PUCCH and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) is configured or not.
US09838967B2	Downstream device service latency reporting for power management An apparatus is provided that includes a transceiver to transmit and receive data between an upstream device and the apparatus, and further includes service latency reporting logic coupled to the transceiver to provide a service latency tolerance value of the apparatus to the upstream device, the service latency tolerance value corresponding to an activity state of the apparatus. The service latency tolerance value for an idle activity state can be greater than the service latency tolerance value for an active activity state.
US09838966B2	Method and system facilitating paging a user equipment Disclosed are systems and methods that include embodiments to determine a system frame number (SFN) of a radio frame using a first identifier related to the UE, a discontinuous reception (DRX) period length of the UE, and a parameter indicating a quantity of paging occasions within the DRX period length. A second identifier can be sent in a downlink control channel within a radio sub-frame of the radio frame, and a paging message is associated with the second identifier. This systems and methods may also include embodiments to determine a position of the radio sub-frame within the radio frame associated with the SFN with reference to a quantity of radio sub-frames suitable for the paging in the radio frame, the identifier related to the UE, and a parameter derived from the DRX period length of the UE.
US09838965B2	Method and apparatus for discontinuous transmission/reception operation for reducing power consumption in cellular system Provided is a method and apparatus for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packets for low-power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system for packet transmission. The present research provides a method and apparatus that can perform a low-power consuming operation when a terminal is in active state in a cellular system. The method for discontinuously transmitting/receiving packet data to reduce power consumption of a terminal in a cellular system, including the steps of: a) establishing discontinuous reception/transmission (DRX/DTX) parameters including discontinuous DRX/DTX cycle information for terminals operating in a transmission suspension mode, which is a sub-state of an active state; and b) performing DRX/DTX based on the DRX/DTX parameters in the terminals operating in the transmission suspension mode.
US09838958B2	Method and device for network selection from shared network The present invention relates to the field of communications. Provided in an embodiment of the present invention are a method and device for network selection from shared networks, realizing network selection when a UE accesses a shared cell. The method comprises: a UE receives a network selection instruction; and the UE selects a target network according to the network selection instruction. The embodiment of the present invention is used to select a network from shared networks.
US09838955B2	Method, system and electronic apparatus for searching nearby apparatus A method, a system and an electronic apparatus for searching nearby apparatuses are proposed. The method includes: searching at least one first apparatus belonging to a first subnet which the electronic apparatus belongs to, and accordingly generating a first list; scanning at least one access point (AP) near the electronic apparatus, and accordingly generating a first AP list; uploading the first AP list to a server, and receiving a second list from the server, where the second list includes at least one second apparatus, and a similarity between a second AP list of each second apparatus and the first AP list is higher than a predetermined threshold; and uniting the first list and the second list to generate a pairing list including at least one apparatus to be paired.
US09838953B2	Method for steering traffic in wireless communication system and device using same A method for steering traffic performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system and a terminal using the method are provided. The method is characterized by: receiving first system information including a PLMN-ID list on which identities (ID) of a public land mobile network (PLMN) are listed according to a specific order; receiving second system information including RAN auxiliary information related to steering traffic between a first network and a second network; and steering traffic between the first and the second networks based on the first and second system information, wherein the second system information provides RAN auxiliary information for each PLMN, includes the same number of pieces of RAN auxiliary information as the number of PLMNs on the PLMN-ID list, and includes the RAN auxiliary information in the same order as the specific order of the PLMNs on the PLMN-ID list.
US09838951B2	Apparatuses, systems, and methods for measuring quality of cell discovery signal Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards devices and methods for discovering and waking up dormant access nodes in cellular networks. In one embodiment, the user equipment may be configured with information to assist in determining a discovery zone of discovery signals transmitted by cells in a network. In some embodiments, the information may include a duration of a discovery zone.
US09838949B2	Terminal discovery method, terminal, server, base station, management entity, and system A terminal discovery method, a terminal, a server, a base station, a management entity, and a system are provided that pertain to the field of wireless communications. The method includes acquiring a discovery resource; monitoring, according to the discovery resource, a second message sent by at least one second terminal; acquiring a service identity of the second terminal according to the second message; and acquiring description information of the second terminal from a server according to the service identity of the second terminal.
US09838944B2	Quality of service control in multiple hop wireless communication environments A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery.
US09838940B2	Packet transmission deferral based on BSSID information Aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques and apparatus for deferral based on basic service set identification (BSSID) information. According to certain aspects, a method for wireless communications is provided. The method generally includes receiving, on a shared access medium, a packet having at least one deferral-related parameter and deciding whether to defer transmission on the shared access medium based, at least in part, on the deferral-related parameter. Another method may generally include generating a packet comprising at least one deferral-related parameter to be used by another apparatus for deciding whether or not the other apparatus should defer transmitting on a shared access medium and providing the packet to the other apparatus.
US09838936B2	Method and apparatus for assigning data to split bearers in dual connectivity A method and an apparatus for assigning data to split bearers in dual connectivity is provided. The apparatus includes a master evolved Node B (MeNB) of a user equipment (UE) configured to receive information of available buffer decided and transmitted by a secondary eNB (SeNB) through an X2 interface between the MeNB and the SeNB, determine whether the information is about available buffer for a UE or for an evolved radio access bearer (E-RAB) established on the SeNB based on an indicator in the information or a bearer that transported the information, and adjust the amount of data assigned to the SeNB according to the information of the available buffer. The apparatus can accommodate eNBs implemented in various manners, make full use of the bandwidth of data bearers, and reduce delay in data transmission.
US09838931B2	Interference reduction A method of reducing inter cell interference in a wireless communication network, a network control node, network access node, user equipment and computer program product operable to implement that method. The method is for use in a network comprising a plurality of network access nodes, each supporting a region of radio overage, and the method comprises: discovering, for a first network access node, at least one adjacent network access node; allocating at least one predetermined shared radio channel for radio communication commenced within an overlapping radio coverage region between said first network access node and said adjacent network access node; and communicating an indication of said at least one predetermined shared radio channel to said first network access node and said adjacent network access node. The method enables shared radio channels to be used in a “soft handover” type scenario, by enabling adjacent network access nodes to decipher and decode transmissions made by user equipment operating in overlap regions in a network. Such methods may be particularly suited to user equipment operating in a Cell_FACH mode.
US09838919B2	Method, apparatus, and system for detecting a radio network problem A method and an apparatus for detecting a radio network problem are disclosed. The method includes: when a radio link failure (RLF) problem occurs on a user equipment (UE) in a previous cell, a first base station controlling a new cell that a radio resource control (RRC) connection established with the UE receives problem information about the RLF problem sent by the UE, after the RRC connection is established, and the first base station sends the problem information to a second base station controlling the previous cell. In this way, the network side can automatically identify and detect the radio network problem which occurs on the UE, so that the network can perform self-adjustment and optimization, therefore improving the network performance and satisfying use requirements of users.
US09838915B2	Method and apparatus for displaying network name A user equipment UE attaches to a first network, and displays a first network name, where the first network name is a network name of the first network; or the UE executes a combined attach procedure or a combined tracking area update procedure to attach to the first network or a second network, and displays the first network name, where the first network name is a network name of the first network or a network name of the second network; and in a process of executing a service in the first network, the UE changes from the first network to the second network or a third network, and the UE keeps displaying the first network name. It is ensured that a network name displayed on a terminal is consistent with a network name that is displayed on a UE and recorded by a network device.
US09838913B2	Method and apparatus for removing policy and charging control rule from default bearer The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for removing a policy and charging control rule from a default bearer. The method includes: determining whether a received service flow is a service flow of SRVCC switching upon receipt of flow description information of the service flow; and, if the received service flow is the service flow of the SRVCC switching, removing a policy and charging control rule that has been activated on a default bearer for the SRVCC switching, and at the same time issuing a policy and charging control rule made for a newly created bearer.
US09838911B1	Multitier wireless data distribution Data distribution between mobile stations and external data paths is assigned to a new set of devices, distribution points. Each distribution point is independently coupled to mobile stations, also assigned to access points. Control elements operate to control the distribution points separately from the access points. Each access point maintains a substantially stateless link with each distribution point for which the two share a mobile station. Access points might exchange data with any one or more distribution points concurrently. Access points thus obtain greater bandwidth connectivity to external data paths. Mobile stations transfer between access points and transfer between distribution points independently. This has the effect that bandwidth connectivity between distribution points and external data paths have no particular requirement for VLAN separation. Mobile stations may roam among multiple Internet protocol subnets.
US09838908B2	Radio base station, user terminal and radio communication method The present invention is designed to use radio resources effectively and improve the throughput of a radio communication system even when a plurality of small cells are placed densely. A radio base station controls the connecting cell of a user terminal, and has a selection section that selects candidate cells, the received power and/or the received quality of which in the user terminal is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and a determining section that calculates the amount of data to transmit to serving user terminals, for each candidate cell, by taking into account the frequency band that is used, and determines a candidate cell where the amount of data is small, as the connecting cell of the user terminal.
US09838907B2	Methods and devices for transmitting frame in network Provided are methods and devices for transmitting a frame in a network. The method includes: setting, by a sending station, a media access control (MAC) frame header of a MAC frame, wherein the MAC frame header includes at least one bit for indicating whether the MAC frame header adopts an optimized MAC header format, the optimized MAC frame header format referring to a MAC frame format in which only necessary frame header information is reserved (S302); sending, by the sending station, the MAC frame to a receiving station (S304). The present disclosure not only ensures correct sending and receiving of a frame, but also effectively reduces the overhead of the frame header.
US09838906B2	Method for performing measurement through eliminating interference and terminal The present invention provides a method for performing a measurement by a terminal in a wireless communications system having both a macro cell and a small cell. The method for performing a measurement includes the step of receiving CRS (Cellspecific Reference Signal) support information from the macro cell or the small cell which works as a serving cell. The CRS support information may contain the information of a cell sending a CRS causing interference. The method may include the step of receiving respectively a CRS from the macro and a CRS from the small cell. Here, a timing offset may be adjusted between the sub-frame receiving the CRS from the macro cell and the sub-frame receiving the CRS from the small cell.
US09838902B2	Multi-channel mesh nodes employing stacked responses Rather than using a large number of transceivers (transmitter/receiver pairs) operating in parallel, Access Points with multiple channels are used to aggregate, or stack, transmitted response communications, e.g., transmitting multiple acknowledgements (ACKs) in a single packet to one or more sources of received packets. The method includes sending on a plurality of channels, by each of a plurality of respective first nodes, a communication to a second node, receiving on the plurality of channels, by the second node, the communication from each of the plurality of first nodes and sending, by the second node, a transmission that contains a response to each communication that was successfully received from each of the plurality of first nodes. The response to each of the plurality of first nodes is part of a single message sent by the second node.
US09838901B2	Method for reporting a radio link problem and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for reporting an radio link problem in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving an indicator indicating which cell is a first cell of the second BS from either the first BS or the second BS; detecting a radio link problem on a cell belonging to the second BS; and reporting the radio link problem of the second BS to the first BS if the cell, on which the radio link problem is detected, is indicated as the first cell by the indicator.
US09838899B2	Method and apparatus for reporting downlink channel state A method and apparatus for reporting a downlink channel state are disclosed. The method for reporting channel state information (CSI) to a base station (BS) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system having frequency-selective inter-cell interference, includes: performing channel measurement in a frequency band configured for downlink channel measurement; and reporting downlink channel state information (CSI) in accordance with the downlink channel measurement, wherein the frequency band is independently configured for each information contained in the CSI, and thus the downlink channel measurement is performed in each information-specifically configured frequency band contained in the CSI. As a result, the method and apparatus can efficiently report downlink channel state information, such that a higher-quality communication environment is expected in a heterogeneous cell environment.
US09838894B2	Method for transmitting network support information for removing interference and serving cell base station A method is provided for transmitting network assistance information in a serving cell in order to perform interference cancellation of a terminal. The serving cell checks whether a traffic load of the serving cell is greater than or less than a first value, and whether a traffic load of a neighbor cell is greater than or less than a second value. The serving cell determines a target for which the interference cancellation is to be performed by the terminal, based on a result of the checking the traffic load of the serving cell and a result of the checking the traffic load of the neighbor cell. The serving cell transmits to the terminal the network assistance information including information regarding the determined target for which the interference cancellation is to be performed.
US09838889B2	Link quality estimation and apparatus in a telecommunication system Method and apparatus for enabling accurate link quality estimation of a wireless link between a sending node and a receiving node. When the sending node receives link state reports from the receiving node, it estimates the current state of the wireless link. The sending node also determines a measurement adjusting parameter if the link state reports are deemed inaccurate in relation to the estimated link state, based on a deviation between the received link state reports and the estimated actual link state. The sending node then sends the determined measurement adjusting parameter to the receiving node, and the receiving node provides a link state report based on signal measurements adjusted by the measurement adjusting parameter. The adjusted link state report can then be used for link adaptation of the wireless link and/or for packet scheduling decisions.
US09838884B2	Radio wave status indicating apparatus, communication apparatus and computer-readable medium A radio wave status indicating apparatus is provided, the radio wave status indicating apparatus comprising: a radio wave intensity receiving unit that receives, from a communication apparatus, incoming radio wave intensity of the communication apparatus; a positional information acquiring unit that acquires positional information indicating a position of the communication apparatus; an expected value acquiring unit that acquires an expected value of incoming radio wave intensity at a position indicated by the positional information; a radio wave intensity comparing unit that compares the incoming radio wave intensity received by the radio wave intensity receiving unit with the expected value acquired by the expected value acquiring unit; and an indication information transmitting unit that transmits indication information based on a result of comparison by the radio wave intensity comparing unit to at least one of the communication apparatus and a communication terminal pre-registered in the communication apparatus.
US09838883B2	Network system, analysis device, method for processing measurement information, and recording medium The present invention ensures the reliability of measurement information about a cell measured by mobile terminals and enables the measurement information to be utilized for the optimization of a mobile communication network. An analysis device acquires measurement information about a reception signal state measured by a measuring instrument, acquires, together with terminal type information, measurement information about a reception signal state measured by mobile terminals, statistically processes the measurement information of the measuring instrument and the measurement information of the mobile terminals for each terminal type to generate respective typical data, groups similar pieces of the typical data of the measuring instrument and the typical data of the mobile terminals for each terminal type into the same group, and generates a measurement representative value distribution on the basis of the distribution of the typical data included in the same group and the distribution of terminal types in the group.
US09838878B2	Detecting undesirable signalling traffic Undesirable signalling traffic received at a telecommunications network is detected by establishing at least one statistical parameter in respect of signalling traffic received at the telecommunications network from at least one specific source and evaluating the established at least one statistical parameter against one or more predetermined statistical profiles.
US09838876B2	Automobile data transmission An automobile device transmits data to a server in a communication network. The automobile device records the data received from one or more transmitters located in an automobile. The automobile device transmits a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met. The automobile device encrypts the data and transmits the encrypted data to a server via a base station.
US09838875B2	Mobile terminal device, information management device, and information management system According to the present invention, a mobile terminal device includes: an operation input section which accepts operations; a memory section which previously stores a list of states of the mobile terminal device during use as locking conditions to determine a state at the time of limiting an operation of the mobile terminal device; a state determining section which generates state information in accordance with a state of the mobile terminal device; and a function limiting section which determines whether the state information meets the locking conditions, and switches the mobile terminal device to a locked state to limit an operation of the operation input section, when the state information is determined to meet the locking conditions.
US09838857B2	Method for establishing stateless communication between two or more devices The present disclosure relates generally to communication technologies, and more particularly to a method and system for establishing a stateless communication between the two devices. In one embodiment, a method for providing communication is disclosed, comprising: receiving a first trigger signal from the electronic device and a second trigger signal from the mobile device; matching the first trigger signal with the second trigger signal in order to validate the communication between the electronic device and the mobile device; generating a first identification token for the electronic device and a second identification token for the mobile device based on the matching; transmitting the first identification token to the electronic device and the second identification token to the mobile device; and providing the communication between the electronic device and the mobile device based on the first identification token and the second identification token.
US09838855B2	Avoiding redundant transmissions of data during multimedia mobile phone communications A method, apparatus, and computer product for avoiding redundant data transmissions during communication via multimedia mobile phones. In operation, a sending party inquires whether intended for transmission data already resides in a mobile phone of a receiving party Depending on a content of the response from the receiving party, the sending party transmits the data or a request for displaying the already available data.
US09838853B1	Cognitive scheduling of text message availability A first message is received at a device at a first time. A textual content of the first message is analyzed to determine a language structure of the textual content. The first message is assigned a level based on a feature extracted from the language structure of the textual content. The level of the first message is adjusted to form an adjusted level according to a location-based factor based on a location of the device. The first message is scheduled on the device according to the adjusted level such that the first message becomes available for use on the device at a future time, the future time being after a delay after the first time.
US09838844B2	Using augmented reality to assist data center operators Systems and methods include receiving notification of an anomaly in a particular component within a data center environment. Such systems and methods include receiving configuration information identifying positions of tags disposed proximate to and representing respective infrastructure components within the data center environment. Such systems and methods include detecting a first tag representing a first infrastructure component and, in response thereto, determining, using the configuration information, a first positional relationship between the first tag and a second tag representing the particular component. Such systems and methods include determining a second positional relationship between the mobile device and the particular component based on the first positional relationship and providing, based on the second positional relationship, directional guidance from the first infrastructure component to the particular component. Such systems and methods include detecting, by the sensor, the second tag and, in response thereto, providing information identifying the particular component.
US09838834B2	Techniques for wireless transmitter location detection Techniques for wireless transmitter location detection are described. An apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and a location database generator component. The location database generator component may comprise: a logging component operative on the processor circuit to receive a plurality of location data packages, the location data packages comprising locations and associated wireless transmitter identifiers, and to log the location data packages into a location database, the location database comprising a plurality of tuples of the locations and the wireless transmitter identifiers; and an analysis component operative on the processor circuit to construct a transmitter mapping from wireless transmitter identifiers to locations based on the plurality of tuples of the location database. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09838832B2	Wireless communication device linking in an industrial automation environment Techniques to facilitate linking a control device to a specific industrial asset in an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, an initiating link is established between a mobile device and a target device (e.g., the target device being selected from one or more industrial assets discovered within a close-range initiating range of a proximity communication system of the mobile device). This initiating link can be established using Near Field Communications (NFC), QR code, an optical indicator, and/or other means. The initiating link enables and is used to establish a functional link between the target device and a control device. The functional link can include a larger range, higher performance networking connection. In some implementations a secondary communication device serves as proxy for the target device.
US09838831B2	Mobile proximity coupling device with display The invention relates to a mobile proximity coupling device (100) for inductive coupling with an integrated circuit of a proximity object, the integrated circuit comprising a coupling interface for inductive coupling, the mobile proximity coupling device (100) comprising a contactless interface (107) for inductive coupling with the coupling interface of the integrated circuit; a processor (109) for determining a quality indicator indicating a quality of the inductive coupling; and a display (111) for displaying a desired change of position of the mobile proximity coupling device relatively to the proximity object if the quality indicator indicates an insufficient quality of the inductive coupling.
US09838825B2	Audio signal processing device and method for reproducing a binaural signal An audio signal processing device for generating a plurality of output signals for a plurality of loudspeakers from an input audio signal comprises a driving function determining unit adapted to determined driving functions of a plurality of loudspeakers for generating a virtual left binaural signal source and a virtual right binaural signal source based upon a position and a directivity of the virtual left binaural signal source, a position and a directivity of the virtual right binaural signal source and positions of the plurality of loudspeakers. Moreover, it comprises a filtering unit adapted to filter a left binaural signal and a right binaural signal using the driving functions of the plurality of loudspeakers resulting in the plurality of output signals. The left binaural signal and the right binaural signal constitute the input audio signal or are derived there from.
US09838821B2	Method, apparatus, computer program code and storage medium for processing audio signals An apparatus receives a first audio signal captured by a first microphone of a device and at least a second audio signal captured by at least a second microphone of the device. The apparatus estimates a diffuseness of sound based on the received first and at least second audio signals. The apparatus may then form at least one final audio signal based on at least one of the received first audio signal and the received at least second audio signal by adjusting an audibility of diffuse sound for the final audio signal in response to the estimated diffuseness, in order to enable an enhanced perception of sound with respect to at least one criterion with the at least one final audio signal.
US09838814B2	Displaying sound indications on a wearable computing system Example methods and systems for displaying one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of a source of sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound are disclosed. A method may involve receiving audio data corresponding to sound detected by a wearable computing system. Further, the method may involve analyzing the audio data to determine both (i) a direction from the wearable computing system of a source of the sound and (ii) an intensity level of the sound. Still further, the method may involve causing the wearable computing system to display one or more indications that indicate (i) the direction of the source of the sound and (ii) the intensity level of the sound.
US09838802B1	Underwater acoustic carbon nanotube thermophone A carbon nanotube thermophone is provided which includes a urethane frame having mounting holes at corners of the frame. Screw holes in the frame are provided for a cable holder. A square shaped carbon nanotube material chip is positioned within the urethane frame. The carbon nanotube material chip can comprise multiple carbon nanotube sheets to electrically tune the impedance to match a driving amplifier impedance load. Wooden spacers assist in positioning the carbon nanotube material chip. A first end of a cable is soldered to the carbon nanotube material chip at electrodes of the material chip. A high temperature rated silicon sealant is used for attachment points on the thermophone.
US09838793B2	Suspension element for suspending the diaphragm of a loudspeaker driver to the chassis thereof as well as driver and loudspeaker comprising the same The present invention provides a loudspeaker driver not suffering from high levels of distortion caused by the non-linear stiffness commonly found with drivers that utilize progressive suspension elements. The novel suspension element for suspending the diaphragm of a loudspeaker driver to the chassis thereof has a geometry with two opposing first sections and two opposing second sections, which connect the two first sections. The second sections have a curvature radius smaller than that of the first sections. The mean height of the radial cross-sectional profile of the second section is higher than the height of the cross-sectional profile of the first sections. The first sections have an axial stiffness greater than the second sections.
US09838792B2	Vibration system of a loudspeaker The present invention discloses a vibration system of a loudspeaker, comprising a diaphragm and a voice coil attached to one side of the diaphragm, wherein the diaphragm comprises at least two layers of polyether-ether-ketone base films, and furthermore, the diaphragm comprises at least one layer of crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base film and at least one layer of non-crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base film. The diaphragm made of both crystallized and non-crystallized polyether-ether-ketone base films can have both an effectively improved acoustic performance and a lowered resonance frequency f0, thus, the acoustic effect of the loudspeaker can be improved.
US09838791B2	Portable sound generator apparatus An apparatus and method for generating alerting sounds and broadcasting the same into the interior of a building so that an occupant can be made aware of an emergency, warning, etc. or of the building for various other purposes such as to greet a visitor or accept a package or sign documents from a transporter drone or robot. The sounds are generated by an exciter feature of a transducer held in a case, the exciter feature being able to be pressed against an exterior surface. The transducer vibrates its exciter feature in correspondence with audio signals transmitted to the transducer to broadcast corresponding sounds into the interior of the building by resonance induced in the door or other building member by the vibrating exciter feature. The sounds may resemble conventional alerting sounds such as a knocking or ringing sounds, and/or can be a spoken message either prerecorded in an audio source or created contemporaneously by being spoken by a user into a microphone. The device may be hand carried door to door as by delivery personnel and emergency workers and used to effectively alert occupants and eliminate the need for hand knocking or yelling a message through the door, or is mounted to a drone, robot, or other transporter device, or to some other portable device. The device may also be used to broadcast sounds in an open area by holding the exciter feature against a sign board or other structure in an open area.
US09838782B2	Adaptive mixing of sub-band signals A method includes receiving a first microphone array processing signal (associated with a frequency band that includes a plurality of sub-bands) and receiving a second microphone array processing signal associated with the frequency band. The method includes generating a first output corresponding to a first sub-band based on the first microphone array processing signal and generating a second output corresponding to the first sub-band based on the second microphone array processing signal. The method includes generating a third output corresponding to a second sub-band based on the first microphone array processing signal and generating a fourth output corresponding to the second sub-band based on the second microphone array processing signal. The method includes performing a first set of microphone mixing operations to generate an adaptive mixer output for the first sub-band and performing a different set of microphone mixing operations to generate another adaptive mixer output for the second sub-band.
US09838778B2	Speaker and electronic device having the speaker An electronic device has a speaker. The speaker has a main body and a cover. The main body has a speaker body and a tube. The tube is situated at a side of the speaker body. The cover is situated above the main body for covering the tube and part of the speaker body, such that the speaker has a covered portion and an uncovered portion. The cover has a hole. The sound produced by the covered portion is output via the tube along a first direction. The sound produced by the uncovered portion is output via the hole along a second direction.
US09838774B2	Headset apparatus A headset apparatus including an audio transmitter, a control circuit, a magnetic field generator and a magnetic field sensor is provided. The control circuit is configured to generate a test signal. The magnetic field generator is coupled to the control circuit to receive the test signal and generate a magnetic field accordingly. The magnetic field sensor is coupled to the control circuit and configured to sense the magnetic field and generate a sensing signal accordingly. When the control circuit detects that the magnetic field is changed based on the sensing signal, the control circuit generates a control signal to enable the audio transmitter.
US09838771B1	In-ear utility device having a humidity sensor An embodiment of the invention provides a wireless in-ear utility device that rests in the user's ear canal near the user's eardrum. The in-ear utility device may be configured in a variety of ways, including, but in no way limited to a smart in-ear utility device, a flexible personal sound amplification product, a personal music player, a “walkie-talkie” and the like.
US09838760B2	Systems and methods for name-based segmented media acquisition and distribution framework on a network A media network platform is disclosed. The media network platform utilizes a computing device comprising at least one memory for storing instructions that are executed by at least one processor. Media data is retrieved from at least one data source. A plurality of media segments are created from the media data with each of the media segments being independently playable. A plurality of unique identifiers is assigned to each of the respective media segments. A request is received to transmit a media segment of the plurality of media segments for playback with the request including information about a unique identifier assigned to the media segment. The media segment is transmitted using the unique identifier. The media segment comprises a portion of a video derived from the media data and comprises any specific time interval of the video.
US09838754B2	On-site measurement of over the top media Methods and apparatus for over the top (OTT) media measurement are disclosed herein. Example methods include comparing, with an on-site meter in communication with an OTT service provider server, household data maintained by the OTT service provider server with anonymized panelist data provided by an audience measurement entity to identify a first person predicted to be included in a first household according to the anonymized panelist data but not included in the first household according to the household data, accessing media impressions collected by the OTT service provider server and corresponding to media accessed with a first OTT device associated with the first household, and crediting, with the on-site meter, usage of the first OTT device associated with access of the media to the first person based on the media impressions and demographic data obtained from the anonymized panelist data and attributed to the first person.
US09838752B2	Advertisement distribution system Effective advertisements are provided to users of a network. On a terminal of a user B, user names of users whom the user B registered in advance as friends are displayed. On the terminal, information indicating whether respective friend users are online or offline, is also displayed. Icons representing video games, etc., played by the friend users are also displayed on the terminal. When the user B clicks the icon of the Game C associated with the user A, the terminal executes advertisement information display processing. By this processing, an advertisement information screen is displayed on the terminal. On the advertisement information screen, an advertisement relating to the status of the user A registered as the friend is displayed.
US09838748B2	Transmitting apparatus and receiving apparatus, and signal processing method thereof A transmitting apparatus includes a frame generator configured to map data included in an input stream to at least one signal processing path to generate a frame, an information inserter configured to insert signaling information to a signaling region of the frame, and a transmitter configured to transmit the frame with the signaling information inserted therein. The signaling information including input stream synchronizer (ISSY) mode information, receiver buffer size information required according to the ISSY mode information, and time information representing a time between a P1 symbol of a preset frame for transmitting a user packet and an output of a preset bit of a first user packet of the user packet.
US09838742B2	Enhanced program guide Systems and methods for producing and displaying an enhanced program guide may include a method including identifying each channel viewed by a user over a period of time at an electronic device. The method may include storing data associated with each channel viewed, and may include producing a list of each channel viewed with the electronic device. The produced list may be ordered from most watched channel to least watched channel. The method may also include receiving a command at the electronic device to display an electronic program guide, and may still include incorporating at least a portion of the list into the electronic program guide at the electronic device for display.
US09838740B1	Enhancing video content with personalized extrinsic data Disclosed are various embodiments that relate to enhancing video content with personalized extrinsic data. A video content feature is rendered on a display. A user interface is rendered on top of the video content feature on the display. The user interface presents cast member indicia, where the cast member indicia correspond to respective cast members in the video content feature. In response to receiving a selection of one of the cast member indicia from a user, the user interface is updated to present additional information about the corresponding cast member. The additional information is personalized based at least in part on profile data associated with the user.
US09838733B2	Updating content libraries by transmitting release data There are many boxes (e.g., set-top boxes) in a system offering media services to users. Each of the boxes maintains a library with a significant number of titles. Techniques for updating the library in each of these boxes using a transmission infrastructure are described. According to one aspect of the techniques, a service provider is provided with a high bandwidth broadcasting or multicasting capability, a release fragmented into a header and several segments is transmitted to all boxes that are respectively configured to receive a proper release package to update the library. Alternatively, separate release packages may be transmitted via different channels to the boxes, wherein each of the boxes is tuned to a proper channel to receive a proper release package.
US09838732B2	Tying audio and video watermarks of live and recorded events for simulcasting alternative content to an audio channel or second screen An alternative content system receives a primary content data stream and a secondary content data stream associated with an event. The alternative content system provides an alternative content data stream associated with the event. The alternative content system extracts a primary content identifier from the primary content data stream. The alternative content system identifies an alternative content identifier based on the alternative content data stream. The alternative content system synchronizes the alternative content data stream to the primary content data stream based on the alternative content identifier and the primary content identifier. The alternative content system transmits the synchronized alternative content data stream based on the primary content identifier.
US09838730B1	Systems and methods for audio track selection in video editing Video clips may be automatically edited to be synchronized for accompaniment by audio tracks. A preliminary version of a video clip may be made up from stored video content. Occurrences of video events within the preliminary version may be determined. A first audio track may include audio event markers. A first revised version of the video clip may be synchronized so that moments within the video clip corresponding to occurrences of video events are aligned with moments within the first audio track corresponding to audio event markers. Other audio tracks similar to the first audio track may be identified based on audio characteristic parameters. Other revised versions of the video clip may be synchronized.
US09838728B2	Scalable data acquisition and accumulation in a resource constrained environment A method of acquiring and accumulating data from a server via a network is provided. A request is transmitted for a plurality of items of data and includes at least one ingestion marker associated with the data. The at least one ingestion marker represents a last occurrence of when a change was made to the data. Data is received with a transfer protocol in response to the request. The data has at least one associated ingestion marker different than the at least one associated ingestion marker transmitted with the request. The received data and the at least one associated ingestion marker is stored in memory. The request is transmitted and the data is received and stored electronically by an electronic client device communicating with the server over the network. A system of acquiring and accumulating Electronic Program Guide (EPG) data from a web-server over a network is also disclosed.
US09838727B1	Method and system for discovering an identity provider A method and system includes an external service provider that receives a request for restricted content, forms, at the external service provider, a redirection request based on the request for restricted content, an external service provider identifier, and a return response location identifier. The system also includes a discovery service that receives the redirection request from the external service provider and parses the redirection request to obtain an identity provider location identifier and the external service provider identifier when a common domain cookie exists in the redirection request. The discovery service generates a response based on the return response location identifier wherein the response comprises the identity provider location identifier. The external service provider receives the response, generates an authentication request and communicates the authentication request to the identity provider based on the identity provider location identifier.
US09838726B2	System and method for sending advertising data based on data associated with video data A method is disclosed including but not limited to monitoring penetration data on an advertising server processor wherein the penetration data indicates frequency, quantity, duration and data volume of data correlated with advertising data that has been sent from a first end user device to a second end user device. A computer program and a system are disclose for monitoring penetration data on an advertising server processor wherein the penetration data indicates frequency, quantity, duration and data volume of data correlated with advertising data that has been sent from a first end user device to a second end user device.
US09838705B2	Tiling in video encoding and decoding Implementations are provided that relate, for example, to view tiling in video encoding and decoding. A particular method includes accessing a video picture that includes multiple pictures combined into a single picture (826), accessing information indicating how the multiple pictures in the accessed video picture are combined (806, 808, 822), decoding the video picture to provide a decoded representation of at least one of the multiple pictures (824, 826), and providing the accessed information and the decoded video picture as output (824, 826). Some other implementations format or process the information that indicates how multiple pictures included in a single video picture are combined into the single video picture, and format or process an encoded representation of the combined multiple pictures.
US09838696B2	Video encoding and decoding method using an intra prediction A method performed by an apparatus for intra-predicting a current block in the unit of subblocks, comprises: determining an intra prediction mode of the current block among a plurality of intra prediction modes; identifying the subblocks split from the current block; and sequentially reconstructing the identified subblocks using an intra prediction mode identical to the determined intra prediction mode of the current block, wherein a subblock to be reconstructed is predicted using at least one pre-reconstructed neighboring subblock in the current block.
US09838689B2	Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and apparatus for same An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: deriving neighboring prediction mode information from a left neighboring prediction mode and a top neighboring prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a target unit to be decoded, using the derived neighboring prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction for the target unit to be decoded, based on the intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, video encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US09838685B2	Method and apparatus for efficient slice header processing A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and a memory structure for encoding or decoding a sequence comprising a plurality of pictures, each of the plurality of pictures partitionable into one or more slices, each of the one or more slices processed at least in part according to a slice header. In one embodiment, all the relative syntax and function calls under the condition of slice type equal to P or B are grouped together, and syntax describing the initial value for a quantization parameter to be used in coding blocks of data and deblocking related syntax are put before this group of syntax and function calls.
US09838676B2	Three-dimensional display device Embodiments of the present invention provide a 3D display device, and the 3D display device, comprising: a display panel (1), configured to display an image; an optical element (2) and a liquid crystal lens (3), disposed to overlap each other and positioned at a light exiting side of the display panel (1), wherein the optical element (2) comprises a plurality of optical lens units (2a), the liquid crystal lens (3) comprises a plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a), the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) correspond to the plurality of optical lens units (2a) in a one-to-one corresponding relationship; when the 3D display device is in a 2D displaying mode, each of the plurality of liquid crystal lens units (3a) has an effect on light contrary to an effect on the light of each of the plurality of optical lens units (2a), and when the 3D display device is in a 3D displaying mode, the liquid crystal lens unit (3a) is configured to have a plane glass function. The 3D display device provided by the embodiments of the present invention can be switched between 2D and 3D displaying, and can reduce the crosstalk during 3D displaying and improve the display effect.
US09838673B2	Method and apparatus for adjusting viewing area, and device capable of three-dimension displaying video signal Disclosed in the present application are a method and device for determining the position of a viewer and adjusting a viewing area, and a device for displaying three-dimensional video signals, such that the position of a viewer in front of an electronic device can be accurately determined and the viewing area can be adjusted according to the specific position, enabling the viewer to be unaware of any sudden viewing change when watching 3D signals. The method for determining the position of the viewer is applied in an electronic device comprising a display screen capable of displaying three-dimensional video signals. The viewing areas of the electronic device include a three-dimensional display area and a non-three-dimensional display area. The method comprises: acquiring the image in front of the electronic device; judging whether the image contains the face image of the viewer; if the image contains the face image, identifying at least one feature in the face image to determine the position of the viewer; according to the at least one feature, determining whether the viewing area of the viewer is a three-dimensional display area or a non-three-dimensional display area.
US09838670B2	Method and system for three-dimensional imaging A method for three-dimensional imaging is provided, storing a first two-dimensional image of field of view of a scanning device at a first position where a first three-dimensional view of the object is captured with said handheld scanning device; estimating location metric of a second two-dimensional image of field of view of said scanning device at a second position relative to said first image while said scanning device is being moved from said first position to said second position; and generating instructions on providing feedback to the user based on said location metric; wherein said feedback is provided to indicate if said second position is adequate for capturing a second three-dimensional view. A system for three-dimensional imaging is provided as well.
US09838667B2	Image pickup apparatus, image pickup method, and non-transitory computer-readable medium An image pickup apparatus comprising: an image pickup unit; a display unit; a display control unit; an object image detection unit; a distance information acquisition unit; and a binocular vision suitability determination unit, wherein the display control unit displays a second guide frame of a larger size than the first guide frame on the display unit in addition to the first guide frame, and, in a case where the object image detection unit detects at least one other object image different from the object image determined to be suitable for the binocular vision by the binocular vision suitability determination unit from the second guide frame, the display control unit matches the second guide frame to the at least one other object image.
US09838666B2	Video decoding device and image display device To efficiently provide 2-dimensional display of a 3-dimensional video Stream.A video decoding device 100 includes a macro block selector 103 for sequentially selecting, as objects to be decoded, macro blocks belonging to a range required for 2-dimensional display, and a decoding unit 100 for sequentially decoding macro blocks selected by the macro block selector. Furthermore, the video decoding device includes a motion vector shift unit 108 for correcting, when a motion vector of a macro block selected by the macro block selector is referring to outside the range required for the 2-dimensional display, the reference indicated by the motion vector to be within the range required for the 2-dimensional display. Since the macro block selector performs block selection, the decoding unit skips processing of macro blocks which are not supposed to be 2-dimensionally displayed.
US09838663B2	Virtual viewpoint synthesis method and system A virtual viewpoint synthesis method and system, including: establishing a left viewpoint virtual view and a right viewpoint virtual view; searching for a candidate pixel in a reference view, and marking a pixel block in which the candidate pixel is not found as a hole point; ranking the found candidate pixels according to depth, and successively calculating a foreground coefficient and a background coefficient for performing weighted summation; enlarging the hole-point regions of the left viewpoint virtual view and/or the right viewpoint virtual view in the direction of the background to remove a ghost pixel; performing viewpoint synthesis on the left viewpoint virtual view and the right viewpoint virtual view; and filling the hole-points of a composite image.
US09838660B1	Methods and systems for white balance At least one example embodiment provides an apparatus including a processor configured to execute computer-readable instructions to receive image data from a plurality of pixels, determine a first white point based on the image data and a threshold percentage of a histogram of the image data, determine a second white point based on the image data, determine a third white point based on groups of the image data corresponding to a same hue or desaturation, the processor configured to divide the image data into the groups and determine an image based on at least the first white point, the second white point and the third white point.
US09838656B2	Display control apparatus, method of controlling the same, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A display control apparatus which projects and displays at least one image on a screen, converts a frame frequency for a display of the at least one image to N times (N>1), generates an added image by adding a predetermined pattern to the converted frame and a subtracted image by subtracting the predetermined pattern from the converted frame as a first frame and a second frame following the first frame, projects the generated first frame and the second frame for an image on the screen at the N-times frequency, acquires the image projected on the screen, extracts the pattern from the acquired image, and corrects a shape of the image based on the extracted pattern.
US09838655B2	Projector and image displaying method A projector includes a DMD that forms an image, a projection lens that projects the image formed by the DMD on a projected surface, and a display control unit that controls an image forming operation of the DMD. The display control unit forms a frame image by sequentially forming a plurality of images using a combined pixel which is configured of a plurality of pixels, and with respect to temporally continuous two images, the display control unit forms one image at a position that is shifted by a distance that corresponds to the pixel pitch of the DMD in a predetermined direction relative to the other image.
US09838643B1	Method and system for detection of inherent noise present within a video source prior to digital video compression A method and system detection of inherent noise present within a video source prior to digital video compression is disclosed. A noise image is extracted by subtracting a current image from its filtered version. Each pixel of the extracted noise image is normalized based on a determined principal edge image and the analog noise pixels are accumulated to generate an intermediate noise confidence value. Analog noise may be detected based on an analog noise confidence value generated based on the intermediate noise confidence value and a ringing metric, a blockiness metric, a motion vector cost of the current image, a blurriness exception weight, a flashiness exception weight, and a pan blur exception weight. The method may further comprise detection of high frequency noise based on determining a high frequency noise confidence value that may be based on a high frequency noise value and a frequency component with highest magnitude.
US09838634B2	Fast reading of a pixel A device that may include a pixel, an output conductor and a charge accelerator; wherein during a readout phase of the pixel, the pixel is configured to attempt to charge the output conductor to a pixel reset voltage and the charge accelerator is configured to perform a sampling operation and a charge operation; wherein during the sampling operation the charge accelerator is configured to sample a change in an output conductor voltage; wherein during the charge operation the charge accelerator is configured to output a charge accelerator output signal that is responsive to the change of the output conductor voltage, wherein once provided, the charge accelerator output signal accelerates a charging of the output conductor to a target voltage that is proximate to the pixel reset voltage; wherein the sampling operation and the charge operation do not overlap.
US09838626B2	Semiconductor apparatus, solid-state image sensing apparatus, and camera system A semiconductor apparatus, a solid-state image sensing apparatus, and a camera system capable of reducing interference between signals transmitted through adjacent via holes, preventing an increase in the number of the via holes, reducing the area of a chip having sensors thereon and the number of mounting steps thereof. First and second chips are bonded together to form a laminated structure, a wiring between the first chip and the second chip being connected through via holes, the first chip transmitting signals obtained by time-discretizing analog signals generated by respective sensors to the second chip through the corresponding via holes, the second chip sampling the signals transmitted from the first chip through the via holes at a timing different from a timing at which the signals are sampled by the first chip and quantizing the sampled signals to obtain digital signals.
US09838625B2	Image processing apparatus and control method for image processing apparatus for controlling correction of a black level in a combined image signal An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, a first correction unit configured to correct a black level of an image signal output from the image capture unit, a combining unit configured to select pixels to be used from among a plurality of image signals, the black level of which has been corrected by the first correction unit, to generate a combined image signal, and a second correction unit configured to correct the black level of the combined image signal generated by the combining unit.
US09838617B2	Smart device detection for display devices A system, method, and computer-readable medium for performing an intelligent display device detection operation. With the intelligent display device detection operation even if a user has not turned on a second information handling system, the display device automatically switch a video input from a first information handling system to the second information handling system when the second information handling system is coupled to the display device. When the user powers on the second information handling system, a video stream provided by the second information handling system is immediately presented on the display device. In certain embodiments, the intelligent display device detection operation comprises one or more of a signal detection operation which detects which input port is transmitting a signal and a cable detection operation which detects which input port is coupled to a cable.
US09838612B2	Inspecting device and method for inspecting inspection target An inspecting device for inspecting an inspection target is provided. The inspecting device includes a mono-color image-retrieving module, illuminating modules and a control module. The mono-color image-retrieving module is disposed above the inspection target with an optical axis orienting toward the inspection target. Each of the illuminating modules includes light-emitting elements of different colors. The control module controls the illuminating modules to sequentially generate illuminating lights both in an order of different colors and different incident angles to further control the mono-color image-retrieving module to sequentially retrieve mono-color images each in response to one illumination of the illuminating lights. The control module performs an inspection of the inspection target based on the mono-color images.
US09838608B2	Work visual inspection device and work visual inspection method The work, visual inspection device 30 composes a conveyance table 2 which holds and conveys works W1 and W2 and camera units 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13 which capture images of the works conveyed by the conveyance table, The camera 91/101 of the camera units 9 and 10 includes a first body tube 91C/101C including an imaging lens 91L/101L and a second body tube 91Ca/101a attached to the front end of the first body tube 91C/101C. The second body tube 91Ca/101Ca includes a glass plate 91G/101G for focal adjustment having two surfaces in parallel with each other.
US09838602B2	Day and night detection based on one or more of illuminant detection, Lux level detection, and tiling A method for controlling a camera mode is executed at a camera including a controller, a sensor array, an IR filter, and a lens assembly. The camera is operated in a night mode. While in the night mode the IR filter is not interposed between the lens assembly and the sensor array, the camera receives at the sensor array ambient light that is not filtered by the IR filter, determines whether the received ambient light is due to a light source other than an IR light source, and detects a light level of the received ambient light. The camera switches the operation of the camera from the night mode to a day mode when it is determined the received ambient light is due to a light source other than an IR light source and that the light level of the received ambient light exceeds a first threshold.
US09838600B1	Multiple camera alignment system with flexible substrates and stiffener members Described herein are manufacturing methods and camera system designs that provide precise alignment between multiple camera modules mounted on a common chassis. The chassis includes a plurality of mounting regions, with each mounting region including one or more mounting posts. Each camera module includes one or more guiding holes into which the mounting posts are inserted. By precisely positioning the guiding holes and the mounting posts, the alignment of the camera modules with the chassis and the other camera modules may be controlled with high precision.
US09838598B2	Image identification system and image storage control method An image identification system for conducting image identification of a valuable file in an automatic teller machine and a corresponding image storage control method are provided. The system comprises: an image sensor; an image memory; an image identification module; an image storage area controller; and a main control unit, wherein the image storage area controller comprises a storage area index link table which is divided into N nodes, N being a natural number greater than 1, each node corresponding to each of the image storage areas divided by the image storage area controller in a one to one relationship, and each node storing the storage locations of a previous image and a next image which are linked with the node, and being provided with an acquired image write pointer, an identified image read pointer, an unidentifiable image head pointer, and an unidentifiable image tail pointer.
US09838596B2	Method and system for quickly starting camera based on eyeprint identification A method and a system for quickly starting a camera based on eyeprint recognition may include storing a camera initialization procedure for a power-up initializing camera of a mobile terminal in a singleton pattern class of the camera, and detecting whether the screen of the mobile terminal is illuminated or not; when it is detected that the mobile terminal screen is illuminated, directly acquiring the camera initialization procedure in the singleton pattern class to complete the power-up initializing of the camera, directly displaying an image captured by the camera while starting eyeprint recognition software, and acquiring a user's eye image to complete eyeprint unlocking.
US09838589B2	Imaging apparatus including zoom mechanism, and interchangeable lens An imaging apparatus including an exchangeable lens and a camera body. The camera body transmits a synchronizing signal having the same cycle as the cycle of the capturing operation in the imaging unit, to the interchangeable lens. The controller of the exchangeable lens performs a zoom tracking control by determining the focus position of the focus lens from the position of the zoom lens detected by the position detector by referring to the relation information, and controlling the focus lens driver to move the focus lens to the determined focus position, The controller performs the zoom tracking control in a cycle (for example, one-eighth) shorter than a cycle indicated by the synchronizing signal received from the camera body.
US09838588B2	User information acquisition method and user information acquisition apparatus The present application discloses a user information acquisition method and a user information acquisition apparatus. The method comprises: acquiring an image comprising at least one digital watermark; acquiring user related information corresponding to a current user and comprised in the at least one digital watermark, wherein the user related information comprises application startup information used to start a corresponding application; and projecting the user related information to a fundus of the user. The present application enables a user to start a corresponding application rapidly, securely, and conveniently.
US09838584B2	Audio/video synchronization using a device with camera and microphone Methods, systems, and apparatuses are described for performing a calibration process for synchronizing audio signals with video signals. The calibration process may be performed between one or more devices of an entertainment system and a handheld device. Device(s) (e.g., a television and speaker(s)) of the entertainment system are configured to playback video signal(s) and audio signal(s), respectively. The handheld device is configured to determine an amount of synchronization error between the audio signal and the video signal, determine a synchronization correction value based on the determined amount, and provide the synchronization correction value to device(s) of the entertainment system. The device(s) may use the synchronization correction value to correct the delay between the video signal and the audio signal such that the video signal and the audio signal are synchronized.
US09838582B2	Image pickup apparatus and control method for displaying a screen related to a setting of a light emission An image pickup apparatus includes a light emission unit configured to be able to move to light emission and non-light emission positions, an operation unit operable by a user, and a display control unit configured to display a setting screen related to the light emission unit, in which the first light emission unit is configured to move from the non-light emission position to the light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the non-light emission position and configured not to move from the light emission position to the non-light emission position upon operation of the operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position, and the display control unit is configured to display the first setting screen upon operation unit when the first light emission unit is located at the light emission position.
US09838581B2	Auxiliary lens for mobile photography An auxiliary optical assembly for a camera-enabled mobile device includes a removable lens assembly including a lens holder, a lens coupled to the lens holder, and a coupling interface. A lens attachment interface that is configured to stably couple to the mobile device, and that is configured in accordance with the coupling interface of the removable lens assembly to stably couple and align the removable lens along the optical path of the miniature camera module.
US09838579B2	Method for producing a camera, and a camera for a vehicle A method for producing a camera includes: mounting an image sensor on a circuit carrier and contacting with a power device for recording image signals of the image sensor; measuring an objective while ascertaining a tilting angle of its optical axis in terms of an amount and azimuth; providing an objective holder having a tube and locating pins; placing the objective holder with its locating pins on at least one of the circuit carrier and the image sensor; inserting the objective in a specified rotational position or at an azimuth angle into the tube as a function of the ascertained tilting angle; and adjusting the focus. An axis of symmetry of the tube of the objective holder has a counter-tilting angle with respect to a surface normal of the image sensor, which is the opposite of the ascertained tilting angle or the image shell tilting of the objective.
US09838576B2	Endoscope An endoscope includes at least one lens having a circular exterior shape in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis, an image sensor that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as length of a diameter of the lens, a sensor cover that has a square exterior shape in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis, and has one side whose length is same as one side length of the image sensor, a bonding resin portion that fixes the sensor cover to the lens, the optical axis of the lens coinciding with a center of the imaging area.
US09838574B2	Digital camera that sends electronic mail with event information A digital camera comprises an image-capturing unit that captures an image of a photographic subject and acquires image data, a communication unit for sending and receiving electronic mail data including image data, a recording control unit that records the image data acquired by the image-capturing unit as photographed image data upon a recording medium, an email for sending creation unit that creates an email for sending, to which is attached an image based upon the photographed image data recorded upon the recording medium, and an email address setting unit that sets an email address as the destination of the email for sending. The email for sending creation unit creates a title or a text of the email for sending, based upon at least one of the photographed image data and the email address that has been set.
US09838563B2	Task request management system, task request management apparatus, and task request management method A task request management system includes a creating unit configured to create data of a request form including a code image in which request content information is embedded; a sending unit configured to send an image of the request form to a destination; a first registration unit configured to apply a first status to an image file of the sent request form, and register this image file in a folder in a storage area corresponding to the request content information of the request form; a receiving unit configured to receive an image of a reply document in which information has been added to the request form; and a second registration unit configured to apply a second status to an image file of the received reply document, and register this image file in the folder corresponding to the request content information of the reply document.
US09838560B2	Light guide, illuminating device and image reading apparatus A light guide configured to cause light entering from a point light source to exit as linear light. The light guide has a rod portion extending in a first direction and having a reflecting surface. A plurality of reflecting elements are provided on the reflecting surface to reflect the light entering from the point light source. A part of the reflecting elements located closer to the point light source than a center of the rod with respect to the first direction is arranged so as to sheer away from a strongly illuminated area of the reflecting surface, which is an area illuminated strongly with light entering the rod portion, in a second direction parallel to the reflecting surface and perpendicular to the first direction.
US09838554B2	Image forming apparatus including discharged document sensor detecting existence of discharged document An image forming apparatus includes: a document feed section; a document reading section; a discharged document sensor detecting the discharged document already read by the document reading section; an image storage section storing a document image obtained through the reading by the document reading section; an image formation section performing an image formation operation in which a toner image of the document image is formed on paper; a fixing section performing fixing processing of heating and pressurizing the paper on which the image has been formed to fix the toner image on the paper; and a control section, upon judgment, with reference to a signal of the discharged document sensor before image formation of a predefined number of pages of document images stored in the image storage section, that the discharged document exists, stopping the image formation of the predefined number of pages of document images.
US09838550B2	Image display apparatus having image-related information displaying function A first mobile electronic device includes an image sensor that outputs image data from an image of a subject received through a lens of the first mobile electronic device, a first communication circuit and a second communication circuit. The first communication circuit transmits the image data to a server. The second communication circuit is different from the first communication circuit and transmits information by which to obtain the image data from the server to a second mobile electronic device so that the image data can be obtained from the server by the second mobile electronic device using the information.
US09838547B2	Method to push toll-free applications to a user device The present system relates to a server providing data connectivity to an electronic device. The server includes a memory storing data connectivity policy information for the electronic device. The policy information defines a data traffic threshold marking a change in data traffic billing for data traffic the electronic device may exchange with service provider(s) over a telecommunication network. The server has a receiver, which monitors data traffic from instances of applications installed on the electronic device, and has a usage monitor, which maintains a first quantity indicative of the monitored data traffic. A data connectivity policy manager detects that the first quantity exceeds the data traffic threshold of the data connectivity policy, determines a first application requesting such traffic, retrieves a second application linked to the first application, the second application having data traffic billing specific to the second application, and presents the second application to the electronic device.
US09838546B2	Notification apparatus, notification system, notification method, and program A notification apparatus includes: an obtaining unit that obtains information on a use of a first mobile communication network when a mobile communication terminal configured to use selectively one of a first identifier and a second identifier which are assigned to the first mobile communication network and the second mobile communication network, respectively so as to perform a communication currently connects to the second mobile communication network using the second identifier; and a notifying unit that notifies the information obtained by the obtaining unit to the mobile communication terminal via the second mobile communication network.
US09838543B2	Methods, systems, and products for call notifications Methods, systems, and products provide remote notification of calls. When a call is received, a contact list is consulted for a contact. An electronic message is sent to an address of the contact. The electronic message notifies the contact of the call.
US09838539B2	Limiting contact in a networked contact center environment This document discusses, among other things, limiting contact to a networked contact center that is a host to multiple tenants. In an example embodiment, a communication is received by a networked contact center. In determining whether to allow the communication to reach contact center resources, a contact rate value may be examined. The contact rate value may represent an allowable quantity of contact within a time interval. For some example embodiments, a determination of whether the network contact center is to accept or reject the communication is made based on the contact rate value.
US09838531B2	Systems and methods for establishing a diagnostic transmission mode and communicating over the same Upon detection of a trigger, such as the exceeding of an error threshold or the direction of a user, a diagnostic link system enters a diagnostic information transmission mode. This diagnostic information transmission mode allows for two modems to exchange diagnostic and/or test information that may not otherwise be exchangeable during normal communication. The diagnostic information transmission mode is initiated by transmitting an initiate diagnostic link mode message to a receiving modem accompanied by a cyclic redundancy check (CRC). The receiving modem determines, based on the CRC, if a robust communications channel is present. If a robust communications channel is present, the two modems can initiate exchange of the diagnostic and/or test information. Otherwise, the transmission power of the transmitting modem is increased and the initiate diagnostic link mode message re-transmitted to the receiving modem until the CRC is determined to be correct.
US09838530B1	Device and method of sound interference avoidance A device and method of sound interference avoidance is provided. The device includes: a speaker; an electronic component; a memory storing data defining a plurality of different sounds associated with a given action at the electronic component; a communication interface; and, a controller configured to: communicate, using the communication interface, with one or more of a server and other devices to determine sounds currently in use by the other devices; select one sound, of the plurality of different sounds, to indicate the given action based on the sounds in use by the other devices; and, when the given action is detected at the electronic component, control the speaker to play the one sound that has been selected.
US09838528B2	Voice and video calling over long term evolution-based user interface A video calling service provides a mobile device user is provided the capability to transition from a voice call to a video call within a calling session in a voice over long term evolution (VoLTE). The example video calling service offers a seamless transition of a voice call to a video call in a simplified and efficient process. In an example, a graphical user interface is provided that allows a user to select controls to provide real-time stream of video of a live scene via a rear facing camera to another user during a video call. Other examples describe the merger of individual voice calls into a merged call with the individual calls grouped as a conference call. The examples provide simplified use of a mobile device to transition voice calls to a video call in a cellular carrier's mobile network.
US09838525B2	Systems and methods for coupling auxiliary devices to a utility meter A non-transitory computer-readable medium having code stored thereon, the code includes instructions to receive an indication to communicatively couple a utility meter to an auxiliary device via a mobile electronic device, and capture a visual representation of a unique identifier of the utility meter via the mobile electronic device. The unique identifier includes an authentication mechanism configured to establish a first authentication and a second authentication of a user of the mobile electronic device. The code includes instructions to receive an acknowledgement to communicatively couple the mobile electronic device to the utility meter when the first authentication and the second authentication are satisfied.
US09838522B2	Information processing device There is provided an information processing device including: a sensor configured to detect that the information processing device is worn on a part of a human body; a processing unit configured to process information; and a communication unit configured to communicate with another device. The processing unit transmits a signal to the another device on the basis of a detection signal detected by the sensor. The processing unit performs a process according to an instruction transmitted from the another device in accordance with the signal.
US09838518B2	Mobile device with display wrapping around surfaces The disclosure relates to a mobile device including a frame assembly with an accommodating space formed therein for disposing functional parts of the mobile device, and a primary display module disposed on an outer side of the frame assembly. The primary display module wraps around a front surface, a back surface, and side surfaces of the mobile device. By the solution of the disclosure, a full-screen mobile device is achieved so that the user may enjoy completely new experience by way of greater display area.
US09838516B2	Systems and methods for tangible configuration of a modular mobile electronic device A system for tangible configuration of a modular mobile electronic device includes a set of emulator modules, each comprising a processor and configurable to represent any of a set of full modules available for use with the modular mobile electronic device a chassis that mechanically couples to at least one of the set of emulator modules, and a module configurator that associates each of the set of emulator modules with an emulation profile.
US09838515B2	Communication apparatus, control method thereof, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium A communication apparatus, which is connectable with a plurality of networks including a first network and a second network of a type different from the first network, is provided. The communication apparatus detects an operation by user for setting communication parameters for connecting to a network, and provides, if detecting the operation while connecting with another first communication apparatus via the first network, another second communication apparatus with communication parameters for communication via the second network.
US09838511B2	Methods and arrangements for traffic indication mapping in wireless networks Embodiments may implement a new hierarchical data structure for traffic indication mapping to facilitate transmissions for wireless communications devices. Many embodiments comprise MAC sublayer logic to generate and transmit management frames such as beacon frames with a partial virtual bitmap based upon the hierarchical data structure for traffic indication mapping. In some embodiments, the MAC sublayer logic may store the traffic indication map and/or the traffic indication map structure in memory, in logic, or in another manner that facilitates transmission of the frames. Some embodiments may receive, detect, and decode communications with frames comprising the partial virtual bitmap based upon the hierarchical data structure. In some embodiments, indications of buffered data for pages, super-blocks, blocks, sub-blocks, and/or stations may be inverted. In several embodiments, a new association identifier (AID) structure is defined for the new hierarchical data structure for traffic indication mapping.
US09838500B1	Network device and method for packet processing A network device and method for packet processing are provided. A packet processing accelerator is configured to receive packets from a network and define for ones of the packets a data unit corresponding to the packet. The packet processing accelerator is configured to perform a first set of packet processing operations on the data unit. A central processing unit (CPU) is configured to perform a second set of packet processing operations on the data unit. A buffer is configured to pass data units from the packet processing accelerator to the CPU, and vice versa, where the buffer is configured to store data units in one or more lines of the buffer. Dummy data units fill a space in a buffer line that is not occupied by a data unit, and the dummy data units include an indication that the space occupied by the dummy data units is an empty space.
US09838494B1	Reducing retrieval times for compressed objects An intermediary system reduces a delay associated with the compression and transmission of content resources to a user's device. For example, the intermediary system compresses a first content resource, generates a signature of the first content resource, stores the compressed first content resource and the generated signature, and transmits the compressed first content resource to the user's device. When the user's device or another user's device requests a second content resource at a later time, the intermediary system generates a signature of the second content resource and compares it with the signature of the first content resource. If the signatures match (meaning the first and second content resources are very likely identical), then the intermediary system merely transmits the compressed first content resource to the appropriate device instead of first compressing the second content resource and then transmitting the compressed second content resource to the appropriate device.
US09838493B2	Dynamic routing of authentication requests Methods, systems, and computer readable media for dynamically routing authentication requests are described. An embodiment can include receiving, at one or more computing devices, a network authentication request. An embodiment can also include creating, at the one or more computing devices, an authentication context based on information in the authentication request. An embodiment can also include dynamically routing, using the one or more computing devices, the authentication request to an authentication server.
US09838487B2	Method and system for mapping, tracking, and transporting of content data on a webpage There is provided a system and method for optimizing mapping, tracking, and transporting of content data on a webpage using client-side technologies. The system including a server and a client device, the client device configured to retrieve content data from a first webpage accessed from the server, assemble a cookie using the content data from the first webpage, store the cookie in a memory of the client device, detect a second webpage accessed, retrieve the cookie in response to detecting the second webpage, extract the content data from the cookie, and load the content data on the second webpage.
US09838483B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for a network function virtualization information concentrator Methods, systems, and computer readable media for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network for managing network virtualization are disclosed. In one embodiment, a system for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network for managing network virtualization includes an information concentrator for analyzing virtualization related information related to a telecommunications network. The information concentrator may include a first interface for receiving the virtualization related information and an analysis engine for collecting and analyzing the received information, for determining a set of network virtualization related data based on the information, and for directing the network virtualization related data set to a node for making virtualization decisions.
US09838480B2	Systems and methods implementing a communication protocol for data communication with a vehicle A system and method configured to establish a communication connection between a vehicle and a remote computing device for data transmission. A beacon device is configured at a location to detect the presence of the vehicle, transmit an identity of the location to the vehicle, and communicate with the vehicle to determine an identity of the vehicle. The vehicle is configured to communicate with mobile devices of occupants of the vehicle. The remote computing device is connected to the beacon device via a data communication network and configured to determine, via the beacon device communicating with the vehicle, identification information of at least one mobile device of at least one occupant of the vehicle, and establish the communication connection between the computing device and the vehicle based at least in part on the identification information and the identity of the vehicle.
US09838479B2	Method and apparatus for collecting and disseminating information over a computer network The apparatus comprises at least one database for storing digital information associated with at least a first user and a second user, at least one links module for the first user and for the second user, at least one manipulations module and at least one display device for respectively displaying at least said linked digital information wherein said linked digital information associated with said first user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said second user when that information is manipulated, and wherein said linked digital information associated with said second user is automatically updated on at least said display device of said first user when that information is manipulated.
US09838478B2	Identifying a task execution resource of a dispersed storage network A method begins by a plurality of dispersed storage network (DSN) units of a DSN determining to perform a DSN level task for a range of DSN addresses. The method continues with each of the plurality of DSN units executing a scoring function using one or more properties of the range of DSN addresses and one or more properties of each of the plurality of DSN units to produce a scoring resultant. The method continues with each of the plurality of DSN units identifying a DSN unit of the plurality of DSN units to execute the DSN level task based on the scoring resultant. The method continues with the identified DSN unit executing the DSN level task for the range of DSN addresses.
US09838476B2	On-premise data collection and ingestion using industrial cloud agents A cloud agent facilitates collection of industrial data from one or more data sources on the plant floor and migration of the collected data to a cloud platform for storage and processing. Collection services associated with the cloud agent perform on-premise data collection of historical, live, and/or alarm data directly from industrial devices networked to the agent or from intermediate data concentrators that gather the data from the devices. Queue processing services executed by the cloud agent package the data into a data packet comprising header information that identifies a customer associated with the industrial enterprise, processing priority information, and other information that informs data processing services on the cloud platform how to process and/or direct the incoming data. The cloud agent then establishes a communication channel to the cloud platform and sends the data via the channel.
US09838471B2	Method and an apparatus for work request arbitration in a network processor A method and a system embodying the method for work request arbitration, comprising receiving a work request, the work request indicating one or more groups from a plurality of groups; determining at least one of a plurality of parameters in accordance with the received work request; determining eligibility to provide work among the one or more groups that have work in a work queue in accordance with a first set of the plurality of parameters; and selecting one of the determined eligible groups to provide the work in accordance with a second set of the plurality of parameters is disclosed.
US09838460B2	Tool for sharing applications across client devices Described herein are techniques related to sharing applications between two client devices assigned to the same user. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims. A shared-application tool allows a user to request to use an application that is installed on host computing device on a client computing device. The request to use the application is made to a directory service using a message-exchanging protocol. The application is run on the host computing device and provided to the client computing device using a peer-to-peer communication protocol.
US09838458B2	Cookies and anti-ad blocker using deep links in mobile apps A deep link has an app identifier that specifies the app in an app store. It also has an address of an instance of the app on a device. Deep links can bypass an ad blocker. A first instance on a first device cannot get ads from an ad server, because the ads have links with domains in a blacklist. A second device gets a deep link with the address of the first device. The second device runs an instance that gets an ad and rewrites links to point to the second device. The ad goes to the first app instance. The ad blocker finds no bad links and lets the ad appear on the first device. If the user picks a link, a message goes to the second device, to relay to the ad server.
US09838455B2	Fast encoding of live streaming media content Techniques and mechanisms described herein facilitate the management of encoders for live media content streams. A media content system may employ potentially many encoders to encode potentially many live media content streams. When supporting many live media content streams, there may be some channels that are not being viewed by anyone at a particular time. In some such situations, an encoder encoding a live media content stream that is not being viewed may be disabled. Then, live media content associated with the live media content stream may be stored in a buffer and updated as new live media content is received. When a user transmits a request to view a channel for which the encoder has been disabled, an encoder for the requested channel may be enabled. The buffered data may be used to quickly initialize the encoder.
US09838442B2	Systems and methods for implementing data analysis workflows in a non-destructive testing system A collaboration system may include a first computing device that may communicate with at least one other computing device via a computing network. The computing network may communicatively couple to a number of computing devices and the first computing device may receive inspection data acquired by one or more non-destructive testing (NDT) devices. After receiving the inspection data, the first computing device may determine at least one of a workflow for analyzing the inspection data based on the inspection data, a layout configured to display the inspection data, or a set of tools configured to analyze the inspection data. The first computing device may then implement the workflow, display the inspection data according to the layout, and/or display the set of tools. The workflow may include one or more processes that may be used to analyze the inspection data.
US09838434B2	Creating and managing a network security tag An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method are provided in one example embodiment and include a network device, an analysis module, and a tag module. The analysis module may be configured to perform a number of actions on the network data to identify network information about the network data. The tag module may be configured to determine whether a destination for the network data is within a set of destinations; and responsive to a determination that the destination for the network data is within the set of destinations: generate a metadata tag based on the network information, associate the metadata tag with the network data, and transmit the network information and the metadata tag.
US09838427B2	Dynamic service handling using a honeypot A network device comprises one or more processors coupled to a memory, and a dynamic services module configured for execution by the one or more processors to receive, from a client device, a service request specifying a service. The dynamic service module is further configured for execution by the one or more processors to, in response to obtaining a negative indication for the service, send a representation of the service request to a honeypot to cause the honeypot to offer the service to the client device.
US09838426B2	Honeyport active network security A device comprises a processor. The processor is configured to generate a first signal using a first communication protocol. The first signal corresponds to data received by the processor. The processor is configured to generate a second signal using a second communication protocol. The second signal comprises fabricated data generated by the processor. Additionally, the processor is configured to transmit the first signal. The processor is also configured to transmit the second signal.
US09838420B2	System and method for distributing most effective antivirus records to user devices Disclosed are system and method for distributing most effective antivirus records to user devices. An exemplary method includes: collecting, by a server, statistics on the use of a plurality of antivirus records deployed on a plurality of user devices; calculating, by the server, a coefficient of effectiveness of each antivirus record based on the collected statistics on the use of the plurality of antivirus records by the plurality of user devices; identifying, by the server, a group of the plurality of antivirus records having the largest coefficients of effectiveness, wherein the group is a number of the plurality of antivirus records not exceeding a threshold value; and transmitting, by the server, the group of antivirus records to at least one of the plurality of user devices for storage in an antivirus database for use by an antivirus application of the at least one user device.
US09838412B2	Computer software application self-testing Testing a computer software application by detecting an arrival of input data provided as input to a computer software application from a source external to the computer software application, modifying the detected input data to include test data configured to test the computer software application in accordance with a predefined test, thereby creating a modified version of the detected input data, and processing the modified version of the detected input data, thereby performing the predefined test on the computer software application using the test data.
US09838405B1	Systems and methods for determining types of malware infections on computing devices The disclosed computer-implemented method for determining types of malware infections on computing devices may include (1) identifying multiple types of security events generated by a group of endpoint devices that describe suspicious activities on the endpoint devices, each of the endpoint devices having one or more types of malware infections, (2) determining correlations between each type of security event generated by the group of endpoint devices and each type of malware infection within the group of endpoint devices, (3) identifying a set of security events generated on a target endpoint device that potentially has a malware infection, and (4) detecting, based on both the set of security events generated on the target endpoint device and the correlations between the types of malware infections and the types of security events, at least one type of malware infection likely present on the target endpoint device.
US09838399B2	Reducing latency Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for reducing latency in network communications and data presentation. In one aspect, a user session is initiated in which data related to an account is presented to the user. A user group to which the given user has been assigned is identified. A first dataset related to the account is selected based on the user group. A second dataset related to the account is selected based on types of data previously requested by various other users in the user group. A user interface for the account is updated to present at least a portion of the first dataset. Latency in updating the user interface is reduced when presenting additional portions of the first dataset or the second dataset by providing, to the client device, the second dataset prior to receiving a request for the second dataset.
US09838394B2	Sensor-based human authorization evaluation A resource-access management system detects whether a user is authorized to access resources. The system may include a user device being configured to include a sensor that detects sensor data associated with the user. Further, the system includes a client qualification engine that determines whether or not a client is authorized to access the resources by comparing the sensor data with a plurality of patterns for evaluating whether or not the user is an authorized user. User scores are generated based on the compared sensor data and the plurality of patterns. Further, a composite score corresponding to the user is generated using the sensor data, plurality of patterns, and one or more additional criteria. Whether the user is granted access to the resources, presented with unauthorized user tests, or blocked from access to the resources depends on the composite score and threshold values.
US09838392B2	Method and apparatus for providing proxy-based access controls An approach is provided for proxy-based access controls. A proxy platform causes, at least in part, designation of at least one monitoring client of a proxy server. The proxy platform receives an input for associating one or more accessing clients with the at least one monitoring client. The at least one monitoring client manages access to one or more resources of the proxy server by the one or more accessing clients.
US09838388B2	System and method for biometric protocol standards Secure communications are provided between a user computing device and a server computing device. An enrollment request is received from a user computing device that is configured via a distributed client software application, and is processed. The enrollment request is usable to enroll the user computing device in a network and includes an encrypted partial initial biometric vector associated with a user. An authentication request is processed that is subsequently received that includes an encrypted partial second biometric vector and that is associated with a user of the user computing device. A comparison of the encrypted partial initial biometric vector and the encrypted partial second biometric vector is performed, and a value representing the comparison is generated and transmitted to the user computing device. The user computing device is authenticated where the value is above a minimum threshold.
US09838369B2	Restricting broadcast and multicast traffic in a wireless network to a VLAN Traffic broadcast to a VLAN is restricted. To do so, a plurality of stations are associated with a BSSID (basic service set identifier). A first VLAN is configured by sending a first group key to each station from the plurality of stations that is a member of the first VLAN, wherein each VLAN is associated with a unique group key. One or more frames addressed to the first VLAN are received. The one or more frames are encrypted with the first group key to prevent stations without the first group key from being able to decrypt the one or more frames. The one or more encrypted VLAN frames are broadcast to the plurality of stations associated with the BSSID.
US09838368B2	Port scrambling for computer networks A method, system and computer program product providing port scrambling for securing communications in internal computer networks are disclosed. A transformation function is applied on an identifier of a first port at which an outgoing communication is designated to be received, whereby an identifier of a second port the outgoing communication is directed to be received at is obtained. The transformation function depends on at least one parameter shared among a plurality of devices in a computer network, whereby a device receiving the communication at the second port is enabled to apply an inverse transformation function on the identifier of the second port to obtain the identifier of the first port and redirect the communication thereto. The transformation function is applied in condition that transmittal of the outgoing communication was requested by an application program listed in a list of authorized application programs for the plurality of devices.
US09838363B2	Authentication and initial key exchange in ethernet passive optical network over coaxial network A method comprising generating an updated security key upon expiration of a key exchange timer, transferring the updated security key to a Coaxial Network Unit (CNU), retaining an original key, wherein the updated security key comprises a different key identification number than the original key, accepting and decrypting upstream traffic that employs either the original key or the updated key, after transferring the updated security key to the CNU, creating a key switchover timer, before the key switchover timer expires, verify that upstream traffic transferred from the CNU on a logical link uses the updated security key, and when upstream traffic is encrypted using the updated security key, begin using the updated security key to encrypt downstream traffic and clear the key switchover timer.
US09838356B2	Encrypted peer-to-peer detection Encrypted peer-to-peer detection is provided. In some embodiments, encrypted peer-to-peer detection includes monitoring network traffic from a first client to determine whether the first client is executing a peer-to-peer application; and generating network traffic that emulates peer-to-peer network traffic sent from the peer-to-peer application executing on the first client to a second client after detecting unknown network traffic sent from the first client to the second client. In some embodiments, encrypted peer-to-peer detection includes monitoring network traffic from a client to determine that the client is sending a request for information for a peer-to-peer application executing on the client; and generating a network traffic response to the client that emulates peer-to-peer network traffic.
US09838355B1	Collaborative analytics for independently administered network domains A method includes receiving a first analytics set performed on a first network security appliance operated internal to a first organization, receiving a second analytics set performed on a second network security appliance operated internal to a second organization, processing the first analytics set and the second analytics set, and responsive to the processing, disseminating to the second network security appliance information indicating that the second analytics set has also been performed on at least the first network security appliance, without revealing an identity of the first organization. In one embodiment at least part of the first analytics set or the second analytics set is hashed.
US09838349B2	Zone classification of electronic mail messages Embodiments of the invention relate to techniques for classifying received e-mails and e-mails to be sent. In some embodiments, a set of e-mail zones may be defined and e-mails may be classified into one of the plurality of zones. An indication of the zone into which an e-mail has been classified may be displayed in a visual display of the e-mail.
US09838335B2	Switching hub and communication network Switching hubs includes switches in a hierarchy type communication network used in a vehicle, the switches respectively include a first section storing a received Identification (ID) number received by one port in a memory as an identifier of the respective switches, and a second section sending a port-specific identifier from each of the other ports in the respective switches by generating the port-specific identifier as a combination of a port number and the received ID number according to a preset rule, thereby enabling a dynamic assignment of an identifier to each of the switches in the communication network.
US09838334B2	Method for allocating resources in a mesh communications network, computer program, information storage means and node device For allocating resources in a mesh communications network for setting up a data stream transmission from a talker device to a listener device via at least one node device, data paths being defined throughout the mesh communications network following a link-state routing protocol, each node device performs receiving, obtaining, determining, and checking. And when there are enough said resources, temporarily reserving and propagating. And when receiving for said data stream transmission a stream reservation response representative of a positive acknowledgement to said stream reservation request, effectively allocating and propagating.
US09838333B2	Software-defined information centric network (ICN) A network element (NE) comprising a receiver configured to receive a flow configuration message from a network controller via an information centric network (ICN), wherein the flow configuration message comprises a flow entry that identifies a flow in the ICN, wherein the flow is associated with a name of an application data object, and wherein the flow entry comprises a forwarding path associated with an application corresponding to the application data object name, and receive a packet, via the ICN, comprising the application data object name, a processor coupled to the receiver and configured to select the flow entry from a flow table based on the packet's application data object name, and a transmitter coupled to the processor and configured to forward the packet along the forwarding path in the selected flow entry.
US09838329B2	Devices, systems and methods for adaptive switching of multicast content delivery to optimize bandwidth usage Systems, devices and methods for adaptive switching in multicast media streams are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, a method for adaptively transmitting content to one or more users based on currently available bandwidth via internet protocol (“IP”) multicast protocol, includes: receiving a first content stream having a plurality of data packets, the first content stream encoded at a first bit rate; receiving a second content stream having a plurality of data packets, the second content stream encoded at a second bit rate, wherein the first bit rate is different than the second bit rate and wherein the first and second content streams represent the same content; transmitting the first content stream to a user; determining that the user could receive the second content stream based on available bandwidth for transmitting data to the user; and transmitting the second content stream to the user.
US09838326B2	System and method for equalizing transmission delay in a network A network device includes an antenna connected to an RF chip and a processor coupled to an Ethernet port, the RF chip, a program memory, a packet buffer memory, a pointer buffer memory, and a program memory. The program memory contains instruction that, when executed by the processor, cause a plurality of packets received by the antenna and the RF chip in a first order to be stored in the packet buffer memory in such order, cause a pointer associated with each one of the plurality of packets to be stored in the pointer buffer memory, cause the pointers stored in the pointer buffer memory to be placed in a second order in accordance with a timestamp that is included with each packet, cause the packets stored in the packet buffer memory to be passed along to the Ethernet port in accordance with the sorted pointer to each packet.
US09838316B2	Overload functionality in overlay networks In general, techniques are generally described for reducing or preventing transient black-holing of network traffic in an overlay network. A method includes executing, by a network device included in a link state domain, an Interior Gateway Protocol (IGP) to exchange link-state messages with at least one remote network device in the link-state domain; generating, by the network device, an IGP link-state message that includes link overload information to overload a link in the link-state domain that couples the network device to the remote network device; and sending, by the network device and to the at least one other network device, the IGP link-state message that includes the link overload information to direct the remote network device to stop sending network traffic to the network device using the overloaded link.
US09838315B2	Stretched subnet routing In one embodiment, a method for improving routing for a stretched subnet includes receiving a first communication on a border leaf of the stretched subnet, where the border leaf is a top of rack (ToR) switch configured to facilitate connectivity between an internal data center fabric and at least one external site associated with the stretched subnet, based on routing information received with the received communication, identifying a source address for the received communication as either from within the internal data center fabric or from the at least one external site, and if the source address is from the external site, storing an abbreviated route based on the source address in at least one hardware table, where the abbreviated route is a route to the at least one external site, and upon subsequent receipt of a second communication to be forwarded to the source address, forwarding the second communication in accordance with the abbreviated route.
US09838313B2	Method, system, control device and node device for data transmission The application discloses a method, system, control device and node device for data transmission. The method includes determining a source node for data transmission; selecting a node which has not been selected for reception of the data as a destination node for the data transmission, from a list of nodes for the reception of the data, wherein the destination node serves as the next nearest node of the source node; wherein the list of nodes comprises at least one identifier and an address of each node; and issuing a data transmission task to the source node, wherein the data transmission task comprises the identifier and the address of the destination node, so that the source node transmits the data to the destination node according to the address of the destination node. The technical solutions of the application can guarantee the data transmission speed and the data transmission efficiency.
US09838308B2	Improving the architecture of middleboxes or service routers to better consolidate diverse functions An apparatus comprising at least one receiver configured to receive a traffic flow, receive information comprising a set of functions and an order of the set from a controller, and a processor coupled to the at least one receiver and configured to assign the traffic flow to one or more resources, determine a processing schedule for the traffic flow, and process the traffic flow by the set of functions, following the order of the set, using the one or more resources, and according to the processing schedule.
US09838307B2	Simple hierarchical label-switched paths A device may identify a portion of a label-switched path (LSP) on which a simple hierarchical LSP (sH-LSP) is to be used for transferring traffic via a network. The device may determine attribute information associated with the sH-LSP. The attribute information may include information associated with one or more characteristics of the sH-LSP. The device may provide an indication associated with identifying an available sH-LSP or creating a sH-LSP. The indication may include the attribute information associated with the sH-LSP, and may be being provided to cause the sH-LSP to be created on the portion of the LSP or an available sH-LSP, associated with the portion of the LSP, to be identified. The device may receive, based on providing the indication, an identifier associated with the sH-LSP. The device may cause the LSP to be set up based on the identifier associated with the sH-LSP.
US09838300B2	Temperature sensitive routing of data in a computer system An apparatus and method routes data over network links based on a temperature of the network links. When the temperature of a link meets a first threshold a routing mechanism re-routes a portion of the network traffic over a lower temperature link to reduce the likelihood that the link will exceed a second threshold that necessitates that the link be throttled back or disabled. Re-routing data to cooler links allows the system to maintain the lowest possible temperature of the network links to gain optimal performance of the system. In the disclosed example, the network links include interconnect cable connections and backplane connections. A temperature of the network links is determined by monitoring a region of an integrated circuit near a line driver driving the network link.
US09838294B2	Network development and testing as a cloud service Presented herein are techniques to receive configuration instructions for elements of a network topology to be simulated and tested. In response to receiving and in accordance with the configuration instructions, a plurality of software images (for a plurality of virtual network elements of the network topology) are configured via an Application Programming Interface (API). The plurality of software images run in a cloud host. In response to receiving and in accordance with the configuration instructions, data is configured via the API, which represents one or more connections between the virtual network elements. A plurality of software images for the plurality of virtual network elements is then executed in accordance with the data representing the connections, for development and testing of the network topology.
US09838290B2	Flexible ethernet operations, administration, and maintenance systems and methods A node configured to support a Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) client service in a network includes circuitry configured to receive a FlexE client; and circuitry configured to at least one of monitor and update one or more Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) fields in FlexE overhead, wherein the OAM fields cover a single client path along many network segments (sections) for the FlexE client. A method, implemented in a node, for supporting a Flexible Ethernet (FlexE) client service in a network includes receiving a FlexE client; and at least one of monitoring and updating one or more Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) fields in FlexE overhead, wherein the OAM fields cover a single client path along many network segments (sections) for the FlexE client.
US09838286B2	Passive performance measurement for inline service chaining A method is implemented by a computing device to monitor the performance of packet processing in an in-line service chain. The computing device is in communication with a plurality of network devices forming a software defined network (SDN) and the in-line service chain. The SDN includes a controller implemented by the computing device to configure the plurality of network devices. The plurality of devices includes a set of switches monitoring packets traversing the in-line service chain including at least one service.
US09838281B2	Monitoring streaming media content Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture to monitor streaming media are disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein include combining first metering data extracted from first media included in a transport stream being sent to a media device with second metering data obtained independently of the first media to form combined metering data, the combined metering data not being decodable by a meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods also include transcoding the combined metering data to form transcoded metering data having a format decodable by the meter associated with the media device. Disclosed example methods further include encoding the transcoded metering data as metadata associated with the transport stream.
US09838273B2	Method and apparatus for monetizing a carrier network Methods and apparatus for monetizing a carrier network are provided. In an example, a wavelength service is captured from deployed network assets in a carrier network. A revenue factor (R), a capital expenditure factor (C), an operational expenditure factor (O), and a service level agreement factor (S) are selected from an analytic profile of the carrier network based on the wavelength service requirements. The R, C, O, and S factors are hexadecimal numbers, and can be weighted relative to each other. An index is calculated by concatenating the R, C, O, and S factors a prioritized order and converting the resultant hexadecimal number into a decimal number. The calculated index is assigned to the wavelength service. The index can be displayed, along with indices for other wavelengths on other paths, to a user in a graphical form.
US09838269B2	Proportional quality of service based on client usage and system metrics Disclosed are systems, computer-readable mediums, and methods for determining client metrics of a volume in a storage system for a first client of a plurality of clients. The storage system stores data from the plurality of clients. System metrics of a cluster in the storage system are determined based upon use of the storage system by the plurality of clients. A load value of the storage system is determined based upon the system metrics and the client metrics. The load value is determined to be above a predefined threshold. A target performance value is calculated based upon the load value, a minimum quality of service value, and a maximum quality of service value. Performance of the storage system is adjusted for the client based upon the target performance value and the determining the load value is above the predefined threshold.
US09838268B1	Distributed, adaptive controller for multi-domain networks In some examples, a control network for one or more network segments of a network comprises a plurality of controllers each including one or more processors. The plurality of controllers receive service requests that each comprises a definition for a service provided by the network to connect at least two endpoints over a path traversing at least one of the one or more network segments, wherein the control network operates according to a control model by which the plurality of controllers provision services in the one or more network segments to satisfy the service requests. The plurality of controllers dynamically adapt, based on network conditions including the service requests, the control model for the control network. The plurality of controllers provision, according to the adapted control model, services for the service requests.
US09838264B2	Method and digital tool for engineering software architectures of complex cyber-physical systems of different technical domains In order to engineer software architectures of complex cyber-physical systems of different technical domains such that both time and effort efficient and truly interactive engineering of software architectures of complex cyber-physical systems is enabled, it is proposed to provide an automatic enforcement of multi-level Constraints across architectural Views. This provides, (i) with regard to architectural aspects of such a complex cyber-physical system being captured in Views including various Entities being related to each other and entities being related across various Views and (ii) that these multi-view Constraints particularly implying that the Constraints placed on the Entities in one View may affect the validity of the relations of the Entities in another View, an error-free engineering, (e.g., without violating at least one Constraint), together with a rapid, in particular visual, feedback of Constraints being invalidated and Entities involved in the Constraints.
US09838244B1	Compound alarms In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a method of generating a computer alarm is disclosed. The method includes determining a new instance of a characteristic of an element of a computing network to be monitored, identifying a relationship of the element to other elements of the computing network, and automatically creating an alarm threshold for the new instance of the characteristic based upon the relationship of the element to the other elements of the computing network.
US09838243B2	Transformative requests A method is implemented by a node for implementing computational transformations conveyed in a content centric networking (CCN) request by a computation engine. The method includes receiving a CCN request containing a unique resource identifier (URI) and a computation field, decoding the computation field to determine a computation pipeline, retrieving a first content object identified by the URI, executing the computation pipeline with the first content object as input, and encoding a result of the computation pipeline as a second content object.
US09838239B2	Digital generation of multi-level phase shifting with a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) An apparatus comprising a first electrical driver configured to generate a first binary voltage signal according to first data, a second electrical driver configured to generate a second binary voltage signal according to second data, wherein the first data and the second data are different, and a first optical waveguide arm coupled to the first electrical driver and the second electrical driver, wherein the first optical waveguide arm is configured to shift a first phase of a first optical signal propagating along the first optical waveguide arm according to a first voltage difference between the first binary voltage signal and the second binary voltage signal to produce a first multi-level phase-shifted optical signal.
US09838236B2	Direct synthesis of receiver clock The Direct Synthesis of a Receiver Clock (DSRC) contributes a method, system and apparatus for reliable and inexpensive synthesis of inherently stable local clock synchronized to a referencing signal received from an external source. Such local clock can be synchronized to a referencing frame or a data signal received from wireless or wired communication link and can be utilized for synchronizing local data transmitter or data receiver. Such DSRC can be particularly useful in OFDM systems such as LTE/WiMAX/WiFI or Powerline/ADSL/VDSL, since it can secure lower power consumption, better noise immunity and much more reliable and faster receiver tuning than those enabled by conventional solutions.
US09838230B2	Pre-coding in a faster-than-Nyquist transmission system The invention refers to faster than Nyquist communication system wherein a set of symbols is conveyed from a transmitter (21) to a receiver (23), wherein the transmitter (21) and the receiver (23) are coupled by means of a transmission channel (22), comprising a precoder (210) adapted for generating a set of precoded symbols from a set of input symbols by performing a matrix operation with a precoding matrix, a pulse filter (212) adapted for generating a transmission signal to be transmitted over the transmission channel (22) as a function of the precoded symbols, a receiving filter (230) adapted for generating a set of sampled symbols as a function of the transmission signal and noise added by the transmission channel, and a decoder (232) adapted for generating a set of decoded symbols as a function of the set of sampled symbols, wherein the elements of the precoding matrix are dependent on a property of the pulse filter (212), The invention further refers to a transmitter, a receiver and corresponding methods, and to a user equipment and a base station.
US09838224B2	Reception apparatus of multi input multi output system and reception signal processing method The present invention relates to a reception apparatus. The reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception antennas; and a signal processing unit configured to use reception characteristic of the plurality of reception antennas, wherein the signal processing unit comprises a channel estimation unit configured to respectively estimate a channel response matrix of each signal received via the plurality of reception antennas, and a coding unit configured to define a coding matrix based on an inverse matrix of the estimated channel response matrix, and to obtain a final output signal corresponding to each reception antenna by applying the coding matrix to each received signal.
US09838223B2	Bidirectional communication system and server apparatus used therein When a client has accessed a server via routers, the server inherits an IP address used during the access and further adds an arbitrary system ID thereto, thereby generating a new connection address. The server then notifies the system ID to the client and further generates a communication process for communicating with the client. The communication between the client and the server from then on is performed, based on the new connection address, by the communication process. Since the connection address, which is generated anew for the communication between the communication process of the server and the client, includes the same IP address as was used during the initial access, the NAT functions of the routers can be used without any problems.
US09838221B2	Base station deployment configuration method for base station, base station, and server The present invention provides a base station deployment configuration method. The method includes: receiving, by a base station after being powered on for a first time, a virtual local area network identity and composite information, receiving, by the base station, a plurality of ping packets, and learning, by the base station, the received virtual local area network identity in the service packet and virtual local area network identities in all the received ping packets; traversing, by the base station, the learned virtual local area network identities, and sending a DHCP request to a DHCP server; receiving, by the base station, a DHCP response message returned by the DHCP server; and establishing, by the base station, an OM IP address connection to a management channel of the wireless network manager according to the OM IP address, and receiving a complete configuration delivered through the management channel.
US09838220B2	Communication method, communication apparatus and non-transitory readable medium A communication method includes determining a difference state of identification numbers of communication providers corresponding to a plurality of relay transfer apparatuses on a passing outward path to an opposing communication apparatus and on a passing return path from the opposing apparatus; and switching a first virtual communication channel set between intranets and a second virtual communication channel set between the intranets to dynamically substitute and use a first communication mode of transmitting and receiving encrypted communication data to and from the opposing apparatus through the first virtual communication channel and a second communication mode of transmitting and receiving plain text communication data to and from the opposing apparatus through the second virtual communication channel, according to the determination of the difference state of the identification numbers of the providers.
US09838212B2	PoE-system for use in automation technology A system for use in automation technology comprising: an Ethernet-enabled field device configured to measure a physical variable, and to generate data representative of the measured physical variable; an Ethernet cable connectable/connected to said field device, wherein said Ethernet cable having PoE (Power over Ethernet) capability so as to both transmit the data from the field device as well as supply power to the field device over the Ethernet cable; and a power sourcing equipment with at least a first output port to which the Ethernet cable is connectable/connected, wherein the power sourcing equipment is arranged so that an input alternating voltage is transformed to a first alternating output voltage, which is provided at the first output port to supply power to the field device over the Ethernet cable.
US09838209B2	Method for subscribing to streams from multicast clients A method for requesting subscription to a data stream distributed in a multicast group. The group includes sources including a server, a first client and a second client, the sources being interconnected via an electronic communications network. The multicast group is identified by an address. A stream transmitted to the multicast group address by a first source is received by a second source if the second source is already subscribed to the first source. The first client is subscribed to the server. The method includes the first client performing acts of: receiving from the server at least one management message including at least one quality parameter relating to the stream transmitted to the address of the multicast group by the second client; making a decision to subscribe to the second client, according to a criterion dependent on the at least one quality parameter received; and, in the case of a positive decision, transmitting a subscription request message to the second client.
US09838201B2	Secure key store derivation and management from a single secure root key A root key of a computing device that is typically “burned” into the device hardware at time of manufacture is used to establish a master key and if desired a Transport Layer Security pre-shaped key, a WiFi configuration key, and application verification keys. The keys established from the root key are stored in a region of flash memory, and this region of flash memory is then encrypted using a random encryption code.
US09838197B2	Memory misalignment correction A system and module for, and a method of correcting, memory misalignment in a phase shift keying receiver is disclosed. Embodiments include a system having: an analog front end for receiving a demodulated signal having a preamble portion, and for generating a digital register input signal including a received preamble portion; a finite state machine for selecting a memory address of the demodulated signal based on the received preamble portion; a preamble memory for storing all possible preambles contained within the demodulated signal and for supplying a selected preamble memory output corresponding to the selected memory address; and a memory alignment module configured to compare phase information of symbols of the preamble portion and preamble phase information of symbols of the selected preamble memory output. This system checks that the preamble portion of the register input signal aligns with the selected preamble memory output and makes corrections when necessary.
US09838192B2	Carrier aggregation secondary component carrier management This disclosure relates to management of a secondary component carrier by a wireless device when using carrier aggregation. According to one embodiment, a primary component carrier for communication between a base station and a wireless device may be configured according to a first wireless communication technology. A secondary component carrier may also be configured. The wireless device may detect a trigger condition to deactivate the secondary component carrier. In response, the wireless device may modify its feedback to the base station with respect to channel conditions for the secondary component carrier to cause the base station to deactivate the secondary component carrier.
US09838185B2	Channel quality index determination A method of a transceiver arranged to operate in a cellular communication system comprising cells is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a transmission from a first cell; determining an interfering signal and its occupation in time and/or frequency; determining reduced values in the received signal corresponding to the occupation in time and/or frequency of the interfering signal; and measuring a quotient between desired signal and non-desired signal of reference symbols of the received signal. A channel quality index, CQI, is formed taking into account reduction of values performed at the reducing, and the CQI is reported to the communication system. A transceiver and computer program for the same are also disclosed.
US09838184B2	Method and apparatus for reporting channel state information for fractional beamforming in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for reporting Channel State Information (CSI) by a User Equipment (UE), for fractional beamforming using a massive antenna array of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system are disclosed. The method includes receiving information about a plurality of Reference Signal (RS) resources from the BS, generating CSI including a sub-precoder for at least one of the plurality of RS resources, and a Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) and a Rank Indicator (RI) for all of the plurality of RS resources, and reporting the CSI to the BS. The massive antenna array is divided by rows or columns into partitions and the plurality of RS resources correspond to the partitions.
US09838183B2	Method and apparatus for transmitting control channel in intra-cell carrier aggregation system The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a control channel in an intra-cell carrier aggregation system. The method includes establishing a connection with a base station through a Primary cell (Pcell) of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) scheme and a Secondary cell (Scell) of a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) scheme. The method also includes receiving data through the Scell before a timing configured as an uplink sub-frame according to a TDD UpLink-DownLink (UL-DL) configuration of the Pcell. The method also includes transmitting a feedback of the received data through the Pcell in a feedback sub-frame. By the method, a feedback for a data can be effectively transferred.
US09838178B2	Transmission signal generation apparatus, transmission signal generation method, reception signal apparatus, and reception signal method Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) communication is provided which allows high accuracy estimation of frequency offset, high accuracy estimation of a transmission path fluctuation and high accuracy synchronization/signal detection. Pilot symbol mapping is provided for forming pilot carriers by assigning orthogonal sequences to corresponding subcarriers among OFDM signals which are transmitted at the same time from respective antennas in the time domain. Even when pilot symbols are multiplexed among a plurality of channels (antennas), this allows frequency offset/phase noise to be estimated with high accuracy.
US09838169B2	Methods and apparatus using interleaved guard OFDM in wireless communication systems A user equipment, apparatus, and method are provided for wireless communication using an IG-OFDM structure. An apparatus is configured to transmit a known reference signal. The apparatus is configured to receive, in response to the reference signal and from at least one user equipment (UE), capability information that includes at least one of the sub-band bandwidth or number of independently decodable sub-bands that can be dynamically turned on or off by the at least one UE. The apparatus is configured to define an interleaved guard OFDM (IG-OFDM) structure according to the received capability information, the IG-OFDM structure including guard tones distributed within an OFDM symbol where there is no signal transmission on these guard tones. The apparatus is configured to communicate with the at least one UE using a transmitted waveform that is shaped according to the IG-OFDM structure.
US09838159B2	Correction of demodulation errors based on machine learning A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium having instructions to receive data and first channel information pertaining to a transmission of the data; store first constellation data and demodulate the data; determine whether any error exists pertaining to the data; receive retransmitted data and second channel information when an error exists; demodulate the retransmitted data; calculate error vector magnitude data; generate corrective constellation data based on the error vector magnitude data, the first channel information, and the second channel information, wherein the corrective constellation data includes at least one reference constellation point that is repositioned on a constellation plane relative to at least one corresponding reference constellation point of a default constellation data; and use the corrective constellation data when demodulating additional data that is subsequently received.
US09838158B2	Method for reporting a radio link control re-transmission failure and a device therefor The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method and a device for reporting an RLC (Radio Link Control) re-transmission failure in the wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), an indicator indicating a radio bearer (RB) which the UE reports a RLC retransmission error to the BS; and reporting, to a BS, an Radio Link Control (RLC) retransmission error if the RLC retransmission error occurs in the RB indicated by the indicator.
US09838154B2	Systems and methods for advanced iterative decoding and channel estimation of concatenated coding systems Systems and methods for decoding block and concatenated codes are provided, including channel state information estimation such as by using optimum filter lengths based on channel selectivity and adaptive decision-directed channel estimation. These improvements enhance the performance of various communication systems and consumer electronics, including HD Radio receivers and systems.
US09838150B2	Method and apparatus for detecting optical network unit, and passive optical network system Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and an apparatus for detecting an ONU, and a passive optical network system. The method includes detecting an identity code of an ONU in an open uplink empty window or an empty timeslot, and determining that an ONU corresponding to the identity code of the ONU is a rogue ONU according to the identity code of the ONU. A corresponding apparatus and passive optical network system are also provided in the embodiments of the present invention. In the passive optical network system, a rogue ONU is detected and determined quickly and efficiently, and an effect on an uplink service is reduced.
US09838147B2	Line card, optical module, and optical network device Embodiments of the present invention provide a line card, an optical module, and an optical network device. The optical module includes at least one electrical interface and at least one optical interface. The wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer includes a first interface and a second interface. The panel is disposed on an edge of the mainboard. The electrical interface is electrically connected to the mainboard. The optical interface faces a direction that is from the edge of the mainboard to an interior of the mainboard and that is parallel to the mainboard, and the optical interface is connected to the first interface. The wavelength division multiplexer/demultiplexer is disposed on the mainboard, the second interface is configured to connect to a feeder fiber, and the feeder fiber is configured to connect an optical network device at a sending end and an optical network device at a receiving end.
US09838140B1	Single-chip transceiver with electronic dispersion compensation for coherent optical channels A transceiver for fiber optic communications.
US09838126B2	Analog distributed antenna system and its operating method Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an analog distributed antenna system, and its operating method, provided with an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) high-speed modem for use in transceiving control signals between a main unit and remote units in order to effectively control the remote units connected to the main unit.
US09838122B2	Wireless network system, wireless device, and network registration method of the wireless device A method of registering a wireless device located in premises in a wireless network which is constructed in the premises. The method includes receiving a light signal, which includes network identification information of the wireless network constructed in the premises from at least one illumination device installed in the premises, and registering the wireless device in the wireless network constructed in the premises, by using the network identification information of the wireless network included in the received light signal.
US09838121B2	Apparatus configured for visible-light communications (VLC) using under-sampled frequency shift on-off keying (UFSOOK) Embodiments may provide a way of communicating via an electromagnetic radiator, or light source, that can be amplitude modulated such as light emitting diode (LED) lighting and receivers or detectors that can determine data from light received from the amplitude modulated electromagnetic radiator. Some embodiments may provide a method of transmitting/encoding data via modulated LED lighting and other embodiments may provide receiving/decoding data from the modulated LED lighting by means of a device with a low sampling frequency such as a relatively inexpensive camera (as might be found in a smart phone). Some embodiments are intended for indoor navigation via photogrammetry (i.e., image processing) using self-identifying LED light anchors. In many embodiments, the data signal may be communicated via the light source at amplitude modulating frequencies such that the resulting flicker is not perceivable to the human eye.
US09838115B2	Determination of an optical signal to noise ratio of a dual-polarization optical signal A method is provided for determining an optical signal to noise ratio of a dual polarization optical signal. The method includes: detecting, in the dual polarization optical signal, a modulation signal which modulates, at at least one low amplitude level that is approximately zero and at a high amplitude level, the dual polarization optical signal, and determining the optical signal to noise ratio from a measurement of the power of the modulation signal.
US09838107B2	Multiple beamforming training A method for performing a multi-beamforming training and a device using the same are provided. An initiator transmits a first beacon frame for beamforming training on a first channel during a sector sweep and transmits a second beacon frame for beamforming training on a second channel during the sector sweep. The first beacon frame comprises a multi-channel indicator that indicates that beamforming training is performed on the first and second channels.
US09838106B2	Method for feeding back channel state information and an apparatus Embodiments relate to a feedback method channel state information. The method includes acquiring, by user equipment, first channel state information based on a first channel state information measurement resource that is configured by a base station and that corresponds to a first antenna port representing a horizontal dimension. The method also includes acquiring, based on a second channel state information measurement resource, which is configured by the base station, of a second antenna port representing a vertical dimension, second channel state information. The method also includes feeding back channel state information to the base station, which includes: feeding back the first channel state information to the base station according to a first feedback mode, and feeding back the second channel state information to the base station according to a second feedback mode, where the second feedback mode is different from the first feedback mode.
US09838101B2	Method of reporting channel state information for vertical beamforming in a multicell based wireless communication system and apparatus therefor A method of reporting a channel state from a user equipment in a wireless communication system and apparatus therefor are disclosed. The present invention includes receiving information on vertical beamforming angles of a serving node and a cooperation node from the serving node, generating the channel state information for a cooperative transmission mode using the information on the vertical beamforming angle, and reporting the channel state information to the serving node.
US09838099B2	Methods and arrangements for signaling control information in a communication system The invention relates to devices and methods for signalling control information associated with transmission of data over a wireless channel. A second communication device receives (S2) data from a first communication device, wherein the data comprises an indication of recommended precoders and a recommendation of a first transmission rank to possibly use during transmission. The second communication device determines (S4) a second transmission rank to use for transmitting data, and transmits (S6) a confirmation message to the first communication device. The confirmation message comprises a confirmation that transmission of data from the second communication device is using at least parts of each recommended precoder associated with a frequency resource that falls within the transmission of data and an indicator of the second transmission rank to use.
US09838097B2	Method for reporting channel state information, user equipment, and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a method includes: receiving a reference signal sent by a base station; selecting, based on the reference signal, a precoding matrix from a codebook, where a precoding matrix W included in the codebook is a product of three matrices being w1, Z, and w2, that is, w=w1zw2, where both w1 and Z are block diagonal matrices, w1=a formula (I), Z=a formula (II), each of w1 and Z includes at least one block matrix, that is, NB≧1, and each column of each block matrix zi in the matrix Z has the following structure formula (III); and sending a precoding matrix indicator (PMI) to the base station, where the PMI corresponds to the selected precoding matrix, and is used by the base station to obtain the selected precoding matrix W according to the PMI.
US09838096B2	Method and apparatus for measuring and feeding back channel information A method for measuring and feeding back channel information and a corresponding apparatus are provided. A first network device receives a reference signal, measures the reference signal to obtain a measurement result, and selects a first codebook from a first codebook set according to the measurement result; for different sub-vectors Wx (1) and Wx (2), a location of a non-zero vector in the Wx (1) is the same as a location of a non-zero vector in the Wx (2); and formation according to different structures is: for different sub-vectors Wx (1) and Wx (2), a location of a non-zero vector in the Wx (1) is different from a location of a non-zero vector in the Wx (2); and the first network device sends a codebook index to a second network device, where the codebook index corresponds to the first codebook selected from the first codebook set.
US09838095B2	Higher rank codebooks for advanced wireless communication systems A user equipment (UE) capable of communicating with a base station includes a plurality of antenna ports P, the UE includes a transceiver configured to receive downlink signals indicating precoder codebook parameters, the downlink signal including first and second quantities of antenna ports (N1, N2) indicating respective quantities of antenna ports in first and second dimensions, first and second oversampling factors (O1, O2) indicating respective oversampling factors for DFT beams in the first and second dimensions, and a codebook subset selection configuration among a plurality of codebook subset selection configurations, and a controller configured to determine first and second beam skip numbers (S1, S2) indicating respective differences of leading beam indices of two adjacent beam groups in the first and second dimensions, determine a plurality of precoding matrix indicators (PMIs) including a first PMI (i1,1, i1,2) and a second PMI i2, based on the received downlink signals and the skip numbers (S1, S2), and cause the transceiver to transmit uplink signals containing the plurality of PMIs to the base station.
US09838094B2	Method for processing received signal of MIMO receiver Disclosed herein is a method for generating transmitted signals. The method includes selecting a reference resource element (RE) from an RE group including a plurality of REs, generating a common precoder to be shared among the plurality of REs of the RE group based on channel information of the reference RE, generating primary signals, which are precoding signals of the plurality of REs, by applying the common precoder to transmitted data for the plurality of REs, and generating secondary signals by compensating for the primary signals of the REs except for the reference RE among the plurality of REs using channel information of the REs.
US09838084B2	Control of a tank circuit in a wireless power transmission system providing FSK communication A transmitter circuit in a wireless power transmission system has a tank circuit, having an inductor and a capacitor, the inductor being couplable to the inductor of a receiver circuit. An oscillator generates an oscillation frequency signal for driving the tank circuit. A first digital-to-analog converter (DAC) provides a first control signal to control the oscillating frequency of the oscillator. A frequency shift keying (FSK) circuit changes a digital signal input to the digital-to-analog converter for shifting the oscillation frequency utilized to drive the tank circuit, the FSK signal transmitting data or commands to the receiver circuit. A method of transmitting FSK signals in a wireless power transmission system is also disclosed.
US09838083B2	Systems and methods for communication with remote management systems Various exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for communication between wireless power transmission systems and remote management systems. The described systems include one or more wireless power transmitters, one or more wireless power receivers and one or more electronic devices. Electronic devices may be able to communicate with wireless power transmitters and wireless power receivers using suitable communications channels. The disclosed systems are capable of performing system assessments and check-ups, periodically generating status reports and sending the status reports to a remote management system.
US09838066B2	Embedded wireless modem A space-efficient cellular modem device for machine-to-machine communications that includes: a multi-layer printed circuit board defining a top side and a bottom side and including a first circuit layer adjacent the top side, a second circuit layer adjacent the bottom side, a ground plane layer, and a power plane layer, the ground and power plane layers located between the first and second circuit layers; a cellular transceiver module configured to communicate over a cellular wireless cellular network; electrical power-management components attached to the multi-layer printed circuit board, the power-management components in electrical communication with the cellular transceiver module; first and second rows of pins in electrical communication with the cellular transceiver; and a communications port.
US09838063B2	Tablet computer case A device case for a portable electronic device includes a device stand attached to a back surface of the case housing. The device stand is formed by an inner stand and outer stand connected by releasable hinged connections to the back surface of the case housing. A track is formed on a surface of the outer stand that the inner stand slides along. A locking portion such as a cavity or channel on the outer stand locks the inner stand into an open position with respect to the outer stand. At least a portion of the outer stand is flexible such that applying a threshold pressure to the device case causes the portion of the outer stand to flex such that the locking portion releases the inner and outer stand from the open position without damaging the stand.
US09838062B2	Wireless headset system with two different radio protocols A headset system comprising a headset and a base station. Each of said headset and base station comprises a transceiver configured to transmit radio signals between said headset and said base station according to a first wireless communication protocol, and each of said headset and base station further comprises a transceiver configured to transmit radio signals between said headset and said base station according to a second wireless communication protocol. At least one of said headset and said base station further comprises selecting means, such as a protocol selector configured to select one of said first and second wireless communication protocols for transmission of radio signals between said headset and said base station. The protocol selector is adapted to select the first wireless communication protocol for transmission of voice communication and the second wireless communication protocol for transmission of media content.
US09838061B1	Portable electronic communications device with human tissue contact detection An electronic communications device includes a radio frequency (RF) transceiver, an RF antenna, a millimeter wave (mmW) antenna and a processor. The RF antenna has dielectric-object proximity-sensing capability. The processor is a) coupled to the RF antenna to receive capacitance variation signals from the RF antenna; b) coupled to the mmW antenna to receive distance to the object signals from the mmW antenna; and c) coupled to the RF transceiver to produce power reduction signals to the RF transceiver.
US09838060B2	Protective cover for a wireless device In some embodiments, an apparatus includes a protective cover configured to attach to a wireless device having an exterior surface. The surface includes a first portion and a second portion mutually exclusive from the first portion. The second portion of the surface is associated with at least a portion of an antenna of the wireless device that performs proximity sensing for the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to cover the first portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. The protective cover is configured to not cover the second portion of the surface when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device. As a result, the proximity sensing and/or the power transmitted by the antenna are not affected by the protective cover when the protective cover is attached to the wireless device and when the wireless device is operational.
US09838058B2	Power amplification system with variable supply voltage Power amplification system with variable supply voltage. A power amplification system can include a power amplifier and a boost converter configured to provide a supply voltage to the power amplifier. The power amplification system can include a control system configured to provide a boost converter control signal to the boost converter to adjust the supply voltage based on a parameter associated with the power amplifier.
US09838055B2	Directional coupler and wireless communication device A directional coupler including a main line, a sub-line, an input terminal, an output terminal, a coupling terminal and an isolation terminal, wherein the main line includes a first main-line section formed on a first layer, and a second main-line section formed on a second layer; the first and the second main-line sections are connected in parallel between the input and the output terminals; the sub-line includes a first sub-line section formed on the first layer, and a second sub-line section formed on the second layer; the first and the second sub-line sections are connected in parallel between the coupling and the isolation terminals; the first main-line section and the first sub-line section are disposed in close proximity to each other to generate electromagnetic coupling; and the second main-line section and the second sub-line section are disposed in close proximity to each other to generate electromagnetic coupling.
US09838054B2	Facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies A method for facilitating in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies on a wireless communication device is provided. The method can include transmitting data traffic from the wireless communication device via an aggressor wireless communication technology; determining occurrence of an in-device interference condition resulting from transmission of the data traffic via the aggressor wireless communication technology interfering with concurrent data reception by the wireless communication device via a victim wireless communication technology; and reducing a bit rate of the data traffic transmitted via the aggressor wireless communication technology in response to the in-device interference condition.
US09838050B2	Antenna driver circuit The present disclosure relates to an antenna driver circuit for an antenna associated with a motor vehicle. The antenna driver circuit may include at least one pair of output paths to at least one antenna for forming at least one oscillatory circuit composed of in each case an antenna and at least one capacitor, and a plurality of switches in the form of MOSFETs controlled by control signals in one respective oscillatory circuit with an antenna. In the respective oscillatory circuit, at least two controllable switches may be arranged in an anti-serial fashion with respect to one another in that their drain connections are connected together, and/or source connections of controllable switches are connected to one another via an antenna.
US09838049B2	Method and frequency agile pre-distorted transmitter using programmable digital up and down conversion Pre-distorted transmitters operable over a wide range of frequencies including a plurality of predetermined frequency bands are provided. The transmitters include a programmable digital up-converter and a programmable digital down-converter, an ADC, a DAC, a power amplifier and at least one analog filter arranged along a transmit signal path and a feedback signal path.
US09838047B2	Radio-frequency transmitter and amplifier A method is provided for reducing non-linear effects in an electronic circuit including an amplifier. The method may include receiving a modulated signal at an input of the amplifier, the modulated signal comprising a baseband signal modulated by an oscillator frequency. The method may further include substantially attenuating counter-intermodulation in the modulated signal caused by harmonics of the oscillator frequency and the baseband signal by a resonant circuit. In some embodiments, the resonant circuit may include at least one inductive element and one capacitive element coupled to the at least one inductive element, the at least one inductive element and the at least one capacitive element configured to substantially attenuate counter-intermodulation in the modulated signal.
US09838043B2	Storage system, information processor, and computer-readable recording medium having stored therein program for generating parity A storage system includes a first information processor, a second information processor, and a superordinate device. The first information processor includes a first memory device that stores therein the data, a difference generator that generates difference data representing a difference between updating data received from the superordinate device and the data stored in the first memory device before updating, a second memory device stores therein the generated difference data, and a data transmitter that transmits the stored difference data to the second information processor. The second information processor includes a third memory device that stores therein the parity, a data receiver that receives the difference data transmitted from the data transmitter, and a parity difference applier that generates a post-updating parity that is to be written into the third memory device by applying the received difference data to the stored parity before the updating.
US09838039B2	Error detection code generating method and error detection code generator In a mobile communication system, an error detection code or a quality frame indicator (e.g., CRC) is generated using selectively frame information, and at least one of a WCA identifier of another terminal, and a corresponding terminal identifier. And the terminal identifier can be implicitly transmitted to the receiver.
US09838037B2	Data processing device and data processing method A code bit of an LDPC code in which a code length is 16200 bits and an encoding rate is 8/15 is interchanged with a symbol bit of a symbol corresponding to any of 8 signal points defined by 8PSK. When 3 bits of code bits stored in three units of storages having a storage capacity of 16200/3 bits and read bit by bit from the units of storages are allocated to one symbol, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of the 3 bits of code bits is set to a bit b#i, a (#i+1)-th bit from a most significant bit of 3 bits of symbol bits of the one symbol is set to a bit y#i, and a bit b0 is interchanged with a bit y1, a bit b1 is interchanged with a bit y0, and a bit b2 is interchanged with a bit y2.
US09838028B1	A/D conversion circuit An A/D conversion circuit includes a reference voltage source to generate a calibration voltage, a multiplexer to receive an analog signal and the calibration voltage, and output the analog signal selected in a normal mode and the calibration voltage selected in a calibration mode or a self-diagnosis mode, an A/D converter to convert an output signal from the multiplexer into a digital signal, a non-volatile memory to hold the digital signal and calibration data, a digital calibration part to calibrate the digital signal in case of inputting the analog signal to the A/D converter in the normal mode based on the calibration data, and a self-diagnosis circuit to diagnose the A/D converter based on the digital signal in case of inputting the calibration voltage to the A/D converter in the self-diagnosis mode, and the digital signal stored in the non-volatile memory.
US09838024B2	Auto frequency calibration method A method of generating an output signal includes determining a sampling period N according to a number of most significant bits (MSBs) of a divider number control signal. The method also includes determining a first logic value of a control signal by a comparing circuit based on the sampling period N, and generating a coarse tuning signal by a code generating circuit based on a phase difference signal and the control signal. When an M-th least significant bit (LSB) of the number of MSBs of the divider number control signal equals a second logic value, the sampling period N is set based on the M-th LSB of the number of MSBs of the divider number control signal.
US09838006B2	Switch module of photoelectric integrated mechanical shaft keyboard A switch module of a photoelectric integrated mechanical shaft keyboard, having a casing and a key cap a driving device, a photoelectric switch, a movable optical module and a fixed optical module. The photoelectric switch has a PCB, an SMD IR integrated on the PCB and an SMD PT tube. By pressing down the key cap, the driving device drives the movable optical module to move up and down to control the relative positions of the movable optical module and the fixed optical module. When light emitted by the SMD IR tube is coupled into the SMD PT tube, an optical path is connected, so that the photoelectric switch is turned on; and when the light emitted by the SMD IR tube cannot be coupled into the SMD PT tube, the optical path is disconnected, so that the photoelectric switch is turned off.
US09837999B2	Electronic device with substrate current management An electronic device with substrate current management. The electronic device has a semiconductor substrate in which a Schottky diode is formed. A parasitic PN diode is also formed in the semiconductor substrate, and coexisted with the Schottky diode in parallel. The forward voltage of the Schottky diode is limited to be larger than the forward conduction threshold voltage of the Schottky diode and to be smaller than the forward conduction threshold voltage of the parasitic PN diode.
US09837994B2	Stacked delay element and method of assembling same A digital control ring oscillator (DCO) generally comprises a first delay element and at least one second delay element that is coupled to the first delay element, wherein each of the first and second delay elements are disposed laterally with respect to one another in a first direction and include at least one cell. The cell includes a plurality of transistors arranged in at least one stack.
US09837991B2	Adaptive filter for system identification The adaptive filter for sparse system identification is an adaptive filter that uses an algorithm in the feedback loop that is designed to provide better performance when the unknown system model is sparse, i.e., when the filter has only a few non-zero coefficients, such as digital TV transmission channels and echo paths. The algorithm is a least mean square algorithm with filter coefficients updated at each iteration, as well as a step size that is also updated at each iteration. The adaptive filter may be implemented on a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), or by field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs).
US09837989B2	Generation of high-rate sinusoidal sequences Provided are, among other things, systems, apparatuses methods and techniques for generating discrete-time sinusoidal sequences. One such apparatus includes a plurality of parallel processing branches, with each of the parallel processing branches operating at a subsampled rate and utilizing a recursive filter to generate sub-rate samples which represent a different subsampling phase of a complete signal that is output by the apparatus.

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