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US09345464B2	Devices and methods for minimally invasive spinal stablization and instrumentation Described herein are devices and methods for fusion of adjacent vertebral bones using distractor platforms for exposure and resection of at least a portion of the facet joint, such as in performance of a TLiF procedure. In one embodiment, the distractor platform contains at least a first receptacle and/or extension adapted to couple to the implanted screw/bone marker and the method includes advancing a threaded segment of a bone fastener assembly into the identified first pedicle of the first vertebral bone, the first bone fastener assembly further comprises a second segment adapted to couple with a distraction platform adapted to concurrently attach onto at least one tissue retention blade and adapted to retain the tissue retention blade in the displaced position. Stabilization of a spinal segment is also provided by advancing a substantially concave orthopedic implant through an opening made in a posterior aspect of a disc space.
US09345460B2	Tissue closure devices, device and systems for delivery, kits and methods therefor The present invention relates to wound closure devices, devices and systems for delivery, kits and methods therefor. The wound closure devices can achieve wound closure in lieu of compression and can be configured to be quickly deployable by an introducer or from outside the body.
US09345457B2	Presentation of biopsy sample by biopsy device A biopsy device includes a cutter defining a cutter lumen and a tissue sample holder for collecting tissue samples. In one example, the tissue sample holder includes a rotatable manifold, and has a plurality of chambers that are each configured to separately hold tissue samples. A tissue sample holder rotation mechanism is operable to rotate the manifold to successively align each of the chambers with the cutter lumen. A controller in communication with the rotation mechanism is configured to rotate the manifold to a presentation position to present a collected tissue sample within a chamber to a user (e.g., at an angular position approximately 90 degrees from the cutter lumen). The controller is further configured to rotate the manifold align the next, empty chamber with the cutter lumen in response to a user input instructing the biopsy device to obtain another tissue sample.
US09345452B2	Ultrasound observation system and operation method of ultrasound observation system An ultrasound observation system includes: an ultrasound transducer that transmits ultrasound to a subject and receives ultrasound from the subject and generates an ultrasound signal; a displacement measurement circuit for elasticity image generation that measures a displacement of the subject based on the ultrasound signal; an elasticity modulus calculation circuit that calculates an elasticity modulus of the subject based on the measured displacement; a first automatic pressurization mechanism that generates a pressurization displacement in the subject; a signal waveform analysis circuit that analyzes a periodic motion based on a waveform of a signal that is based on a spontaneous displacement of the subject; and a pressurization mechanism control circuit that controls the first automatic pressurization mechanism so as to generate a pressurization displacement that reduces an influence of the spontaneous displacement of the subject at a time that an elasticity modulus is calculated based on the signal waveform analysis result.
US09345449B2	Prosthetic component for monitoring joint health A prosthetic component suitable for long-term implantation is provided. The prosthetic component includes electronic circuitry and sensors to measure a parameter of the muscular-skeletal system. The prosthetic component comprises a first structure having at least one support surface, a second structure having at least one feature configured to couple to bone, and at least one sensor. The electronic circuitry and sensors are hermetically sealed within the prosthetic component. The prosthetic component includes at least on transmissive region. The transmissive region can be located in a region that has exposure to a region outside the joint. The transmissive region can comprise glass. One or more sensors can be used to monitor synovial fluid in proximity to the joint to determine joint health. The transmissive region can be used to support communication between the electronic circuitry and remote system.
US09345444B2	CT pilot image acquisition method and CT device A CT pilot image acquisition method and a CT device are provided. The method may include: performing a helical scan on a predetermined area to be scanned, so as to obtain scanning data; reconstructing a tomographic image based on the scanning data; performing, at a predetermined positioning angle, a parallel beam projection on the tomographic image by using a virtual parallel X-ray beam, so as to obtain projection data; and re-binning a CT pilot image at the predetermined positioning angle based on the projection data. Parallel beam projection is adopted to process the tomographic image, to obtain a pilot image without geometric distortions. The obtained pilot image can reflect an anatomical structure of human body accurately.
US09345439B2	Monte carlo and iterative methods for determination of tissue oxygen saturation A method for determining oxygen saturation includes emitting light from sources into tissue; detecting the light by detectors subsequent to reflection; and generating reflectance data based on detecting the light. The method includes determining a first subset of simulated reflectance curves from a set of simulated reflectance curves stored in a tissue oximetry device for a coarse grid; and fitting the reflectance data points to the first subset of simulated reflectance curves to determine a closest fitting one of the simulated reflectance curves. The method includes determining a second subset of simulated reflectance curves for a fine grid based on the closest fitting one of the simulated reflectance curves; determining a peak of absorption and reflection coefficients from the fine grid; and determining an absorption and a reflectance coefficient for the reflectance data points by performing a weighted average of the absorption coefficients and reflection coefficients from the peak.
US09345438B2	Weaning from ventilation using capnography Devices and systems for monitoring weaning of a subject from a respiratory ventilator including a processing logic configured to characterize distinct patterns in a series of CO2 waveforms, the distinct patterns indicative of the effectiveness of a weaning process; and to provide an indication relating to the effectiveness of the weaning process.
US09345434B2	Physiological signal measurement apparatus capable of automatically adjusting a measure position and method of utilizing the apparatus A physiological signal measurement apparatus is capable of automatically adjusting a measure position and suitable for installed on a support element to measure a physiological signal of a user. The physiological signal measurement apparatus includes a movable element, a physiological signal sensing element, a pressure sensing unit and a microcontroller unit. The movable element has a first pressure. The user exerts a second pressure on the physiological signal sensing element, and exerts a third pressure on the support element. The pressure sensing unit senses the first pressure, the second pressure and the third pressure to generate a first pressure signal, a second pressure signal and a third pressure signal. The microcontroller unit receives the physiological signals and the pressure signals, and controls the movable element by the pressure signals and the physiological signals, in order to increase the quality of signal measurement.
US09345430B2	Imaging apparatus and imaging method thereof, image processing apparatus and image processing method thereof, and program An imaging apparatus includes: an unpolarized light-emitting portion configured to emit light having an unpolarized component; a polarized light-emitting portion configured to emit light having a predetermined polarized component via a first polarization filter; and an imaging element configured to image a subject, which is irradiated with light by one of the unpolarized light-emitting portion and the polarized light-emitting portion, through a second polarization filter, the first polarization filter and the second polarization filter having polarization directions in an orthogonal relationship to each other, the imaging element being further configured to image the subject irradiated with light by the unpolarized light-emitting portion and the subject irradiated with light by the polarized light-emitting portion in a time division manner and output an unpolarized light image and an orthogonal polarized light image that are obtained as a result of imaging.
US09345426B2	Purification of glucose concentration signal in an implantable fluorescence based glucose sensor Methods, sensors, and systems for determining a concentration of glucose in a medium of a living animal are disclosed. Determining the glucose concentration may involve emitting excitation light from a light source to indicator molecules, generating a raw signal indicative of the amount of light received by a photodetector, purifying and normalizing the raw signal, and converting the normalized signal to a glucose concentration. The purification may involve removing noise (e.g., offset and/or distortion) from the raw signal. The purification and normalization may involve tracking the cumulative emission time that the light source has emitted the excitation light and tracking the implant time that has elapsed since the optical sensor was implanted. The purification and normalization may involve measuring the temperature of the sensor. The purification, normalization, and conversion may involve using parameters determined during manufacturing, in vitro testing, and/or in vivo testing.
US09345419B2	Method and apparatus for the objective detection of auditive disorders This invention relates to the apparatus for the objective detection of auditive disorders, by recording arising potentials of a steady state with simultaneous acoustic stimulation via the bones or the airway to be used in newborns. The apparatus comprises the necessary means for the independent generation of two different sound stimuli presented to the subject simultaneously via osseous, and airway electroacoustic transducers, the synchronous recording of the cerebral electrical activity of the subject, the continuous evaluation of the contact of the electrodes, the interactive measurement of the levels of ambient noise, and the wireless digital transmission of the bioelectric activity towards a computer.
US09345417B2	Method, implantable medical device, and system for determining the condition of a heart valve An implantable medical device has an impedance processor for determining atrial impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of an atrium of a heart during diastole and/or systole of heart cycle. Ventricular impedance data reflective of the cardiogenic impedance of a ventricle during diastole and/or systole are also determined. The determined impedance data are processed by a representation processor for estimating a diastolic and/or a systolic atrial impedance representation and a diastolic and/or a systolic ventricular impedance representation. A condition processor determines the presence of any heart valve malfunction, such as valve regurgitation and/or stenosis, of at least one heart valve based on the estimated atrial and ventricular impedance representations.
US09345415B2	Method and apparatus for measuring multiple ECG leads using a device with embedded leads An apparatus and a method, the apparatus including a housing, an electrocardiogram (ECG) measuring circuit contained in the housing, and three electrodes embedded in the housing, electrically connected to the ECG measuring circuit, and in spaced apart configuration from each other.
US09345411B2	Devices and methods for monitoring cerebral hemodynamic conditions Devices, and methods for measuring bioimpedance signals are disclosed. One aspect may include a headset apparatus including a retainer and electrodes. The retainer may be configured to position the electrodes on the head of a subject so as to obtain bioimpedance signals indicative of hemodynamic conditions associated with an MCA territory. A processor may be included to measure and analyze the obtained bioimpedance signals, and to output information for predicting hemodynamic conditions associated with an MCA territory.
US09345410B2	Diagnostic and optimization using exercise recovery data An apparatus, such as a cardiac function management system can detect heart sounds following a sensed transition in physical activity level, such as from an elevated physical activity level to rest. A technique can include systems, methods, machine-readable media, or other techniques that can include identifying a physical activity level transition, receiving a heart sound signal, determining characteristics of the heart sound and subject physiologic activity to provide an indication, such as a heart failure status indication.
US09345407B2	Method and apparatus for analyzing subsurfaces of a target material A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for aligning first and second light signals on an optical path directed to a target, where the first light signal provides a visualization of the target, and a portion of the second light signal reflects from at least one subsurface of the target. The method also includes aligning a first focal point of the first light signal and a second focal point of the second light signal, where the first focal point is at least in a first proximate location of the second focal point, and adjusting a first position of the first and second focal points to be in at least a second proximate location of the target without adjusting the at least first proximate location of the first focal point relative to the second focal point. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09345406B2	Occlusion-crossing devices, atherectomy devices, and imaging Described herein are methods for producing and identifying characteristic (“crescent shaped”) regions indicative of an atherectomy plaque within a vessel, and systems and devices adapted to take advantage of this characteristic region.
US09345405B2	Electrophysiological mapping system using external electrodes A system and method for generating an electrophysiological map are provided. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to receive a signal generated by an electrode disposed at a position on an external surface of the body and indicative of electric potential. The ECU is further configured to identify a surface boundary of an object of interest within the body using an image of the object. The ECU is further configured to identify intervening objects along a pathway between the position on the external surface and the surface boundary of the object of interest from one or more images of the pathway. The ECU is further configured to obtain an impedance value for each of the intervening objects and to determine an electric potential at the surface boundary of the object of interest responsive to the signal from the electrode and the impedance values of the intervening objects.
US09345399B2	Methods and devices for refractive correction of eyes Methods and devices are provided to obtain refractive correction with superior visual acuity (e.g., 20/10) by achieving an astigmatism-free customized refractive correction. The astigmatism-free customized refractive correction involves obtaining an objective and precise measurement of cylindrical power in a resolution between 0.01 D and 0.10 D in an eye using an objective aberrometer, reliably relating the cylindrical axis obtained from the objective aberrometer to that in a phoroptor, determining an optimized focus error of an eye through subjective refraction with a phoroptor, generating a customized refraction by combining the objective measured cylindrical power, the objective measured cylindrical axis, and the subjectively measured focus power, fabricating a custom lens with a tolerance finer than 0.09 D based on the generated customized refraction, and delivering an ophthalmic lens that can provide an astigmatism-free refractive correction for an eye.
US09345396B2	Scanning endoscope system A scanning endoscope system has a light guide portion that guides an illuminating light, a drive portion capable of causing the light guide portion to swing so that an irradiation position of the illuminating light draws a locus corresponding to a predetermined scanning pattern, a light detecting portion that receives a return light of the illuminating light and outputs a signal, a control portion that drives the drive portion to perform scan so that the irradiation position of the illuminating light becomes a locus in a spiral shape, and an image generating portion that generates an image of an object based on a signal outputted from the light detecting portion in a predetermined timing, wherein the control portion further performs control for driving the drive portion so that the irradiation position of the illuminating light circles on a same circumference in the predetermined timing.
US09345391B2	Control device, endoscope apparatus, aperture control method, and information storage medium A control device includes an image acquisition section that acquires an image of an object captured by an imaging optical system of an endoscope apparatus, a determination section that determines whether or not an observation area is in focus based on a pixel value of each pixel within the image of the object, the observation area being an observation target area within the image of the object, and an aperture control section that controls an aperture of the imaging optical system based on a result of the determination.
US09345385B2	Subject observation apparatus and subject observation method A subject observation apparatus of the invention includes: a light-emitting section for emitting a light to a subject; an optical modulation section for detecting a scattering angle of a return light from the subject and performing optical modulation on the return light in accordance with the scattering angle; and a signal output section for generating a signal to show a state of light scattering in the subject based on the light subjected to the optical modulation by the optical modulation section, and outputting the generated signal.
US09345377B2	Method of cleaning residue from a surface using a high efficiency disposable cellulosic wiper A method of cleaning residue from a surface includes providing a disposable cellulosic wiper including 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 ml. The microfibers are selected and present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a Laplace pore volume fraction at pore sizes less than 15 microns of at least 1.5 times that of a like wiper prepared without such microfibers. The wiper is applied, with a predetermined amount of pressure, to a residue-bearing surface. The surface is wiped with the wiper, while applying the predetermined amount of pressure, to remove residue from the surface, such that the surface has less than 1 g/m2 of residue after being wiped under the predetermined amount of pressure.
US09345374B2	Method of cleaning residue from a surface using a high efficiency disposable cellulosic wiper A method of cleaning residue from a surface includes providing a disposable cellulosic wiper including 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 ml. The microfibers are selected and present in amounts such that the wiper exhibits a Relative Bendtsen Smoothness at 1 kg of pressure of at least 1.5 as compared with a like wiper prepared without microfibers. The wiper is applied, with a predetermined amount of pressure, to a residue-bearing surface. The surface is wiped with the applied wiper, while applying the predetermined amount of pressure, to remove residue from the surface, such that the surface has less than 1 g/m2 of residue after being wiped under the predetermined amount of pressure.
US09345366B2	Bathing aid and bathing assembly using the same A bathing aid includes a base, a scrubbing member mounted to a top side of the base, a fastener mounted to a bottom side of the base for detachably fastening the base to a surface of an object, and a binding member for binding the scrubbing member and the fastener to the base. The base has a positioning portion and a connecting part. The scrubbing member is partially received in the positioning portion. The connecting part is detachably coupled with the base of another same bathing aid to substantially expand the scrubbing area for body cleaning. In this way, the bathing aid can not only be fixed to a wall or the ground for the user to conveniently clean his or her back or feet but expand the area for contact the user's body or serve as a pillow for the user to lie on.
US09345361B2	Heater The present invention relates to flameless heating apparatus for food products. In particular, it relates to an improved potentially exothermic mixture/blend for such heaters and to meal packages including foods and heating apparatus. An embodiment of the invention comprises a composite material consisting of a potentially exothermic metallic alloy powder dispersed throughout a porous polyethylene matrix, which releases hydrogen in an exothermic reaction. The present invention seeks to reduce the production of such gas per unit mass, and further seeks to improve the efficiency of the reaction.
US09345357B1	Magnetically mounted privacy screen A privacy screen includes a flexible panel having a hem formed peripherally about the panel. The hem includes a plurality of pockets. Each pocket accommodates a respective magnet. The magnets releasably adhere to a metallic door or frame surrounding a window or wall opening to be covered. This holds the panel over the window or wall opening to prevent viewing therethrough.
US09345352B2	Portable food handling devices A food handling device for use in eating a foodstuff, includes a holder and a movable member supported by the holder for movement along a longitudinal direction relative to the holder by a user. The movable member engages the foodstuff. Multiple food handling devices may be mounted on a serving platter of a food service assembly.
US09345347B2	Holding device with a securing sheet for mounting onto a wall A support for mounting an article onto a wall. The support includes a body with apparatus for holding or hanging the article. An impervious securing sheet is connectable air-tightly onto the wall and extends outwardly beyond a backside of the body. A friction plate is connected to the body and to the securing sheet. If the friction plate and the securing plate pull away from the wall, a negative pressure prevents the article from falling.
US09345343B2	Removable hanging device A removable hanging device configured to be retained within one of a lattice fence and a chain-link fence is disclosed, wherein the hanging device includes a retaining element having a substantially square cross-section configured to be received in a square opening formed in a fence, a hanger body configured to allow an article to be supported thereby, and a shaft connecting the retaining element to the hanger body. The retaining element is aligned with and extended through the square opening of the fence prior to being rotated to orient a top surface of the hanger body parallel to a ground surface. The rotation of the hanging device causes the retaining element to be oriented at 45° with respect to the square opening, causing the retaining element to be secured within the fence as the retaining element is unable to be removed from the square opening without first rotating the hanging device.
US09345341B2	Display case for exhibiting objects A display case for exhibiting objects is described. The display case has a support base for a display plane and for at least a first shell exhibiting at least a crystal delimiting wall, at least a first linear guide for the support of the first shell, the first linear guide exhibiting a part of fixed guide solidly constrained to the base and a part of mobile guide solidly constrained to the first shell, the part of fixed guide exhibiting at least a first rail for one or more first support bearings solidly constrained to the part of mobile guide, the part of mobile guide exhibiting a rail for one or more second support bearings solidly constrained to the part of fixed guide. The display plane being associated to the part of fixed guide by means of one or more third bearings for the support of the display plane.
US09345339B2	Supporting mechanism and crib therewith The present invention is to provide a supporting mechanism disposed on a hammock for supporting a mattress, and the supporting mechanism includes a folding component and a plurality of supporting components. The folding component is disposed on a central position of the hammock, and the folding component includes an upper surface, a lower surface and an avoiding section passing through the upper surface and the lower surface. The plurality of supporting components is disposed around the folding component and for supporting the mattress. An end of each of the plurality of supporting components is pivotally connected to the folding component, and the other end of each supporting component is fixed on an edge position of the hammock. The operation of the supporting mechanism is easy so that the hammock and the bedstead can be folded or unfolded together. Accordingly, the present invention is to provide a crib therewith.
US09345335B2	Pressure control and feedback system for an adjustable foam support apparatus A pressure control and feedback system for an adjustable foam support includes a vacuum pump for drawing air from a hermetically sealed foam core to reduce the firmness of the core. A valve opens to permit and closes to block the passage of air into and out of the core. A remotely operated controller generates control signals to selectively start and stop operation of the pump, and selectively open and close the valve, which provides a selected level of pneumatic pressure and corresponding firmness in the core. A pressure sensor detects the pressure and firmness of the core and generates representative feedback signals. An indicator device responsive to the feedback signals indicates the sensed firmness of the core. Software calibrates the system and provides the system with intelligent operation.
US09345325B2	Stackable shim A shim includes a main body defined by a main body outer perimeter and having a first surface and an opposing second surface. A pocket is located within the main body outer perimeter and is recessed from the first surface to provide a support surface. A protrusion is defined by a protrusion outer perimeter and is located within the main body outer perimeter. The protrusion protrudes from the second surface to an engaging surface. A plurality of geometrically shaped cells are located within the protrusion outer perimeter and are recessed from the engaging surface.
US09345321B1	Low profile cabinet rack The present invention provides a low profile storage rack that attaches to the rear/interior surface of a kitchen cabinet door. The low profile storage rack includes a rear surface that confronts the rear of the door, a front surface opposite the rear surface, and a plurality of rows of ledges that extend outwardly perpendicularly relative to the storage rack width and height. Optionally, the storage rack has a low profile (thickness) so that it may fit into the unused space between the cabinet door, the cabinet face frame, and the shelves contained therein and is light weight so that the storage rack can be attached to a cabinet door with non-damaging, removable frame/poster hangers or other reusable adhesives.
US09345313B2	Holster for handheld device The holster securely locks the handheld device, such as a radio within the holster body and allows the radio or device to be readily inserted or removed with a single hand. The holster has a resilient polymer body molded to have an integral pair of retention ears, which hinge to securely lock the device in place and a projection member, which applies an outward force on the device to urge it outward from the holster when the retention ears are manually disengaged.
US09345309B1	Infusion pump transport and holding system An apparatus is disclosed for strapping around the body of a user comprising one or more pockets to securely hold a device that may be connected to the user. The apparatus includes a band comprising a first side and a second side and a fastening tab attachably connected on a first end of the second side of the band. The apparatus also includes a pocket attachably connected on a first side of the band.
US09345306B2	Airtight compact An airtight compact that contains a volatile product until a time of use. The airtight compact includes a translucent and fragile pot partially encased by a base assembly, which has a rotatable lid assembly pivotably coupled to the base assembly. The rotatable lid assembly comprising a liner over-molded to an inner lid that directly seals to a rim of the fragile pot partially encased by the base. The fragile pot may be formed of a translucent glass, which is protected by the base and the rotatable lid assemblies.
US09345288B1	User configurable belt buckle Various user configurable belt buckles are provided. A user configurable belt buckle includes a user configurable frame that, in turn, includes four side members. The user configurable belt buckle further includes a prong, secured to the user configurable frame, for protruding through a hole in a belt. The user configurable belt buckle also includes one or more user-controllable attachment devices for providing side member substitution. At least one side member of the four side members is user replaceable by a substitute side member having at least one different physical characteristic than the at least one side member.
US09345287B2	Heel stabilizer for footwear A heel stabilizer for use with human footwear that reduces or eliminates upward movement of the heel within footwear is disclosed herein. The heel stabilizer preferably includes two gripping portions or parts that grip the heel on the medial and lateral surfaces of the foot, preferably above the widest part of the heel. The heel stabilizer may be integrated directly into footwear. Alternatively, the heel stabilizer may be a separate insert that can be inserted into footwear.
US09345286B2	Contoured fluid-filled chamber A fluid-filled chamber may be incorporated into footwear and other products. The chamber is formed from a polymer material that defines a first surface, a second surface located opposite the first surface, and a sidewall surface extending around a periphery of the chamber and between the first surface and the second surface. A plurality of bonds are spaced inward from the sidewall surface and join the first surface and the second surface. The bonds may be distributed to form a regularly-spaced array, such as a hexagonal array. The first surface and the second surface may define elliptically-shaped structures between the bonds. The bonds may be formed to have a slope that is an average of slopes of the first surface and the second surface in areas proximal the bonds.
US09345285B2	Shoe and sole The present invention relates to shoe, in particular a sports shoe. The shoe includes a sole plate having in a forefoot area a plurality of leaf spring elements, wherein the sole plate and the plurality of leaf spring elements are manufactured as a single piece. Each of the plurality of leaf spring elements has one free end not connected with the sole plate.
US09345281B1	Chin guard with fixed straps A chin guard assembly that includes a shell having an outer and inner surface, an outer peripheral edge extending around the shell, and a first and second end. The first and second ends each having at least one slot configured to receive a strap with each strap extending through the at least one slot and outwardly from each end, wherein one strap is fixed to the shell at the first end and one strap is fixed to the shell at the second end.
US09345280B2	Using UV unwrapping to create manufacturing patterns for custom prints This invention is a method for automating the generation of manufacturing patterns for apparel and accessories directly from designs created on a 3-dimensional (3D) model. This differs from existing models in which users design “2D slices” of a 3D image created at various pre-defined angles. This invention includes the steps of: 1) Making the UV map of the 3D model exactly match the manufacturing pattern in shape and scale; 2) Positioning the various components in the UV map to facilitate the desired image or text flow; and 3) Using a UV unwrap method to produce the manufacturing patterns with the exact art and text on each component. Images and text are thereby allowed to span across seams and be accurately manufactured. Automation of this process ensures that the images and text on the manufacturing patterns are the exact same as that which the user designed.
US09345277B2	Protective hand or foot shield A protective shield for protecting a user's hands or feet from harmful ultraviolet rays when a coating composition applied to the user's fingernails or toenails during a manicure or pedicure is cured by an ultraviolet curing system. The protective shield includes a thin elastomeric or polymeric sheet of material impregnated with an ultraviolet blocking composition. The protective shield is provided with five or more slits, allowing the ends of the user's digits to be inserted through separate slits, ensuring that only the user's fingernails or toenails would be subjected to the ultraviolet rays produced by the ultraviolet curing system, while protecting the user's hands or feet from the ultraviolet rays. The protective shield is designed to cover a user's hand or foot while allowing the user's fingernails or toenails to protrude from separate slits provided near the end of the shield, while the slits rest firmly under the cuticles of the user's fingernails or toenails.
US09345275B2	Lower body garment with elasticity-reducing panel A garment may be formed from a stretchable material. Various portions of the garment may contain imprinted ink. Elasticity of the garment fabric is reduced in the regions onto which the ink has been printed, thereby providing a support and/or a feeling of support to certain muscles and/or muscle groups.
US09345270B2	Water-activated thermochromic materials An article of clothing is coated or impregnated with a coating that contains thermochromic pigment. The pigment is constructed to change color when wet with water, and/or to provide a hyperthermic warning when a person wearing the clothing is over-warm.
US09345268B2	Method for preparing smoking articles A method of modifying the moisture content of fuel elements used in making smoking articles. The method may include overwrapped fuel elements, smoking article components, and/or assembled smoking articles being subjected to drying by flowed ambient air. Unheated air is flowed over the fuel components to adjust and maintain a desired moisture content of the fuel components to a level that permits cutting of the fuel components without chipping or cracking. After the fuel components are cut into individual or two-up fuel elements and combined with smoking article components that may include up to an entire filtered or unfiltered smoking article, they may have more ambient air flowed over them to further reduce the moisture content to a desired level.
US09345267B2	Oral pouch product with flavored wrapper Provided is an oral pouch flavor product with a fibrous flavored wrapper that encloses an inner filling material. Preferably, the fibrous flavored wrapper includes embedded flavorants. The fibrous flavored wrapper may also include a softening agent, colorants, and/or browning inhibitors. The inner material may include non-tobacco, plant material fibers and preferably has a low moisture content so as to prevent the need for preservatives or refrigeration.
US09345265B2	Sushi machine An apparatus for forming filled rolls such as sushi and California rolls. The apparatus contains two rollers connected by a gearing mechanism to aid in creating rolls quickly. The rolls are formed on a continuous mat wrapped around the rollers. The driving roller may be mounted in an adjustable slot to allow the user to make different sized rolls.
US09345263B1	Vegetable washer An apparatus adapted to provide a washing and cleaning system for vegetables in a restaurant environment includes a stationary lower frame having a plurality of cylindrical scrub brushes, and an operable and manually movable upper brushing assembly. Vegetables progress between the upper and lower brushes resulting in the removal of dirt and debris.
US09345262B2	Application system with recycle and related use of antimicrobial quaternary ammonium compound An antimicrobial application system is disclosed, comprising an antimicrobial application unit and a recycle unit. An initial, dilute antimicrobial composition is prepared. The composition is provided to the antimicrobial application unit and applied to workpieces, such as raw poultry. After application to the workpieces, the composition is returned to the recycle tank. The concentration of the antimicrobial in the recycle tank is monitored, and additional antimicrobial is automatically added if the concentration of the antimicrobial in the composition falls below a desired amount. The composition is periodically diverted to a capture tank, and the antimicrobial is selectively removed from the composition. The removed antimicrobial and remaining composition are then disposed of in appropriate manners. The antimicrobial is preferably a quaternary ammonium compound, is more preferably an alkylpyridinium chloride, and is most preferably cetylpyridinium chloride.
US09345259B2	Nutritional compositions with coated lipid globules The present invention relates to a nutritional composition for infants and/or toddlers comprising a lipid component which has a lipid globules coated with polar lipids. The composition can be used to prevent obesity and/or improve body composition later in life. Said liquid comprises 10-50 wt % vegetable liquids based on the dry weight of the composition, and (i) 0.5-20 wt % phospholipids based on total weight or (ii) 0.6-25 wt % of polar lipids based on total lipids, wherein polar lipids are the sum of phospholipids, glycosphingolipids and cholesterol, and said composition comprises lipid globules with a core comprising said vegetable lipids and a coating comprising said phospholipids or polar lipids.
US09345257B2	Method and products for enhancing drug and dietary supplement bioavailability Enhancing the bioavailability of a drug or dietary supplement by administering it concurrently with one or more members of the d-tetrandrine family.
US09345256B2	High energy liquid enteral nutritional composition High energy and high protein liquid nutrition enteral compositions are provided that contain micellar casein and caseinate, an optionally a small amount of whey.
US09345252B1	Method, continuous apparatus, and burner for producing a surface-roasted product An apparatus, a loop burner element, and a method for surface-roasting a food product wherein the roasting apparatus comprises (a) a conveyor which carries the food product and (b) at least one non-linear ribbon flame burner element or element assembly which preferably applies a ribbon flame to at least the upper and side surfaces of the food product as it is conducted through the roasting apparatus.
US09345250B2	Method for preparing solubilized composition containing oil-soluble substance The present invention provides a method for preparing a solubilized composition containing an oil-soluble substance having both acid and heat resistance, including: the step of dissolving an oil-soluble substance and two or three emulsifiers selected from (1) an emulsifier E1 comprising an ester of a fatty acid having an HLB of not less than 10 and not more than 14 carbon atoms with a polyglycerol having a polymerization degree of not less than 3, (2) an emulsifier E2 comprising an ester of a fatty acid having an HLB of not less than 10 and not more than 14 carbon atoms with sucrose, or (3) an emulsifier E3 comprising lecithin in which phosphatidylcholine accounts for not less than 50% and/or lysolecithin in which lysophosphatidylcholine accounts for not less than 50% of a phospholipid content in (a) ethanol or (b) a mixed solvent of ethanol with at least one selected from the group consisting of acetone, hexane, and ethyl acetate to prepare a transparent solution; and the step of distilling the solvent off from the transparent solution.
US09345247B2	Azaindole carboxylic acid amides and azaindole thiocarboxylic acid amides for use as insecticides and acaricides The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) in which R1 to R6, A, Y, X, Q1, Q2, n and m are each as defined in the description—and to a process for their preparation and to their use as insecticides and acaricides.
US09345244B2	Plant growth regulating compounds The present invention relates to novel non-steroidal brassinosteroid mimetic derivatives, to processes and intermediates for preparing them, to plant growth regulator compositions comprising them and to methods of using them for controlling the growth of plants and/or promoting the germination of seeds.
US09345242B2	Microbicidal composition An aqueous microbicidal composition having two components. The first component is 0.5-5 wt % of a mixture of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one and 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one. The second component is 1-10 wt % of a nonionic surfactant comprising a C6-C12 alkyl group, an average of 3-7 moles polymerized units of propylene oxide and an average of 5-12 moles polymerized units of ethylene oxide.
US09345241B2	Composition having biocide activity for aqueous preparations The present invention refers to a process for bacterial stabilizing aqueous preparations like e.g. calcium carbonate slurries and a composition which can be used for the biocidal treatment of such aqueous preparations.
US09345240B1	Turkey hunting systems and methods Rather than trying to call a gobbler and waiting for the gobbler to approach, the hunter instead attempts to seek a gobbler while holding a decoy. As the hunter comes within sight of the gobbler, he can slowly move (e.g., tilt and/or rotate) the decoy so that its fan moves in a manner that mimics movement of a real turkey. It has been found that the gobbler will often fixate on the decoy failing to notice the hunter even when he is not well camouflaged. In fact, the gobbler will often approach the decoy in an aggressive manner making it much less wary than in a typical hunt where a hunter is attempting to make calls that imitate a hen. When the hunter feels that the gobbler is fixated on the decoy, he can couple the decoy to his weapon thereby freeing both of his hands for operating his weapon.
US09345239B2	Apparatus, assembly and method for manual and localized weeding A manual and localized weeding apparatus including a heat generator which is attached to a rod and wherein the heat generator has a fan and a heating resistor for projecting a hot air jet into an inner volume of a bell of the apparatus and which bell is provided with a free edge for supporting the apparatus on a support surface and wherein the bell is provided with at least one hole for discharging another air jet from the inner volume of the bell and wherein the at least one hole is spaced from the free edge.
US09345238B1	Bait tank A portable bait tank is provided with an exteriorly mounted aerator pump mounted within a protective cavity of the body of the tank. The bait tank also includes a molded in filter box plus a lid for housing a gravity filter and an aerator. An auxiliary, valve-operated pump-out port enables the pump to expel water from the bait container. The valve for the pump-out port is operated by moving the aerator head between a circulating position and a pump-out position. The bait tank also includes an access port that has splash-inhibiting lips that extend downwardly into the container formed by the tank body and a deep-seated oxygen bottle holder and accompanying orifice for the oxygen bottle tubing.
US09345235B2	Method and system for enhancing growth and survivability of aquatic organisms A method for enhancing the production of aquatic organisms under cultivation, including the steps of exposing the aquatic organisms to a submerged illumination source inside water of a rearing unit; and maintaining illumination in the rearing unit for a rearing period.
US09345234B2	Fabric covered elastic polymer animal toy with soft pliable fabric head An animal toy includes a compressibly elastically deformable hollow thin-walled elastomer core sealingly circumscribing a center, includes an exterior including a first gravure elastomer relief surface and a second surface, includes a wall less than about eight millimeters thick, and includes points on the exterior at varying distances from the center. A fabric cover is affixed to the second surface and has a selected thickness, the ratio of the thickness of the fabric cover to the thickness of the wall being in the range of 1:6 to 1:0.15.
US09345232B2	Method and apparatus for teleoperation, guidance and odor detection training of a freely roaming animal through brain stimulation Electronic components, including a transceiver (220) for two-way wireless communications, are carried by a freely roaming animal (190) such as a rat. Electrodes are implanted in the brain of the animal to provide cues and rewards to the animal to achieved desired behaviors, including controlling the direction and speed of movement of the animal, and training the animal to recognize odors. Network interface components (265) allow a network of the animals to work together. Sensors (225, 230, 235, 245, 255, 260) carried by the animal provide information to a remote base station regarding, e.g., heading and location. Chemical or gas sensors, along with a video camera and a microphone provide information regarding an environment of the animal. The animal can search for people buried in rubble piles, and detect explosives, chemicals or other dangerous materials. A vehicle (500) for deploying the animal is also provided.
US09345231B2	Selective access control apparatus for animals using electronic recognition A method and system is provided that controls access to various different locations and/or objects whereby animals wearing an ID tag are reliably and consistently allowed or denied access to various locations and/or objects, such as food contained within a food delivery device dish for example. An RFID system that employs a internally powered RFID tag with inductively coupled transmissions where a reader is employed linked to an internal multiple antenna array that is focused on all possible animal approach directions for a range of up to 36″, but not more.
US09345228B2	Bed and method of making the bed A method of making a pet bed includes providing a rigid base, attaching a support member to the rigid base and attaching a cushion to the rigid base over the support member. The support member is configured to be removable. The cushion is configured to be removable. A tension of the support member is adjustable. The rigid base is washable. The support member is washable. The cushion is reversible. The cushion is washable. The rigid base is stackable. The pet bed includes a sleek, contemporary styling inspired by mid-century modern furnishings. The cushion functions as a crate cushion when traveling, providing the pet with familiar smells and reducing the stress of traveling on the pet. The pet owner adjusts the softness or firmness of the pet bed for the comfort of the individual pet by adjusting the tension of the support member.
US09345220B1	Soybean variety XB30R14 A novel soybean variety, designated XB30R14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB30R14, cells from soybean variety XB30R14, plants of soybean XB30R14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB30R14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB30R14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB30R14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB30R14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB30R14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB30R14 are further provided.
US09345219B1	Soybean variety XB36M14 A novel soybean variety, designated XB36M14 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB36M14, cells from soybean variety XB36M14, plants of soybean XB36M14, and plant parts of soybean variety XB36M14. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB36M14 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB36M14, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB36M14, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB36M14. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB36M14 are further provided.
US09345216B1	Variety corn line GAA2020 The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated GAA2020, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line GAA2020 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line GAA2020, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line GAA2020, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09345203B2	Trellising system and viticulture method A vine support system includes support posts adjacent each vine trunk with support wires suspended between the support posts. Positioning shafts are mounted vertically extending from the support wires. Pedistular supports are engaged on the positioning shafts for releasably supporting canes extending from each vine trunk, with the pedistular supports vertically positioned on the positioning shafts for pronation by the canes to suspend new growth from the canes in a fruiting zone.
US09345202B2	Ground-embeddable plant surround having a weed-abatement collar This invention provides a truncated, ground-embeddable conical irrigation ring having an integral weed-abatement collar. The slight conical nature of the ring allows for nested stacking of the devices. A first embodiment device has an annular collar with a circular outer perimeter. The weed-abatement collar is wide enough to prevent most weeds from beginning growth outside the ring, creeping over the edge thereof, and into the plant growing region within the ring. The ring prevents water that is provided to a plant growing within the ring from seeping outwardly into soil were no plant growth is wanted. A second embodiment has a hexagonally-shaped weed-abatement collar that allows for honeycomb arrangements of multiple devices which completely cover the ground between irrigation rings. A third embodiment also has a hexagonally-shaped weed-abatement collar. Half of the collar perimeter is equipped with a light-blocking underlapping shelf.
US09345200B2	Cutting tool with a variable pivot system A hand operated cutting tool includes a first cutting member; a first handle including a second cutting member, wherein the second cutting member is coupled to the first cutting member and includes a first set of projections; and a second handle including a lever, wherein the lever is coupled to the first cutting member and includes a second set of projections. The first and second handles are movable between a full open position and a full closed position, wherein during a first region of travel proximate the full open position the first and second set of projections are disengaged, and during a second region of travel proximate the full closed position the first and second set of projections are at least partly engaged.
US09345193B2	Direct drive electric lawn mower A direct drive electric lawn mower includes a driving device using an outer rotor electric motor formed of a stator, a rotor, a holder base, a bottom cap and a shaft, a cutting device connected to the shaft of the driving device outside the bottom cap and rotatable with the shaft and the bottom cap to cut a lawn at an even height, and an operating device including a tubular handle connected to the driving device, an electrical connector located on one end of the tubular handle remote from the driving device, a grip affixed to the handle and a switch mounted at the tubular handle and electrically connected with the electrical connector and operable to switch on/off the outer rotor electric motor of the driving device.
US09345191B2	Self-propelled harvesting machine having a vertically controlled header A self-propelled harvesting machine includes a header, a hydraulic adjusting mechanism for adjusting the cutting height of the header, a height sensor for detecting the cutting height, a pressure sensor for detecting the hydraulic pressure at the adjusting mechanism and a control unit for actuating the adjusting mechanism on the basis of values measured by the height sensor and the pressure sensor. The control unit has a first control loop for generating a height-correction signal (hkorr) on the basis of the actual cutting height (hist) detected by the height sensor (10) and a setpoint cutting height (hsoll) and, a second control loop for regulating pressure at the adjusting mechanism, the setpoint value of which follows changes in the height-correction signal.
US09345189B2	Sensor and sensor mount assembly for seed delivery system A sensor and sensor mount assembly are described. The sensor may include a sensor body, window, and frame. When the sensor is mounted to a seed delivery system, an alignment tab or recess on the sensor or the delivery system may mate with an alignment recess or tab included on the other of the sensor and the delivery system. The sensor frame may include a side flange proximate the sensor window, which may seat in a recess on the delivery system when the sensor is mounted to the delivery system. A mounting tab or groove on one of the sensor or the delivery system may be oriented at an oblique angle with respect to a seed path, and may seat in an obliquely angled mounting groove or tab included on the other of the sensor or the delivery system, in order to mount the sensor to the delivery system.
US09351436B2	Stud bump bonding in implantable medical devices Presented herein are stud bump bonding techniques for electrically connecting an elongate conductor, such as a wire or pin, to a bonding pad. A plurality of stud bumps are bonded to a surface of a bonding pad and an elongate electrical conductor is positioned in proximity to the plurality of stud bumps. The elongate conductor is bonded to one or more of the stud bumps.
US09351431B2	Cooling system with automated seasonal freeze protection An automated multi-fluid cooling system and method are provided for cooling an electronic component(s). The cooling system includes a coolant loop, a coolant tank, multiple valves, and a controller. The coolant loop is at least partially exposed to outdoor ambient air temperature(s) during normal operation, and the coolant tank includes first and second reservoirs containing first and second fluids, respectively. The first fluid freezes at a lower temperature than the second, the second fluid has superior cooling properties compared with the first, and the two fluids are soluble. The multiple valves are controllable to selectively couple the first or second fluid into the coolant in the coolant loop, wherein the coolant includes at least the second fluid. The controller automatically controls the valves to vary first fluid concentration level in the coolant loop based on historical, current, or anticipated outdoor air ambient temperature(s) for a time of year.
US09351429B2	Scalable, multi-vessel distribution system for liquid level control within immersion cooling tanks A fluid level control system includes: a first immersion cooling tank having a first volume of immersion cooling liquid and an inlet/outlet pipe extending from a base wall of the tank by which immersion cooling liquid can flow into and out of the first immersion cooling tank; at least one second volume of cooling liquid held within a liquid containing unit having a corresponding inlet/outlet pipe; and a pipe distribution system that physically connects the second volume of immersion cooling liquid to the first volume of immersion cooling liquid via respective inlet/outlet pipes and which enables fluid equilibrium to be maintained between the first volume of liquid and the second volume of liquid via gravitational equilibrium and/or passive level control such that a first volume level of the first volume of immersion cooling liquid remains substantially equal to a second volume level of the second volume of immersion cooling liquid.
US09351428B2	Blind docking apparatus to enable liquid cooling in compute nodes An apparatus includes a rigid structure having first and second collars, a quick connect connector having first and second shoulders, and a spring biasing the connector toward an extended position with the first shoulder against the first collar and the second shoulder against the second collar. The first collar and the first shoulder form an inwardly and rearwardly angled contact surface there between, and the second collar and the second shoulder form an inwardly and rearwardly angled contact surface there between. The connector is centered in the first and second collars unless acted upon by a force overcoming the spring and pushing the connector to a retracted position with the first and second shoulders out of contact with the first and second collars. When retracted, the connector may adjust its position longitudinally, vertically, laterally or angularly to facilitate coupling with a mating fixed quick connect connector.
US09351427B2	Electronic equipment enclosure An electronic equipment enclosure includes a frame structure and a customizable side air dam kit. The frame structure includes a front frame, a rear frame, front-to-back frame members connecting corners of the front and rear frames together, reinforced bracket structures located near ends of the cross members, and extruded horizontal mounting rails parallel to, but inward from, the front-to-back frame members. The ends of the horizontal mounting rails are connected to the reinforced bracket structures. Panels are installed in longitudinal slots in the front-to-back frame members and horizontal mounting rails, each of which is extruded. The customizable side air dam kit includes a framework of horizontal and vertical frame pieces, adapted to connect to the frame structure, and a customizable air dam panel supported by the framework. A plurality of the frame pieces are provided to an installer for use in constructing the framework to fit the specific frame structure.
US09351422B2	Package for housing electronic component and electronic device A package 10 includes a housing 1 in which an electronic component 5 is mounted in a recess 1a having an opening on an upper surface and a screwing section 31 that is fixed on a side face of the housing 1 and extends in a lateral direction. The screwing section 31 includes a thin section 34 which is located on a distal end and is provided with a through hole 36 through which a screw is inserted, a thick section 35 which is located between the thin section 34 and the side face of the housing 1 and has a thickness less than that of the side face of the housing 1 and thicker than that of the thin section 34, and a screw fastening hole 37 which extends in the vertical direction in the thick section 35. Even if the housing 1 has warpage when the package 10 is fixed on the external substrate, heat dissipation from the package to the external substrate can be improved.
US09351421B2	Server housing A server housing for accommodating plurality of hard drives includes a shell body and a plurality of cases. The shell body has a bottom wall, a circuit region and a plurality of partition walls parallel to each other. The circuit region and the partition walls are disposed on the bottom wall. The cases are respectively drawably disposed between the partition walls. A plurality of separation boards and a plurality of electrical contacts are disposed in the cases for accommodating the hard drives between the separation boards. Each of the separation boards has a planar face and a pair of abutting walls. A plurality of abutting protrusions is formed on each of the abutting walls and protrudes inward. The abutting protrusions of the abutting walls abut the hard drives between the separation boards. The electrical contacts provide electrical connection between the hard drives and the circuit region.
US09351420B2	Systems and methods for manufacturing industrial automation drives A system for manufacturing an industrial automation drive includes a carrier frame configured to hold one or more semiconductor devices for use in the industrial automation drive. The carrier frame includes a set of fasteners disposed around an internal wall of the carrier frame such that each fastener of the set of fasteners includes an angled edge and a horizontal edge. Each fastener of the set of fasteners is configured to toollessly couple a power circuit board having the semiconductor devices to the carrier frame by bending from a first position when the power circuit board is pushed against the angled edge and returning to the first position when the power circuit board is pushed past the horizontal edge.
US09351413B2	Electrical device powered through neutral or ground An electrical device is provided that can selectively be powered through a neutral wire or an earth ground. The electrical device includes a line terminal, a neutral terminal, a ground terminal, and a selection mechanism. The line terminal is electrically connected to at least one load. The line terminal can be electrically connected to a line (or “hot”) wire. The neutral terminal is electrically connected to the at least one load. The neutral terminal can be electrically connected to the neutral wire. A first electrical path is provided from the line terminal through the at least one load to the neutral terminal. The ground terminal can conduct current to the earth ground. The selection can selectively provide a second electrical path from the neutral terminal to the earth ground via the ground terminal.
US09351408B2	Coreless layer buildup structure with LGA and joining layer A substrate for use in a PCB or PWB board having a coreless buildup layer and at least one metal and at least one dielectric layer. The coreless buildup dielectric layers can consist of at least partially cured thermoset resin and thermoplastic resin. The substrate may also contain land grid array (LGA) packaging.
US09351406B2	Stencil foil assembly A stencil assembly includes a stencil foil, having a stencil pattern thereon and of a planar configuration, with a peripheral edge, which is a captured by rigid frame. The rigid frame includes a base and a cover attached thereto. The assembly adapts a standard stencil foil for use in a stretch frame that requires an elongated groove. The assembly thereby facilitates mounting the stencil to a stretching machine during printing. Also, the stencil assembly protects a user from injury by preventing contact with the sharp outer edges of the stencil foil. Further, the assembly protects the stencil foil portion from damage and greatly facilitates handling thereof.
US09351404B2	Electronic device An electronic device comprising a laminate comprising pluralities of insulator layers each provided with conductor patterns, and an amplifier-constituting semiconductor device mounted to a mounting electrode formed on an upper surface of the laminate, a first ground electrode being formed on an insulator layer near an upper surface of the laminate; a second ground electrode being formed on an insulator layer near a lower surface of the laminate; the first ground electrode being connected to the mounting electrode through pluralities of via-holes; conductor patterns constituting the first circuit block being disposed in a region below the amplifier-constituting semiconductor device between the first ground electrode and the second ground electrode; and at least part of a conductor pattern for a line connecting the first circuit block to the amplifier-constituting semiconductor device being disposed on an insulator layer sandwiched by the mounting electrode and the first ground electrode.
US09351402B2	Circuit board, and semiconductor device having component mounted on circuit board A circuit board includes an electric circuit having a wiring section and a pad section in the surface of an insulating base substrate. The electric circuit is configured such that a conductor is embedded in a circuit recess formed in the surface of the insulating base substrate, and the surface roughness of the conductor is different in the wiring section and the pad section of the electric circuit. In this case, it is preferable that the surface roughness of the conductor in the pad section is greater than the surface roughness of the conductor in the wiring section.
US09351401B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes a first substrate including a first conducting wire disposed on an inner side of the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, where a gate line and a first connecting terminal for transmitting a gate drive signal are disposed on a side of the second substrate facing the first substrate, the gate line includes a second connecting terminal at one end of the gate line; and a connecting layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first connecting terminal and the second connecting terminal are electrically connected to two ends of the first conducting wire via the connecting layer respectively, and the second connecting terminal is electrically connected to the first connecting terminal via the first conducting wire, so the gate drive signal transmitted from the first connecting terminal is received by the gate line.
US09351398B2	Thick film conductive inks for electronic devices Thick film conductive inks for electronic devices, methods for making electronic devices using thick film conductive inks, and electronic devices fabricated by such methods are provided herein. In one example, a thick film conductive ink includes an organic portion and an inorganic portion. The inorganic portion is dispersed in the organic portion to define a paste. The inorganic portion includes metallic copper powder, cupric oxide, and elemental boron. The thick film conductive ink includes substantially no glass.
US09351391B2	RF system for synchrocyclotron The present invention relates to an RF system (1) able to generate a voltage for accelerating charged particles in a synchrocyclotron, the RF system (1) including a resonant cavity (2) comprising a conducting enclosure (5) within which are placed a conducting pillar (3) of which a first end is linked to an accelerating electrode (4) able to accelerate the charged particles, a rotary variable capacitor (10) coupled between a second end opposite from the first end of the pillar (3) and the conducting enclosure (5), the said capacitor (10) comprising fixed electrodes (11) and a rotor (13) comprising mobile electrodes (12), the fixed electrodes (11) and the mobile electrodes (12) forming a variable capacitance able to vary a resonant frequency of the resonant cavity (2) in a cyclic manner over time, an exterior layer of the rotor (13) having a conductivity of greater than 20,000,000 S/m at 300 K. At least one part of the exterior surface (15) of the rotor (13) is a surface possessing a normal total emissivity of greater than 0.5 and less than 1, thereby allowing better cooling of the rotor and/or making it possible to dispense with a system for cooling the rotor by conduction and/or by convection.
US09351389B2	Plasma processing apparatus There is provided a plasma processing apparatus including a processing chamber having a dielectric window; a substrate holding unit for holding thereon a processing target substrate within the processing chamber; a processing gas supply unit configured to supply a processing gas into the processing chamber in order to perform a plasma process on the substrate; a RF antenna provided outside the dielectric window in order to generate plasma of the processing gas within the processing chamber by inductive coupling; and a high frequency power supply unit configured to supply a high frequency power having a frequency for generating a high frequency electric discharge of the processing gas. Here, the RF antenna includes a plurality of coil segments that are arranged along a loop having a preset shape and a preset size while electrically connected in parallel to each other.
US09351388B2	Target generation device and extreme ultraviolet light generation apparatus A target supply device may include a reservoir configured to hold a target material in its interior in liquid form, a vibrating element configured to apply vibrations to the reservoir, a target sensor configured to detect droplets of the target material outputted from the reservoir, a control unit configured to set parameters based on a result of the detection performed by the target sensor, a function generator configured to generate an electrical signal having a waveform based on the parameters, and a power source configured to apply a driving voltage to the vibrating element in accordance with the electrical signal.
US09351381B2	System and method for controlling lighting A controller for controlling a plurality of lighting devices configured for wireless communications in a facility includes a data communications interface communicating with at least one of the devices. The controller further includes a control module configured to provide a control signal to the data communications interface for communicating to a transceiver associated with the device and for turning off the device according to an algorithm wherein the control signal is provided based on a time of day and/or a sensed condition relating to use of the facility. The transceiver reports device data to the control module to quantify a reduction in power obtained by controlling the devices according to the algorithm.
US09351380B2	Light controller A light controller is provided in the present invention. The light controller for adjusting a plurality of lights in a space, including a body having a slot, a touch interface and a control module; a spatial information map replaceably contained in the slot and schematically showing an information in the space; a touch interface configured on the body corresponding to the spatial information map and receiving a touch input; and a control module electrically connected with the touch interface and the plurality of lights and setting a controlled relationship on the touch interface with respect to each of the plurality of lights in accordance with the information shown by the spatial information map.
US09351374B2	Multi-mode photo-controlled light with timer circuit A photo-controlled light includes an electrical power input port configured to receive electrical power, a light emitting unit that is connected to the electrical power input port and a photosensitive timer module that connects the light emitting unit to the electrical power input port. The photosensitive timer module includes a photosensitive switch unit including a photosensitive element that is configured to detect a light level that satisfies a luminosity threshold value, a timing switch unit coupled to the photosensitive switch unit that is configured to only connect the electrical power input port to the light emitting unit for a conduction time frame responsive to the photosensitive switch unit detecting that the light level is less than the luminosity threshold value so that the photosensitive timer module transmits electricity during the conduction time frame when the luminosity detected by the photosensitive element is less than the luminosity threshold value.
US09351373B2	Security light with lifestyle solutions A lifestyle lighting solution using microcontroller technology for controlling nighttime illumination is disclosed wherein the night time illumination is divided into two stages with the first stage being a full power illumination for a preset time period and the second stage being an energy saving/security illumination. The time period of the first stage full power illumination is managed by a virtual timer which is programmable and dynamically variable according to the home owners' living habits and needs. The second stage energy saving illumination with four options is produced by different combinations of dimming techniques and motion sensor. The lifestyle illumination also using microcontroller technology to replace the function of photo cell enables the users to manage their time table of home lighting performance for both indoor and outdoor application. The present invention provides home owners possibility to choose among different working modes integrated in a single lighting device.
US09351372B2	Lighting device and lighting system This lighting device comprises a light-emitting unit, a reception unit for receiving information from an adjacent lighting device, and a control unit for letting the light-emitting unit emit light according to the information received by the reception unit.
US09351371B2	Light emitting device Provided is a light emitting device in which with the general color rendering index Ra and the special color rendering index R9 maintained at high numeric values, the light emission efficiency is prevented from being reduced as much as possible, and the high color rendering and the high efficiency are achieved so as to be usable for general lighting usage. The device includes at least one light emitting element 6 emitting a light having a peak emission wavelength in a near-ultraviolet to blue region, and a phosphor layer 5 containing a green phosphor excited by a primary light emitted from the light emitting element 6 and emitting a light having a peak emission wavelength in a green region, a first red phosphor excited by the primary light and emitting a light having a peak emission wavelength in a red region, and a second red phosphor exited by the primary light and emitting a light having a peak emission wavelength different from that of the first red phosphor in the red region.
US09351368B2	Pixel circuits for AMOLED displays The OLED voltage of a selected pixel is extracted from the pixel produced when the pixel is programmed so that the pixel current is a function of the OLED voltage. One method for extracting the OLED voltage is to first program the pixel in a way that the current is not a function of OLED voltage, and then in a way that the current is a function of OLED voltage. During the latter stage, the programming voltage is changed so that the pixel current is the same as the pixel current when the pixel was programmed in a way that the current was not a function of OLED voltage. The difference in the two programming voltages is then used to extract the OLED voltage.
US09351366B1	Isolation dimmer circuit structure An isolation dimmer circuit structure includes a control circuit module having an input end for receiving a sensing signal and an output end for outputting a control signal. An optocoupler is provided between the control circuit module and a light source power supply circuit. The light source power supply circuit is further connected to a light source. A protection circuit includes first and second resistors and first and second diodes. The first resistor is connected in series between the positive terminal of a DC power supply and the anode of the first diode, forming a node A, the cathode of the first diode is connected to a first terminal of a control input end connected to a traditional dimmer circuit to form an overvoltage protection mechanism. The second resistor is provided between the node A and the input end of the control circuit module, and the second diode is provided between the positive terminal of the DC power supply and a second terminal of the control input end to form a reverse voltage protection mechanism.
US09351361B2	Driver circuit for light-emitting diodes In one embodiment, a driver circuit for light-emitting diodes has a first DC/DC converter (DCDC1) with an input (IN) for feeding a supply voltage (VBAT) and with a first output (OUT), a second DC/DC converter (DCDC2), which is coupled on the output side to the first output (OUT) and is designed for operation with energy supplied in advance, a current source (IFlash) that is connected to the first output (OUT), and a main output (LED_OUT), which is coupled to the current source (IFlash) and is designed to be connected to the light-emitting diodes. The first DC/DC converter (DCDC1) is designed for operation in a current-limiting mode. The second DC/DC converter (DCDC2) is designed for regulation to a nominal voltage (Vds) of the current source (IFlash).
US09351359B2	Inductive power transfer system An inductive power transfer system comprises a primary side unit (1) and a secondary side unit (6) with a non-conductive barrier (5) therebetween, the primary side unit having a power supply (2), a transmission coil (4) and a controller (12). The secondary side unit has a receiver coil (7), a controller (8) and a load (9). The secondary side controller (8) is configured to detect the voltage in the receiver coil (7) and to transmit to the primary side controller (12) a control signal requesting an increase or decrease in the power transmitted from the primary side according to whether the voltage in the receiver coil (7) is above or below a predetermined value.
US09351355B2	Illumination system having color temperature control and method for controlling the same An illumination system includes a power supply unit; and a light emitting apparatus driven by power supplied from the power supply unit. The light emitting apparatus includes: a first light emitting portion and a second light emitting portion configured to be independently driven to emit output light; and a controller configured to control a color temperature or a luminous flux of the output light by controlling operations of the first and second light emitting portions. The controller is configured to control an output color temperature of the output light according to color temperature control data for controlling an output color temperature of the second light emitting portion or control a luminous flux of the output light according to luminous flux control data for controlling an output luminous flux of the first light emitting portion.
US09351353B2	Coordinated autonomous network of grid powered lighting devices A power management system for a lighting circuit may include a grid shifting controller that includes a processor and a connection to an external power source. The power management system may also include a communication interface associated with the grid shifting controller. The grid shifting controller may be configured to provide control information to a processor of at least one grid shifting electrical fixture over the communication interface, the control information being configured to direct the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture on the use of power from the external power source and an energy storage device associated with the at least one grid shifting electrical fixture.
US09351352B2	Boost then floating buck mode converter for LED driver using common switch control signal A converter has a boost portion and a buck portion. The boost portion supplies a boosted voltage and includes a first inductor having a first end coupled to the input terminal, a first switch coupled to a second end of the first inductor to charge the first inductor when the first switch is in its on-state, and a first capacitor for being charged to the boosted voltage. The buck portion supplies an output voltage to a load that is less than the boosted voltage and includes a second inductor in series with the load, and a second switch in series with the second inductor and the load to charge the second inductor during an on-state of the second switch. A single controller IC receives feedback signals and controls the switches to have the same duty cycle to achieve a regulated load current or voltage with low EMI.
US09351349B2	Organic EL device having improved sealing property An organic EL device including an organic EL portion, wiring, and an externally-connecting terminal, which are disposed above a substrate having flexibility. The substrate has a first region above which the organic EL portion is disposed, a second region above which the terminal is disposed, and a bend portion between the first and second regions. The bend portion corresponds to a predetermined portion of the organic EL device at which the organic EL device is to be bent. The organic EL portion is covered by an inorganic sealing film, and the inorganic sealing film is covered by a resin sealing film. An end of the inorganic sealing film in a direction of the terminal does not extend over the bend portion towards the terminal, and an end of the resin sealing film in the direction of the terminal extends over the bend portion towards the terminal.
US09351347B2	Device and method for applying electromagnetic energy to a container Radiofrequency energy is applied to a container having an outer housing and an inner housing disposed at least partially within the outer housing. At least a portion of the inner housing is transparent to RF radiation. At least one antenna is configured to apply RF energy to an energy application zone within the inner housing. A processor is configured to control the application of RF energy to the energy application zone by selecting a set of modulation space elements (MSEs), and cause RF energy application at the modulation space elements of the selected set.
US09351344B2	Ceramic heater A ceramic heater is proposed in which in the vicinities of the heating element's terminals where a bolt and a washer are used to fix and effect the electric supply connection to the heating element, the cover layer which covers most of the heating element is flush with an immediately neighboring part of the heating element layer so that the cover layer is not stepped at its edge and thus the washer does not scratch or otherwise damage the cover layer; a preferred embodiment adopts an electrically conductive protective film which is laid on this flush plane covering an area extending from the bolt hole to substantially beyond the line where the cover layer meets with the heating element layer.
US09351343B2	Heater control device, and control method and control program for heater control device A heater control device includes a current calculating unit (20) which calculates a third value of current based on a first value of current flowing through a first PTC element of a first PTC heater which is in an energized state and a second value of current estimated to flow through a second PTC element of a second PTC heater which is to be newly put into an energized state next, and a switching control unit (21) which maintains a non-energized state of the second PTC element of the second PTC heater until it is determined that the third value of current calculated by the current calculating unit (20) is less than a predetermined maximum allowable value of current and puts the second PTC element of the second PTC heater into an energized state when the third value of current is less than the predetermined maximum allowable value of current.
US09351340B2	Apparatus and method for mode selection for device-to-device communications In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, a method is disclosed that comprises measuring a first link quality of a first link based at least in part on a first power value; measuring a second link quality of a second link based at least in part on a second power value; and determining a suitable device-to-device (D2D) mode for a D2D connection based at least in part on the first link quality, the second link quality, and one or more D2D user equipment (UE) constraints.
US09351338B2	Multi radio wireless LAN networks Systems and methods for improving wireless access point communications are provided. Some embodiments contemplate filtering operations such that two or more radios can be used in the 5 GHz or 2.4 GHz band without interfering with each other. Some embodiments employ discrete Low Noise Amplifiers (LNA) and Power Amplifiers (PA) as well as frontend modules. In some examples, filtering may be primarily used on the receiving side to filter out other signals in 5 GHz before they are amplified by an external LNA or LNAs, e.g., as integrated in a WLAN chipset. Filtering may also be performed on the transmit side in some embodiments.
US09351334B1	Two-sided dual screen mobile phone device According to one embodiment, a mobile phone device includes a generally rectangular-shaped enclosure, the enclosure including a first side on an opposite side of the enclosure from a second side. The first side has a first display that occupies between about 60 percent and about 100 percent of the first side, and the second side has a keypad and a second display. In another embodiment, a method includes outputting data on a first display of a mobile phone device, wherein the first display occupies between about 60 percent and about 100 percent of the first side, detecting a reorientation of the mobile phone, and outputting data on a second display on a second side of the mobile phone device, wherein the first side is opposite the second side, wherein the second side includes a keypad and the second display. Other embodiments are disclosed as well.
US09351333B1	Long wireless local area network (WLAN) packets with midambles A preamble, a plurality of data segments of a data payload of a single data unit, and one or more midambles, each included between respective data segments, are generated. Data to be included in the data segments is processed, including at least one of: encoding all data payload bits of all segments as a whole, encoding data payload bits on a per segment basis, scrambling all data payload bits of all segments as a whole, scrambling data payload bits on a per segment basis, adding padding bits to only a last data segment, or adding padding bits to each data segment separately. The single data unit, including the preamble, the plurality of data segments and the one or more midambles, is caused to be transmitted. A network interface of a communication device may perform the generation and the data processing, and may cause the transmission of the single data unit.
US09351329B1	Session continuity for packet data network gateways A Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) to maintain session continuity for a UE in an LTE network comprises a communication transceiver and a processing system. The communication transceiver is configured to receive a first session setup message for the UE. The processing system is configured to process the first session setup message to determine if the UE qualifies for alternate P-GW access, and if the User Equipment qualifies for the alternate P-GW access, generate a second session setup message indicating a primary P-GW ID, a primary P-GW TEID, an alternate P-GW ID, and an alternate P-GW TEID. The communication transceiver is configured to transfer the second session setup message for delivery to a Service Gateway (S-GW) in the LTE network, wherein the S-GW automatically uses the alternate P-GW ID and the alternate P-GW TEID if performance of the primary P-GW ID and the primary P-GW TEID falls below a threshold.
US09351327B2	Communication system, phonebook server, radio communication terminal, and communication method Provided are a communication system capable of causing a communication application to speedily find out whether D2D communication is possible or not. The phonebook server 300 includes a phonebook data acquisition unit 310 configured to acquire first phonebook data containing an identifier of a terminal 400B, a terminal location acquisition unit 320 configured to acquire a location of the terminal 400B contained in the first phonebook data acquired by the phonebook data acquisition unit 310, a phonebook data generation unit 330 configured to generate second phonebook data containing an identifier of a candidate terminal capable of direct communication, based on the location of the terminal 400B acquired by the terminal location acquisition unit 320, and a transmission unit 340 configured to send a terminal 400A the second phonebook data generated by the phonebook data generation unit 330.
US09351325B2	Policy control method and system for converged network A policy control method for a converged network comprises: in a roaming scenario, after learning that a user equipment (UE) accesses a mobile network through a wireless local area network (WLAN) access, a visited policy and charging rules function (V-PCRF) establishing a subsession serving WLAN Offload when establishing an S9 session to a home policy and charging rules function (H-PCRF), and carrying a WLAN Offload instruction. With the present document, the WLAN offload data can be distinguished from data routed back to an EPC network in the roaming scenario, thereby delivering policy control for the WLAN offload data.
US09351322B2	Wireless communication link establishment In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for establishment of a wireless communication link through machine reading. The example embodiment comprises receiving at least information identifying a wireless communication device through machine reading a machine-readable object, and initiating a wireless communication link establishment with the wireless communication device using the received information, wherein the wireless communication link establishment is incorporated with an indication that a machine-readable object associated with the wireless communication device was read.
US09351319B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication apparatus, wireless communication method, and computer program Random access operation is performed under a communication environment in which a plurality of communication modes having different transmission rate coexist with small overhead. A high-grade communication station spoofs information of a packet length and a rate in a decoding portion so that a value of (packet length)/(rate) corresponds to a duration where the communication is hoped to be stopped. The other station receiving the spoofed information receives the rest of the packet with the designated rate during the interval designated by the value of (packet length)/(rate). In this case, the packet length and the rate are not those of actually transmitted packet so that this packet is discarded.
US09351315B2	Resource scheduling method and device Provided are a resource scheduling method and device; the method comprises: scheduling resource according to the transmission demands; and configuring a frame structure with a non-fixed frame length matching the scheduled resource. The method according to the present invention prevents wastage of wireless resources caused by competition conflict or random back-off, and can better adapt to the demands of different kinds of data services with varied features in the future.
US09351314B2	Packet dissemination in a wireless network performing distributed beamforming Embodiments for providing for dissemination of packets in a network performing distributed beamforming are generally described herein. In some embodiments, distributing packets from nodes in a squad local area network using a first waveform to beamforming nodes, providing scheduling to a long link interface for delivering a stream of packets free of scheduling conflict and distributing a copy of the packets from a long link interface based on the provided scheduling and using a second waveform, the first waveform being different from the second waveform.
US09351313B2	Device, system and method of communicating during a contention based access period Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and/or methods of communicating during a Contention-Based-Access-Period (CBAP). For example, a device may include a wireless communication station to transmit a wireless communication transmission over a wireless communication medium upon determining that the wireless communication medium is idle for a predefined time period within a contention-based-access period (CBAP), if a scheduling element allocating the CBAP includes an indication of an identity of the wireless communication station in a predefined field.
US09351310B2	Method in a base station for allocating communication resources to a user equipment, base station, computer program and computer program product The invention relates to a method 50 in a base station 2 for allocating communication resources to a user equipment 4, 5, . . . , n. The base station 2 supports the use of a single physical resource block, PRB, scheduling resource for two or more user equipment 4, 5, . . . , n. The method 50 comprises: receiving 51, from a user equipment 4, 5, . . . , n, a scheduling request on the PRB scheduling resource; and granting access 52 to a selected user equipment 4, 5, . . . , n of the two or more user equipment 4, 5, . . . , n using the PRB scheduling resource. The invention also relates to a base station, computer program and computer program products.
US09351302B2	System and method for indicating packet transmission time A method for exchanging data includes generating a usage indicator for an access window, the usage indicator including a first indication of if an allowed station in a list of allowed stations needs to receive information about its resource allocation and at least one of a second indication of a start time of the access window, and a third indication of the list of allowed stations, and broadcasting the usage indicator. The method also includes exchanging data with at least one of the allowed stations within the access window in accordance with the usage indicator.
US09351297B2	System and method for a collaborative service set In one embodiment, a collaborative service set (CSS) includes a controller access point (AP) configured to be associated with a first plurality of stations and a first member AP, where the first member AP is associated with a second plurality of stations, where the controller AP is configured to coordinate transmissions between the first member AP and the second plurality of stations with transmissions between the controller AP and the first plurality of stations, where the controller AP and the first member AP are configured to transmit messages simultaneously.
US09351294B2	Method for sending control information and base station Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for sending control information and a base station. The method includes performing rate matching on a coded sequence obtained by performing channel coding on second control information to obtain a symbol sequence. The second control information includes bit information indicating layer number information. The method also includes sending the symbol sequence to a user equipment (UE) over a high speed shared control channel (HS-SCCH).
US09351293B2	Multiple carrier indication and downlink control information interaction Methods, systems, apparatus and computer program products are provided to facilitate the configuration and allocation of cross-carrier control information associated with transmissions of a wireless communication system. This Abstract is provided for the sole purpose of complying with the Abstract requirement rules that allow a reader to quickly ascertain the disclosed subject matter. Therefore, it is to be understood that it should not be used to interpret or limit the scope or the meaning of the claims.
US09351292B2	Mobile communication system and channel transmission/reception method thereof A method for transmitting a physical channel in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication system capable of carrier aggregation is provided for supporting aggregation of carriers having different TDD configurations. The communication method of a terminal in a TDD radio communication system accomplishing broadband through carrier aggregation of primary and secondary cells, of which aggregated carriers have different TDD Uplink-Downlink (UL-DL) configurations, includes receiving Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) through the secondary cell, and transmitting acknowledgement information corresponding to the PDSCH to a base station, where acknowledgement information is transmitted on a Physical Uplink Control CHannel (PUCCH) of the primary cell.
US09351290B2	Method and apparatus for monitoring and processing component carriers A method and apparatus are described which perform bandwidth aggregation by simultaneously monitoring and processing a number of simultaneous, non-contiguous or contiguous component carriers in the downlink. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) can be configured by an evolved Node-B (eNodeB) to support additional component carriers. A pre-configured additional component carrier may be used. Various methods for activating and deactivating the additional component carrier are also described.
US09351287B2	Method for transmitting uplink response signal, terminal equipment and base station A method includes receiving downlink data transmitted by a base station via a primary and secondary component carrier in a predetermined order; detecting the received downlink data to obtain indication information on correctly receiving and wrongly receiving the downlink data, or no control information received, allocating corresponding uplink resources according to the primary and secondary component carrier where the detected downlink data is present; arranging the indication information obtained through detecting according to the order of transmitting the downlink data by the base station to obtain an indication information sequence; generating an uplink response signal and determining the uplink resources used to feed back the uplink response signal; transmitting the uplink response signal to the base station using the determined uplink resources, so the base station determines the downlink data retransmitted according to the uplink response signal fed back in the uplink resources, enabling the BS avoid unnecessary data retransmission.
US09351285B2	Wireless control device, wireless terminal device, wireless communication system, control program and integrated circuit that performs signal detection using turbo equalization A convergence property as ability of removing inter-user interference of turbo equalization is improved in case of using a transmission method in which overlapping of a part of spectrum is allowed among a plurality of users. A wireless control device receiving a signal which is transmitted at the same transmitting timing by a plurality of wireless terminal devices, and performs a signal detection using turbo equalization, and the device includes a transmission method determination unit 211 which selects a communication parameter of which a convergence property of turbo equalization is higher than that of a communication parameter which is used in a transmission method in which a spectrum is not overlapped with respect to at least one wireless terminal device, in case of performing data transmission using a transmission method in which at least a part of the spectrum is overlapped between the wireless terminal devices, and a control information transmission unit 217 which informs the wireless terminal device of the selected communication parameter.
US09351279B2	Radio communication system, radio communication apparatus, and radio communication method A radio communication apparatus specifies a radio resource area in which a radio communication apparatus searches for a control signal, on the basis of information about the use of a plurality of frequency bands. Then, the radio communication apparatus transmits a control signal addressed to the radio communication apparatus in the specified radio resource area. The radio communication apparatus calculates the specified radio resource area on the basis of the information about the use of the plurality of frequency bands. Then, the radio communication apparatus searches signals in the calculated radio resource area, out of signals received from the radio communication apparatus, and thereby detects the control signal addressed to the radio communication apparatus.
US09351277B2	Timing synchronization for downlink (DL) transmissions in coordinated multipoint (CoMP) systems Technology for adjusting a receiver timing of a wireless device in a Coordinated MultiPoint (CoMP) system is disclosed. One method can include the wireless device receiving a plurality of node specific reference signals (RSs) from a plurality of cooperating nodes in a coordination set of the CoMP system. The coordination set includes at least two cooperating nodes. The wireless device can estimate a composite received RS timing from a plurality of received RS timings generated from the plurality of node specific RSs. The received RS timings represent timings from the at least two cooperating nodes. The wireless device can adjust the receiver timing based on the composite received RS timing. A node specific RS can include a channel-state information reference signal (CSI-RS).
US09351275B2	Node and method for priority of application based handling of a paging request Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a device, mobility management node and/or a serving gateway, and corresponding methods there, for providing application, service or priority based paging. According to some of the example embodiments, the decision whether or not to issue or accept a paging request may be made based on a priority, application or service (or type of service) associated with the paging request.
US09351273B2	Method and system for characterizing location and/or range based on transmit power A transmitting communication device may iteratively adjust its transmit power, and may estimate, based on iterative transmit power adjustment, relative location of a receiving communication device. The transmit power may be initialized to a maximum value, and the transmit power may be iteratively reduced until connectivity with the receiving communication device is lost. The loss of connectivity may be determined based on reception of responses to ping messages transmitted by the transmitting communication device. The transmitting communication device may authenticate the receiving communication device and/or a user of the receiving communication device. The authentication may comprises utilizing transmit power adjustment and/or relative location estimation therefrom to ensure that a separation between the devices does not exceed a maximum value. The transmitting communication device may generate location info associated with the receiving communication device based on the relative location estimation, and may communicate the location info to a location server.
US09351272B2	Protecting location information This disclosure provides a method, a Back-end-server (102, 400, 506) and a system (500) for protection of location information of a UE. The Back-end-server can receive (104, 202, 302) a request message from an operator interface (504) requesting location information of the UE. Based on probability criteria or blocking factors, it is determined (110, 208, 306-310) whether location information may be transferred to the operator interface. One advantage is that a quantitative security for the privacy of subscribers is provided, with which the privacy of the subscribers is not disclosed.
US09351270B2	Method, apparatuses and computer program product for assigning a unique location area code in a network comprising small cells served by home node B's underlying a macrocell In a network comprising a cluster of small cells 100-111 underlying a macrocell 112, each small cell served by its own Home Node B 100, 101 is assigned a unique “on the air” Location Area Code so that as a User Equipment 113 moves from the coverage area of one Home Node B to another it will initiate a Location Update. Each time a Location Update is initiated, this triggers a location presence notification message to a presence server 206. The Core Network 203 is unaware of the “on the air” Location Area Codes and so does not need to be informed of User Equipment movement between Home Node B's. The Home Node B network is arranged to handle the registration procedure locally, as from the Core Network perspective, the Location Area Code has not changed. Instead, the Core Network sees a Iu LAC that is shared amongst the several Home Node B's operating through a single Home Node B Gateway. Hence the arrangement offers fine granularity of location presence detection with no additional Core Network load.
US09351268B2	Massive MIMO cell synchronization: AP to AP indirect communication The invention is directed to establishing a channel between an access point (AP) and a contaminating UE. An exemplary method comprises: detecting, by an AP, a contaminating UE, wherein the contaminating UE interferes with communication between the AP and other UEs in communication with the AP; and transmitting, by the AP, data to the contaminating UE on a first channel associated with a data frame, wherein the data frame comprises a downlink (DL) part, an uplink (UL) part, and a header.
US09351267B2	Wireless mesh network controller synchronization A set sleep period is coordinated among a plurality of mesh network nodes to conserve power. A controller is synchronized with an existing wireless mesh network by sending a network synchronization signal from the controller indicating that sleep timing information is lost, and receiving a reply from one or more wireless mesh network nodes within the existing wireless mesh network comprising sleep timing information for the wireless mesh network.
US09351266B2	Method and apparatus for initial ranging for establishing a time reference for a predefined signature signal A method and apparatus is provided for performing initial ranging at a receiver for establishing a time reference for a predefined received signature signal (30) for establishing a time reference overcoming round trip time between a receiver and a transmitter. There is performed (316, 3161) matched filtering in at least two matched sub-filters (M1, M2, M3, M4), each sub-filter having a matched filter sub-sequence (43—1, 2; 3, 4; 5,6; 7,8) corresponding to a fragment (39) of the basic sequence (33) of the predefined signature signal (30), wherein the fragments do not overlap one another with respect to the basic sequence, the matched filtering by each respective sub-filter providing peaks in dependence of the respective sub-sequence (43) correlating with a respective fragment of the received signature signal.
US09351265B2	Apparatus and method for random access channel transmission considering reverse channel status in wireless communication system An apparatus is capable of transmitting a signal through a Random Access Channel in a wireless communication system. The method of transmitting a signal through a random access channel includes estimating a reverse channel status using a signal received through a forward link, determining whether to transmit a signal through a random access channel in consideration of the reverse channel status, and transmitting a signal through the random access channel when it is determined to transmit a signal through the random access channel.
US09351261B2	Intelligent radio frequency power control Cognitive radio may benefit from cognitive transmission power control. Cognitive power control may relate to minimizing current consumption and placing limitations on electromagnetic fields (EMF) and specific absorption rate (SAR) especially for transmission during body-worn use. A method can include calculating and forecasting power consumption and exposure due to transmission by a device to a user of the device to obtain a calculated power consumption and exposure. The method can also include comparing the calculated and the forecasted exposure to at least one predetermined criterion to obtain a compliance result. The method can further include adjusting at least one parameter of the device contingent upon the compliance result. The calculating and the forecasting can be performed in real time.
US09351259B2	Mobile station device, base station device, radio communication method, and integrated circuit Transmission power for an uplink signal is efficiently set. There are provided a reception unit 105 that receives from a base station device a first transmission power control command, a second transmission power control command, first information indicating whether or not accumulation of first transmission power control commands is enabled and second information indicating whether or not accumulation of second transmission power control commands is enabled, a transmission power setting unit 1015 that sets a first parameter value based on the first information and the first transmission control command, sets a second parameter value based on the second information and the second transmission control command, sets a first transmission power for a first reference signal using at least using a first parameter, and sets a second transmission power for a second reference signal using at least a second parameter, and a transmission unit 107 that transmits the first reference signal at the first transmission power and the second reference signal at the second transmission power to the base station device.
US09351256B2	Mobile terminal and control method thereof The present invention relates to a mobile terminal and control method thereof capable of managing power consumption. The mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a battery unit configured to supply power to an electronic element mounted on a terminal body, a measurement unit configured to measure a battery remaining amount for the battery unit, and a controller configured to set a battery assigned amount for the battery unit to a designated contact address, and implement a limited mode according to a result of comparing the battery remaining amount with the battery to assigned amount, and limit a function based on information on the contact addresses other than the designated contact address when the limited mode is implemented.
US09351254B2	Method for power saving in mobile devices by optimizing wakelocks A method for conserving device and/or network resources is provided herein. The method includes detecting a wakelock operating on a mobile device and determining a consumption of one of a power or radio usage attributed to the detected wakelock. The method further includes determining a criticality related to user experience for the detected wakelock and releasing the detected wakelock based on the determined consumption and criticality. Related systems and mobile devices are also disclosed.
US09351249B2	System level information for discontinuous reception, cell reselection and RACH A wireless transmit/receive unit is configured to receive system level information, including discontinuous reception (DRX) information, cell selection information, and RACH information. The system level information is received as defined parameters assigned to system information blocks or signaled through dedicated RRC signaling.
US09351246B2	Method and apparatus for distributing sensor data Various methods for distributing a single stream of sensor data to one or more services are provided. One example method may include maintaining an association between sensor data and one or more services requesting the sensor data. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise receiving the sensor data. The example method may further comprise generating one or more copies of the sensor data. The example method may also comprise providing for distribution of the copies of the sensor data to the services requesting the sensor data, such that a copy of the sensor data is provided for distribution to each of the services requesting the sensor data. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
US09351244B2	Prioritization of energy over system throughput in a wireless communications system The present invention relates to a user equipment and a radio base station, and to related methods of enabling the radio base station to affect an energy saving in the system during a connection between the user equipment and the radio base station according to a priority level of the energy saving. The method comprises the step of detecting (210) a trigger received via a user interface of the user equipment, where the trigger is associated with the priority level of the energy saving in the system. It also comprises transmitting (220) an indicator of the priority level to the radio base station, allowing the radio base station to affect the energy saving in the system during the connection according to the priority level, by configuring different user or system related parameters.
US09351243B2	Method and arrangement for a terminal of a wireless communication network Wireless communication network terminal operation is disclosed. The network comprises wireless network nodes having first and second downlink transmission modes. The first mode involves normal operation of a particular network node and is applicable when a number of active terminals in a cell associated with the particular network node is greater than a first mode threshold value. The second mode involves restricted downlink transmission of the particular network node and is applicable when the number of active terminals in the cell associated with the particular network node is not greater than a second mode threshold value. A cell identity is detected for a cell associated with a wireless network node of the wireless communication system. A current downlink transmission mode of the node is detected as the first or second downlink transmission mode, and an operation of the terminal is adapted based on the detected current downlink transmission mode.
US09351242B2	Tracking of and communication with mobile terminals using a battery-powered wireless network infrastructure There is provided a method of reducing energy consumption of network infrastructure nodes in a wireless network, the method comprising: (a) turning a transmitter and a receiver of the network infrastructure node to a power-off state; b) powering-on the transmitter of the network infrastructure node for a limited transmission time frame; c) during the transmission time frame, transmitting a beacon message comprising an identifier of the network infrastructure node, channel characteristics of the network infrastructure node and a powering-on schedule of the receiver of the network infrastructure node, for allowing mobile terminal nodes in the network to communicate with the network infrastructure node, where the mobile terminal nodes are almost continuously in a power-on state; d) powering-on the receiver of the network infrastructure node during a limited reception time frame in accordance with the schedule, for enabling the receiver to receive messages transmitted by the mobile terminal nodes in the network if required; e) repeating steps a) to d) periodically. There is further provided a battery-powered network infrastructure node which reduces energy consumption. There is further provided a battery-powered wireless network with an energy management for network infrastructure node. There is further provided a method of increasing probability of detection of rapidly moving clusters of mobile terminal nodes in a wireless network.
US09351236B2	UICC carrier switching via over-the-air technology Devices, systems, and methods are disclosed which relate to provisioning a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) with multiple services. The UICC enables a wireless communication device to communicate through multiple carriers by using a unique virtual subscriber identity module (SIM) to register with each carrier. The unique virtual SIM is one of a plurality of virtual SIMs stored on and managed by the UICC. A carrier network includes a server for provisioning a new virtual SIM on a UICC over-the-air (OTA) when a new customer requests a service such as voice, data, or other type of service. These UICCs may also include logic to automatically select the best carrier for a voice call depending on the user settings.
US09351234B2	Enhanced APN resolution The present invention relates to a solution for resource allocation and in particular in relation to resolving a gateway. The solution according to the present invention uses an infix in an access point name, comprising a geographical area, in communicating with a domain name server. The infix is chosen from a list comprising unique combinations of selection criteria.
US09351233B2	Multi-mode controller Techniques for controlling and managing network access are used to enable a wireless communication device to selectively communicate with several wireless networks. A portable communication device constructed according to the invention can communicate with different networks as the device is moved through the areas of coverage supported by the different networks. As a result, the device can take advantage of services provided by a particular network when the device is within the area of coverage provided by that network. Thus, the device can selectively switch to networks that provide, for example, high speed Internet access, different quality of service, low cost service and/or different services (e.g., voice, data, multimedia, etc.). A multi-mode controller in the device may be used to alternately poll different networks to determine whether the device is within the area of coverage of a network and to selectively establish communications with those networks.
US09351229B2	Moving ad hoc network small cell relay handover A mobile small station including a transceiver, a processor, and a memory having instructions for execution by the processor to exchange measurement information with a macro station, provide a wide area network connection and act as a relay for a small station moving network with the mobile small station, and perform handover of relay responsibilities to another mobile small station in the small station moving network.
US09351223B2	Assignment of hierarchical cell structures employing geolocation techniques Distance is employed to facilitate sector selection and re-selection in a network during handoff. A system receives measurement information for a mobile device. The measurement information includes information indicative of a geographical location of the mobile device. The system determines information indicative of a geographical location of a cell site to which the mobile device is assigned. The system then selects a sector of the cell site with which to associate the mobile device. The selection of the sector is based, at least, on a distance determined between the mobile device and the cell site. In various embodiments, the distance information is determined based on the latitude and longitude of the mobile device. In various embodiments, the morphology of the terrain for the area in which the mobile device is located is factored into the determination of the sector.
US09351221B2	Method and apparatus for facilitating a S1 handover of a mobile terminal that has experienced in-device coexistence interference at one or more frequencies A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to reduce coexistence interference that may occur following a S1 handover. The method, apparatus and computer program product may provide the target access point with information regarding one or more frequencies to be avoided so as to reduce instances of coexistence interference that might otherwise occur following a SI handover.
US09351218B2	Inter-region handover method in communication system The present invention relates to an inter-region handover method in a communication system. An inter-region handover method in a communication system according to the present invention comprises a region monitoring step, a region rescanning step, a region redecision step and a CoMP connection reconfiguration step in cases where a terminal moves between regions in a communication environment in which a communication area, in which at least one base station provides a service, is divided into at least two of at least one center region, at least one boundary region and at least one common region.
US09351214B2	Method of performing cell reselection procedure in wireless communication system When camping on a serving cell which is not barred from cell selection/reselection, a user equipment is configured to evaluate whether a cell reselection procedure should be performed based on first cell reselection criterion. If the serving cell is barred from cell selection/reselection by the network when the user equipment is currently camping on the serving cell, the user equipment is configured to evaluate whether the cell reselection procedure should be performed based on a second cell reselection criteria. The judging conditions of the second cell reselection criterion are less strict than the judging conditions of the first cell reselection criterion.
US09351213B2	Method and telecommunications network for deactivating or activating a cell in such a network The invention relates to a method for deactivation of at least one first cell of a plurality of cells in a telecommunications network. User devices in the at least one first cell are triggered to report measurement information regarding one or more second cells of the plurality of cells to the telecommunications network. The measurement information is received in the telecommunications network and analyzed in order to determine whether one or more user devices in the at least one first cell are eligible for being served by a second cell of the one or more second cells when the at least one first cell would be deactivated. When the one or more user devices are determined to be eligible for being served by the second cell of the one or more second cells, the one or more user devices are transferred and the at least one first cell is deactivated.
US09351207B2	System and method for providing small cell gateway redundancy in a network environment An example method is provided in one example embodiment and may include configuring a Home eNode B (HeNB) with plurality of tracking area identities (TAIs), wherein each TAI is served by one of a plurality of HeNB gateways (HeNB-GWs); configuring a TAI list for a Mobility Management Entity (MME), wherein the TAI list includes each of the plurality of TAIs; broadcasting a first TAI by the HeNB, wherein the first TAI is served by a first HeNB-GW; and switching the broadcasting from the first TAI to a second TAI served by a second HeNB-GW and re-parenting the HeNB from the first HeNB-GW to the second HeNB-GW if the HeNB loses connectivity with the first HeNB-GW.
US09351206B2	Method, mobile station device, base station device, and mobile communication system for gap-generation determination A mobile station device that communicates with a base station device. The mobile communication receives, from the base station device, a control signal for permitting the mobile station device to perform monitoring neighboring cell. The mobile station device also generates a gap based on one length of plural lengths, the gap being used in the monitoring, the one length corresponding to a measurement type of a neighboring cell according to a predetermined rule, the plural lengths being common with the base station, and the predetermine rule being common with the base station.
US09351205B2	Carrier aggregation capable mobile operation over single frequency A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus communicates with a primary serving cell via a first radio, detects a presence of a target cell, sends a first message to the primary serving cell indicating the detected presence of the target cell, receives a command from the primary serving cell to add the target cell as a secondary serving cell, and communicates with at least one of the primary serving cell or the target cell via a second radio to facilitate a handover to the target cell. The first radio and the second radio operate on a same frequency. A downlink control channel of the primary serving cell is not used to schedule a target cell downlink transmission. An uplink control channel to the primary serving cell is not used to provide an acknowledgment of the target cell downlink transmission. The uplink control channel to the primary serving cell is not used to provide channel side information for the target cell downlink transmission.
US09351204B2	Method for controlling handover, user equipment, base station, and radio communication system Provided is a method for controlling a handover from a first base station to a second base station by a user equipment that performs radio communication over a communication channel formed by aggregating a plurality of component carriers, wherein scheduling information on each component carrier is transmitted to the user equipment according to either of a straight scheduling method and a cross scheduling method, and the method includes at the first base station, commanding first the user equipment to perform a handover from the first base station to the second base station on a second component carrier to be operated according to the straight scheduling method in the second base station, when it is determined that a handover on a first component carrier following the cross scheduling method is to be executed.
US09351200B2	Quality of service control in multiple hop wireless communication environments A wireless communication access path exists between an ingress station and an egress station. A logical communication tunnel is established between the ingress and egress stations directly or through any number of intermediate relay stations to handle session flows of PDUs. As PDUs arrive, the ingress station may determine and add information bearing on an identified QoS associated with the PDU to the PDUs before they are delivered to the downstream egress station(s) or intermediate relay station(s). The information may be used by the downstream stations to schedule the PDUs for further delivery. The information may also be used by the egress station to schedule the PDUs for delivery.
US09351198B2	Method, apparatus and system of managing an encoder output rate based upon wireless communication link feedback Machine-readable media, methods, apparatus and system for managing an encoder output rate at least partially based upon wireless communication link feedback are described. In some embodiments, a device driver of the system may generate link information indicating quality of a wireless communication link between the system and another system, wherein the link information is generated at least partially based upon at least one of media access layer (MAC) information and physical layer information of the system. A system managing entity of the system may manage an output rate of an encoder of the system at least partially based upon the link information.
US09351196B2	Byte caching in wireless communication networks Various embodiments provide byte caching in wireless communication networks. In one embodiment, a plurality of data packets are received through an internet protocol (IP) data flow established between a wireless communication device and at least one server. Each of the plurality of data packets are combined into a packet bundle. A determination is made as to whether a second byte caching system is available. The packet bundle is transformed using one or more byte caching operations based on a second byte caching system being available. The transformed packet bundle is sent to the second byte caching system using an IP communication mechanism.
US09351194B2	Congestion level indication with explicit congestion notification in communication systems A method, apparatus, and computer program product for indicating and responding to various congestion levels in a communication system, such as a wireless communication network. A congestion level in the network is determined, and a percentage of data packets to be transmitted to an endpoint, such as user equipment or another network endpoint serving the user, are marked to indicate the congestion level. The endpoint determines the congestion level at the network from the percentage of received data packets that are marked and may initiate an appropriate response behavior in response to the determined congestion level.
US09351192B2	Traffic bearer mapping method and communication device A traffic bearer mapping method includes: obtaining attribute information of a traffic data flow of a user; selecting a relay transmission tunnel according to the attribute information of the traffic data flow of the user; and mapping the received traffic data flow to the relay transmission tunnel for transmission, where the relay transmission tunnel includes a relay link radio bearer Un RB or a bearer including the Un RB. Transmission of a traffic data flow in an LTE-A network after a relay node is introduced into is implemented, thereby ensuring quality of service of multi-service.
US09351190B2	Interference characterization based on scheduling a transmission mode Systems, methods, and apparatuses for characterizing interference based on scheduling a transmission mode are provided. One method includes wirelessly communicating, by a base station (BS), with a plurality of user equipment (UE), selecting one or more other base stations (BSs) associated with the BS, scheduling the selected one or more other BSs associated with the BS to transmit according to at least one transmission mode during a scheduled transmission, and characterizing, by at least one of the plurality of UE, interference at the UE during the scheduled transmission.
US09351187B2	Reverse power metering The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for determining power provided by network terminals (103) to a common network node (101). The method comprises the steps of measuring (S201) power received per time unit from each individual network terminal, determining (S202) channel power loss per time unit of each individual network terminal and determining (S203) power provided per time unit by each individual network terminal by adding, to the power received per time unit from said each individual network terminal, the corresponding channel power loss per time unit. Further, the method comprises the steps of measuring (S204) power consumption per time unit of the network node caused by each individual network terminal and determining (S205) net power per time unit provided by each individual network terminal by taking into account the network node power consumption per time unit caused by said each individual network terminal and the power provided per time unit by said each individual network terminal.
US09351185B2	LTE carrier aggregation configuration on TV white space bands An apparatus, method and computer program product comprise controlling cellular network based communication in a primary cell on a frequency band related to the cellular network and by using an uplink and downlink configuration specific to the primary cell; controlling communication in a secondary cell on a frequency band related to a television white space channel and by using an uplink and downlink configuration specific to the secondary cell; measuring radio interference on a temporarily set uplink related carrier on the secondary cell based on information on the temporarily set uplink related carrier received on a downlink related carrier on the primary cell; and reporting results of radio interference measurement via the primary cell.
US09351181B2	System monitoring and management Systems for monitoring and managing devices within a monitored system are described. The system can include a gateway device that is connected to the monitored system and configured to determine whether or not it remains connected to the monitored system. The gateway device is coupled to a network and can function to collect data about the monitored and manage devices within the monitored system and send the collected data over the network. The gateway device can also function to manage a managed device within the monitored system by controlling the functioning of the managed device. The gateway device can generate instructions for managing the managed device or receive instructions for managing the managed device over the network.
US09351176B2	Phase and amplitude tracking in the presence of a walking pilot signal A method and apparatus for tracking amplitude and phase of a received low frequency signal comprising a walking pilot signal is disclosed, wherein the pilot signal changes in frequency a number of times according to a sequence that repeats. The design includes initializing a FIFO buffer and summing estimated channel power over the sequence to determine an initial total power. The design also includes, for a new received symbol, determining an updated power estimate for the new received symbol, placing the updated power estimate in the FIFO buffer, and removing a least current value from the FIFO buffer, and estimating amplitude of the signal using a sum of all updated power estimates in the FIFO buffer divided by the initial total power. The design may further include determining a delta phase value using maximum ratio combining scaled with a scaling factor.
US09351172B2	Techniques for estimating a coverage area for a distributed antenna system (DAS) or a repeater system Techniques for estimating a coverage area for a distributed antenna system (DAS) or a repeater system are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a system for estimating a coverage area for a distributed antenna system (DAS) or a repeater system. The system may comprise one or more processors communicatively coupled to a mobile communications network. The one or more processors may be configured to identify a sector as being a base station sector that deploys a distributed antenna system (DAS) or a repeater system. The one or more processors may also be configured to determine an approximate location for one or more antennas deployed by the distributed antenna system (DAS) or the repeater system. The one or more processors may further be configured to construct an estimated coverage area for the base station sector that deploys the distributed antenna system (DAS) or the repeater system.
US09351169B2	Computing cloud in a wireless telecommunication system The invention relates to a method for communication in a wireless telecommunication system, wherein the wireless telecommunication system comprises a plurality of base stations (102) and at least one computing cloud (100), wherein the plurality of base stations are each connected to the at least one computing cloud, wherein the computing cloud comprises a plurality of computing devices, wherein the computing cloud is operatively coupled to the plurality of base stations, and wherein the method comprises the following steps: performing (S1) time-critical operations by the plurality of base stations; performing (S2) non-time-critical operations by the at least one computing cloud for the plurality of base stations; and exchanging (S3) control data between the plurality of base stations and the at least one computing cloud; wherein the non-time-critical operations comprise at least one of the following operations: handover procedures, call admissions, load balancing, gathering statistical data of cells of the wireless telecommunication system, configuration management for the cells of the wireless telecommunication system, and operations for self organizing functions of the wireless telecommunication system, and wherein the control data is used by the computing cloud for performing the non-time-critical operations.
US09351167B1	SMS botnet detection on mobile devices Technologies for mobile device security are disclosed. A described technique includes launching a monitoring application that has a priority receiver attribute for a Short Message Service (SMS); receiving, within the monitoring application, a message from the SMS, the message being distributed to other applications on the mobile device; parsing the message to extract an originating address and message data; storing, in a data structure controlled by the monitoring application, the originating address and the message data; after a predetermined time interval, using the originating address and the message data stored in the data structure to determine whether the message has been stored in a non-priority client SMS database residing on the mobile device; and if the message has not been stored in the client SMS database, determining whether one or more applications other than the monitoring application that have the priority receiver attribute are associated with malicious activity.
US09351163B2	Automatic sanitization of data on a mobile device in a network environment A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a network connection to a central security system in a central network, receiving a message from the central security system, activating a grace window based on the message, and determining whether the grace window has expired. The method further includes deleting, when the grace window expires, one or more objects from the mobile device based on a sanitization policy. In specific embodiments, the network connection is terminated before the grace window expires, and the grace window expires unless the mobile device establishes another network connection with the central security system. In further embodiments, the method includes receiving the sanitization policy from the central security system. The sanitization policy identifies the one or more objects to be deleted from the mobile device when the grace window expires.
US09351161B2	Method and apparatus for performing handover in consideration of authentication procedure A handover performing method and apparatus are provided to allow a terminal to effectively perform handover when it moves from a cell of a base station supporting a legacy system to a cell of a base station supporting an advanced system. The method for performing handover by a terminal, includes: acquiring information regarding a target base station through scanning; transmitting a ranging request message including indication information indicating direct handover to the target base station to the target base station; receiving a ranging response message including a handover procedure optimization flag from the target base station; and performing a network entry procedure toward the target base station according to the handover procedure optimization flag, wherein, in the network entry procedure, a key agreement procedure with the target base station is performed by using first authentication information which has been used in a connection with a serving base station.
US09351155B2	Data collection device having dynamic access to multiple wireless networks There is set forth herein a method of providing network connectivity. The method can include introducing a new communication device within a communication range of a portable data collection device, the new communication device comprising a dynamic access module enabling the new communication device to receive data packets from the portable data collection device and route payload data of the data packets to an access point. In one aspect the new communication device can receive data packets from the portable data collection device and route payload data of the data packets to the access point if the new communication device determines that it is in range of both of said access point and the portable data collection device. There is set forth herein a system having a dynamic access module.
US09351152B2	Automatically quieting mobile devices A method may include receiving one or more of calendar data, user location data and third-party location data. The calendar data may include activity instructions that indicate that a mobile device be in a quiet mode during a particular activity included in the calendar data. The user location data may include user location instructions that indicate that the mobile device be in the quiet mode when the mobile device is at a particular location based on the particular location being of a particular location type. The third-party location data may include external request instructions that indicate that the mobile device be in the quiet mode when the mobile device is at a third-party location. The method may also include placing the mobile device in the quiet mode based on one or more of the activity instructions, the user location instructions and the external request instructions.
US09351150B2	Method, apparatus and computer program for enabling access to content in a network An approach is provided for enabling access to content in a network service. Location information is received, at a server, relating to a first remote apparatus and another remote apparatus. The received location information is utilized to determine that the first remote apparatus and the another remote apparatus are proximal to each other. Access rights are updated within a network service to enable the user of the another remote apparatus to access content associated with the user of the first remote apparatus.
US09351146B2	Technique for providing support for a plurality of mobility management protocols A technique for registering a mobile terminal with an anchor node and for handling data packets after registration is provided. A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of providing support for a plurality of mobility management protocols, wherein the mobility management protocols are deployed in parallel within a protocol stack of an anchor node, receiving, from a mobile terminal, a registration message, and selectively handling the registration message in accordance with the mobility management protocol associated with the registration message.
US09351144B2	Methods and apparatus for improving NFC RF discovery based on detection of other RF activity Aspects disclosed herein relate to improving NFC RF discovery through monitoring RF activity associated with one or more RATs. In one example, a first NFC device may be configured to use both a first RAT and NFC. The first NFC device may monitor RF activity on a first RAT to determine whether there is at least a greater probability that a second NFC device is within a threshold. The NFC device may be also configured to modify at least an interval between polling modes in a NFC RF discovery loop based on the determination.
US09351139B2	Location information for a mobile station In a wireless communications network, a method of performing a location service with respect to a mobile station includes communicating a paging message containing an indication of whether the paging message is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service. In another aspect, a mobile station in a wireless communications network communicates messaging to move the mobile station to a traffic channel in response to a callback by at least one of an emergency services entity and a law enforcement entity. The mobile station also receives a location request on the traffic channel, the location request containing an indication of whether the location request is related to at least one of an emergency-related location service and a law enforcement-related location service.
US09351137B2	Simultaneous voice calls using a multi-SIM multi-active device Devices, systems, and methods for handling simultaneous calls on a multi-subscriber identification module (SIM) multi-active (MSMA) device having at least a first SIM associated with a first transceiver and a second SIM associated with a second transceiver. A processor of the MSMA device may establish a first SIM call using the first transceiver and a second SIM call using the second transceiver while the first SIM call is active. The processor may also establish a direct wireless link to a second mobile communication device using a third transceiver. The processor may maintain both the first and second SIM calls active simultaneously by handling the first SIM call using an input/output device of the MSMA device and relaying the second SIM call to the second communication device via the direct wireless link.
US09351126B2	Method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information A method and apparatus for deriving indoor/outdoor classification information for call data for a wireless communication network. The method comprises identifying a set of subscriber call data records relating to vehicular calls, deriving a physical channel measurement threshold value based at least partly on physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records identified as relating to vehicular calls, and classifying subscriber call data records for the wireless communication network as indoor subscriber call data records and outdoor subscriber call data records based at least partly on a comparison of physical channel measurement values for the subscriber call data records with the derived physical channel measurement threshold value.
US09351121B2	Peer-based collaborative discovery and signaling of another device in limited-signal areas Generally, this disclosure describes a method and system for peer-based collaborative discovery and signaling of another device in limited signal areas. A method may include, in an embodiment, initiating a sensing mode in a seek mobile device in response to receiving an indication that a location of a lost mobile device is unknown; capturing first position data if a signal from the lost device is detected; capturing second position data in response to losing the signal from the lost device; and determining an estimated location of the lost device based on the first position data and the second position data, wherein the lost device is located in an area of limited or no connectivity and the seek device is moving through the area.
US09351119B2	Method and apparatus for detecting location changes and monitoring assistance data via scanning Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for detecting location changes and monitoring assistance data via scanning for use in or with a mobile device. Briefly, in accordance with at least one implementation, a method may include obtaining, at a mobile device, a rough estimate of a location of the mobile device; identifying a plurality of transmitters within a signal acquisition range of the roughly estimated location; transmitting probe requests addressed to at least some of the transmitters; and selectively initiating a passive scan at a receiver of the mobile device if a number of responses to the probe requests received from the transmitters is less than a threshold number.
US09351118B2	Apparatus, systems and methods for visually connecting people A method for visually finding and interacting with people, operable on a computing system including a server and a mobile device comprising a processor, a display and a camera, the method comprising: detecting the current location of members of a group, which a user of the mobile device has created or is a member of, if the group members have similar mobile devices and if they have set to permit their visibility when the user or other group members wish to locate them by scanning their surroundings with the camera of their mobile device; and, for each group member detected while the user is scanning user's surroundings, and having a position falling in the direction the mobile device's camera points to at a particular moment, displaying on the mobile device's display a group member representation associated with the group member's position.
US09351113B1	Methods and systems for adjusting location querying frequency of a computing device The present disclosure provides example methods operable by computing device. An example method may include querying a location of a computing device with a first frequency. The method may also include accumulating data on the computing device over a time period. The data may include respective locations of the computing device during the time period with respect to the time of day and at increments based on the first frequency. The method may also include determining a model of the location of the computing device with respect to the time of day based on the accumulated data. The method may also include comparing the current location of the computing device to the model. If the current location of the computing device is consistent with the model, the method may also include querying the location of the computing device with a second frequency.
US09351105B2	Location based applications A server provides location-based applications to an application of a mobile device based on a geographic location of the mobile device. The server receives an application definition and metadata comprising a geographic area associated with the application definition. The server generates a location-based application based on the application definition and metadata. The server identifies a geographic location of the mobile device and one or more location-based applications based on the geographic location of the mobile device. One or more location-based applications are provided within the application in the mobile device.
US09351100B2	Device for control of data transfer in local area network The present invention concerns wearable electronic communication devices (100) for control of data transfer in a personal area network. The wearable device is adapted for Body Coupled Communication in close proximity to a person's body. The wearable device comprises an antenna adapted for Body Coupled Communication and a capacitance sensor indicating that the wearable device is in close proximity to the body of the person or even in contact with the body or not. The invention also concerns a portable electronic communication device comprising the inventive wearable device for cooperation with at least a second portable electronic communication device in a personal area network.
US09351098B2	Providing access to and enabling functionality of first device based on communication with second device In one aspect, a device includes a processor and a memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to receive at least a first Bluetooth low energy (BLE) signal from a BLE beacon and enable a first function of the first device at least in part in based on receipt of the first BLE signal.
US09351093B2	Multichannel sound source identification and location Multichannel sound source identification and location techniques are described. In one or more implementations, source separation is performed using a collaborative technique for a plurality of sound data that was captured by respective ones of a plurality of sound capture devices of an audio scene. The source separation is performed by recognizing spectral and temporal aspects from the plurality of sound data and sharing the recognized spectral and temporal aspects, one with another, to identify one or more sound sources in the audio scene. A relative position of the identified one or more sounds sources to the plurality of sound capture devices is determined based on the source separation.
US09351092B2	Audio processing device, audio processing method, and program There is provided an audio processing device including an estimation unit configured to estimate a user's representative perceived position of a stereoscopic image from a difference between a left-eye image and a right-eye image of the stereoscopic image displayed on a display device, and an audio controller configured to control audio output of an audio output device in accordance with the representative perceived position estimated by the estimation unit.
US09351086B2	Hearing aid device with in-the-ear-canal microphone A hearing aid device is disclosed. The hearing aid device comprises a receiver configured to be arranged in the ear canal. The hearing aid device comprises a directional microphone system comprising two microphones or one microphone having two sound inlets. The hearing aid device comprises means for counteracting acoustic feedback on the basis of sound signals detected by the two microphones or the two sound inlets. The hearing aid device comprises an “open fitting” providing ventilation. The two microphones or the two sound inlets of the directional microphone (forming part of a directional system) are arranged in the ear canal at the same side of the receiver and sound is allowed to propagate freely between the microphones or between the inlets of the directional microphone and the receiver. Preferably, the hearing aid device comprises a procedure (such as an adaptive procedure) for optimizing the directional system of the hearing aid device. An improved feedback reduction is thereby achieved, while allowing a relatively large gain to be applied to the incoming signal.
US09351083B2	Transparent parametric emitter A transparent ultrasonic emitter includes a first transparent conductive layer; a second transparent conductive layer; and a plurality of transparent spacers disposed between the first and second transparent layers conductive of the ultrasonic audio speaker, the transparent spacers having a thickness and being arranged to define an open area between the first and second transparent layers.
US09351082B2	Capacitance-type transducer A capacitance-type transducer has a back plate having a fixed electrode, a diaphragm that opposes the back plate via an air gap and serves as a movable electrode, and at least first stoppers having a first projection length and second stoppers having a second projection length that project from at least one of a surface of the back plate on the air gap side and a surface of the diaphragm on the air gap side. At least one of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is divided into at least a first region having a first surface area and a second region having a second surface area, a first sensing portion made up of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is constituted in the first region, and a second sensing portion made up of the diaphragm and the fixed electrode is constituted in the second region.
US09351080B2	Electronic device including stiffness varying portion on housing An electronic device (1) is provided with a piezoelectric element (30), a panel (10) holding the piezoelectric element (30), and a housing (60) holding the panel (10) and transmitting vibration through the panel (10). The electronic device (1) causes the panel (10) to generate vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body. The electronic device (1) includes a stiffness varying portion (62, 63) in which the stiffness of the housing (60) varies.
US09351076B2	Audio and video signal transmission interface apparatus and method thereof An audio and video signal transmission interface apparatus includes a left sound channel interface, a right sound channel interface, a multimedia terminal interface, and a ground interface; where a first power supply and a first resistor are connected in series in the multimedia terminal interface; and the apparatus further includes a voltage detecting module, a determining module, a control module, and a second resistor connected in series in the multimedia terminal interface, where a resistance value of the second resistor is greater than an internal resistance value of an audio and video terminal and smaller than an internal resistance value of a microphone terminal in reverse connection; the determining module identifies different types of transmission lines by using a voltage value measured by the voltage detecting module; and the control module is configured to implement adaptation of different transmission lines.
US09351075B2	Body-sensitive vibration headphone There is provided a body-sensitive vibration headphone for suppressing resonance that occurs when a vibrator that generates body-sensitive vibration vibrates. The body-sensitive vibration headphone includes electroacoustic transducer (50) that converts an input signal into an acoustic wave, housing (20) that accommodates electroacoustic transducer (50), vibrator (31) that converts the input signal into vibration, and ear pad (40) attached to housing (20). Vibrator (31) is attached to ear pad (40), and a structure between vibrator (31) and ear pad (40) is formed such that conduction of the vibration from the vibrator (31) is impeded.
US09351074B2	Audio system and audio characteristic control device An audio system includes plural speakers including a planar speaker configured to emit a plane wave on the basis of a received audio signal, and a controller configured to supply audio signals to the plural speakers respectively, and to set signal levels of audio signals to be supplied to the planar speaker and at least one speaker, other than the planar speaker, of the plural speakers in accordance with a control signal specifying a perceived distance of sound to be heard by a listener.
US09351057B2	Service provisioning enabled management in SIEPON switching subsystem A service provisioning enabled management in Service Interoperability in Ethernet Passive Optical Network (SIEPON) switching subsystem. The delivery of network services to each of a plurality of subscribers coupled to an optical network unit (ONU) can be defined individually by the service provider. The service-specific functions within the ONU can be configured based on knowledge of the levels of provisioning of network services.
US09351053B2	Targeted television advertising based on a profile linked to an online device associated with a content-selecting device A profile provider: (i) associates a set of devices (including two or more online devices and possibly a set-top box); and (ii) delivers an advertisement targeted using profile information associated with one of the online devices. The advertisement is presented along with media content. If the media content is viewed using a single-viewer display, then profile information is used that is associated with an online device used to select or receive the media content. If the media content is viewed using a multiple-viewer display, then profile information is used that is associated with an online device used to select, receive, or present the media content or with an online device associated with one or more of those online devices.
US09351050B2	Personal video recorder e-mail alerts and status A web-based service which provides a notification such an email to a user to facilitate managing the recording of broadcast content using a personal video recorder (PVR). The user can agree to participate in the service in exchange for emails which can provide information such as a summary of programs recorded over a few days, missed recordings, and scheduling conflicts. The notification can include targeted recommendations, targeted advertising and information about recording habits of members of a social network of the user. A notification can be provided on an urgent basis if program schedule conflicts or hardware or software problems with the user's equipment are detected. The user's equipment can include a PC-based PVR, or a PC which communicates with a separate PVR device. PC-related information such as events thrown can also be reported up to the web service.
US09351048B1	Method and system for assigning a channel to data in a data stream A system and method for assigning channels includes a program guide module having program guide data associated with program channels and a content processing system receiving program feeds for the program channels and receiving data feeds. The content processing system compares event data from the data feed and identifies a first program channel by comparing the program guide data and the event data and associating the program channel with event data.
US09351041B2	Process for providing targeted user content blended with a media stream A network system provides delivery of customized target content, such as advertising, to individual users. There is transmission of a common spot content stream to a large group of the users. Each home client user communicates through a telecommunications network, such as the Internet, for connection to a portal to receive continuing media, such as streaming audio or video. The user installs receiver software at his home client processor for receiving both the streaming media and a content stream. The media stream includes spot markers placed at appropriate locations in the media stream by the publisher to designate locations for insertion of spot content and optionally to identify specific characteristics of the media stream. The content stream includes content units, such as audio advertising, together with spot content frames, which include parameters having values designated by the spot content provider to be the target audience. A profile is produced at the home client having parameters with values associated with the home client user, such as geographic and demographic information. The receiver software at the home client matches the spot content frame for each spot content to the profile of the user to select those spot content units which have a match. These selected spot content units are stored at the home user and are blended into the media stream at the locations of the spot markers to produce an information data stream for the user that is customized for that user. A spot auditor at the home client measures the type and quantity of play back of the spot content received by the home user and this is reported to the spot content provider for measurement of the effectiveness in the distribution of the spot content.
US09351034B2	Differentiated PSIP table interval technology An apparatus, method and data structure for generating at least one table in a broadcast environment, are provided. The apparatus includes a generator to generate an event information table (EIT) and an extended text table (ETT). The ETT has program guide information for an n-hour span and has a transmission interval. The ETT has a transmission interval and program description information according to the EIT. The transmission interval of the EIT is shorter than the transmission interval of the ETT.
US09351033B2	Systems and methods for determining subscription data A media guidance application is provided by which users can view program listings associated with programming that the user may access using other user equipment devices. The media guidance application, implemented on, for example, a remote system, may determine through communications with television equipment whether or not the television equipment is authorized to provide a particular package of television programming to be viewed by the user. For example, an online program guide application may determine whether or not television equipment allows a user to view particular channels and, based on that determination, proceed to determine what packages of programming the user subscribes to. A customized program guide may then be displayed based on what programming the user subscribes to on various systems.
US09351032B2	Interactive product placement system and method therefor A method for presenting advertisements for commercial products in video productions, whereby the commercial product is placed in the video production as an element of the video production. A viewer is enabled to interact with the video production to select the product. Information is then displayed about the selected product; and the viewer is enabled to purchase the selected product.
US09351024B2	Managing the bandwidth of a communication session A system includes a processor operable to identify each of a plurality of first video packets from a communication session with a first identifier designating that bandwidth is reserved on the network for the packet, and identify each of a plurality of second video packets from the communication session with a second identifier designating that bandwidth is not reserved on the network for the packet. The system further includes an interface operable to initiate transmission of the plurality of first video packets and the plurality of second video packets in the communication session.
US09351016B2	Devices for identifying a leading picture An electronic device for indicating a leading picture is described. The electronic device includes memory in communication with a processor and instructions stored in the memory. The electronic device encodes a first picture. The electronic device further determines whether a leading picture is present. The electronic device further generates an explicit leading picture indicator if a leading picture is present. The electronic device further sends the explicit leading picture indicator if a leading picture is present.
US09351015B2	Method and apparatus for encoding video based on scanning order of hierarchical data units, and method and apparatus for decoding video based on scanning order of hierarchical data units A video decoding method and apparatus and a video encoding method and apparatus based on a scanning order of hierarchical data units are provided. The decoding method includes: receiving and parsing a bitstream of an encoded video; extracting from the bitstream information about a size of a maximum coding unit for decoding a picture of the encoded video, and encoding information about a coded depth and an encoding mode for coding units of the picture, wherein the size of the maximum coding unit is a maximum size of a coding unit which is a data unit for decoding the picture; and determining a hierarchical structure of the maximum coding unit and the coding units into which the picture is divided according to depths, and decoding the picture based on the coding units, by using the information about the size of the maximum coding unit and the encoding information about the coded depth and the encoded mode.
US09351014B2	Moving image encoding and decoding system A moving image encoding and decoding system includes moving image encoding and decoding devices that can provide motion vector prediction and encoding of a difference motion vector when a block serving as a candidate of motion vector prediction does not have significant motion information. The moving image encoding device may select a first region from stored already encoded regions. When the selected region does not have a reference frame number, the moving image encoding device can search and select a second region having a determined level of correlation with a template region composed of pixel signals already reproduced from a reference image specified with a reference frame number associated with a target region. The moving image encoding device may produce a prediction motion vector based on the spatial positional relationship between the target region and the selected first or second region, and a difference motion vector can be calculated.
US09351006B2	Moving picture coding/decoding method and apparatus An image decoding apparatus is provided. The image decoding apparatus includes a processor which obtains information about a color representation from a bitstream, obtains a residue, which corresponds to a difference between a current image and a predicted image of the current image, from the bitstream, and reconstructs the current image by using the residue and the predicted image, based on the information about the color representation.
US09351005B2	Bitstream conformance test in video coding A device performs a decoding process as part of a bitstream conformance test. As part of the decoding process, the device performs a bitstream extraction process to extract, from a bitstream, an operation point representation of an operation point defined by a target set of layer identifiers and a target highest temporal identifier. The target set of layer identifiers contains values of layer identifier syntax elements present in the operation point representation, the target set of layer identifiers being a subset of values of layer identifier syntax elements of the bitstream. The target highest temporal identifier is equal to a greatest temporal identifier present in the operation point representation, the target highest temporal identifier being less than or equal to a greatest temporal identifier present in the bitstream. The device decodes network abstraction layer (NAL) units of the operation point representation.
US09351004B2	Multiview video coding reference picture selection under a one reference picture constraint A method for coding a dependent view picture based on a reference picture includes selecting a reference picture from a base view picture list if a metric of intra macroblocks in an evaluated picture is greater than a first threshold, selecting a reference picture from a dependent view picture list if a metric of skipped macroblocks in the evaluated picture is greater than a second threshold, and coding a dependent view picture using the selected reference picture. An application-controlled weighting mechanism may be used if both of the thresholds are not met.
US09350998B2	Coding of significance flags A video coder determines, based at least in part on a distance between a current sub-block of a transform coefficient block and a sub-block that contains a last significant coefficient (LSC) of the transform coefficient block, coding contexts for significance flags for transform coefficients of the current sub-block. Furthermore, the video coder entropy codes, based on the coding contexts for the significance flags for the transform coefficients of the current sub-block, the significance flags for the transform coefficients of the current sub-block.
US09350997B2	Video encoding method and device and decoding method and device A video encoding method, a video encoding apparatus, a video decoding method, and a video decoding apparatus, the video encoding method including producing a fast transform matrix based on a transform matrix which is used for frequency transformation on a predetermined-size block; producing a transformed block by transforming the predetermined-size block by using the fast transform matrix; and performing scaling with respect to the transformed block to correct a difference between the transform matrix used for the frequency transformation and the fast transform matrix.
US09350993B2	Intra prediction mode encoding/decoding method and apparatus for same An intra prediction method according to the present invention comprises the following steps: deriving neighboring prediction mode information from a left neighboring prediction mode and a top neighboring prediction mode; deriving an intra prediction mode for a target unit to be decoded, using the derived neighboring prediction mode information; and performing intra prediction for the target unit to be decoded, based on the intra prediction mode. According to the present invention, video encoding/decoding efficiency may be improved.
US09350992B2	Explicit way for signaling a collocated picture for high efficiency video coding A system is provided for determining a collocated reference picture to enable encoding and decoding of a current picture for high efficiency video coding (HEVC). The collocated picture is identified by accessing syntax that can include an index for a list0 and a list1, a reference picture set number indicating the number of pictures in list0 and list1, and a flag indicating if the collocated picture is in list0 or list1. The system can further use slice type to determine if both list0 and list1 should be accessed.
US09350991B2	Communication system with compressive sensing Systems and methods for communication systems with compressive sensing are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of signal processing includes receiving a data packet at a processor. The data packet includes compressively measured data in wavelet transform coefficients of a signal. The signal is reconstructed using a clustering property of the wavelet transform coefficients.
US09350987B2	Video qualification device, system, and method Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing video qualification, which might include implementing video quality measurements at a subscriber premises and qualification of the subscriber premises for particular levels of video data transmission. In some cases, one or more customer premises equipment might comprise video quality chips that might perform measurements of the telecommunications links, and might send the results to a server associated with the service provider. The server might determine available video services, based on the results of the measurements, and might send the subscriber notifications indicating that the subscribers qualify for particular video services. In some cases, implementing video qualification might include the server determining that video service levels provided to a customer premises has been decreased or otherwise negatively affected. The server might order diagnosis and repairs of the affected equipment, and might send a notification to the subscriber indicating that repairs are underway.
US09350985B2	Method and circuitry for removing circling drifts in NDT/NDI measurement display Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for removing circling drifts on the display of the measured eddy current or other continuous waves. The circling dot which is supposed to be a static dot can obscure information required by the operator to judge if a small defect is present. Embodiments of presently disclosed harmonic rejection filters are tunable and employed to effectively abate or eliminate signals with frequencies that are multiples of operating frequencies, resulting in the removal of the circling effects on the display.
US09350982B2	Image display device, image supply device, and image processing method with brightness expanding processing for improved contrast sensitivity in a 3D image An image display device includes: a feature value calculating section which calculates an image feature value related to the brightness of image data using parallax between image data for a right eye and image data for a left eye which form 3D image data; an expanding coefficient calculating section which calculates an expanding coefficient, which is related to brightness expand processing, on the basis of the image feature value; a brightness expanding processing section which performs brightness expanding processing on the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye on the basis of the expanding coefficient; and an image display section which displays an image on the basis of the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye subjected to the brightness expanding processing.
US09350977B1	Rotating point-spread function (PSF) design for three-dimensional imaging An optical imaging system having an aperture comprised of a plurality of concentric annuli. The outer radius of each annulus is proportional to the square root of the number of annuli. Each annulus also having an azimuthally linearly increasing phase profile comprising for a given light wavelength.
US09350976B2	Imaging unit of a camera for recording the surroundings with optics uncoupled from a circuit board An imaging unit of a camera for recording the surroundings has an image sensor with a lens for the display of the surroundings on the image sensor. The image sensor and the lens are held by a carrier. The camera additionally has a circuit board and at least the signal and the supply lines of the image sensor arranged an the carrier. The image sensor is mounted an a carrier substrate, which similar to the lens, is arranged on the carrier at a distance from the circuit board, and has a flexible electrical connection to the circuit board.
US09350975B2	Display apparatus and method for applying on-screen display (OSD) thereto A display apparatus and a method for applying an OSD applying thereto. The display apparatus maintains the depth of the OSD to be displayed on the screen at a specific depth if the depth of a 3D image is adjusted. Accordingly, even if the depth of the 3D image is adjusted, the depth of the OSD remains the same. Therefore, a user may be provided with the OSD of which depth does not change even if the depth of the 3D image is adjusted.
US09350971B2	Three-dimensional image processor and three-dimensional image processing method A three-dimensional image processor includes an aspect conversion discriminator, an aspect conversion parameter generator, a 2D/3D conversion parameter generator, a frame memory unit and a read address controller. The aspect conversion discriminator generates a signal indicating whether or not a read position of a video signal is to be modified. The aspect conversion parameter generator generates a parameter indicating an aspect ratio of an image based on the video signal. The 2D/3D conversion parameter generator generates shift amounts for generating a left-eye signal and a right-eye signal based on the video signal. The frame memory unit temporarily stores the video signal. The read address controller controls the read position of the video signal based on the parameter and the shift amounts when the signal received from the aspect conversion discriminator indicates that the read position is to be modified.
US09350970B2	Disparity vector derivation A device performs a disparity vector derivation process to determine a disparity vector for a current block. As part of performing the disparity vector derivation process, when either a first or a second spatial neighboring block has a disparity motion vector or an implicit disparity vector, the device converts the disparity motion vector or the implicit disparity vector to the disparity vector for the current block. The number of neighboring blocks that is checked in the disparity vector derivation process is reduced, potentially resulting in decreased complexity and memory bandwidth requirements.
US09350968B1	Enhanced digital video recording using video transcoding An enhanced digital video recording device is provided to enhance digital video recording performance, features and user experience. The recording device has a processor and a storage unit, where the storage unit has multiple computer memory units, such as SSDs, HDDs, and video transcoder for transcoding video data in a data stream. The video transcoder interacts with a controller of the storage module to differentiate between video data packets and non-video data packets of the data stream based on one or more determination criteria. Responsive to data stream being video data stream, the video transcoder transcodes the data packets of the data stream. Responsive to the data packets being encrypted, the video transcoder obtains and/or generates encryption keys and decrypts the data packets. The video transcoder also periodically provides feedback data generated from transcoding process to enhance the transcoding operations.
US09350967B2	Recording system The invention relates to an apparatus and method for recording transmitted data items, and particularly television and radio programs. The data items are received at one or more inputs along with ID data identifying the transmitted data items and the program series to which the data item belongs. An input interface receives input indicating whether one or more received transmitted data items have been viewed or recorded by a user and a processor generates values for ranking the series to which each of the received data items belong based upon the received input. Subsequently received transmitted data items are stored in a storage device based on the generated values, the stored data items belonging to a series for which a value has been generated.
US09350966B1	Systems and methods for assigning attributes to recorded video In one aspect, a method involves (i) selecting a log-entry, wherein the log entry corresponds to a streaming-video source; (ii) causing streaming video to start being channeled from the streaming-video source to an air-chain system; (iii) making a determination that the log-entry includes a special identifier; (iv) responsive to making the determination, causing a recording device to start recording the streaming video; (v) causing a set of commercial VCs to be sent to the air-chain system; (vi) causing the recording device to stop recording the streaming video; (vii) determining a beginning and an ending position of at least two show-segment VCs included in the recorded video, wherein the at least two show-segments are separated by a commercial break; and (viii) for each of the show-segment VCs included in the recorded video, assigning a corresponding segment identifier and the corresponding determined beginning and ending positions to the recorded video.
US09350963B2	Method for adjusting color values of pixels A method for adjusting color values of a video signal. The video signal includes a first frame and a second frame prior to the first frame. The method includes steps of: determining a motion-level value of a first pixel in the first frame according to color values of the first pixel and a second pixel in the second frame; performing a first filtering operation to obtain an adjusted color value of the first pixel if the motion-level value is smaller than a first threshold; performing a second filtering operation to obtain the adjusted color value of the first pixel if the motion-level value is greater than a first threshold; and performing a third filtering operation to obtain the adjusted color value of the first pixel if the motion-level value lies between the first threshold and the second threshold.
US09350960B2	Laser projection device and method for manipulating the same A method for manipulating a laser projection device is provided. A laser projection device comprising a laser source, a driving module and a scanning mirror module is provided. The laser source provides a laser beam. The scanning mirror module disposed at one side of the laser source reflects the laser beam, so that the laser beam performs a scanning motion to form a projection track on a projection region. According to a projection distance, the driving module provides a first drive signal to modulate the number of scanning times of the scanning mirror module and provides a second drive signal to control the on/off time of the laser source to adjust an initial image resolution to a corresponding image resolution lower than the initial image resolution to maintain the frame quality of laser projection. The projection distance is a distance between the laser source and the projection region.
US09350959B2	Display device and television device A liquid crystal display device 10 includes a liquid crystal panel 11, a backlight unit 12, a panel controller 50, and a backlight controller 51. The liquid crystal panel 11 includes red pixels RPX, blue pixels BPX, and green pixels GPX. The backlight unit 12 includes magenta LEDs 17M and green LEDs 17G. The panel controller 50 is for controlling the liquid crystal panel 11 such that one frame display period includes a first red and blue display period, a second red and blue display period, a first green display period, and a second green display period. In the first and the second display periods, the red pixels RPX and the blue pixels BPX are driven. In the first and the second green display periods, the red pixels RPX and the green pixels GPX are driven. The backlight controller 51 is for controlling the backlight unit 12 to turn on the magenta LEDs 17M and the green LEDs 17G in the first red and blue display period and the first green display period, to turn on only the magenta LEDs 17M in the second red and blue display period, and to turn on only the green LEDs 17G in the second green display period.
US09350954B2	Image monitoring and display from unmanned vehicle An image capture and display system comprises an image capture array positioned on a vehicle, the image capture array comprising a plurality of image sensing members. At least one transmitter is provided for transmitting images from the image sensing members. The system also includes a monitor display array positioned remotely from the image capture array. The monitor display array comprises a display monitor for and corresponding to each image sensing member, and a receiver for receiving the images corresponding to each transmitter.
US09350952B2	Drive video recording device and method, drive video recording system, and summarized moving image creating device A drive video recording device is provided. The drive video recording device creates a summarized moving image in which the inputted video is culled such that a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is smaller is faster than a playback speed of the video of the time period during which the amount of information is larger, and stores the summarized moving image in a storage section.
US09350947B2	Communication management system, communication system, computer-readable recording medium, and maintenance system A communication management system includes: a storage unit configured to store destination information of a first communication terminal that establishes a first session with a relay device that relays communication data, destination information of a conversion system that performs mutual conversion between communication schemes of communication data transmitted from the first communication terminal and a second communication terminal and establishes a second session with the relay device, and destination information of the second communication terminal that establishes a third session with the conversion system; a receiving unit configured to receive start request information to start communication between the communication terminals from the first communication terminal; an extracting unit configured to extract destination information of each communication terminal and the conversion system stored in the storage unit, based on the received start request information; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the extracted destination information to the relay device.
US09350946B2	Information processing method and apparatus for video communication An information processing method and apparatus for video communication are provided. The method includes identifying each participant in current video communication, and allocating a unique participant identity and a role identifier; acquiring initialization information of the current video communication, and collecting information of a current video communication process; obtaining, by means of search according to an association relationship between a role identifier of a participant in the current video communication and a preset policy, the preset policy corresponding to the participant in the current video communication; summarizing the initialization information and the information of the current video communication process by using the preset policy, to obtain evaluation information of the current video communication. In the foregoing manner, initialization information of video communication and information of a video communication process are made full use of, which can effectively improve a video communication effect.
US09350945B2	Systems and methods of communicating I/O data Video conferencing systems and methods are provided. A video conferencing system can include an audio/video (A/V) data path coupling a plurality of network devices. The system can further include at least one input/output (I/O) device providing I/O data coupled to at least one of the plurality of network devices. The I/O data is communicated along the A/V data path to each of the plurality of network devices.
US09350935B2	Moving image data recording apparatus In response to an input of a recording instruction, a recorder is controlled to record on a recording medium moving image data of a predetermined time length before the recording instruction is input among the moving image data temporarily stored in a memory, and in response to that a predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied before the recording instruction is input, the recording unit is controlled not to record on the recording medium the moving image data stored in the memory before the predetermined condition is determined to be satisfied.
US09350932B2	Apparatus, system and method of controlling wireless transmission of video streams Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of controlling wireless transmission of video streams. For example, an apparatus may include a controller to control one or more windows to be displayed by a display device, the one or more windows to display video of one or more wireless video streams of a plurality of wireless video streams transmitted by a plurality of video sources, the controller is to request at least one video source of the plurality of video sources to set one or more attributes of a video stream transmitted by the video source based on at least one predefined criterion.
US09350924B2	Portable electronic devices with integrated image/video compositing Digital imagery is composed or composited within a smartphone or other portable electronic device to merge foreground and background subject matter acquired simultaneously with different cameras or acquired at different times with the same camera. A processor stores the digital imagery along with information derived or used by an operation to differentiate the foreground subject matter from the background scene, which may be a digital matting operation, and/or may involve finding an edge or an outline of the foreground subject matter. The foreground subject matter and the background scene may be stored as different graphical layers in the memory. A user control such as a touchscreen may enable a user to select and resize or reposition the foreground subject matter on a background scene of a separately acquired image. The digital imagery may constitute a still image or a sequence of images representative of motion video.
US09350916B2	Interleaving image processing and image capture operations Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve image stabilization operations and other image processing operations are described. A novel combination of interleaved image capture and image processing operations, e.g., image registration operations, may be employed on a bracketed capture of still images. Such techniques may result in improved camera performance and processing efficiency, as well as decreased shot-to-shot time intervals. In another embodiment, an image fusion portion of an image post-processing pipeline may also be performed in an interleaved fashion, such that each image in the sequence of obtained bracketed images may be incrementally added to an output composite image after it has been aligned with the preceding image or images from the sequence.
US09350915B2	Power saving techniques for image sensors Power saving techniques are provided for processing circuitry on image sensors. Processing circuitry may include one or more processing blocks. The processing blocks may receive pixel data in the form of lines separated by blanking time. To reduce power consumption, each processing block may have a clock that is enabled when processing data and disabled during blanking time. The processing blocks may have respective clocks that are enabled and disabled at different times. Timing control circuitry may provide a clock enable signal to a first processing block. Each processing block may receive a clock enable signal and output a time-shifted clock enable signal for a subsequent processing block.
US09350914B1	Methods of enforcing privacy requests in imaging systems An imaging system may capture image data and use the captured image data to detect a privacy request. Depending on the specific privacy request, the imaging system may delete or blur the captured image to comply with the detected privacy request. The imaging system may use face recognition software and only blur faces that are present in the captured image, leaving the rest of the image unobscured. The imaging system may only comply with the privacy request if the imaging system is in a predetermined area or within a predetermined distance of a privacy seeking external device. The imaging system may be disabled if the system enters a geo-fenced area that restricts the capture of images. The imaging system may recognize a given temporal pattern of light as a privacy request and modify any captured images accordingly.
US09350904B2	Video signal processing apparatus configured to display a video having a resolution higher than full HD, video display apparatus, and electronic device The time necessary for specifying an improper video signal is significantly reduced. An input signal determination circuit and a signal distribution circuit are included, the input signal determination circuit determining, for video signals to be input to a synchronization circuit, whether or not each of the video signals satisfies a display reference for performing video display in a division display area corresponding to the video signal, the signal distribution circuit distributing, for another proper video signal for a video signal determined by the input signal determination circuit to be a video signal that does not satisfy the display reference for performing video display.
US09350902B2	Signal processing device, image reading device, image forming apparatus, information processing apparatus, and non-transitory computer readable medium An image reading device includes: a reading unit in which light receiving elements are arranged in a line along a second direction; and a light source control section that controls emission of the light source members, the light source control section performing control such that light is emitted in a cycle order of the first, second, and third colors on the basis of a reference signal which is output at a preset time interval, and to make a time of emission of the light with the first color close to a time of start of emission of the light with the second color and to make a time of emission of the light with the third color close to a time of end of emission of the light with the second color.
US09350899B2	Methods and device for efficient resampling and resizing of digital images Described are a system and method to determine the initial luma and chroma phase such that the resulting image after chroma upsampling and scaling has zero phase difference between the luma and chroma components. Particularly, the described method may include receiving a subsampled input image having luma and chroma values. The method may then perform a phase computation of the input image to determine scaling parameters such that phase differences between all color components of an output image are zero. The method may then include performing a combined upscaling and upsampling process on the input image using the scaling parameters to generate an upscaled image with no phase difference from the subsampled image.
US09350898B2	Display control apparatus, control method thereof, and recording medium An apparatus control method includes receiving an image, displaying the received image, presenting candidates for a printing device to be allowed to print the displayed image, selecting at least one of the presented candidates for the printing device, and transmitting, to the selected printing device, an instruction to print the displayed image. When the candidates for the printing device include a printing device that transmitted the image, the printing device that transmitted the image is presented in preference to the other printing devices.
US09350896B2	Image processing apparatus, control method for image processing apparatus, and storage medium An MFP determines, based on a set destination, whether it is necessary to establish a plurality of communications to transmit image data. If it is not necessary to establish the plurality of communications, the MFP executes first transmission control that starts transmission of the image data before the MFP finishes reading all of a plurality of documents. If it is necessary to establish the plurality of communications, the MFP executes second transmission control that starts transmission of the image data after the MFP finishes reading all of the plurality of documents.
US09350895B1	Audio signal level estimation in cameras A camera system includes a first microphone, a second microphone, and a microphone controller. The first microphone and the second microphone are configured to capture audio over a time interval to produce a first captured audio signal and a second captured audio signal, respectively. The second captured audio signal is dampened relative to the first captured audio signal by a dampening factor. The microphone controller is configured to store the first captured audio signal in response to a determination that the first captured audio signal does not clip. In response to a determination that the first captured audio signal clips, the microphone controller is configured to identify a gain between the first captured audio signal and the second captured audio signal representative of the dampening factor, amplify the second captured audio signal based on the identified gain, and store the amplified second captured audio signal.
US09350884B2	Communication apparatus for controlling a display menu dependent upon a write inhibit state of a recording medium A communication apparatus includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a control apparatus, which has a recording unit and executes processing in accordance with a command written to the recording unit, an accepting unit configured to accept selection of a command by a user, and a writing unit configured to write the selected command to the recording unit, and the communication apparatus comprises: a sensing unit configured to sense connection to the control apparatus via the communication unit; a determination unit configured to determine whether the recording unit has been set to a write inhibit state if the connection has been sensed by the sensing unit; and a notification unit configured to notify the user of the fact that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state, if the determination unit determines that the recording unit has been set to the write inhibit state.
US09350880B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method and non-transitory computer readable medium There is provided an image processing apparatus. An image sequence acquisition section acquires an image sequence including a plurality of images. A sorting information acquisition section analyzes the individual images included in the image sequence, and acquires sorting information corresponding to the images on the basis of an analysis result. An image sequence generation section generates, based on the sorting information, one or a plurality of pieces of information indicating an image sequence which includes at least part of the plurality of images.
US09350879B2	Method and system for dual-network telephone calling Methods and systems are provided to connect telephone calls, such as international phone calls, using both the data network and telephone network of a mobile communication device such as a cellular phone. These systems initially route a call to the destination phone number through a non-international temporary phone number, thereby saving the cost of an international phone call on the mobile phone's service plan. An application on the mobile phone uses the data network to automatically request and receive the substitute termination number, and automatically sets up a call on the telephone network to the substitute termination number, which routes the call to the desired international telephone number. These systems reduce the cost of an international call, permit mobile phone users without international calling plans to make international calls, and automatically connect to an international number through a temporary non-international number using dual networks.
US09350878B2	System and method for real time rating and billing across distributed sites with poor link connectivity The present specification provides a system and method for real time rating and billing across distributed sites with poor link connectivity. The method includes receiving a request for initiate a connection with a mobile device; at a rating module, determining a rating associated with the connection request, based on (i) an identifier of the mobile device, and (ii) a quality of a link between the rating module and a billing engine; at a balance module connected to the rating module, determining whether a billing criterion associated with the connection request is satisfied, based on (i) an identifier of the mobile device, and (ii) a quality of a link between the balance module and the billing engine; and when the billing criterion is satisfied, sending a response to the request for completing the connection with the mobile device.
US09350876B2	Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting initiation of a service data flow using a Gx rule Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting a service data flow using a Gx rule are disclosed. According to one method, a policy and charging rules function (PCRF) node sends to a policy and charging enforcement function (PCEF) node, a Gx rule for triggering the PCEF node to generate a notification message upon initiation of a service data flow. The PCEF node receives and installs the Gx rule and uses the Gx rule to detect and report initiation of a service data flow.
US09350875B2	Wireless subscriber billing and distribution Systems and methods for generating and responding to billing requests in a wireless subscriber billing system are disclosed. A billing request can be generated at a trusted service. The billing request including billing information is communicated to a wireless subscriber billing system. A validation response to the billing request is generated in the wireless subscriber billing system and the validation response is communicated to the trusted service.
US09350873B2	Methods and systems for automatically providing an emergency service call handler with context specific emergency service protocols Computer media and methods for providing emergency services protocols to an emergency service call taker are disclosed herein. A public safety answering point receives an emergency service phone call from a caller. The caller is placed in voice communication with an emergency call handler. The system monitors the voice communication between the caller and the emergency call handler. In response to detecting one or more known keyword in the voice communication, the system provides the emergency call handler with one or more defined protocols for guiding additional communications between the caller and the emergency call handler.
US09350864B1	Method and system for specifying and processing telephony sessions A method of processing telephony sessions for telephony clients, the method comprising the steps of providing a platform server operated by a service provider, the platform server programmed to perform the steps of storing at least one telephony application for each of a plurality of telephony clients of the service provider, receiving a call from a customer at the platform server to one of the telephony clients, identifying a telephony client associated with the received call, identifying an interactive telephony application associated with the telephony client and the received call and performing the identified interactive telephony application on the platform server on behalf of the identified telephony client and independent of any instructions from the telephony client.
US09350862B2	System and method for processing speech Systems and methods for processing audio are provided. The system may include a processor to convert an audio input received via a call to text. The processor may perform a comparison between a portion of the text to one or more phrases included in a table. The processor may also make a selection of at least one of a first object or a first action based on the comparison. The processor may further route the call based on the at least one of the first object or the first action.
US09350850B2	Using HDMI-CEC to identify a codeset A home entertainment device eliminates the need to use multiple remote's. The device is connected (by wired and/or wireless links) to electronic consumer devices (ECDs) to be controlled. A user uses a portable display device to view pages served by the device, and thereby to communicate with the device and indirectly control the ECDs. In a first aspect, a HDMI-CEC communication is used to identify a codeset from a codeset database. In a second aspect, the codeset of a remote is identified by serving pictures of remotes to the user. The user selects a picture and the system looks up its codeset. In a third aspect, keys on an illustration of a remote are dragged and dropped to create a new custom remote. In a fourth aspect, the user supplies a digital photograph of a remote. The system performs optical recognition and identifies the type of remote and its codeset.
US09350848B2	Method for distributing, installing and executing software-defined radio application Disclosed is a method for distributing, installing and operating software-defined radio-based radio application independent of hardware and a user application. The radio application comprises a radio controller code and a user-defined function block code. A radio application package for distributing and installing the radio application includes pipeline component metadata for constituting a pipeline of the radio application. The user-defined function block code may be provided in the form of an execution code, a source code or an intermediate representation, and the radio controller code and the user-defined function block code may call a standard function block. Accordingly, with the configuration of the radio application of the present invention and the method for distributing, installing and operating the radio application according to the present invention, various wireless communication systems can be used independently of a modem chip just by downloading and installing the radio application.
US09350844B2	Mechanism of providing information to caller by temporarily pausing the call initiation request A method, a network base station, and a user device for pausing a communication connection initiation are disclosed. A processor 210 may begin a communication connection initiation between an origin user device and a target user device. The processor 210 may pause the communication connection initiation. A transceiver 240 may receive a connection action request to execute a connection action.
US09350843B2	Dynamic voicemail receptionist system A voicemail receptionist system includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail receptionist system and provided with functionality based upon a user's preferences, for example. The data stored by the voicemail receptionist system can be updated at any time, or automatically updated upon updating of the data, or upon occurrence of a trigger event. Voicemail receptionist functionality can include standard voicemail system functionality as well as functionality relating to email, text messaging, MMS messaging, calendar features, schedule announcements, location data, as well as other features.
US09350841B2	Handheld device with reconfiguring touch controls Embodiments of the invention provide a system for reconfiguring touch controls on a device, such as a cell phone, in reaction to a user's changing mode of operation. For example, a standard display of icons that works well in two-handed operation may not work as well for one-handed operation where the user tries to operate the controls with a thumb of the holding hand. In such a case, a device can detect that the user is trying to operate the controls with a thumb of the holding hand and the controls can be reconfigured to be more suitable for thumb operation. Reconfiguration can also occur in other modes of operation, such as when the user is using a stylus, multiple fingers of a second (non-holding hand), fingers on both hands, etc. In some embodiments, detection of the mode of operation can be automatic such as where a camera takes an image to determine the mode.
US09350840B2	Mobile electronic device with enhanced tolerance accumulator A mobile electronic device 10 with an enhanced tolerance accumulator 106 is disclosed. The device 10 can include: a housing 150 including a front housing 34 and a rear housing 86; and a user interface 62, the rear housing 86 including a tolerance accumulator 106. Advantageously, this construction provides a robust and durable low profile mobile electronic device, desired by users and the tolerance accumulator 106 provides a durable structure capable of expanding or contracting, as necessary.
US09350837B2	Communication device using a transducer to apply bending vibration to a contact member Provided is a communication device that facilitates hearing even in an environment in which hearing of sound is difficult only with air conduction sound, and requires fewer components, facilitates implementation. The communication device 100 includes: a protecting panel 101 serving as a contact member disposed at a position at which at least a part of the contact member is brought into contact with a user's ear and/or a human body around the ear; and an transducer 111 surface joined to the protecting panel 101, and configured to vibrate in a frequency band of an audible range such that vibration is not conducted from the protecting panel 101 to an auditory organ of the user via bones of a skull of the user.
US09350835B2	Mobile wireless communications device with improved broadband antenna impedance matching A mobile electronic device is provided. In one aspect, the mobile electronic device comprises a chassis including a ground plane; a processor carried by the chassis; a frequency tunable antenna carried by the chassis and fed by an inductor; a communications interface carried by the chassis and operative with the processor for receiving and transmitting RF signals via the frequency tunable antenna; audio circuitry carried by the chassis and operative with the communications interface and processor; an audio transducer having a coil in proximity to the frequency tunable antenna for at least one of receiving and transmitting audio signals from and to the audio circuitry; and at least one RF choke configured for blocking RF energy from the frequency tunable antenna through the audio transducer to the ground plane and decoupling the antenna from the audio transducer to minimize any detuning of antenna impedance match and degradation in antenna gain. At least one tunable capacitor is connected in parallel with at least one of the audio transducer coil, the RF choke and the inductor, for providing dynamic RF energy blocking over an operating frequency range of the frequency tunable antenna.
US09350833B2	Electronic device and tray unit thereof An electronic device includes a main body, a slot formed on a side of the main body, and a tray unit received in the slot. The tray unit includes a cover, a supporting base, a shaft, and a waterproof member. The supporting base is configured to receive an external card. The shaft pivotally connects the cover with the supporting base, and the supporting base is rotatable with respect to the cover along the shaft. The waterproof member is disposed on the cover. When the tray unit is received in the slot, the waterproof member abuts the main body of the electronic device.
US09350832B2	Mobile electronic device According to an aspect, a mobile electronic device includes: a housing; and a piezoelectric element. The piezoelectric element vibrates a portion in contact with a user in the mobile electronic device and transmits vibration sound to the user.
US09350819B2	Centralized service for distributed service deployments A centralized service communicatively links an application provider to a plurality of different message forwarding services. The centralized service receives a request and authenticates the application provider associated with the request. Further, the centralized service delivers a message embodied by the request to a first message forwarding service with a first protocol and/or to a second message forwarding service with a second protocol different than the first protocol.
US09350815B2	System and method for supporting multicast domain name system device and service classification According to one embodiment, a digital device is adapted to support one or more network services. The digital device comprises processing circuitry, and a memory coupled to the processing circuitry. The memory comprises logic that, when executed by the processing circuit, is configured to (i) detect, in response to a triggering event, one or more network services advertised by at least one digital device within a network, and (ii) store information only directed to the one or more network services.
US09350813B2	Communication system, communication device, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for information processing device A communication system may comprise an information processing device and a communication device. Communication between the communication device and the information processing device using the first wireless communication scheme may be performed. The communication device may send the connectable network identification information to the information processing device. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the second network may be executed, in case that the first network belongs is not included in one or more networks identified by the connectable network identification information. Communication between the information processing device and the communication device using the second wireless communication scheme and using the first network may be executed, in case that the first network is included in the one or more networks identified by the one or more connectable network identification information.
US09350808B2	Method for routing transactions between internal and external partners in a communication center In a multimedia call center (MMCC) operating through an operating system, a client-specific self-help wizard is provided for active clients and updated periodically with information related to client transaction history with the MMCC. A connected client is presented by the wizard with a selective media function through which the client may a select a media type for interaction and help, and the MMCC will then re-contact the client through the selected media. The client, for example, may select IP or COST telephony, and the MMCC will place a call to the client to a number or IP address listed for the client, and interactivity will then be through an interactive voice response unit. Help information specific to a client is updated in the client's wizard periodically according to ongoing transaction history with the MMCC. The wizard may also monitor client activity with the wizard and make reports available to various persons.
US09350801B2	Managing client access to a plurality of computing systems Processes and systems are disclosed for leasing a consumer system access to a producer system. The consumer system can communicate with a set of leasing agents to obtain the identity of a number of producer systems capable of providing the consumer system with access to a service. Each leasing agent may provide the consumer system with access to a producer system for a period of time. If the consumer system requires further access to a particular producer system, the consumer system can request renewal of the lease from the leasing agent that provided the initial lease of the producer system to the consumer system.
US09350800B2	Defragmenting clusters with reserved resources Defragmenting a cluster service to service additional capacity requests on the service. A method includes determining an amount of server resources needed for an additional deployment reservation request for a new deployment or increasing reservation of resources of an existing deployment. The method further includes determining a server that currently does not have capacity to service the additional deployment reservation request. The method further includes determining how resources on the server can be freed up by moving other replicas of other deployments on the server to other servers to allow the server to service the additional deployment reservation request.
US09350795B2	Methods, systems and computer program products for proactively offering a network turbo boost service to end users Methods for proactively offering a network turbo boost service to consumers including receiving a set of one or more turbo boost triggering criteria associated with a user. A network is monitored for a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost triggering criteria. If the monitoring results in locating a task that meets at least one of the turbo boost triggering criteria, then the network turbo boost service is invoked for the task.
US09350793B2	Converged call flow and web service application integration using a processing engine Given a SIP call flow definition and WSDL extended with SIP/call flow interactions, a converged application integration (CAI) engine provides service-oriented application practitioners with an ability to reuse existing Web services integration techniques in a new converged application integration green space. The converged application integration engine “wraps” a pre-existing converged Web service/SIP or a SIP-only application, listens to application-specific signaling, and based on a supplied WSDL with SIP/call flow extensions, makes and accepts interaction requests using Web services. Given a SIP call flow definition, a WSDL extended with SIP/call flow interactions, and the converged application integration engine, a converged application execution (CAE) engine that greatly eases developing new converged applications. At runtime, the CAE engine “stitches” the signaling onto the decomposed servlet model by following the WSDL extended with SIP/call flow interactions. At appropriate binding points, the CAE engine invokes the listener callback interfaces.
US09350786B2	Progress indicator for loading dynamically-sized contents A new resource address is registered in response to input received from a user. The user is then notified when a visually non-empty portion of content from the resource address has been loaded into a viewing area of the content viewing application. The notification cues the user to direct his/her attention to the viewing area of the content viewing application.
US09350785B2	Data stream classification Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with data stream classification are described. One example method includes identifying packets associated with the data stream. The example method may also include updating a set of characterization data associated with the data stream based on information associated with a packet. The example method may also include assigning a data stream classifier to the data stream by comparing characterization data to identification data upon determining that the set of characterization data indicates that the data stream is able to be classified. The example method may also include providing a signal associated with the data stream classifier.
US09350784B2	Method and communication system for selecting a transmission mode for transmitting payload data A transmission mode selection for packet-oriented transmission of useful data between a first and a second communication device is provided, where lists of transmission modes for the communication devices are transmitted to a quality-of-service device. The quality-of-service device uses available transmission resources to select one or more transmission modes from the lists such that the quality of service, which is dependent on the selected transmission modes, can be assured by the available transmission resources. The selected transmission modes are transmitted to a connection controller which prompts further selection of a transmission mode from the transmission modes for the communication devices. The useful data are then transmitted between the communication devices using the transmission mode selected by the further selection.
US09350782B2	Method and system for delivering media data For use in media communications, e.g. in the delivery of video and audio or in teleconferencing, a media file or title is partitioned for secured, efficient delivery. A data sequence representing the file is partitioned into smaller subsequences, with a first subsequence being chosen to convey a degraded-quality representation of the data, and the other sequences for complementing the first subsequence to obtain a superior-quality representation. Among areas of applicability are media on demand, real-time communications and broadcasting, and online media locker, jukebox and chat room services.
US09350780B2	Insertion of graphic overlays into a stream A particular method includes receiving, at a media server, a request for a first rendition of a stream. The method also includes generating a portion of the first rendition. Generating the portion of the first rendition includes determining whether one or more first overlay images are enabled and inserting the one or more first overlay images into one or more frames of the portion of the first rendition conditioned on the one or more first overlay images being enabled. The method further includes sending the portion of the first rendition to a computing device.
US09350779B2	Providing control information to a multimedia server A method may include receiving, at a mobile computing device comprising a processor, input identifying control information to be sent from the mobile computing device to a media server. The method may include determining, at the mobile computing device, whether the computing device is sending a media stream to the media server. In response to determining that the mobile computing device is sending a media stream to the media server, the control information may be sent from the mobile computing device to the media server without interrupting the media stream by embedding the control information in the media stream.
US09350777B2	System and method for routing media The system and method for streaming media to a viewer and managing the media comprises an enhanced service routing processor (ESRP), a real time switch management system (RTSMS), a name routing processor (NRP), and a managed media switch (MMS). The RTSMS has a reservation system. The ESRP receives media from an owner, manages the media according to media rules and order rules defined by the owner, and distributes the media to one or more switches, such as the MMS, according to the media rules and the order rules. The RTSMS is configured to receive the media rules and to receive a viewer's media request via the reservation server. The reservation system of the RTSMS processes the media request according to the media rules and builds a reservation for the requested media. The RTSMS generates the reservation to the viewer and to the NRP. The NRP receives the reservation data from the viewer and from the RTSMS. The NRP processes the reservation data and locates an MMS that can stream the media to the viewer. The NRP transmits the IP address of the MMS to the viewer and transmits the reservation data to the MMS. The viewer initiates a session or connection with the MMS using the reservation number. If the reservation data from the viewer matches the reservation data from the NRP, the MMS streams the media to the viewer.
US09350776B2	System and method for listening to teams in a race event A computer-implemented method and system allows a remote computer user to listen to teams in a race event. The method includes receiving audio signals from a plurality of audio sources at the race event; transmitting at least some of the audio signals to a remote computer; and filtering the audio signals as a function of the source of at least some of the audio signals so that at least some of the audio signals are not played by the remote computer and heard by the user.
US09350774B2	Automatic sharing of digital multimedia Devices and methods for automatic sharing of digital multimedia include, in one embodiment, obtaining factor data affecting a decision on whether or not to enter a digital multimedia sharing mode for an event or meeting; entering the digital multimedia sharing mode based on identifying calendar entry data for the event or meeting stored in a calendar database that satisfies the factor data; storing digital photograph data produced by a camera module while in the sharing mode in a digital multimedia container designated to store digital multimedia for the event or meeting; obtaining participant data for the event or meeting from the calendar entry data; and automatically making the digital photograph data available to the one or more participants based on the participant data.
US09350768B2	Suppressing CAMEL service invocation for diverting users A method is provided for establishing a new communication leg of a communication session in an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network architecture that includes CAMEL services. The method enables IMS network nodes to selectively invoke or suppress invocation of CAMEL services based on signaling received in SIP requests.
US09350767B2	Packet-switched telephony call server A system and method for providing packet-switched telephony service. The system provides call control, signaling, and/or delivery of voice, video, and other media in substantially real time. One embodiment of the system includes a call client application on a user device, and a call server located at a packet-switched telephony service provider. The call server is preferably operable to communicate with the call client in a non-native protocol and with the gateway in a native protocol.
US09350761B1	System for the distribution and deployment of applications, with provisions for security and policy conformance A system and method are disclosed for deploying applications to end point devices. The applications are obtained from a marketplace that checks the applications and packages them for endpoint use according to certain policies. Packaging an application includes compiling or assembling and linking the application, possibly with a framework and possibly with a binding token, which can be a device binding token and/or a user binding token. The application is loaded onto an endpoint device and if the application is bound to the device and the user is allowed to use the application, the application is enabled to be used on the endpoint device. A gateway between the endpoint device and an authentication server helps to authenticate the user. The gateway also manages data transfers between the endpoint device and a data server according to a selected protocol.
US09350760B2	Method and system for implementing mandatory file access control in native discretionary access control environments A method is provided for implementing a mandatory access control model in operating systems which natively use a discretionary access control scheme. A method for implementing mandatory access control in a system comprising a plurality of computers, the system comprising a plurality of information assets, stored as files on the plurality of computers, and a network communicatively connecting the plurality of computers, wherein each of the plurality of computers includes an operating system that uses a discretionary access control policy, and wherein each of a subset of the plurality of computers includes a software agent component operable to perform the steps of intercepting a request for a file operation on a file from a user of one of the plurality of computers including the software agent, determining whether the file is protected, if the file is protected, altering ownership of the file from the user to another owner, and providing access to the file based on a mandatory access control policy.
US09350757B1	Detecting computer security threats in electronic documents based on structure In an embodiment, a method providing an improvement in remediating vulnerabilities in computer security comprising: receiving, using a network tap of a sensor computer that is coupled to a compromised computer, a communication packet that was sent from the compromised computer to a target computer; using the sensor computer, determining that the target computer is one of a plurality of enterprise computers; reading, at the sensor computer, a plurality of fields within a header of the communication packet; and performing a remediation measure by generating a header of an action packet, wherein the header comprises duplicates of at least some fields of the plurality of fields so as to appear to be generated by the target computer, generating a payload of the action packet, and sending the action packet comprising the generated header and the generated payload to the compromised computer.
US09350756B2	System and method for correcting antivirus records using antivirus server Disclose are system, method and computer program product for correcting antivirus records. In an example aspect, an antivirus application receives a software object for malware detections using an antivirus database and an antivirus cache. The antivirus database comprising antivirus records and the antivirus cache comprising corrections of the antivirus records. The antivirus application determines that software objection is malicious by activating an antivirus record based on information in the antivirus database or the antivirus cache. The antivirus application transmits information relating to the antivirus record to a server prior to executing actions associated with the antivirus record in response to detecting a selected status indicator of the antivirus record. The antivirus application then receives a correction of the antivirus record from the server for processing the software object.
US09350745B2	Method and system for managing user security permissions for access to resources Disclosed is a method and system of managing user security permissions for access to resources accessible over a communications network, to participate in a designated task or conversation relating to the resources. The method and system include: assembling resources relating to the designated task or conversation into a collection and allocating security permissions for users to access said resources in the collection over the network based on whether the users are active or passive participants in the task or the conversation. Active participants have been invited to participate in the task or the conversation and passive participants have not been invited to participate in the task or the conversation, and security permissions allocated for each of the users to access said resources in the collection to the providers of the resources are communicated, such that the providers set the security permissions for each of the users to access the resources.
US09350744B2	Applying forwarding policy to an application session A method for applying a security policy to an application session, includes recognizing the application session between a network and an application via a security gateway; determining by the security gateway a user identity of the application session using information about the application session; obtaining by the security gateway the security policy comprising network parameters mapped to the user identity; and applying the security policy to the application session by the security gateway. The user identity may be a network user identity or an application user identity recognized from packets of the application session. The security policy may comprise a network traffic policy mapped and/or a document access policy mapped to the user identity, where the network traffic policy is applied to the application session. The security gateway may further generate a security report concerning the application of the security policy to the application session.
US09350742B2	Using connections between users in a social networking system to regulate operation of a machine associated with a social networking system user A social networking system includes information identifying a machine (e.g., a robot, a drone, a computer, a thermostat, etc.) and a connection between the machine and an owner of the machine, which is a user of the social networking system capable of authorizing an action by the machine. The owner of the machine associates permissions associated with various actions by the machine, where a permission associated with an action identifies one or more criteria for performing the action. Permissions may specify types of connections between social networking system users and the owner of the machine via the social networking system to allow social networking system users with specific types of connections to the owner of the machine to perform certain actions using the machine.
US09350741B2	Application platform with flexible permissioning Systems and methods are provided for an application platform with flexible permissioning according to one or more embodiments. In one embodiment, an application platform with flexible permissioning comprises: a service provider server adapted to interact with an application development server and a client device over a network, wherein the service provider server is adapted to implement at least one application programming interface (API); one or more processors; and one or more memories adapted to store a plurality of machine-readable instructions which when executed by the one or more processors are adapted to cause the application platform with flexible permissioning to: maintain, at the service provider server, a profile associated with at least one application developer using the application development server; receive an API call from the application developer; authenticate the application developer and authorize the API call; assign an access level to the application developer based on the profile associated with the application developer; and control permissions given to the application developer to perform operations available based on the assigned access level.
US09350728B2	Method and system for generating and authorizing dynamic password A method and system for generating and authorizing a dynamic password, which relate to the field of identity authentication. The method comprises: a token receiving a command for generating a dynamic password, and generating a first dynamic factor according to a first timer; acquiring current data from a first data set according to a first offset pointer, and generating a first dynamic password according to the first dynamic factor and the current data; a server receiving a second dynamic password input by a user, and obtaining a second dynamic factor according to a second timer; obtaining an authentication window according to the second dynamic factor and an authentication window value; and according to the dynamic factor in the authentication window and the data in a second data set, calculating to generate a group of dynamic passwords, and verifying whether there is a dynamic password consistent with the second dynamic password in the group of dynamic passwords or not. With the above-mentioned solution, the problem that a time-type token cannot be generated a plurality of times within a short time is solved, and that the situation where the event-type token causes desynchronization with the server because of continuous generation of dynamic passwords is avoided.
US09350726B2	Recovery from rolling security token loss An aspect of recovery from rolling security token loss includes storing, in a memory device accessible by a server computer, a token pair (B) transmitted to a client device. The token pair (B) includes an access token (a2) and a refresh token (r2) and is generated as part of a refresh operation. An aspect also includes storing, in the memory device, a refresh token (r1) that was generated by the server computer before generation of the token pair B. The refresh token (r1) and the refresh token (r2) are each tagged as a valid refresh token. An aspect further includes receiving, at the server computer, a request to access a network resource that includes the access token (a2), invalidating the refresh token (r1), and providing the client device with access to the network resource.
US09350725B2	Enabling access to a secured wireless local network without user input of a network password A method includes identifying, at a security device of a secured wireless network, a wireless-enabled device that is not authorized to access the secured wireless network. The method also includes sending an access request message directed to a messaging address in response to identifying the wireless-enabled device. The access request message includes information that identifies the wireless-enabled device includes a first selectable option to allow access to the secured wireless network without requiring user input of a network password associated with the secured wireless network via the wireless-enabled device. The access request message also and includes a second selectable option to deny access to the secured wireless network.
US09350723B2	Determination and classification of defense measures in web applications Techniques for determining classifications of defense measures as described herein. Security tokens are identified to be used to test defense measures of a web application. Combinations of security tokens are determined, wherein the combinations of security tokens are related to classifications of the defense measures. A combination is executed at an input point of the web application. Based on the output of the web application received in response to the executed combination, a classification for a defense measure of the web application is determined.
US09350716B2	System and method for authentication of a communication device A system and method for authentication of a communication device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an authentication system can have a controller element that receives from a communication device by way of a packet-switched network an authentication request comprising a first identification (ID) of a gateway and a second ID of the communication device. The gateway and at least one network element of the packet-switched network can be provisioned to have a physical association with each other such that other network elements of the packet-switched network deny services to the gateway when the gateway attempts to operate outside of said physical association. From said physical association and the aforementioned IDs the controller element can authenticate the communication device. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09350714B2	Data encryption at the client and server level Embodiments of the present invention include a computer system and computer program product for implementing encryption of data. A computer system determines that a first data field of a plurality of data fields of a web form requires encryption. The computer system tags the first data field with one or more HTML encryption tags. The computer system displays the web form to a user. The computer system receives user input, wherein at least a portion of the user input is contained in the first data field of the web form. The computer system encrypts the first data field on a first computer, wherein a first user specific encryption key is associated with at least the first data field. The computer system inserts the encrypted first data field into at least one record stored on a second computer.
US09350711B2	Data transmission method, system, and apparatus A data transmission method is applied in a virtual private network (VPN) and includes: querying, by an initiating client, a VPN server for external network Internet Protocol (IP) addresses of the initiating client and a responding client; performing, by the initiating client, key negotiation with the responding client through the VPN server; after the key negotiation is completed, writing, by the initiating client, the external network IP address of the initiating client into a source address field of a to-be-sent User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet, writing the external network IP address of the responding client into a destination address field of the to-be-sent UDP packet, and encrypting the to-be-sent UDP packet according to a key obtained through the negotiation; and sending, by the initiating client, an encrypted UDP packet to the responding client, and performing packet interaction with the responding client directly.
US09350708B2	System and method for providing secured access to services A system and method for providing authenticated access to an initiating terminal in relation to the services provided by a terminating terminal via a communications network are disclosed. In one aspect, a global server comprises a communications module, which receives and processes a key exchange initiation message from the initiating terminal so as to establish an encrypted communications channel with the terminating terminal. The communications module, responsive to a received key exchange initiation message, performs an encrypted communication establishment process in respect of the received key exchange initiation message. The encrypted communication establishment process comprises authenticating the initiating terminal, and in the event that the initiating terminal is successfully authenticated, transmitting keying data corresponding to the received key exchange initiation message to the terminating terminal. The keying data is identified on the basis of data associated with the initiating terminal.
US09350704B2	Provisioning network access through a firewall A method may include determining one or more rules and communicating the one or more rules to a firewall, where the firewall receives a data unit and determines, based on the one or more rules, whether to forward the data unit to a destination address; receiving a redirection of a device from the firewall when the firewall determines not to forward the data unit to the destination address; receiving an indication that the firewall did not forward the data unit to the destination address; and determining a new rule to allow the firewall to forward the data unit to the destination address and communicating the new rule to the firewall; and redirecting the device to the destination address.
US09350701B2	Method and apparatus for extending remote network visibility of the push functionality An approach is provided for extending remote network visibility for push functionality. An application is transmitted, via a push agent, from a first network to a device of a second network, wherein the device is configured to execute the application. The device is remotely controlled using the application.
US09350694B2	Method and apparatus for propagating address change in an email There is provided a system, method and computer program product for managing an email comprising a plurality of email boxes with corresponding email addresses; a first selector for selecting, in one email box, an email that has been sent to at least one addressee; a second selector for selecting an incorrect email address in the sent email corresponding to an incorrect addressee; a change service for changing, in the sent email, the incorrect address to the correct address; and a distributor for making the change service available to at least one recipient box.
US09350691B2	Information processing system, linkage server, and information processing method An information processing system 1 includes an acquiring unit 20 that acquires business-operation information in response to a request from a mobile terminal 10, a storage unit 30 that stores plural preset text messages, a selection unit 40 that selects a preset text message corresponding to the business-operation information acquired by the acquiring unit 20 from among the plural preset text messages, a determining unit 50 that determines a message destination corresponding to the business-operation information acquired by the acquiring unit 20, and a transmitting unit 60 that transmits the preset text message selected by the selection unit 40 to the message destination determined by the determining unit 50.
US09350690B2	User perception of electronic messaging Determining user use context for electronic messaging and disseminating a subset of the user use context to recipients and/or senders of such electronic message is disclosed herein. By way of example, the user use context can be based on a general context of recipients, such as speed with which a message is disseminated or consumed, number of child messages spawned, rate at which such messages are spawned, and so on. Additionally, user use context can also be based on individual context, by comparing individual interaction to a message (e.g., time to read, time to delete, number of child messages, etc.), with a baseline usage context determined for the individual. The context can be disseminated to recipients of the message or to the sender, to provide an overview of perception of the electronic message.
US09350688B2	Fatigue control-based message float-out method, system and instant messaging client Embodiments of the present application relate to a method of controlling float-out messages, a system for controlling float-out messages, an instant messaging client for controlling float-out messages, and a computer program product for controlling float-out messages. A method of controlling float-out messages is provided. The method includes in the event that there is a float-out message that is ready to be sent to a recipient, determining a current status of the recipient of the float-out message, in the event that the current status of the recipient is online, determining whether the float-out message should be sent to the recipient, including determining whether an identifier value of the recipient has reached a threshold value, the identifier value being used to indicate whether the recipient is deemed to be currently in a state of fatigue or a level of fatigue the recipient is deemed to be in, in the event that the identifier value has not reached the threshold value, pushing the float-out message to the recipient to be made available for float out by the recipient, and updating the identifier value.
US09350687B2	Instant messaging transcript sharing for added participants to an instant messaging session Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to instant messaging and provide a method, system and computer program product for instant messaging transcript sharing for added participants to an instant messaging session. In one embodiment of the invention, a method for instant messaging transcript sharing for added participants to an instant messaging session can be provided. The method can include establishing an instant messaging session as between a set of initial parties, aggregating postings from the initial parties into a transcript, adding a new party to the instant messaging session, and sharing at least a portion of the transcript in a transcript view for the new party. Optionally, an ability of the new party to log shared portions of the transcript can be limited or prohibited.
US09350686B2	Data access device and method for communication system A data access device for a communication system includes: a write controller controlled by the host and outputting a write pointer; a read controller controlled by the write pointer and outputting a read pointer; a download timing controller comparing the write and read pointers to determine a timing of downloading data from the host, and including a pointer difference calculator and a comparator, the pointer difference calculator calculating a distance between the write and read pointers to obtain a pointer difference, the comparator outputting a download status indication according to the pointer difference and a first predetermined length to provide a basis for changing the write pointer; and a transmit buffer downloading data from the host according to the write pointer and transmitting data to the network interface according to the read pointer. A data access device for a network interface controller and a data access method are also disclosed.
US09350685B2	Network switch connected to a sensor A system comprises a rack and a network switch contained in the rack. The switch comprises a plurality of ports. The system further comprises a movable access mechanism in the rack and a sensor. The sensor is provided on the rack and electrically connects to a port on the network switch. The sensor detects when the movable access mechanism is moved.
US09350678B2	Controller based network resource management According to embodiments of the disclosure, methods, apparatuses, and computer products for controller based network resource management are disclosed. The method may include receiving a flow at a network controller, determining a flow parameter for the flow, and determining, via the network controller, an idle timeout for a flow rule, corresponding to the flow based on the flow parameter. Determining a previous idle timeout for the flow in response to determining that the flow has been received before, and determining an activity factor for the flow rule in response to the previous idle timeout being greater than or equal to the second value. The apparatus may be a network controller including a processor, and a memory configured to receive a flow, determine a flow parameter for the flow, and determine an idle timeout for the flow rule based on the flow parameter.
US09350671B2	Supporting software defined networking with application layer traffic optimization A network node for managing the control plane functions for a plurality of nodes within a software defined networking (SDN) domain, comprising a processor configured to collect a plurality of network information from the nodes, forward the network information based on a plurality of domain-specific policies, receive traffic optimization information based on the network information, and compute forwarding decisions for the nodes based on the traffic optimization information. In another embodiment, an Application Layer Traffic Optimization (ALTO) node, comprising a processor configured to import a first set of network information from one or more SDN nodes, aggregate the network information received from the SDN nodes, calculate a plurality of traffic optimization decisions based on the aggregated network information, and forward the traffic optimization decisions to the SDN nodes.
US09350670B2	Network load estimation and prediction for cellular networks Various embodiments estimate network load in a wireless communication network. In one embodiment, at least one call detail record associated with a wireless communication network is received. A topology representing the network is analyzed. The topology includes a plurality of nodes each representing a network element within the wireless communication network. The topology also includes a plurality of edges between two or more of the plurality of nodes. Each of the plurality of edges indicates that the two or more plurality of nodes are communicatively coupled to each other within the network. A set of paths is identified between two or more nodes in the plurality of nodes corresponding to a set of call flow information within the at least one call detail record. A state of each network element represented by the two or more nodes in the set of paths is determined based on the call detail record.
US09350669B2	Network apparatus, performance control method, and network system To prevent the switching time influences power saving efficiency and packet loss prevention performance, it is provided a network apparatus for transferring packets, including a transfer part for transferring received packets to a given destination, and a determining part for obtaining traffic volume of the packets to be transferred. The determining part determines periodicity of changes to the traffic volume, predicts traffic volume after a predetermined period of time with use of the determined periodicity, and controls transfer performance of the transfer part based on a result of the traffic volume prediction.
US09350666B2	Managing link aggregation traffic in a virtual environment Exemplary methods, apparatuses, and systems configure a first set of ports of a first host device and a second set of ports to be included within a first link aggregation group (LAG). The first and second host devices further configure, respectively, a first synchronization port that does not share a common LAG with the second host device and a second synchronization port that does not share a common LAG with the first host device. The first host device receives a first packet destined for a virtual machine running on the second host device, the first packet including source and destination information. The first host device determines from the source or destination information that the first packet is destined for a virtual machine running on another host device. In response, the first host device forwards the packet via the first synchronization port to the second host device.
US09350665B2	Congestion mitigation and avoidance In one embodiment, a method is provided for congestion mitigation. In this method, a congestion level of data flows along a path is monitored relative to a threshold. Here, each data flow is associated with a flow identifier. Based on detection that the congestion level exceeds the threshold, the flow identifier of a number (e.g., one or more) of the data flows is changed to a different flow identifier. This change results in the number of the data flows redirected to a different path. In an alternate embodiment, another method is provided for congestion avoidance. In this method, a data flow transmitted along a single path is received, and the data flow is split into multiple micro data flows. A different flow identifier is then assigned to each micro data flow. This change results in the multiple micro data flows distributed along multiple different paths.
US09350662B2	Server mediated peer-to-peer communication offloading from network infrastructure The disclosure generally relates to offloading communication from a network infrastructure to direct peer-to-peer communication. In particular, a server may receive peer-to-peer status information over the network infrastructure from at least two client devices that intend to communicate, wherein the peer-to-peer status information may include at least coarse or precise location information associated with the client devices. The server may then instruct the client devices to communicate over a direct peer-to-peer connection that bypasses the network infrastructure in response to determining that the location information received from the client devices and other conditions permit offloading the communication from the network infrastructure. For example, the server may determine whether the communication can be offloaded based at least in part on whether an estimated distance between the client devices falls within a maximum range associated with one or more peer-to-peer interfaces supported on one or more of the client devices.
US09350656B2	Systems and methods for packet routing Systems and methods to route packets of information within an integrated circuit, across one or more boards, racks, blades, and/or chassis, and/or across a connected network of packet processing engines include various modes of operation. Packets are routed to their destination, for example an individual packet processing engine. The packets of information include address-mode indicators, one or more destination port indicators, and/or (long-distance) addresses.
US09350655B2	Vertical converged framework According to an example, a Controlling Bridge (CB) receives a VCF registration request packet sent by a Port Extender (PE) and sets interface state of a VCF interface receiving the VCF registration request packet from initial state to blocked state. The CB returns a VCF registration response packet to the PE and receives a VCF registration acknowledge packet returned by the PE after the PE receives the VCF registration response packet. The CB sets interface state of a VCF interface sending the VCF registration request packet from blocked state to forwarding state; sets interface state of the VCF interface receiving the VCF registration request packet as forwarding state, and establishing successfully a VCF link with the PE.
US09350654B1	Microloop protection for multi-protocol label switching paths Techniques of this disclosure enable loop protection for networks that utilize hop-by-hop routing, such as networks that utilize multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) label distribution and interior gateway protocol (IGP) routing. As described herein, the techniques provide protection from any small transient loops that may emerge due to link failure or other topology change events in networks that utilize hop-by-hop routing techniques.
US09350653B2	Label switching in fibre channel networks Methods and apparatus are provided for label switched routing in fiber channel networks. Techniques are provided for implementing label switching based on particular characteristics of fiber channel networks. By using label switching, mechanisms such as traffic engineering, security, and tunneling through networks that do not support fiber channel frames can be implemented.
US09350652B2	Method, system and router for changing application in BGP session A method and system for changing an application in a BGP session are provided. The method may be applied by a first router, in a session established between the first router and a second router, and in which an application is enabled. The method comprises the first router changing a local capability value to support a changed application and changing an address family according to the changed application.
US09350648B2	System and method for loop suppression in transit networks An embodiment method of loop suppression in a layer-two transit network with multiprotocol label switching (MPLS) encapsulation includes receiving a packet at a provider edge (PE) router for the layer-two transit network. The packet is stored in a non-transitory memory on the PE router. The packet is stored according to a packet data structure having an MPLS label field and a layer-two header. A time-to-live (TTL) attribute is then determined for the packet. The TTL attribute is written to the non-transitory memory in the MPLS label field. The packet is then routed according to information in the layer-two header.
US09350646B2	MPLS traffic engineering for point-to-multipoint label switched paths A source edge router initiates point-to-point (P2P) label switched paths (LSPs) to multiple receiver edge routers, sends one or more PATH messages to one or more nodes downstream of the source edge router for the P2P LSPs, wherein each one of the set of PATH messages includes a same identifier of a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) LSP that includes a session object that contains a tunnel identifier and a P2MP identifier, and receives from each of those nodes downstream of the source edge router, a set of one or more RESV messages, wherein each one of the received RESV messages received from a respective node downstream of the source edge router includes the identifier of the P2MP LSP and a label allocated by that node downstream of the source edge router.
US09350645B2	Simultaneous acknowledgments for multicast packets In one embodiment, a multicast communication is received at a particular node of a plurality of nodes receiving the multicast communication in a network. The particular node selects a subset of subcarriers using a probabilistic data structure, such that each of the plurality of nodes selects a respective subset of subcarriers using the probabilistic data structure. The particular node transmits an acknowledgement of receipt of the multicast communication on the subset of subcarriers selected by the particular node. The transmission occurs simultaneously with transmissions of acknowledgements from the other of the plurality of nodes.
US09350642B2	System and method for managing latency in a distributed telephony network A system and method of preferred embodiments include at a signaling gateway of a first region, receiving a communication invitation of a first endpoint from a communication provider; signaling the communication invitation to a communication-processing server in a second region; in response to communication processing of the communication-processing server, dynamically directing signaling and media of the communication according to processing instructions and resources available in at least the first and two regions; wherein dynamically directing signaling and media communication of the communication comprises selectively routing media communication exclusively through communication resources of the first region if resources are available in the first region or selectively routing media communication between the first endpoint, the gateway, and at least the communication-processing server if media resources are not in the first region.
US09350641B2	IP fast reroute scheme offering full protection An IP fast reroute scheme offering full protection is disclosed for reducing the number of address lookups associated with a message packet. The IP fast reroute scheme offering full protection includes a router configured to forward the arriving packet to a next-hop neighbor node according to one of a first pointer and a second pointer associated to a destination node in a forwarding information table stored in a forwarding information memory storage; the first pointer is directed to a first next-hop neighbor node which is on the shortest path from the network node to the destination node; and the second pointer is directed to a second next-hop neighbor node different from the first next-hop neighbor node, the second next-hop neighbor node on a candidate cycle containing both the network node and the destination node having the greatest overlap with a sink tree rooted at the destination node. The IP fast reroute scheme offering full protection is particularly useful for providing full protection against single link and node failures with a simple method requiring no packet modifications.
US09350639B2	Forwarding data in a data communications network In an embodiment, an apparatus for forwarding data in a data communications network having as components nodes and links therebetween comprises a network interface configured to couple to a data communications network having as components nodes and links therebetween; first logic which when executed is operable to receive a repair address; second logic which when executed is operable to compute a repair path from a repairing node to the repair address around a failure component on a primary forwarding path between the apparatus and a repairing node; and third logic which when executed is operable to propagate the repair address along a label switched path (LSP), comprising the repair path, to the repairing node. The apparatus offers improved efficiency in computing a repair path in a network around a failed component because unnecessary computations are not performed with the disclosed apparatus and approach.
US09350638B2	Ethernet physical layer monitoring system employing social networking service for delivery of alerts to mobile devices A communication network physical monitoring system and method employs a media converter device configured to transport communication/Ethernet data traffic and sense network physical layer conditions and/or events. An event controller device in communication with the media converter device receives transmissions indicating network physical layer conditions and/or events from the media converter device. The event controller is configured to transmit messages indicating the network physical layer conditions and/or events via a Social Media/Networking Service to devices that subscribe to receive messages from the event controller device on the Social Media/Networking Service.
US09350635B2	Efficient network probing for deterministic wireless networks In one embodiment, a device (e.g., path computation device) informs a network management device of a plurality of possible probing profiles, where nodes of a computer network receive the plurality of possible probing profiles from the network management device. Based on determining that particular information is desired from one or more particular nodes of the nodes of the computer network, the device may then select one or more particular probing profiles of the plurality of possible probing profiles based on the particular information, and instructs the one or more particular nodes to probe one or more particular destination nodes according to the one or more particular probing profiles.
US09350632B2	Detection and handling of virtual network appliance failures Techniques for detection and handling of virtual appliance failures. In one aspect, a method is implemented on a host platform on which a hypervisor (aka Virtual Machine Manager) and a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) are running, the plurality of VMs collectively hosting a plurality of Software Defined Networking (SDN) and/or Network Function Virtualization (NFV) appliances that are communicatively coupled via a virtual network. A software-based entity running on the host platform is configured to monitor the plurality of virtual network appliances to detect failures of the virtual network appliances. In response to detection of a virtual network appliance failure, messages containing configuration information are implemented to reconfigure packet flows to bypass the virtual network appliance that has failed.
US09350631B2	Identifying flows causing undesirable network events A system and method to monitor network congestion is provided. The system includes a plurality of ingress, egress ports, and a plurality of queues coupled to the ingress and egress ports and configured to store incoming and outgoing packets. The system also includes a monitoring unit configured to monitor at least one attribute of packets in at least one queue when a start condition occurs, stop monitoring the attribute when an end condition occurs, determine a flow that caused the start condition based on the monitored attribute, and report the monitored attribute and the flow.
US09350628B2	Dynamic management of maintenance association membership in a computer network In one embodiment, a particular maintenance end-point (MEP) transmits, during a joining phase, one or more join announcement messages (JAMs) to other MEPs in a network. The one or more JAMs request addition of the particular MEP without generation of a first alarm. The particular MEP transmits, during an operational phase, continuity check messages (CCMs) to the other MEPs in the network. Alarm generation is active during the operational phase. The particular MEP transmits, during a leaving phase, one or more leave announcement messages (LAMs) to the other MEPs in the network. The one or more LAMs request removal of the particular MEP without generation of a second alarm.
US09350624B2	Dynamic assignment of connection priorities for applications operating on a client device Providing for prioritization of applications operating on a client device with respect to access to online content or services is described herein. By way of example, the prioritizing can be correlated with allocation of network resources for respective applications. An application having higher priority can be allocated a larger amount of resources, a guaranteed amount of resources, a guaranteed quality of service, first access to resources, or the like. Likewise, an application with lower priority can be allocated a lower amount of resources, have best effort resources, access to residual resources, and so forth. In various embodiments, applications can be prioritized based on a status of the application with respect to the client device. As one illustrative example, applications actively receiving content, responding to user commands, or maximized or displayed on a graphic display can be afforded higher priority, whereas inactive or minimized applications can be afforded a lower priority.
US09350622B2	Method and system for real-time visualization of network flow within network device A network topology is displayed in a graphical user interface on a display of a computer. The network topology includes graphical representations of multiple network devices, of internal interfaces within the multiple network devices, and of network connections between the multiple network devices. A record of a network flow within a particular network device of the multiple network devices is acquired in real time upon transmission of the network flow within the particular network device. A graphical representation of a transmission path of the network flow within the particular network device is rendered in real time on the display based on the record of the network flow.
US09350621B2	Synchronization after restart of a FC switch Examples of the present disclosure provide a method and an apparatus for synchronization after restart of a FC switch. For example, when a FC switch which is restarted detects that a neighbor FC switch has already established an adjacency relationship with the restarted FC switch, the adjacency relationship between the restarted FC switch and the neighbor FC switch is maintained, and the neighbor FC switch is requested to perform LSR initial synchronization to the restarted FC switch under a circumstance that the adjacency relationship is kept.
US09350617B2	Controller area network with flexible data-rate A method for serially communicating by exchanging data frames between a transmitting and at least one receiving node connected by a bus, transmit/receive roles being assigned to nodes for each data frame by the CAN ISO 11898-1 (“CAN”) arbitration procedure, exchanged data frames having a structure based on CAN, data frames being a bit sequence, the structure of the data frames including a Start-Of-Frame-Bit, and Fields for Arbitration, Control, Data, CRC, Acknowledge, and End-Of-Frame, the Data Field may have a zero-bit length, other Fields containing at least two bits, each having a bit time divided into Time Segments, the bit-rate defined by the bit time's reciprocal value, for at least one first predeterminable part of the exchanged data frames the bit-rate lies below 1 Mbit/s, for at least one second predeterminable part the bit-rate lies higher, at least two different Time Segment value sets being predeterminable for each part.
US09350616B1	Bandwidth prediction using a past available bandwidth value and a slope calculated from past available bandwidth values A software module on a client computer sends a query to a remote computer server operating a cloud service and receives a response, in order to determine latency. The latency is used with the total size of the packets sent and the packet size to determine the bandwidth available over the network connection at that time. Bandwidth available is calculated periodically and stored in a database of the client computer. Comparing a calculated bandwidth with predefined threshold values indicates whether the network status is good for initiating a cloud service with the computer server or poor. Any number of bandwidth available values are used to determine a slope and the slope is used to predict a bandwidth available value at a future time. A bandwidth available moving average is calculated by summing the bandwidth values for the previous days and dividing by the number of days; the moving average is calculated periodically.
US09350612B2	Method, network device, and system for synchronization between network devices A method, a network device, and a system for synchronization between network devices are provided. The method includes: establishing, by a first network device, an inband synchronization channel to a second network device in a MPLS-TP network, where the inband synchronization channel is a channel on a data plane, and the first network device and the second network device are included in a same backup group; sending, a first synchronization packet to the second network device through the inband synchronization channel, where the first synchronization packet carries synchronization information of the first network device, and the synchronization information of the first network device includes configuration information or status information of the first network device. The present disclosure can implement synchronization between network devices on an MPLS-TP network that does not have a control plane.
US09350611B2	Apparatus and method for locating a target operation object A method and apparatus for locating a target operation object in a Device Management (DM) system. In one embodiment, the DM system includes a DM server and a DM client. The DM server is configured to send a Delete command to the DM client, wherein the Delete command comprises MO location information for identifying an MO, and feature node information for identifying an MO instance of the MO and wherein a Target element is not included in the Delete command. The DM client is configured to: receive the Delete command; after receiving the Delete command, determine an absolute Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of a root node of the MO instance according to the MO location information and the feature node information, wherein the absolute URI starts from a root node of a management tree; locate the root node of the MO instance according to the absolute URI of the root node of the MO instance; and delete the root node of the MO instance.
US09350607B2	Scalable network configuration with consistent updates in software defined networks Mechanisms are provided for configuring a data flow between a source device and a destination device in a network. The mechanisms receive, from a network control application, a request to establish a network configuration corresponding to a data flow between the source device and the destination device. The request comprises a fine grained header field tuple for defining the data flow. The mechanisms allocate, from a shadow address pool, a shadow address to be mapped to the fine grained header field tuple. The shadow address pool comprises addresses not being used by devices coupled to the network. The mechanisms configure a network infrastructure of the network to route data packets of the data flow from the source device to the destination device based on the shadow address.
US09350601B2	Network event processing and prioritization The described implementations relate to processing of electronic data. One implementation is manifest as a system that can include an event analysis component and one or more processing devices configured to execute the event analysis component. The event analysis component can be configured to obtain multiple events that are generated by network devices in a networking environment. The event analysis component can also be configured to identify impactful events from the multiple events. The impactful events can have associated device-level or link-level impacts. The event analysis component can also be configured to determine one or more failure metrics for an individual impactful event. The one or more failure metrics can include at least a first redundancy-related failure metric associated with redundant failovers in the networking environment.
US09350598B2	Authentication of service requests using a communications initiation feature Described are computer-based methods and apparatuses, including computer program products, for facilitating communications initiated through a social networking account. A detected message communicated using a social networking account can be determined to satisfy a response criteria. Code for displaying a communications initiation feature on a customer communications apparatus associated with the social networking account can be transmitted. Selection information representing a selection of the communications initiation feature can be received and can include a parameter associated with the selection and origin information. The selection information can be validated by determining that the selection is associated with the social networking account and by comparing the parameter with a stored credential associated with the communications initiation feature. When the selection is validated, the communications can be facilitated.
US09350596B2	On-demand tethered greedy virtual application appliance A computer-implemented virtual application appliance (VAA) and method for managing migration of an application on a source computer to a virtual application within the VAA on a target computer networked to the source computer are disclosed. The VAA includes resources on the target computer, a virtual application for execution in the VAA, and network credentials for remotely connecting to the source computer and copying data resources from the source computer. A runtime intercept of the VAA compares on-demand resource requests of the virtual application to resources on the target computer and provides the requested resource to the virtual application. When the runtime intercept fails to locate the requested resource in the resources on the target computer, a tether of the VAA remotely retrieves the requested resource from the source computer using the network credentials and then copies the requested resource into the resources on the target computer.
US09350587B1	System and method for timing error estimation A method of performing timing recovery in a receiver device includes receiving an oversampled signal corresponding to at least a first portion of a radio frequency signal received by the receiver device from a transmitter device. The oversampled signal is sampled at an oversampling rate that is higher than a baud rate of the receiver device. The method also includes estimating a first timing error using samples of the oversampled signal. Estimating the first timing error includes generating a first timing error signal indicative of the estimated first timing error. The method also includes adjusting, using the first timing error signal, at least one sampling rate at which received signals are sampled in the receiver device.
US09350584B2	Element selection unit and a method therein An element selection unit (200) and a method therein for vector element selection. The element selection unit comprises a selector control circuit (404) and a selector data path circuit (406), which data path circuit comprises a plurality of layers of multiplexers. The element selection unit further comprises a receiving circuit (401) configured to receive an instruction to perform a selection of elements from an input vector. The selector control circuit (404) is configured to generate a multiplexer control signal for each multiplexer based on a bit map and on a plurality of relative offset values. The data path circuit is configured to propagate the elements comprised in the input vector through the plurality of layers of multiplexers towards an output vector based on the generated multiplexer control signals. The data path circuit is further configured to write the propagated elements to enabled elements of the output vector.
US09350574B2	Adaptive real-time control of de-emphasis level in a USB 3.0 signal conditioner based on incoming signal frequency range An apparatus comprises a differential equalizer having: a) a first differential input, b) a second differential input, c) a first differential output, and d) a second differential output; a frequency detector coupled to the first and second differential inputs; an amplifier coupled to a first differential output and a second differential output of the differential equalizer; and a logical combiner having a first input coupled to an output of the frequency detector and an output coupled to a control input of the amplifier, wherein the logical combiner can mask at least one received de-emphasis parameter.
US09350564B2	Spanning-tree based loop detection for an ethernet fabric switch One embodiment of the present invention provides a switch. The switch includes a local database, a packet processor, a data management module, and a tree construction module. The packet processor extracts spanning tree information associated with a remote switch. The data management module stores the extracted spanning tree information in the local database. The tree construction module assigns an interface state associated with a spanning tree to a local interface based on the extracted spanning tree information.
US09350563B2	Procedure, apparatus, and computer program for reducing a probability of fragmentation when supporting virtual concatenation (VCAT) services A procedure, apparatus, system, and medium for transferring traffic across a packet network. In the procedure, a network element bundles a plurality of common (Synchronous Transport Signal) STS-Nc services included in a virtual concatenation group. The network element then transfers the traffic in accordance with the bundled plurality of STS-Nc services. In one example embodiment herein, the plurality of STS-Nc services are STS-1 services, and each bundle of STS-1 services is aligned to a timeslot boundary of an STS-3c service.
US09350558B2	Systems and methods for providing multicast routing in an overlay network An information handling system is provided. The information handling system includes a first hypervisor running on a first host and a second hypervisor running on a second host. The first hypervisor managing a first virtual switch, and the second hypervisor managing a second virtual switch. The information handling system also includes a plurality of virtual machines (VMs), including a first VM, which is part of a first tenant, running on the first host, and a second VM, part of a second tenant, running on the second host. The first virtual switch has a mapping in memory that maps a customer-specific multicast IP address, used by the plurality of VMs to indicate a multicast group that includes VMs on the first and second tenants, to a global multicast IP address used by the first and second hosts.
US09350555B2	Method and system for signing and authenticating electronic documents via a signature authority which may act in concert with software controlled by the signer A system and method for signing and authenticating electronic documents using public key cryptography applied by one or more server computer clusters operated in a trustworthy manner, which may act in cooperation with trusted components controlled and operated by the signer. The system employs a presentation authority for presenting an unsigned copy of an electronic document to a signing party and a signature authority for controlling a process for affixing an electronic signature to the unsigned document to create a signed electronic document. The system provides an applet for a signing party's computer that communicates with the signature authority.
US09350550B2	Power management and security for wireless modules in “machine-to-machine” communications Methods and systems are provided for power management and security for wireless modules in “Machine-to-Machine” communications. A wireless module operating in a wireless network and with access to the Internet can efficiently and securely communicate with a server. The wireless network can be a public land mobile network (PLMN) or a wireless local area network (LAN). The wireless module may include a sensor and may be installed next to a monitored unit. The wireless module may utilize active states for collecting and sending data, and sleep states at other times to conserve a battery and/or energy usage. The wireless module minimize the time spent in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state. Messages between the wireless module and server can be transmitted according to a user datagram protocol (UDP). The wireless module and server can utilize public key infrastructure (PKI) for encryption and digital signatures.
US09350544B2	Apparatus for encrypting data An apparatus for encrypting data is provided. The apparatus is capable of symmetrically encrypting data and then encrypting the symmetrically encrypted data with the aid of a bit string. The bit string has a maximum entropy. Encryption of the symmetrically encrypted data is designed such that a section of the bit string is used for encryption and successive encryption operations are carried out with carrying sections of the bit string while the bit string remains unchanged.
US09350539B2	Secure distribution of content Methods and systems are described for secure delivery of a content item from at least a first content distribution network (CDN1) to at least one content receiving entity using a split-key cryptosystem comprising encryption and decryption algorithms E and D, a cipher algorithm for generating encryption and decryption keys e,d on the basis of secret information S and a split-key algorithm using secret information S for splitting e into i different split-encryption keys e1, e2, . . . , ei and/or for splitting d into k different split-decryption keys d1, d2, . . . , dk respectively, such that Ddk(Ddk-1( . . . (Dd2(Dd1(Eei(Eei-1( . . . (Ee2(Ee1(X)) . . . ))=Ddk(Ddk-1( . . . (Dd2(Dd1(Xe1, e2, . . . , ei))=X wherein i,k≧1 and i+k>2. The method may comprise: a content source providing said at least one CDN1 with at least one an encrypted content item Xe; a key generator associated with said content source comprising said cipher and split-key algorithm generating first split-key information and transmitting said first split-key information to said first CDN1, preferably to a first secure module associated with said CDN1; generating a partially decrypted content item on the basis of said encrypted content item Xe, said decryption algorithm D and said first split-key information; and, transmitting said partially decrypted content item to said content receiving entity.
US09350536B2	Cloud key management system This invention uses a cloud-based key management system to store, retrieve, generate, and perform other key operations. The cloud-based system ensures security of the keys while preventing their loss or destruction. Using this invention, a company can now manage, audit, and maintain control and security around their keys. Security event auditing permits evaluation of the operations to ensure that each step is completely secure.
US09350535B2	Secure content distribution system A secure system for online media content distribution is described, which system utilizes a proprietary, controlled environment media player. This player is specifically registered to a particular machine, directly downloads encrypted files from a media distributing server via a secure nugget browser, and retrieves secure decryption keys from a key distributing server via the registered player or the secure nugget browser.
US09350534B1	Method and apparatus for pipelined byte substitution in encryption and decryption A cryptographic device includes first and second pipeline stages and a pipeline register. The first pipeline stage includes a first byte substitution module configured to (i) receive a first data block including multiple bytes, (ii) perform predetermined mathematical operations on each of the bytes of the first data block, and (iii) for each of the bytes of the first data block, output an intermediate value based on the predetermined mathematical operations. The pipeline register is configured to store the intermediate values. The second pipeline stage includes a second byte substitution module configured to (i) receive the stored intermediate values from the pipeline register, and (ii) generate an output data block, for each intermediate value of the stored intermediate values, by performing predetermined mathematical operations on the intermediate value to generate a corresponding replacement byte of the output data block.
US09350531B2	Communication device, control signal generation method, shutter glasses, and communication system A communication device allows control of a device to be controlled such as a display device based on reference timing acquired from reception data without delay and with low power consumption. A method for generating a control signal for controlling the device to be controlled, shutter glasses, and a communication system having the corresponding features are also disclosed. The communication device includes a timing signal identifying part which identifies whether or not a predetermined reference signal pattern exist in data incoming intermittently, and a control signal generating part which generates a control signal for the device to be controlled when the existence of the predetermined signal pattern is identified by the timing signal identification part, and a controller which performs the control of the communication device.
US09350528B2	Low power digital phase interpolator Described herein is an apparatus, method and system corresponding to relate to a low power digital phase interpolator (PI). The apparatus comprises: a digital mixer unit to generate phase signals from a series of input signals, the phase signals having phases which are digitally controlled; a poly-phase filter, coupled to the digital mixer unit, to generate a filtered signal by reducing phase error in the phase signals; and an output buffer, coupled to the poly-phase filter, to generate an output signal by buffering the filtered signal. The low power digital PI consumes less power compared to traditional current-mode PIs operating on the same power supply levels because the digital PI is independent of any bias circuit which are needed for current mode PIs.
US09350526B2	Non-integer oversampled timing recovery for higher order quadrature modulation communication systems using in-phase samples Apparatus and method for performing entirely digital timing recovery for high bandwidth radio frequency communications. The received digital data source can be sampled from any (minimum 2×) non-integer oversampled transmitted data. This method re-samples the data through interpolation and phase adjustment. The output phase error adjusts the receiver's Analog-to-digital Convertor sampling clock to improve synchronization with the transmitter's Digital-to-analog Convertor clock phase, thus improving transmitted symbol recovery.
US09350520B2	Full bandwidth protection mechanism for co-existence of single/multi-channel wide-bandwidth wireless systems A technique to provide a protection mechanism, when operating over a plurality of channels in one's own BSS, to help avoid components in other BSSs from interfering or generating contention conflicts to those channels during its own communication. In one embodiment, a channel reservation signal, such as a Clear-To-Send-To-Self frame, is broadcast across each of a plurality of channels in order to reserve the plurality of wireless channels for a predetermined period of time. A broadcast or multicast frame may then be transmitted during the predetermined time utilizing one or more of the reserved wireless channels.
US09350517B2	Bandwidth assignment for multi-line TDD systems Transceiver node and method therein for enabling dynamic bandwidth assignment in bi-directional Time Division Duplexing (TDD) multicarrier communication over wire lines. The transceiver node is operable to be coupled to a plurality of loops, wherein each loop is terminated by a respective network terminal (NT). The method comprises collecting traffic reports from local and remote queues associated with uplink and downlink traffic on the plurality of loops, and determining an actual demand for upstream and downstream bandwidth, respectively, for each of the plurality of loops, based on the collected traffic reports. The method further comprises deriving an Upstream/Downstream (US/DS) frame partitioning based on the determined actual demand for upstream and downstream bandwidth, and providing an indication of the derived US/DS frame partitioning to the NTs. NTs are then scheduled in accordance with the derived partitioning.
US09350511B2	Efficiency of traffic communication over a downlink (DL) channel An apparatus and method for communication including determining an assignment for one of a plurality of symbol durations in a format combination; determining if at least one bit from one or more first upper channels is available if the assignment is associated with the one or more first upper channels and occupying the one of the plurality of symbol durations with the at least one bit, or if unavailable, occupying the one of the plurality of symbol durations with at least one bit from one or more second upper channels or another first upper channel, wherein the first upper channels and the second upper channels are different; and disabling transmission of format information; or including enabling a BTFD hypothesis testing mode; receiving one or more symbol durations on a physical channel; and attempting to decode the received symbol duration with a first hypothesis that a DCCH channel is not transmitted.
US09350509B2	Scheduling request enhancements There is provided an method, apparatus for performing the method and a computer program product, wherein the method includes allocating to a terminal device multiple terminal device-specific physical uplink control channel resources for a transmission of a scheduling request from the terminal device, wherein the transmission of the scheduling request comprises multiple physical uplink control channel transmissions taking place on the allocated resources.
US09350508B2	Method and arrangement in a wireless communication network Method and arrangement in a base station for sending control signals to a relay node. The relay node is configured to relay a data transmission from the base station to a user equipment in a subframe. The subframe comprises a first part, dedicated for downlink transmission, a second part dedicated for uplink transmission and a separating part situated between the first part and the second part. The base station, the relay node and the user equipment are comprised in a wireless communication network configured to operate according to the Time Division Duplex TDD principle. The method comprising transmitting data to the user equipment via the relay node in the first part of the subframe and transmitting the control signals, related to the transmitted data, to the relay node in the separating part between the first part and the second part of the subframe. Further, a method and arrangement in a relay node for receiving control signals from the base station are described.
US09350506B2	Aperiodic SRS for carrier aggregation A method of wireless communication includes receiving overlapping information triggering aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission. The method also includes processing the overlapping information in accordance with the received triggering information. The overlapping information can be consistent configuration information for the aperiodic SRS transmission, in which case the processing includes transmitting an aperiodic SRS in accordance with the configuration information. When the overlapping information has dissimilar configurations for the aperiodic SRS transmission, the processing includes treating the overlapping information as an error event. The overlapping information can be a trigger received in an uplink grant and a trigger received in a downlink grant. The wireless system can be a multicarrier system including multiple component carriers.
US09350503B2	Method for transceiving preamble in wireless access system and apparatus for same Disclosed are a method for transceiving a preamble in a wireless access system that supports a carrier aggregation/multi cells, and an apparatus for the same. More particularly, the method of the present invention comprises a step of transmitting a preamble to a terminal via an extension carrier that does not operate as a single carrier but operates only as a portion of a carrier aggregation. The preamble is generated based on a pseudo-random sequence.
US09350498B2	Encoding hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgements in a multi-antenna wireless communications system There is provided a method performed by a User Equipment, UE, for encoding Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request, HARQ, Acknowledgements, ACK/NACK, in a multi-antenna wireless communications system. The method comprises the step (S1) of bundling, also referred to as co-representing, a HARQ-ACK/NACK to be sent in response for a transport block of information with a HARQ-ACK/NACK to be sent in response for another transport block of information, when more than two transport blocks of information are used. The method also comprises the step (S2) of encoding the bundled HARQ-ACK/NACK information.
US09350496B2	Mobile communication system A mobile communication system capable of easily notifying the interference-related information and avoiding interference in a situation in which a macro cell and local nodes are deployed to coexist. In the system, a macro cell (eNB) notifies, via user equipments (UEs) present in a coverage, HeNBs present in the coverage of the interference-related information related to the interference to a physical resource to be used, for example, a high interference indication (HII) and an overload indicator (OI).
US09350493B1	Multi-protocol data transfers Technologies are described herein for performing a multi-protocol data transfer. A first protocol that guarantees reliability and in-order delivery of data packets is utilized to transmit control information for a data transfer. Once the control information has been transmitted and received at the destination, a second protocol is utilized to transfer the actual data. The second protocol does not guarantee data reliability or in-order delivery. If any data packets are not delivered to the destination using the second protocol, either the first protocol, the second protocol, or a combination can be utilized to retransmit the missing packets.
US09350488B2	Content delivery system with allocation of source data and repair data among HTTP servers Data objects are delivered over a packet-switched network and receivers receive encoded symbols, such as repair symbols, broadcast or multicast, with sufficient information to form requests for additional symbols as needed based on what source symbols or sub-symbols are needed or missing. The requests can be made in a unicast or request fashion. Requesting and broadcasting might be done by different entities. A broadcast server can generate and store repair symbols while a source server can store content in source form. A request can be a unicast HTTP byte-range request, such as a URL, starting position and length. Requests might be aligned with starting positions of files. A receiver can calculate starting and ending byte positions of symbols or sub-symbols in a file and get indications that conventional HTTP servers are usable for file repair. Repair servers can request broadcast of repair data when byte-range requests from multiple receivers overlap.
US09350480B2	Relay device, relay method, and optical communication system which uses relay device A relay device includes a first transmitting and receiving unit connected to a PON line on the upper-level side and performing mutual conversion between optical and electrical signals; a second transmitting and receiving unit connected to a PON line on the lower-level side and performing mutual conversion between optical and electrical signals; a relay processing unit relaying a downstream frame received by the first unit to the second unit, and relays an upstream frame received by the second unit to the first unit; and a control unit. The control unit follows upstream multiple access control performed by a station side device, for transmission of the upstream frame to be transmitted by the first unit to the station side device, and independently performs upstream multiple access control for reception of the upstream frame received by the second unit from a home side device.
US09350478B2	Wireless communication system, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method A wireless communication system includes a first channel state measurer and a second channel state measurer. When a second communication device measures a state of a channel between the second communication device and a first communication device using reference signals transmitted from the first communication device, the first channel measurer is configured to measure a state of the channel including an interference due to a signal transmitted from another first communication device. When measuring the state of the channel between the second communication device and the first communication device using the reference signals transmitted from the first communication device, the second channel state measurer measures the state of the channel while suppressing the interference due to the signal transmitted from the another first communication device. Accordingly, the wireless communication system can generate adequate feedback information both when cooperative communication is performed and when cooperative communication is not performed.
US09350477B1	Self-interference handling in a wireless communication terminal supporting carrier aggregation A wireless communication terminal that has the self-interference due to the support of carrier aggregation, aggregating and jointly using two or more component carriers for transmission and reception, performs a first set of measurements on a received signal on a first operating frequency, wherein the first set of measurements are performed during which the wireless terminal transmits or receives signals on a second operating frequency. In an alternative embodiment, the wireless communication terminal changes the maximum transmit power limit on a first operating frequency on a per-slot basis to reduce the impact of harmonic or intermodulation distortion on a received signal at a second operating frequency.
US09350472B2	Apparatus and method for transmitting and receiving broadcast signals An apparatus for transmitting broadcast signals comprises an encoder for encoding service data corresponding to each of a plurality of transmission unit, where each of a plurality of transmission unit carries at least one service component, a frame builder for building at least one signal frame including the encoded service data, a phase distortion unit for performing a phase distortion on data in the built at least one signal frame, a modulator for modulating data in the built at least one signal frame by an OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplex) scheme and a transmitter for transmitting the broadcast signals including the modulated data.
US09350471B1	Systems and methods for transmitting and receiving large objects via digital radio broadcast Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving large objects via digital radio broadcast involve retrieving an object and an object description; assigning a unique identifier to the object; segmenting the object into a plurality of fragments; generating at least one long message having selected ones of the fragments and a long header including the unique identifier and the object description; generating at least one short message having selected ones of the fragments and a short header including the unique identifier; and communicating the at least the long message or the short message to a digital radio broadcast transmitter. In accordance with certain embodiments, reassembly of the object can begin with either a long message or a short message.
US09350470B1	Phase slope reference adapted for use in wideband phase spectrum measurements A method and apparatus for generating a normalized phase spectrum from a signal having a plurality of tones is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first receiver having a first signal port adapted to receive a first test signal having a first plurality of tones and a reference port adapted to receive a phase slope reference signal includes a reference tone and generates a sequence of digital values therefrom starting from a first time. The apparatus also includes a signal digitizer that digitizes the received first test signal to generate a sequence of digitized values of the received first test signal starting at the first time and a phase spectrum generator that generates a first normalized phase spectrum that is independent of the first time from the digitized values of the received first test signal and the received phase slope reference signal.
US09350469B2	Mirror signal IQ-imbalance correction A system and method are provided for calibrating the IQ-imbalance in a low-IF receiver. A Test Signal can be generated in a mirror frequency and conveyed to the receiver. The power of the signal produced in the receiver from the conveyed Test Signal can be measured. In the absence of an IQ-imbalance, the Test Signal can be completely eliminated in the receiver and the corresponding measured power of the produced signal can be minimized. Accordingly, a two dimensional algorithm is described for calibrating a receiver and correcting the IQ-imbalance by adjusting the phase and gain difference between the I and Q channels in the receiver based on the measured power of the signal produced in the receiver.
US09350468B2	Method and device for measuring an LF field and method for arranging an antenna A method and a device for measuring an LF field of an LF transmitter. An LF signal is transmitted with the LF signal intensity by way of the LF transmitter. The LF signal is received by way of an LF receiver installed in a tire of a vehicle, wherein the LF receiver is located in an LF receiver position. An RF signal is transmitted in response to the reception of the LF signal. The RF signal is received by way of an RF receiver. Data representing the LF signal intensity and the LF receiver position are stored. Furthermore, there is provided a method for arranging an LF transmitter for transmitting an LF signal to an LF receiver installed in a tire of a vehicle and/or for arranging an RF receiver.
US09350467B2	Terminal diagnosis self correction method and system Terminal diagnosis self correction is disclosed. A service inquiry is received regarding a problem with a terminal from a user. Terminal statistics are obtained remotely from the terminal and stored in a site diagnosis log. An initial diagnosis is determined with a site diagnostic tool using the terminal statistics. The initial diagnosis is stored in the site diagnosis log. A technician is dispatched to repair the terminal. Terminal statistics are obtained locally at the terminal and stored in an onsite validation tool log. An onsite diagnosis is determined using an onsite validation tool and stored the onsite validation tool log. The initial and onsite diagnoses are compared. In response to a difference between the initial and onsite diagnoses, the remotely and locally obtained terminal statistics are compared. The site diagnostic tool is adjusted based on the initial diagnosis, the onsite diagnosis, and the remote and local terminal statistics.
US09350465B2	Methods and apparatus for dynamic wireless device coexistence Methods and apparatus for dynamically compensating for the effects of interference between multiple wireless communications apparatus. In one embodiment, the method comprises providing a first wireless communication apparatus operating in a first band and a second wireless communication apparatus operating in the same first band (or proximate to the first band and with a comparatively high transmitter power), where the second wireless communication apparatus operates according to a different communication protocol than the first wireless communication apparatus and further change in physical configuration with respect to one another. Based on the physical configuration, interference is compensated for between the first wireless communication apparatus and the second wireless communication apparatus “on the fly” by selecting and operating according to one of a plurality of operational protocols.
US09350464B2	Method and system for mitigating co-channel interference A method of communicating data between a first transceiver and any of a plurality of second transceivers, wherein areas serviced by each of the plurality of second transceivers either overlap or are adjacent. The method comprises operating the first transceiver and the plurality of second transceivers in an overlapping frequency range. Each of the plurality of second transceivers operates in a time period different from a time period of another of the plurality of second transceivers.
US09350460B2	System and method for quantum information transfer between optical photons and superconductive qubits An electro-optical system for exchanging quantum information between optical qubits and including a superconductive microwave cavity; an electro-optical material; a superconductive qubit circuit formed on the electro-optical material including a superconductive qubit; a dipole antenna, formed on the electro-optical material for directly coupling the superconductive qubit to the superconductive microwave cavity; an optical input for receiving input optical photons; a microwave input for receiving input microwave photons; and an optical output for outputting modulated optical photons, wherein a frequency and a phase of the optical photon is modulated with a state of the superconducting qubit by the dipole antenna.
US09350457B2	Power-efficient maximum likelihood decoding for 5 bits per dual-pol-symbol modulation A digital signal processor (DSP), may identify symbol values associated with a 5 quadrature amplitude modulation (5QAM) signal. The DSP may determine a first bit set based on the symbol values and a first particular bit value. The DSP may determine a second bit set based on the symbol values and a second particular bit value. The DSP may compute a first distance based on the first bit set and the symbol values. The DSP may compute a second distance based on the second bit set and the symbol values. The DSP may determine that the first distance is less than the second distance. The first distance being less than the second distance may indicate that the first bit set is a correctly decoded bit set. The DSP may provide an output associated with the correctly decoded bit set.
US09350456B2	Method for improving luminous intensity adaptability and device thereof The invention discloses a method for improving luminous intensity adaptability and a device thereof, relating to photo-electronic communication field. In the method, the device is configured with more than one level load resistors, the device collects voltage value and if the device collects predetermined numbers of voltage values which meet some requirement, it computes an average value of all collected voltage values, sets voltage value according to the average value, determines whether the set voltage is satisfied with a predetermined requirement, if yes, collects data according to the set voltage; otherwise, switches the load resistor according to a predetermined rule, in which the load voltage has influence on collecting voltage. The invention has advantages of improving luminous intensity adaptability of a screen when collecting optical signal and reducing rate of error codes.
US09350450B2	Bit loading for optical discrete multi-tone transmission System and method embodiments are provided for bit loading for optical Discrete Multi-Tone Transmission (DMT). In an embodiment, a method for bit loading for optical DMT transmission or reception includes receiving, at a processor, a bit data stream, wherein the bit data stream comprises a plurality of subcarriers; assigning, with the processor, a code rate to each of a plurality of forward error correction (FEC) encoders/decoders according to a mapping of a signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) to a code rate for each of the subcarriers or subcarrier groups, wherein each FEC encoder/decoder corresponds to a respective one of the subcarriers or a respective subcarrier group; and assigning, with the processor, a modulation format to each subcarrier or each subcarrier group according to a mapping of an SNR for each subcarrier or subcarrier group to a bit number for a corresponding subcarrier or subcarrier group.
US09350447B1	Systems and methods for protecting optical networks from rogue optical network terminals A communication system comprises a passive optical network (PON) having an optical line terminal (OLT) coupled to a plurality of optical network terminals (ONTs) through a power splitter. Each ONT is coupled to the power splitter via a subscriber line. A switch is coupled to each subscriber line, and all of the switches are coupled to a control element. A power element is configured to receive optical signals communicated by the PON and to convert the optical signals into electrical power for use by the control element. The OLT is configured to detect a rogue ONT and to communicate with the control element for opening the switch that is coupled to the subscriber line of the rogue ONT, thereby optically isolating the rogue ONT from the rest of the PON.
US09350440B2	Method and apparatus for subset network coding with multiple antennas by relay node in wireless communication system A method for network coding by a relay node in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving an information associated with channel estimation from a base station, determining a number of subset for network coding based on the information associated with channel estimation, receiving at least one codeword from at least one user equipment, and generating re-encoded codeword by network coding based on the number of subset, wherein the number of subset is calculated based on a first outage probability and a second outage probability, and wherein the first outage probability is outage probability of the user Equipment to the base station, and the second outage probability is outage probability of the relay node to the base station.
US09350439B2	Repeater emulation to increase network range Technologies are generally described for methods and systems configured to increase a range of a network. In an example, a method for increasing a range of a first network may include sending a request by a communication device to a network device while the communication device is in a range of the first network. The request may include a request for discovery data that identifies the first network. The method may further include receiving, by the communication device, the discovery data. The method may further include broadcasting, by the communication device, information based on the discovery data when the communication device is outside the range of the first network and when the communication device is configured to communicate over a second network. The second network may be different from the first network.
US09350438B2	Relay within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications A relay receives a frame from a source, and based on state of a relayed frame bit within the frame, the relay selects an operational mode: implicit acknowledgement mode, first explicit acknowledgement mode, or second explicit acknowledgement mode. The relay sets the relayed frame bit in subsequent transmissions to indicate transmission opportunity (TXOP) control of the communication medium (e.g., whether under control of the relay or the source). The source may receive acknowledgement of the relay's successful receipt of the frame implicitly via the relay transmitting a relayed frame to the destination. Alternatively, the source may receive acknowledgement of the relay's successful receipt of the frame explicitly in a response frame from the relay. State of a more data bit in the frame receive from the source may indicate the source has one or more additional frames intended for the destination.
US09350436B2	Wireless polarization modulation method using polarization shift keying and hadamard multiplexing A method involves modulation of polarization states at a radio network's transmit antennas and configuration of complementary polarization states at the radio network's receiving antennas such that variations in measured voltages at receivers' antennas convey digital information and provide a multiple access channel to supplement other network communications. A calibration interval may be used, during which the network receivers measure the two distinct voltages from each transmitter during separate time intervals. Each receiver keeps a separate accumulation for each transmitter wherein each received sample is weighted by +1 or −1 according to the column of a Hadamard matrix. After the sample periods and accumulations have been completed, each receiver offsets its accumulation using a normalization term. Each receiver may then decode bits received from each transmitter using the offset completed sum for each respective transmitter.
US09350433B2	Transmitting apparatus, receiving apparatus, transmitting method and receiving method that wirelessly communicate with each other using plurality of antennas An acquiring unit acquires a channel matrix, which has elements representing the channel characteristics between a plurality of antennas at a transmitting side and a plurality of antennas at a receiving side, respectively. A first derivation unit derives not only a singular value matrix that is a diagonal matrix where singular values are arranged, by subjecting the channel matrix to the singular value decomposition, but also a weight matrix which is a unitary matrix corresponding to the singular value matrix. A second derivation unit derives the degree of difference between the singular values arranged in the singular value matrix. A determining unit determines whether or not the degree of difference lies within a predetermined range.
US09350432B2	Method and apparatus for acquiring a precoding matrix indicator and a precoding matrix In the field of communication technologies, a method and an apparatus for acquiring a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) and a Precoding Matrix (PM) are provided. The method includes: acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a first non-differential codebook and a first diagonal differential codebook, where codewords included in the first diagonal differential codebook form a diagonal matrix. The apparatus includes a PMI acquiring module. Acquiring a reference PMI and a differential PMI according to a non-differential codebook and a diagonal differential codebook can reduce the feedback overhead or improve the feedback precision; and the fact that a codeword included in the diagonal differential codebook is a diagonal matrix can maintain amplitude characteristics (for example, a constant modulus characteristic, and a finite character set constraint characteristic) of elements of the non-differential codebook or facilitate power distribution among antennas.
US09350431B2	Wireless communication method for a MU-MIMO system, wireless communication terminal for communicating with a base station in a MU-MIMO system, and base station for communicating with wireless communication terminals in a MU-MIMO system A wireless communication method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The method includes the step of transmitting a plurality of best companion pre-coding matrix indexs (BCIs) and corresponding delta channel quality indicators (ΔCQIs) from the terminal to the base station, wherein the period of frames for transmitting the plurality of BCIs is larger than the period of frames for transmitting a single BCI. The method, terminal and base station according to the present disclosure can greatly increase scheduling flexibility at base station side and improve MU-MIMO performance without increasing feedback overhead of channels.
US09350428B2	Method and apparatus of link adaptation in wireless local area network A method of link adaptation performed by an access point supporting multi user(MU) multiple input multiple output(MIMO) in wireless local area network system is provided. The method includes transmitting, to a first station, a physical layer convergence procedure (PLCP) protocol data unit (PPDU) containing a modulation and coding scheme(MCS) request(MRQ) and receiving, from the first station, a MCS feedback(MFB) in response to the MRQ, wherein the first station is one of destination stations of MU-MIMO transmission performed by the access point, and the MFB includes a recommended MCS value computed, by the first station, on the assumption that the first station, as a member of the destination stations, receives data transmitted over at least one spatial stream allocated to the first station in MU-MIMO transmission.
US09350415B2	Process for assigning a finger of a rake receiver in idle mode, and apparatus for carrying out the process Process of a finger assignment in a rake receiver for a wireless communication device comprising the following steps: —detection (21) of a pilot (CPICH) and the comparison of its energy according to a first threshold value; —detection (22), on the basis of said first threshold value, of a first significant path; —assignment (23) of said first significant path to a first finger of the rake receiver; —determination (24) of an observation window; —application (25) of a second threshold value, distinct and lower than said first value, for the detection of secondary paths; —rake fingers assignment to secondary paths detected.
US09350414B2	Digital filter for narrowband interference rejection A digital filter for narrowband interference rejection, including modules of narrowband interference rejection connected in series, each of which includes the following elements connected in series: a block of successive vector rotation based on the CORDIC vector rotation algorithm for integers, a block of reduction of the length of the rotated vector to maintain the same number of bits for digital signal representation, a block of high-pass filters for orthogonal components of the reduced vector in order to remove the interference from zero frequency region. The filter can be implemented without multiplication.
US09350413B2	Method for generating unambiguous correlation function for CBOC(6,1,1/11) signal based on multi stage composition of partial correlation functions, apparatus for tracking CBOC signals and satellite navigation signal receiver system A method of generating a correlation function for a CBOC(6,1,1/11) signal includes generating a first correlation function by performing a first elimination operation on a first and twelfth partial correlation function pair of 12 partial correlation functions, generating a fourth correlation function by performing a first elimination operation between second and third correlation functions that are generated by performing a second elimination operation between two difference functions between sixth and seventh partial correlation functions and the first correlation function, and generating a main correlation function by summing resulting waveforms that are generated by performing a first elimination operation between each of the 12 partial correlation functions and the fourth correlation function or by performing a first elimination operation between each of the remaining 8 partial correlation functions, excluding first, sixth, seventh and twelfth partial correlation functions from the 12 partial correlation functions, and the fourth correlation function.
US09350412B1	Transceiver suitable for multiple power level operation and method therefor A transceiver comprises a transmit/receive terminal, a receiver input terminal, a scalable impedance network, a plurality of power amplifiers, and a receiver. The scalable impedance network is coupled between the transmit/receive terminal and the receiver input terminal and has a plurality of taps in an order between the transmit/receive terminal and the receiver input terminal, in which an impedance looking into any given tap toward the transmit/receive terminal is smaller than an impedance looking into a subsequent tap toward the transmit/receive terminal, if any, in the order. The plurality of power amplifiers are arranged in an order and have outputs respectively coupled to the plurality of taps of the scalable impedance network. A power of any given power amplifier is higher than a power of a subsequent power amplifier, if any, in the order. The receiver is coupled to the receiver input terminal.
US09350407B1	Interface chip and control method therefor An interface chip capable of accurate link detection. The interface chip mounted on a first electronic device has a link layer and a physical layer. The link layer outputs data to be transformed and transmitted to a second electronic device by the physical layer. The data transmitted from the second electronic device is received and transformed by the physical layer and then conveyed to the link layer. The link layer includes a state machine, which performs a state modification on the first electronic device to rescue the second electronic device from a trapped state for confirming a link between the first and second electronic devices, wherein data output by the link layer and transformed and transmitted to the second electronic device by the physical layer is changed according to the state modification.
US09350404B2	Dual mode radio frequency receivers for wideband signal processing Wireless communication is ubiquitous today with increasing deployments leading to increased interference, increasing conflicts, etc. Monitoring the wireless environment is therefore important for regulators, service providers, Government agencies, enterprises etc. Such monitoring should be flexible both in networks monitored within the wireless environment as well as detecting unauthorized transmitters, allowing dynamic network management, etc. However, such real time spectral/signal analysis in the prior art requires both a wideband direct conversion receiver (DCR), for high performance, wideband, fast, programmable spectral analysis, and a super heterodyne receiver for fast, narrowband, programmable demodulation for signal analysis. According to embodiments of the invention a single receiver design methodology exploiting a single RF circuit to provide superheterodyne and direct conversion receiver functionalities.
US09350403B2	Receiver in physical layer of mobile industry processor interface (MIPI-PHY) A receiver includes a control module, a data receiving circuit and a masking circuit. The control circuit generates an enable signal according to a pair of differential signals provided by a transmitter. Triggered by the enable signal, the data receiving circuits generates an output signal according to the differential signals, and the masking circuit starts masking the output signal. After generating the enable signal, the control module starts providing a bias voltage to the differential signals such that the output signal has a first state. The transmitter adjusts the differential signals to render the output signal to enter a second state from the first state. Upon detecting the output signal having entered the second state, the control module stops providing the bias voltage and generates a disable signal to prompt the masking circuit to stop masking the output signal.
US09350390B2	Encoder, decoder and semiconductor device including the same A semiconductor device may include a first encoding unit configured to encode first data into an anti-drift code, and a second encoding unit configured to add parity information to the anti-drift code.
US09350388B2	Data format with ECC information for on-the-fly decoding during data transfer and method for forming the data format A data format with ECC information for on-the-fly decoding during data transfer and method for forming the data format are disclosed. The method includes the steps of: dividing a parity check matrix having a message segment and a parity segment into a plurality of layers; choosing parity bit nodes in the parity segment of a first layer connected to check nodes; assembling the chosen parity bit nodes as a first parity segment and the rest parity bit nodes as a second parity segment; reallocating the parity check matrix so that the first parity segment is on the head of the message segment and the second parity segment is on the end of the message segment; forming a generating matrix according to the reallocated parity check matrix; and operating a message with the generating matrix to obtain the codeword.
US09350387B2	Encoding method, encoder, decoding method and decoder An encoding method and encoder of a time-varying LDPC-CC with high error correction performance are provided. In an encoding method of performing low density parity check convolutional coding (LDPC-CC) of a time varying period of q using a parity check polynomial of a coding rate of (n−1)/n (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2), the time varying period of q is a prime number greater than 3, the method receiving an information sequence as input and encoding the information sequence using Equation 1 as a g-th (g=0, 1, . . . , q−1) parity check polynomial to satisfy 0.
US09350380B2	Sigma-delta modulator and analog-to-digital converter A Sigma-Delta modulator and an analog-to-digital converter. The Sigma-Delta modulator comprises a quantizer, a correction module and an RC integrator. The correction module comprises a predetermined resistance through which a correction level is generated. The correction module is used to compare the correction level with a predetermined reference voltage by using a comparator in the quantizer, so as to generate a digital correction signal, based on which the resistance in a resistance correction array in the RC integrator is corrected. The predetermined resistance is of the same type as the resistance in the resistance correction array in the RC integrator. The Sigma-Delta modulator and the analog-to-digital converter can correct the resistance deviation in the RC integrator.
US09350375B1	Method and system for performing analog-to-digital conversion Methods and systems for performing analog-to-digital conversion are described. In one embodiment, a method for performing analog-to-digital conversion involves processing an analog impulse signal to obtain an impulse pattern of the analog impulse signal in a first signal processing path and converting the analog impulse signal into a digital signal based on the impulse pattern in a second signal processing path that is in parallel with the first signal processing path. The impulse pattern of the analog impulse signal includes duty cycle information of the analog impulse signal. Other embodiments are also described.
US09350371B2	Electrical signal conversion with reduced-distance element rotation In one aspect, an electrical signal converter is disclosed. The exemplary electrical signal converter may include a plurality of ordered converter elements. Element selection logic may be provided to pseudorandomly select a pointer to a switch matrix, wherein the switch matrix maps converter elements according to a stepwise “delta-two-maximum pattern.” Advantageously, pseudorandom stepwise delta-two-maximum patterns may be applied both to a first order converter, and to a feedback converter for error correction.
US09350370B2	Sensor signal processing apparatus and sensor apparatus In a sensor signal processing apparatus, a control unit executes at least one of a temperature measurement process and a calculation process in parallel with a signal conversion process. In the temperature measurement process, the control unit causes a second A/D converter to execute the A/D conversion of a temperature signal. In the calculation process, the control unit calculates an offset and a conversion gain of a first A/D converter base on an A/D conversion value output from the second A/D converter and pre-prepared temperature characteristic data of a physical quantity sensor. In the signal conversion process, the control unit sets the calculated offset and the calculated conversion gain to the first A/D converter, and causes the first A/D converter to execute the A/D conversion of the sensor signal.
US09350363B2	Voltage controlled oscillator circuit and frequency synthesizer According to one embodiment, a voltage-controlled oscillation (VCO) circuit includes a current source, an oscillation core unit, an amplitude detection unit, a current control unit, a low pass filter, and a switch. The current source supplies a bias current to the oscillation core unit in accordance with a current control signal. The oscillation core unit oscillates according to the bias current and outputs an oscillation signal. The amplitude detection unit outputs a detection voltage according to an amplitude of the oscillation signal. The current control unit outputs a control signal so that the detection voltage is equal to a reference voltage. The low pass filter generates the current control signal by filtering the control signal, and then supplies the current control signal to the current source. The switch is connected in parallel with the low pass filter.
US09350361B2	Clock signal generating circuit and video signal processing circuit using same A clock signal generating circuit includes a crystal oscillator, a phase compensation circuit, a negative resistance compensation circuit, and a high pass filter circuit. The crystal oscillator generates a clock signal. The phase compensation circuit compensates a phase of the clock signal. The negative resistance compensation circuit filters phase noises of the clock signal. The high pass filter circuit filters low frequency noises of the clock signal.
US09350359B2	Magnetic logic units configured as analog circuit building blocks A circuit includes a magnetic logic unit including input terminals, output terminals, a field line, and magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). The field line electrically connects a first and a second input terminal, and is configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input to at least one of the first and the second input terminal. The input is based on an analog input to the circuit. Each MTJ is electrically connected to a first output terminal and a second output terminal, and is configured such that an output of at least one of the first and the second output terminal varies in response to a combined resistance of the MTJs. The resistance of each of the MTJs varies based on the magnetic field. The circuit is configured to generate an analog output based on the output of at least one of the first and the second output terminal.
US09350355B2	Semiconductor apparatus A semiconductor apparatus may include an operation signal input selection block configured to output one of either a first operation signal or a second operation signal, as a select signal, in response to an operation select signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include a target code selection block configured to output one of either a first target code or a second target code, as a select code, in response to the operation select signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include an enable signal generation block configured to generate an enable signal when a time corresponding to the select code passes, in response to the select signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include an operation signal output selection block configured to output the enable signal, as one of either a third operation signal or a fourth operation signal, in response to the operation select signal.
US09350352B2	Level shift circuit and switching power source apparatus A level shift circuit includes a first resistor connected to a level shift power source, a first transistor having a drain connected to a second end of the first resistor and a source to the ground, a second resistor connected to the level shift power source, a second transistor having a drain connected to a second end of the second resistor and a source to the ground, a pulse generator controlling ON/OFF of the first and second transistors according to an input signal, a control part generating a set signal if the first transistor is ON, a reset signal if the second transistor is ON, and no signal if there is no voltage difference between a voltage at the drain of the first transistor and a voltage at the drain of the second transistor, and a flip-flop providing an output signal according to the set and reset signals.
US09350351B2	Signal driver circuit having adjustable output voltage for a high logic level output signal A signal driver circuit having an adjustable output voltage for a high-logic level output signal. The signal driver circuit includes a signal driver configured to output a first logic level signal having a first voltage and output a second logic level signal having a second voltage according to an input signal. A voltage controlled voltage supply coupled to the signal driver provides the first voltage for the first logic level signal. The magnitude of the first voltage provided by the voltage controlled voltage supply is based on a bias voltage. A bias voltage generator can be coupled to the voltage controlled voltage supply to provide the bias voltage.
US09350348B1	Power management system for integrated circuits A power management circuit for integrated circuits operating systems where the power supply may be marginal includes a supply voltage characterization circuit and a clock synthesis circuit. The supply voltage characterization circuit determines the strength of the supply voltage applied to the IC and provides information to the synthesis circuit that is used to adjust the clock frequency of the IC to insure the IC does not draw too much current and force the IC into reset. A counter is used to determine the time between when the supply voltage reaches a first level and a second higher level, the time being representative of the slope of the supply voltage. Knowledge of the characteristics of a portion of the circuit under certain operating or benchmark conditions may be used to adjust the characterization.
US09350346B2	Switch device There are: a communication sheet that propagates electromagnetic wave; a wireless communication part arranged close to the communication sheet, and stores predetermined information, and wirelessly transmits the predetermined information to the communication sheet; a shield part that shields a radio signal wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication part; an operation part that enables or disables wireless communication between the communication sheet and the wireless communication part; and a discrimination part that discriminates contents of operation by the operation part based on the predetermined information wirelessly transmitted by the wireless communication part. According to an operation by said operation part to disable the wireless communication between said communication sheet and the wireless communication part, said shield part shields the radio signal from the wireless communication part.
US09350345B2	Input device, display device, and electronic apparatus An input device, a display device and an electronic apparatus are disclosed. The input device includes a substrate with a main surface. First and second detection electrodes, first and second connecting electrodes, first and second insulating layer are disposed on the main surface. The first and second detection electrodes are aligned in first and second directions, respectively. The first connecting electrodes each connect two of the neighboring first detection electrodes. The second connecting electrodes each connect two of the neighboring second detection electrodes. The first insulating layer is located on the first connecting electrode. The second insulating layer is disposed between the main surface of the substrate, and at least one of the first and second detection electrodes and the first connecting electrodes. The second insulating layer separates the main surface from the at least one of the first and second detection electrodes and the first connecting electrodes.
US09350343B2	Multiplex circuit and drive unit using the same A multiplex circuit includes a plurality of input transistors that correspondingly receive a plurality of input signals of different switching points; a plurality of common base transistors, each common base transistor corresponding to a respective input transistor and having an emitter that is connected in series to a collector of the respective input transistor; and an output end that is connected to a collector of each of the common base transistors, and to which a signal that is obtained by combining signals output by each of the input transistors based on the plurality of input signals.
US09350340B2	Power loss control method for metal-oxide-semiconductor unit and associated apparatus A power loss control method comprises detecting a load condition of the MOS unit, and adjusting driving loss of the MOS unit based on the load condition. The driving loss of the MOS unit is configured to decrease when the MOS unit is at light load condition.
US09350339B2	Systems and methods for clock distribution in a die-to-die interface Circuits for die-to-die clock distribution are provided. A system includes a transmit clock tree on a first die and a receive clock tree on a second die. The transmit clock tree and the receive clock tree are the same, or very nearly the same, so that the insertion delay for a given bit on the transmit clock tree is the same as an insertion delay for a bit corresponding to the given bit on the receive clock tree. While there may be clock skew from bit-to-bit within the same clock tree, corresponding bits on the different die experience the same clock insertion delays.
US09350337B2	Clamp circuit and method for clamping voltage The disclosure provides a clamp circuit and a method for clamping voltage. The clamp circuit includes: a first switch control unit, connected with the high-potential terminal of the first stage output of a comparator and configured to clamp the voltage of the high-potential terminal to VGate1 when the voltage of the high-potential terminal is lower than a first pre-set value V1, and a second switch control unit, connected to the low-potential terminal of the first stage output of the comparator and configured to clamp the voltage of the low-potential terminal to VGate2 when the voltage of the low-potential terminal is higher than a second pre-set value V2, wherein the voltages of the first stage output of the comparator are between VGND and VCC. By the disclosure, the output voltage swings of the first stage of the comparator are limited, and thereby the processing speed of the comparator is improved.
US09350333B2	Semiconductor device If an exclusive OR circuit itself, a component of a signal delay detecting circuit, has failed to operate properly, a signal delay cannot be detected accurately. A malfunction pre-detecting circuit 12 includes a delay circuit DL to delay input data that is input in parallel to a data input terminal of a flip-flop FF1 provided in a subsequent stage of a flip-flop FF0, a flip-flop FFT that receives output of the delay circuit DL, and a comparator CMP that compares output of the flip-flop FF1 and output of the flip-flop FFT. Test data tv1 and test data tv2 are input to the malfunction pre-detecting circuit 12 in an operation test mode for testing operation of the malfunction pre-detecting circuit 12. The test data tv2 is input to the delay circuit DL. The comparator CMP compares the test data tv1 and output of the flip-flop FFT in the operation test mode.
US09350332B1	Semiconductor device including retention circuit A semiconductor device includes first power lines through which first power is supplied, a plurality of unit regions defined by the first power lines, and second power lines through which second power is supplied. Each of the unit regions includes a logic circuit suitable for operating by receiving the first power from at least one of the first power lines during a normal mode, and a retention circuit suitable for operating by receiving the second power from at least one of the second power lines, receiving data from the logic circuit when an operation mode changes from the normal mode to a sleep mode, and keeping the data during the sleep mode. The logic circuit is electrically separated from the second power lines.
US09350327B2	Flip-flops with low clock power The disclosure provides a flip-flop that utilizes low power as a result of reduced transistor count. The flip-flop includes a tri-state inverter that receives a flip-flop input and a clock input. A master latch is coupled to an output of the tri-state inverter and provides a control signal to the tri-state inverter. The control signal activates the tri-state inverter. A slave latch receives an output of the master latch and the control signal. An output inverter is coupled to an output of the slave latch and generates a flip-flop output.
US09350323B2	Mitigation of interference between FM radio and display subsystems on a mobile device Systems and methods for mitigating interference or concurrency between frequency modulation (FM) radio subsystem and a display subsystem relate to determining potential concurrency between the two subsystems at particular FM modes of operation, and adjusting one or more display parameters of the display subsystem and additionally or alternatively, implementing filters in the FM subsystem in order to avoid or mitigate the potential concurrency. The FM modes comprise one or more FM operating bands or FM channels, and the display parameters comprise one or more of a display refresh rate, display clock frequency, and backlight brightness.
US09350321B2	Low distortion impedance selection and tunable impedance circuits A tunable impedance circuit can include a fixed impedance and one or more impedance selection circuits. Each impedance selection circuit can include a first impedance connected to a first interface terminal, a second impedance connected to a second interface terminal, and a plurality of series-connected transistors connected between the first and second impedances. Each impedance selection circuit can also include a plurality of drive impedance networks connected to gates, sources, drains, bodies, and isolation regions of the series-connected transistors, and a control circuit to provide a plurality of control signals to the drive impedance networks to turn on and turn off the series-connected transistors. For each impedance selection circuit, turning on and turning off the respective plurality of series-connected transistors can bring the series combination of the respective first and second impedances into and out of electrical communication with, e.g., into and out of parallel with, the fixed impedance.
US09350317B2	EMI suppression device and method for network transmission The present invention discloses an EMI suppression device, comprising: a first transformer including a first circuit-end central tap to receive a first circuit signal from two first circuit-end signal taps, and a first cable-end central tap to receive a first cable signal from two first cable-end signal taps; a second transformer including a second circuit-end central tap to receive a second circuit signal from two second circuit-end signal taps, and a second cable-end central tap to receive a second cable signal from two second cable-end signal taps; a first circuit-end inductor coupled between the first circuit-end central tap and a system ground to reduce the common mode noise of the first circuit signal; and a second circuit-end inductor coupled between the second circuit-end central tap and the system ground to reduce the common mode noise of the second circuit signal. Said first and second circuit-end inductors operate separately.
US09350313B2	Automatic gain control of a received signal using a power target The present invention relates to a method and device for performing automatic gain control of a received signal. The method comprises the steps of receiving (S101) the signal and amplifying the received signal on the basis of a difference between a power reference value and actual power of the amplified signal. The method further comprises the steps of determining (S102) signal-to-interference ratio of the received signal and controlling (S103) amplification such that the amplified signal attains a target power level by further taking into account the determined signal-to-interference ratio, which target power level is increased as the determined signal-to-interference ratio decreases.
US09350312B1	Audio dynamic range adjustment system and method A novel system and method for adjusting the dynamic range of an audio recording or signal, which does not require user manipulation of threshold and ratio (and other parameters). Unlike prior audio compressors or limiters, the present invention provides for the ability to set the dynamic range without complicated user settings and knowledge. The process can be done automatically by a computer or processor.
US09350309B2	System and method for digital signal processing The present invention provides methods and systems for digitally processing audio signals. Some embodiments receive an audio signal and converting it to a digital signal. The gain of the digital signal may be adjusted a first time, using a digital processing device located between a receiver and a driver circuit. The adjusted signal can be filtered with a first low shelf filter. The systems and methods may compress the filtered signal with a first compressor, process the signal with a graphic equalizer, and compress the processed signal with a second compressor. The gain of the compressed signal can be adjusted a second time. These may be done using the digital processing device. The signal may then be output through an amplifier and driver circuit to drive a personal audio listening device. In some embodiments, the systems and methods described herein may be part of the personal audio listening device.
US09350308B2	Gain boosted differential transconductance amplifier A transconductance gain stage including a pair of gain transistors, each gain transistor having a base and an emitter, the emitter of each gain transistor electrically coupled to a degenerating resistor, and the emitter of each gain transistor connected to a gain resistor.
US09350303B2	Apparatus and method for implementing a differential drive amplifier and a coil arrangement Exemplary embodiments are directed to differentially driving a load. An apparatus includes a differential drive amplifier including a switching device coupled with a first output node and a second output node. The first output node and the second output node drive a load network including primary coils. The differential drive amplifier also includes a drive circuit configured to drive the switching device. The drive circuit may be configured to provide a drive signal to the switching device to alter a conductive state of the switching device to produce a first output signal at the first output node and a second output signal at the second output node. The first and second output signals may be substantially equal in magnitude but opposite in polarity relative to a reference voltage.
US09350299B2	Power supply device for high frequency power amplifying circuit and high frequency power amplifying apparatus A high frequency power amplifying apparatus includes a power supply device for a high frequency power amplifying circuit, an RF signal processing circuit, and a high frequency power amplifying circuit. Bidirectional converters supplying and/or regenerating an electric charge are provided between an input section of an input voltage and an output section of an output voltage. A converter controlling circuit detects an envelope of an RF input signal, and sets and switches resonant frequencies and amplitudes of the bidirectional converters such that the output voltage follows an amplitude change of an envelope input signal. A delay time detecting circuit detects a delay time of the power supply device for a high frequency power amplifying circuit and makes an adjustment through a delay adjusting circuit.
US09350297B2	Active mixer and active mixing method The present disclosure discloses an active mixer capable of improving linearity while giving consideration to both gain and noise reduction, including: a voltage-to-current converting circuit operable to generate a conversion signal according to an input signal; a switching circuit operable to carry out a switching action according to a clock signal and thereby electrically connect the voltage-to-current converting circuit with a load circuit; the load circuit operable to provide an output signal for a first and a second output nodes according to the conversion signal through the switching action; a first supplement current source, coupled to a first node between the switching circuit and the first output node, operable to supply a first supplemental current to the switching circuit; and a second supplement current source, coupled to a second node between the switching circuit and the second output node, operable to supply a second supplemental current to the switching circuit.
US09350288B2	Photovoltaic module support clamp assembly Apparatus and techniques for mounting frameless photovoltaic modules reduce module stress induced by the mounting configuration. Mounting clamps and rail/clamp spacing configured to relieve module stress by reducing or eliminating module sag are used.
US09350285B2	Vibration generating device A vibration generating device includes a motor having a rotation shaft, a rotating body attached to the rotation shaft, a rotation control unit configured to control rotation of the motor, and magnetic generating unit which is disposed at a non-contact position with the rotating body. The rotating body has the center of gravity positioned on an axis of the rotation shaft, is formed of a magnetic material, and generates vibration by a magnetic attraction force applied to the magnetic material by a magnetic field from the magnetic generating unit when the rotating body is rotated.
US09350283B2	Inverter device for electric vehicle An inverter device for an electric vehicle includes an inverter circuit that controls an electric motor connected to a wheel via a connecting member and a control unit that controls torque of the electric motor. The control unit includes a current control unit that executes control so that a q-axis current command for the electric motor matches a current flowing through the electric motor, and a limiter unit that puts limitations so that a magnitude of the q-axis current command does not become equal to or smaller than a preset predetermined value.
US09350282B2	Motor control device and motor control method This motor control device generates a voltage command value from a current command value, performs feedback control by means of a detected current flowing through a motor, and is provided with: a speed control unit that performs speed control of the motor; a voltage measurement unit that measures a voltage command value that is on the basis of the output of the speed control unit when the motor is rotating at a set speed; and a correction value calculation unit that calculates a correction value for the rotational position of the motor on the basis of the measured voltage command value.
US09350277B2	Method of estimating voltage of input terminal of inverter and motor control method using the same A method for estimating a voltage of an input terminal of an inverter includes checking three-phase currents flowing from an inverter to a motor. A voltage of an input terminal of the inverter is calculated based on a plurality of design parameters, the three-phase currents, and PWM duties for determining switching operations of a plurality of switching elements of the inverter.
US09350271B2	Cascaded electrostatic actuator A cascaded electrostatic actuator can be formed from a substantially planar substrate. The cascaded electrostatic actuator can be formed in a plane of the substrate. Various embodiments are described.
US09350270B2	Driving apparatus and method for modular multi-level converter The present invention relates to a driving method for a modular multi-level converter. The driving method include inputting a current reference value (ipj2) of the upper valve of the modular multi-level converter, measuring a current value (ipj2) of the valve, calculating an error value (errpj2) between the current reference value and the measured current value of the upper valve, measuring a DC link voltage value (Vdc2) of the modular multi-level converter, measuring a AC-grid voltage value (Esj) of the modular multi-level converter, and calculating a voltage reference value (upj2) using the current reference value (i*pj2), the measured current value (ipj2), the error value (errpj2), the DC link voltage value (Vdc2), and the AC-grid voltage value (Esj).
US09350269B2	Configurable hybrid converter circuit A circuit for a hybrid voltage source converter suitable for high voltage DC power transmission and reactive power compensation. The circuit comprises an assembly of electrically interconnected elements (Elements 1 to 20) including a plurality of first elements (Elements 1 to 6) and a plurality of second elements (Elements 7 to 20). Each of the first and second elements is configurable to be bypassed, to be disconnected or to include a circuit arrangement of one or more electronic components to construct, in use, a hybrid voltage source converter including at least one first element and at least one second element and in which the circuit arrangement included in the or each first element is different to the circuit arrangement included in the or each second element.
US09350266B2	Power supply circuit for gate driving circuit of a power converter A power supply circuit for a gate driving circuit for driving semiconductor switching devices of a power converter that is configured to perform a DC to AC conversion. The power supply circuit includes a DC power supply including a plurality of serially-connected single DC power supplies, a flying capacitor type power conversion circuit including a plurality of flying capacitors connected in parallel to a plurality of the semiconductor switching devices, and a plurality of serially-connected circuits each having an insulating device, a middle part of the series-connected circuits being connected to a middle potential point of the flying capacitors, and to a fixed potential point of the DC power supply.
US09350265B2	AC tied inverter, system and method An AC tied inverter connectable to an AC source, the AC tied inverter including a DC to DC current fed push-pull converter operable to generate a current waveform from a DC voltage source, the current waveform being substantially synchronized to the AC source, the push-pull converter including a transformer including a first side connectable to a battery and a second side connectable to the AC source, wherein each of the two primary sides is connected to ground via a switching transistor; and respective voltage clamps are connected between the respective primary side of the transformer and the respective switching transistor, the voltage clamp commutating the current from the respective primary side of the transformer when the switching transistor is turned off.
US09350258B2	Conduction detecting circuit, rectifying switch controlling circuit including the conduction detecting circuit and power supply for the rectifying switch controlling circuit to be applied A circuit configured to detect the conduction of a first body diode and a second body diode of the first and second synchronous rectification transistors is provided. The circuit includes a low-pass filter configured to generate a filtered voltage by receiving a detection voltage based on a drain voltage of the first synchronous rectification transistor and low-pass filtering the received drain voltage, a first comparator configured to compare whether the filtered voltage is higher than the detection voltage, and a second comparator configured to compare whether the detection voltage is higher than the filtered voltage. A time point of ending a first synchronous rectification conduction interval of the first body diode and a time point of a second synchronous rectification conduction interval of the second body diode are determined, according to outputs from the first and second comparators.
US09350253B1	Power supply fault protection circuit with primary side shutdown and restart Fault protection circuitry and methodologies for isolated power supply topologies are provided. The circuitry is configured to shut down the primary side of the supply in case of a system fault, while keeping the secondary side circuit running, thus offering flexibility for restarting upon clearing of the fault. A lighting driver thus configured with safety isolation and a secondary side microcontroller or other control circuitry, is configured so that the circuit can shut down the primary side in response to system fault detection, while keeping the secondary microcontroller running from an energy storage circuit (e.g., bulk capacitor in parallel with load). The driver operation can resume with a controlled timing if the fault is cleared. The number of restarts may be limited, and/or a timer may be used to space restarts. The driver may be used with loads other than lighting-based loads, as will be appreciated.
US09350252B2	Systems and methods for protecting power conversion systems based on at least feedback signals System and method for protecting a power conversion system. An example system controller includes a protection component and a driving component. The protection component is configured to receive a demagnetization signal generated based on at least information associated with a feedback signal of the power conversion system, process information associated with the demagnetization signal and a detected voltage generated based on at least information associated with the feedback signal, and generate a protection signal based on at least information associated with the detected voltage and the demagnetization signal. The driving component is configured to receive the protection signal and output a driving signal to a switch configured to affect a primary current flowing through a primary winding of the power conversion system. The detected voltage is related to an output voltage of the power conversion system. The demagnetization signal is related to a demagnetization period of the power conversion system.
US09350249B2	Flyback power supply regulation apparatus and methods Apparatus and methods disclosed herein are associated with a primary side voltage and/or current regulator (PSR) in a flyback power converter. Apparatus and methods sense characteristics of a waveform generated in an auxiliary primary winding of a flyback transformer at a single terminal of the PSR. The waveform is analyzed, and error signals derived therefrom are used to maintain constant voltage and/or constant current regulation and to generate a peak current stabilization signal that is independent of line input voltage.
US09350247B2	Switch control circuit, single-inductor-dual-output (SIDO) control method and single-inductor-dual-output (SIDO) converter applying the same A switch control circuit includes a processor computing an on-time ratio based on an input voltage value, a first output voltage value, and a second output voltage value. The processor further computes an on-time sum based, on an output current value, an inductance value, the input voltage value, the first output voltage value and the second output voltage value, and further computes an operation frequency value that corresponds to the on-time sum. The processor further computes on-time values of a boost mode and a buck-boost mode based on the on-time sum and the on-time ratio. The processor controls a signal generator based on the operation frequency value, the on-time value of the boost mode and the on-time value of the buck-boost mode.
US09350241B2	Buck converter and control method therefor The present disclosure provides a pair of NMOSFET switches connected in series, an output filter, a control circuit, a boot-strap capacitor and a disabling circuit. A high-side MOSFET switch is coupled to an input voltage. A low-side MOSFET switch is coupled to a ground. The high-side MOSFET switch and the low-side MOSFET switch have complementary duty cycles. The output filter is coupled to the NMOSFET switches to provide an output voltage. The boot-strap capacitor is coupled to the source of the high-side MOSFET switch. The voltage crossing the boot-trap capacitor is for making the gate voltage of the high-side MOSFET switch to be higher than the input voltage. The disabling circuit senses the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor, and generates a control signal to control the control circuit for continuously turning off the high-side MOSFET switch when the voltage crossing the boot-strap capacitor is less than a threshold voltage.
US09350232B2	Power supply with continuous spread-spectrum switching signal A switched-mode power supply with reduced electromagnetic interference (EMI) is described. This switched-mode power supply includes a modulation circuit that continuously frequency modulates a control signal over a bandwidth associated with a spread-spectrum modulation signal. By frequency modulating the control signal in the switched-mode power supply, spectral content associated with a modulated switching signal is spread evenly over the bandwidth, thereby reducing the EMI.
US09350230B2	Power conversion device and power conversion method with adjustable band-pass filter A transformer steps down an input AC power, and supplies the AC power to a converter. The primary voltage of the transformer detected by a voltage detector is supplied to a converter controller and a frequency detector via a BPF. The converter controller controls the converter such that a power factor is equal to or greater than a predetermined value based on the primary voltage, and the converter converts the AC power into DC power. The frequency detector detects the frequency of the primary voltage based on an interval between time points at which the primary voltage via the BPF exceeds a threshold. A filter adjuster calculates a filter characteristic with the detected frequency as a center frequency of the BPF, and adjusts the BPF based on the filter characteristic.
US09350225B2	Integrated electromagnetic clutch and eddy-current coupling A system for transmission of power includes a clutch having a driven clutch member and a driving clutch member. The driven and driving clutch members are operatively connected to one another for common rotation in a first position with the clutch members engaged to one another and for rotation relative to one another in a second position with the clutch members disengaged from one another. An eddy-current coupling is operatively connected to selectively move at least one of the clutch members to engage and disengage the clutch members between the first and second positions. The eddy-current coupling is also operatively connected to provide electromagnetic eddy-current coupling between the clutch members with the clutch members in the second position disengaged from one another to drive the driven clutch member at a rate different from that of the driving clutch member.
US09350219B2	Rotor magnet, rotor, and rotor manufacturing method A purpose is to provide a rotor manufacturing method including a magnet assembly formed of divided permanent magnet pieces to enhance insulation and advance cost reduction. The rotor manufacturing method includes forming permanent magnet pieces by dividing a permanent magnet, arranging and resin-molding the permanent magnet pieces to form a magnet assembly, and placing the magnet assembly in a rotor. The method includes placing the permanent magnet pieces all together in a molding die for use in resin-molding, and moving the permanent magnet pieces by a moving device provided in the molding die to move the permanent magnet pieces within the molding die, thereby forming the magnet assembly.
US09350217B2	Rotor and method of forming same A method of forming a rotor, wherein the rotor includes a plurality of conductor bars each joined to a shorting ring, includes disposing an end of each of the plurality of conductor bars within a respective one of a plurality of cavities defined by the shorting ring. The method also includes, after disposing, deforming the end of each of the conductor bars, and brazing the end of each of the conductor bars to the shorting ring to form the rotor. A rotor includes a shorting ring defining a plurality of cavities therein each having a shape, a plurality of conductor bars each having an end disposed within a respective one of the cavities and joined to the shorting ring, wherein the end is deformable to the shape, and a braze material disposed in contact with the end of each of the conductor bars within a respective one of the cavities.
US09350216B2	Integrated multi-turn absolute position sensor for high pole count motors Absolute multi-turn position sensing integrated within the structure of a hybrid stepper motor implemented by sharing the magnetic structure of the motor with the sensing means. An alternating magnetic field is obtained from a single magnet within the stepper motor rotor by use of alternating flux paths directed to large Barkhausen jump effect sensing elements. Pulses generated from the large Barkhausen sensing are decoded electronically and stored in a non-volatile memory to absolutely locate the motor position within a fraction of 1 electrical cycle of the motor over an arbitrary range. This coarse position sensing can optionally be extended by use of a higher resolution absolute within-electrical-cycle sensing means to provide integrated high resolution position sensing over an arbitrary number of revolutions.
US09350215B2	Method and structure for mounting sensor substrate of brushless motor A method and a structure are provided for mounting a sensor substrate of a brushless motor. Insulating members are formed on a stator core on which radially arranged pole teeth are provided on an inner peripheral surface side of the stator core with a predetermined space, a stator coil is wound around the pole teeth via the insulating members, stopper walls are provided to the pole teeth of the insulating member on a leading edge thereof, pedestal parts are formed on the stopper walls on an inner periphery surface side thereof, a sensor substrate to which a position detection element which detects the position of a permanent magnet provided to a rotor is arranged on the pedestal parts, locking portions for locking the sensor substrate are provided to some of the pedestal parts, and thereby the coming off of the sensor substrate in an axial direction is prevented.
US09350214B2	Actuator An actuator has a drive element and an output element each rotatable about a rotation axis, and a coupling device which couples the drive element to the output element to form a torsion backlash.
US09350213B2	Inertial energy accumulating device The invention relates to a device for accumulating inertial energy, comprising a housing (12) defining a rotor chamber (16), at least one rotor (18) having a bottom end face (26) and a substantially opposite top end face (24), the rotor (18) being mounted in the rotor chamber (16) so that it can rotate relative to the housing (12) about a vertical axis of rotation (20) leaving free a gap (32), wherein a seal (36) is provided in the gap (32) separating an upper section (34) of the rotor chamber (16) and a bottom section (38) of the rotor chamber (16), a means (40) for exposing at least the bottom end face (26) of the rotor (18) in the bottom section (38) to a gas pressure which, by comparison with the pressure applied to the substantially opposite top end face (24) in the upper section (34) generates an upward differential pressure force that at least partially compensates for the weight of the rotor (18), and the device is provided with means (40) for reducing the pressure in said upper section (18).
US09350208B2	Electrical machine comprising rotor provided with winding facilitating switching, and associated starter A machine having a wound rotor (102) comprising a manifold (112) that includes a set of blades (131) and longitudinal notches (133). Rotor (102) also comprises a winding (108) formed of a set of conductors (134) that each comprise two arms (135.1, 135.2), connected together by a base (136). The curve, representing the electromotive force (EMF) generated by the rotor (102) on the basis of the angle of rotation of the rotor, is linear and steep in a switching region, and the notches (133) are angularly shifted relative to the blades (131) so that each notch (133) is located opposite a junction between two blades. The machine may relate to a starter fitted with the machine.
US09350201B2	Wireless power transmission device, wireless power transmission control device, and wireless power transmission method A wireless power transmission device, a wireless power transmission control device, and a wireless power transmission method are provided. A coupling frequency between a source resonator and a target resonator is determined. A transmission frequency is controlled such that power is transmitted from the source resonator to the target resonator at the coupling frequency. Therefore, it is possible to maintain a high power transmission efficiency without using an additional matching circuit even when a distance between the source resonator and the target resonator is changed.
US09350197B2	Charger and electronic device A charger includes a mains plug, a voltage conversion unit, a power port, a feedback resistor module, and a microprocessor. The power port includes a positive voltage pin, a negative voltage pin, and a control pin. The feedback resistor module is connected between the negative voltage pin, a feedback port of the voltage conversion unit, and ground. The microprocessor is connected to the control pin and the feedback resistor module. The feedback port of the voltage conversion unit outputs a constant voltage, and a current output by the charger is equal to a ratio between the constant voltage and a resistance value of the feedback resistor module. The microprocessor increases the resistance value of the feedback resistor module when receiving a first control signal, and decreases the resistance value of the feedback resistor module when receiving a second control signal.
US09350192B2	On-board charger for charging eco-friendly vehicle battery An on-board charger for charging a battery of an eco-friendly vehicle and a method for charging a battery using the on-board charger are provided. The on board charger reduces an output current ripple by improving a snubber circuit unit of the on-board charger for charging a battery in plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. In addition, the on-board charger for charging a battery of an eco-friendly vehicle reduces a surge voltage generated in a rectifier diode and reduces an output current ripple by arranging two capacitors and three diodes in a transformer secondary rectifier of the on-board charger.
US09350191B2	Secondary-battery chargeable-limit detecting method and device of the same A secondary-battery chargeable-limit detecting method that detects a charge rate of a chargeable limit and a device of the same are provided. In the chargeable-limit detecting method of the present embodiment, if it is determined that: a temperature measurement value Tm is higher than a temperature threshold Tt in step S3, a voltage measurement value Vm is higher than a voltage threshold Vt in step S4, a voltage excess rate RV is larger than a voltage excess rate threshold Rt in step S11, and an average current Ia is within a predetermined current threshold range in step S12; condition satisfied duration tc in which the conditions of the chargeable limit are satisfied is calculated in step S13. Then, if it is determined that the condition satisfied duration tc is longer than predetermined duration threshold tt in step S15, SOC of the chargeable limit is set in step S16.
US09350190B2	Information processing apparatus and battery charging method of information processing apparatus In accordance with one embodiment, an information processing apparatus comprises a power supply section configured to be connectable to an AC power supply, a battery, a remaining battery level detection section configured to detect the remaining battery level, a first threshold value setting section configured to set a charge level lower than a full charge of the battery, a second threshold value setting section configured to set a charge level lower than the first threshold value, and a charging condition setting section configured to output an instruction on charging of the battery such that the remaining battery level changes back and forth between the first threshold value and the second threshold value.
US09350187B2	Pre-charging vehicle bus using parallel battery packs Systems and methods for pre-charging a bus capacitance in vehicles that receive at least a portion of their motive power from electricity generated from a battery are provided. By way of example, an embodiment includes a vehicle control unit (VCU) that receives battery pack data from a battery management unit (BMU) of each of a plurality of battery packs and determines, based on the battery pack data, which battery packs may be used to pre-charge the bus capacitance in parallel. The VCU issues commands to each of the BMUs to connect pre-charge circuits between each of the plurality of battery packs and the bus capacitance and receives status information from each of the BMUs to determine whether or not the bus capacitance was successfully pre-charged by the battery packs.
US09350185B2	Power output distribution and control system for multi-output battery charger Systems and methods for providing a single power source, multi-output battery charger configured to transition individual batteries coupled to its output from the absorption stage to the float stage independent of other batteries also coupled to its output. The power source may be any suitable power source, such as an AC/DC converter, solar panels, wind generators, alternators, etc. A programmable controller with suitable circuitry is utilized to control a voltage drop across a variable voltage drop blocking device coupled between the output of the power source and a terminal of a rechargeable battery to selectively transition individual batteries coupled to the power source output from the absorption stage to the float stage once they have reached full charge. Using the battery chargers disclosed herein, auxiliary batteries are not subjected to the full absorption voltage for an extended duration after they are charged, thereby reducing the likelihood of undesirable overcharging.
US09350184B2	Method and apparatus for displaying battery status The present disclosure is directed towards an adjusted display interface method and apparatus for displaying the charge condition of a battery in a gateway or similar device. In accordance with implementations of the present principles, a mapping is created between the actual battery charge percentage and a desired battery display condition that includes several conditional display levels configured to avoid user confusion.
US09350182B2	Multi-port charging device A multi-port charging device for charging plural electronic devices simultaneously includes a body containing a circuit board that has plural current-detecting elements, a charging section including plural connecting ports each of which is connected to one of the electronic devices to be charged, wherein each of the connecting ports is associated with a lamp indicator and electrically connected to a current-detecting element, a power inlet port for connecting an external power source, a controlling section for selectively set a charging current for any of the connecting ports, and plural current-detecting elements for detecting charging currents of the electronic device, respectively, and feeding back a signal to the plural lamp indicators, so that each of the lamp indicators shows one of charging states according to the signal. The charging states at least include a fast charging mode, a slow charging mode, an off mode and a mis-connection mode.
US09350181B2	Efficient electronic cigarette charging device and method for using the same An efficient electronic cigarette charging device and a method for efficiently charging an electronic cigarette are provided, the device comprises an electronic cigarette case and a battery rod, the battery rod includes a charging management unit and an electronic cigarette battery unit, the electronic cigarette case includes an electronic cigarette case battery unit, a current sample unit, a micro-control unit and a adjustable voltage output unit, the current sample unit is configured to sample actual charging current the charging management unit to the electronic cigarette battery, and the micro-control unit is configured to compare the actual charging current with default battery constant charging current, and further control the adjustable voltage output unit to adjust the charging voltage output.
US09350178B2	Device and method for protecting rechargeable power supply of electronic cigarette This invention relates to a device for protecting rechargeable power supply of electronic cigarette. Wherein such device comprises a rechargeable power supply module, a microcontroller, a semiconductor switch and an interface module configured to connect a charging unit. The interface module comprises a first charging terminal and a second charging terminal. The microcontroller comprises an input end and an output end. The power supply module is connected to the microcontroller and supplies electric power to it. The input end and the output end of the microcontroller is connected to the interface module and the semiconductor switch respectively, and the microcontroller detects a voltage signal of the first charging terminal, judges whether an electric level of the voltage signal is positive or negative and sends a control signal to the semiconductor switch for controlling the semiconductor switch to be ON or OFF.
US09350173B2	Electric power control system An electric power control system includes an electric power supply system, a load, a power source switching unit, a charge-discharge switching unit, a converting unit, an electric power storage device, a discharge detection unit, a power supply detection unit, and a control unit. The control unit controls the discharge detection unit to detect a state of a first AC power converted by the converting unit from a DC power charged in the electric power storage device, and controls the power supply detection unit to detect a state of a second AC power supplied from the electric power supply system. The control unit regulates the first AC power based on a phase difference between the first AC power and the second AC power, and supplies the first AC power to the load.
US09350170B2	Smart power management system and related method According to one disclosed embodiment, a smart power management system includes a power conversion unit having a communication module and a power management module that can convert mains power into a form that can be used to power a plurality of electronic devices. In one embodiment, the power conversion unit can selectively disconnect power availability provided for a particular electronic device and reduce phantom load waste by communicating with a connected electronic device and exchanging information. In another embodiment, the power conversion unit can selectively disconnect power availability provided for a particular electronic device by monitoring the electronic device's power usage over time and determining an appropriate power availability based on predetermined power management parameters. In another embodiment, the power conversion unit can communicate with other power conversion units to form a mesh network.
US09350166B2	High voltage energy harvesting and conversion renewable energy utility size electric power systems and visual monitoring and control systems for said systems A renewable energy, utility-size electric power system is provided with a high voltage, renewable energy harvesting network connected by a direct current link to a centralized grid synchronized multiphase regulated current source inverter system. The harvesting network includes distributed renewable energy power optimizers and transmitters that control delivery of renewable energy to the grid synchronized multiphase regulated current source inverter system by step-up voltage boost of the DC voltage from the renewable energy sources in combination with a DC-to-DC conversion where the stepped-up voltage of the renewable sources is utilized as a positive high voltage DC output across the input of an inverter used in a DC-to-DC converter to establish an equal magnitude negative high voltage DC output across a rectified output of the inverter. A visual immersion monitoring and control system can be provided for a three-dimensional, visually-oriented, virtual reality display, and command and control environment.
US09350162B2	Determination of the fault current component of a differential current For the purpose of determining a fault current component of a differential current which is measured as a current sum over a plurality of lines carrying a current of an AC current generator, an electric signal which depends on generator voltages present at the AC current generator with respect to earth potential and which is in phase with a leakage current component of the differential current is generated. The electric signal is scaled by multiplying it by a scaling factor; and the scaled electric signal is subtracted from the differential current to obtain a remainder. The scaling factor is repeatedly updated such that the effective value of the remainder reaches a minimum at the present value of the scaling factor.
US09350161B2	Undervoltage lockout circuit, switch control circuit and power supply device comprising the undervoltage lockout circuit Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to an under-voltage lockout circuit, and a switching control circuit and a power supply including the same. The under-voltage lockout circuit according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first under-voltage lockout circuit comparing a driving voltage with a first reference voltage and a second under-voltage lockout circuit generating an under-voltage lockout signal based on a result of the comparison between the driving voltage and the second reference voltage. The first under-voltage lockout circuit stops operation of the second under-voltage lockout circuit when the driving voltage is lower than the first reference voltage and operates the second under-voltage lockout circuit when the driving voltage is higher than the first reference voltage. Power consumption of the first under-voltage lockout circuit is limited by a first current that generates the first reference voltage.
US09350152B2	Cable feedthrough and method for assembling a cable feedthrough A cable feedthrough includes a frame element and a sealing element. The frame element includes at least two frame parts and forms an inner chamber delimited by the frame parts. The sealing element is disposed in the inner chamber, lying adjacent to at least one of another sealing element or at least one of the frame parts. The sealing element is fixed in the frame element by a press fit. The sealing element includes a base body with a passage configured to receive a cable therethrough, and a conical cable bushing formed on the base body to extend the passage. The conical bushing including gradated stepped regions having diameters of different sizes.
US09350147B2	Cable tray rail A rail for a cable tray having opposite longitudinal ends includes a generally vertical web having opposite upper and lower ends, an upper flange at the upper end of the web, and a lower flange at the lower end of the web. A splice plate retention groove outboard of the vertical web and generally adjacent at least one of the opposite longitudinal ends of the rail is configured to receive a splice plate therein to facilitate positioning of the splice plate on the rail.
US09350144B2	Removable contactor drawer A removable contactor drawer including a transitional chamber receivable in a fixed casing. The transitional chamber including electrical components for an electrical feeder circuit. The fixed casing being designed to be mounted and used within a power distribution center and has input connectors for the incoming electrical power. Source power may be channeled through the electrical components via the fixed casing and delivered to a power outlet on a front face of the transitional chamber. The transitional chamber may optionally contain equipment to monitor and report operational faults within the contactor drawer. A front-mounted motor drive allows a remotely located operator to perform removal of the transitional chamber while under power, thus providing protection against the danger of arc flash.
US09350143B2	Anti-fouling spark plug and method of making A spark plug is provided. The spark plug has an insulative sleeve with a central axial bore and an exterior surface of a shaped tip portion. A coating is disposed on the exterior surface of the shaped tip portion and the coating comprises a transition metal compound or a combination of transition metal compounds, and an alkali metal compound. A center electrode extends through the central axial bore of the insulative sleeve. A metal sleeve is provided, wherein the insulating sleeve is positioned within, and secured to the metal shell. A ground electrode is coupled to the metal shell and positioned in a spaced relationship relative to the center electrode so as to define a spark gap.
US09350142B2	Signal detection circuit, igniter, and vehicle using the same There are provided a signal detection circuit and an igniter capable of enhancing a capability of withstanding breakdown by noise. The signal detection circuit includes an input terminal Sin configured to receive a control signal from an ECU and a bidirectional floating diode provided between the input terminal and a ground. Further, the signal detection circuit includes an attenuation circuit configured to attenuate an output of the bidirectional floating diode, a low-pass filter configured to pass a low-frequency component of the output of the attenuation circuit, and a comparator configured to compare an output of the low-pass filter with a reference voltage.
US09350139B2	Vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode and optical transmission apparatus A vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser diode includes: a first resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a first current narrowing structure having a first conductive region and a first non-conductor region; a first electrode that supplies electric power to drive the first resonator; a second resonator that has a plurality of semiconductor layers comprising a second current narrowing structure having a second conductive region and a second non-conductive region and that is formed side by side with the first resonator, the second current narrowing structure being formed in same current narrowing layer as the layer where the first current narrowing structure is formed; and a coupling portion as defined herein; and an equivalent refractive index of the coupling portion is smaller than an equivalent refractive index of each of the first resonator and the second resonator.
US09350136B2	Programmable laser device and method for controlling the same A programmable laser trigger device and the method for controlling the same are disclosed. The programmable laser trigger device comprises: an external signal module and a command executing module. The external signal module is capable of interfacing the inputs and outputs of waveform command and signals. The command executing module further comprises: a waveform command memory, for storing the waveform command; a waveform command decoder; a waveform generator; and a buffer memory, acting as a waveform trigger parameter buffer between the waveform command decoder and the waveform generator; wherein the waveform command decoder accesses the waveform command stored in the memory for pre-decoding an executing code while generating a sequence of waveform trigger parameters to be stored in the buffer memory, which provides the waveform generator with the sequence of waveform trigger parameters to be transformed into a pulse-width modulation (PWM) pulse train. With the aforesaid device and method, not only unequal pulse outputs can be generated with good flexibility for matching the needs of various manufacturing processes, but also through the instructions to an external feedback signal from the waveform command, the laser pulses outputted therefrom can be modulated in real time in response to the external feedback signal.
US09350135B2	Flow guide device for dual-electrode discharge cavity, dual electrode discharge cavity utilize the same and excimer laser The present disclosure proposes a flow guide device for a discharge cavity having a symmetrical configuration and including two pairs of electrodes; the flow guide device comprises two rotors which correspond to one pair of the two pairs of electrodes, respectively, installed positions of which are symmetrical about a symmetrical plane of the discharge cavity and is beneath the electrodes, a rotational axis of which is parallel to an axial direction of the electrodes which is parallel to a base plane of the discharge cavity, and the two rotors have opposite rotation directions and identical rotation speeds. The flow guide device further comprises a spoiler plate and a flow guide plate so that the discharge gas flow passes through the discharge cavity in a manner of high speed and uniform cycling when flowing through the discharge region. Thus, the discharge quality is guaranteed so as to improve the energy and reliability of the laser.
US09350131B2	Contact pin, connector comprising a contact pin and method for manufacturing a contact pin A contact pin is disclosed with first and second end portions and a bending portion located therebetween, wherein the cross section of at least one end portion has a preferred bending direction (V1) and at least one bending resistance direction (R1) and wherein the moment of inertia of the cross section of the at least one end portion is smaller in the preferred bending direction than in the bending resistance direction. If such contact pins are bent perpendicular to their longitudinal extension (Z) by a bending force in one direction (F), then the direction of the actual bending (X) deviates from the direction of the bending force. In order to eliminate this deviation, the difference between the moments of inertia in the preferred bending direction and in the bending resistance direction in the cross section of the bending portion is smaller than in the at least one end portion.
US09350128B1	Adapter An adapter includes a first electrical connector structure having a first terminal, a second electrical connector structure connected with the first electrical connector structure and having a second terminal electrically connected with the first terminal, a first metallic sleeve with substantial U-shape, and a second metallic sleeve with substantial U-shape. The first metallic sleeve and the second metallic sleeve are covered to a junction of the first electrical connector structure and the second electrical connector structure from two opposite sides of the first electrical connector structure and the second electrical connector structure and then engaged with each other to fix the first electrical connector structure and the second electrical connector structure together.
US09350127B2	Self-locating busbar assembly and alignment method A self-locating bus bar assembly for locating a bus bar on a cell terminal of a battery cell includes a bus bar locating tab adapted for attachment to the bus bar; an assembly bracket; a tab opening in the assembly bracket, the tab opening sized and configured to accommodate the bus bar locating tab; and a bracket terminal opening in the assembly bracket, the bracket terminal opening sized, configured and located to accommodate the cell terminal of the battery cell when the bus bar locating tab is disposed within the tab opening.
US09350123B2	Elbow with internal assembly system An elbow with an internal assembly system that includes an elbow body, a cable connection, a first tap, a second tap, a mid-section, a rotating nut and an axial bore. The cable connection adapted to receive a cable having a cable connector, the first tap adapted to receive a first interface device with a threaded stud and the second tap adapted to receive a second interface device. The rotating nut is located in the mid-section and has a threaded bore in communication with the first tap and an opposing closed end with a keyed opening for receiving a tool. The tool is inserted through the axial bore and into the keyed opening to rotate the rotating nut to secure the threaded stud in the rotating nut and secure the cable connector in place.
US09350117B2	Thermocouple and thermocouple connector A connector that has a phase terminal, an earth terminal and an insulating body inside which the phase terminal is housed and on the outside of which the earth terminal is coupled. According to some embodiments the insulating body has at least one opening extending axially from an end of the insulating body. The earth terminal is formed at least in part by an elastic body surrounding the insulating body extending along the opening, said elastic body being configured for being deformed against the inside of an earth terminal of a safety valve when the insulating body expands radially outwards, assuring electrical continuity between the elastic body and the earth terminal of the safety valve.

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