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| US09259338B2 |
Bioabsorbable polymeric medical device
In embodiments there is described a cardiovascular tube-shaped lockable and expandable bioabsorbable scaffold having a low immunogenicity manufactured from a crystallizable bioabsorbable polymer composition or blend. |
| US09259337B2 |
Methods and devices for treatment of vascular defects
An expandable support structure and methods of use for treatment of a patient's cerebral aneurysm are described. The support structure includes a plurality of elongate support members each having first and second ends that are gathered at the first end of the support structure. Each elongate support member starts at the first end of the support structure, extends to an apex at the second end of the support structure, and extends back to the first end of the support structure. The support structure has a low profile, radially constrained state with an elongated tubular configuration having a low profile suitable for delivery from a microcatheter. The support structure also has an expanded relaxed state that defines a substantially globular shape. |
| US09259336B2 |
Stent with a crush-resistant zone
An endoluminal prosthesis system for a branched body lumen comprises a branch vessel prosthesis. The branch vessel prosthesis is deployable within a branch vessel body lumen and comprises a stent having a generally tubular body portion, a flareable proximal end portion, and a coupling portion disposed intermediate the body portion and the flareable portion. The coupling portion is preferably more crush-resistant than the body portion. |
| US09259333B2 |
Mounting plate assembly for prosthetic device
A prosthetic device and a method for making the same includes a mounting plate assembly. The mounting plate assembly includes an inner housing having a first center channel defined along a central axis, an outer housing having a second center channel defined along the central axis, and a fluid regulator arranged between the inner and outer housings, and defined along the central axis. The prosthetic device includes a socket having a cavity and a distal portion whereat the mounting plate assembly is located.The mounting plate assembly further including an inner mounting plate having a first center opening defined along the central axis, the first center opening arranged to receive at least a portion of the inner housing; and an outer mounting plate having a second center opening defined along the central axis, the second center opening arranged to receive at least a portion of the outer housing; wherein the inner and outer mounting plates define a plurality of corresponding holes for receiving a plurality of fasteners for securing to the inner and outer mounting plates. |
| US09259332B2 |
Prosthetic vacuum system
An improved prosthetic device with a vacuum system for maintaining a negative pressure seal between the socket and the residual limb. The vacuum system includes a vacuum surge chamber which maintains seal vacuum and increases battery life. The system is small, lightweight, and concealable within the prosthetic device so that it neither impedes use of the device nor detracts from a cosmetically accurate limb. |
| US09259330B2 |
Surgical positioning apparatus
A surgical positioning apparatus (400) comprises a surgical positioning device (412) and a levelling device (422). The surgical positioning device (412) comprises a securing assembly (416), a locating arrangement (418) securable to the securing assembly in a selected position of the locating arrangement, and an indicating arrangement (420) securable to the securing assembly in a selected position of the Indicating arrangement. The locating arrangement (418) comprises a locating member (432) to locate the positioning device in a desired orientation relative to a first article. The indicating arrangement (420) comprises an indicating member (488) to indicate the position of a second article relative to the first article. The levelling device (422) can be mounted on the surgical positioning device (412) to facilitate orientation of the surgical positioning device relative to the vertical. |
| US09259329B2 |
Expandable support device and method of use
An expandable support device for tissue repair is disclosed. The device can be used to repair hard or soft tissue, such as bone or vertebral discs. A method of repairing tissue is also disclosed. The device and method can be used to treat compression fractures. The compression fractures can be in the spine. The device can be deployed by compressing the device longitudinally resulting in radial expansion. |
| US09259327B2 |
Articulating spacer
Spinal implants are disclosed. One spinal implant includes a support body, an articulating element, a blocking member and a motion limiting member. The support body includes a superior end surface and a lower end surface having teeth. In between the superior end surface and the lower end surface is a recess formed in a sidewall of the support body for receiving the articulating element. The blocking member can be received in the recess to prevent inadvertent back-out of the articulating element from within the recess. The articulating element can articulate in one or more directions, thereby allowing articulation of the spinal implant into a desired position within a disc space. |
| US09259324B2 |
Spinal implant and method of use
A spinal implant having a series of sections or units hinged together and a balloon connected to at least some of the sections, the balloon having a curved configuration. The implant has a first delivery configuration and a second curved placement configuration, wherein it has a more linear configuration in the first delivery configuration than in the second curved configuration. The implant assumes the first delivery configuration during delivery to the disc space and maintains the curved configuration after placement within the disc space. The curved configuration can result from filling or expanding the balloon. |
| US09259321B2 |
Femur prosthetic stem with back grasping
The invention relates to a femur prosthetic stem (1) having a front portion and a back portion, said stem being characterized in that it has a back hollow portion (2). |
| US09259320B2 |
Apparatus and method for bone augmentation
A scaffold for bone augmentation constituted of: a superstructure configured and dimensioned to substantially ameliorate a bone defect, the superstructure comprising: a biocompatible material having a strength and tensility sufficient to be permanently stationed between an upper jaw and a lower jaw; a first face arranged to face the bone defect; a second face, opposing the first face; a plurality of perforations extending from the first face to the second face; and bone augmentation material deposited within said plurality of perforations, wherein the perforations are of a size sufficient to secure bone augmentation material deposited within the plurality of perforations. |
| US09259317B2 |
System and method for implanting a heart implant
A method and system according to one embodiment may include a plurality of apparatus configured to percutaneously deliver a heart valve implant. The method and system may include an implant comprising an anchor configured to engage cardiac tissue, a shaft coupled to the anchor, and a valve body coupled to the shaft. The method and system may further include at least partially collapsing the heart valve implant and percutaneously inserting the heart valve implant into a heart. The percutaneously inserted implant may be secured within the heart and may then be expanded. |
| US09259314B2 |
Repositionable endoluminal support structure and its applications
An endoluminal support structure includes strut members interconnected by swivel joints to form a series of linked scissor mechanisms. The structure can be remotely actuated to compress or expand its shape by adjusting the scissor joints within a range of motion. In particular, the support structure can be repositioned within the body lumen or retrieved from the lumen. The support structure can be employed to introduce and support a prosthetic valve within a body lumen. |
| US09259312B2 |
Pharmacological delivery implement for use with cardiac repair devices
A pharmacological delivery implement for use with cardiac repair devices. The pharmacological delivery implement comprises a porous member defining an outer surface, an internal channel configured to selectively house a pharmacological agent, and a plurality of release holes each extending from the outer surface to the internal channel. Following implantation of the pharmacological delivery implement, at least a portion of the pharmacological agent exits the internal channel through the plurality of release holes. |
| US09259304B2 |
Method of mending a groin defect
A method of mending a groin defect such as an indirect inguinal hernia, a direct inguinal hernia, and/or a femoral hernia. A space between the external oblique aponeurosis and the internal oblique aponeurosis is dissected superiorly and laterally to create a site for receiving a lateral portion of a prosthetic repair patch. Dissection medially and inferiorly between the two aponeuroses leads to a transversalis fascia, which is explored downwardly and, at the pubic bone, dissected to reach the preperitoneal space of Retzius. A medial portion of a prosthetic repair patch may be positioned in the space of Retzius with a lateral portion of the prosthetic repair patch positioned in the dissected space between the two aponeuroses. So positioned, the prosthetic repair patch protects the myopectineal orifice that is susceptible to each of the indirect inguinal hernia, direct inguinal hernia, and femoral hernia. |
| US09259300B2 |
Device for dispensing a dental material
A device for dispensing a dental material comprises a compartment for the dental material, a piston for extruding the dental material from the compartment, and a spindle drive for moving the piston and the compartment relative to one another. The spindle drive comprises first and second threads which are operable for moving the piston. The first thread has a first pitch and the second thread has a different second pitch. In one embodiment, the invention may provide a relatively inexpensive and reliable dental dispensing device. |
| US09259298B2 |
Dental implant system
Dental implant system for mounting a dental superstructure is disclosed. Enossal, gingival, transgingival sections plus implant head are integrated into a single-piece implant body. The enossal and gingival sections have geometries derived from diagnostic patient data and, thus, correspond geometrically precisely to the shape of the patient's jawbone and the drilled implant cavity, completely filling those portions of the cavity. The superstructure covers the entire surface of the implant head, filling out the rest of the cavity. The surface structure of the dental implant has no gaps in it and portions of it are textured so as to facilitate complete fusing of tissue to implant, thereby preventing formation of gum pockets. Sections of the dental implant are rotationally asymmetrical, so as to ensure proper location of the implant in the cavity and prevent rotation. The construction of the implant also prevents the occurrence of micro-movements. |
| US09259296B2 |
Sequential modules for computer aided bracketing systems and associated methods and devices
A system providing transitional bracket and transfer jig modules that have been custom designed to address a rotated or partially erupted tooth in advance of applying a computer aided bracketing system to the tooth. The transfer jigs and brackets are used until the problem tooth is moved into a position that will allow positioning of the “ideal” bracket. Once the ideal brackets are position, the treatment plan can proceed as it would with existing systems to reach the final ideal position. The transitional modules are integrated into the customized treatment plan such that the orthodontist just follows the digitized plan, including correction of misaligned teeth. The computer system that assists with defining the treatment plan takes into account the starting position of the teeth and can adjust the plan, as well as use of transitional brackets, to accommodate many more patients that have one or more problem teeth needing correction. |
| US09259287B2 |
Patient specific planning and simulation of ablative procedures
Patient specific temperature distribution in organs, due to an ablative device, is simulated. The effects of ablation are modeled. The modeling is patient specific. The vessel structure for a given patient, segmented from medical images, is accounted for as a heat sink in the model of biological heat transfer. A temperature map is generated to show the effects of ablation in a pre-operative analysis. Temperature maps resulting from different ablation currents and ablation device positions may be used to determine a more optimal location of the ablative device for a given patient. Other models may be included, such as accounting for the tissue damage during the ablation. |
| US09259285B2 |
Scrub for inhibiting catheter associated urinary tract infections
A one time use cleansing device for inhibiting catheter associated urinary tract infections. An absorbent body includes a plurality of fingerlings extending outwardly from a front side of the absorbent body. First and second wings extend from a back side of the absorbent body. One or more liquid containing frangible vials are disposed between the first and second wings such that squeezing the wings together causes the vials to rupture, thereby releasing the contents of the vials into the absorbent body. The absorbent body and/or the one or more vials contain a cleansing agent of castile soap and tea tree oil designed to aid in the inhibition and/or prevention of catheter associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs). |
| US09259273B2 |
Movable holder for medical instruments and associated methods
A movable instrument holding apparatus and method of retaining a medical instrument with a movable instrument holding apparatus are disclosed. The movable instrument holding apparatus includes a housing structure retaining a gripping structure. A rail is connected to the housing structure. A depressible arm is connected to the rail, the depressible arm having a first quantity of ratchet teeth, wherein the first quantity of ratchet teeth is movable with the depressible arm. A track is sized to receive the rail, wherein the track has a second quantity of ratchet teeth, and wherein the first quantity of ratchet teeth are engagable with the second quantity of ratchet teeth when the rail is positioned at least partially within the track. |
| US09259272B2 |
Adjustable surgical instrument stringer, tray system, and method of sterilization
An adjustable surgical instrument stringer, tray system, and method of sterilization comprising, in general, a one or more axis adjustable stringer to be inserted into the finger rings or ring handles of the surgical instruments to sequentially group the surgical instruments, a surgical instrument tray and lid configured with a pattern of sterilization apertures, the lid having two or more recessed valleys configured to receive the stringer of ringed surgical instruments and releasably hold the surgical instrument therein. |
| US09259271B2 |
Automated in-bore MR guided robotic diagnostic and therapeutic system
A medical insertion device which may be used with or installed within an imaging system, such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The medical insertion device can generally be used to retain, position and effect insertion of a medical instrument, for example a biopsy device or an ablation treatment device. The device can generally provide linear and/or angular degrees of freedom for positioning of the medical instrument prior to an insertion of the medical instrument. The medical insertion device includes a mounting arm, an interface connected to the mounting arm for interfacing with a medical instrument, a mechanism for movement of the medical instrument or a part of the medical instrument in an insertion direction, a carriage connected to a distal end of the mounting arm, and a pivot connection between the carriage and the distal end of the mounting arm to permit pitch or yaw of the mounting arm. |
| US09259269B2 |
Microwave ablation catheter and method of utilizing the same
A microwave ablation system configured for use in luminal network is provided. The microwave ablation system includes a microwave energy source. A tool for treating tissue is provided with the microwave ablation system. An extended working channel is configured to provide passage for the tool. A locatable guide catheter is positionable through the extended working channel and configured to navigate the extended working channel adjacent the target tissue. The microwave ablation system includes a navigation system that is configured for guiding the tool, extended working channel or the locatable guide through a luminal network following a predetermined determined pathway to the target tissue. One or more imaging modalities may be utilized for confirming placement of the tool within target tissue. |
| US09259268B2 |
Vessel sealing using microwave energy
An end effector assembly includes a pair of opposing jaw members movable from a first position in spaced relation relative to one another to at least one subsequent position wherein the jaw members cooperate to grasp tissue therebetween. Each of the jaw members includes a microwave antenna assembly and a shielding member including a metallic plate coupled to ground and a dielectric material. The end effector assembly also includes a splitter configured to receive an active signal from a source of microwave energy and split the active signal into a first signal transmitted to the microwave antenna assembly in one of the jaw members and a second signal transmitted in the microwave antenna assembly in the other jaw member. |
| US09259267B2 |
Devices and methods for treating cardiac tissue
The invention generally relates to devices and methods for treating cardiac tissue, including percutaneous closure of cardiac openings such as a patent foramen ovale (PFO) and obliteration of the cardiac cul-de-sacs. The invention includes a device having at least one elongated member. The elongated member has a first material and a second material interwoven with at least a portion of the first material. The second material is capable of transferring energy to tissue in need of treatment. |
| US09259266B2 |
Method and system for sterilizing an electrosurgical instrument
An apparatus and method for use in sterilizing a surgical instrument is provided. The apparatus includes a surgical instrument that includes a housing having a shaft extending therefrom. The shaft includes one or more grooves defined therein that extends at least partially along the length thereof. The one or more grooves is configured to allow a sterilant passage therethrough. The apparatus also includes a jacket that encloses the shaft and allows the sterilant to travel along the one or more grooves. |
| US09259264B2 |
Systems and methods for activating transducers
Transducer-based systems and methods may be configured to display a graphical representation of a transducer-based device, the graphical representation including graphical elements corresponding to transducers of the transducer-based device, and also including between graphical elements respectively associated with a set of the transducers and respectively associated with a region of space between the transducers of the transducer-based device. Selection of graphical elements and/or between graphical elements can cause activation of the set of transducers associated with the selected elements. Transducer activation characteristics, such as initiation time, activation duration, activation sequence, and energy delivery characteristics, can vary based on numerous factors. Visual characteristics of graphical elements and between graphical elements can change based on an activation-status of the corresponding transducers. Activation requests for a set of transducers can be denied if it is determined that a transducer in the set of transducers is unacceptable for activation. |
| US09259262B2 |
Systems and methods for endometrial ablation
A system for treating uterine tissue comprises an elongated introducer with a working end configured for endometrial ablation. The working end includes an expandable seal for positioning in a patient's cervical canal and an actuator pump mechanism carried by a proximal handle coupled to the introducer for expanding the seal. The handle optionally includes a mechanism for simultaneously expanding the seal and deploying a treatment element on the working end of the introducer. |
| US09259258B2 |
Torque-controlled screwdriver for medical use
A torque-controlled screwdriver for medical use includes a hollow maneuvering body, coaxially housed within which are a first bushing and a second bushing provided with respective front toothings for mutual torsional coupling. The first bushing is permanently connected in rotation to the maneuvering body, and the second bushing drives a tool in rotation. The front toothings are configured for disengaging from one another when the screwing torque applied by the maneuvering body to the tool exceeds a predetermined threshold value. A system for enabling a free rotation of a pre-set angular amplitude of the maneuvering body with respect to the tool in the opposite direction to that of screwing is located between the second bushing and the tool. |
| US09259255B2 |
Variable axis locking mechanism for use in orthopedic implants
A locking mechanism assembly to allow locking of a fastener in an orthopedic implant having its axis at a variable angle relative to the axis of threaded through opening in the implant. The assembly includes a locking insert, having threads which mates with the threads of the through opening and which includes a smooth opening that forms a torque driving recess and an annular flange. A fixator has a head portion with external threads of a harder material than that which forms the through opening so that the threads of the fixator will deform the insert to lock the fixator in a desired position relative to the plate. |
| US09259254B2 |
Polyaxial screw
The present invention generally is directed toward a spinal fixation system whereby a coupling element allows the physician to selectively lock or unlock either the connection between the coupling element and a fastener, such as to allow for repositioning of the coupling element, or the connection between the coupling element and an elongate rod. The locking or unlocking of these connections may be made independently and as desired by the physician. |
| US09259249B2 |
Spinous process fixation system and methods thereof
An implantable device may be provided. The implantable device may comprise an upper assembly comprising a ramped base and a pair of opposing windows. The pair of opposing windows may extend upward from either lateral side of the ramped base. A gripping assembly may be disposed in each window. The implantable device may further comprise a lower assembly comprising a ramped base and a pair of opposing windows. The pair of opposing windows may extend down from either lateral side of the ramped base. A gripping assembly is disposed in each window. The implantable device may further comprise a ramped actuator assembly disposed between the upper assembly and the lower assembly. The ramped actuator may be configured to transition the implantable device from a collapsed form having a first height to an expanded form having a second height and wherein the second height is greater than the first height. |
| US09259248B2 |
Electrode for stimulating bone growth, tissue healing and/or pain control, and method of use
A system for use in stimulating at least one of bone growth, tissue healing and pain control in a patient includes a first screw and a second screw. The first screw has an elongate shaft with opposite ends and a length extending between the ends, an exterior surface and a screw thread formed on the exterior surface of the shaft and extending along at least a portion of the length. The screw thread has an electrically conducting portion and an electrically insulating portion. The electrically conducting portion is located for deposition in a first pre-specified portion of the patient and the electrically insulating portion is located for deposition in a second pre-specified portion of the patient. An electrical power source is adapted to pass electrical current through the patient between the first and second screws. The electrical power source is operatively connected to the first screw for conveying current through the electrically conducting portion of the screw thread to the first pre-specified portion. The electrically insulating portion inhibits current from being conveyed to the second pre-specified portion. |
| US09259244B2 |
Spine stabilization system with self-cutting rod
A spine stabilization system is provided. The system utilizes a self-cutting rod having a sharp cutting edge that can be anchored to a patient's spine with pedicle screws. The system can be percutaneously delivered, low profile, and allow cutting of surrounding tissue rather than simply spreading the tissue apart during rod insertion. |
| US09259240B2 |
Articulating surgical access system for laparoscopic surgery
A surgical system includes one or more arms defining a passageway therethrough. The arm includes a proximal portion configured for positioning externally of a patient's body and a distal portion configured for positioning within an internal body cavity. The distal portion includes first and second articulatable segments spaced apart from one another and capable of independent articulation between a substantially straight configuration and an articulated configuration. A first articulation assembly is coupled to the proximal portion of the one arm and is transitionable between a first state and a second state for articulating the first articulatable segment between the substantially straight configuration and the articulated configuration. A second articulation assembly is coupled to the proximal portion of the arm and is configured to move between a plurality of positions for articulating the second articulatable segment between the substantially straight configuration and the articulated configuration. |
| US09259238B2 |
Balloon trocar
A balloon trocar includes a cannula assembly including a cannula and an outer sleeve fitting over the cannula. The distal end of the outer sleeve is proximal to the distal end of the cannula. A balloon is coupled to a distal portion of the sleeve and a distal portion of the cannula. The outer surface of the cannula includes a plurality of longitudinal channels for transmitting gas or fluid to the balloon. A bolster having a gel pad at its distal portion is slidably mounted to the cannula assembly and may be locked in a desired position. In use, the trocar is inserted into an incision through a body wall and into a body cavity. The balloon is inflated and the cannula assembly pulled proximally against the incision while the bolster is slid distally to the body wall and locked in place to seal the incision with the compressed balloon. |
| US09259235B2 |
Adaptable device for electrically isolating pulmonary veins in atrial fibrillation
A device for electrically isolating pulmonary veins in atrial fibrillation for treatment thereof by ablation of a circumferential zone of tissue. The device includes a catheter (with terminal and distal parts) and comprising a first tubular element; a second tubular element concentric with the first tubular element and an axial rod-like element which extends beyond the distal end of the first and second tubular elements; and a first tubular toroidal element supported by tubular arms extending from the distal end towards the toroidal element, forming a cage which can be opened in umbrella fashion around the distal end of the catheter. The tubular arms and the toroidal element are in fluid communication with each other and with the tubular element of the catheter. The device also includes a second toroidal tubular element in fluid communication by means of the radial arms with the first tubular element of the catheter. |
| US09259229B2 |
Systems and methods for enclosing an anatomical opening, including coil-tipped aneurysm devices
The present disclosure describes implantable therapeutic devices and methods for endovascular placement of devices at a target site, such as an opening at a neck of an aneurysm. In particular, selected embodiments of the present technology comprise a coil loop, or tip, on a portion of the implantable device. The coil tip can provide a soft and/or smooth interface with the aneurysm and can provide improved coverage of the neck of the aneurysm. |
| US09259228B2 |
Embolization device constructed from expansile polymer
Devices for the occlusion of body cavities, such as the embolization of vascular aneurysms and the like, and methods for making and using such devices. The devices may be comprised of novel expansile materials, novel infrastructure design, or both. The devices provided are very flexible and enable deployment with reduced or no damage to bodily tissues, conduits, cavities, etceteras. |
| US09259225B2 |
Medical devices for treating a target site and associated method
Embodiments of the present invention provide devices and methods for treating various target sites, such as vascular abnormalities. For example, a medical device according to one embodiment includes at least one layer of a fabric of braided strands having proximal and distal ends and a central axis extending therebetween. The medical device has an expanded configuration a generally frustroconical shaped portion at each end. The medical device is configured to be constrained to a reduced configuration for delivery through a diagnostic catheter and to at least partially return, when unconstrained, towards the expanded configuration. |
| US09259219B2 |
Surgical needle coatings and methods
The present invention provides novel medical devices for use in surgical procedures and methods for manufacturing novel medical devices. In some embodiments, the novel medical devices can include surgical needles that are capable of being repeatedly passed through tissue using minimal force. More particularly, the surgical needles can be manufactured with one or more coatings that provide the surgical needles with both durability and lubricity for ease of repeated and successive passes through tissue. Novel methods for manufacturing the surgical needles and for providing and applying coatings to the surgical needles are also provided. |
| US09259216B2 |
Elongated fixation element
A fixation device, having an elongated element extending along a central axis, having a total length L and including a proximal section formed of a material that is substantially non-absorbent for electromagnetic radiation within a preselected wavelength range and a distal section formed of a material that is substantially nonabsorbent for electromagnetic radiation within the preselected wavelength range in combination with a middle section axially arranged between the proximal and distal sections, the middle section formed of a material that is substantially absorbent for electromagnetic radiation in the preselected wavelength range. |
| US09259210B2 |
Tissue sampling tool
A sampling tool for isolating and collecting a tissue biopsy includes a hollow sampling cylinder that includes a first end and an opposing second end. The first end being a sharpened, annular cutting edge and a central bore extending completely from the first end to the second end. The sampling tool also includes a plunger having a first end and a second end. The plunger includes an air evacuation feature in the form of an air evacuation channel that extends from one end of the plunger to the other end and is open at both ends. The sampling tool has particular utility in isolating and collecting cylindrical core placental biopsies of a standardized size that can be used for multiple downstream applications, including the sampling of other harvested solid, soft-tissue organs such as brain, liver, kidney, and spleen. |
| US09259202B2 |
X-ray diagnostic apparatus
An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a generating unit and a display controller. The generating unit generates a diagram illustrating the angle information of an arm. The display controller performs display control to visualize, together with the diagram generated by the generating unit, at least one of information showing the status of the arm when the arm is at an angle illustrated in the diagram and information showing the status of a subject to be imaged when the arm is at the angle illustrated in the diagram. |
| US09259201B2 |
Radiographic system, drive control method for radiographic system, recording medium for drive control program and radiological image detection device
It is possible to reliably avoid a problem that radiation irradiation does not stop even when an accumulated radiation dose reaches a target radiation dose. An AEC unit starts monitoring an integrated value of a radiation dose detection signal from a detection pixel and an output of an irradiation continuation signal at the same time, and continuously transmits the irradiation continuation signal in a predetermined period while the integrated value does not reach a threshold value. When the integrated value reaches the threshold value, the output of the irradiation continuation signal is stopped. The irradiation continuation signal is transmitted to an irradiation signal I/F of a radiation source control device through an irradiation signal I/F by wireless. The radiation source control device stops X-ray irradiation by an X-ray source when the irradiation signal I/F does not receive the irradiation continuation signal. |
| US09259195B2 |
Remotely held needle guide for CT fluoroscopy
A guide apparatus is provided for use with an associated imaging device to direct movement of an associated interventional implement relative to a patient disposed on the imaging device. A gripping area is adapted to the guide apparatus for manual gripping by an associated operator. A holding area is adapted to hold the associated interventional implement in an orientation suitable for motion relative to said patient along a selected linear path and also operative to translate the associated interventional implement along said selected linear path in response to manual force applied by the associated human operator at said gripping area. |
| US09259192B2 |
Radiation tomography apparatus, dose calculation method, and program
A radiation tomography apparatus is provided. The radiation tomography apparatus is configured to display a dose near a surface of a subject. |
| US09259189B2 |
Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus
A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus performs myocardial perfusion imaging of an object. An imaging unit acquires image data by imaging a heart of the object in synchronism with a biological signal from the object. An image generating unit generates an image concerning the heart of the object based on the image data. The imaging unit applies a probe pulse for detecting body motion of the object before imaging of the heart, and applies a spatial nonselective saturation pulse before application of the probe pulse, and a local selective pulse for flipping back a flip angle of the spatial nonselective saturation pulse with regard to a region to which the probe pulse is applied. |
| US09259187B2 |
System and method for monitoring cardiac output with substantially improved accuracy and precision
A computerized method for monitoring cardiac output of a subject by a processor executing the method, the method comprising the steps of: determining first values of cardiac output of the subject for a first period of time using respective different cardiac output measurement methods having respective first measurement errors; and combining the determined first values of cardiac output to determine a second value of cardiac output of the subject for the first period of time, such that the second value of cardiac output has a second measurement error that is less than any of the first measurement errors; and at least one of storing, outputting, and displaying data representing the determined second value of cardiac output of the subject. |
| US09259181B2 |
Visualizing tissue activated by electrical stimulation
A visualization of an area or volume of tissue activated during stimulation according to a set of stimulation parameters is generated. The area or volume of activation is modeled based on a non-uniform grid of model neurons. Select portions of the grid have the model neurons more closely spaced, resulting in finer resolution graphical representation, while less closely spaced model neurons in other portions of the grid may avoid additional computation time. |
| US09259177B2 |
Techniques for data retention upon detection of an event in an implantable medical device
Methods and apparatus for storing data records associated with a medical monitoring event in a data structure. These include initiating loop recording in an implantable medical device upon determination of a neurological event, wherein loop recording comprises storing a data record of a plurality of data records in a data structure, the plurality of data records representing information about determined neurological events. Methods and apparatus can further include determining a priority index for the plurality of data records based on severity levels of the determined neurological events and replacing older data records of the plurality of data records on the data structure with new data records according to the priority index, wherein the new data records selectively replace those data records in the data structure having the lowest associated priority index. |
| US09259176B2 |
Biological optical measurement instrument and operation method therefor
A biological optical measurement instrument includes a single temperature sensor that detects a radiation temperature from a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light of a predetermined wavelength, and an absorption coefficient correcting unit that corrects an absorption coefficient value of a notable substance inside the object on the basis of the radiation temperature detected by the temperature sensor, referring to data indicating a correspondence relationship between a temperature obtained in advance for each emitted light of the plurality of light emitting elements and an absorption coefficient value that varies according to the temperature. |
| US09259174B2 |
Retractable fluid collection device
Retractable medical device including a body having an open back end and a front end. A movable member is arranged within the body. The movable member has a back end and a front end. A needle holding member is arranged in an area of the front end of the movable member. A spring is structured and arranged to move the needle holding member to a retracted position within the movable member when the movable member experiences at least one of: the front end of the movable member is caused to expand generally radially; the back end of the movable member is caused to contract generally radially; the front end of the movable member is caused to expand generally radially when the back end of the movable member is caused to contract generally radially; and axial movement caused by a cap closing off the back end of the body which engages a tapered surface of the back end of the movable member. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way. |
| US09259158B2 |
Object information acquiring apparatus
The present invention employs an object information acquiring apparatus including a plurality of light irradiators irradiating light from a light source to an object; an intensity modulator modulating intensity of the irradiated light for each light irradiator; a plurality of acoustic detectors detecting an acoustic wave generated from the object; and an information processor producing internal characteristic information of the object by using the acoustic wave, wherein the information processor controls a weight of each acoustic detector in production of the characteristic information, based on the intensity of light in each light irradiator. |
| US09259157B2 |
Optical speculum
A system for direct imaging and diagnosing of abnormal cells in a target tissue includes a disposable optical speculum and an image acquisition system having the speculum assembled on and mechanically secured thereto. The image acquisition system is arranged to capture at least one of a single image or multiple images or video of cells within the target tissue using at least one of bright field or dark field ring illumination divided into independently operated segments to obtain a plurality of data sets. An image analysis and control unit in communication with the image acquisition system analyzes the data sets and applies algorithms to the data sets for diagnosing abnormal cells. |
| US09259154B2 |
Monitoring method and apparatus
Apparatus for monitoring an ECG signal comprises a first body wearable part 1 for receiving a physiological signal and comprising processing means, a memory, and a wireless transceiver, the memory storing a plurality of signal segment templates. The processing means is arranged to compare and match segments of the physiological signal to the stored template. The apparatus further comprises a second part 4 comprising a wireless transceiver and processing means, the processing means being arranged to generate and/or modify signal segment templates, and to cause said transceiver of the second part to transmit generated or modified templates to the first part. |
| US09259153B2 |
Anterior ocular segment tomographic image analysis method and anterior ocular segment tomographic image analysis apparatus
To determine an opening degree of a chamber angle with higher accuracy compared to that of a conventional technology, provided is an anterior ocular segment tomographic image analysis method including: a first determination step of determining an approximated line that approximates a shape of an anterior surface of an iris along the anterior surface of the iris in an anterior ocular segment tomographic image; a second determination step of determining an approximated line extended part obtained by extending the approximated line until the approximated line crosses a baseline in contact with an inner surface of a cornea and an inner surface of a sclera of an anterior ocular segment in the anterior ocular segment tomographic image; and a calculation step of calculating an opening degree of an anterior chamber angle of the anterior ocular segment through use of the approximated line and the approximated line extended part. |
| US09259150B2 |
Systems for comprehensive fourier domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) and related methods
Optical coherence tomography systems for imaging a whole eye are provided including a sample arm including focal optics that are configured to rapidly switch between at least two scanning modes in less than about 1.0 second. |
| US09259148B2 |
Method for measuring an eye
A method for measuring the axial length of an eye using optical coherence tomography, during which a plurality of A-scans of the OCT measurement are combined to an axial length, taking into account the alignment with which they were obtained, and taking into account the topography of the cornea. The distance of the front of the cornea from the retina is determined using OCT while measuring or controlling the alignment of the measuring device to the eye in that the topography of the front of the cornea is measured or made available. The calculation of an axial length from an A-scan of the OCT takes into account a corneal topography registered to the A-scans and is the basis for an intraocular lens calculation. The invention exhibits an increased tolerance range with regard to an imprecise alignment of the measuring device to the eye. |
| US09259147B2 |
Binocular multiplexing method and device
A binocular multiplexing device for a single-channel ophthalmological instrument for objective measurement of at least one vision parameter of a subject, the ophthalmological instrument including elements for generating a single light beam, elements for collecting a measurement beam by reflecting and/or refracting the light beam against the subject's eye and a sensor associated with the single measurement channel. The binocular multiplexing device includes optical separation first elements for receiving an image beam originating from a stimulus target and separating the image beam into a right and left ocular stimulation beam; optical switching elements for switching the single light beam selectively onto a right or left monocular light beam's optical path to form, after reflection and/or refraction by the eye in question, a right, respectively left, ocular measurement beam, and optical combination elements for superimposing the right, respectively left, ocular stimulation beam, and the right, respectively left, monocular light beam. |
| US09259146B2 |
Binocular visual performance measuring method, binocular visual performance measuring program, eyeglass lens design method and eyeglass lens manufacturing method
A binocular visual performance measuring method including: a parallax image displaying step of displaying left and right parallax images at a predetermined measurement start position on a display screen when a measurement item is designated; a parallax image changing step of changing one of the left and right parallax images relative to the other of the left and right parallax images in accordance with the designated measurement item; a timing detecting step of detecting a timing when the subject viewing the left and right parallax images from a position a predetermined distance away from the display screen becomes unable to achieve fusion of the left and right parallax images; and a measurement value calculating step of calculating a measurement value of the designated measurement item based on the predetermined distance and a difference between the left and right parallax images defined at the detected timing. |
| US09259145B2 |
Apparatus and method for testing night vision
A method and an apparatus for testing night vision are disclosed. At least one visual mark is presented to a test person having an open pupil from a distance of several meters. The visual mark is configured as a light point, and a visual impression of the test person is determined by means of the visual mark. The apparatus comprises means for opening a pupil of a test person, in particular a darkened room. An examination position for the test person and a presentation apparatus for visual marks arranged at a distance of several meters from the examination position are also provided. The presentation apparatus comprises at least one point-shaped light source. A light beam thereof is directed towards the examination position. Means are provided for determining a visual impression of the test person with the help of the visual marks. |
| US09259142B2 |
Method and device for incremental wavelength variation to analyze tissue
A method of imaging a target using a miniaturized imaging device is disclosed comprising providing a miniaturized imaging device having a stationary lens system and an imaging array, wherein the distance from a distal end of the stationary lens system to the imaging array is fixed. The miniaturized imaging device is advanced near the desired target and a distance from a distal end of the stationary lens system to the desired target is determined. A desired wavelength of light is calculated based on the determined distance from the distal end of the stationary lens system to the desired target and the desired wavelength of light is propagated onto the target. |
| US09259140B2 |
Endoscope apparatus in which the waveform of a reset gate signal included in a drive signal for an image pickup device is changed based on temperature
An endoscope apparatus is an endoscope apparatus having an insertion portion having an image pickup device in a distal end portion, and a main body portion, and has a drive circuit that outputs a drive signal that drives the image pickup device, and a changing section that changes at least one of a pulse width and a peak value of a reset gate signal included in the drive signal, in response to a temperature of a vicinity of the image pickup device or the main body portion. |
| US09259137B2 |
Mid-level spray arm assembly for dishwasher appliances
A dishwasher appliance includes a mid-level spray arm assembly and a diverter disposed in a conduit of the assembly. The diverter includes a disk positioned within a chamber and rotatable about an axis, the disk defining an aperture for selectively controlling fluid flow from the chamber into outlet channels, the disk movable along the axial direction between a first position and a second position, the disk defining a channel and a plurality of cams projecting into the channel. The diverter further includes a biasing element configured to urge the disk into the first position, and a boss extending from the housing into the channel of the disk, the boss defining a plurality of guide elements. The guide elements and cams are configured to interact so that movement of the disk along the axial direction between the first position and the second position causes the disk to rotate about the axis. |
| US09259132B2 |
High efficiency disposable cellulosic wiper
A disposable cellulosic wiper includes a percentage by weight of pulp-derived papermaking fibers, and a percentage by weight of regenerated independent cellulosic microfibers having a number average diameter of less than about 2 microns and a characteristic Canadian Standard Freeness (CSF) value of less than 175 mil. The microfibers are selected and present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a capillary pressure at 10% saturation by extrusion porosimetry of at least twice that of a like sheet prepared without regenerated independent cellulose microfibers. |
| US09259127B2 |
Pipe coupling
A pipe coupling for a central vacuum cleaning pipeline is adapted to be connected with at least one pipe to form a central vacuum cleaning pipe line. The pipe coupling comprises at least a first and a second opening defined by an envelope wall, the envelope wall comprises an inner and an outer surface, wherein at least said first opening is arranged to receive a pipe introduced into the first opening along a first insertion and retraction direction, so that the pipe coupling overlaps the pipe with a part of the inner surface of the pipe coupling at an attachment section. The attachment section comprises in turn an annular seal member arranged in the attachment section to effectively seal between the inner surface of the pipe coupling and the outer surface of said pipe. The attachment section further comprises an annular recess which defines a stop surface. The annular recess is configured to form a smooth transition between the pipe and the pipe coupling. A manufacturing method for the pipe coupling is also described. |
| US09259125B2 |
Extended use elevated urinal tray
A extended use elevated urinal tray for high volume usage mounted wall urinals (32) to prevent urine splatters (34) from accumulating on the floor or a mat underneath the urinals extreme edge (30) comprising a base frame portion (18) adapted for placement on the floor underneath the urinal (32) and allows variability for urinal users of different foot sizes placement and an elevated sloped tray portion (10) disposed on the base portion that does not come in contact with the urinal users shin (38) or ankle (36) area and covers the open space (40) between the users ankles and high shin area that urine splatters transit to accumulate on the floor; equipped with a detachable member (26) near the downward end of the sloped tray capable of receiving, and absorbing urine deposits until such time the absorbent material (28) is emptied, replenished and replaced for continued use. |
| US09259124B2 |
Hands-free toilet adapter
A toilet adapter which allows a user to lift the lid, the seat, and flush the toilet using three dedicated pedals and their respective actuating mechanisms. The lid pedal and the seat pedal utilize a crankshaft connection to rotate adapters that grasp the lid and the seat, raising the lid and seat as the pedal is pressed. The flush pedal uses a double pivot connection to pull down on an adapter that is secured to a toilet handle. The seat pedal and the flush pedal can be lifted to activate sub assemblies. A bidet assembly and a dryer assembly are operated by lifting the seat pedal and the flush pedal, respectively, with a brace provided so that the regular functions can still be accessed by pressing down. A variation can be implemented for urinals, in which the lid and seat components are unnecessary and left out. |
| US09259123B2 |
Electromechanical removable grip mechanism
Provided is a removable grip device (1) for a pot for cooking food, said removable grip device (1) comprising a grip body (7), attachment means that can be connected to the cooking pot and disconnected therefrom, and an electrical energy source (6). The removable grip device (1) comprises an electromechanical device fed by the energy source (6) and suitable for actuating a mechanical device, and control means for controlling the operation and the shut-off of the electromechanical device. |
| US09259121B2 |
Ohmic heating packet
A hermetically-sealed, ohmic heating packet for storing, heating and sterilizing food and beverage items. The packet is formed of a multilayer laminate material having interior and exterior polymer layers and an intermediate metallic foil layer. Conductive tags on the exterior of the packet are electrically connected to electrodes on the interior of the packet through reverse-patched regions of the packet's sidewalls. The configuration of the electrical connection prevents current from leaking into the metallic foil layer of the packet during heating, thereby mitigating the risk of a short circuit condition in the packet. The rectangular prism geometry of the packet and the parallel configuration of the electrodes within the packet facilitate uniform heating of the packet's contents. |
| US09259119B2 |
System for monitoring and controlling modes of operation of a machine for preparing beverages, in particular coffee, by means of cartridges or capsules
The system comprises a data input device (T) for inputting data associated with a supply of cartridges or capsules comprised of a predetermined amount of cartridges or capsules (C), and capable of defining a predetermined reference number related to said amount; and an electronic monitoring and control module (EM), adapted to be associated with a machine (CM) for preparing beverages of the cartridge or capsule kind, and comprising: a detector (26) adapted to acquire said data; at least one controlled switch (22), connectable between the electric pump (10) and the associated control switch (5a) of the machine (CM), such that the electric pump (10) can be activated only when said controlled switch (22) is closed, and can be deactivated if said switch (22) is open; at least one detection terminal (21a) adapted to be connected to the control switch (5a) associated with the electric pump (10) of the machine (CM), to provide an activation signal each time said control switch (5a) is operated to activate the electric pump (10); and a processing and control unit (25) predisposed for: driving the controlled switch (22) to allow the activation of the electric pump (10), each time the processing and control unit (25) receives one activation signal; counting and storing the number of activations of the electric pump (10) corresponding each to the preparation of a beverage by means of a corresponding cartridge or capsule (C); comparing said number of activations with the reference number; and performing a predetermined operation as a function of the result of said comparison. |
| US09259118B2 |
Beverage extraction device convenient for package removal
The invention relates to a beverage extraction device with easy rejection of capsules including a housing, a first frame and a second frame. The first frame has a length and a chamber with a side wall. Each jaw is movably connected to a side support of the second frame. The first shaft is formed on the front portion of each jaw, the second shaft is formed on the back portion of each jaw. The device further includes two guiding grooves and two guiding plates, each guiding groove has a front end that bends outwardly; each guiding plate has a pushing portion protruding toward the central line of the housing, the first shaft of each jaw slides inside the leading groove defined on each guiding plate. |
| US09259117B2 |
Can for the extemporaneous preparation of beverages by extraction and/or infusion, provided with a safety lid
A can for extemporaneous preparation of beverages by extraction and/or infusion including a first chamber configured to collect a final beverage, a second chamber containing a drinkable liquid, and a filtering device containing a substance to produce the required beverage by extraction and/or infusion. The can is configured to be put onto a heating source after opening the can lid and operating the filtering device by the user. The lid includes: an outer rim portion configured to remain fixed to the can lateral wall when opening the can; an inner removable portion configured to be ripped to open the can; and a predetermined breaking line separating the inner removable portion from the outer rim portion. The breaking line is provided in an annular portion forming part of the lid and made of plastic material. The outer part of the annular portion part of the outer rim portion while the inner part thereof is part of the inner removable portion. |
| US09259114B2 |
Integrated system for dispensing and blending/mixing beverage ingredients
An integrated beverage blending system comprising: a controller for menu selection; an ice portion control module; an ingredient module; a dispensing apparatus in communication with the ice portion control module and the ingredient module, wherein the ice and the ingredient are dispensed into a beverage container via the dispensing apparatus; and at least one blender module which blends and/or mixes the ice and the ingredient in the beverage container, thereby producing the beverage; wherein, upon removal of the beverage container from the blender module, the blender module initiates a cleaning mode. |
| US09259111B1 |
Chopsticks having elevating radial protrusion for preventing germs and contamination
A pair of chopsticks is disclosed, the chopsticks consisting of an elongated body having a proximal end to be gripped by a user, and a distal end to be used for seizing a food portion. The chopsticks include a protruding element, such as a disc-shaped collar, extending radially outward from the chopstick elongated body. The protruding element is arranged closer to the eating distal end than to the gripping proximal end. Thus, when the chopsticks are set on a horizontal surface, the chopsticks rest on the proximal end and the protruding element, while the eating distal end remains elevated and separated from the surface, thereby preventing contamination of the eating distal end. The protruding element of each chopstick can be arranged at a different distance from its respective eating distal end, in order to minimize interference between the two protruding elements. |
| US09259108B2 |
System and method for a ground covering
A ground covering comprised of a flexible material having at least one sleeve attached to the perimeter. A removable frame is placed within the sleeve and is comprised of a pole and a foam material covering at least a portion of the pole. |
| US09259102B2 |
Product management display system with trackless pusher mechanism
A product management display system for merchandising product on a shelf includes at least one tray having a front rounded portion and defining a plurality of apertures and having two sides. A lip may extend upward from the front rounded portion of the at least one tray. A front shelf may extend forward from the lip. The at least one tray may include one divider extending upwardly from each of the two sides and a front wall. The front wall may include a top wall, a bottom wall, and two side legs. The front wall, bottom wall, and two side legs may form a wall aperture and the front wall may include a plurality of projections configured to engage with the plurality of apertures on the tray. |
| US09259100B2 |
Multifunction childcare device and method of using the same
A childcare device including a base in the shape of a closed loop; a cavity bounded and defined by the closed loop; and wherein the device is adapted to receive a part of a child's body through the cavity; and the base is independently usable as a baby sling, a walking aid or a seat safety strap. |
| US09259097B2 |
Folding plunger matrix mattress
A foldable mattress includes plunger matrix sections and corresponding flexible connectors connecting the plunger matrix sections in side-by-side relation. The flexible connectors are configured to allow the foldable mattress to fold to adjust in shape corresponding to changes in shape of a mechanically adjustable frame supporting the foldable mattress. The foldable mattress may include a foldable edge frame configured to snugly receive and house the plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation. The edge frame defines a flange on an internal surface of the edge frame configured to support the plunger matrix sections in side-to-side relation in a position allowing the plungers to move up and down within an internal space defined by the edge frame. A top pad lays on top of the edge frame and the plunger matrix sections. A cover encapsulates the edge frame, the plunger matrix, and the top pad into a self-contained mattress unit. |
| US09259093B2 |
Folding sofa bed
A folding sofa bed comprises a bed frame, a seat mattress and a seat back. The bed frame comprises two armrest borders and a front horizontal bar and a rear horizontal bar connecting the two armrest borders. A central portion of the armrest border is disposed with a long sliding groove of backwardly disposed and downwardly inclined sliding groove, two hinges and two connecting bars. Each of the hinges comprises a front hinge plate and a rear hinge plate, the front hinge plate is connected to the seat mattress, the rear hinge plate is connected to the seat back, the front hinge plate is disposed with a guide bar, the guide bar is slidably disposed inside the sliding groove, the two ends of the connecting bar are respectively hinged to the armrest border and the seat back. |
| US09259088B1 |
Shelf assembly
A shelf assembly for an appliance comprises a shelf panel with a planar support surface and a frame to support the shelf panel with the support surface extending generally along a horizontal plane. The frame comprises a front support channel, opposed side support channels, and a rear support channel. The rear support channel is adapted to support the shelf panel against the force of gravity and to inhibit removal of the shelf panel from the frame in the direction of the horizontal plane. The shelf panel is selectively insertable into or removable from the rear support channel by temporarily deflecting the rear support channel relative to the horizontal plane a sufficient amount to separate the rear support channel from a rear edge of the shelf panel. |
| US09259087B1 |
Front connecting device of concealed slide
A front connecting device of a concealed slide includes a metal base, an elastic fastener, a level adjusting member and a vertical adjusting member. The metal base is mounted to a drawer, and the elastic fastener, the level adjusting member and the vertical adjusting member are movably installed to the metal base, and the elastic fastener is connected to an end of the concealed slide for adjusting a horizontal position and/or a vertical position of the concealed slide. The elastic fastener is integrally formed by plastic injection and includes a fastening portion, a handle, and an elastic portion disposed between the elastic fastener and the fastening portion. The handle may be pressed to deform the elastic portion and separate the fastening portion from the concealed slide. The device not only provides a convenient operation, but also lowers the manufacturing cost while maintaining the original functions. |
| US09259084B1 |
Expandable cabinet tray
An expandable cabinet tray comprises a dish securing rack moveably coupled to two (2) rails affixed to an interior portion of a cabinet. The dish securing rack is horizontally adjustable through the use of sliding support rods. Extending upwardly from the dish securing rack are tines for supporting various pieces of dishware. |
| US09259083B1 |
Countertop and method of manufacturing the same
A solid-surface article may include a surface layer including at least one of gel coat, epoxy, glass, silicone, diamonds, and mica. The article may also include a sub-layer including a resin, curing agent, a color pigment, and resin filler/fillers. The composite article may resemble a countertop, such as granite, marble, polished concrete, quartz, glass, laminate, wood, stone, and copper countertops. |
| US09259079B2 |
Oral care implement
An oral care implement includes a collection system for oral fluids. Some embodiments of the implement may include a body comprising a head, a handle, and a neck located between the head and the handle, the head having a front surface and an opposite rear surface. Tooth cleaning elements may extend from the front surface of the head. A collecting member may be coupled to the body and a reservoir may be located within the handle or the neck of the body. A fluid pathway may extend from the collecting member to the reservoir so that an oral fluid can pass through the collecting member and into the reservoir for storage. |
| US09259074B2 |
Cosmetic application instrument
A cosmetic application tool is provided which includes an applying portion attached and integrated with a leading end portion of a brush shaft. The applying portion includes a flat, plate-shaped portion surrounded by a hollow, skirt-shaped portion at its distal end. When the brush shaft is drawn out of a cosmetic container, the skirt-shaped hollow portion of the applying portion is flattened by a wiper provided in a surrounding manner within the cosmetic container, so that some of the liquid cosmetic that has been pooled in the skirt-shaped hollow portion is pushed out over the flat plate-shaped portion while some is retained in the skirt-shaped hollow portion of the applying portion. Accordingly, when the brush shaft is inserted into and drawn out of the cosmetic container, the amount of liquid cosmetic retained by the applying portion includes not only the liquid cosmetic that can be retained by both surfaces of the plate-shaped applying portion but also the portion of the liquid cosmetic retained in the hollow portion. |
| US09259071B2 |
Method for nail manicuring
A method of creating designs on the surface of a finger nail or toenail is disclosed. A first amount of a flowable protective coating is applied over at least a first portion of a surface of a cuticle adjacent the nail. A first nail polish is applied to the surface of the nail. An additional amount of the flowable protective coating is applied over one or more portions of the surface of the nail coated with the first nail polish. A second nail polish is applied over exposed portions of the nail not covered by the additional amount of the flowable protective coating. The first amount of flowable protective coating and the additional amount of the flowable protective coating are removed by peeling the first amount of flowable protective coating and the additional amount of the flowable protective coating from the cuticle and the nail. |
| US09259060B2 |
Mushroom-type hook strap for mechanical fasteners
A mushroom-type hook strap for mechanical fasteners has a series of hooks integrally formed on the strap, with each hook formed by a polygonal shape situated on top of an axis of a single stem, thereby forming a mushroom type hook having a polygonal head portion on the axis of the single stem, with protruding portions in substantially every direction for engaging fabric loops of a loop strap. |
| US09259053B2 |
Removable shoe wedge
A shoe wedge includes a support structure. The support structure includes two longitudinally extending wall portions that are biased towards one another such that the wall portions define a channel extending between the wall portions and an opening that extends from an upper surface of the support structure to a lower surface of the support structure. The opening has a larger cross sectional area at the upper surface than at the lower surface. The shoe wedge further includes a body portion that extends from the support structure. The body portion is configured with a surface that substantially conforms to a portion of a sole of a shoe. |
| US09259052B2 |
Structure of high-heeled shoe
A high-heeled shoe includes an upper that is attached to the midsole and has a wearing opening. A midsole includes a midsole bed having a posterior portion that is recessed to form a first trough and a front pad that is mounted to an anterior portion of the midsole bed and is recessed to form a second trough and a third trough. A bottom support board is attached to a bottom surface of the midsole and includes an anterior end portion and a posterior end portion. The anterior end portion of the bottom support board is mounted to the bottom surface of the midsole in such a way as to partially overlap the front pad located on the midsole. A shoe heel is mounted to the posterior end portion of the bottom support board. |
| US09259046B2 |
Combination hat and earphone assembly
A combination hat and earphone assembly includes beanie hat having two storage pockets bilaterally located a brim part thereof and two loops spaced between the storage pockets at different elevations, and an earphone set including two earphone speakers respectively accommodated in the storage pockets, an electrical adapter having two wing strips respectively inserted through the two loops to hold the electrical adapter in a horizontal position, and a transmission cable inserted through a through hole on the brim part of the beanie hat to electrically connect the electrical adapter to an external mobile sound source for audio input. |
| US09259043B2 |
Flexible fastener for removable attachment to fabric
A fastening device configured for an easy removable attachment to fabric that is employable with one hand to form a compressive engagement with a mounting point on fabric that is easy to use and non-damaging to fabric. The device can be easily operated by users with limited hand or finger dexterity or only having a single useable hand. The engagement provides a compressive gripping engagement means which is easily positioned to a mounting position on fabric which can be sighted through a gap in a central area of the body of the device. The enhanced gripping means are provided by a toothed gripping means or a friction enhancing means. |
| US09259042B2 |
Agrichemical spray mask
An agrichemical spray mask according to the present invention comprises: a main body (114) which is worn hermetically attached to the face and has an inhalation inlet port (110) and an exhalation outlet port (112); an anti-dust and anti-toxin filter tube (120) which is provided on the outside of the inhalation inlet port (110) of the main body (114) of the mask so as to link to the inhalation inlet port and is provided with an anti-dust and anti-toxin filter (113); and a spray filter tube which is separably fastened to the anti-dust and anti-toxin filter tube (120), has a spray filter (223) provided on the inside thereof, and has a respiration port (220a). In the present invention, because two-stage filtering is used to ensure that agrichemical sprays are not breathed in via the human respiratory organs and at the same time the filter is not much soaked by the agrichemicals, it follows that the time over which the mask is used can be extended and, if the filter does become soaked with agrichemicals, the filter can easily be replaced and cleaned. |
| US09259037B2 |
Bra
In one aspect a bra is provided, and includes a pair of cups that are self-supporting, a strap connected to each cup, a bridge connecting the inboard ends of each cup, and a band extending from the outboard end of each cup and configured to extend around the back of a wearer of the bra. Each cup is foldable along a fold line between an unfolded position wherein the cup covers a nipple of the wearer and a folded position wherein the cup exposes the nipple of the wearer, wherein, when the bra is worn by the wearer, each cup is stable in both the unfolded position and the folded position. In another embodiment a bra is provided with cups that are stable in both the folded and unfolded positions wherein the cups are not self supporting. |
| US09259034B2 |
Pack for smoking articles
A pack for smoking articles including an outer housing (11) having an open end and an inner casing (12) telescopically received within the outer housing and moveable between an open position in which the inner casing (12) at least partially extends out of the open end of the outer housing (11), and a closed position in which the inner casing (12) is retracted further into the outer housing than in the open position. The inner casing (12) includes an elongate access aperture (29) configured to enable elongate smoking articles to be laterally dispensed therefrom in a direction transverse to their longitudinal axes. |
| US09259033B1 |
Cigarette snuffing, cutting and storage device
A cigarette snuffing, cutting and storage system for extending the life of a cigarette through multiple smoking events has a generally cylindrical storage receptacle with a storage tube with a storage lid. The storage lid is pivotally connected to a storage tube top and rotates about an axis located on and in line with a storage tube side wall. A storage lid bottom has an annular cutting blade for severing a cigarette located, inside. The annular cutting blade has a cutting edge located on an interior edge that has a shape of a circle. For operation, a cigarette is inserted into the storage receptacle from a storage tube bottom. The cigarette extends through a storage component cavity and into a storage lid cavity. Upon rotation of the storage lid, an end is removed from the cigarette using the cutting blade, preparing it for use. |
| US09259032B2 |
Cigarette mouthpiece with filter having multiple mini filter holes
The cigarette mouthpiece with filter provides ease in smoking and enables the filtration of harmful substances like nicotine, tar, etc. contained in the cigarette smoke. The cigarette mouthpiece includes a hollow body having a positioning portion inside where the cigarette is fixed and an extension entering the mouth region of the smoker, and a filter with multiple filter holes placed inside of the body. |
| US09259024B2 |
High caloric enteral formulations
Compositions and methods relating to high caloric enteral formulations are disclosed herein. The invention provides a dietary composition comprising hydrolyzed soy protein and having a low viscosity and acceptable shelf life. Methods of using the dietary compositions of the invention are also disclosed. |
| US09259021B2 |
Modified sugar beet pectin and method for using the same
The present invention provides sugar beet pectin (modified sugar beet pectin) having improved or enhanced emulsifying properties and emulsion stability, compared to natural sugar beet pectin. Also provided is a method for producing the modified sugar beet pectin. The modified sugar beet pectin contains a water-insoluble component, and has a higher molecular weight after high-pressure homogenization than ordinary sugar beet pectin. The water-insoluble component absorbs water to form a hydrogel when the modified sugar beet pectin is dispersed in water at 25° C. to a final concentration of 0.1 mass %. |
| US09259020B1 |
Methods for making fruit or vegetable extract from by-products
A process for making a fruit or vegetable extract including diffusing, screening, and pressing the pomace, and spinning, filtering and concentrating juice from the pomace to form an extract. Also, the pomace may be hydrated at various points during this process by water or by reclaimed condenser condensate. Also included is an extract made using the present inventive methods. |
| US09259014B2 |
Food products serving and preserving device
A device for serving and preserving food items, the device including an open container for holding the food items having one or more side walls and a floor, wherein when the food items are immersed in fluid, typically a preserving fluid, the device is in a preserving state; a liquid-holding compartment, having a tubular form, for holding the fluid when the device is in a serving state; and a liquid-transfer mechanism for transferring the preserving fluid from the open container into the liquid-holding compartment and back. One or more passageways, interconnecting the open container and the liquid-holding compartment, facilitate the transfer of fluid between the open container and the liquid-holding compartment. |
| US09259007B2 |
Chromobacterium formulations, compositions, metabolites and their uses
Stabilized biological pesticides comprising Chromobacterium species, filtrate, supernatant, extract or pesticidally active substance derived therefrom with pesticidal activity having improved shelf life due to maintenance of physical uniformity and longer insecticide activity after use due to higher resistance to degradation when exposed to sunlight are disclosed. |
| US09259000B2 |
Auxin biosynthesis inhibitor
An object of the present invention is to provide an auxin biosynthesis inhibitor superior to L-AOPP. The object can be attained by a compound represented by general formula (I): wherein, R1 to R5 and X are the same as defined in the specification or a salt or solvate thereof. |
| US09258997B2 |
Grease-like gel for repelling rodents
Grease-like compositions are provided for repelling rodents. The compositions utilize nontoxic mineral, synthetic, or vegetable oil based gels containing silica, clay, urea, polytetrafluoroethylene, or metallic soap thickeners and capsaicin. |
| US09258990B1 |
Rodent trap system with alarm
A rodent trap system for alerting a user that a rodent has been trapped having a base panel, a top surface, three lips extending upwardly from three ends of the base panel wherein the lips create an enclosure, a lid pivotally attached to the second and third lips, an alarm housing on the base panel, a flange extending outwardly from the alarm housing formed by the lips which can pivot; a first half contact on a bottom surface of the flange, a second half contact on the top surface of the base panel, the contacts are connected to the actuator or solenoid and to a speaker in the alarm housing, wherein when the contacts contact each other they send an electrical signal causing the actuator or solenoid to pull a plunger to move the lid to the closed position and causing the speaker to emit the sound. |
| US09258989B2 |
Boom assembly joints
A boom structure for a mobile agricultural implement. The boom structure includes a first transversely extending beam member having a first protrusion. The boom structure includes a second transversely extending beam member having a second protrusion. The second transversely extending beam member is spatially offset from the first transversely extending beam member. A plurality of first coupling members are connected to the first protrusion and a plurality of second coupling members connected to the second protrusion. A plurality of connecting members are connected to the first and second coupling members to connect the first and second transversely extending beam members. |
| US09258988B2 |
Methods and devices for sustained release of substances
Devices that provide timed-release of target compounds absorbed by, or otherwise integrated into, an external housing. The external housing absorbs and facilitates volatilization of the released compound. A permeable cover can be employed as a regulating mechanism to control the rate volatilization from the external housing. One or more reservoirs containing target compound can be contained within one or more internal chambers of the external housing. The one or more reservoirs can release the target compound for absorption by the external housing and/or to make contact with one or more other reservoirs so as to compromise the other reservoirs and release target compound within. A wick can be employed in certain embodiments to transfer target compound from the internal chamber to the external housing to be volatilized. Continued or sequential release of target compound to recharged the external housing achieves a zero order release rate from the external housing. |
| US09258984B2 |
Multilevel birdbath and removable liner
A multilevel birdbath consists of a main body that has a concave, contoured inside surface and an exterior lower surface, the main body further has a flat rim surrounding the concave inside surface and the concave inside surface optionally has stepped areas fluctuating in height and a sloping portion such that the stepped areas would create different depths of the multilevel birdbath which can accommodate and attract birds of different sizes and species. |
| US09258982B1 |
Dog collar with geo-positioning tracking and control cue capability
A dog collar for the remote control and confinement of a dog or other suitable animal to selected geographical boundary. The system uses a series of audible cues or electrical shocks to motivate the dog to move away from an approaching preselected boundary while continually monitoring the current GPS location of the dog and recording those positions. A user interface allows for a user to program a boundary into the dog collar. |
| US09258973B1 |
Soybean cultivar 46092117
A soybean cultivar designated 46092117 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 46092117, to the plants of soybean cultivar 46092117, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 46092117, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 46092117. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 46092117. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 46092117, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 46092117 with another soybean cultivar. |
| US09258971B2 |
Wheat cultivar XY06-852
The invention relates to the wheat cultivar designated XY06-852. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the wheat cultivar XY06-852. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the wheat cultivar XY06-852 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing wheat plants by crossing the wheat cultivar XY06-852 with itself or another wheat cultivar and plants produced by such methods. |
| US09258969B2 |
Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH286065
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH286065. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH286065, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH286065 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH286065. |
| US09258963B2 |
Pea variety SV7688QF
The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated SV7688QF. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line SV7688QF, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line SV7688QF with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line SV7688QF, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants. |
| US09258962B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X13B656
A novel maize variety designated X13B656 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B656 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B656 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B656, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B656. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B656. |
| US09258960B1 |
Maize variety hybrid X13B655
A novel maize variety designated X13B655 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B655 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B655 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B655, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B655. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B655. |
| US09258955B2 |
Inbred tomato line FDR-9Q09139
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FDR-9Q0913. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FDR-9Q0913, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09258951B2 |
System and method for irrigation control
A method of controlling the duration of irrigation is described, comprising compiling a database that includes information relating to historical evapo-transpiration rates for a plurality of sectors (preferably identified by zip code) located within a geographical area. Period Reduction Factors for each sector are derived. Parameters are entered into the controller including a Maximum Irrigation Duration, a sector identifier; and the current date. The Maximum Irrigation Duration is adjusted by multiplying the Maximum Irrigation Duration by a Period Reduction Factor for the current period associated with the sector that has been identified by the user, to obtain an Actual Irrigation Duration. The irrigation system is caused to irrigate for the Actual Irrigation Duration during the current period. |
| US09258943B1 |
Plant extraction assembly
A plant extraction assembly includes a housing that may be worn on a user's back. A flexible hose is fluidly coupled to and extends from the housing. A tube is fluidly coupled to a second end of the hose. A motor is coupled to a first end of the tube. A shaft is positioned within the tube. The shaft is rotationally coupled to the motor. A blade is coupled to the shaft. The blade is positioned at a second end of the tube so the blade may contact a plant positioned adjacent to the second end of the tube. A propeller is coupled to the shaft. The propeller provides from the second end of the tube into the tube. The propeller may urge pieces of the plant cut by the blade upwardly through the tube and the hose into the housing. |
| US09258942B2 |
Method for processing a surface by means of a robotic vehicle
The disclosure relates to a method for processing a surface by means of a robotic vehicle, wherein the robotic vehicle has a control system in which data concerning the outline of the surface to be processed are stored, wherein locating means are present, which determine the position of the robotic vehicle, in particular in relation to the surface to be processed, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: dividing the surface to be processed into individual segments; classifying each individual segment into a property class; and moving to and processing each individual segment in succession, each individual segment being processed with a processing strategy corresponding to its property class. |
| US09258941B2 |
Rotary crop harvesting machine with cutter bar tilt control
A crop header has generally horizontal flail disks mounted for driven rotation about generally upright axes of a cutter bar. A tilting system is provided for tilting the cutter bar about an axis transverse to the machine so as to tilt the cutting plane from a generally horizontal position forwardly and rearwardly. A sensor is provided which is responsive to upward and downward floating movement of the cutter bar relative to the support frame and is arranged to analyze changes in the signal to determine times when the cutter bar is moving upwardly when the cutter bar is tilted rearwardly, times when the cutter bar is moving downwardly when the cutter bar is tilted forwardly and times when the cutter bar is remaining at a constant height. |
| US09258940B2 |
Method for planting potatoes at high speed and equipment for carrying out that method
The method for planting potatoes at high speed includes the steps of providing a press wheel behind the seed drop chute; opening a furrow in a soil; dropping potato seed pieces at spaced intervals in the furrow such that each seed piece or a portion thereof intersects a forward shadow of the press wheel, and catching and decelerating each seed piece against the soil in the furrow thereby reducing set roll in each seed piece. In an alternate embodiment a pair of spaced-apart press wheels are used. These alternate press wheels are mounted astride the furrow in a positive-camber alignment for moving the soil of the furrow against the seed piece. |
| US09258937B2 |
Sod harvester stacking head that is movable with a stacking conveyor
A stacking head of a sod harvester can be configured to move with a stacking conveyor during a pick up operation. A stacking head on a roll harvester can be configured to move with a stacking conveyor to allow the stacking conveyor to be moved while the stacking head is removing rolls of sod from the stacking conveyor. |
| US09265183B2 |
Mounting system for hard disk drive
A mounting system for a hard disk drive includes a case, an insulation member, and a mounting member. The case is configured to receive the hard disk drive and includes a sidewall and an EMI protection structure extending from the sidewall. The insulation member is secured to the sidewall. The mounting member extends through the sidewall and the insulation member and is configured to secure the hard disk drive to the case. The insulation member insulates the mounting member from the case, and the EMI protection structure is electronically coupled to the mounting member, causing the case to be electronically coupled to the hard disk drive. |
| US09265180B2 |
Set top box having heat sink pressure applying means
Described is an electronic device, including a top frame, a bottom frame, a circuit board mounted above the bottom frame, a thermal pad mounted on the circuit board, a heat sink associated with the thermal pad and a plurality of springs for providing a biasing force that retains the heat sink against the thermal pad, the heat sink including a planar portion surrounding a central depression, wherein the plurality of springs secure the thermal pad of the circuit board between the central depression portion of the heat sink and the circuit board. |
| US09265179B2 |
Continuous loop cooling for an electronic device
A continuous loop of thermally conductive material is provided with a first portion in frictional contact with a casing of an electronic device and a second portion located within a cooling region. The loop is advanced such that the first portion is located within the cooling region and the second portion is in frictional contact with the casing. |
| US09265178B2 |
Thermal transfer and coolant-cooled structures facilitating cooling of electronics card(s)
Cooling apparatuses and coolant-cooled electronic assemblies are provided which include a thermal transfer structure configured to couple to one or more sides of an electronics card having one or more electronic components to be cooled. The thermal transfer structure includes a thermal spreader coupled to the one side of the electronics card, and the apparatus further includes a coolant-cooled structure disposed adjacent to the socket of the electronic system. The coolant-cooled structure includes: one or more low-profile cold rails sized and configured to thermally couple to the thermal spreader along a bottom edge of the thermal spreader with operative docking of the electronics card within the socket; and one or more coolant-carrying channels associated with the low-profile cold rail(s) for removing heat from the low-profile cold rail(s) to coolant flowing through the coolant-carrying channel(s). |
| US09265174B2 |
Method and apparatus for optimizing germicidal lamp performance in a disinfection device
This invention controls the temperature of the critical spot of the UV lamps and on the critical spots having a deposit of mercury or amalgam containing mercury by directing a uniform flow of air on and around the critical spots having amalgam or be other means to remove heat from the critical spots. |
| US09265163B2 |
Electrical socket apparatus
Electrical socket apparatus comprises a frame-shaped square front plate and a circular socket box which, in use, is set in a similarly shaped opening formed in the wall or other surface. The front plate includes fixing elements” positioned to engage complementary fixing elements present on or in an inwardly extending lip around the periphery of the open end of the socket box. The front plate is dimensioned to cover, in use, the entire periphery of the open end of the socket box. In use, the front plate is trapped between a switch and the wall surface within which the socket box is located. |
| US09265162B2 |
Manual underground laying type electric equipment container system
Provided is an underground laid electric equipment container system including: a box that is laid underground in the form of an opened manhole; a box holder that comprises a horizontal frame that is coupled to an upper surface of the buried box in an sealed state and an inner vertical frame that is upwardly bent from an inner edge of the horizontal frame; a cover, to which a waterproof band covering the entire upper portion of the inner vertical frame is attached, wherein coupling devices with an upper surface of the horizontal fame that allow adhesion between the upper portion of the inner vertical frame and the waterproof band are installed on the cover; and an electric equipment box that is disposed in sealed inner space of the buried box that is formed as the upper portion of the inner vertical frame and the waterproof band are adhered to each other by user's manipulation. |
| US09265160B2 |
Dielectric materials, methods of forming subassemblies therefrom, and the subassemblies formed therewith
A circuit subassembly, comprising a dielectric layer formed from a dielectric composition comprising, based on the total volume of the composition: about 15 to about 65 volume percent of a dielectric filler; and about 35 to about 85 volume percent of a thermosetting composition comprising: a poly(arylene ether), and a carboxy-functionalized polybutadiene or polyisoprene polymer. |
| US09265156B2 |
Curable composition, cured coating film prepared from curable composition, and printed wiring board including the cured film
A curable composition to be used for a printed wiring board is disclosed, which has an excellent flexibility and an excellent adhesive property with respect to both a plastic substrate and a conductive layer in the printed wiring board. The curable composition includes (A) a (meth)acrylate compound having a polyene structure, (B) a (meth)acrylate compound having a hydroxyl group; and (C) a photopolymerization initiator. From the curable composition, a cured coating film, and a printed wiring board including the cured coating film in the form of a predetermined pattern are obtained. |
| US09265155B2 |
Flexible rework device
A rework device in form of a flexible circuit is provided in order to repair a printed circuit assembly. The printed circuit assembly includes one or more through vias and interconnections. The flexible circuit includes a lead in portion and a tail portion. The flexible circuit also includes a first distended head portion proximal to the lead in portion and a second distended head portion proximal to the tail portion. Further, the second distended head portion is connected to the first distended head portion through a coverlay portion. The flexible circuit provided is adapted to be threaded through a through via to repair the printed circuit assembly. |
| US09265153B2 |
Photoelectric coupling module capable of packaging firmly
A photoelectric coupling module includes a substrate, a photoelectric unit, and a lens module. The substrate defines a positioning recess. The photoelectric unit is positioned on the substrate. The lens module includes a reflection surface, a plurality of first lenses, and a plurality of second lens. Optical axes of the first lenses cross optical axes of the second lenses on the reflection surface. The lens module further includes a positioning portion extending downward from a bottom surface, and the positioning portion is received in the positioning recess. The first lenses are aligned with the photoelectric unit. |
| US09265150B2 |
Semi-compliant terminals
The present disclosure includes an electrical terminal that may include a first portion, a second portion, and/or a middle portion. A middle portion may be disposed between first and second portions and/or a middle portion may include a first middle section, a second middle section, a recessed portion disposed between the first middle section and the second middle section, and/or an aperture. The electrical terminal may include a transition portion that may be disposed between a middle portion and a second portion. |
| US09265147B2 |
Multi-layer wiring board
A multi-layer wiring board includes a resin base, a wiring pattern, an adhesive layer, and a via. The wiring pattern includes a land provided on the resin base. The adhesive layer is stacked on the resin base. The via is formed in the adhesive layer and has an end connected to the land. At least a portion of a side surface of the land contacts the via. |
| US09265143B2 |
Logic gate array
A logic gate array includes a substrate; an array of first conductive lines with plurality of first pads disposed on each of the first conductive lines on the substrate wherein the array of first conductive lines is disposed in a first direction; an array of isolation lines over the first conductive lines wherein the isolation lines are not disposed on the first pads; an array of second conductive lines with plurality of second pads disposed on each of the second conductive lines on the substrate wherein the array of first conductive lines is disposed in a second direction and wherein orientation of the second direction is oriented is different than the orientation of the first direction; and conductive ink dots printed on at least some of the intersection of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines by connecting the corresponding first pads and corresponding second pads. |
| US09265135B2 |
Method and apparatus for heating current control of a pulsed X-ray tube
A method and an associated apparatus for controlling a heating current flowing through an emitter of a pulsed X-ray tube during pulse pauses are provided. The heating current is controlled by comparing a measured actual value of the heating current with a predefinable desired value of the heating current. A low-pass filtering of the actual value of the heating current is effected before the comparison. A time constant of the low-pass filtering is equal to a thermal time constant of the emitter. A correction of the actual value of the heating current is provided before the low-pass filtering by a first correction value. The first correction value is determined such that a tube current control during the pulses is not compensated for by the heating current control in the pulse pauses. |
| US09265134B2 |
Circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges and a method for operating same
A circuit arrangement for protection against electrostatic discharges has a diverting structure, which includes a diverting element and a switchable element. The diverting element can be set up to drain off an electrostatic discharge between a first and a second terminal. The switchable element can take a first and a second switching state, where a function of the diverting element can be activated depending on the switching state of the switchable element. |
| US09265133B2 |
Static elimination device and a cassette
A static elimination device is proposed for eliminating static electricity on the surface of a large-size glass substrate. The static elimination device includes a rotation axis and an electrostatic neutralizer. The rotation axis is installed outside a cassette in which the glass substrate is installed. The electrostatic neutralizer is permanently connected to the rotation axis. The rotation axis is driven to rotate, causing the electrostatic neutralizer centered on the rotation axis to rotate back and forth at a specific angle. The static elimination device of the present invention features simple structure, low fuel consumption and high efficiency, low cost, and high efficiency in static elimination. Owing to these features, the static elimination device of the present invention could work very well for the glass substrate of an arbitrary size. A cassette including the static elimination device is also proposed. |
| US09265131B2 |
Intelligent lighting device with multiple luminaires, in particular free-standing luminaires or desk-mounted luminaires and a method for operating a lighting device of this type
The invention relates to an intelligent lighting device with multiple luminaires, which are at least partially coupled to each other with a wireless communication device. For this purpose, the luminaires preferably have communication modules with transmitter/receiver devices, via which the luminaires can communicate with each other. It is thereby provided that in accordance with the current operating mode of one of the luminaires at least one of the other luminaires can adopt a different predefined operating mode. Said luminaire can, for example upon the switching on of a luminaire or when one of the luminaires detects a person by means of a sensor device in the area of the luminaire, go into a working level with a predefined light intensity and the other luminaires located in the vicinity of said one luminaire go into a background illumination, i.e. in an illumination with a lower illumination level (background level). |
| US09265127B2 |
Luminaire
When an operator operates an operation tool of a dimming operation terminal device in order to set the brightness of a lighting load to desired brightness, an energization electric signal, for example, a voltage level detected by a dimming control section changes. The dimming control section generates a dimming signal modulated according to the voltage level. Power supply to the dimming control section is performed by an insulated auxiliary power supply. Transmission of the dimming signal is performed via an insulating section. |
| US09265126B2 |
Method and apparatus for using portable terminal
A method for using a portable terminal in a dark environment by checking a battery level and an ambient illuminance; and driving a light-emitting unit corresponding to a preset terminal according to predetermined criteria based on the check outcome. |
| US09265119B2 |
Systems and methods for providing thermal fold-back to LED lights
In various embodiments, a module for providing thermal fold-back protection to an illumination device includes a housing, at least one temperature sensor, and thermal fold-back circuitry. |
| US09265116B2 |
Constant voltage and constant current driver circuit
A driver circuit for delivering a generally constant voltage to a load is disclosed. The driver circuit includes a source of incoming AC power, a rectifier, and a constant voltage driver. The rectifier is connected to the source of incoming AC power and produces a DC voltage. The constant voltage driver receives the DC voltage from the rectifier. The constant voltage driver includes a selectively activated switching element for receiving the DC voltage, a controller, and an output line. The controller receives the DC voltage and is configured to send a drive signal to the switching element in order to activate the switching element. The output line provides the generally constant voltage to the load. |
| US09265114B2 |
Driver circuit for solid state light sources
A driver circuit for a light source including one or more solid state light sources, a luminaire including the same, and a method of so driving the solid state light sources are provided. The driver circuit includes a rectifier circuit that receives an alternating current (AC) input voltage and provides a rectified AC voltage. The driver circuit also includes a switching converter circuit coupled to the light source. The switching converter circuit provides a direct current (DC) output to the light source in response to the rectified AC voltage. The driver circuit also includes a mixing circuit, coupled to the light source, to switch current through at least one solid state light source of the light source in response to each of a plurality of consecutive half-waves of the rectified AC voltage. |
| US09265113B2 |
Single wire serial interface
A single wire serial interface for power ICs and other devices is provided. To use the interface, a device is configured to include an EN/SET input pin. A counter within the device counts clock pulses sent to the EN/SET input pin. The output of the counter is passed to a ROM or other decoder circuit. The ROM selects an operational state for the device that corresponds to the value of the counter. In this way, control states may be selected for the device by sending corresponding clock pulses to the EN/SET pin. Holding the EN/SET pin high causes the device to maintain its operational state. Holding the EN/SET pin low for a predetermined timeout period resets the counter and causes the device to adopt a predetermined configuration (such as off) until new clock pulses are received at the EN/SET pin. |
| US09265111B2 |
Lighting requirements generation system and method
An OLN lighting requirements generation system and method including a lighting requirements generation system for an outdoor lighting network (OLN, 90) having lighting units (82), the system having a central control apparatus (40); a plurality of lighting unit control apparatus (50); and a communication system (60) operably connecting the central control apparatus (40) and the lighting unit control apparatus (50). The central control apparatus (40) is operable to: acquire location-based data; define clusters from the location-based data; define lighting requirements for each of the clusters; associate the lighting units (82) to the clusters from location information for the lighting units; map the lighting units (82) to the lighting requirements; and implement the lighting requirements of the clusters associated with each of the lighting units (82). |
| US09265109B2 |
Light source control device
A semiconductor light source control device includes a driver circuit, which generates a drive current Iout flowing through a plurality of LEDs connected in series and which performs control such that the amount of the drive current is brought close to a target value, and bypass switches, which are on-off controlled by a control signal, the bypass switches being connected in parallel with the corresponding LEDs. The semiconductor light source control device is configured such that when the control signal indicates the off-state of the bypass switches, a voltage across the corresponding LEDs is clamped at an upper limit by using the bypass switches. |
| US09265107B2 |
LED driving device, lighting device and control circuit for LED driving device
An LED driving device includes a first converter, a second converter, and a control circuit. The first converter generates a first voltage from received alternating current (AC) power. The second converter receives the first voltage and drives a plurality of LEDs based on the received first voltage. The control circuit sets a reference voltage level based on a level of the first voltage generated by the first converter, and controls the level of the first voltage by comparing a level of the AC power and a level of the reference voltage. |
| US09265103B2 |
Multiple stage sequential current regulator
An LED driver circuit for controlling direct current supplied to a plurality of serially connected segments of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the LED driver circuit comprises a self-commutating circuit, which comprises a plurality of current control elements, each current control element having two ends, a first end connected to a different end of each segment along the plurality of serially connected segments of LEDs and a second end connected to a path to ground. The path to ground comprises a sense resistor and the path to ground is shared by the second end of each current control element. Each current control element is coupled to an adjacent current control element by a cross-regulation circuit and controlled by a signal from an adjacent current control element. |
| US09265101B2 |
LED drive system for controlling an off-chip power supply
A LED drive system for controlling an off-chip power supply enables the power supply function to be located ‘off-chip’—i.e., on an IC which is separate from the IC containing the other LED drive system components. The off-chip supply provides a common line voltage for LED strings connected in series with respective current sink circuits at respective junctions, in response to a signal applied to a control input. The system includes a ‘minimum’ circuit which outputs the least of the voltages at the junctions, and an I/O pin which receives a signal that varies with the output of the minimum circuit. When the external supply's control input is coupled to the system's I/O pin, the present system controls the output of the external power supply as needed to provide a desired common line voltage. |
| US09265091B2 |
Filament lamp for heating
Disclosed herein are a filament lamp for heating a disk-shaped workpiece in such a way that the filament lamp rotates relative to the workpiece and radiates light thereonto. Further, the present invention provides a structure that enables the filament lamps to uniformly heat the workpiece even with respect to the radial direction of the workpiece. For this, the filament lamp includes an arc-shaped emitting part which extends in a circumferential direction of the relative rotation, and an auxiliary emitting part which is disposed inside a circle extending along the arc-shaped emitting part and extends from the arc-shaped emitting part in a direction crossing the circle. In addition, the present invention is configured such that areas of the workpiece that correspond to spaces between the arc-shaped emitting parts of the adjacent filament lamps pass just below the corresponding auxiliary emitting parts. |
| US09265089B2 |
Cooperative transceiving between wireless interface devices of a host device with shared modules
A circuit includes a first wireless interface circuit that transceives packetized data between a host module and a first external device in accordance with a first wireless communication protocol, wherein the first wireless protocol carries wireless telephony data for communication with a wireless telephony network. A second wireless interface circuit transceives packetized data between the host module and a second external device in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol. The second wireless interface circuit includes at least one module that is shared with first wireless interface circuit. The first wireless interface circuit and the second wireless interface circuit operate in accordance with a wireless interface schedule that includes a first time interval where the first wireless interface device and the second wireless interface device contemporaneously use the at least one module. |
| US09265084B2 |
Data buffering based on access stratum conditions in a call having both circuit-switched and packet-switched components
Data buffering based on access-stratum conditions by a wireless user equipment (UE) device. A call may be established with a network via a wireless link. The call may include a circuit-switched component and a packet-switched component. It may be determined that the packet-switched component has been released by the network. The UE may have packet data for transmission to the network when the packet-switched component is released. The packet data may be buffered based on determining that the packet-switched component has been released by the network. |
| US09265082B2 |
Method and apparatus for priority based session delivery to multimodal endpoints
Systems and methods for presenting a single invitation to join a communication directed to a multimodal endpoint are provided. More particularly, a communication directed to a multimodal endpoint is delivered to the multimodal endpoint using only a single communication network at a time. A communication server handling an incoming communication directed to the multimodal endpoint first attempts to initiate a communication session using a first, preferred communication network. If the communication is completed or is responded to by the multimodal endpoint using the first network, an attempt to complete the communication using a second network is not initiated. Alternatively, if the first communication network is not available to deliver the communication to the multimodal endpoint, an attempt to complete the communication using the second communication network is initiated. |
| US09265076B2 |
Network coverage hole detection
A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to connect to a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) cell in a cellular network. Logged minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements can be recorded at the UE at a selected rate when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode in a first LTE cell in a cellular network. A change in a UE state of the RRC idle mode can be identified. The Logged MDT measurements can stop being recorded at the UE when the UE state changes from a camped normally UE state to another UE state of the RRC idle mode. The Logged MDT measurements can resume being recorded when the UE state changes to the camped normally UE state of the RRC idle mode. |
| US09265074B2 |
Pen-based content transfer system and method thereof
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a system and method for providing pen-based content transfer between mobile computing devices. According to one embodiment, a first mobile computing device and second mobile computing device are configured to host electronic content. A pen device is operated by a user for selecting preferred electronic content from the electronic content hosted on the first computing device. Furthermore, the pen device is configured to store transfer information for facilitating transmission of the preferred electronic content from the first mobile computing device to the electronic content of the second mobile computing device based on action from the user. |
| US09265072B2 |
System, method, and computer-readable medium for mobile-terminated voice call processing for a mobile station attached with an IP-femtocell system
A system, method, and computer readable medium that facilitates processing of mobile-terminated voice calls for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system are provided. A convergence server deployed in a core network receives a call request for a mobile station attached with a femtocell system, performs validation of the mobile station against a subscriber profile maintained by the convergence server, transmits a Session Initiation Protocol Invite message to the femtocell system, receives a paging authentication request, and engages a mobile core network in an authentication process for the mobile station. |
| US09265071B2 |
Signalling method for direct communication between terminals
A signaling method for a terminal that performs direct communication between terminals terminal is disclosed. A transmitting terminal transmits a link establishment request message for establishing a link to a receiving terminal, and the receiving terminal transmits a link establishment response message responding to this message to the transmitting terminal. The link establishment request message includes a field indicating a flow to use if the receiving terminal acquires a token. |
| US09265063B2 |
Method to transmit downlink signaling message on cellular systems for packet transmission and method for receiving the message
Provided is a downlink control information transmitting and receiving method which can maximize the use of limited radio resources by effectively forming an uplink signaling message to be transmitted from a base station to a terminal and transmitting the formed uplink signaling message with a minimum amount of radio resources occupied. The method for transmitting downlink data generation indication information for a base station to inform a terminal of packet data transmission in a packet-based cellular system, includes the steps of: a) generating the downlink data generation indication information; b) recording radio resource allocation information in downlink scheduling information for transmitting the downlink data generation indication information, and allocating information for the downlink data generation indication information to downlink-shared radio resources; and c) transmitting the downlink scheduling information and the information for the downlink data generation indication information according to a transmission cycle. |
| US09265060B1 |
Method of scheduling communication in a wireless communication network
A system and method of scheduling communication in a wireless communication network are provided. An access node can determine a scheduling scheme based on an indication of data addressed to wireless devices. The scheduling scheme can comprise a first subframe and a second subframe comprising a first and second resource block. The scheduling scheme can be communicated. Data addressed to the wireless devices in communication with a first access node can be transmitted during the first subframe and the first resource block of the second subframe. A second access node can be instructed to assign data addressed to wireless devices that meet a signal condition threshold to be transmitted during the second resource block of the second subframe and to assign data addressed to wireless devices that do not meet the signal condition threshold to be transmitted during the first subframe and the first resource block of the second subframe. |
| US09265055B2 |
Base station apparatus and wireless terminal apparatus
A base station apparatus including: a processor configured to extract an specified packet flow among packet flows which are to be transmitted by using a link aggregation of a first radio link and a second radio link, to generate encapsulated packets by adding a link aggregation information to reception packets which are included in the specified packet flow, the link aggregation information indicating that the specified packet flow are to be transmitted by using the link aggregation, and to control the first wireless interface and the second wireless interface such that the encapsulated packets are transmitted by the link aggregation, based on a distribution of the encapsulated packets between the first radio link and the second radio link being determined based on radio qualities, and such that the reception packets which are not included in the specified packet flow are transmitted via the first radio link. |
| US09265050B2 |
Methods and systems for GSM spectrum refarming for LTE small cells
One embodiment of the method includes allocating, using a network management entity, at least one of a plurality of physical resource blocks (PRBs) of a first wireless access technology for utilization by a second wireless access technology. A spectrum of the first wireless access technology is embedded within a spectrum of the second wireless access technology. The method further includes communicating, using the network management entity, a message to a controller of the first wireless access technology identifying the PRBs not allocated for utilization by the second wireless access technology. |
| US09265049B2 |
Method and apparatus for using uplink control information for inter-cell decoding and interference cancellation
Techniques for supporting data transmission on the uplink in a wireless network are described. In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) may send a data transmission to a serving base station and may send uplink control information (UCI) to a non-serving base station. The UCI may include pertinent information to allow the non-serving base station to process the data transmission from the UE. In one design, the UCI may allow the non-serving base station to estimate the interference due to the data transmission from the UE and to cancel the interference at the non-serving base station. The interference cancellation may improve the received signal quality at the non-serving base station. After the interference cancellation, the non-serving base station may process a data transmission from another UE served by the base station. |
| US09265044B2 |
Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus and wireless communication method and computer program
In order to solve problems arising when a communication system such as a wireless LAN is constructed as a decentralized distributed type network without a relationship of control station and controlled stations such as a master station and slave stations, in a wireless communication system composed of a plurality of communication stations without a relationship of control station and controlled stations, respective communication stations transmit beacons with information concerning a network written thereon with each other to construct the network, and it becomes possible to make sophisticated judgment such as communication states of other communication stations by those beacons. |
| US09265030B2 |
Method and device for controlling MBMS receiving in a wireless communication system
The present invention provides a method of receiving a multimedia broadcast/multicast service in a user equipment of a wireless communication system based on MBSFN transmission and a method of assisting the user equipment to receive the service in the corresponding base station; wherein the user equipment receives a transport block from the base station in a predefined period; and then judges whether a notification indicator in the transport block is activated, if so, then judges whether a service identification of a multimedia broadcast/multicast service subscribed to by the user equipment is included in a transport block including a control signaling in the transport block, if so, then receives the multimedia broadcast/multicast service. By implementing the present invention, a user terminal in IDLE mode only needs a predefined period such as a DRX period to wake up to receive the notification indicator to judge whether a new service will start without waking up at extra time. |
| US09265029B2 |
Method of transferring multicast data, updating method of multicast tree, system and device thereof
The invention discloses a method of transferring multicast data, a method for updating a multicast tree, a system and a device thereof, the main technical solution comprise: a first Mobile Access Gateway (MAG) receives pre-handover message transmitted from a Multicast Source before it handovers from the current accessed first MAG to the second MAG; the first MAG according to the second MAG ID carried in the pre-handover message, establishes a bidirectional tunnel with the second MAG; and the first MAG multicasts multicast data from a Multicast Source, based on the established bidirectional tunnel and the definitive post-handover multicast mode which is the multicast mode adopted by the Multicast Source after handovers to the second MAG. Adopting the technical solution, by previously establishing bidirectional tunnel, the first MAG transfers multicast data by the established directional tunnel when performing binding, updating and authenticating between the Multicast Source and the second MAG, which reduces the interruption delay of multicast service due to the switching among MAGs by Multicast Source. |
| US09265017B2 |
Reference signals in wireless communication
A method in a wireless device (900) of transmitting uplink reference signals from the wireless device (900) in a wireless communication network (100) to enable network-centric measurements comprises obtaining power control information defining a time-dependent power control setting for said uplink reference signals. The method also comprises determining transmit power values for the uplink reference signals according to the time-dependent power control setting, to provide uplink reference signals of different transmit power values at different time instants. The method further comprises transmitting the uplink reference signals with the determined transmit power values according to the time-dependent power control setting. |
| US09265014B2 |
Wireless communication system, management station, and method for managing
In order to properly expel one or more mobile terminals from a cell that a wireless base station is accommodating, the management station includes at least one processor configured to obtain, for each of the plurality of mobile terminals, speed data indicating a moving speed of the mobile terminal; select one or more mobile terminals each having a moving speed, indicated by the speed data, satisfying a first criterion among the plurality of mobile terminals; and control the wireless base station such that the selected mobile terminals are out of communication with the cell. |
| US09265012B2 |
Transmission power adaptation for wireless communication
Systems and methods are provided for dynamically/during operation, adapting transmission power in a wireless communication device. The adapting of transmit power in a wireless communication device can be performed on a per-packet, as well as a per-link basis. Before determining to adapt transmit power, various conditions, configurations, and or operational information can be analyzed. That is, the quality of service associated with a link, the stability of the link, as well as, e.g., the stability of a current transmit rate being utilized can be considered, such that the user experience, e.g., throughput, need not be negatively affected in order to implement power savings by lowering transmit power. |
| US09265011B2 |
Adaptive remote Wi-Fi client power control to avoid local receiver desense
A method and apparatus for communicating in a wireless network includes an AP having multiple radios, a first one of which communicates with a nearby client node and a second one of which receives power on another wireless protocol operating in the same or close frequency band as the first radio. The first radio is configured to remotely control the transmit power of the client node so that it doesn't interfere with the reception performance of the second radio. A beacon or probe response frame is used to reduce transmit power of the client node and a CTS2S signal is used to selectively terminate client node transmit power entirely over short periods so that the reception performance of the other wireless device is not severely compromised or desensed by the client node and can be evaluated according to comparative performance criteria such as signal to interference plus noise ratio. |
| US09265002B2 |
Mobile electronic device
A mobile electronic device and method are presented. An input operation by a user is received, functions are stored, a remaining battery capacity is measured, and a first image is displayed indicating the remaining battery capacity and full capacity. Battery blocks are set by dividing the full capacity, if an input is entered when the first image is displayed to provide a battery blocks set up. A capacity ratio is calculated based on capacity of each of the battery blocks and the full capacity, and a remaining battery block capacity of the battery blocks is calculated based on the capacity ratio. A function is allocated to the battery blocks, and second images are displayed indicating the capacity ratio and the remaining battery block capacity. The function allocated to the battery blocks for the battery block images is displayed, when the battery blocks are set. |
| US09265001B1 |
Systems and methods for altering a state of a system using a remote device that processes gestures
Systems and methods systems and methods for altering a state of system using a remote device that processes gestures are described herein. The electronic device can communicate with the system in response to monitoring a user generated gesture or other interaction. For example, a user can wave the personal device or wave to the personal device, and in response thereto, the personal device can transmit an instruction to the system that causes it to change its operational state. Thus, embodiments discussed herein enable a user to perform remote gestures with a first device to affect the operation of a second device. |
| US09264999B2 |
System and method for mitigating the effects of interferers while performing conditional device scan
A method, a personal area network device operating as a slave, and a short range communications device operating as a slave are disclosed. A data storage 208 may store at least one protocol-specific channel criterion for a connection with a master short range communication device 104. A short range transceiver 108 may execute a preliminary device scan of a scanning set of communication channels for radio frequency energy. A processor 204 may decide to execute a full device scan based in part on the protocol-specific channel criterion. |
| US09264998B2 |
Semiconductor device, antenna switch circuit, and radio communication apparatus
A semiconductor device includes: a laminated body including a channel layer that is configured of a compound semiconductor; and at least one gate electrode that is provided on a top surface side of the laminated body, wherein the laminated body includes a first low-resistance region that is provided on the top surface side of the laminated body, the first low-resistance region facing the at least one gate electrode, and a second low-resistance region that is provided externally of the first low resistance region on the top surface side of the laminated body, the second low-resistance region being continuous with the first low-resistance region. |
| US09264992B2 |
Method and system for announcement time of idle timeout for power saving operations in wireless networks
A method and system for wireless communication over a wireless communication medium is provided. A schedule is generated which indicates when a wireless communication station may enter a power saving state in an announcement time (AT) period, based on an idle timeout interval in the AT period. The AT period comprises a period after a beacon transmission in a beacon interval. |
| US09264988B2 |
Method and system for efficient support low duty mode in femtocells
A method and system for handling working of a Low Duty Cycle (LDC) mode of one or more Base Stations (BS) in a wireless communication network. The method includes defining one or more LDC patterns based plurality of LDC parameters associated with one or more BS where the plurality of LDC parameters includes an active period, an inactive period and a start frame offset of the one or more BS in the wireless communication network. The method then sends the one or more LDC patterns notifying Available Interval and Unavailable Interval of each of the one or more patterns to a Mobile Station (MS) by broadcasting one or more LDC patterns, unicasting the one or more LDC pattern to the MS, multicasting the one or more LDC pattern to a group of MSs or send the one or more LDC patterns to one or more MS in a pre-provisioned way. |
| US09264987B2 |
Wireless communication device capable of utilizing multiple radio access technologies
A wireless communication device is disclosed that is capable of utilizing multiple radio access technologies (RATs) in various coordinated ways so as to optimize, and enhance the versatility, of the device's communication capabilities. One or more RATs may be selected for use, either alone or in cooperation with each other, based on various conditions, such as channel conditions, traffic, data type, and priority. When conditions change, the originally-selected communication scheme may no longer be preferred. Consequently, the device can initiate a handover to another communication scheme. Transmitters corresponding to RATs that are not currently selected are controlled to enter a low-power state in order to conserve power. However, in some circumstances, the device may utilize both RATs simultaneously. For example, redundant communications can be made over both RATs for error-reduction or other purposes, and partial communications can be made over multiple RATs for increased speed and bandwidth, among other reasons. |
| US09264986B2 |
System and method for reducing power consumption in a wireless communication system
A wireless communication device having a root complex, a WLAN module, a power module and an interface linking the root complex and the WLAN module, wherein the root complex is configured to implement a power management policy based upon a latency tolerance value for the WLAN module and wherein the power module is configured to adjust the latency tolerance value based upon receive and transmit parameters of the WLAN module. The power module may be configured to adjust the latency tolerance value on a per-frame basis. |
| US09264985B2 |
Apparatus and methods of controlling call establishment
Apparatus and methods of controlling call establishment are described. A user equipment (UE) may determine to establish a call. In an aspect, the UE may detect a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) access node and receive, from a Wireless Wide Area Network (WWAN) access node, WWAN load-related information. Based on UE call establishment rules and the WWAN load-related information, the UE may determine whether to establish the call on the WWAN access node or the WLAN access node. In another aspect, the UE may determine WLAN access node characteristics associated with a received signal from a WLAN access node. The UE may forward a call establishment request, including the WLAN access node characteristics to a WWAN access node. The UE may receive a redirection command to redirect the call establishment request to the WLAN access node. |
| US09264982B2 |
Method and arrangement in a communications system
The present invention relates to a method and a network node for selecting a gateway for a user equipment in a communications system. The communications system comprises the network node and one or more gateways, configured to provide packet data network connectivity to the user equipment. The network node detects (401) the presence of local gateways among said gateways and obtains (403) a first set of information indicating the type of the user equipment. Based on the first set of information, the network node selects (406) one of the detected local gateways to provide packet data network connectivity to the user equipment when the user equipment type is of a fixed type. |
| US09264979B2 |
Extended access barring
A system and method for authorizing access to a transmission station for a mobile device is disclosed. The mobile device can receive device extended access barring (EAB) configuration information in a broadcast control channel (BCCH) from a transmission station. The mobile device can bar the mobile device configured for EAB and having characteristics identified in the EAB configuration information for barring from accessing the transmission station. Alternatively, a system and method for barring a mobile device from accessing a transmission station is disclosed. The transmission station can receive from the mobile device a radio resource control (RRC) connection establishment request. The transmission station can configure a system information block (SIB) with extended access barring (EAB) configuration information. The transmission station can broadcast the SIB with EAB configuration information to the mobile device. |
| US09264977B2 |
System for on-demand access to local area networks
A roaming company makes payments to an aggregator of independent WLAN operators in exchange for providing Internet access services to subscribers of the roaming company. Independent WLAN operator accounts are maintained at the aggregation company. |
| US09264972B2 |
Home networking with integrated cellular communication
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus may be an intermediate gateway. The intermediate gateway may receive a first Internet protocol (IP) packet of a first data flow for transmission to a device, determine a first quality of a cellular communication link established with the device and a second quality of at least one local area communication link established with the device, attach a header to the first IP packet when the second quality is closer to a quality requirement of the first IP packet than the first quality, the header being used to tunnel the first IP packet to the device via the at least one local area communication link, and transmit the first IP packet to the device via the at least one local area communication link based on at least the first and second qualities. |
| US09264970B2 |
System and method for establishing session upon satisfaction of particular conditions
A method and apparatus is provided for establishing a session upon satisfaction of particular conditions in a messaging service system such as SIMPLE Instant Messaging (IM), Push to talk over Cellular (PoC), and Converged IP Messaging) (CPM) services, in which a client provides particular conditions to a server separately for a predefined group session, an Ad-hoc group session and a one-to-one session, and the server establishes a session to the pertinent members upon satisfaction of the particular conditions. By doing so, a session reflecting particular conditions set by the client is established in the SIP-based system, thereby offering further differentiated messaging services. |
| US09264967B2 |
Method for background scan in a mobile wireless system
A method is disclosed, operating a mobile station in a wireless network system comprising a plurality of base stations allocated in N channels. A Data packet is transmitted at a time interval p to a first base station of the wireless network system to which the mobile station is currently connected. Each of a plurality of partial scan sections is performed at the interval of every M data packets to monitor messages from the base stations of the N channels. |
| US09264964B2 |
Traffic offload via local network based on APN-specific or non-APN-specific information
In order to perform SIPTO@LN for PDN connections, MME performs: receiving, from a HeNB, information about one or more GWs, said information comprising an IP address of each local GW and at least one among APN-specific information for said one or more local GWs and/or a non-APN-specific indication for said one or more local GWs; initiating, based on subscription data and the received information about a particular local GW among said one or more local GWs, deactivation of one or more PDN connections by sending to UE a NAS Deactivate Bearer Request message indicating that reactivation is required for said one or more PDN connections; and selecting, in response to a reactivation attempt by the UE and based on said subscription data and the received information about said particular local GW, said particular local GW to allow SIPTO@LN to be performed via said particular local GW. |
| US09264960B1 |
Systems and methods for determinng access node candidates for handover of wireless devices
Systems and methods are described for determining candidates for handover of wireless devices in a wireless network. An application requirement, a mobility, and an activity factor associated with wireless devices in communication with a first access node may be used to classify wireless devices. The first access node may then receive signal information and identifiers of second access nodes from the wireless devices. The second access node identifiers may be transmitted in response to a reporting event based on a first signal level of the first access node and second signal levels of the second access nodes. A communication link between the first access node and each second access node may be used to transmit second access node network characteristics to the first access node in order to determine if the second access node is a candidate for handover of wireless devices having classification criteria. |
| US09264959B2 |
Communication method and electronic device
A communication method comprises: starting, at time T1, searching for a first communication network and reading a first network parameter; terminating, at time T2, the searching for the first communication network; determining, when the first communication network has been found, whether the reading of the first network parameter has been completed, when completed, matching the first network parameter with the first communication network, and registering with the first communication network; when the first communication network has not been found or when the first network parameter does not match the first communication network, stopping the reading of the first network parameter and starting reading the second network parameter when the type of network corresponding to the network parameter is inconsistent with the first network parameter and after reading, searching for the second communication network based on the second network parameter and registering with the found second communication network. |
| US09264957B2 |
Key derivation during inter-network handover
A method for deriving a key during an inter-network handover is provided. The method comprises: obtaining first key information from a first relocation request message, in response to receipt of said first relocation request message which reaches a target network entity first; deriving a key for handover based at least in part on said first key information; and generating an indicator for indicating that the key is derived based at least in part on said first key information. |
| US09264956B2 |
Method and device for handover in mobile communication system
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a method for a terminal to execute a handover in a mobile communication system, and comprises the steps of: receiving a handover command from a target base station; transmitting a random access preamble to the target base station; receiving a random access response from the target base station as a response to the random access preamble transmission, wherein information included in the random access response is obtained on a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) indicated by downlink allocation information included in a search space, and the information on the search space is included in information shared by a plurality of base stations including the target base station. |
| US09264947B2 |
Router and rapid response network
A router includes a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks, means for determining which of the plurality of network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network and means for selecting one or more suitable connections to one or more carrier networks and for connecting the router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of network carrier cards and a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks and wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput. In one embodiment, the router is provided as an evolution-data optimized (EVDO) wireless router. |
| US09264945B2 |
Systems and methods for improving circuit switched fallback performance
Methods and apparatus for improving Circuit Switched (CS) Fallback performance, such as in an LTE network, are described. In one aspect, a UE may perform a RAU procedure before performing a CS call setup procedure when the UE has camped on a Non-DTM GERAN target after failing to access a redirection target. In another aspect, an MME may determine whether to perform a PS suspension based on an ISR status associated with a user terminal. In another aspect, an eNB may send information associated with a PS suspension to a user terminal. |
| US09264943B2 |
Method and apparatus for carrier assignment, configuration and switching for multicarrier wireless communications
As part of carrier assignment and configuration for multicarrier wireless communications, a single uplink (UL) primary carrier may provide control information for multiple concurrent downlink (DL) carriers. Optionally, control information for each DL carrier may be transmitted over paired UL carriers. Carrier switching of UL and/or DL carriers, including primary and anchor carriers, may occur during normal operation or during handover, and may occur in only the UL or only the DL direction. A unidirectional handover is performed when only an UL carrier or only a DL carrier is switched as part of a handover. Switching of UL and/or DL carriers may be from one component carrier or a subset of carriers to another component carrier, another subset of carriers, or all carriers in the same direction. |
| US09264942B2 |
Systems and methods for managing quality of service
A method for managing quality of service (QoS) consists of receiving a packet and identifying at least one application level characteristic of the packet. The method for managing QoS further consists of modifying quality of service parameters of the packet based on the application level characteristic and sending the packet to a destination with modified quality of service parameters. A system for managing QoS includes modules such as a bearer module adapted to review and retrieve data from a packet and a payload packet inspector module adapted to identify at least one application level characteristic of the packet. The system for managing QoS further has a policy enforcement module designed to modify quality of service parameters of the packet based in part on the retrieved data and the at least one application level characteristic. |
| US09264938B2 |
Enhanced buffering of soft decoding metrics
A method includes, in a receiver, computing soft decoding metrics for decoding a received signal. The soft decoding metrics are stored in compressed form in a memory buffer. The soft decoding metrics in the compressed form are retrieved from the memory buffer, the retrieved soft decoding metrics are decompressed, and the received signal is decoded using the decompressed soft decoding metrics. |
| US09264936B2 |
Common control channel access
A Mobile Station, MS (115), for a cellular communications network (100), arranged to be camped on one of a plurality of k available Common Control Channels, CCCHs, in a cell (105) in the cellular communications network (100), the MS (115) also being arranged to make successive attempts at uplink CCCH access until the MS (115) gains CCCH access. The MS (115) is arranged to make CCCH access attempt number i on CCCH number x, where x is in the range of 1 . . . k, with x determined by a function in the MS (115). Also, a network node, (110), for a cellular communications network, arranged to transmit System Information messages, to the MSs (115) in a cell, and arranged to insert an Information Element, an IE, in an SI message, which IE defines which CCCHs in the cell that an MS (115) may use for uplink CCCH access attempts. |
| US09264927B2 |
Point-dependent resource symbol configuration in a wireless cell
A high-power point and one or more low-power points transmit signals associated with the same cell-identifier in a heterogeneous cell deployment. Coverage areas corresponding to the low-power points fall at least partly within the coverage area for the high-power point, so that mobile stations within range of a low-power point are also within range of the high-power point. Channel-state-information reference symbols, CSI-RS, are transmitted using different CSI-RS resources on different transmission points within the cell, while configuration of CSI-RS measurement resources is conducted on a UE-specific basis. The choice of measurement resources to be used is determined by the network, based on the properties of the channels from the transmission points to the UE. As the UE moves around within the cell, the network tracks the channel properties and reconfigures the CSI-RS resources measured by the UE, to correspond to the resource of the closest transmission point or points. |
| US09264925B2 |
Systems and methods for LTE interference detection
Systems and methods are provided for identifying whether a signal is an LTE signal. The method includes receiving, using control circuitry, a signal. The method includes computing a measurement of the received signal, determining a signal parameter corresponding to a system parameter specific to an LTE standard, and identifying whether the received signal is an LTE signal based on the determined signal parameter. |
| US09264920B2 |
Network managing method and device for wireless network system
A network managing method is utilized for a wireless network system. The wireless network includes multiple wireless access equipments and multiple user equipments. The method uses the wireless access equipments to measure a plurality of echo back time of the user equipments to obtain multiple measurement results, determines locations of the user equipments according to the measurement results and locations of the wireless access equipments, and adjusts wireless operations from the wireless access equipments to the user equipments according to the locations and priorities of the user equipments. |
| US09264917B2 |
Wireless access method, device, and system
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a wireless access method, device, and system. The method includes: sending pilot signal strength or channel characteristics to a central processing node, where the pilot signal strength or channel characteristics are fed back by a user terminal within the coverage area of a wireless access node and are between the wireless access node and the corresponding user terminal; receiving access indication information of the user terminal, which is fed back by the central processing node and is determined according to the pilot signal strength or channel characteristics, where the access indication information of the user terminal includes an identifier of the wireless access node connected with the user terminal and a corresponding coding and modulation scheme; and sending the identifier of the wireless access node connected with the user terminal and the corresponding coding and modulation scheme to the corresponding user terminal. |
| US09264913B2 |
Wireless communication device, transmitter, receiver, and beam-forming control method
A wireless communication device of the present disclosure has: a transmitter having a plurality of transmission circuit branches; a receiver having a plurality of reception circuit branches; a transmission phase switch; a reception phase switch; and a phase/transmission-reception controller, and has a beam-forming function. When phase switching is performed during a plurality of training packets for setting directivity, the phase/transmission-reception controller controls the transmission phase switch and the reception phase switch by setting a same phase for each of m (m being an integer of 2 or more) number of continuous training packets. In addition, the phase/transmission-reception controller performs control such that the transmission of the transmitter and the reception of the receiver are set to an OFF state in at least one or more training packets from the beginning of the m number of continuous training packets. |
| US09264900B2 |
Fast authentication for inter-domain handovers
Fast mobile device authentication can be achieved during inter-domain handovers between administrative domains operating under a federated service agreement using pseudonym identifications (PID). Specifically, the mobile device may derive a PID when obtaining authentication in a first wireless network, and then use the PID to obtain fast authentication in a second wireless network. The PID may be generated during an Elliptic curve Diffie-Hellman (ECDH) authentication procedure using public keys associated with the mobile device and the first wireless network. The PID (or a derivative thereof) may then be provided to an authentication server in a second wireless network for validation. The PID may be validated by the second authentication server via online or offline validation procedures. The PID can also be used as an electronic coupon for accessing the second network. |
| US09264899B2 |
Binding mobile device secure software components to the SIM
A mobile device, including: a wireless communication interface; a memory storing a secure software application; and a processor in communication with the memory, the processor being configured to: transmit an authentication challenge to the SIM card; receive an authentication response from the SIM card; verify the authentication response from the SIM card; and enable the secure software application when the authentication response from the SIM card is verified. |
| US09264898B2 |
Non-mobile authentication for mobile network gateway connectivity
In general, techniques are described for emulating mobile authentication methods to establish authenticated connectivity between a mobile service provider gateway and a wireless device attached to an alternate access network. For example, a system operating according to the described techniques includes a mobile service provider network, an alternate access network having an access gateway, and an authentication server of the mobile service provider network that receives a network access request. A subscriber database responds to the network access request with virtual mobility information, wherein the network access request does not include an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI), and wherein the virtual mobility information comprises a virtual IMSI. The access gateway uses the virtual mobility information to signal a mobile network gateway of the mobile service provider network to establish a service session for the wireless device over the alternate access network that is anchored by the mobile network gateway. |
| US09264889B2 |
Method and apparatus for maintaining user settings for over-the-air upgrades
A method and apparatus for performing a software upgrade are disclosed. The method determines a plurality of mobile endpoint devices affected by a wireless network access software upgrade, and schedules a deployment of the wireless network access software upgrade. The method transmits a notification to the plurality of mobile endpoint devices, wherein the notification is configured to cause each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices to store user settings in a memory of each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices. The method downloads the wireless network access software upgrade wirelessly to the plurality of mobile endpoint devices, wherein the wireless network access software upgrade is configured to cause each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices to install the wireless network access software upgrade and to restore the user settings from the memory of each of the plurality of mobile endpoint devices. |
| US09264888B2 |
Control of a mobile device
A method, apparatus, and computer readable storage medium are disclosed to control a mobile device. A disable event module detects a failure to respond to a communication. The communication is sent to a mobile communications device from a supervisory source. A function disable module disables one or more functions of the mobile communications device in response to detecting the failure to respond to the communication. An enable event module detects a second communication between the mobile communications device and the supervisory source. A function enable module enables the one or more functions in response to detecting the second communication. |
| US09264887B2 |
Systems and methods for enhanced system information decoding
Embodiments of the present invention include devices, systems and methods for enhanced system information decoding. For example, a method for wireless communication by a multi-SIM wireless communication device is described. The method includes determining time codes (TC) associated with system information (SI) messages for a first subscription. The method also includes determining that multiple SI messages for the first subscription are being sent on the same TC. The method further includes prioritizing decoding the SI messages for the first subscription when activity of an additional subscription can be preempted. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described. |
| US09264885B2 |
Method and system for message transmission control, method and system for register/update
A message transmission control method, including: a location node storing a message transmission control list of a terminal node; after the terminal node registers to an access node, the access node requesting the location node to send the message transmission control list of the terminal node; the location node searching for the message transmission control list of the terminal node, and sending to the access node; and after receiving the message transmission control list of the terminal node, the access node filtering data messages sent to the terminal node according to the message transmission control list. The present invention also provides a message transmission control system, and a register/update method and system. The control of the message transmission control list in the present invention is implemented in the access server of the wireless network, thus to avoid the wireless resource waste and the subscriber charge loss. |
| US09264881B2 |
Methods and apparatus for enhanced system access control for peer-to-peer wireless communication networks
An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided in which an information block is generated to include an expression encoded based on at least one of a peer discovery resource identifier or an area identifier. The information block is sent for broadcasting. An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided in which an information block is received that includes an expression encoded based on at least one of a peer discovery resource identifier or an area identifier. The information block is decoded based on said at least one of the peer discovery resource identifier or the area identifier to obtain the expression. |
| US09264879B1 |
Managing resource usage of a mobile device
Methods and systems for managing resource usage of a mobile device based on a resource threshold of a wireless communications network. A resource policy is received from a mobile device. The resource policy indicates that a network resource manager associated with a wireless communications network is authorized to use the resource policy to control the resource usage of the mobile device to support a resource threshold level of the wireless communications network. The wireless communications network is associated with a service provider of the mobile device. It is then determined that the wireless communications network has met the resource threshold. Upon determining that the wireless communications threshold has met the resource threshold, the resource usage of the mobile device is limited using the received resource policy of the mobile device. |
| US09264872B2 |
Controlling traffic transmissions to manage cellular radio resource utilization
Techniques for using controlling traffic transmissions to manage radio resource utilization are presented herein. When content is being streamed to user equipment (UE) and is at least initially intended to be streamed in real time at a constant bitrate, a communication management component can determine whether the content being transmitted to the UE can be delayed, instead of being transmitted in real time. In response to determining that the content can be delayed, the communication management component can facilitate buffering data and periodically streaming the data to the UE in data bursts to reduce use of UE power and radio resources. When transmitting a visual image to a UE, the communication management component can adjust resolution of a visual image to correspond to screen dimensions of the UE based on information indicating screen dimensions of the UE that can be received from the UE. |
| US09264865B2 |
Efficient group message delivery method for A2P and M2M
An access platform of a service provider storing at least one group identifier and a list of subscriber numbers of subscriber devices associated with the at least one group ID. The access platform receives a group ID and a message from a customer application running on a customer device. The access platform then compares the received group ID to the at least one group ID stored, and in response to the received group ID matching the at least one stored group ID utilizes the list of subscriber numbers associated with the received group ID to deliver the received message to the subscriber devices. |
| US09264863B2 |
Media distribution via a scalable ad hoc geographic protocol
Media is distributed via a scalable ad hoc geographic routing/broadcast protocol. Media can be transmitted from a mobile device to a cluster of mobile devices that are geographically located in a particular region. Devices that are located between the source and the intended target can act as routers with the ability to forward data packets toward the intended destination. In essence, a geocast network cloud is established, allowing any device within the cloud to communicate with any other device in the cloud. Devices in the network can constantly change position and the transmission path through the network can be constantly changing. The geocast protocol adapts to the changing conditions. |
| US09264862B2 |
Determining exit from a vehicle
Methods and mobile devices determine an exit from a vehicle. Sensors of a mobile device can be used to determine when the user is in a vehicle that is driving. The same or different sensors can be used to identify a disturbance (e.g., loss of communication connection from mobile device to a car computer). After the disturbance, an exit confidence score can be determined at various times, and compared to a threshold. A determination of the exit of the user can be determined based on the comparison of the exit confidence score to the threshold. The mobile device can perform one or more functions in response to the exit confidence score exceeding the threshold, such as changing a user interface (e.g., of a navigation app) or obtaining a location to designate a parking location. |
| US09264851B2 |
Determining the location of a mobile terminal in the presence of a repeater
Data characterizing signal propagation times between a mobile user and a plurality of base stations can be received. A dominant signal propagation path between the mobile user and at least one of the plurality of base stations is via a repeater. A valid mobile user position solution is determined by searching a domain of possible mobile user position solutions using the received data and a predetermined repeater time delay. The valid mobile user position solution can be provided. Related apparatus, systems, techniques, and articles are also described. |
| US09264848B2 |
Mobile device and method for performing function based on short-range communication
A mobile device and method for performing a function using a short-range communication tag are provided. In the method, the mobile device inputs function-related information into a short-range communication tag, and recognizes proximity to or contact with the short-range communication tag. Then the mobile device reads the function-related information from the short-range communication tag, and performs a function correlated with the function-related information. This allows performing various functions of the mobile device, only depending on a user's action to bring the mobile device in proximity to or contact with the Near Field Communication (NFC) tag. |
| US09264846B2 |
Mobile communications resource management system
A mobile communications resource manager including a smart card configured to accept and store a user's personal information suitable for use in commercial transactions (physical tap or electronically) and communications operations, a cellular radio modem, at least one non-cellular radio modem and a controller. The controller is configured for establishing a short-range wireless connection via said non-cellular modem to at least one user accessible electronic device with human interface functionality and accepting a service request from the at least one user accessible electronic device and making a modem selection by selecting either a cellular or a non-cellular connection via a modem resident in the mobile communications resource manager to provide the communications link for the service request, based on a rule resident in the mobile communications resource manager. |
| US09264843B2 |
Simple communication system and method thereof
A simple communication system and a method thereof. The system is used to establish a call from the second user to the first user, and includes an object creation module, object downloading module, and channel establishing module. The object creation module generates communication application module according to notice path for the second user. The object downloading module informs the second user to download and install the communication application module, so a click-to-call icon is generated on a communication terminal of the second user. The channel establishing module establishes a communication channel between the second user and the first user. When the click-to-call icon is trigged by the second user, the channel establishing module establishes the communication channel. The channel establishing module is not allowed to accept the request of the first user to establish the communication channel. |
| US09264837B1 |
Multidimensional virtual learning system and method
A process and system for generating three dimensional sound conferencing includes generating a virtual map with a plurality of positions, each participant selecting one of the positions, determining a direction from each position to each other position on the map, determining a distance from each position to each other position on the map, receiving sound from each participant, mixing the received sound, transforming the mixed sound into binaural audio, and directing the binaural audio sound to each participant via a speaker associated with the virtual position of the speaking participant. The result is a clarified sound that gives to the listening participant a sense of where the speaking participant is positioned relative to the listening participant. |
| US09264831B2 |
Multitrack recorder
A multitrack recorder enables performance of easy identification as to whether a certain track is a monaural type or a stereo type, by means of level meters. The multitrack recorder can set tracks 3 and 4, among a plurality of tracks 1 through 4, to either a monaural type or a stereo type. When track types are stored in memory and when level meters are displayed in a display section, a width of each of track number displays and the number of level displays are changed between the monaural type and the stereo type. |
| US09264830B2 |
Audio level meter
A circuit for correcting the output of an audio level meter comprises input means for generating the square or the absolute value of an input signal, a low pass filter having a predetermined attack time and release time, and output means for converting the output signal from a linear scale to a logarithmic scale. The circuit further comprises a correction means to which an information about whether the input signal to the audio level meter was subject to squaring or converting into an absolute value at the input, as well as the attack and release time of the low pass filter, are supplied as input values, and which provides, at its output, a value representing the difference between the output of the audio level meter and the true signal power of the input signal. |
| US09264828B2 |
Sound level dosage system for vehicles
Audio systems for a vehicle and methods of operating an audio device in a vehicle cabin are provided. A method of operating an audio device directs an acoustic signal to at least one vehicle cabin receiver (VCR) of the audio device; measures sound pressure levels (SPLVCM) for acoustic energy received by at least one vehicle cabin microphone (VCM) of the audio device during a time period Δt; calculates a sound pressure level (SPL) dose (SPL_DoseΔt) during the time period Δt using the sound pressure levels SPLVCM of the at least one VCM; combines the SPL dose (SPL_DoseΔt) with an SPL dose of a previous time period to form a total SPL dose (SPL_Dosetotal); and performs an action to modify operation of the audio device when the total SPL dose is greater than a predetermined threshold. |
| US09264824B2 |
Integration of hearing aids with smart glasses to improve intelligibility in noise
Disclosed herein, among other things, are methods and apparatuses for integration of hearing aids with an MSD to improve intelligibility in noisy environments. One aspect of the present subject matter relates to a method of providing voice audio to a hearing aid or text in a hearing aid user's field of view, where the voice audio or text corresponds to a speaker of interest within a noisy environment, and where the speaker of interest is identified using smart glasses. An MSD graphical user interface is provided for a hearing aid user to identify a speaker of interest. The lip movement patterns of the speaker of interest are recorded by the smart glasses, and voice activity detection is performed on the lip movement patterns. Noise reduction is performed using the results of the voice activity detection. The noise-reduced voice audio may be transmitted to the hearing aid, or the speech recognition text may be transmitted to and displayed on the MSD. |
| US09264823B2 |
Audio headset with automatic equalization
An accessory having an earbud for insertion into a user's ear is disclosed. The earbud may include a speaker and a microphone in which the speaker plays an audio signal for the user and the microphone receives the audio signal. The accessory includes a processor that is coupled to the speaker and the microphone to execute various operations. For example, the operations may include: determining a ratio of an energy estimation of the speaker audio signal to an energy estimation of the audio signal received by the microphone; determining a gain for the speaker audio signal based upon the ratio; based upon the gain, selecting a shelving filter; and applying the shelving filter to the speaker audio signal. |
| US09264822B2 |
System for automatic reception enhancement of hearing assistance devices
Method and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement of hearing assistance devices. The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for automatic reception enhancement in hearing assistance devices. It provides a power estimation scheme that is reliable against both steady and transient input. It provides a TSM estimation scheme that is effective and efficient both in terms of storage size and computational efficiency. The embodiments employing a decision tree provide a weight factor between the omnidirectional and compensated directional signal. The resulting decision logic improves speech intelligibility when talking under noisy conditions. The decision logic also improves listening comfort when exposed to noise. Additional method and apparatus can be found in the specification and as provided by the attached claims and their equivalents. |
| US09264817B2 |
Content processing apparatus and method using sound
A content processing apparatus using sound includes a sound processor configured to generate acoustic sound for a locality check when an event in which locality check is to be executed is generated, a speaker configured to output the acoustic sound, a microphone configured to receive response sound output from an external apparatus which receives the acoustic sound, and a controller configured to determine the external apparatus which outputs the response sound as a peripheral apparatus. |
| US09264816B2 |
Volume reduction filling member for microphone and unidirectional condenser microphone incorporating the same
A microphone includes a volume reduction filling member therein. The volume reduction filling member includes an elastic body having an insertion hole for inserting an electrode extraction member which extracts a generated current to a back end side by contacting a front end side thereof to a fixed electrode of a microphone unit, and reducing a volume inside a unit case. The elastic body is divided into a tip-side main body portion and a base-end-side flexible flange portion through a circular groove around the insertion hole from an outer peripheral face side of a base end portion thereof. When an outer peripheral edge portion of the base-end-side flexible flange portion receives an equal pressure toward a tip direction so as to bend, the elastic body concentrates a stress into a front portion side of the insertion hole through the tip-side main body portion. |
| US09264810B2 |
Directed audio
Embodiments provide apparatuses and systems which include a front surface, a back surface, and a second back surface. A speaker may be disposed between the front surface and the back surface. The speaker is to direct audio substantially orthogonally through the back surface. The second back surface is to enable an acoustic response from the speaker. A method is also provided which enables a computing device to determine whether it is engaging a surface. In response to the determination, the computing device may adjust the audio signal provisioned to a speaker directed orthogonally to the surface, and output the audio signal to provision an omni-directional acoustic response. |
| US09264808B2 |
Systems and methods for detection and cancellation of narrow-band noise
In accordance with methods and systems of the present disclosure, an integrated circuit for implementing at least a portion of a personal audio device may include an output including an anti-noise signal, a reference microphone input, an error microphone input, and a processing circuit. The processing circuit may implement an adaptive filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, wherein the processing circuit may implement a coefficient control block that shapes the response of the adaptive filter in conformity with the error microphone signal and the reference microphone signal by adapting the response of the adaptive filter in accordance with a calculated narrow-band-to-full-band ratio, wherein the narrow-band-to-full-band ratio is a function of a narrow-band power of the reference microphone signal divided by a full-band power of the reference microphone signal. |
| US09264805B2 |
Method for determining a set of filter coefficients for an acoustic echo compensator
Methods and apparatus for beamforming and performing echo compensation for the beamformed signal with an echo canceller including calculating a set of filter coefficients as an estimate for a new steering direction without a complete adaptation of the echo canceller. |
| US09264802B2 |
Computing device utilizing a resting surface as a speaker
The computing device includes a speaker, a transducer configured to utilize a surface in contact with the portable computer to generate an audible sound, a detector configured to determine at least one characteristic of the surface based on at least one received sensor signal, and a controller configured to select at least one of the speaker and the transducer for audible output based on the at least one characteristic of the surface. |
| US09264798B2 |
Dual cartridge directional microphone
The invention relates to a microphone (10). A first (14a) and a second (14b) diaphragm are provided in a housing (12). A first chamber (24a) is delimited by a first side of the first diaphragm (14a) and an inner surface of the housing (12). A first opening (18a) extends from the first chamber (24a) to surroundings of the microphone (10). A second chamber (24b) is delimited by a first side of the second diaphragm (14b) and an inner surface of the housing (12). A second opening (18b) extends from the second chamber (24b) to the surroundings. A common chamber (22) is delimited by a second side of the first diaphragm (14a), a second side of the second diaphragm (14b) and an inner surface of the housing (12). A third opening (20) extends from the common chamber (22) to the surroundings. |
| US09264794B2 |
Orientation-responsive acoustic array control
An audio device includes a casing configured for operation in a first orientation and a second orientation different from the first orientation, an orientation input device disposed on the casing to detect an orientation of the casing relative to the direction of the force of gravity, and a plurality of acoustic drivers disposed on the casing and operable to form a plurality of acoustic interference arrays, each of which is associated with one of a plurality of audio channels. The acoustic drivers of the audio device operate in a first frequency range and modify at least one of the acoustic interference arrays in response to a change in the orientation detected by the orientation input device. |
| US09264793B2 |
MRI compatible headset
A wireless headset capable of receiving audio signals transmitted wirelessly and compatible for use in an MRI scanner is disclosed. The headset includes a first wireless module connected to the first earphone and a second wireless module connected to the second earphone. Each wireless module is electrically connected to a speaker in the respective earphone. The first wireless module receives the audio signal from a remote source and coordinates transmission of the audio signal to each of the speakers. The compact nature of each earphone minimizes the length of wire runs. In addition, the headset is made of materials having low magnetic susceptibility such that they will not be affected by the magnetic field from the MRI scanner. |
| US09264790B2 |
Tray moving mechanism and in-vehicle audio apparatus
A tray moving mechanism includes: a unit base having an internal space formed as a containing space; and a tray movable between a retracted position in which the unit base is contained in the containing space and a projected position in which a music player formed in a substantially rectangular shape can be placed on the tray and in which a part of the tray is projected from the base unit, wherein the tray is moved with respect to the unit base such that the orientations of the tray with respect to the unit base in the retracted and projected positions are substantially 90 deg different from each other. |
| US09264787B2 |
Communication system for process field device
A field device for use in an industrial process, includes a process interface element configured to measure or control a process variable. Communication circuitry is configured to communicate with another location. A communication system is configured to provide communications between at least two components in the field device. A signal inverter couples an inverted signal from the communication system to other circuitry to thereby reduce interference received by the other circuitry. |
| US09264786B2 |
Method and apparatus for universal XDSL demarcation interface with multi-functional capability and signal performance enhancement
Provided is a network module, the module including a base unit, wherein the base unit includes at least one mating element that couples to a corresponding mating element of a network interface device; at least one connector element that couples to an add-on module; and the add-on module, wherein the add-on module includes at least one mating element corresponding to the connector element of the base unit, wherein the base unit is configured to interface with the add-on module and wherein the base unit is electrically connected to the add-on module. |
| US09264783B2 |
Displaying encoded video content via a display adapter
A device receives, from a user device, a request to subscribe to a video content service, and receives privileges and a list of authorized users associated with the user device. The device also registers the user device based on the request to subscribe and based on the privileges associated with the user device, and receives a request to register applications associated with the user device. The device further registers, based on the request to register, the applications associated with the user device, and provides, to the user device, at least one registered display adapter that is capable of being used by the user device to display encoded video content. |
| US09264779B2 |
User interface
A method of providing access to a block of stored content includes transmitting a general EPG at a content receiver for display on a presentation device, the EPG including a plurality of channels having a plurality of programs available at a plurality of times, receiving input from a user to display a block guide, and transmitting the block guide wherein, the block guide is associated with the block of stored content for accessing the block of stored content, the block guide including a plurality of channels having a plurality of programs available for a selected airing time. |
| US09264777B2 |
Control video content play speed
In one example embodiment, a system includes a content provider configured to transmit video content including a plurality of scenes; and an apparatus configured to: receive an input including a target playing time of the video content and a condition for changing a playing speed, determine a priority value for each of the scenes based at least in part on the condition for changing the playing speed, and determine a playing speed of each of the scenes based at least in part on the determined priority value and the target playing time of the video content. |
| US09264769B2 |
User viewing data collection for generating media viewing achievements
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving user viewing data that includes a media source, a viewing time, and a username. The username identifies a user, and the user viewing data is associated with a media viewing device. The user viewing data is recorded by passively monitoring user input to the media viewing device. A program viewed on the media viewing device is determined based upon the user viewing data. A plurality of viewing achievement rules are stored in memory. The viewing achievement rules include one or more criteria based upon user viewing data. At least one achievement rule comprises a criterion that a user view the program. If the user viewing data matches the criteria of one or more of the viewing achievement rules is determined. An indication of one or more achievements is stored in association with the username. |
| US09264765B2 |
Method for providing a video, transmitting device, and receiving device
A method for providing a video includes: (a) acquiring a first main video captured of a first capture space, and a second main video captured of a second capture space including a space other than the first capture space; (b) generating a wide-angle video by combining the plurality of main videos acquired in step (a); (c) acquiring user preference information via a network; (d) calculating a region to be cropped which is a region of the wide-angle video and smaller than the area captured in the wide-angle video, based on the user preference information acquired in step (c); (e) cropping the wide-angle video into the cropping region; and (f) providing, to a user, a cropped video generated by cropping the wide-angle video. |
| US09264755B2 |
System and method for presenting program guide information in an electronic portable device
A system and method for display of supplemental data in association with one or more buttons of controlling device. Operation of a button associated with supplemental data displayed on a controlling device causes an appliance under control of the controlling device to enable rendering of content. The supplemental data is time-variable in that it is associated with the media content available contemporaneously with display of the supplemental data on the controlling device. |
| US09264751B2 |
Method and system for device discovery and content management on a network
Apparatus and methods for downloading selected multimedia content and applications. In one embodiment, the apparatus and methods enable various options or functionalities for programming content over a home network. A web-based user interface on a consumer device controls a set-top box (STB) over a local home network is utilized. An initial process connects the consumer device to an application server for the necessary web software. After discovery of both the consumer device and the STB on the local home network, an initial page of the application is loaded and the application calls the web services on the STB via the home network to retrieve data and control the STB with a compatible web browser on the consumer device. |
| US09264750B2 |
Advertising insertion for playback of video streams on user devices
One or more servers in an IP network receive, from a user device, a selection of live streaming content and assemble an index file including links to chunks of the selected live streaming content and links to advertising files for insertion within the selected live streaming content. The one or more severs send, to the user device, a link to the index file associated with the selected live streaming content and receive, from the user device, a streaming request for the selected live streaming content. The one or more servers send, to the user device, the index file including the links to chunks of the selected live streaming content and the links to advertising files for insertion within the selected live streaming content. The user device may use the links to combine the chunks of the selected live streaming content and the advertising files into a single linear presentation. A standards-based client for the user device is used with the server side implementation. Multiple groupings of index files, based on various location and business criteria, allow for reduction in media stream creation, and granularity of addressing each subscriber. |
| US09264745B2 |
Video server apparatus, video editing system, and control method of video server apparatus
According to one embodiment, a video server apparatus includes a table generator, an acquisition module, and a controller. The table generator generates a management table associating a contents ID with the contents data, and stores the management table in the memory. The acquisition module acquires contents management information from a change request source upon generation of a change request for the contents data. The controller refers to the management table based on the contents ID included in the contents management information, executes change processing for the contents data recorded in the memory based on a reference result of the management table. |
| US09264741B2 |
Intra-premises wireless broadband service using lumped and distributed wireless radiation from cable source input
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, includes a broadband signal access point, which may be located internally or externally to the premises, in combination with the existing cabling is used with radiation device(s) to provide distribution of services, including broadband services, within the premises. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09264739B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding image information
The present invention relates to a deblocking filtering method, a method for inducing bs (boundary strength) therefor, and a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding using the same. The method for inducing the bS of the present invention comprises the steps of: inducing a boundary of a deblocking filtering unit block as a unit block for applying the deblocking filtering; and setting the bS according to each bS setting unit block within the deblocking filtering unit block, wherein the bS setting step can set a bS value for a target boundary corresponding to a boundary of the deblocking filtering unit block as the bs setting unit block. |
| US09264737B2 |
Error resilient transmission of random access frames and global coding parameters
Error mitigation techniques are provided for video coding system in which input frames are selected for coding either as a Random Access Pictures (“RAP frames”) or as a non-RAP frame. Coded RAP frames may include RAP identifiers that set an ID context for subsequent frames. Coded non-RAP frames may include RAP identifiers that match the RAP identifiers that were included in the coded RAP frames. Thus, in the absence of transmission errors, a coded non-RAP frame should include a RAP identifier that matches the identifier of the preceding RAP frame. If the identifier of a non-RAP frame does not match the identifier of the RAP frame that immediately preceded it, then it indicates that a RAP frame was lost during transmission. In this case, the decoder may engage error recovery processes. |
| US09264729B2 |
Video decoding method/device of detecting a missing video frame
Video decoding device is disclosed. The video decoding device comprises a demultiplexer, a first decoder and a controller. The demultiplexer receives a Transport Stream to recover video Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) to determine a presentation time stamp (PTS) and a decoding time stamp (DTS) in a PES header of the PES. The first decoder retrieves a video frame from the video PES to determine temporal reference of the video frame. The controller receives the PTS, the DTS, and the temporal reference to determine whether there is a missing video frame. |
| US09264728B2 |
Intra-plane and inter-plane predictive method for Bayer image coding
An apparatus and method for enhanced encoding and decoding of Bayer images is presented. The use of intra-plane prediction, which relies on correlation between neighboring pixels of the same color, is enhanced by adding inter-plane prediction that relies on correlation between neighboring pixels in different color planes (i.e., different colors). The inter-plane prediction is performed within either a single residual computation, or across multiple residual computations, such as generating an intra-predicted set of residuals which are then utilized in computing inter-predicted residuals. |
| US09264726B2 |
Image coding method of coding a current picture with prediction using one or both of a first reference picture list and a second reference picture list
An image coding method includes: adding, to a candidate list, a first adjacent motion vector as a candidate for a predicted motion vector to be used for coding the current motion vector; selecting the predicted motion vector from the candidate list; and coding the current motion vector, wherein in the adding, the first adjacent motion vector indicating a position in a first reference picture included in a first reference picture list is added to the candidate list for the current motion vector indicating a position in a second reference picture included in a second reference picture list. |
| US09264722B2 |
Methods and devices for encoding and decoding transform domain filters
Methods and devices for encoding and decoding data using transform domain filtering are described. The encoder determines a set of transform domain filter coefficients to be applied to a transform domain prediction. The filtering may, in some cases, also apply to transform domain reconstructions. Rate-distortion optimization may be used to determine the optimal filter coefficients on a frame-basis, coding-unit-basis, or other basis. Multiple filters may be developed and communicated from the encoder to the decoder for different combinations of transform block size, coding mode, prediction mode, and texture type. In other cases, the filtering is applied in the pixel-domain to a pixel-domain prediction or a pixel-domain reconstruction of a block of samples. |
| US09264718B2 |
Image encoding apparatus
Provided is a moving picture coding apparatus for increasing a compression ratio of a moving picture signal while maintaining high image quality. To minimize the number of bits required for a residual block, quantized transform coefficients are adaptively divided into a plurality of subsets according to a size of a transform block, and non-zero quantized transform coefficients of each subset are scanned and encoded. Also, an intra prediction mode of the current block is determined using reference pixels obtained by filtering reference pixels of the current block. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the amount of data required for the residual block of the current block. |
| US09264716B2 |
Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding video using split layer
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for encoding/decoding a video using a split layer. The video encoding/decoding method generates an encoded image data by encoding a current block partitioned into a plurality of subblocks, generates an encoded partition information data by encoding partition information of the current block, generates a bitstream including the encoded image data and the encoded partition information data, and then reconstructs the video image from the generated bitstream. According to the present disclosure, when encoding a high resolution video with variable sized blocks, various block shapes may be used for the encoding, and efficient encoding and decoding of the block partition information can improve the compression efficiency. |
| US09264713B2 |
Rotation of prediction residual blocks in video coding with transform skipping
Techniques are described for coding residual data of a prediction residual block with transform skipping. A transform may be skipped for a residual block when the residual block is coded using either a lossless coding mode or a lossy coding mode in a transform skip mode. According to the techniques, based on a transform being skipped for a residual block, a rotation unit included in a video encoder or a video decoder determines whether to rotate the residual block prior to coding residual data of the residual block. In some examples, a rotation value may be explicitly signaled between the video encoder and the video decoder. In other examples, the video encoder and the video decoder may each independently determine whether to rotate the residual block based on a type of boundary at two or more edges of the residual block. |
| US09264707B2 |
Multi-symbol run-length coding
A method includes performing, by a microprocessor of a computing device, a coding to obtain a residual of a residual data block from an original data block. The method includes pre-defining a default order of symbols in the residual data block. The method includes re-ordering the symbols in the residual data block in an order other than the default order, such that a first set of most frequently used symbols are in a first location and a second set of least frequently used symbols are in a second location, producing a multi-symbol run-length code based on a group of symbols from the first set of most frequently used symbols, and detecting the second set of least frequently used symbols based on the multi-symbol run-length code. |
| US09264705B2 |
Signal adaptive filtering method, signal adaptive filter and computer readable medium for storing program therefor
A signal adaptive filtering method for reducing blocking effect and ringing noise, a signal adaptive filter, and a computer readable medium. The signal adaptive filtering method capable of reducing blocking effect and ringing noise of image data when a frame is composed of blocks of a predetermined size includes the steps of: (a) generating blocking information for reducing the blocking effect and ringing information for reducing the ringing noise, from coefficients of predetermined pixels of the upper and left boundary regions of the data block when a frame obtained by deconstructing a bitstream image data for inverse quantization is an intraframe; and (b) adaptively filtering the image data passed through inverse quantization and inverse discrete cosine transform according to the generated blocking information and ringing information. Therefore, the blocking effect and ringing noise can be eliminated from the image restored from the block-based image, thereby enhancing the image restored from compression. |
| US09264704B2 |
Frame image quality as display quality benchmark for remote desktop
A method is provided to measure an overall image quality score for a remote desktop on a first computer and accessed from a second computer. The method includes playing a video timestamp on the remote desktop at the first computer where the video timestamp includes unique timestamps, screen capturing first computer frames of the remote desktop at the first computer and second computer frames of the remote desktop at the second computer at the same time, determining a frame image quality score for each second computer frame by comparing the client screen to a corresponding baseline first computer frame, and determining the overall image quality score for the remote desktop from frame image quality scores of the second computer frames. |
| US09264701B2 |
Video display apparatus and video display method
A video display apparatus includes a display section that carries out a display process based on a drive signal and a drive section that outputs to the display section a first drive signal based on a video signal having undergone video processing in a first video processing section at a fixed cycle and a second drive signal based on a video signal having undergone video processing in a second video processing section at the same cycle as the cycle at which the first drive signal is outputted but at timing shifted from the first drive signal by one-half the cycle. When the video signals contain two-dimensional video images, the first video processing section produces a video signal for two-dimensional video images and the second video processing section produces a video signal for black screen insertion. |
| US09264700B2 |
Multi viewer display and displaying method of the same
A multi viewer display and a displaying method of the same enables a plurality of viewers to view different images. The multi viewer display includes a display unit which includes a plurality of pixels, an image receiver which receives a plurality of image signals, a signal processor which processes the plurality of image signals to allot and display the plurality of received image signals for each pixel of the display unit corresponding to a plurality of viewers, and an optical angle converter which changes displayed light of the image signal displayed in the pixel of the display unit to be within a viewing angle range of the concerned viewer among the plurality of viewers. |
| US09264698B2 |
Lenticular lens, image generation apparatus, and image generation method
An image generation apparatus to generate an image includes an acquisition unit, an input unit, and a generation unit. The acquisition unit acquires image data. The input unit inputs brightness information with respect to the image data and lens characteristics of a lenticular lens. The generation unit generates a plurality of pieces of image data which is varied in brightness for being synthesized to the lenticular lens based on the brightness information and the lens characteristics. |
| US09264696B2 |
Apparatus and method for three-dimensional image capture with extended depth of field
An optical system for capturing three-dimensional images of a three-dimensional object is provided. The optical system includes a projector for structured illumination of the object. The projector includes a light source, a grid mask positioned between the light source and the object for structured illumination of the object, and a first Wavefront Coding (WFC) element having a phase modulating mask positioned between the grid mask and the object to receive patterned light from the light source through the grid mask. The first WFC element is constructed and arranged such that a point spread function of the projector is substantially invariant over a wider range of depth of field of the grid mask than a point spread function of the projector without the first WFC element. |
| US09264694B2 |
Hand-held imaging apparatus and storage medium storing program
A hand-held imaging apparatus 10 comprises a lower housing 11, an upper housing 21, an outer camera 25, a lower LCD 12, a touch panel 13, and change means. The upper housing 21 is foldably connected to the lower housing 11. The outer camera 25 is provided in an outer surface of the upper housing 21 when folded. The lower LCD 12 has a display screen which is provided in an inner surface of the lower housing 11 when folded, and displays a live image which is currently taken by the outer camera 25. The touch panel 13 is provided on the display screen of the lower LCD 12. The change means makes a change to the live image based on an input with respect to the touch panel 13. |
| US09264690B2 |
Conversion of interleaved data sets, including chroma correction and/or correction of checkerboard interleaved formatted 3D images
Conversion of interleaved data and/or correction of color samples or other data are corrected by recognizing an underlying arrangement or format of different data sets within a data stream and a conversion process applied that causes bleeding between the sets. The data sets are, for example, separate channel views of a 3D display, and the corruption occurs, for example, upon up-conversion of color samples that take into account both views together rather than individually. The invention is embodied, for example, as part of a playback device, display, or as a stand alone converter box that corrects the corrupted samples by at least one of substitution, filtering, or interpolation with appropriately selected samples (e.g., neighboring samples of a same view). |
| US09264689B2 |
Systems and methods for color compensation in multi-view video
An apparatus and a method for color compensation in multi-view video is provided. Video sequences corresponding to a common scene of interest are captured and processed using the master and slave channels respectively. A compensation gain is calculated based on a set of global color ratio statistics obtained from the master and slave channels. The compensation gain is applied to the slave channel. An initial master color correction matrix is combined with a master color matching matrix to obtain a final master color correction matrix. The initial slave color correction matrix is combined with a slave color matching matrix to obtain a final slave color correction matrix. The master and gain-compensated slave channels are color-compensated by applying the final master and final slave color correction matrices to the master and gain-compensated slave channels, respectively. |
| US09264685B2 |
Image capture apparatus
An image capture apparatus has an image capture unit to capture an object image, an acquisition unit to acquire a developing parameter for image data captured by the image capture unit, an analysis unit to analyze RAW image data generated by the image capture unit, an image composition unit to compose a plurality of RAW image data generated by the image capture unit and generate composite RAW image data, a composition ratio determination unit to determine a composition ratio for a plurality of developing parameters respectively for development of the plurality of RAW image data acquired by the acquisition unit, a parameter composition unit to compose the plurality of developing parameters and generate one composite developing parameter, and a development unit to develop the composite RAW image data using the composite developing parameter. |
| US09264684B2 |
Colour balance processor
The color distortion of an image caused by improper white balance when illuminated using a dual light source can be alleviated by masking a weighted central area of the image, and then determining an impact metric indicating the combined impact of the brightness and pixel color components for the masked weighted central area. |
| US09264680B2 |
Apparatus, method and computer-readable recording medium for improving visibility of an image projected on a screen
An image processing apparatus includes a projecting unit configured to project an image; an image capturing unit configured to capture the projected image to generate a captured image; an area identifying unit configured to identify a high-lightness area and a low-lightness area of the captured image; and a correcting unit configured to correct a lightness of the projected image in a manner that gradually changes the lightness of the high-lightness area of the captured image obtained by projecting a white image to the lightness of the low-lightness area of the captured image and sets the lightness thus changed as the lightness of the projected image. The projecting unit projects the projected image having the corrected lightness and an image to prompt a user for a response to the change in the lightness of the projected image. |
| US09264679B2 |
Maintaining distortion-free projection from a mobile device
A mobile device, such as a smart phone, is provided with a camera and a projector. A user may select a still image or a video sequence and project it onto a viewing surface using the mobile device. Once the viewer selects a preferred perspective view frame, the image frame may be pinned to the viewing surface. After that, the viewer may move the projector to different positions while holding the projector, or sit the projector on a table and the viewed image will be maintained in the same perspective view frame as the initial selected view. |
| US09264673B2 |
Vehicle vision system with enhanced functionality
A vehicle vision system includes at least one camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle, and includes a control having an image processor for processing image data captured by the at least one camera. The control, responsive at least in part to image processing of captured image data by the image processor, is operable to carry out one or more actions based on the detection of selected elements in the image data captured by the at least one camera. The control may control the operation of an additional component in the vehicle aside from the camera. The vision system may include a forward facing camera, a rearward facing camera and/or a sideward facing camera. |
| US09264671B2 |
Video transmission system having unicast and multicast modes and methods for use therewith
A video transmission system includes a video server module that selectively operates in a unicast mode and a multicast mode, wherein the video server module generates a video signal that includes a unicast video signal when the video server module is in the unicast mode and that includes a multicast video signal when the video server module is in the multicast mode. A wireless access device transmits the video signal to at least one mobile video device. |
| US09264669B2 |
Content management that addresses levels of functionality
Data can be provided via devices based on levels of functionalities of the devices. In one example, a broker receives content from a data source and sends the content to devices in a network for presentation to a user. The devices may have different functionalities and the broker may modify the data content in accordance with each devices level of functionality. Modification of the data content may include, for example, re-formatting or changing the amount of content to be displayed or provided at the respective devices in the network. |
| US09264667B1 |
Determining electronic media format when transferring a customer between specialists or amongst communication sources at a customer service outlet
Systems, apparatus, and computer program products are provided for determining the media format for transferring a customer from customer between specialists and/or from one communication source to another communication source within a customer service outlet, such as a banking center or the like. For example, while a two-way video conference system may be used for communication between a customer and a remote specialist, in certain instances in which the customer requires transfer to another specialist (e.g., a specialist having a different specialty) other media formats, such as one-way live video conference, live audio-only conference, text chat or the like may be implemented. |
| US09264665B2 |
Teleconferencing system and non-transitory computer readable medium storing program
A teleconferencing system includes a plurality of teleconferencing servers, a plurality of teleconferencing terminals, and a specification server. The plurality of teleconferencing servers are configured to be connected to one another through a network. Each of the plurality of teleconferencing terminals are configured to conduct a teleconference by transmitting and receiving media data to and from one another. Each one of the plurality of teleconferencing terminals is configured to be connected to one of the plurality of teleconferencing servers. The specification server is configured to be connected to the plurality of teleconferencing servers and is configured to specify a recording server that is configured to record the media data. |
| US09264664B2 |
Systems and methods for dynamic bandwidth allocation
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of systems and methods that may be utilized in a variety of videoconferencing applications. According to various embodiments, techniques may be utilized to dynamically allocate and adjust bandwidth utilization during a videoconferencing session. A data network may allow for the transmission of data between two or more endpoints. The data exchanged between the endpoints may include video data, audio data, control data, and status data. Control data may be utilized in various embodiments to operate a robotic videoconferencing endpoint. Accordingly, various components of a data network connecting videoconferencing endpoints may transmit data wirelessly. |
| US09264663B2 |
Ultra low latency video communication
A video communication system comprising at least one video data transmission unit for sending or receiving video data over a data network is disclosed, as well as a corresponding video data transmission method. The transmission unit comprising an image acquiring circuitry or an image reconstruction circuitry for acquiring or reconstruction an image frame or image field, a video processing unit for processing at least part of the video data and a communication unit for sending or receiving at least part of the data. At least two of the image acquiring circuitry or image reconstruction circuitry, the video processing unit and the communication unit are arranged for simultaneously handling different parts of a same image frame or image same field of the video data. |
| US09264660B1 |
Presenter control during a video conference
Embodiments generally relate to presenter control during a video conference. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a user interface of a video conference between at least a first user and a second user, where the user interface displays a first user video stream in a current presenter position and displays a second user video stream in a secondary presenter position. The method also includes detecting at least one gesture from the second user, where the detecting of the at least one gesture indicates that the second user intends to be a current presenter. The method also includes causing the user interface to display the second user video stream in the current presenter position and to display the first user video stream in the secondary presenter position in response to the detecting. |
| US09264653B2 |
Video and audio reproduction apparatus, and video and audio reproduction method
The DVD player includes: a reproducing unit reproducing audio data and video data; a first transmission unit converting, into first data in accordance with a first standard, the audio data and video data reproduced by the reproducing unit, and transmitting the first data to the television; a second transmission unit converting, into second data in accordance with a second standard, the audio data and video data reproduced by the reproducing unit, and transmitting the second data to the television; a display determination unit determining whether or not to display an error message regarding an error occurring in the first transmission unit based on whether or not the video is displayed using the first data; and a display control unit causing the message display unit to display the error message according to a result of the determination by the display determination unit. |
| US09264646B2 |
Electronic device and video playing method
A video playing method for an electronic device, the electronic device includes a display and an image capturing apparatus. The image capturing apparatus captures images in real-time while a video is being displayed by the electronic device. The electronic device determines whether each of the images captured by the image capturing apparatus includes facial characteristics. If one or more images do not include the facial characteristics, the video is automatically paused. |
| US09264644B2 |
Analog-to-digital conversion for image sensor with non-destructive read pixel
Methods and systems for analog-to-digital conversion applicable to an image sensor, such as a CMOS image sensor, in which pixels can be readout non-destructively, and wherein a non-destructive pixel read may be used to provide a coarse analog-to-digital conversion such that information can be stored, and the stored information is then applied in a fine analog-to-digital conversion during a subsequent actual pixel read. |
| US09264642B2 |
Imaging device, imaging system, and method for driving imaging device for generating and converting signals based on photoelectric and noise
Conventionally, in order to obtain a difference signal between an A+N signal and an N signal and a difference signal between an A+B+N signal and the A+N signal, the A+N signal needs to be held in two different capacitors. Hence, there is a problem in that, due to variations in capacitance of the two capacitors, the difference signal between the A+N signal and the N signal and the difference signal between the A+B+N signal and the A+N signal may not accurately be obtained. An imaging device generates a signal obtained by subtracting the same digital N signal from each of the digital A+N signal and the digital A+B+N signal. |
| US09264639B2 |
Feedthrough-compensated image sensor
A control pulse is generated a first control signal line coupled to a transfer gate of a pixel to enable photocharge accumulated within a photosensitive element of the pixel to be transferred to a floating diffusion node, the first control signal line having a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. A feedthrough compensation pulse is generated on a second signal line of the pixel array that also has a capacitive coupling to the floating diffusion node. The feedthrough compensation pulse is generated with a pulse polarity opposite the pulse polarity of the control pulse and is timed to coincide with the control pulse such that capacitive feedthrough of the control pulse to the floating diffusion node is reduced. |
| US09264638B2 |
Zoom lens and image pickup apparatus including the same
A zoom lens includes in order from object side to image side: a positive first lens unit that does not move for zooming; a negative second lens unit that moves during zooming; and a positive N-th lens unit that does not move for zooming, the N-th lens unit being arranged closest to the image side. The first lens unit includes, in order from object side to image side: a negative first sub-lens unit that does not move for focusing; a positive second sub-lens unit that moves along an optical axis during focusing; and a positive third sub-lens unit that does not move for focusing. Focal length of the first lens unit, focal length at wide angle end of the zoom lens, and lateral magnification at wide angle end satisfy predetermined conditions. |
| US09264631B2 |
Infrared conversion device, imaging apparatus, and imaging method
An infrared conversion device includes: a substrate (122); and a metal fine particle layer (123) formed on the substrate (122), wherein the metal fine particle layer (123) is formed with metal fine particles (124) and a dielectric material (125) that fills gaps between the metal fine particles (124) and absorbs incident infrared rays. Alternatively, an infrared conversion device detects infrared rays converted into visible light by detecting a change caused in the permittivity of a light receiving material (125) by infrared absorption as a change in the intensity of scattering light based on local plasmon resonance. |
| US09264629B2 |
Suppressing flicker in digital images
Suppressing flicker in digital images includes deriving pixel values from a non-content area of a digital image, estimating flicker values within the non-content area, and suppressing flicker throughout the digital image based on the estimated flicker values of the non-content area. |
| US09264626B2 |
Method and device for recognising pulsing light sources
The invention relates to a method and a device for recognizing a pulsing light source, in which a sequence of individual images is acquired with a light sensitive sensor. In an evaluation unit, all or at least some of the picture points of each individual image are examined with regard to at least one predefined feature. A gray value of any picture point depends on two or more charge levels of at least one of the photodetectors of the sensor corresponding to the picture point at the ends of at least two integration intervals for the picture point. The at least two integration intervals for said picture point have different lengths. The examination comprises an examination of the picture points as to whether the picture points have gray values in a defined vicinity of one of at least one predefined gray value. |
| US09264625B2 |
Image capturing apparatus with management and correction of inclinations
An image capturing apparatus includes a body that can be freely inclined relative to a predetermined reference axis through the effect of a rotation about a certain axis of rotation, an optical sensor device capable of capturing luminous radiation incident thereon and of converting it so that it can be stored into a physical medium in the form of a captured image, wherein the optical sensor device is mechanically coupled to the body of the apparatus in a manner such that it can be made capable of controllably rotating about the axis of rotation, an inclination sensor adapted to detect the angular offset of the optical sensor device with respect to the predetermined reference axis, a motor adapted to rotate the optical sensor device about the axis of rotation when it is made capable of controllably rotating about the axis of rotation by the motor, a processor and controller associated with the inclination sensor and with the motor and adapted to change the inclination of the optical sensor device through the motor depending on the angular offset detected by the inclination sensor with respect to the predetermined reference axis. |
| US09264624B2 |
Camera and method of controlling operation of same
An image obtained by superimposing the image of the subject, which is displayed on the display screen of an electronic viewfinder, upon the optical image of the subject can be seen by the user looking through a finder unit. Display position on the display screen of the electronic viewfinder is shifted so as to correct for parallax between the finder unit and the solid-state electronic image sensing device. When the image of the subject is in focus, the optical image of the subject and the electronically captured image of the subject coincide. When the image of the subject is not in focus, the optical image and the electronically captured image are offset from each other. Correct focus can be achieved while observing the extent of offset between these images of the subject through the finder unit. |
| US09264622B2 |
Apparatus and method to provide a live view while photographing an image
A photographing apparatus, and a photographing method thereof. The photographing method of the photographing apparatus determines if an instruction to photograph is input, and if the instruction to photograph is input, displays a live view by using a first data output from a first pixel group included in an image sensor, and combines a second data output from a second pixel group included in the image sensor with the first data and generates a photographed image, and stores the generated photographed image. Accordingly, the user is continuously provided with the live view even after photographing. Specifically, in continuous photographing, since the user is provided with the live view through which he or she can check the moving subject of photography, the user is enabled to compose images as he or she wishes. |
| US09264621B2 |
Electronic viewfinder
An electronic viewfinder is configured to magnify an image and provide adjustable diopter for different observers. The electronic viewfinder includes an aperture stop, a lens group totally with positive power, and a display. The components in the electronic viewfinder are arranged sequentially between the observer and the image. The lens group is utilized to enlarge the image, and the lens group includes a first lens with positive power and a second lens with negative power. The display is for showing the image. A first planar lens is disposed between the aperture stop and the lens group. A second planar lens may be disposed between the lens group and the display. A polarizer may be arranged between the second planar lens and the lens group. |
| US09264617B2 |
Camera and method of controlling operation of same
An optical image of the subject is obtained by the finder unit. An image of the subject obtained by imaging is displayed on the display screen of an optical viewfinder. Looking through the finder unit, the user can see an image obtained by superimposing the image of the subject, which is displayed on the display screen of the electronic viewfinder, upon the optical image of the subject. The two images of the subject coincide when the subject is in focus and do not coincide when the subject is not in focus. The user can bring the subject into focus while looking through the finder unit to ascertain the degree of offset between the images of the subject. In cases such as excessive camera shake, the subject appears blurry. In response, the display of the image of the subject upon the display screen of the electronic viewfinder is halted. |
| US09264616B2 |
Image capturing apparatus, method of controlling the same, and storage medium for correcting image blurring of a captured image
An image capturing apparatus comprises a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake, a motion vector detection unit configured to detect a motion vector indicating movement of an image from a captured image signal, a motion vector output control unit configured to selectively output an output of the motion vector detection unit and an output of the shake detection unit, a correction amount calculation unit configured to calculate a shake correction amount based on at least one of the output of the motion vector output control unit and the output of the shake detection unit; and a correction unit configured to correct the image blurring of the captured image based on the shake correction amount. |
| US09264615B2 |
Image capturing apparatus and control method thereof
An image capturing apparatus determines the target position of a shake correction lens in accordance with a shake signal corresponding to an acting shake, and performs feedback control to converge the position of the shake correction lens to the target position. A division unit divides the shake signal into low- and high-frequency components. A first low-pass filter integrates the high-frequency component, and a second low-pass filter integrates the low-frequency component. A synthesis unit synthesizes output signals from the first and second low-pass filters, and outputs the synthetic signal as the target position. When the apparatus is being panned or tilted, the cutoff frequency of the second low-pass filter is set to be a value larger than that of a cutoff frequency when the apparatus is neither being panned nor tilted. |
| US09264611B2 |
Image-pickup apparatus, its control method, and storage medium
An image-pickup apparatus includes a synthesizer configured to synthesize a plurality of images, a detector configured to detect positional information, a first instructor configured to instruct a start of a photography preparing operation, a second instructor configured to instruct a start of a photographic operation, and a controller configured to determine first and second capturing conditions in accordance with an instruction from the first instructor and to hold reference position information based upon the positional information when the first instructor provides an instruction, the controller being configured to make an image-pickup unit start the consecutive shooting under the first capturing condition in accordance with an instruction from the second instructor, and to make the image-pickup unit capture an image under the second capturing condition when the detector detects that the positional information of the image-pickup apparatus corresponds to the reference position information. |
| US09264610B2 |
Capturing and processing of images including occlusions captured by heterogeneous camera arrays
Systems and methods for implementing array cameras configured to perform super-resolution processing to generate higher resolution super-resolved images using a plurality of captured images and lens stack arrays that can be utilized in array cameras are disclosed. Lens stack arrays in accordance with many embodiments of the invention include lens elements formed on substrates separated by spacers, where the lens elements, substrates and spacers are configured to form a plurality of optical channels, at least one aperture located within each optical channel, at least one spectral filter located within each optical channel, where each spectral filter is configured to pass a specific spectral band of light, and light blocking materials located within the lens stack array to optically isolate the optical channels. |
| US09264607B2 |
Camera and method of controlling operation of same
An image of subject formed optically is obtained by the finder unit. The subject is imaged electronically by an image sensing device, and a video signal, which represents an image within an autofocus target area inside the image of the subject of the subject obtained, is read out of the image sensing device. The image represented by the video signal is displayed on the display screen of a liquid crystal device which constitutes an electronic viewfinder. Looking through the finder unit, a user sees an image obtained by superimposing the image, which is displayed on the display screen, upon the optical image of the subject. If correct focusing is achieved, the optical image of the subject and the image coincide. Since a video representing a portion of the image of the subject is read out of the image sensing device, the image is displayed without delay. |
| US09264598B1 |
Collaborative image capturing
Systems and approaches are provided to allow for collaborative image capturing. Multiple user devices subscribed to the collaborative image capturing system can be synchronized to perform certain image capturing related tasks, including coordinated image capture. When the user devices are widely dispersed, the image data can be aggregated to generate composited image data, such as panoramas, 3-D transformations, or stereoscopic image data. Multiple user devices can also be coordinated to simultaneously flash or activate other light emitting components that may improve lighting condition than would otherwise be capable of a single computing device. |
| US09264597B2 |
Sensor state map for managing operational states of an image sensor
Systems and methods are provided to implement a state map to control operations of a complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) sensor. The state map can be a table comprising one or more locations. Each of the locations can comprise a destination state to define the operations of the sensor and an exit criterion to advance to a next location in the state map. For example, an operation sequence can be implemented using the state map to instruct the CMOS sensor to perform a specific set of operations. Further, a data value to represent the destination state and/or a variable input can be stored in a writable address of a register. Thus, a simplified architecture can be provided to implement CMOS sensor operation states, for instance, to improve interactions between real time and non-real time signals and to increase functionality of the CMOS sensor. |
| US09264596B2 |
Security camera system and method for eliminating video aberrations from excessive IR illumination
In a security camera system, the power to the illumination system is controlled based on the quality of the images generated by the imaging system. Specifically, the images in the frames detected by the imaging chip of the security camera are analyzed to determine whether or not there is adequate or inadequate power to the illumination system. The controller then changes the power to the illumination system until optimal illumination of the scene is achieved. Generally the power to the illumination system is reduced in response to increasing blur in the images or halos around edges in the images. |
| US09264592B2 |
Array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks
Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes. |
| US09264586B2 |
Methods, systems, and products for alternate audio sources
Audio and video signals are synchronized for pleasing presentation of content. As content is streamed to a device, an audio portion may lag or lead a video portion. Spoken words, for example, are out of synch with the lip movements. Video content is thus synchronized to audio content to ensure streaming content is pleasing. |
| US09264581B2 |
Systems and methods for lossy compression of image color profiles
In one embodiment, an image is received by a computing device, the image corresponding to a first color space. A color profile is created for transforming the image from the first color space to a second color space, the creation of the color profile being based on an approximation function for transforming the image. The approximation function is determined by a polyline which comprises a number of line segments. The polyline is separated from an ideal function curve for transforming the image by an error value that is within a pre-determined threshold. |
| US09264580B2 |
Information processing apparatus configured for acquiring user information using near field wireless communication
There is provided an information processing apparatus and a control method thereof. The information processing apparatus and a control method acquires user information from an external apparatus by using near field wireless communication, determines how to handle the acquired user information according to a type of a screen displayed by a display unit. For example, when the displayed screen is an authentication screen, authentication processing is executed by using the acquired user information. |
| US09264579B2 |
Correction control device, image reading apparatus, and correction control method
There is provided a correction control device. A correcting unit performs edge enhancement correction on image information of each of documents having been read while the corresponding document and a sensor unit having a light receiving element have been moved relatively to each other. A setting unit sets a filter process to be applied by the correcting unit, according to the distance between the sensor unit and each of the documents. |
| US09264573B2 |
Image forming system and image forming apparatus that forward document box of moved user
An image forming system includes a plurality of image forming apparatuses and a group management server. The plurality of image forming apparatuses each include a document-box management unit. The document-box movement processing unit transmits a command to at least one of a first image forming apparatus assigned to a group before the movement and a second image forming apparatus assigned to a group after the movement, the command causing movement of a document box of the moved user from the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus. The document-box management unit in at least one of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus accepts the command. The document-box management unit forwards the document box of the moved user from the first image forming apparatus to the second image forming apparatus. |
| US09264572B2 |
Image reading device
An image reading device including: concave first lens mirrors that are arranged in an array shape along a main scanning direction and that collimate scattered light reflected by an irradiated object and reflect the scattered light as a substantially parallel bundle of rays that are angled in a sub-scanning direction; planar mirrors that reflect light from the first lens mirrors; apertures that are arranged in an array shape and that allow light from the planar mirrors to pass through by way of openings that are arranged in an array shape and that are light-shielded therearound for selectively allowing light to pass through; concave second lens mirrors that are arranged in an array shape into which light from the apertures is incident and that reflect the light from the apertures as converged light; and light receivers that have light receiving areas on which light from the second lens mirrors is incident and that form images that correspond to light from the openings. |
| US09264571B2 |
Biased document backing
A document backing extending in a plane is resiliently biased in a direction substantially parallel to the plane. |
| US09264569B2 |
Optical scanner integrated with substrate method of making and method of using the same
An optical scanner includes a substrate, and a tunable laser on the substrate, wherein the tunable laser is configured to emit light, and to sweep a wavelength of the emitted light through a waveband. The optical scanner further includes a grating over a top surface of the substrate, the grating configured to diffract light emitted from the tunable laser, and an angled reflective surface configured to reflect the diffracted light from the grating. The optical scanner further includes a refractive element configured to receive the reflected light from the angled reflective surface. The refractive element is configured to focus the reflected light in a first direction and to diverge the reflected light in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. |
| US09264565B2 |
Image communication apparatus, operating method, and storage medium with power saving mode
There is provided with an image communication apparatus. A serial interface transfers data between a master and a slave. The master supplies a clock signal to the slave. An oscillation generator generates a clock signal. A switch selects, and supplies to the slave, either the clock signal output from the oscillation generator or the clock signal from the master. A controller stops an operation of the master and controls the switch such that the clock signal output from the oscillation generator is supplied to the slave, upon transition to a power saving mode. |
| US09264562B2 |
Recording apparatus
A printer includes a scanner unit which reads a document; and a recording portion which records information read by the scanner unit. In the recording portion, the maximum recordable size of a paper sheet is greater than a size of a document reading area in the scanner unit. At a base end side of a cover, which opens and closes the document reading area, a gap is formed which passes the document to an outer side of the scanner unit when the document is pushed out from the document reading area. |
| US09264558B2 |
System for verifying accuracy of a raster scanned image of a document
A system for verifying accuracy of a raster scanned image of a document (20) includes an input tray (30) that holds documents prior to imaging; an input imaging device (40) that captures an image of a document in the input tray; transmitting the captured input tray image to an image processor (100); transporting the document through a document scanner (10); a raster capture device for capturing a raster scanned image of the document with; transmitting the raster scanned image to the image processor; and verifying the accuracy of the raster scanned image by comparing the raster scanned image of the document to the input tray image of the document. |
| US09264557B2 |
Charging systems and methods for telecommunications
Methods in a charging system (20), in a charging node or charging server comprise associating plural telecommunications services (S) with a product (P) and creating a product instance, the product instance being available to a subscriber entity and having a product instance lifecycle. The methods further comprise, upon receiving a service reservation, checking whether the service reservation is for a first reserved service of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance and, if so, reserving a fee for the product instance against a payor account. The methods further comprise, upon receiving a first notification of use by the subscriber entity of any of the plural services associated with the product instance, posting the fee to the payor account. The methods further comprise thereafter permitting use of all of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance to the subscribing entity during the product instance lifecycle without deducting a further fee for use of the plural telecommunication services associated with the product instance. |
| US09264556B2 |
On-device attribution of network data usage
Embodiments attribute network data transfers to applications executing on a computing device. A data transfer service executes on the computing device to receive and process data transfer requests. The data transfer requests, populated by the applications, have identifiers attributed thereto to enable monitoring of the network data transfers per identifier. For example, network data transfers associated with different mail accounts of a mail program or different web sites of browser are attributed separately. Data usage statistics relating to the network data transfers for each identifier may be generated and presented to the user for review. |
| US09264552B2 |
Networking between VOIP-and PSTN-calls
Programmatically reversing numerical line identity presented at a communications services gateway into named IP Telephony users with “prior association”, delivers dynamic “reverse address resolution” switching connections from ground to cloud, permitting any conventional telephone to dial and connect to any associated IP Telephony endpoint in the world, without changes to the conventional telephone. Reversing line identity into associated named users bridges both the addressability and economic divide between mass conventional “paying” (mobile and fixed) and “free” IP Telephony networks. A system for supporting communications between a user on an IP-addressed-communications-device and a telephony subscriber device, the telephony subscriber device having a corresponding telephone number, includes: one or more service nodes configured to: receive from the user the telephone number of the telephony subscriber device and create an association from the telephone number to the user, wherein the association allows the telephony subscriber device to connect to the user. |
| US09264550B2 |
Speaker identification for use in multi-media conference call system
Methods for operating a meeting coordinator to detect which participant is speaking during a teleconference meeting using a teleconferencing system, having corresponding mobile electronic devices and computer-readable media, comprise: accessing calendaring information concerning the teleconference meeting, the calendaring information including a time of the teleconference meeting, a meeting location, identities of meeting invitees, and contact information for the meeting invitees; automatically setting up the teleconference meeting using the calendaring information to enable the teleconferencing system to connect remotely-located meeting invitees; generating a roster of meeting participants comprising at least some of the meeting invitees; tracking a participation status for the meeting participants; and accessing prerecorded unique digital voice signatures for the meeting invitees. |
| US09264547B2 |
Voicemail system and method for providing voicemail to text message conversion
A method and system for allowing a calling party to send a voicemail message as a text message. A calling party leaves a voicemail message and that message is converted from voice to a text message. If the calling party wishes to confirm the conversion, the text message is then converted to a voicemail message. The converted voicemail message is presented to the calling party so that the calling party can review and edit the message. The calling party can review and edit any portion of the converted voicemail message. The edits of the voicemail message are applied and the voicemail message is converted to a new text message. If the calling party wishes to further review and edit the text message, it is converted to a new voicemail; otherwise the text message is sent to the called party. |
| US09264545B2 |
Computer-implemented system and method for automating call center phone calls
A system and method for processing a call between a caller and a live agent is provided. A stream of verbal speech utterances is received from the caller and converted into text. Text messages are received from the agent in response to the stream of verbal speech utterances and converted into synthesized speech utterances. The synthesized speech utterances are provided to the caller. A record of the call is processed and presented to a further live agent for manipulation. The manipulated record is stored. |
| US09264542B2 |
Personalizing communications services using environmental data
Personalized communications services are provided when a communication from an initiating party is received at an interactive system. A computer of the interactive system automatically determines predictive information for the communication based on environmental data provided for the communication independent of information provided by the initiating party during the communication. A script for communicating with the initiating party is dynamically updated based on the predictive information. Communications with the initiating party are provided in accordance with the dynamically updated script. |
| US09264540B2 |
Method and apparatus for content presentation in association with a telephone call
A method and apparatus are provided for presenting multimedia content to a caller and/or a called party in association with a telephone call. Content may be presented pre-ring (before the called party's telephone rings), in-call, and/or post-call. Content presented to a party may be related to another party participating in the call or may be related to a third party (e.g., an advertiser that paid for the ability to have its content presented). Presented content may be actuable, to allow a caller to change the destination of a call, take advantage of an offer presented to him or her, redeem a coupon, schedule or queue a subsequent call, etc. To find a desired destination party, a caller may initiate a manual or automatic search of his or her local contacts (on his telephone) and/or a central or global directory or contact list. |
| US09264539B2 |
Authentication method and system for screening network caller ID spoofs and malicious phone calls
An authentication method and system for screening network caller ID spoofs and malicious phone calls includes a screening authentication system with a server that includes a login register interface, a data accessing interface, a data searching and comparing program, a data searching database, a labeling indication program, a registry coding module and a data searching coding module. Authentication data is generated by the registry coding module from a caller telephone number and caller login identification data input during registration. Corresponding authentication data contained in a network calling signal from a caller sending device is generated by a data searching coding module. A data searching and comparing program compares the authentication data and, if any discrepancy is found, a labeling indication program sends a “failed authentication” signal to the target network receiving callee so that a fraudulent call is detected. |
| US09264537B2 |
Special emergency call treatment based on the caller
A blacklist of known harassing or non-legitimate emergency calls is maintained. An incoming emergency call is checked against emergency call records to determine if multiple emergency calls have been made recently, from the same general location, and destined to the same PSAP. Feedback is provided regarding the number of recent calls made and the possibility of a false positive, based on call history from known handsets in the area, including the possibility of a phone with a known MEID/ESN, when powered up, receiving the same 911-xxx-xxxx. Blacklisting may be approved or not based on the feedback. A telephone number or MIN may be placed on a “blacklist” with a ‘timer’. Subsequent calls to that phone number will be assigned a different SIP URI (a unique URI per destination determined prior to lookup on the blacklist) and be directed elsewhere. The call may be completed to an administrative line. |
| US09264535B2 |
Techniques for telecommunications contact management on an end user device
Various embodiments are directed to techniques managing telephone numbers and other telecommunication identifiers when placing and receiving calls or messages from a single device. In some embodiments, one of a plurality of outbound telephone numbers or other identifiers associated with the device or an application executing on the device may be selected when making an outbound telephone call or sending a message. In another embodiment, an outbound telephone number or other identifier is automatically selected when making an outbound telephone call or sending a message based on an association of that outbound telephone number with the intended recipient of the call or message. |
| US09264532B2 |
Technology for combating mobile phone criminal activity
Technology for crime control includes receiving a voucher identifier for a mobile phone credit voucher purchased under duress by a victim and generating a request for a legal order directing a telecommunication service provider to obtain certain information about use of the voucher. Approval for the legal order is received and the legal order and the voucher identifier are transmitted by a law enforcement agency computer system via a network to a computer system of the telecommunication service provider. A phone number associated with a mobile phone to which a credit associated with the voucher identifier was applied and a recording of a telephone call to or from the phone number are received via the network from the telecommunication service provider computer system and the law enforcement agency computer system performs an automated analysis of the call by a voice recognition process. |
| US09264529B2 |
Drive strength adjustment through voltage auto-sense
An integrated circuit supports auto-sense of voltage for drive strength adjustment. The method may comprise detecting an input voltage received at an auto-sense pad integrated on a mobile multimedia processing (MMP) chip. The input voltage may be a power supply voltage of the peripheral device received during power-up of the MMP chip, power-up of the peripheral circuitry, and/or dynamically while the MMP is powered-up. The auto-sense pad may adjust drive strength of at least one other pad, which may be an output pad or a bidirectional pad, integrated on the MMP chip may be configured to operate using the determined output voltage. A rise time and/or fall time of signals output by the MMP chip may be varied by the adjustment of the drive strength. |
| US09264523B2 |
Wireless device management with local and remote links
A remote management system employs multiple wireless links, which may include a local wireless link and a remote wireless link. The remote wireless link may be in place between a troubleshooting device held by a person located at a service site, and a remote service center for a service provider, such as an Internet service provider. The local wireless link may be in place between the person at the service site and the equipment needing service, such as a DSL model provided by the service provider. Establishing the multiple links allows the service provider to troubleshoot the equipment, without incurring the substantial cost of sending a specialized service technician to the service site. As examples, the troubleshooting device may be a smart phone, the remote wireless link may be a cellular connection, and the local wireless link may be a Bluetooth or NFC connection. |
| US09264522B1 |
Ensuring communication device capabilities comply with content provider specifications
A communication system comprises a gateway. The gateway is configured to receive a content request from a communication device, wherein the content request indicates requested content from a content provider, determine a set of capabilities of the communication device as specified by the content provider, transfer a status request to the communication device to determine a status of the set of capabilities of the communication device, receive a status response from the communication device indicating the status of the set of capabilities of the communication device, and if the status response indicates that the status of the set of capabilities complies with the set of capabilities of the communication device as specified by the content provider, then transfer the content request to the content provider. |
| US09264521B2 |
Methods and systems for encapsulating and de-encapsulating provider backbone bridging inside upper layer protocols
Methods and systems for encapsulating and de-encapsulating a customer frame component of a Provider Backbone Bridging header are provided. The customer frame component includes a customer local area network identifier and a customer destination address. The customer frame component can be received at an ingress port of a network device for transmission. Header information can be determined from the customer local area network identifier and the customer destination address. A key can be set in the header information to a predefined value for a Provider Backbone Bridging protocol. A backbone service instance identifier can be determined from the customer local area network identifier. The header information and backbone service instance identifier can be concatenated with the customer frame component to form a frame. The frame can be provided to an egress port of the network device for transmission, where the egress port is determined from the header information. |
| US09264520B2 |
Data transmission utilizing alternate media
A data transmission method for transmitting data from a first communication device to a second communication device, a data transmission system and a communication device can be provided. An identification message associated with the data is sent from the first communication device to the second communication device via a first cellular network. The data is transmitted from the first communication device via a first medium, other than the first cellular network, coupled to a server of a service provider of the cellular network, for transmission of the data to the second communication device. |
| US09264517B2 |
Wide area aggregated communications
Methods, systems, and techniques for federating operations, in an optimized way using wide area networks are provided. Example systems provide an API for generating and handling federated requests as an aggregation. In one example Wide Area Network Aggregation System, WANAS provides an API, a connection manager, and connection iterators to manage inter-site connections and requests, and inter-pod requests and messaging. These components cooperate to distribute a task across multiple physically disparate sites using a representative connection to the site and fan out of requests to other pods within the site. |
| US09264513B2 |
Automatic scheduling of content delivery
A content delivery system coupled to a computer network can provide large volumes of content to large numbers of recipients. The content is collected into digests and individual articles to be sent in email via an email channel established by the content delivery system to the recipients through the computer network. Content producers submit content for aggregation into various email deliveries and submit initial scheduling information. The scheduling information may specify target characteristics of preferred recipients of the content as well as general and initial scheduling preferences for email delivery. The content delivery system utilizes the initial scheduling information as a starting point for scheduling email deliveries. The system measures levels of content interaction by the recipients to gauge corresponding interest levels in the content. Using recipient interest levels as feedback, the content delivery system is able to modify and extend scheduling details to optimally schedule further deliveries of content. |
| US09264508B2 |
Apparatus and methods for reduced switching delays in a content distribution network
Apparatus and methods for providing reduced channel switching delays in a content distribution network. In one embodiment, switching delays are reduced by caching background content at reduced quality and/or resolution. A manager entity is provided which manages which, and how many, background channels are cached. Additionally, the manager entity may classify each device in the network according a status thereof. When a particular device is in one status or mode, background content is cached; however, when the device is in another status or mode, it will no longer require background content caching. The provision of background content and the determination of a status may be based on for example the user or device behavior and patterns, user preferences or favorites, bandwidth availability, time of day, subscription level, type of program, recentness of channel change requests on the device (or associated devices), etc. |
| US09264506B2 |
Pull data transfer method in request-response models
Systems, methods, and products for pull data transfer in a request-response model are provided herein. One aspect provides for generating output data utilizing at least one data generation station; and communicating via the at least one data generation station output data related to at least one data request received from at least one data requesting station responsive to at least one criterion, the at least one criterion comprising one of expiration of a time period or generation of a threshold amount of output data. Other embodiments and aspects are also described herein. |
| US09264499B2 |
Cloud data storage location monitoring
Technologies for monitoring data storage location for cloud data include a cloud monitoring server configured to communicate with one or more cloud customer computing devices and cloud service providers. The cloud monitoring server receives monitoring requests from the cloud customer computing devices and retrieves provider information from the cloud service providers. The cloud monitoring server compiles response data based on the monitoring requests and the provider information, and sends response data to the cloud customer computing devices. Cloud customer computing devices may send on-demand monitoring requests and/or continuous, policy-based monitoring requests. For policy-based monitoring, the cloud monitoring server continually monitors the provider information and provides response data when one or more conditions specified in the policy are satisfied. The cloud monitoring server may also make recommendations and provide feedback based on the monitoring requests or the provider information. Other embodiments are described and claimed. |
| US09264498B2 |
Methods and apparatus for creation, advertisement, and discovery of peer-to-peer overlay networks
Methods and apparatus for creation, advertisement, and discovery of peer-to-peer overlay networks. A method includes detecting one or more communication links that allow a node to communicate with other nodes, determining that a universal overlay network is accessible using at least one communication link, selecting a selected communication link from the at least one communication link, and joining the universal overlay network using the selected communication link. An apparatus includes a transceiver configured to detect one or more communication links that allow a node to communicate with other nodes, and a processor configured to determine that a universal overlay network is accessible using at least one communication link, select a selected communication link from the at least one communication link, and join the universal overlay network using the selected communication link. |
| US09264497B2 |
System and method for hosting mobile devices for testing in a cloud computing environment
A system and method for hosting one or more mobile devices on one or more servers in a cloud computing environment for testing mobile applications is provided. The system comprises client virtualization managers to collect and send information related to the mobile devices to the servers and mobile devices virtualization managers to receive and use the information to establish a connection with the client virtualization managers for accessing and hosting the mobile devices. Further, the system comprises a server application to facilitate testers to select a mobile device from a list of the hosted mobile devices and an automation tool interface handler to virtualize Universal Serial Bus (USB) port of local machines connected to the servers, connect the selected mobile device to the virtualized USB port of the local machines and facilitate testing of the mobile applications on the locally available mobile device by test automation tools. |
| US09264496B2 |
Session hopping
Method for communicating in a computer network from a first node (101, 102, 103) in the network to a second node (136, 138), not in the network. A virtual identity is manually selected for the first node. The virtual identity is comprised of one or more session identity parameters used for representing the first node during a static communication session with the second node. The session identity parameters used during the static communication session are excluded from a coordinated variation of identity parameters for nodes within the network. In response to determining an occurrence of at least one communication security threat with respect to the static communication session, the method further involves adaptively modifying the virtual identity assigned to the first node by changing at least one of the session identity parameters. |
| US09264495B2 |
Apparatus and methods for handling network file operations over a fibre channel network
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for facilitating transmission of file access type messages over a Fiber Channel (FC) network. In one embodiment, at a file interposed access protocol layer of a file access client, a file access type operation is received from a file access type layer at the client device. The interposed layer may be interposed between an upper file access layer and an FC layer. The file access type operation specifies a request pertaining to file access. At the interposed file access protocol layer of the client, the file access type operation is modified into one or more sequence of operations so that the operations can be transmitted over an FC network. A sequence of operations are transmitted to an file access server over the FC network. |
| US09264489B2 |
System and method of providing services via peer-to-peer-based next generation network
A peer-to-peer network comprises a plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, each intelligent terminal node being operable to establish, maintain, and tear-down communication sessions with another intelligent terminal node, a plurality of network service nodes coupled to the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, the plurality of network service nodes comprise at least one of the plurality of intelligent terminal nodes, at least one user P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to user policies, and at least one network P2P function module operable to store, locate and distribute service resource information related to operator provider policies, and operable to exert stricter security control than the at least one user P2P function module. |
| US09264488B2 |
Managing web services data and presence data
Interfacing a wireless device with web services, including social networking web services, is described. For example, a system for interfacing a wireless device with a plurality of web services comprises a web service proxy having an API to allow other modules to interface with the web service proxy; a plurality of web services adapters interfaced with the web services proxy through the API, each one of the web services adapters configured to communicate with a particular web service using the specific communication formats for the web service; where the web services adapters and the web services proxy convert between the communication formats employed to communicate with each of the web services and a wireless communication format, the wireless communication format being a different format than the communication formats for each of the web services, thereby enabling bi-directional communication between the wireless device and the plurality of web services. |
| US09264484B1 |
Attributing preferences to locations for serving content
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, for providing content, comprising: identifying a social action that includes a preference designation for an object; determining a location of an individual user associated with the social action or a location associated with the object that is the subject of the preference designation; attributing the preference designation to both the location and to the individual user, where the attributed preference designation can be used to target further content to either the individual user or other users; and receiving a request for content that is related to the location and providing, responsive to the request, one or more content items based on the attributed preference designations. |
| US09264481B2 |
Responding to hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) requests
Embodiments enable HTTP servers to pass incomplete and/or corrupted files in response to file requests from clients. In the various embodiments, HTTP servers may be enabled to generate status codes identifying that an incomplete version of a file is being returned in response to a file request. In an embodiment, an HTTP server may be enabled to determine the ability of a client to handle incomplete versions of files. |
| US09264479B2 |
Offloading augmented reality processing
A system and method for offloading augmented reality processing is described. A sensor external to a viewing device of a user tracks a location and an orientation of the viewing device. The location and orientation are defined relative to predefined references of a physical environment local to the user. A server receives a request from the viewing device to offload at least one of a tracking process and an augmented reality rendering process. The augmented reality rendering process is based on an augmented reality database. The server generates offloaded processed data based on the request and the location and the orientation of the viewing device. The offloaded processed data is streamed to the viewing device. A visualization of the offloaded processed data is generated in the viewing device. |
| US09264475B2 |
Use of objective quality measures of streamed content to reduce streaming bandwidth
A method includes identifying replaceable sections among first sections of video encoded at a first bitrate, and replacement sections of the video each encoded at a bitrate that is less than the first bitrate and having encoded therein the video of a corresponding one of the replaceable sections, each replacement section and the corresponding replaceable section having respective measured levels of objective quality that meet a predetermined criterion of objective quality. The method further comprises streaming the first sections of video except for the replaceable sections, and the replacement sections instead of the corresponding replaceable sections. |
| US09264472B2 |
Audio-video data switching and viewing system
A computer system and method providing for viewing and switching of audio-video data. The system comprises: a plurality of audio/video sources containing information referring to an event; a streaming server, streaming the contents of a first audio signal and a first video signal from the audio and video sources to a user; a feed distributor controllably feeding the first audio signal and first video signal to the streaming server; and a user-operated control unit communicating with the feed distributor and controlling operation of the feed distributor, so as to instruct the feed distributor to switch between audio or video. Switching between audio signals occurs without altering the video signals and switching between video signals occurs without altering the audio signals. |
| US09264471B2 |
Method and apparatus for segmenting media content
To create information in media content a standardized segment tag associated with macro segments is created. To extract segments from media content, macro segments of the contiguous stream are identified based on the presence of a standardized segment tag associated with each identified segment and data is extracted from each identified segment based on the associated tag. In a device for creating information in media content, a processor identifies macro segments of the contiguous stream and creates a standardized segment tag associated with each segment. A memory stores the macro segments and the standardized tag associated with each segment. A device for extracting segments includes a processor configured to identify macro segments of the contiguous stream based on the presence of a standardized segment tag associated with each segment. The processor extracts data from each identified macro segment based on the associated standardized tag. A memory stores the extracted data. |
| US09264470B2 |
Method for requesting a file repair distribution mode
The present invention concerns a receiver terminal and method at the receiver for requesting a missing symbol from a repair service, the method comprising the steps of receiving from a first server a list of at least one repair server and at least one transmission mode used by the at least one repair server, receiving from a second server a file comprising a plurality of symbols, checking the correct reception of the symbols, and if a missing has been identified, selecting a repair server and a transmissions mode and requesting the repair server to transmit missing symbols using the transmission mode. |
| US09264464B2 |
Multi-network architecture for media data exchange
Some embodiments use several different types of networks to relay several different types of media content among several different computing devices. The media content of some embodiments is data that a computing device can process in order to provide a presentation of the media content to a user of the device. Examples of types of such media content include audio data, video data, text data, picture data, game data, and/or other media data. In some embodiments, two different networks relay media content of two different types among multiple computing devices. Specifically, in some embodiments, a first network routes among the computing devices one type of media data content (e.g., game data), while a second network routes among the computing devices another type of media data content (e.g., audio and/or video data of game participants). The two networks differ in some embodiments based on their topology. |
| US09264462B2 |
System and method for confirming attendance for in-person meetings or events
A system and method for confirming attendance for in-person meetings or events is provided. The method includes the steps of transmitting, to a plurality of user terminals, data configured to display at least one graphical user interface configured to facilitate users to organize and join a plurality of meeting groups associated with a plurality of in-person meetings or events; receiving, from at least one user terminal of the plurality of user terminals, a conditional confirmation of attendance for at least one in-person meeting or event, the conditional confirmation based on an indicated condition; monitoring the indicated condition for the at least one in-person meeting or event; and when the condition is met, modifying the conditional confirmation of attendance to a non-conditional confirmation of attendance. |
| US09264458B2 |
System and method for endpoint handoff in a hybrid peer-to-peer networking environment
A system and method for endpoint handoff in a hybrid peer-to-peer networking environment are provided. In one example, the method includes logging into the peer-to-peer network by a first endpoint. The first endpoint directly notifies a second endpoint that the second endpoint is to transfer an active communication session existing between the second endpoint and a third endpoint from the second endpoint to the first endpoint. The first endpoint receives session parameters associated with the active communication session directly from the second endpoint and directly notifies the third endpoint that the first endpoint is online. The first endpoint then re-establishes the active communication session with the third endpoint using the session parameters. |
| US09264455B2 |
Clustering call servers to provide protection against call server failure
Systems and techniques for providing call server failure protection involve assigning a set of media gateways to each of three or more call servers. Each call server has primary control of the corresponding assigned set of media gateways. A second call server is designated as having secondary control of a first media gateway assigned to a first of the call servers. A third call server is designated as having secondary control of a second media gateway assigned to the first call server. Secondary control is activated in response to a failure of the first call server. |
| US09264452B2 |
Apparatus and method for directing a communication session to a communication device of a group of devices having a common registration identity
An apparatus, and an associated method, for directing communications of a communication session to a selected communication device, or devices, of a group of commonly-registered devices. A device-direction policy is created and stored at a network entity. The policy identifies preferred devices to which communications of a communication session are to be provided. A SIP Invite, or other communication-session initiation message, is provided to the network entity. The network entity detects the message, accesses the policy, and forwards on the message in accordance with the policy. |
| US09264451B2 |
Generation of attribute based access control policy from existing authorization system
Attributes relevant to at least one existing authorization system are identified. Noise removal from identified attributes of the at least one existing authorization system is performed. An attribute based access control (ABAC) policy is generated from remaining identified attributes to derive logical rules that grant or deny access. |
| US09264448B2 |
Apparatus, and an associated method, for facilitating secure operations of a wireless device
An apparatus, and an associated method, facilitates security at a wireless device, such as a wireless device comprising a mobile computing platform. A security decision engine is provided that monitors for an event necessitating a security decision. When a security decision is required, request is made of a knowledge fetcher, provided by a trusted third-party, installed at the wireless device for the security decision. The knowledge fetcher obtains the security decision, such as by obtaining the security decision from a remote, trusted third-party server, and provides the security decision to the decision engine. Use is made of the security decision pursuant to a setting for which the security decision is needed. |
| US09264446B2 |
System and method for efficient classification and processing of network traffic
Methods and systems for analyzing flows of communication packets. A front-end processor associates input packets with flows and forwards each flow to the appropriate unit, typically by querying a flow table that holds a respective classification for each active flow. In general, flows that are not yet classified are forwarded to the classification unit, and the resulting classification is entered in the flow table. Flows that are classified as requested for further analysis are forwarded to an appropriate flow analysis unit. Flows that are classified as not requested for analysis are not subjected to further processing, e.g., discarded or allowed to pass. |
| US09264444B2 |
Systems and methods for determining an objective security assessment for a network of assets
A security assessment tool can determine computer assets in a network and provide an overall security score for the network. The overall security score can represent an objective measure of the security of the network that considers potential security threats to the computer assets, counter measures deployed in the network to address the potential security threats, and the effectiveness of the counter measures. Based on the overall security assessment, the security assessment tool can provide recommendations for improving the security of the network. |
| US09264443B2 |
Browser based method of assessing web application vulnerability
A novel and useful mechanism and method for assessing the vulnerability of web applications while browsing the application. As a user interacts with the web application, HTTP requests are sent from the browser to the web server. Each HTTP request is analyzed to determine if its associated elements need testing. Vulnerability assessment tests are sent to the server. Test results are then returned to the browser, where they are analyzed, displayed and/or stored in a log file. |
| US09264442B2 |
Detecting anomalies in work practice data by combining multiple domains of information
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for multi-domain clustering. During operation, the system collects domain data for at least two domains associated with users, wherein a domain is a source of data describing observable activities of a user. Next, the system estimates a probability distribution for a domain associated with the user. The system also estimates a probability distribution for a second domain associated with the user. Then, the system analyzes the domain data with a multi-domain probability model that includes variables for two or more domains to determine a probability distribution of each domain associated with the probability model and to assign users to clusters associated with user roles. |
| US09264441B2 |
System and method for securing a network from zero-day vulnerability exploits
A method of securing a network from vulnerability exploits, including the steps of a traffic analysis engine receiving a plurality of packets destined for an internal operating system; the traffic analysis engine selectively forwarding the packets to at least one virtual machine emulating the internal operating system; the virtual machine processing each forwarded packet; a rapid analysis engine identifying a malicious packet from the processed packets; and the rapid analysis engine creating a new signature to identify the malicious packet. |
| US09264439B2 |
Systems and methods to generate, preserve, collect, search, and certify authentic original documents
The data-content authentication center includes a data-content receiver comprises a transceiver for receiving data/content directly from a data/content generation/capturing device by first checking and confirming a registered device identification (ID) of the data/content generation/capturing device before receiving the data/content transmitted from the data/content generation/capturing device into the data-content receiver. |
| US09264436B2 |
Policy-based automated consent
A technique for intelligent automated consent is described by which a client may be automatically authorized to access a resource owner's protected information (e.g., a profile) based on the owner's previous authorization decisions and/or other client classifications. Using this approach to granting consent, the resource owner is not required to intervene during the authorization step for each client that is requesting access. Clients may be categorized, and authorization given to individual clients based on the category to which they belong and/or the scope of the access request. The technique may be implemented with user-centric identity protocols, as well as with delegated authorization protocols. The technique provides for policy-based consent grants. |
| US09264428B1 |
Systems and methods for price searching via a mobile device reading display screen graphics
Price searching via a mobile device reading display screen graphics is provided. A system for obtaining pricing information comprises at least one subsystem that electronically reads a price of a product using a mobile device scanning a display screen, at least one subsystem that searches for other available products and price data to compare to the electronically read price and product data, at least one subsystem that compares the price data of the other products to the electronically read price data, and at least one subsystem that presents purchase options based upon results of the comparison of the price and product data. |
| US09264420B2 |
Single sign-on for network applications
A method may include authenticating a device to a first server, where the device includes an agent; receiving a request, in the first server from a second server, to verify the authenticity of the device, where the device is not authenticated to the second server; sending a browser plug-in to the device to communicate with the agent for verifying the authenticity of the device; receiving, in the first server, a message from the agent verifying the authenticity of the device; and sending a message from the first server to the second server to authenticate the device to the second server. |
| US09264419B1 |
Two factor authentication with authentication objects
Representations of authentication objects are provided for selection via an interface. An authentication object may be generated to include information obtained from one or more sensors of a device. A selected authentication object may contain information sufficient for authentication with a corresponding system. The interface may provide multiple representations of authentication objects that are usable with different service providers. The interface, executed by a first device, may be configured to authenticate a second device. |
| US09264418B1 |
Client-side spam detection and prevention
Systems and methods for detecting and preventing spam content attempted to be sent from a sender account may be provided. In an embodiment, a system can determine if a user's electronic service has been compromised based on analyzing electronic messages attempted to be sent by the electronic service. For example, the system can calculate a score for the electronic messages utilizing a spam detection algorithm where the score represents the probability that the message contains spam content. The system can prevent the communication of electronic messages upon a determination that the electronic service has been compromised. The system can request authentication information from the user before further communication is allowed from the compromised electronic service. |
| US09264416B2 |
UE access to circuit switched-based mobile telephony services using a fixed wireless terminal
A fixed wireless terminal (FWT) (12) identifies a request from a mobile radio user equipment (UE) (38) for a circuit-switched mobile telephony, service provided by a circuit-switched mobile core network (32). In response to the request, the FWT provides an internet protocol (IP) connection between the mobile UE and a generic access network controller (44) via a packet-switched (PS) mobile network (42) that includes a radio base station. The IP connection and the generic access network controller provide the mobile UE access to the circuit-switched mobile telephony service provided by the circuit-switched mobile core network. |
| US09264414B2 |
Retry and snapshot enabled cross-platform synchronized communication queue
A queue in a connector service provides a unified communication channel and stores service packets sent to a target service from client applications. Incoming service request packets are modified at run time to add valid security tokens without requiring the user's action or notice. Before sending the packets, the connector service determines whether the authentication tokens are valid. Packets with valid authentication tokens are sent to the target service. If the communication request fails, the queue automatically adds the original communication packet to the end of the queue, so that it can be conditionally retried. When a loss of connectivity is detected, the connector service takes a snapshot of the queue by copying the packets to a storage module in the same order. When the connectivity is restored, the queue loads the saved requests from the storage module and starts processing them in the order they were received. |
| US09264410B2 |
Dynamic configuration of trusted executed environment resources
Systems and methods for dynamic trusted execution environment (TEE) hardware configuration are provided. A key update message including key update information is received and authenticated for a key stored in the TEE of a mobile computing device. The stored key may define access to hardware resources of the mobile computing device. The hardware configuration for the stored key in the TEE may be changed based upon the key update information. |
| US09264409B2 |
Network security load balancing
A website hosting system includes a request routing node and a plurality of security termination nodes coupled to the request routing node. Each security termination node is configured to secure connections between servers hosting websites and customers of the websites in accordance with a predetermined quality of service level. The request routing node balances incoming requests for secure websites among the security termination nodes based on an application-specific parameter (e.g., quantity of items in a product catalog, location, etc.). |
| US09264407B2 |
Computer-implemented system and method for establishing distributed secret shares in a private data aggregation scheme
A probabilistic system and method facilitates the sharing of a secret among participating users in a private way. The secret shares satisfy the condition that their sum equal a predefined number that is chosen by a third party aggregator. Without interacting with any other user, each user computes a secret share according to a predefined probability density function. If enough parties join, their secret shares can be combined by the aggregator with relative efficiency into a secret with a high likelihood of success. |
| US09264404B1 |
Encrypting data using time stamps
A system including a time stamp module, an encryption module, and a packet generator module. The time stamp module is configured to generate a time stamp for a packet. The encryption module is configured to encrypt data using the time stamp and a security key. The packet generator module is configured to generate the packet. The packet includes (i) the time stamp in a header portion of the packet, and (ii) the encrypted data in a payload portion of the packet. |
| US09264399B1 |
Lock-free updates to a domain name blacklist
A computer-implemented method updates a domain name system blacklist in a lock-free manner is disclosed. In the method, an entry of the domain name blacklist is read at a DNS resolver in a plurality of DNS resolvers. The entry specifies a policy for the DNS resolver to execute when the DNS resolver receives a request to resolve a domain name. Before the reading is complete, an updated entry of the domain name blacklist is received, a new record to the domain name blacklist is added, and the entry being read is placed into a garbage pool having a current version number. Independently from the reading of the entry, the current version number is incremented and a new garbage pool is created for the incremented version number. When the reading is complete, the current version number is assigned to the DNS resolver. |
| US09264398B2 |
Loading an operating system of a diskless compute node using a single virtual protocol interconnect (‘VPI’) adapter
Loading an operating system of a diskless compute node using a single Virtual Protocol Interconnect (‘VPI’) adapter, including: setting, by a VPI firmware module during startup of the compute node, an operational mode of the VPI adapter to operate in accordance with a first data communications protocol, the VPI adapter including a preboot execution environment module that supports the first data communications protocol prior to loading an operating system and a driver for the first data communications protocol; retrieving, by the VPI firmware module from a network source via the VPI adapter in accordance with the first data communications protocol, the operating system and a driver for the second data communications protocol; and responsive to loading the operating system and the driver for the second data communications protocol, switching the operational mode of the VPI adapter to operate in accordance with the second data communications protocol. |
| US09264397B2 |
Method and system for implementing a user network identity address provisioning server
A number of computing devices associated with a particular user have a network capability between them for management and control, said capability to enable these devices, running on different, physically distributed hardware, to interwork securely and privately. |
| US09264395B1 |
Discovery engine
An identification of a first domain name is received from a first Domain Name Service (DNS) information source. A determination is made that the received first domain name is not already present in an asset repository. The first domain name is added to the asset repository. The first domain name is provided to a job scheduler that is configured to facilitate a scan of a computing resource reachable via the first domain name. |
| US09264391B2 |
Computer implemented methods and apparatus for providing near real-time predicted engagement level feedback to a user composing a social media message
Disclosed are methods, apparatus, systems, and computer readable storage media for providing near real-time feedback when a user is composing a social media message. The feedback can indicate a predicted level of engagement with the social media message by other users of a social networking system. In some implementations, a prediction model is used to determine a predicted engagement score, which is an approximation of the predicted level of engagement with the social media message by the other users. A computing device can be configured to display a graphical representation of the predicted engagement score in a user interface at which the social media message is being composed. |
| US09264390B2 |
Synchronous communication system and method
A method, computer program product, and computing system for providing a plurality of users of a social network with the ability to indicate affinity with an electronic object. An indication is received from a first user of the plurality of users to initiate an object-specific, synchronous communication session concerning the electronic object. Electronic invitations to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session are provided to one or more invited users of the plurality of users of the social network. A request is received, from at least one of the invited users, to join the object-specific, synchronous communication session. The object-specific, synchronous communication session is provided for the first user and the at least one of the invited users. |
| US09264383B1 |
Systems and methods for quality of service for link aggregation groups
Method and system for a network device having a plurality of ports for sending and receiving information is provided. The device includes a global quality of service (QOS) module for receiving QOS information from a plurality of QOS modules regarding bandwidth used by the plurality of ports for sending information. For selecting a request from among a plurality of pending requests from the plurality of ports to transmit information, the global QOS module adds bandwidth consumed by the plurality of ports when the ports belong to a non-local link aggregation group (LAG). The global QOS module uses local QOS information from a same QOS bin assigned to the plurality of ports, when the plurality of ports belong to a local LAG. |
| US09264381B2 |
Strict-sense minimal spanning switch non-blocking architecture
The present invention discloses an apparatus to implement a m=n Non-Blocking Minimal Spanning Switch, where n=the total number of data input signals and m=the total number of data output signals and m=the number of crossbar connections in each switch. Data is input to the switch as a plurality of frames, whereby each crossbar connection contains a framer which detects framing patterns in the data. Skewed data is re-aligned and buffered so that the data output by each crossbar connection is equal and identical, thus any crossbar connection may be used to ensure a connection, eliminating the possibility of data interrupts. |
| US09264379B2 |
Minimum network bandwidth in multi-user system
The management of bandwidth utilization in a network system that has multiple users. The system identifies the current set of users that are accessing the network by tracking which users are newly accessing the network, which users have ceased accessing the network, and which users continue to access the network over a period of time. The system then guarantees that these identified users will have a certain minimum bandwidth over the period of time. The system then enforces the guaranteed minimum bandwidth for each of the users so that they have no less than the corresponding guaranteed minimum bandwidth. Thus, even if the network bandwidth utilization would be saturated if all requests were satisfied, the system may continue operating while provided some guaranteed level of bandwidth to each user. |
| US09264376B2 |
Reallocating resource capacity among resource pools in a cloud computing environment
In general, the embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for rebalancing/reallocating cloud resource capacities between resource pools that provide variable customer assurances and delivery penalties when assurances are not met. The variables that are considered hereunder include, overall ‘reservations’, total current capacity, remaining capacity against unused reservations and penalties that apply for failing to satisfy ‘reservation’ commitments. The approach uses a rate of capacity consumption to calculate the risk of consuming the available capacity in each resource pool (e.g., resource pools allocated to satisfy different levels of service with different SLA failure penalties). Based on the relative available capacity in each pool (as determined by the pool rate of consumption), resources are reallocated to maximize revenue (e.g., reduce financial penalty) across a resource pool set. |
| US09264375B2 |
Software-defined networking interface between multiple platform managers
Embodiments relate to a software-defined networking (SDN) interface between multiple platform managers. An aspect is a computer-implemented method for receiving, at an SDN controller of a network, provisioning data from a first network provisioning application associated with a first platform manager of a first computing platform. Provisioning data are received at the SDN controller from a second network provisioning application associated with a second platform manager of a second computing platform. The SDN controller compares the provisioning data from the first network provisioning application to the provisioning data from the second network provisioning application to identify provisioning issues. The SDN controller determines a modified provisioning that resolves the provisioning issues. The SDN controller configures the network to comply with the modified provisioning. The modified provisioning is reported to the first and second network provisioning applications. |
| US09264374B2 |
Media playout for VOIP applications
In overview, the various embodiments include methods performed by a receiver device processor for implementing one or more buffer space management strategies to free up space in the buffer in response to determining that the buffer is full. In the various embodiments, the receiver device processor may analyze media packets stored in the buffer based on various criteria to identify media packets that may be discarded without significantly impacting playout sound quality to free space in the buffer for incoming packets. |
| US09264371B2 |
Router, method for controlling the router, and computer program
An exemplary router is provided for an integrated circuit that has distributed buses and is arranged on a transmission route that leads from a transmission node to a reception node on the distributed buses to relay data. The distributed buses include first and second routes, each leading from the router to the reception node. The router includes a notifying section which sends a data transfer permission request to a second router on the first route and a third router on the second route and which determines whether or not the request is approved before a predetermined standby period passes to see if there is any abnormality in the first and second routes. |
| US09264370B1 |
Correlating packets in communications networks
A computing system may identify packets received by a network device from a host located in a first network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device. The computing system may identify packets transmitted by the network device to a host located in a second network and may generate log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device. Utilizing the log entries corresponding to the packets received by the network device and the log entries corresponding to the packets transmitted by the network device, the computing system may correlate the packets transmitted by the network device with the packets received by the network device. |
| US09264359B2 |
Method for data transmission using a LINC amplifier, a LINC amplifier, a transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication network therefor
The invention concerns a method for transmission of a data signal from a transmitting device (BS) to a receiving device (RAH1) using a LINC amplifier (LINC1, LINC2) for signal amplification, wherein the data signal is represented by two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude in a first part of the LINC amplifier (LINC1, LINC2) located in the transmitting device (BS), at least one of the two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude is transmitted over at least one optical connection (OF1, 0F2, 0F4) from the transmitting device (BS) to the receiving device (RAH1), and the at least one of the two phase modulated signal components of constant amplitude is converted from an optical signal into an electrical signal in at least one opto-electrical converter (OE1, 0E2) located in said receiving device (RAH1), a LINC amplifier, a transmitting device, a receiving device, and a communication network therefor. |
| US09264356B2 |
Network gateway apparatus
A network gateway apparatus which adds encryption to easily implement secure communication without affecting network environment settings includes two network interface cards to communicate on two networks. The processor of the network gateway apparatus initializes communications through the network interface cards and uses a TCP/IP protocol stack to communicate through the network interface cards. When a packet is received by one of the network interface cards, the processor replaces the origin MAC and IP addresses and the destination MAC and IP addresses with temporary values. Then the processor encrypts the payload. The packet is sent to the TCP/IP protocol stack, which sends the packet to one of the two network interface cards according to the temporary values. The MAC an IP addresses of the final destination of the packet are rewritten to the packet and the packet is transmitted. |
| US09264355B2 |
Name-address management and routing in communication networks
A set of globally-reachable attachment registers is provided for interconnected communications networks and hosts. At least some of the networks and hosts each has a corresponding attachment register. The attachment registers are not located with their respective network or host. Information is stored in the attachment registers that establishes one or more logical links between the attachment registers. The information in certain ones of the attachment registers is used to perform one or more network communication functions. Non-limiting example functions include location registration and update, name to global locator resolution, routing, multi-homing, dynamic ISP selection, and handover. |
| US09264350B2 |
System, apparatus and method for providing improved performance of aggregated/bonded network connections with multiprotocol label switching
A network system, method, and device are provided for improving network communication performance between at least a first client site and a second client site, where the first client site and the second client site are at a distance from one another that is such that would usually require long haul network communication. The network system includes at least one network bonding/aggregation computer system for bonding or aggregating one or more diverse network connections so as to configure a bonded/aggregated connection that has increased throughput; and at least one network server component, configured to interoperate with the client site network component, the network server component including a server/concentrator or a cloud concentrator element that is implemented at an access point to an multiple protocol label switching network. |
| US09264348B2 |
Avoiding data traffic loss in an ethernet ring multihomed, in an active-standby manner, to a virtual private LAN service transport network
Data traffic loss in a an Ethernet Ring that is multihomed, in an active-standby manner, to a VPLS transport network (such as a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) multihomed Ethernet Ring, an MC-LAG multihomed Ethernet Ring, or some other type of active-standby multihomed Ethernet Ring, etc.) (ring) is avoided. The exemplary multihomed ring running Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) protocol includes a Ring Protection Link (RPL), a first node and a second node linked with a designated border router and a standby border router of the network, respectively. The data traffic loss in the multihomed ring is avoided by (i) receiving an indication that the link between the first node and the designated border router has failed; and (ii) invoking, responsive to the received indication, an ERP Media Access Control (MAC)-flush in the ring, even in the absence of a failed link in the ring and without activating the specified RPL. The ERP MAC-flush causes subsequent data packets from each of the plurality of nodes in the ring to be forwarded to the standby border router via the second node. |
| US09264347B2 |
N-node virtual link trunking (VLT) systems control plane
Aspects of the present invention include an N-Node virtual link trunking (VLT) system comprising a set of N nodes collectively provide a logical fabric-level view that is consistent across the set of N nodes. Embodiments of the N-Node VLT system comprise a control plane mechanism to provide Layer 2 multipathing between access network devices (switches or servers) and the core network. The N-Node VLT system provides a loop-free topology with active-active load-sharing of uplinks from access to the core. Accordingly, the N-Node VLT system eliminates the disadvantage of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) (active-standby links) by allowing link aggregation group (LAG) terminations on multiple separate distribution or core switches and also supporting a loop-free topology. Additional benefits of an N-Node VLT system include, but are not limited to, higher resiliency, improved link utilization, and improved manageability of the network. |
| US09264346B2 |
Resilient duplicate link aggregation emulation
A cluster compute server comprises a set of one or more compute nodes, each compute node instantiating at least one virtual network interface controller representing a network interface controller of a primary network node remote to the compute node and appearing as a local network interface controller to the compute node. A first network node comprising a network interface controller coupleable to an external network operates as the primary network node for the set. The first network node emulates link aggregation partners for virtual network interfaces of the set based on first link state information maintained at the first network node. A second network node comprising a network interface controller coupleable to the external operates as a secondary network node for the set. The second network node maintains second link state information that mirrors the first link state information maintained at the first network node. |
| US09264340B2 |
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for misdirected packet drill down and negative packet capture at a network test device
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for misdirected packet drill down and negative packet capture at a network test device are disclosed. One exemplary method includes, at a network test device, receiving and storing, in the network test device, expected receive port information regarding a plurality of test packets. The method further includes transmitting the test packets to a device under test. The method further includes receiving at least some of the test packets from the device under test. The method further includes using the expected receive port information and the received test packets to identify misdirected test packets. The method further includes, for each of the packets identified as misdirected, determining a port of the network test device at which the packet should have been received and outputting an indication of the port of the network test device at which the packet should have been received. |
| US09264338B1 |
Detecting upset conditions in application instances
A method, system and a computer-readable media for automatically detecting problems in an application instance are provided. The application instances are responsible for communicating messages accumulating within a queue to a destination. The destination may be a computer application, another queue, or some other computing component. In one embodiment, the queue and application instances are part of a messaging-middleware environment. An embodiment of the present invention monitors the performance of individual application instances and detects an upset condition by comparing the present performance with a baseline performance or normal performance range. The application instance's message transfer rate may be used to measure both present and normal performance. |
| US09264325B2 |
Voice optimization in a network having voice over internet protocol communication devices
An apparatus and a method of optimizing voice quality on a network having end-points that are voice over Internet Protocol (IP) devices. Default parameters of the end-points are initialized. Network performance parameters are measured and evaluated to determine whether they signify that connection to the network is below a desired level of operation. If so, the default parameters of the end-points are re-set based on the evaluation. The adjustment may entail re-negotiating the CODEC connection and re-setting parameters for packet size and resetting parameters for jitter buffer size. |
| US09264323B2 |
Controlling computer nodes through social media
Some embodiments are directed to a computer node that communicates a report message containing information to a social media server to cause publishing of the information to other computer nodes tracking publishing on the social media server by the computer node. The computer node receives a response message from one of the other computer nodes through the social media server, and operates based on the response message. Related embodiments are directed to another computer node that communicates with a social media server to track information published by report messages from other computer nodes, generates a response message based on the information published by one of the other computer nodes, and communicates the response message to the social media server to cause publishing of content of the response message to the other computer nodes. |
| US09264321B2 |
Methods and apparatus for tracking data flow based on flow state values
In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to update, at a memory location, a first flow state value associated with a data flow to a second flow state value when at least one of a packet from the data flow is received or the memory location is selected after a time period has expired. At least a portion of the packet is analyzed when the second flow state value represents a flow rate of a network data flow anomaly. |
| US09264320B1 |
Efficient network monitoring
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a computer-implemented method is disclosed, in which a determination is made for each of a plurality of network interfaces of whether an amount of traffic on the network interface exceeds a predefined traffic threshold. Each of the network interfaces whose amount of traffic is below the traffic threshold is excluded from Quality of Service (QoS) polling. For each of the non-excluded network interfaces whose traffic exceeds the traffic threshold, a determination is made of a set of traffic classes transported on the network interface, and any of the traffic classes with a priority level below a cutoff threshold are excluded from QoS polling. For each non-excluded traffic class that has a priority level above the cutoff threshold, a determination is made of a per-class QoS polling rate based on the respective priority level of the traffic class. |
| US09264317B2 |
Scalable map displays
A desired node is selected from a tree structure or list and then a number of levels from that node are displayed in a map. For edge nodes, the number of undisplayed links from that node is displayed. When another node is selected on the map, the number of levels is recalculated based on that node or the existing nodes remain and the desired level is additionally displayed from the selected node. Multiple nodes can be selected from the list, which may result in separated islands which join when an common node is displayed in each island. Filters can be applied to limit the number of nodes. The filtering may either remove nodes from the display or provide an indication of the number of undisplayed nodes meeting the filter and any displayed nodes meeting the filter. The technique can be used on most linked networks. |
| US09264316B2 |
Method and network node
Network node (110), and method (300) in a network node (110), for load control in a cell (130) in a wireless communication system (100). The method (300) comprises starting an interference cancellation process, for reducing interference between uplink signals, estimating an interference cancellation gain, relative to an interference reduced received uplink signal power resulting from the interference cancellation process, wherein the interference cancellation gain is estimated after the start of the interference cancellation process but before the interference cancellation process is completed. In addition, the method (300) comprises controlling the traffic load of the cell (130), by considering the estimated interference cancellation gain. |
| US09264313B1 |
System and method for performing a service discovery for virtual networks
A system and method for performing a service discovery on a distributed computer system includes obtaining information of a service that is provided by a host computer in the distributed computer system and embedding the information into a Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) data frame to be transmitted from the host computer to another component of the distributed computer system. |
| US09264312B2 |
Method and system to calculate multiple shortest path first trees
An example method is provided in accordance with one embodiment and includes identifying distances for a sub-tree of a leaf node of a plurality of leaf nodes in a network. The method can also include applying the distances for the sub-tree of the leaf node to a plurality of root nodes connected to the leaf node. Additionally, the method can include establishing a plurality of shortest path distances for the plurality of root nodes using the distances for the sub-tree. |
| US09264310B2 |
Monitoring and distributing event processing within a complex event processing environment
A method for event processing within a complex event processing environment. The method includes monitoring a plurality of event processing paths of the complex event processing environment. The method includes determining that utilization of server resources in the complex event processing environment has exceeded a threshold value and identifying one or more event processing paths responsible for the high utilization of server resources. The method includes determining that the one or more event processing paths contain an independent rule, wherein an independent rule includes a rule or a rule subset where data for processing of the rule or rule subset is accessible by a client computing device. The method then includes determining the client computing device can perform processing of the independent rule and transferring processing of the independent rule to the client computing device. |
| US09264299B1 |
Transparent PSTN failover
Novel tools and techniques for implementing Transparent PSTN Failover. In some embodiments, a VoIP switch might receive a call request for connection between a calling party at a calling telephone number (“TN”) and a called party at a called TN. Based on a determination that connection via a session border controller (“SBC”) between the VoIP switch and an Internet Protocol (“IP”) gateway has been lost, the VoIP switch might route the call request to a PSTN redirect TN through the PSTN. One of the Class 5 switch of the PSTN or the IP gateway might replace the redirect TN with the called TN, based on a determination that the redirect TN represents a PSTN failover. The IP gateway may then route the call request to an IP PBX for terminating (establishing) the call connection between calling party and called party, without interception by an operator, receptionizt, or auto attendant. |
| US09264298B2 |
Technique for bundling in link aggregation
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying multiple Link Aggregation Group (LAG) entities on the same set of physical links, thus making bundling of individual services or conversations possible by the different LAG entities within Link Aggregation. Each LAG entity is configured such that a single physical link is Active and all the other links are Standby. Each LAG entity may be regarded as a “bundle.” Thus the services/conversations are bundled into a LAG entity and are handed-off on the Active link during normal operation. If service hand-off is not possible on the Active link (e.g., due to a failure), then the LAG entity switches over to a Standby link thus the service/conversation is handed-off on that formerly Standby link. Bundling may simplify operations of control and signaling. |
| US09264296B2 |
Continuous upgrading of computers in a load balanced environment
The present invention is directed towards methods and systems for performing maintenance on computers included in a group of load balanced computer. A maintenance agent identifies a computers in the group as requiring maintenance, and a second computer as having up-to-date maintenance and a load level below a limit. The load balancer may assign a request to the second computer responsive to the identification. Responsive to a determination that spare capacity from the plurality of computers available to receive requests is above the threshold and that the first computer is idle, the maintenance agent may remove, for maintenance, the first computer from the plurality of computers available to receive requests. The maintenance agent may identify the first computer as having up-to-date maintenance responsive to the maintenance. |
| US09264291B2 |
Printer searching device
A printer searching device may comprise a first acquiring unit, a second acquiring unit, a searching unit, and a providing unit. The first acquiring unit may acquire a plurality of a first kind of global IP addresses that is allotted to a plurality of printers and register the plurality of the first kind of global IP addresses to a memory. The second acquiring unit may acquire a second kind of global IP address that is allotted to the terminal device. The searching unit may search, from the plurality of printers, one or more printers to which a value that is identical to a value of a network address part of the second kind of global IP address is allotted as a value of a network address part of the first kind of global IP address. The providing unit may provide a search result to the terminal device. |
| US09264289B2 |
Endpoint data centers of different tenancy sets
An endpoint broker to provide application launch endpoints from multiple data centers having different tenancy sets. Upon accessing a request for an application launch endpoint connection for a user, the broker selects a data center, from amongst multiple data centers that have different tenancy sets, that is to provide an endpoint in satisfaction of the request. The endpoint broker identifies an endpoint from the selected data center, and then associates the identified endpoint with the user. The user is then provided access to the identified endpoint using the association. Thus, a user is not restricted to having an endpoint from a single data center. If there are concerns with providing an endpoint from one data center, an endpoint may be provided from another data center in a manner that is transparent to the user. |
| US09264286B2 |
Method of playing content and device for playing content
The invention relates to a method and device for playing a content. The method comprising: reading a pre-stored content which include information relevant to a downloaded content; detecting available bandwidth; sending a request for downloading the downloaded content according to the information relevant to the downloaded content, wherein the request includes the information of the bandwidth; receiving the downloaded content according with the detected bandwidth; and playing the downloaded content combined with the pre-stored content. Because said method and device according to the present invention adopts the automatic real-time detection for the current usable bandwidth of the network playback device connected to, and it changes the quality of content requiring downloading, seamless playback can be realized, while avoiding the trouble due to the quality selection by the user himself. |
| US09264283B2 |
Method of accommodating signals, frame generation apparatus, frame reception apparatus, and transmission system
For a frame comprising a payload region in which a client signal is to be accommodated, and an overhead region accommodation location information indicating a location where the client signal is to be accommodated, the frame being able to be processed as an m (m is an integer equal to or greater than 2)-byte cycle multiframe, the location information for the frame is defined as an m×n (n is an integer equal to or greater than 2)-byte cycle multiframe; using the location information defined as the multiframe, the location where the client signal is to be accommodated in the payload region is defined; and the client signal is accommodated in the payload region, based on the defined location where the client signal is to be accommodated. |
| US09264280B1 |
Automatic received gain control
A semiconductor device includes a receiver system having a first set of amplifiers, a second set of amplifiers, and an automatic gain control (AGC) module to receive first high and low detection signals from a first peak detector, and receive second high and low detection signals from a second peak detector. When the first high detection signal is set, a step decrease in at least one of a first gain control signal and a second gain control signal is taken. When the first high detection signal is not set and the second high detection signal is set, a second step decrease in at least one of the first gain control signal and the second gain control signal is taken. The first gain control signal is used in the first set of amplifiers. The second gain control signal is used in the second set of amplifiers. |
| US09264279B2 |
Transmitter, receiver, and method for receiving and transmitting a radio frequency signal
The present invention discloses a transmitter, a receiver, and a method for receiving and transmitting a radio frequency signal, and relates to the field of radio communications technologies, which can perform carrier recovery and generation at a front end of a radio frequency circuit, thereby reducing a running cost of a baseband chip. The method includes: generating, by an amplitude discriminator/phase detector according to an intermediate-frequency analog signal, a signal amplitude pulse signal/signal phase pulse signal that is not corrected; generating, by a bit error matrix corrector, an amplitude/phase correction control signal; correcting, by the amplitude discriminator/phase detector, the signal amplitude pulse signal/signal phase pulse signal according to the amplitude/phase correction control signal; and converting, by an amplitude code generator/phase code generator, a corrected pulse signal into a corresponding digital code. The present invention is applicable to receiving/transmitting a radio frequency signal. |
| US09264276B1 |
Adaptations for partial response summation node embedded FPGA transceiver
Systems and methods are described that include adaptation circuitry for processing a data signal. The adaptation circuitry may include summation node circuitry for processing an error value associated with the data signal. The adaptation circuitry may also include adaptation engine circuitry, coupled to the summation node circuitry, for controlling the operation of the summation node circuitry. |
| US09264273B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving of cyclic shift parameter for supporting orthogonality in mimo environment
A method includes: determining a Cyclic Shift (CS) parameter that implicitly indicates an orthogonality allocation rule and orthogonality-related information, by determining a multiple access state of a User Equipment (UE), and transmitting the determined CS parameter to the UE, wherein the orthogonality-related information includes an Orthogonal Cover Code indicated by the CS parameter, the orthogonality allocation rule is determined as a uniform scheme or a non-uniform scheme according to the CS parameter, determining the CS parameter by which the non-uniform scheme is applied if the UE is in a Single User Multiple Input Multiple Output state, and determining the CS parameter by which the uniform scheme is applied if the UE is in a Multiple User Multiple Input Multiple Output state. |
| US09264272B2 |
Demapping apparatus and method for reception of data in a multi-carrier broadcast system
An apparatus and method demapping a demapping input data stream having a channel bandwidth received in a multi-carrier broadcast system into a demapping output data stream. A stream demapping mechanism demaps second frames from the demapping input data stream, and a frame demapping mechanism demaps the second frames including a preamble portion and a payload portion into the demapping output data stream. The frame demapping mechanism demaps signalling data from the preamble portion, which includes at least one preamble symbol carrying at least one preamble signalling block including signalling data, and demaps data blocks of the demapping output data stream from the payload portion by using signalling information. Payload data are mapped onto the payload portion including plural data symbols carrying payload data of at least two mapping input data streams, the payload portion being segmented into data segments each covering a bandwidth portion of the channel bandwidth. |
| US09264268B2 |
Periodic time segment sequence based decimation
Filtered signal values are extracted from an input signal. A periodic time segment sequence having a plurality of ordered time segments is defined. Multiple sets of signal values are acquired from the input signal. Each signal value of a set is acquired during a same ordered time segment. Each set is acquired over multiple repetitions of the periodic time segment sequence. Each set is acquired during a different ordered time segment than each other set. For each set of at least two sets, signal values from the set are combined to obtain a separate filtered signal value for each set. |
| US09264267B2 |
Technologies for configuring transmitter equalization in a communication system
Technologies for transmitter equalization in a communication system include reading local transmitter equalization settings from a transmitter equalization register of a first communication device and writing the local transmitter equalization settings to a transmitter equalization register of a second communication device communicatively coupled with the first communication device via a chip-to-chip communication link. Additionally, requested transmitter equalization settings may be read from the transmitter equalization register of the second communication device and written to the transmitter equalization register of the first communication device. The reading and writing process may be repeated for the opposite communication direction and for other communication lane interfaces of the first and second communication devices. |
| US09264266B2 |
Successive interference cancellation system and method for MIMO horizontal encoding and decoding
A method and system for receiving and decoding horizontally encoded MIMO-OFDM transmissions with improved efficiency. In one embodiment, MIMO decoding is performed on each of the extracted separate tones of a MIMO-OFDM signal to extract and demodulate frequency domain symbols of the first layer corresponding to one or more code blocks. For each code block of the first layer that passes an error check, corresponding portions of the second layer are decoded using SIMO decoding. |
| US09264263B2 |
Serdes voltage-mode driver with skew correction
A driver circuit for transmitting serial data on a communication link combines voltage-mode and current-mode drivers. The driver circuit uses a voltage-mode driver as the main output driver. One or more auxiliary current-mode drivers are connected in parallel with the voltage-mode driver to adjust the output signal by injecting currents into the outputs. The voltage-mode driver supplies most of the output drive. Thus, the output driver circuit can provide the power efficiency benefits associated with voltage-mode drivers. The current-mode drivers can provide, for example, pre-emphasis, level adjustment, skew compensation, and other modifications of the output signals. Thus, the driver circuit can also provide the signal adjustment abilities associated with current-mode drivers. |
| US09264256B2 |
Merging PCP flows as they are assigned to a single virtual channel
A Network Flow Processor (NFP) integrated circuit receives, via each of a first plurality of physical MAC ports, one or more PCP (Priority Code Point) flows. The NFP also maintains, for each of a second plurality of virtual channels, a linked list of buffers. There is one port enqueue engine for each physical MAC port. For each PCP flow received via the physical MAC port associated with a port enqueue engine, the port enqueue engine causes frame data of the flow to be loaded into one particular linked list of buffers. Each port enqueue engine has a lookup table circuit that is configurable to cause multiple PCP flows to be merged so that the frame data for the multiple flows is all assigned to the same one virtual channel. Due to the PCP flow merging, the second number can be smaller than the first number multiplied by eight. |
| US09264252B2 |
Client for an appliance network
A client having at least one memory location is provided for use with an appliance network. The client includes an arbitrary software component for performing a useful function, a software architecture or a software architecture driver configured to generate or enable transmission of messages, and means to communicate by message over a network. Thus, the client can have full capability to act as an accessory to an appliance to communicate with and to enhance or alter the operation of the appliance. |
| US09264251B2 |
Network system, communication method, communication device, and computer-readable recording medium having communication program recorded thereon
A network system includes a first communication device, a second communication device and a server. The communication device includes a storage unit storing first device information indicating a function of the communication device, and a communication unit for receiving second device information indicating a function of another communication device from the other communication device, transmitting the first and second device information to the server, and receiving first control information used by the first device from the server. |
| US09264247B2 |
Transmission management system, program, computer readable information recording medium, program providing system, and maintenance system
A transmission management system receives, from a request source terminal which is an addition request source requesting to add a certain transmission terminal as a destination candidate, an addition request for the destination candidate, identification information of the request source terminal and identification information of a request target terminal which is an addition request target of the destination candidate; and informs the request target terminal of an approval request for requesting the request target terminal to approve the addition request, and the identification of the request source terminal. The system receives an addition request response from the request target terminal in response to the addition request. When the addition request response indicates to approve the addition request, the system additionally associates the identification information of the request target terminal with the identification information of the request source terminal as the identification information of the destination terminal. |
| US09264245B2 |
Methods and devices for facilitating presentation feedback
Methods and devices for facilitating presentation feedback during a local presentation are provided. In example embodiments, the local presentation includes an electronic presentation displayed on a display associated with a presentation device. In one aspect, the method comprises: providing a feedback interface for the electronic presentation and allowing one or more mobile communication devices to access the feedback interface; receiving at the feedback interface, feedback information from one or more of the mobile communication devices; and updating the electronic presentation based on the received feedback information. |
| US09264243B2 |
Flooding and multicasting in a loop-free routing topology using routing arcs
In one embodiment, a method comprises creating, in a computing network, a loop-free routing topology comprising a plurality of routing arcs for reaching multicast listeners from a multicast source, each routing arc comprising a first network device as a first end of the routing arc, a second network device as a second end of the routing arc, and at least a third network device configured for receiving from each of the first and second network devices a copy of a multicast packet originated from the multicast source; and causing the multicast packet to be propagated throughout the loop-free routing topology based on the first and second ends of each routing arc forwarding the corresponding copy into the corresponding routing arc. |
| US09264242B2 |
System and apparatus for providing communications
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a first agent function that routes first messages for exchanging subscriber information and enabling registration where the first agent function maintains transaction state without maintaining session state, a second agent function that routes second messages for enforcing policy control where the second agent function maintains transaction and session state, and a third agent function that maintains transaction and session state and that routes a portion of the first and second messages to an external network. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09264239B2 |
Method and apparatus for increasing the number of the powered devices supported by the PoE system
In order to increase the number of the powered devices that can be supported by the Ethernet power supply system, the present invention proposed to equip the powered device with an electrical energy storage device, namely shift the power timely shift the power supplying capability of the power sourcing equipment. The power sourcing equipment charges the electrical energy storage device, and then the powered device is supplied by the electrical energy storage device under usual situations. Thus the number of the powered devices that can be supported by the Ethernet power supply system is increased without increasing the supplying capability of the electrical quantity of the power sourcing equipment. Using the solution in the present invention, the capacity of the powered devices in the POE system is increased without having to change the hardware of the power sourcing equipment, and without having to change the wiring. |
| US09264238B2 |
Facilitating virtual personal area networks
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a coordinator device having a memory, and a controller. The memory can have computer instructions, which when executed by the controller, causes the controller to facilitate establishing a first virtual personal area network with a first sensor by executing computer instructions associated with a first application profile, and facilitate establishing a second virtual personal area network with a second sensor by executing computer instructions associated a second application profile. The first application profile can be defined by a first protocol specification, while the second application profile can be defined by a second protocol specification. The first protocol specification can also be operationally distinct from the second protocol specification. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09264234B2 |
Secure authentication of identification for computing devices
In the field of computer and data security, the identifier (ID) of a computing device is protected by providing a secure signature used to verify the ID. The signature is computed from the ID using a “White Box” cryptographic process and a hash function. This provides a signature that is computationally easy to verify but difficult or impossible to generate by a hacker (unauthorized user). This method of first creating the signature and later verifying the identifier using the signature and the associated computing apparatus are thereby useful for protection against hacking of such identifiers of computing devices. |
| US09264233B2 |
System and method for a log-in procedure for non-readers
A system and method for logging a non-reader into a corresponding user account is disclosed. A system can include a processor, a user interface, a display, and a camera. The processor can be programmed to display a first plurality of pictures and configure the user interface to allow the user to select a first picture corresponding to the user from the first plurality of pictures to provide a first authentication step and allow the user to select a second picture from a second plurality of pictures providing a second authentication step. The system can log the user into the corresponding user account if the second picture selected from the second authentication step corresponds to the first picture selected from the first authentication step. A system and method for logging multiple users into corresponding user accounts is also disclosed. |
| US09264231B2 |
System and method of using RFID tag proximity to grant security access to a computer
A system and method of granting and removing a user's security access to applications on a computer using proximity of authorized RFID tags is disclosed. A user having an authorized RFID tag that is located near the computer will be granted access to pre-authorized applications. |
| US09264230B2 |
Secure key management
A system for implementing computer security is provided. The system includes a computer processor and an application configured to execute on the computer processor, the application implementing a method that includes creating a token and populating a payload section of the token with key material and selecting a wrapping method that specifies how the key material is securely bound to key control information. A structure of the key control information in the token is independent of the wrapping method. Implementing computer security also includes wrapping the key material and binding key control information to the key material in the token. The key control information includes information relating to usage and management of the key material. |
| US09264225B1 |
Quantum communication using quantum teleportation
A method and apparatus for sending encrypted data across a node in a communications network. In one illustrative embodiment, an apparatus comprises a first communicator, a second communicator, and a number of nodes. The first communicator is configured to encrypt unencrypted data to form the encrypted data using a first quantum key distributor. The second communicator is configured to decrypt the encrypted data using a second quantum key distributor. The number of nodes is configured to receive the encrypted data sent from the first communicator and send the encrypted data to the second communicator using quantum teleportation. The encrypted data remains encrypted as the encrypted data passes through each of the number of nodes. |
| US09264223B2 |
System and method for distributed security
A security architecture in which a security module is integrated in a client machine, wherein the client machine includes a local host that is untrusted. The security module performs encryption and decryption algorithms, authentication, and public key processing. The security module also includes separate key caches for key encryption keys and application keys. A security module can also interface a cryptographic accelerator through an application key cache. The security module can authorize a public key and an associated key server. That public key can subsequently be used to authorize additional key servers. Any of the authorized key servers can use their public keys to authorize the public keys of additional key servers. Secure authenticated communications can then transpire between the client and any of these key servers. Such a connection is created by a secure handshake process that takes place between the client and the key server. A time value can be sent from the key server to the client, allowing for secure revocation of keys. In addition, secure configuration messages can be sent to the security module. |
| US09264221B2 |
Systems and methods for faster public key encryption using the associated private key portion
Systems and methods for faster public key encryption using the associated private key portion are described, including encrypting a plaintext into a ciphertext, where the encrypting uses a public key and a corresponding private key; and storing the ciphertext. |
| US09264220B2 |
Secure virtual machine provisioning
A device and method in a provisioning unit of secure provisioning of a virtual machine on a target platform having a specific configuration is provided. The method comprising: receiving (404) a public binding key from the target platform (107), the public binding key being bound to the specific configuration, encrypting (410) a virtual machine provisioning command using the public binding key, and sending (412) the encrypted virtual machine provisioning command, to the target platform (107). By the provided device and method secure provisioning of a virtual machine on a target platform is enabled. |
| US09264219B1 |
Clock and data recovery circuit and method
A clock and data recovery (CDR) circuit and method are disclosed herein. The CDR circuit includes a data analysis module, a loop filter module and a phase adjust module. The data analysis module generates an error signal according to an input data, a first clock signal, and a second clock signal. The loop filter module generates a first corrective signal according to the error signal, a frequency threshold value, and a phase threshold value. The phase adjust module generates the first clock signal and the second clock signal according to the first corrective signal. The loop filter module further accumulates the error signal to generate an accumulated value, and to compare the accumulated value with an accumulated threshold value, so as to dynamically adjust the accumulated threshold value, the frequency threshold value, and the phase threshold value. |
| US09264217B2 |
Clock drift compensation applying paired clock compensation values to buffer
In at least some embodiments, an electronic device includes a data sink and a buffer coupled to the data sink. The buffer is configured to receive streaming data in transit to the data sink. The electronic device also includes a clock drift compensation controller coupled to the buffer, wherein the clock drift compensation controller is configured to apply either of two predetermined clock drift compensation values to a clock rate for the buffer whenever a buffer fullness status value is offset from a predetermined threshold. |
| US09264214B2 |
Phase detection method and apparatus for clock recovery
Embodiments of the present invention provide a phase detection method and apparatus. The apparatus comprises a phase detector, the phase detector comprising a calculation unit configured to calculate a phase difference according to a product of receiving power at different moments, so as to perform clock recovery by using the phase difference; wherein the receiving power is that obtained in sampling input signals at a predefined sampling rate, the predefined sampling rate being 2 times of a symbol rate. With the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present invention, the problem that in case of a relatively large frequency difference or line width, or the transmitted signals are Nyquist signals of spectral widths close to the symbol rate, a conventional phase detection method will be invalid, is solved by calculating a phase difference only according to a product of receiving power at different moments. |
| US09264212B2 |
Method for distributing time within synchronous ethernet and SONET/SDH domains
The embodiments of the present invention pertain to a method for distributing time between a first and a second Synchronous Ethernet “SyncE” domain, the first and second domains being interconnected by a third, Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy “SDH-SONET” domain in which a time-associated reference parameter is distributed, through Synchronous Ethernet “SyncE” domains, by means of at least one additional Type Length Value “TLV” field of an Ethernet Synchronization Messaging Channel “ESMC” message and a corresponding time-associated reference parameter is distributed, through the Synchronous Optical Networking/Synchronous Digital Hierarchy “SONET-SDH” domain by means of at least one additional Type Length Value “TLV” field within a message of the IEEE 1588 V2 protocol. |
| US09264210B2 |
Method for user equipment transreceiving signal in wireless communication system
The present invention relates to a method for receiving a signal between a user equipment and a base station in a wireless communication system, and to an apparatus for same. More particularly, a method for the user equipment receiving the signal in the wireless communication system, which is operated by a time division duplex (TDD), comprises the steps of: confirming a subframe which is reconfigured as a downlink, from a plurality of subframes that are configured according to a TDD uplink-downlink configuration; and receiving the signal from the subframe, which is reconfigured, wherein an index of the last orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, from which the signal can be received, is decided in the subframe that is reconfigured. |
| US09264206B2 |
Signal transmission and reception method using random beamforming in wireless communication system and apparatus therefor
A method for transmitting a signal to a user equipment by a base station in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method includes receiving information about a preferred beamforming vector in a first subframe from the user equipment, selecting a first random beamformer corresponding to the first subframe from a beamforming vector set for the first subframe, using the information about the preferred beamforming vector, transmitting a downlink signal to the user equipment in the first subframe using the first random beamformer, selecting a second random beamformer corresponding to a second subframe, using the first random beamformer, and transmitting a downlink signal to the user equipment in the second subframe using the second random beamformer. |
| US09264202B2 |
Communication system for transmitting the reception quality information without uplink data
A mobile communication system in which a mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information to a base station apparatus, the reception quality information indicating quality of a signal received from the base station apparatus, characterized in that the base station apparatus transmits information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data included in an uplink data transmission permission signal, and the mobile station apparatus transmits reception quality information without uplink data according to the information for instructing transmission of reception quality information without uplink data. This allows a mobile station apparatus to transmit reception quality information including a large amount of information even if there is no uplink data between the mobile station apparatus and the base station apparatus, and the transmission control flexibly responding to the amount of information and the frequency of transmissions of the reception quality information transmitted from the mobile station apparatus is possible. Therefore, more efficient communication control (scheduling) between the base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus can be achieved. |
| US09264199B2 |
Dual training sequence codes
A Mobile Station, an MS (700), for a GERAN system, the MS (700) being arranged (705, 710, 750, 730) to receive bursts from a Base Transceiver Station, a BTS, each of said bursts being modulated with a modulation type chosen from one of a number of modulation types. The MS is arranged (730, 740) to identify bursts from the BTS which may comprise information for the MS by identifying if a Training Sequence Code, a TSC, which is comprised in received bursts corresponds to a TSC which the MS has been assigned, the MS being arranged (705, 710, 750, 730, 740) to be assigned a first and a second TSC to be used for at least one of said modulation types. |
| US09264197B2 |
Radio communication system, mobile station apparatus, base station apparatus, radio communication method, and integrated circuit
A mobile station apparatus receives a radio resource control signal including at least a first parameter POFFSET (0) and a second parameter POFFSET (1). The mobile station apparatus also transmits a first reference signal on a first antenna port and a second reference signal on a second antenna port. In addition, the mobile station apparatus sets a first transmit power for a transmission of the first reference signal based on at least the first parameter POFFSET (0), a maximum transmit power value, a path loss and a transmission power control command. The mobile station apparatus also sets a second transmit power for a transmission of the second reference signal based on at least the second parameter POFFSET (1), a maximum transmit power value, a path loss and a transmission power control command. |
| US09264194B2 |
Preamble generation method and apparatus of station, and data frame generation method
A preamble generation method of a station includes: generating a base sequence for channel estimation; generating an antenna channel estimation sequence for at least one or more antennas of the station; generating a preamble by allocating at least one or more modified sequences to frequency domains for at least one or time periods. The modified sequences are generated by using the base sequence, the antenna channel estimation sequence, and a control sequence for estimating at least one or more channels. |
| US09264190B2 |
Method for data packet scheduling in a telecommunication network
A method scheduling data packets and control information in a telecommunication network for transmission in a group of OFDM symbols available in a transmission time interval. A set of the data packets to be scheduled is first selected by a scheduler, which then searches control solutions for scheduling control information associated to the set of data packets in a predetermined number of OFDM symbols of the OFDM symbol group. The scheduler searches data solutions for scheduling the selected data packets in other OFDM symbols available. The scheduler repeats searches of data and control solutions considering different sets of data packets and different numbers of OFDM symbols for scheduling control information. Finally, the scheduler schedules data packets and control information according to a scheduling solution, wherein control information is scheduled according to a control solution and data packets are scheduled according to a data solution associated to the control solution. |
| US09264181B2 |
Communication system, method and receiver applicable thereto
A receiver of a communication system includes: an input module, a group-based pre-decoding module and a reconstructing module. The input module is for receiving a received data. The group-based pre-decoding module is for combining the received data with a grouped decoding matrix into an encoded equation matrix (EEM) based on a group parameter and for performing a group operation on the EEM. The reconstructing module is for reconstructing the EEM obtained from the group operation into an output data. |
| US09264180B2 |
Method, network node, computer program and computer program product for decoding a signal
According to a first aspect, it is presented a method for decoding at least one signal from a sequence of symbols. The method is executed in a network node of a mobile communication system and comprises the steps of: receiving a sequence of symbols using a radio receiver; identifying at least one corrupted symbol by identifying a corruption of at least the first received symbol of the plurality of symbols; obtaining a working set of symbols, by omitting the at least one corrupted symbol from the sequence of symbols; and de-spreading the working set of symbols using a subset of a first de-spreading code, wherein the subset of the first de-spreading code comprises code elements corresponding to the working set of symbols, to thereby provide a first decoded signal. A corresponding network node, computer program and computer program product are also presented. |
| US09264178B2 |
General phase perturbation method
A method for modifying a signal transmitted from a mobile communication device comprising perturbing a transmit diversity parameter from its nominal value by modulating the parameter with respect to the nominal value in alternating directions, receiving a feedback signal including feedback information relating to the modified signal as received at a feedback device, and based at least on the feedback information, adjusting the nominal value of the transmit diversity parameter by increasing, decreasing, or preserving the nominal value. The perturbations are selected to minimize phase discontinuities. |
| US09264176B2 |
Multi-carrier arrangement for high speed data
The system and method of the present invention uses a plurality of carriers by assigning user terminals to the plurality of carriers so that a minimum grade of service is met and so that throughput is maximized. Each serviced user terminal reports the channel quality of each of a plurality of carriers to a servicing base station(s). The reported channel qualities are then converted to maximum supported data rates for each of the user terminals and each of the carriers. These data rates are then used to allocate data service levels and data rates for each of the user terminals so that a minimum grade of service is met for each of the user terminals. Forward link transmissions, e.g., frames/data packets carried on forward channels (F-CHs), are then constructed and transmitted to meet the allocations. |
| US09264174B2 |
Wideband intelligent jamming control apparatus and method
A wideband intelligent jamming control apparatus and method is provided, which efficiently control an unauthorized threat signal. The wideband intelligent jamming control apparatus includes a signal detection terminal for detecting and analyzing wideband frequency signals in real time, and transmitting a jamming command and jamming signal specification information if a corresponding wideband frequency signal is determined to be an unauthorized threat signal. A jamming terminal receives the jamming command and the jamming signal specification information, and generates and emits a jamming signal based on the jamming command and the jamming signal specification information. The signal detection terminal and the jamming terminal may be configured to be physically separated from each other and may be controlled on a network. |
| US09264169B2 |
Method for the adaptive configuration of the transmission spectrum in WDM-PONs
A method for adaptive configuration of a transmission signal in a coherent Wavelength-Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Network (WDM-PON) having an optical line termination and a plurality of end nodes includes: (a) generating, by at least m lasers, the transmission signal; (b) monitoring the ka active end nodes; (c) if the number of active end nodes is reduced to ka≦(m−1)*p: reassigning active end nodes associated with a spectral range of a laser to be switched off to a respective free spectral range of another laser, announcing the new assignment of the spectral ranges by transmitting a message to one or more end nodes assigned to the laser to be switched off, and switching off the laser to be switched off; and (d) if the number of active end nodes increases to ka>m*p: switching on an additional laser. |
| US09264164B2 |
Transmission apparatus, transmission method, wireless communication system for orthogonal cover code (OCC) generation and OCC mapping
A transmission apparatus, a transmission method, a wireless communication system and method. Generate a first group of orthogonal cover code sequences C1 represented by a matrix of [Cn, 1(1), Cn, 1(2), . . . Cn, 1(M)], which satisfy that any adjacent truncated sub cover code sequences [C2j−1, 1(2m−1), C2j−1, 1(2m)] and [C2j, 1(2m−1), C2j, 1(2m)] are also mutually orthogonal, wherein n is an index of N orthogonal cover code sequences included in the first group of orthogonal cover code sequences, M is a spreading factor of the orthogonal cover code sequence as a spreading sequence, N≦M, j is an integer satisfying 1≦j≦N/2, and m is an integer satisfying 1≦m≦M/2; perform column mirroring on the first group of orthogonal cover code sequences, so as to generate a second group of orthogonal cover code sequences C2 ; perform cyclic shift processing of column vectors on the first group of orthogonal cover code sequences, so as to generate a third group of orthogonal cover code sequences C3; column mirroring on the third group of orthogonal cover code sequences, so as to generate a fourth group of orthogonal cover code sequences C4; and a transmitter configured to: transmit each of the first group, second group, third group, and fourth group of orthogonal cover code sequences. |
| US09264163B2 |
Method and apparatus for multiplexing ethernet channels
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates multiplexing low-speed Ethernet channels onto a high-speed channel. During operation, the system receives a number of low-speed Ethernet channels. Next, the system derives N bit streams from the number of low-speed Ethernet channels, and feeds each bit stream to an input of a serializer, which is conventionally used to serialize bits from a single channel. Each input of the serializer comprises one bit of an N-bit-wide parallel input bus, and the data rate of the serializer output matches the data rate of the high-speed channel. The system then transmits the output of the serializer onto the high-speed channel. |
| US09264162B2 |
Wireless position-time synchronization for scanning sensor devices
A method includes wirelessly transmitting one or more messages to a sensor assembly in order to synchronize a clock of the sensor assembly. The method also includes wirelessly receiving multiple sensor measurements of a characteristic of a web of material from the sensor assembly. The method further includes receiving timestamps and position data associated with the sensor measurements. In addition, the method includes correlating the sensor measurements, timestamps, and position data. The sensor measurements from the sensor assembly could be timestamped, and the position data could include timestamped position data. The timestamped position data could be received from a source other than the sensor assembly. The method can further include generating a cross direction profile of the web of material using the sensor measurements, timestamps, and positions. |
| US09264159B2 |
Distributed contribution of disparate interactive elements
Mechanisms are provided for collecting user response information corresponding to a request transmitted as a part of unidirectional media broadcast. Mobile devices used to display media broadcast containing the request, such a survey, are also configured to send information using other communication networks, such as cellular networks. Mobile devices collect users' responses to the request and send information corresponding to these responses to a response processing server. The response processing server in turn processes the information, generate a report, and transmit this report to the broadcasting service. These reports may be used for a variety of purposes. In one example, reports are used to update broadcasted content such that mobile device user can view results of their responses as a part of the updated broadcast. |
| US09264158B2 |
Audio signal processing apparatus
An audio signal processing apparatus has a plurality of channels for controlling a plurality of audio signals. In the apparatus, a volume setting unit sets volume parameters of the plurality of channels. A group generation unit determines a plurality of groups each including one or more channels among the plurality of channels. An attenuation setting unit sets an attenuation amount for each group. An on/off setting unit sets each group to either an on-state or an off-state. A plurality of volume controllers control the plurality of channels, a volume controller of each channel, which belongs to a group in the off-state, controlling a level of the channel and a volume controller of each channel, which belongs to a group in the on-state, generating a volume value by attenuating the volume parameter set to the channel by the attenuation amount set to the group and controlling a level of the channel. |
| US09264156B2 |
Technique for calibrating a receiver apparatus
A technique for calibrating a receiver apparatus comprising at least one analog signal processing component and an intermediate frequency, or IF, mixer for converting IF signals comprising an in-phase, or I, signal and a quadrature-phase, or Q, signal to baseband frequency signals is provided. The IF mixer is arranged downstream of the at least one analog signal processing component. A method implementation of the technique comprises the steps of determining, in a digital processing domain downstream of the IF mixer, a metric which is affected by a frequency dependency of an imbalance between I and the Q signal, or IQ-imbalance, over a signal bandwidth, generating, based on the metric thus determined, a calibration signal configured to at least partially compensate a frequency-dependency of the IQ imbalance, and feeding the calibration signal to the at least one analog signal processing component so as to calibrate the at least one analog signal processing component. |
| US09264154B1 |
Dynamic range enhancement of high-speed electrical signal data via non-linear compression
Systems and methods for high-speed compression of dynamic electrical signal waveforms to extend the measuring capabilities of conventional measuring devices such as oscilloscopes and high-speed data acquisition systems are discussed. Transfer function components and algorithmic transfer functions can be used to accurately measure signals that are within the frequency bandwidth but beyond the voltage range and voltage resolution capabilities of the measuring device. |
| US09264152B2 |
Method and apparatus for co-location of two radio frequency devices
A method for avoiding signal interference between a first RF circuit and a second RF circuit is provided. The first and second RF circuits are co-located and the first RF circuit is configured to operate in a first frequency range. The second RF circuit is configured to operate in a second frequency range, where the first frequency range overlaps, at least in part, the first frequency range. The method initiates with a controller that is coupled to the first RF circuit and the second RF circuit. Then, the second RF circuit is configured to avoid RF signal collisions with the first RF circuit. An apparatus where two RF devices are co-located without causing interference for each other is also provided. |
| US09264148B2 |
Two dimensional photonic cluster state generator from sequential photons with multiple entanglement gates
We describe an integrated waveguide device that creates entanglement between a sequence of periodically spaced (in time) photons in a single input and output mode. The device consists of a polarization maintaining integrated waveguide chip containing a number of delay lines, integrated multimode interferometers with the potential for rapid switching, a polarization controller and off chip computer logic and timing. The device is capable of creating a diverse array of outputs such as linear cluster states and ring cluster states in a single output mode. |
| US09264146B2 |
Detection and removal of cycle slip from received signals
Embodiments of the disclosure include a method and apparatus for detecting and removing cycle slip. A phase-modulated signal having a plurality of phase-modulated symbols is received at an optical receiver, and, for each phase-modulated symbol, a phase-error estimate of a phase error of the phase-modulated symbol is generated. The presence of a cycle slip is then detected based on the phase-error estimates, and, a phase of each of one or more of the received phase-modulated symbols is adjusted to remove the detected cycle slip without adjusting a local oscillator. |
| US09264145B2 |
Optical receiver having a chromatic-dispersion compensation module with a multibranch filter-bank structure
An optical receiver having an electronic dispersion-compensation module with two parallel signal-processing branches configured to provide a greater range of dispersion compensation than that provided by a prior-art device of comparable implementation complexity. In an example embodiment, each of the signal-processing branches includes a respective bank of finite-impulse-response filters that are configured in accordance with a different respective approximation of the group delay that needs to be compensated. The two group-delay approximations used by the filter banks rely on different respective step functions, each having a respective plurality of quantized steps, with the transitions between adjacent steps in one step function being spectrally aligned with the flat portions of the corresponding steps in the other step function. The filter banks may be further configured to apply different respective frequency-dependent phase-shift and/or amplitude-scaling profiles designed to reduce signal distortions associated with the transitions between adjacent steps in the step functions. |
| US09264138B2 |
Reliable visibile light communication with dark light synchronization
LEDs that transmit or receive data in a VLC channel may create a flickering effect which is caused by the human eye being able to perceive the fluctuations of the light intensity in a LED. To prevent flickering such that the LED is perceived as being illuminated at a constant intensity, the LEDs may emit light based on a pattern of dark and energy slots. During the dark slots, the LEDs may be reversed bias to determine how much light is received. Based on comparing the light received, each VLC system may synchronize respective clocks such that the dark slots align. The VLC systems may then transmit a data frame preamble instructing the other VLC systems to cease synchronization and use the dark slots to receive the data from the data frame. While transmitting the data frame, the VLC systems may continue to use the energy slots to prevent flicker. |
| US09264135B2 |
Bidirectional pentaplex system and method
A bidirectional pentaplex system is connected to a machine room. The machine room provides a first optical signal, a second optical signal and a monitoring signal and transmits to the bidirectional pentaplex system. The bidirectional pentaplexer includes a first receiving unit, a second receiving unit, a first emitting unit, a second emitting unit, a filter, a transceiver, a grating, a plurality of reflecting units and a control circuit. The receiving units and the transceiver respectively receives the signals, then the control circuit controls the emitting units emitting the feedback signals and transmits the feedback signals back to the machine room. |
| US09264134B2 |
Automatic laser shutdown and recovery in response to a link break
A communication system may include a first control circuit to detect a break on a first optical link; a first optical source to supply a first optical signal on a second optical link in response to detecting the break on the first optical link, the first optical signal propagating in a first direction on the second optical link; a second control circuit to detect a presence of the first optical signal on the second optical link, and output a control signal in response to detecting the presence of the first optical signal; and a second optical source to supply a second optical signal on the second optical link, the second optical signal propagating in a second direction opposite the first direction, where the Raman pump is disabled in response to the control signal. |
| US09264128B2 |
Receiving circuit, method for receiving a signal, and use of a detection circuit and a control circuit
A receiving circuit, method for receiving a signal, and use of a detection circuit and a control circuit of a receiving circuit of a node of a radio network is provided to deactivate an analog signal processing and/or determination of digital data from a signal received over an antenna of the node, when a stored current frame of the digital data has been recognized as valid, and to activate the analog signal processing and/or the determination, when the transmission of the current frame over an interface of the control circuit has been confirmed, whereby the control circuit is connected to the detection circuit and/or an input circuit for deactivation and activation, and whereby the detection circuit is formed to determine the digital data from the received signal. |
| US09264114B2 |
Antenna device for a radio base station in a cellular telephony system
An apparatus comprises a first and a second input connection for a first (D1) and a second (D2) data stream, and a first and a second polarization former, one for each of said data streams. The apparatus further comprises a first and a second antenna of respective first and second polarizations, and one amplifier each. The apparatus further comprises a first and a second combiner, so that the outputs from the polarization formers may be combined as input to each of the first and second antennas. |
| US09264113B2 |
Frame synchronization method and apparatus of wireless system, and wireless system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a frame synchronization method. The frame synchronization method of the wireless system includes: separately delaying a signal received from one of N receiving antennas in K tributaries, and outputting K delayed signals, where N and K are positive integers; generating a first output signal by performing a correlation operation on the K delayed signals and a preamble subsequence; generating a second output signal by performing the correlation operation on each of the K delayed signals and each of the K delayed signals itself; and performing cancellation processing for the first output signal and the second output signal to obtain a string of data stream, obtaining a maximum value of the string of data stream as a correlation peak, so as to determine a position of a frame header according to a time point corresponding to the correlation peak. |
| US09264110B2 |
Enhanced rank for outdoor to indoor coverage
The invention relates to a wireless outdoor-indoor multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications system for communicating with user equipment located inside a physical structure such as a building. The MIMO communication system is comprised of a node having at least two node antennas, wherein the node is configured for line of sight (LOS) wireless MIMO communication with at least two outdoor-indoor repeaters, and of at least two outdoor-indoor repeaters adapted for LOS wireless MIMO communication with the node. The repeaters have at least one repeater antenna each, provided outside the physical structure, for LOS MIMO communication with the node and at least two DASs each, provided inside the physical structure, for indoor MIMO communication with the user equipment located inside the physical structure. The repeaters are provided outside on the same physical structure and spaced well-apart, and each DAS of each repeater is provided such that they provide the same indoor coverage of the same interior space in the physical structure. |
| US09264108B2 |
Wireless power carrier-synchronous communication
An apparatus and method for communication with a wireless power transmitter are disclosed. According to one aspect, a device may include an antenna for wirelessly transmitting a power signal at a power carrier and data signal at a data signal carrier. A receiver may be configured to receive the power signal and the data signal and determine a reference signal based on the received signal. |
| US09264100B1 |
Emergency communications controller and console
An emergency communications device contains dispatch consoles for use by user that contains multiple repeaters and multiple communication networks. The multiple repeaters and multiple communication networks are used for redundancy purposes, in case the repeater or communication network in use becomes disabled for any reason. The device also contains a recorder unit capable of provided instant playback to emergency dispatch personnel independently of whether the unit is recording. The device does not require an external computer to operate. |
| US09264088B2 |
Power case for electronic device
A protective case for an electronic device includes first and second case portions, a rechargeable battery, first and second electrical connectors, a switch, and electrical circuitry. The second case portion is removably attachable to the first case portion. The first electrical connector is accessible at an outer surface of the second case portion for electrically connecting to an external power source. The second electrical connector is accessible at an inner surface of the second case portion for electrically connecting the protective case to the electronic device. The switch is accessible on the second case portion and is user operable. The electrical circuitry distributes the received electrical power to the electronic device and to the rechargeable battery. The electrical circuitry also distributes stored electrical power from the rechargeable battery to the electronic device. Distribution of the stored electrical power to the electronic device is conditioned upon a state of the switch. |
| US09264087B2 |
Electronic device
An electronic device includes a case, a switch, a connecting tray and a moving member. The case has an opening. The switch is disposed in the case and near the opening. The connecting tray is disposed in the case and near the opening. The moving member is disposed on the opening in a movable manner. The moving member includes a pressing portion and a carrying portion. The pressing portion is movably connected to the carrying portion, the carrying portion is for carrying a function card and is plugged in the connecting tray in a detachable manner, and the pressing portion is for moving relative to the carrying portion, thereby triggering the switch. |
| US09264086B2 |
Mobile unit having internet protocol functionality
A mobile unit includes a handset and a removable storage module having a unique storage module identity, for storing information specific to a user, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Additional information regarding a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) which uniquely identifies the subscriber is also stored in the removable storage module. Upon successfully camping on a cell of a mobile network, the IP address is forwarded to an IP-based network capable of communicating with the mobile unit. In an alternate embodiment, the mobile unit has multi-network capabilities which allow it to communicate with an IP-based network and a cellular network at the same time. In another embodiment, existing cellular network services for the mobile unit having multi-network capabilities are routed through the IP-based network. |
| US09264085B2 |
Universal wireless trainable transceiver unit with integrated bidirectional wireless interface for vehicles
The invention relates to a universal wireless trainable transceiver unit with integrated bidirectional wireless interface functionality, and a method for same. Using a scan, push button or untrained channel mode, a user may enter into a wireless bidirectional interface mode of a trainable transceiver. The interface mode allows a user to select a sub-set of modes that include diagnostics, flash and vehicle interface. Each mode provides the trainable transceiver to communicate wirelessly in a bidirectional manner with another remote device. |
| US09264084B2 |
Radio receiver having enhanced automatic gain control circuitry
An apparatus includes an input terminal to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and to communicate the RF signal to a low noise amplifier (LNA) via an input signal path, and a capacitor attenuator coupled to the input terminal to attenuate the RF signal by a controllable amount and having a first portion controllable to include a used part configured on the input signal path and an unused part coupled between the input signal path and an AC reference node, and a second portion coupled between the LNA and the AC reference node. |
| US09264083B2 |
Communication circuit and semiconductor device
A communication circuit, includes a receiver that provides communication by using a first transmission path and a second transmission path, the first transmission path being used to transmit a first signal, and the second transmission path being used to transmit a second signal; wherein the receiver includes a compensation circuit that compensates for an attenuation of a current when noise is superimposed on the first signal and on the second signal; wherein the compensation circuit includes a first compensation circuit; and wherein the first compensation circuit detects an electric current attenuation of the first signal when the noise is superimposed on the first signal, and compensates for the attenuation of the first signal by adding the detected electric current attenuation to the second signal. |
| US09264081B1 |
Method and apparatus for interference cancellation efficiency estimation and control
Estimation of interference cancellation efficiency as disclosed herein advantageously accounts for the real-world or effective performance of interference cancellation by estimating the interference cancellation efficiency expected for a signal targeted for interference cancellation as a joint function of signal parameters for the targeted signal and one or more other signals that will remain after such cancellation. For example, a wireless communication apparatus, such as a user equipment configured for operation in a cellular communication network, is configured to estimate the interference cancellation efficiency expected for an interfering signal received in conjunction with a desired signal, based on a joint function of signal parameters for the interfering signal and the desired signal. Such processing extends directly, of course, to the consideration of multiple interferers and/or multiple desired signals, and may be carried out in each of two or more interference cancellation processing iterations. |
| US09264079B2 |
Apparatus and method for DC offset calibration in signal transmission device
An apparatus and a method for Direct Current (DC) offset calibration in a signal transmission device of a wireless communication system are provided. The apparatus includes a first DC calibration unit for removing a DC offset from a signal, which is output from a Current-to-Voltage Converter (IVC), by using a first DC calibration value, a Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA) for amplifying the signal output from the IVC, a second DC calibration unit for removing a DC offset from a signal output from the VGA by using a second DC calibration value, a Low Pass Filter (LPF) for filtering the signal output from the VGA, a third DC calibration unit for removing a DC offset from a signal output from the LPF by using a third DC calibration value, and a controller for determining the first DC calibration value, the second DC calibration value and the third DC calibration value. |
| US09264077B2 |
Mobile communications device including an RF transmitter providing impedance fluctuation dampening and related methods
A mobile communications device may include an RF signal source configured to generate RF signals over an RF frequency band(s), and an RF transmitter coupled to the RF signal source. The RF transmitter may include an RF amplifier configured to operate over a plurality of different power control levels. The RF amplifier may have an input configured to receive the RF signals from the RF signal source and an output having an impedance which changes based upon changes between the different power control levels. The RF transmitter may further include a shunt resistor(s) coupling the output of the amplifier to a voltage reference, and the shunt resistor(s) may be configured to decrease a highest impedance change of the RF amplifier output to below a threshold impedance level. An antenna(s) may be coupled to the output of the RF amplifier to operate over the at least one RF frequency band. |
| US09264076B2 |
Signal generation device
A device for generating a signal, including: a balun; and a circuit capable of summing up, on a first access terminal of the balun, currents representative of signals received on first input terminals of the device, and on a second access terminal of the balun, currents representative of signals received on second input terminals of the device. |
| US09264073B2 |
Freezing-based LDPC decoder and method
A low-density parity check (LDPC) decoder includes a memory configured to store multiple variable node LLR values in a LLR memory and multiple check nodes messages in a CN memory. The LDPC decoder also includes a saturation indicator configured to determine whether each check node of the H-matrix becomes saturated, and a multiplexer. The multiplexer is configured store an extrinsic check node value in the CN memory and updated LLR value in the LLR memory when the variable node is not saturated; and store a freeze input value in the CN memory and a freeze value in the LLR memory when the variable node is saturated. |
| US09264065B2 |
Low complexity non-integer adaptive sample rate conversion
Generally described herein are methods and systems for sample rate conversion of non-integer and integer factors. In one or more embodiments an apparatus can include a sample rate converter that can include an input configured to receive an input signal with a first frequency and an output configured to provide an output signal with a second frequency different from the first frequency. The sample rate converter can include a filter coefficient lookup table and a numerically controlled oscillator configured to provide filter coefficients from the filter coefficient lookup table at a rate that is a function of the first frequency and the second frequency. The sample rate converter can include a multiplier configured to produce an output that is the product of a filter coefficient of the filter coefficients from the numerically controlled oscillator and a sample of an input signal and an accumulator configured to sum an output of the multiplier and provide a result of the summation when the accumulator receives an indicator to dump the result. |
| US09264063B2 |
Method for designing band pass delta-sigma modulator, band pass delta-sigma modulator, signal processing device, and radio transceiver
To obtain a band pass delta sigma modulator (excluding θ0−±(π/2)×n; n is an integer being 1 or greater) for a desired frequency by replacing z in a z domain model of a low pass delta-sigma modulator with z′ below: z′=fcnv(z,θ0), wherein fcnv(z, θ0) is a function in which the absolute value of fcnv(z, θ0) is always 1 for any z and θ0, θ0=2π×(f0/fs), fs is a sampling frequency, and f0 is a center frequency of a quantization noise stop band of the band pass delta-sigma modulator. |
| US09264060B2 |
Analog to digital conversion method with offset tracking and correction and analog to digital converter implementing the same
A new approach is disclosed concerning offset cancellation methods in analog to digital converters and analog to digital converters implementing the same. Such approach allows to efficiently cancel offset drifts in analog to digital converters. |
| US09264059B2 |
Calibration of time-interleaved analog-to-digital converter
Various embodiments describe systems and methods for calibrating gain mismatches and timing errors in and between individual ADC channels of a time-interleaved ADC. In some embodiments, a calibration signal (e.g., a DC signal) can be selectively applied to each ADC channel of a time-interleaved ADC to estimate a gain mismatch of the corresponding ADC channel. The gain mismatch can then be compensated by a gain correction circuit at the digital backend of the time-interleaved ADC. In some embodiments, timing errors between ADC channels of a time-interleaved ADC can be measured by applying a time varying signal to the ADC channels of the time-interleaved ADC. The timing errors can be calibrated by applying a feedback signal to a clock phase generator of the time-interleaved ADC. |
| US09264057B2 |
DA converter, AD converter, and semiconductor device
A DA converter includes a first DA conversion section for obtaining an analog output signal in accordance with a digital input signal value, and a second DA conversion section for obtaining an analog gain control output signal in accordance with a digital gain control input signal value. In the DA converter, the gain control of the analog output signal generated by the first DA conversion section is performed on the basis of the gain control output signal generated by the second DA conversion section. |
| US09264055B2 |
Integrated circuit having a clock deskew circuit that includes an injection-locked oscillator
Methods and apparatuses featuring an injection-locked oscillator (ILO) are described. In some embodiments, an ILO can have multiple injection points and a free-running frequency that is capable of being adjusted based on a control signal. In some embodiments, each injection point of an ILO can correspond to a phase tuning range. In some embodiments, a circuit can include circuitry to detect a phase boundary between two adjacent phase tuning ranges. In some embodiments, a circuit can use the detected phase boundary to switch between the two adjacent phase tuning ranges. |
| US09264052B1 |
Implementing dynamic phase error correction method and circuit for phase locked loop (PLL)
A method and a circuit for implementing dynamic phase error correction for phase locked loop (PLL) circuits, and a design structure on which the subject circuit resides are provided. The circuit implements dynamic phase error correction and includes an adjustable delay line that is placed in either the reference or feedback clock path. The phase error correction circuit detects the propagation delay of the reference clock path from input pin to the phase frequency detector in the PLL. It also detects the propagation delay of the feedback clock path from input pin to the phase frequency detector in the PLL. The detected propagation delays are compared and a control signal is generated that is proportional to the mismatch. The control signal is applied to the adjustable delay line. The delay of the delay line is continually adjusted until the reference and feedback clock paths are balanced. |
| US09264048B2 |
Secret operations using reconfigurable logics
An integrated circuit includes a programmable logic device and optionally a control circuit coupled to the programmable logic device (PLD). The control circuit may detect that a reconfiguration criterion is satisfied. Responsive to the reconfiguration criterion being satisfied, the control logic may configure, using one or more randomizations, the PLD to implement a secret operation, wherein a first randomized configuration of the PLD results in a first circuit implementation that is different from, but functionally equivalent to, a second circuit implementation that results from a second randomized configuration of the PLD. |
| US09264044B2 |
Programmable logic circuit and nonvolatile FPGA
A programmable logic circuit includes: first to third wiring lines, the second wiring lines intersecting with the first wiring lines; and cells provided in intersecting areas, at least one of cells including a first transistor and a programmable device with a first and second terminals, the first terminal connecting to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor, the second terminal being connected to one of the second wiring lines, the other of the source and the drain being connected to one of the first wiring lines, and a gate of the first transistor being connected to one of the third wiring lines. One of source and drain of each of the first cut-off transistors is connected to the one of the second wiring lines, and an input terminal of each of first CMOS inverters is connected to the other of the source and the drain. |
| US09264043B2 |
Low power level shifter with output swing control
A level shifter comprising a first driver transistor for receiving an input signal. A gate-controlled transistor coupled to the first driver transistor. A second driver transistor coupled to the gate controlled transistor. An output coupled to the second driver transistor, wherein the gate-controlled transistor is for receiving a predetermined gate voltage when the output voltage exceeds a predetermined value. |
| US09264039B2 |
Circuit and method for on-die termination, and semiconductor memory device including the same
An on-die termination (ODT) circuit includes a calibration unit, an offset-code generating unit, an adder, and an ODT unit. The calibration unit generates a pull-up code and a pull-down code. The offset-code generates a pull-up offset code and a pull-down offset code based on a mode-register-set signal, the pull-up code, and the pull-down code. The adder adds the pull-up offset code and the pull-down offset code to the pull-up code and the pull-down code, respectively, and generates a pull-up calibration code and a pull-down calibration code. The ODT unit changes ODT resistance in response to the pull-up calibration code and the pull-down calibration code. |
| US09264037B2 |
Keyboard including movement activated optical keys and related methods
A keyboard may include a plurality of optical keys. Each optical key may include an optical module and an interaction surface. The optical key may be configured to be activated based on movement of an object on or adjacent the interaction surface. Each movement may produce a different output from the optical module to thereby generate a predetermined input for a device. |
| US09264036B2 |
Method of transmitting signals
A method of transmitting signals applied for a loading control system, which includes a phase angle control module and a driving module, wherein the phase angle control module is electrically connected to an input interface. The method includes the following steps: A. switch the input interface from a first status to a second status; B. modify a voltage waveform of an AC power to make the voltage waveform have a delayed conduction angle in half of its wave period; C. check the delayed conduction angle of the voltage waveform; D. transmitting an electric signal to a loading according to the delayed conduction angle. |