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| US09125657B2 |
Methods and apparatus for storage and/or introduction of implant for hollow anatomical structure
One embodiment of the apparatus comprises a housing with a sheath portion projecting distally therefrom. The sheath portion has a sheath with a lumen, and a bearing surface in the sheath lumen or aligned with the sheath lumen, and located at or near a distal end of the sheath. The implant is at least partially positioned in the apparatus, and comprises an implant body and a tether connected to the implant body. The tether extends from the implant body distally within the sheath portion and around the bearing surface, where the tether changes direction, and extends back proximally from the bearing surface along and within the sheath portion. The apparatus is configured to move the first tether portion proximally and thereby draw the implant body distally along and within the sheath lumen. |
| US09125649B2 |
Surgical instrument with filled staple
An apparatus comprises a surgical instrument having a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end may comprise a handle. The distal end may comprise a cutter and a stapler. The apparatus may further comprise a staple for use with the stapler. The staple may comprise an inner channel extending along at least a portion of the length of the staple. The apparatus may further comprise an agent contained in the inner channel, which may be used to coagulate a surgical site where surgical instrument is used. The agent may facilitate coagulation of the fluids at a surgical site once the staples are anchored to the surgical site. |
| US09125643B2 |
System and method for bronchial dilation
A method of reducing bronchial constriction in a subject includes delivering energy to create one or more lesions on a main bronchus so as to transect pulmonary nerves sufficiently to reduce bronchial constriction in a lung of the patient distal to the main bronchus. |
| US09125639B2 |
Steerable device for accessing a target site and methods
A variety of steerable needles, lancets, trocars, stylets, cannulas and systems are provided for examining, diagnosing, treating, or removing tissue from a patient. The steerable needles, trocars, stylets, cannulas and systems also provide a platform for delivery of target materials, such as therapeutics, biologics, polymers, glues, etc., to a target site. An embodiment of the invention includes a steerable device for use in accessing target site in a patient comprising: a steerable member adapted to penetrate tissue; and a steering mechanism adapted to be operated by a user to apply a bending force to bend the steerable member to access the target site. |
| US09125636B2 |
Endoluminal device with retractor system
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner. |
| US09125633B2 |
Device for mixing and dispensing of two-component reactive surgical sealant
An applicator for mixing and applying multi-component compositions to a work surface, such as two-component surgical sealants. A luer hub sub-assembly having a proximal hub and a distal hub, an elongate, four-lumened cannula, and a spray tip sub-assembly are provided, with interconnections between the sub-assemblies preserving isolation of the fluid components from one another. The tip cap sub-assembly includes registration structure to assure proper alignment between tip cap and tip insert. The end wall of the tip cap includes a spinner region with three feeders or feeder channels leading thereto, the fluid components remaining isolated from one another in two of the feeders or feeder channels, and initiating mixing with one another in a third of the feeders or feeder channels. |
| US09125630B2 |
Dynamically reconfiguring a user interface of a patient monitor responsive to an orientation input
A patient monitoring system may be configured to acquire data signals relating to various physiological parameters of a patient. For example, the patient monitoring system may be used to determine or record a patient's blood pressure, heart rate, temperature, and/or other physiological parameters. The patient monitoring system may process the data signals and generate patient parameter information. The patient parameter information may be displayed on a display unit. The patient monitoring system may be configured to dynamically reconfigure a visual display of the patient parameter information based on the orientation (e.g., portrait or landscape) of the patient monitoring system. Additionally, the patient monitoring system may be configured to selectively enter a transport mode, in which the touch screen and/or user inputs are locked or partially locked. The patient monitoring system may automatically enter a transport mode when the display unit is rotated to a landscape orientation. |
| US09125629B2 |
Vial-mounted micro vein enhancer
The present invention is a Miniature Vein Enhancer that includes a Miniature Projection Head. The Miniature Projection Head may be operated in one of three modes, AFM, DEM, and RTM. The Miniature Projection Head of the present invention projects an image of the veins of a patient, which aids the practitioner in pinpointing a vein for an intravenous drip, blood test, and the like. The Miniature projection head may have a cavity for a power source or it may have a power source located in a body portion of the Miniature Vein Enhancer. The Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to one of several improved needle protectors, or the Miniature Vein Enhancer may be attached to a body similar to a flashlight for hand held use. The Miniature Vein Enhancer of the present invention may also be attached to a magnifying glass, a flat panel display, and the like. |
| US09125626B2 |
Light measurement device
Provided is a light measurement device capable of obtaining reproducible measurement data without the necessity for bringing a subject into the state of performance of a task such as finger movement many times, the measurement data having no variation and less affected by Mayer Wave and the like caused by respiration, blood pressure, and the like other than the performance of the task. Specifically provided is a light measurement device (1) which is provided with a light transmission/reception unit controller (4) for acquiring received light amount information relating to a measurement site of the brain of a subject and a calculation unit (31) for calculating the amount of change in hemoglobin concentration, and obtains measurement data indicating the change with lapse of time in the variation amount of hemoglobin concentration during the execution of a task period in which the subject is being continuously loaded, the light measurement device being characterized by being provided with a biomonitor (60) which is disposed on the surface of the skin of the subject and detects biological information relating to the heartbeat, blood pressure, or respiration of the subject, a biomonitor control unit (32) for obtaining the biological information from the biomonitor (60), and a task period start time determination unit (35) for determining the start time of the task period on the basis of the biological information. |
| US09125624B2 |
Method and apparatus for automated registration and pose tracking
Method and apparatus are described herein for registering an anatomical region with a scanned image of the anatomical region. The method includes pressing a moldable appliance against a surface of the anatomical region or a facsimile thereof to provide an intermediate appliance; hardening the intermediate appliance to provide the formed appliance; providing a fiducial body attached to the formed appliance; attaching the formed appliance with the fiducial body attached thereto to the anatomical region; scanning the anatomical region with the formed appliance attached thereto and the fiducial body attached to the formed appliance to obtain a three-dimensional volume representation of the fiducial body and an interior of the anatomical region; segmenting the part of the fiducial body in the three-dimensional volume representation to obtain a segmented fiducial body region; aligning the segmented fiducial body region with a reference model of the fiducial body to obtain a mapping transformation; and operating a data processor to map locations in an interior of the anatomical region to corresponding locations in the three-dimensional volume representation of the interior of the anatomical region based on the mapping transformation. The apparatus may include a moldable appliance configured for molding into a formed appliance and a fiducial body being attached to the moldable appliance, wherein the fiducial body is scan detectable entirely or in part, shaped such that an orientation of the fiducial body relative the anatomical region is uniquely determinable, and rigidly fixed to the formed appliance such that the fiducial body is in a fixed spatial relationship with the formed appliance. |
| US09125621B2 |
Dynamic image processing system
It is possible to improve a diagnostic performance by a dynamic image and in particular, to provide information effective for diagnosis of the lung ventilation function. Provided is a dynamic image capturing system (100) including: a calculation device (4) which calculates a dynamic feature amount according to a plurality of frame images of the dynamic image captured by an imaging device (1); and a diagnosis console (3) which displays the frame images of the captured dynamic image as a dynamic image display or a still image display on a display screen of a display unit (34) and colors at least one of the frame images with a color in accordance with a calculation result of a feature amount obtained by the calculation device (4). In the diagnosis of the lung ventilation function, the breast portion of an examinee is dynamically imaged over a plurality of time phases to calculate a feature amount and an estimated ventilation amount at each of the time phases, so that the calculation results are displayed on the display screen. |
| US09125617B2 |
X-ray imaging apparatus and X-ray imaging system
An X-ray imaging apparatus displays a bone or soft tissue image of an X-ray image, which corresponds to a region selected by a user, thereby reducing a diagnosis time. In addition, an X-ray imaging system transmits a first energy X-ray image and a second energy X-ray image to a central image management system, and a user control apparatus receives the images from the central image management system and displays a bone or soft tissue image corresponding to the selected region, thereby reducing burden imposed on server capacity of the central image management system as well as reducing a diagnosis time. |
| US09125612B2 |
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling field of view in imaging systems
Devices, systems, and methods for controlling the field of view in imaging systems are provided. For example, in one embodiment an imaging system includes a flexible elongate member sized and shaped for use within an internal structure of a patient, an imaging transducer positioned within the distal portion of the flexible elongate member, an imaging marker positioned to be detectable within a field of view of the imaging transducer, and a controller in communication with the flexible elongate member and configured to adjust a control signal of the flexible elongate member based on the detection of the imaging marker in data received from the flexible elongate member in order to achieve a desired field of view for the imaging transducer. |
| US09125608B2 |
Real-time self-calibrating sensor system and method
A system and method for calibrating a sensor of a characteristic monitoring system in real time utilizes a self-calibration module for periodic determination of, and compensation for, the IR drop across unwanted resistances in a cell. A current-interrupt switch is used to open the self-calibration module circuit and either measure the IR drop using a high-frequency (MHz) ADC module, or estimate it through linear regression of acquired samples of the voltage across the sensor's working and reference electrodes (Vmeasured) over time. The IR drop is then subtracted from the closed-circuit value of Vmeasured to calculate the overpotential that exists in the cell (Vimportant). Vimportant may be further optimized by subtracting the value of the open-circuit voltage (Voc) across the sensor's working and reference electrodes. The values of Vmeasured and Vimportant are then controlled by respective first and second control units to compensate for the IR drop. |
| US09125603B2 |
Analyte sensor ports
The present disclosure provides a contamination resistant sensor port which includes one or more sealing members positioned so as to limit and/or prevent internal contamination of the sensor port with fluids and/or particles present in the environment outside the sensor port. |
| US09125602B2 |
Measurement device
A measurement device A includes a display section 10 capable of displaying measurement data obtained by measurement means 12, 13, 14a, a clock function section 16, an event time setting means 14b, 15 capable of setting the time of an event, and an elapsed time display processing means 14c that starts measurement of the elapsed time from the time of the event to the current time when the time of the event is set by the event time setting means and causes the display section 10 to display the elapsed time. With this arrangement, the user does not need to perform a troublesome task of calculating the elapsed time, and the measurement of a sample in a proper period of time after the event is promoted. |
| US09125598B2 |
Optical coherence tomography apparatus, control method, and computer-readable storage medium
Provided is an optical coherence tomography apparatus for obtaining a tomographic image from an interference light between a reference light and a measurement light having passed through an object. The optical coherence tomography apparatus includes: a storage unit for storing information of a display mode of an imaging screen when the object is imaged; and a control unit for displaying an imaging screen of a display mode, based on the information stored in the imaging, as an initial screen, when the object is imaged after storage in the storage unit. |
| US09125592B2 |
Needle detection in medical image data
A system for processing an image data volume acquired with a medical imaging acquisition device 100 from a body comprising a needle is provided. It has been realized it is advantageous to display 150 a plane intersecting the image data volume showing the needle to a user of the system. This allows better positioning of the needle. The system comprises a needle-plane determination 110 module for determining a plane being parallel to and intersecting a representation in the image data volume of the needle and being parallel to a viewing direction. The needle plane determination module may make use of pixel processing and/or spectral transformation, in particular the Gabor transform. |
| US09125588B2 |
Micro-remote gastrointestinal physiological measurement device
A physiological sensor-transmitter assembly for measuring a physiological property at an internal body location of a subject over time is described. An instrument for inserting the assembly in the subject and a method of monitoring a physiological property measured at the internal body location over time are also described. The assembly includes a sensor and a transmitter adapted to transmit information from the sensor in a non-wired fashion to a receiver. The assembly also includes an anchor adapted to attach to an externally accessible portion of a subject and a tether that connects the sensor and the anchor to maintain a position of the sensor within the gastrointestinal tract of the subject. |
| US09125578B2 |
Apparatus and method for catheter navigation and tip location
Devices and methods obtain and use endovascular electrograms in a number of clinical applications and settings. In one embodiment, methods for triggering analysis of an endovascular ECG waveform are based on the detection of a peak in a skin-based ECG waveform in order to determine a location of an indwelling medical device, such as a catheter. In another embodiment, the position of a catheter or other medical device within the vasculature can be determined by analysis of the energy profile of a detected P-wave. In yet other embodiments, magnetic connecting devices are used for establishing an operable connection through a sterile field. |
| US09125576B2 |
Separating endoscopy capsule from surface of liquid
A magnetically guided endoscopy capsule is separated from the surface of water with the aim of immersing the capsule completely in water, using the least possible magnetic force. A brief force curve (F_mag(t)) is thereby automatically generated on the capsule by a solenoid system, by one or more force pulses. Assuming that the capsule floats on the water surface at the start of the force curve, a force curve is applied generating an odd number of force pulses having a step profile. Each odd force pulse brings about at least a partial immersion of the endoscopy capsule in the liquid, and each even force pulse bring about at least a partial emersion of the endoscopy capsule out of the liquid. |
| US09125574B2 |
System and method for acoustic detection of coronary artery disease and automated editing of heart sound data
Systems and methods for acoustic detection of coronary artery disease (CAD) and automated editing of heart sound data are provided. |
| US09125569B2 |
Automatic ankle brachial pressure index system
An ABPI measurement system includes a cuff for each ankle and a cuff for each arm of a patient. Each cuff has first and second chambers. The four cuffs are applied to each limb (or finger or toe), each chamber is inflated simultaneously to a pressure until a Pneumo Arterial Plethysmography (PAPG) signal related to the arterial flow in the limb is detected at the chambers. The second chambers are then simultaneously inflated until the PAPG signals are extinguished in each limb, the inflation of the second chambers continuing for 10 mmHg to 20 mmHg above the extinguishing pressure. The second chambers are then deflated and the pressure in the second chamber at which the PAPG signal returns in the first chamber is recorded for each limb and this value of the pressure is used to calculate the ABPI. The ABPI is displayed or sent to a remote site. |
| US09125567B2 |
Devices and methods for control of blood pressure
Apparatus is provided for reducing hypertension of a subject. A selective circumferential pressure applicator (60) includes at least two surfaces (61) that increase baroreceptor activity of the subject, by applying pressure to an artery (20) of the subject at two or more respective non-contiguous regions around the circumference of the artery, at a longitudinal site of the artery, such that between the non-contiguous regions, at the longitudinal site (a) there is at least one region (22) of the artery that is more relaxed than in the absence of the device, and (b) there is at least one region (21) of the artery that is more tense than in the absence of the device. A joint (63) couples the surfaces to each other. For at least a portion of the subject's cardiac cycle, the joint does not to contact the subject's artery. Other applications are also provided. |
| US09125566B2 |
Multi-sensor patient monitor to detect impending cardiac decompensation
Systems and methods of detecting an impending cardiac decompensation of a patient measure at least two of an electrocardiogram signal of the patient, a hydration signal of the patient, a respiration signal of the patient or an activity signal of the patient. The at least two of the electrocardiogram signal, the hydration signal, the respiration signal or the activity signal are combined with an algorithm to detect the impending cardiac decompensation. |
| US09125565B2 |
Cardiac tissue elasticity sensing
A system and method are provided for assessing the compliance of internal patient tissue for purposes of catheter guidance and/or ablation procedures. Specifically, the system/method provides for probing internal patient tissue in order to obtain force and/or tissue displacement measurements. These measurements are utilized to generate an indication of tissue elasticity. In one exemplary embodiment, the indication of elasticity is correlated with an image of the internal tissue area and an output of this image including elasticity indications is displayed for a user. |
| US09125557B2 |
Magnetic maneuvering system for capsule endoscope
A magnetic maneuvering system for capsule endoscope includes the capsule endoscope, an annular fitting sleeved around the outer surface of the capsule endoscope. A plurality of magnetic driven parts are provided and distributed on the annular fitting member. The control device includes a magnetic driving part for magnetically actuating the magnetic driven parts, thus enabling the capsule endoscope to rotate and move in an organism as a result of the actuation of the magnetic driven parts. By magnetically controlling the magnetic driven parts, the capsule endoscope is allowed to rotate or move under the control of the control device to achieve better image retrieval results and improve over the poor image retrieval results obtained by the prior art since the location and direction of a traditional capsule endoscope, relying solely on the contractions of the digestive tract, cannot be controlled. |
| US09125549B2 |
Fluid testing apparatus and methods of use
The instant invention is directed to a mobile hand held miniature laboratory system in general, and to a fluid testing apparatus for performing a parameter measurement in a fluid sample and methods of use. The apparatus including: a strip adapted to absorb a fluid sample and to produce a signal indicative of the parameter level in the sample; and adaptor adapted to connect the strip to a smart phone to allow delivery of the produced signal or a correlated signal to the smart phone for obtaining a measurement of the fluid parameter displayed on the smart phone, wherein the testing apparatus relies on the smart phone at least for power supply and display device. The fluid may be a physiological fluid such as blood, urine, saliva or amniotic fluid. |
| US09125548B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing data processing and control in a medical communication system
Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided. |
| US09125540B2 |
Bare floor cleaner
A bare floor cleaner has a foot with a dry suction nozzle and a handle assembly pivotally connected to the foot assembly. A diverter mounted in the working air conduit between the foot assembly and the handle assembly is movable by movement of the handle assembly between a dry suction position and a wet mop position for selectively at least partially blocking working air flow from the dry suction nozzle to a collection assembly. A fluid delivery system includes a user operated trigger for actuating the fluid delivery system to distribute fluid in the wet mop position and deactivating a motor/fan assembly. A trigger lock prevents cleaning solution from being distributed when the handle is in dry mode position. The fluid delivery system includes a heating element to raise the temperature of the cleaning solution before it is distributed to the surface to be cleaned. Support glides on the foot reduce the surface area contact between the foot pad and the surface to be cleaned. |
| US09125539B2 |
Robot cleaner and controlling method of the same
Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same. A plurality of images are detected through an image detecting unit such as an upper camera, and two or more feature points are extracted from the plurality of images. Then, a feature point set consisting of the feature points is created, and the feature points included in the feature point set are matched with each other. This may allow the robot cleaner to precisely recognize a position thereof. Furthermore, this may allow the robot cleaner to perform a cleaning operation or a running operation by interworking a precisely recognized position with a map. |
| US09125538B2 |
Pivoting handle for a surface cleaning device
A surface cleaning device generally includes a nozzle, a cleaner housing connected to the nozzle, and a handle coupled to the cleaner housing at a pivot joint. The cleaner housing defines a longitudinal axis. The pivot joint is configured to rotatably store the handle at a position offset from the longitudinal axis. |
| US09125528B2 |
Make-up removal wipe
To better facilitate the application and removal of make-up on the skin, including on the face, and especially around the eyes, the present invention provides a wiping product having two or more lobes which substantially conform to both the user's finger and the area around the user's eyes. The wiping product is not secured to the user's finger or worn like a glove, but rather is simply supported by one or more fingers in use. In this manner, the wiping product is both simple to use and provides excellent application and removal of make-up in often hard to reach areas, such as the recesses of the eyes. |
| US09125527B1 |
Nutcracker
A nutcracker preferably includes a cracker unit, a support structure and a hand held base. The cracker unit preferably includes a support base, a crank unit, a nut base and a pair of jaws. The support base is slidably engaged with the nut base through a pair of guide rods. The pair of jaws are attached to the support base and nut bases. The crank unit preferably includes a lead screw, a ratchet mechanism and a crank arm. A lead screw retainer is retained on the support base and pivotally retains the lead screw. The lead screw nut is retained on the nut base and threadably receives the lead screw. A bottom of the support structure is attached to the hand held base and the nut base plate is attached to a top of the support structure. |
| US09125526B2 |
Rolling mat
The present invention provides a rolling mat which is easy to roll, which is sanitary and which enables the right amount of force of pressing food material to be readily determined. A rolling mat includes: a plurality of rod-like rib parts arranged in a direction Y in which food material is rolled; and a knitted string part that connects the plurality of rib parts 12 with each other by knitting a string material part so as to sandwich the rib parts, wherein the rib parts are formed of a plastic material and/or a metal material having hardness that is at least greater than silicone resin, and the knitted string part is made of man-made monofilament fiber or high molecular weight polyethylene fiber produced by stretching polyethylene resin having a high molecular weight into fibers. |
| US09125517B2 |
Multi-purpose cooking appliance
It is disclosed a household multi-purpose cooking appliance that can function in a barbecue mode, in an oven mode and in a fryer/boiler mode. The appliance comprises a cooking chamber with a top aperture closed by a lid associated to a heating element and an insulating cover. The cooking chamber can contain a lower heating element for use in the oven or fryer cooking mode. A pan is inserted in the cooking chamber in the fryer mode. |
| US09125514B1 |
Cooking vessel with lid and handle device
A combination cookvessel and cookvessel-lid-and-handle device comprising a lid main portion having an offset handle member above the lid main portion. The offset handle member having a first end adjacent to and spaced above the lid edge, a gripping portion extending from the first end and over the lid main portion, a protrusion extending toward the lid main portion and engageable with the underside of the rim and a handle-connecting portion extending between the gripping portion and the lid main portion. The offset handle member suspends the cookvessel-lid-and-handle device on the rim above the open top of the cookvessel. |
| US09125513B2 |
Handle-interlocking airtight boiling pot
A handle-interlocking airtight boiling pot includes: a rotational body which is rotatably supported at the side of the container and is mounted to rotate between a lid opening position and a lid closing position; a hand grip part formed at an upper end of the rotational body; and an airtightly fixing part which is formed integrally with a lower part of the hand grip part and protrudes toward the lid to airtightly fix the lid to the container by pressing an upper side of the lid when the rotational body is located at the lid closing position. The lid includes: a retaining protrusion formed at an upper side of an edge portion of the lid to catch and retain the airtightly fixing part of the rotational body at the lid closing position; and a contact groove part with which a contact surface of the airtightly fixing part gets in contact. |
| US09125505B2 |
Cup sleeve holder apparatus
A holding sleeve for use with a cup, the cup having a top end and an outer wall and comprising a substantially flat longitudinal and continuous elongated strip. The strip has a first end and a second end. The first end is spaced apart and distant from said second end. Attachment means is on at least either the first end or the second end for connecting the first end to the second end to form a hollow band. The band has a top edge, an inside surface and an outside surface. The band has mounting means on the band for positioning the band onto the cup where the top edge of the band is proximal to the top end of the cup and the inside surface of the band is contiguous to the sidewall of the cup to provide a snug fit between the band and the sidewall. At least one moveable tab on the top edge of the band. The tab has a top part and a bottom part. The top edge of the band has the shape of a first arc and the bottom part of the tab has the shape of a second arc. The first arc and the second arc coincide to form a hinge. The hinge has an apex. The hinge has means for the movement of the tab between a first position, where the tab extends towards the top end of the cup and is in close proximity to the sidewall of the cup and a second position where the tab extends away from the sidewall of the cup and the outer surface of the band. The hinge also has engagement means for exerting sufficient pressure against the sidewall of the cup when concomitant pressure is applied against the tab when the tab is in the second position to substantially restrict the movement of the tab to the first position. The tab has support means for holding the cup when the tab is in the second position where the shape of the top part, when the tab is in the second position, conforms to the curvature of the hinge. |
| US09125504B2 |
Method and system for emphasizing object color
A method for controlling a color adjustable light source (101) configured to illuminate an object (110) is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of setting (301) a color temperature of a reference white point (cpref) at the black body curve (202), acquiring (302) information as to a color of the object (cpobj), receiving (303) a desired saturation level, and controlling (304) the light source (101) to illuminate the object (110) with light corresponding to the color temperature of the reference white point and comprising a saturated component corresponding to the color of the object. A corresponding system (100) for performing the method is also disclosed. |
| US09125503B2 |
Free-standing display fixture
A free-standing display fixture includes a main body having a top edge, a bottom edge, a right side panel, a center panel and a left side panel. Each of the left side panel, the center panel and the right side panel include interior surfaces and the interior surfaces of the left side panel and the right side panel face each other. Located between and coupled to left side panel and right panel are a plurality of uniquely arranged display components. |
| US09125501B2 |
Fixed display pedestal, system and/or method for securing an article
A pedestal, a system and/or a method secures and/or displays an article. The pedestal secures an article to a fixture while allowing manipulation, testing and/or maneuvering of the article with respect to the pedestal and/or a surface. A drum, cable and a spring may be used to deter theft and/or removal of the article. The article may be on display and/or may be used, manipulated, tested and/or transported by consumers in an environment, such as, for example, a retail store. The pedestal may allow for extension of the cable by pulling the article away from the pedestal and/or the drum. The pedestal, the system and/or the method may allow for extension of the cable using a spring. |
| US09125498B2 |
Hide away bed rail
A bed rail having an operating position at one of the sides of a bed and a stored position between a mattress and box spring of the bed. To take down the bed rail, a guard frame portion is disengaged from a base frame portion, then the guard frame portion is pivoted and slid into the base frame portion. To set up the bed rail, the guard frame portion can be slid out of the base frame portion, pivoted relative to the base frame portion, then engaged to the base frame portion and into the operating position at a side of the bed. |
| US09125497B2 |
Climate controlled bed assembly with intermediate layer
According to some embodiments, a climate controlled bed or other seating assembly comprises an upper portion or mattress having at least one fluid distribution member (e.g., spacer fabric) that is in fluid communication with the at least one internal passageway of the upper portion, wherein the at least one fluid distribution member is configured to at least partially distribute fluid within the fluid distribution member. In some embodiments, the internal passageway terminates at or near a bottom surface of the upper portion or mattress. The bed or other seating assembly additionally includes one or more inlays or interlays or intermediate layers, or components thereof, positioned between the upper portion and a foundation. |
| US09125493B2 |
Seat cushion with flexible contouring
A cushion for supporting a user relative to a support surface is provided. The cushion has material with sufficient flexibility to deform under a weight of the user and sufficient resilience to return to its original state when the weight is removed. A supporting face contacts the support surface and is characterized by a plurality of points. The supporting face is contoured such that, when the cushion is in an unloaded configuration, a first subset of the plurality of points contact the support surface and a second subset of the plurality of points do not contact the support surface. When a user then sits on the cushion so that it is in a loaded configuration, at least some of the points in the second subset are displaced under the user's weight and contact the support surface. The cushion thus both bends and compresses to distribute the weight of the user. |
| US09125492B1 |
Cabinetry system having removable cabinet faces
A cabinetry system is disclosed herein that includes removable drawer panels, door panels, and trim components, which permit the entire outward appearance of the cabinetry system to be changed within a short period of time. The cabinetry system includes a door assembly having at least one hinge assembly, a metal door plate coupled to the at least one hinge assembly, a door panel having a cavity formed in an inward-facing surface thereof, the cavity sized to receive the metal door plate, and a plurality of magnets coupling the door panel to an outward-facing surface of the metal door plate. After being removed from the cabinets, one set of door and drawer panels may be stored in internal storage components provided within the cabinetry system while a second set of door and drawer panels are in use. |
| US09125484B2 |
Active delivery oral care implement
An oral care implement includes a head (12), a handle (10), a neck portion (11) connecting the head and the handle, and a reservoir (15) located in the neck portion which contains at least one active agent. The implement has an activator (22) for activating a delivery device which delivers the active agent to one or more outlets (50). A wide variety of types of active agents may be administered at appropriate and accurate doses for therapeutic, hygienic, and/or other benefit. |
| US09125482B2 |
Swept brush assembly
A device for improving the effectiveness and throughput of the cleaning of drinking vessels, the exemplary embodiments of the device having a base member with a top surface and a spacing member which extends downward and away from the top surface. A static base may be used which contains a female threaded hole. A central brush may be used which contains a male threaded portion, sized to pass through the base member and engage with the female threads in the static base. |
| US09125479B2 |
Backpack, such as a hydration backpack
The invention relates to a backpack including a main rear pocket adapted to receive a load and carrying straps configured to position and maintain the main rear pocket on the user's shoulders, whereby the main rear pocket is formed by the juncture of a first base panel, made of flexible material, adapted to be in contact with the body of the user, and of a second external panel, also made of flexible material, the first base panel being extended at the ends of the main rear pocket to form two closed side loops for passage of the user's arms, forming the carrying straps. |
| US09125478B2 |
Compression system for backpack
A compression system for an ergonomic backpack is disclosed. The backpack includes a backpack body having a top side, a bottom side, two lateral sides, a body side, an outer side and a pair of shoulder straps. In the embodiment, each shoulder strap is connected at a junction of the top side and the body side, extended along the corresponding lateral side, threaded through the D-ring with a distal end connected to the backpack body at a junction of the outer side and the lateral side. The invention also comprises an optional back panel and an optional back support device, secured to the body side. The back panel and support device may be filled with padding material such as a gel, foam, rubber, fluid or the like. When the user ties the two straps, the backpack is automatically compressed and moves closer to the user's back. The system, operated like a regular two-strap backpack, allows the user to carry heavier loads for a longer period of time with less fatigue. |
| US09125475B2 |
Electronic device holder
An apparatus for holding electronic devices within view of a user without having to utilize the user's hands. The apparatus comprises a wearable base that extends around a user's torso and/or neck. A stand that comprises a frame, device holder and attachment member that is releasably attached into the base. The stand is capable of maneuvering the device through all range of motion to assist user in the viewing of the device without hands. |
| US09125468B2 |
Device for the application of fibers to human keratinous fibers
The present invention relates to an element (20) for the application of fibers (F) on human keratinous fibers, comprising fibers (F) held together in a predefined way by a liquefiable adhesive in the solid form, the liquefying of the adhesive on application making it possible for at least a portion of the fibers to separate from the element. |
| US09125467B2 |
Canopy assembly organizer
A canopy organizer for organizing objects on an elongated and vertical support is provided. The organizer comprises a first fabric wall and a second fabric wall. Both walls are in contact with each other along the edges so as to form a pocket. Then, a filling is within the pocket formed by the first and second nylon walls and a flap is attached to the first wall along the length of the cover. The flap is configured to interface with a determined area along the opposite edge of the nylon wall. The organizer includes at least one fastener configured to hold the cover around a cylindrical object, wherein one of the two walls is an outside wall and the other is the inside wall. A plurality of attachment elements are attached to the outside wall. |
| US09125466B2 |
Business card holder and dispenser
A business card holder includes a support for containing a number of business cards permitting vertical extraction of one card from the set by grasping the card along its narrower upper edge. The lower surface of the support is bevelled so as to cause the set of cards to be presented at the upper end of the support at differing heights for ease of extraction. The upper edge of at least one wall containing the cards is lower than the top edge of all of the cards in the set, providing an edge that will permit the uppermost card to be bent slightly outward over this top edge for extraction. The vertical height of the card support when positioned within a pocket may be established by providing a downwardly extending leg that will rest against the bottom of the pocket. |
| US09125462B2 |
High capacity solar charging umbrella
A solar charging umbrella uses solar power to charge electronic devices. The umbrella is self-sustained, capable of charging electronic devices in locations away from electrical outlets. The umbrella has a rechargeable battery that is recharged by sunlight. When charged, the umbrella's battery can charge devices when sunlight is not available. The umbrella supports simultaneous charging of high power devices such as tablet computers. |
| US09125460B2 |
Wristworn device with a releasable locking arrangement
A wristworn device having a releasable coupling mechanism for releasably coupling a first strap section and a second strap section about a user's wrist. The wristworn device includes an elongated member that is positioned within a channel of one of the strap sections and which has an actuation section that extends from the channel. A directional force upon the actuation section of the elongated member causes a slidable locking plate in the releasable coupling mechanism to move in a direction and disengage from a locking member, whereby separation of the sections of the releasable coupling mechanism is facilitated upon the disengagement of the slidable locking plate from the locking member. |
| US09125456B2 |
Object-containing button
An object-containing button includes a housing and upper and lower floors mounted within the housing. Each floor has a plurality of thread-receiving holes and two pin holes formed at opposite side of the thread-receiving holes. A container rotatably and detachably coupled to the housing. An object is stored inside the container. A removable lid covers a bottom opening of the container facing the upper floor. A pin-carrying member having two pins inserted through the pin holes for piercing and tearing open the cover. |
| US09125455B2 |
Guides for lacing systems
Lacing systems are disclosed for use with footwear or other articles. The lacing system can comprises flexible webbing lace guides. In some embodiments, a lace guide can include a first lace guide element and a second lace guide element. The lace can pass through the first and second lace guides consecutively on the first side of the article before crossing to the opposing side of the article. The first and second lace guide elements can be angled towards each other to reduce the occurrence of sharp turns in the lace path through the lace guide elements. In some embodiments, the lace guide can have a central portion that is less flexible than the end portions so as to reduce the occurrence of sharp turns in the lace path through the lace guide when tension is applied to the lace. |
| US09125450B2 |
Independent harness system for a soft boot
Disclosed is a boot system having an outer boot including a securing system and a superior end that includes a cuff; an inner boot sized to fit between the outer boot and a foot area of a user inserted in the boot system; and a harness system having a flexible panel and a lace slidably engaged with the panel. The inner boot includes a tension capture element coupled adjacent to a superior end of the inner boot. The harness system is removably secured to the outer boot. |
| US09125448B2 |
Support for visors and face shields
A support system includes a headwear system, a frame adapted to have a visor attached thereto, a first member attached to the headwear system, a second member attached to the frame, which is pivotable relative to the first member, an adjustable mechanism adapted to abut and apply force to the second member in a first state to compress the second member into abutting engagement with the first member, an extending pivot member extending axially through a passage in the first member and a passage in the second member. The position of the adjustable mechanism is adjustable to place it in the first state or in at least a second, nonabutting state. The extending pivot member includes a first flange and a second flange, spaced from the first flange to capture a portion of the first member and a portion of the second member therebetween. |
| US09125446B2 |
Helmet with a chin strap buckle system
A helmet including a protective head covering and a chin strap. The helmet includes an anchor protruding from the protective head covering and including an enlarged anchor head. The helmet includes a buckle coupled to the chin strap, and selectably coupleable to the anchor. The buckle includes a housing including a pair of strap slits. The buckle includes a cavity disposed in the housing and sized to contain the enlarged anchor head. The buckle includes a retaining slot having a retaining region sized to securely couple to the enlarged anchor head. The helmet includes a securement member disposed about the retaining slot. The helmet includes a second anchor and a second buckle; wherein the second anchor and the second buckle minor the anchor and the buckle disposed on the second side region of the protective head covering. |
| US09125445B1 |
Hair accessory and associated use thereof
A hair extension for covering a bald region of a head of a user includes a wig having a hair portion, a resilient head band fixedly attached to the hair portion, and a fastener removably attached to the hair portion and adjustably mated to the head band. Notably, a portion of the head band as well as an entirety of the fastener each is seated beneath the hair portion and thereby not visible from an external line of sight directed to the hair portion. |
| US09125442B2 |
Sensory motor stimulation garment and method
A garment for stimulation of a wearer's sensory motor system. The garment includes a main body portion that includes an anterior portion and a posterior portion and at least one sensory motor stimulation member associated with the main body portion. The garment is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer's torso and is form-fitting when worn by the wearer. The at least one sensory motor stimulation member contacts the wearer's skin when the garment is worn. The garment is fabricated from an elastomeric material that causes the at least one sensory motor stimulation member to stimulate the cutaneous nerve receptors in the wearer's skin contacted by the at least one sensory motor stimulation member. |
| US09125441B2 |
Sports garment with a seat pad, in particular for cycling
A sports garment, for example a cycling suit, comprises a seat pad located in a crotch area, the seat pad is attached to the garment in a front attachment region and in a rear attachment region of the seat pad, and a central portion of the seat pad is free from attachment to the garment and forms as a loose portion in the inner crotch area of the garment; said attachment regions are made with attachment lines or several attachment points, made by stitching, glueing or other techniques. |
| US09125436B2 |
Ventilated smoking article
A smoking article comprising a rod of smokeable material (3) and a wrapper (4) wrapped around the rod of smokeable material, wherein the wrapper comprises a region of ventilation embossing (9) overlapping the smokeable material. A manufacturing method and apparatus are also described. |
| US09125434B2 |
Smokeless tobacco product, smokeless tobacco product in the form of a sheet, extrudable tobacco composition, method for manufacturing a smokeless tobacco product, method for delivering super bioavailable nicotine contained in tobacco to a user, and packaged smokeless tobacco product sheet
A nonaqueous, extrudable composition includes at least one thermoplastic polymer in an amount of more than 20 wt % of the whole composition and tobacco. A smokeless tobacco product in the form of a sheet can be made by extruding or hot melt shaping a nonaqueous composition comprising at least one thermoplastic polymer and tobacco, the sheet being soluble in a user's mouth and resulting in sustained release of nicotine to the user. The sheet can be in a form that may be placed in the buccal cavity of, on the palate of or sublingually in the user, and have an average dissolution time of 5 to 50 minutes for delivering super bioavailable nicotine to the user. |
| US09125429B2 |
High-potency sweetener composition with fatty acid and compositions sweetened therewith
The present invention relates generally to functional sweetener compositions comprising non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweeteners and methods for making and using them. In particular, the present invention relates to different functional sweetener compositions comprising at least one non-caloric or low-caloric natural and/or synthetic, high-potency sweetener, at least one sweet taste improving composition, and at least one functional ingredient, such as fatty acids. The present invention also relates to functional sweetener compositions and methods that can improve the tastes of non-caloric or low-caloric high-potency sweeteners by imparting a more sugar-like taste or characteristic. In particular, the functional sweetener compositions and methods provide a more sugar-like temporal profile, including sweetness onset and sweetness linger, and/or a more sugar-like flavor profile. |
| US09125425B2 |
Edible fat continuous spreads
The invention relates to a method of preparing an edible fat continuous spread comprising a dispersed aqueous phase and crystalline non-esterified plant sterol, said method comprising the steps of preparing a fat continuous emulsion and mixing said emulsion with fast re-crystallized non-esterified plant sterol. |
| US09125424B2 |
Method for making a filleting cut for filleting fish, device for making the filleting cut according to the method, and circular knife pair and circular knife set up for the method and the device
A method for performing a filleting cut for filleting fish which are conveyed tail-first is carried out along a row of wedge-shaped ray bones projecting away from a main bone stem with a wedge width increasing from ray bone to ray bone by a pair of circular knives having sharp cutting edges. Starting from the tail end, meat of each fish is cut by the circular knife pair having a V-shaped arrangement as a result of the fact that a cutting gap having the smallest cutting edge spacing is set to a basic size which is at least substantially equal to or smaller than a wedge width of the outermost ray bone at the tail end of the conveyed fish. In the fixed position of the V-shaped arrangement, the ray bones are guided through the cutting gap, wherein the circular knife cutting edges, which in their cutting edge region are flexibly deformable out of the associated circular knife surface counter to an elastic restoring force, are displaced counter to the elastic restoring force by the broadening ray bones with increasing widening of the cutting gap. A tailored suitable apparatus comprises a circular knife pair having cutting edges which, in the fixed V-shaped arrangement, are designed such as to be able to be deformed with a degree of deformation defined by the difference between ray bone wedge widths. Circular knives configured for the apparatus may each have a cutting edge region which is deformable in a wave-like manner along the cutting edge as a result of a bending pressure transverse to the circular knife surface. |
| US09125420B2 |
Cooking apparatus having divider storage portion
A cooking apparatus has a divider storage portion capable of storing a divider to partition a cooking chamber. The cooking apparatus includes a main body, a cooking chamber defined in the main body, a divider detachably mounted in the cooking chamber to partition the cooking chamber, a drawer, which has a storage space therein, to be slidably extracted and retracted, a drawer receiving space defined beneath the cooking chamber in the main body to receive the drawer, and a divider storage portion arranged adjacent to the drawer receiving space to store the divider removed from the cooking chamber. |
| US09125419B2 |
Bacillus sp. strain with antifungal, antibacterial and growth promotion activity
Disclosed herein is a Bacillus strain, Bacillus sp. isolate F727, that produces metabolites with pesticidal activities. Also provided are bioactive compositions and metabolites derived from cultures of Bacillus sp. isolate F727 capable of controlling pests; as well as methods of use of the strain and its metabolites for controlling pests. |
| US09125416B2 |
Pesticidal mixtures
The present invention, comprising: [(3S,4R,4aR,6S,6aS,12R,12aS,12bS)-3-(cyclopropanecarbonyloxy)-6,12-dihydroxy-4,6a,12b-trimethyl-11-oxo-9-(pyridin-3-yl)-1,2,3,4,4a,5,6,6a,12a,12b-decahydro-11H,12H-benzo[f]pyrano[4,3-b]chromen-4-yl]methyl cydopropanecarboxylate (compound II) and a pesticidal compound II; in synergistic effective amounts. |
| US09125402B2 |
Chemically stable dispersions of prothioconazole and processes for preparing them
Chemically stable aqueous dispersions of prothioconazole and processes for preparing them are provided. The dispersions comprise prothioconazole present in an aqueous medium, and a sulfur-containing compound present in an amount effective to render the dispersion chemically stable. |
| US09125396B1 |
Scent dispenser system and method of dispensing scent from a liquid
A scent dispenser system used for dispensing scent from a liquid. The system includes a dispenser having an open volume. The system includes absorbent beads in the open volume of the dispenser, where the absorbent beads having the capability to absorb a liquid. The system includes aeration windows in the dispenser to receive a liquid and to allow air to pass through the dispenser and about the absorbent beads. |
| US09125394B2 |
Ultrasonic sound emitting devices for wind turbines
A wind turbine may include a tower, a nacelle mounted on the tower and a rotor coupled to the nacelle. The rotor may include a hub and at least one rotor blade extending from the hub. In addition, the wind turbine may include a nozzle mounted on or within the tower, the nacelle or the hub. The nozzle may include an inlet and an outlet. Moreover, the nozzle may be configured to accelerate a flow of fluid through the outlet such that an ultrasonic sound emission is produced by the nozzle. |
| US09125388B2 |
Biological control
The invention relates to a non-human multicellular organism carrying a dominant lethal genetic system, the lethal effect of which is conditional, wherein the lethal effect of the lethal system occurs in the natural environment of the organism. |
| US09125384B2 |
Mouse having human leukemic stem cell and leukemic non-stem cell amplified therein, and method for production thereof
The invention relates to a method of selectively expanding human leukemic cells in a non-adult NOD/SCID/IL2rgnull mouse by transplanting a substance containing a leukemic stem cell derived from a human acute myelogenous leukemia patient to the mouse. In addition, the invention relates to screening for a medicament capable of eradicating leukemic stem cell (LSC), consideration of treatment methods suitable for individual patients, identification of a differentially expressed gene and the like, using a mouse with expanded human leukemic cells. |
| US09125378B1 |
Portable petting device for petting or scratching of pets, such as dogs or cats
A portable petting device for petting or scratching of pets, such as dogs or cats. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. |
| US09125377B2 |
Feed device
Feed-mixing device comprising a container with a side wall having a dispensing opening which can be closed off with a slide, in front of which a removing device is placed which, for example, comprises a roller with teeth. When the roller rotates, the teeth extend inside the side wall. On a first peripheral section of the roller, the teeth are placed in such a manner that they do not extend inside the side wall. Thus, the slide can be positioned in such a manner that it runs in a fluent and continuous manner with respect to the side wall, while the assembly still forms a compact arrangement. |
| US09125376B2 |
Robot and method for milking a cow by this robot
A milking robot comprising a movable arm and a plurality of grippers. The movable arm has a length in a longitudinal direction. The plurality of grippers are swivably mounted to the movable arm such that each gripper moves between a first position parallel to the movable arm's longitudinal direction and a second position at which the gripper extends sideways in a horizontal plane away from the movable arm's longitudinal direction. |
| US09125372B1 |
Non-dehiscent sesame IND variety Sesaco 39
Non-dehiscent sesame (Sesamum indicum L.) (IND) designated Sesaco 39 (S39) is herein disclosed. Its degree of shatter resistance, or seed retention, makes S39 suitable for mechanized harvesting and for selection for sesame crop growth in many geographical locations. S39 is very well suited for South Texas. |
| US09125366B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV249240
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV249240. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV249240, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV249240 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV249240 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV249240. |
| US09125364B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV554829
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV554829. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV554829, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV554829 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV554829 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV554829. |
| US09125363B2 |
Plants and seeds of corn variety CV977627
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV977627. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV977627, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV977627 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV977627 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV977627. |
| US09125361B2 |
Soybean cultivar WN1118256
The present invention is in the field of soybean variety WN1118256 breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety WN1118256 and its progeny, and methods of making WN1118256. |
| US09125357B2 |
Methods for the commercial production of transgenic plants
Compositions and methods for producing a crop having a predetermined level of at least one primary trait of interest are provided. The compositions comprise seeds and plants exhibiting a primary trait of interest. Primary traits include traits that improve or otherwise facilitate the conversion of harvested plant material into a commercially useful product. The predetermined level of the primary trait is obtained by blending harvested plant material from at least two varieties of plants, wherein at least one of the varieties exhibits the primary trait. The blend can be customized for use in a variety of commercially important industrial or agricultural downstream uses. |
| US09125356B2 |
Tomato line FIS 14-2101
The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line FIS 14-2101. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line FIS 14-2101, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09125354B2 |
Squash hybrid LEBEHH9044 and parents thereof
The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid LEBEHH9044 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid LEBEHH9044 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants. |
| US09125353B2 |
Parthenocarpic genetic elements derived from S. habrochaites
The present invention relates to a method of producing a parthenocarpic, and optionally male sterile, tomato plant comprising introgressing into said plant a genetic region from Chromosome 4, 5 and/or 12 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78, a representative sample of seed of which was deposited on 13 Nov. 2007 with the NCIMB under Accession number 41517, wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 4 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from Marker CD59, RFLP Marker CT229, and COS Marker T1068, and wherein the genetic region from Chromosome 5 of S. habrochaites LYC4/78 includes at least one marker selected from COS Marker T1181, RFLP Marker TG441 and/or RFLP Marker CD31(A). |
| US09125352B2 |
Method for maturing and synchronizing conifer somatic embryos
A method for the culture of somatic plant embryos comprising contacting said embryos with a culture medium containing a plasmolytic or near plasmolytic concentration of a sugar alcohol or a combination of sugar alcohols; and culturing said embryos in said culture medium for a time period suitable for the desired level of maturation to be achieved. Inositol is a preferable sugar alcohol. |
| US09125350B1 |
Pivotally collapsible green house
The pivotally collapsible greenhouse is a portable greenhouse that comprising a collapsible frame and a cover. The collapsible frame comprises five nested struts that are nested that pivot around a center shaft. Once expanded, the collapsible frame is covered in a transparent material. |
| US09125344B2 |
Assistance system for optimizing vehicle operation
An assistance system that optimizes the operation of a self-propelled agricultural working machine includes a device for determining working and efficiency parameters of the machine includes an arithmetic logic unit and a display unit. The arithmetic logic unit processes information generated by machine-internal sensor systems, external information and information stored in the arithmetic logic unit. One or more mathematical models describing the working process are stored in the arithmetic logic unit and derive efficiency parameters of the working machine from the available working parameters and, with consideration for monetary interrelationships, determine the opportunity costs of the working process and visualize the opportunity costs in the display unit. |
| US09125341B2 |
Mower deck with relative blade speed control for uniform discharge of mown grass
A riding mower including two mower blades that rotate to mow grass and generate air flows, the two mower blades including a left mower blade and a right mower blade, a mower deck, two motors that rotate the respective mower blades and a controller is provided. The left and right mower blades being provided adjacent to each other and one of the left and right mower blades being disposed obliquely in front of the other mower blade. The riding mower generates a combined air flow and discharges mowed grass to the outside of the mower deck together with the combined air flow. The controller controls such that a difference between the rotational speeds of the left and right mower blades is changed at a predetermined period and the mowed grass is discharged to the rear of the mower deck uniformly in a lateral direction of the mower deck. |
| US09125339B2 |
Agriculturally active product
Agriculturally active products are disclosed that are used to eliminate or otherwise control pests. |
| US09131632B2 |
Relief plug-in connector and multilayer circuit board
A multipole relief plug-in Connector includes contact elements, the contacting sections of which are arranged in height-offset contact area surfaces, and a multilayer circuit board includes several height-offset contact area surfaces accordingly. In combination, the multipole relief plug-in connector contacts the multilayer circuit board and the multilayer circuit board populates the multipole relief plug-in connector. The contact elements of the relief plug-in connector are designed in the contacting section as press-in contacts for pressing into press-in contact receiving portions of the multilayer circuit board. Contact element receiving portions of the multilayer circuit board are arranged in the contact area surfaces of the multilayer circuit board, the contact element receiving portions being designed as press-in contact receiving portions. A production method produces the multilayer circuit board. |
| US09131628B2 |
Circuit board device and manufacturing method thereof and power supply having the circuit board device
A circuit board device includes a heat dissipation housing, a circuit board, and a heat conductive adhesive. The heat dissipation housing includes a panel, and at least one end plate connected to one end of the panel and formed with a retaining groove. The circuit board is disposed in the heat dissipation housing spaced apart from the panel and has one end inserted into the retaining groove. The heat conductive adhesive is adhered to the panel and the end plate, and covers the circuit board. |
| US09131627B2 |
Heat dissipating structure
A heat dissipating structure with a casing and at least a power-free heat-dissipating device therein is provided. The power-free heat-dissipating device is driven by an air stream outside and inside the casing to rotate. The rotating power-free heat-dissipating device introduces the air stream into the casing and expels the air stream from the casing so as to facilitate circulation favorable for heat dissipation, thereby enhancing heat dissipation, enabling power-free operation, and serving a power-saving purpose. |
| US09131626B2 |
Electronic device including a jet flow generator
An electronic device comprises a casing, a heat generation source, an airflow guiding structure, and a jet flow generator. The casing includes an interior space. The airflow guiding structure is in contact with the heat generation source and has one air inlet. The jet flow generator, the heat generation source, and the airflow guiding structure together are situated within the interior space. The jet flow generator includes a nozzle which directs toward the air inlet of the airflow guiding structure at a distance apart. Airflows emitted by the jet flow generator through the nozzle travel at a velocity greater than 0.1 meters/second (m/s), causing a fluid pressure differential with the neighboring air and pulling air in the vicinity along the air inlet into the airflow guiding structure. |
| US09131625B2 |
Multilayer ceramic electronic component, series of electronic components stored in a tape, and method of manufacturing multilayer ceramic electronic component
In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a size of a step portion on a first main surface and a size of a step portion on a second main surface are different from each other. A first outer electrode includes a plating film containing Cu. A length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the first main surface in a length direction and a length of a portion of the plating film containing Cu that is positioned on the second main surface in the length direction are different from each other. |
| US09131624B1 |
Rack-mountable IT device
An IT chassis, configured to house IT componentry, includes a forward portion having a forward portion width and a rearward portion having a rearward portion width that is narrower than the forward portion width. A first side of the rearward portion is configured to engage a first slide assembly having a first slide width. A second side of the rearward portion is configured to engage a second slide assembly having a second slide width. The sum of the rearward portion width, the first slide width and the second slide width is substantially equal to the forward portion width. |
| US09131619B2 |
Devices with selectable mounting and related assemblies and kits
A power conditioner assembly includes: first and second brackets and a power conditioner. Each bracket includes a rear portion adapted to attach to a rear portion of an equipment rack and a front portion that extends frontwardly. The power conditioner includes a housing having a rear panel, a first side panel mounted to the first bracket and a second, opposed side panel mounted to the second bracket. The power conditioner is mountable to the brackets in a plurality of orientations including: a rearward orientation with the rear panel oriented substantially vertically; and at least one angled orientation with the rear panel at an oblique angle to vertical. The brackets may also be adapted to attach to other mounting surfaces and/or other brackets may be provided for this purpose to provide additional mounting options. |
| US09131617B2 |
Electrical component
In an electrical component having at least one flexible carrier material, the connecting surfaces formed on conductive pathways thereof are joined to the connecting surfaces of individual metal bodies via individual bonded connections. At least one rail profile is conformed in the surface structure of each bonded connection; each bonded connection having at least one ultrasonic welding bond. In order to produce the electrical component, individual metal bodies are arranged on the conductive pathways of a flexible carrier material. Connecting surfaces of the individual metal bodies and connecting surfaces of the conductive pathways are materially bonded to each other. One of the connecting surfaces to be bonded is produced from a foil that is fully furnished with conductive pathways, and energy directors made from aluminum are integrated in the conductive pathway or the metal body. |
| US09131612B2 |
Automotive alternator rectifying apparatus
An automotive alternator rectifying apparatus includes a circuit board that connects a positive-side rectifying element mounted to the positive-side heatsink and a negative-side rectifying element mounted to the negative-side heatsink to configure a bridge circuit. The circuit board includes a tubular lead guiding portion that includes a lead insertion aperture; and a terminal that is disposed so as to extend outward in an aperture direction of the lead insertion aperture from an exit edge portion of the lead insertion aperture, and to which is connected a lead that is subject to connection that is inserted through an entrance of the lead insertion aperture and that extends outward from an exit, and the lead insertion aperture is formed such that cross-sectional area thereof becomes gradually smaller from the entrance toward the exit. |
| US09131611B2 |
Wire and semiconductor device
A wire of an embodiment includes: a substrate; a metal film provided on the substrate; a metal part provided on the metal film; and graphene wires formed on the metal part, wherein the graphene wire is electrically connected to the metal film, and the metal film and the metal part are formed using different metals or alloys from each other. |
| US09131608B2 |
Waterproof type electronic apparatus
A waterproof type electronic apparatus of the present invention includes a key sheet at which a plurality of operation keys are formed, a front panel having its front face fixedly bonded to the circumferential portion of the key sheet, and a pushing element sheet interposed between the front panel and the switch sheet. The front panel is provided with a plurality of openings corresponding to ones of the operation keys. At the pushing element sheet, a plurality of pushing elements is formed. A waterproof packing extends passing through the position at which it overlaps with the opposite side portions of the circumferential portion of the key sheet. |
| US09131607B2 |
Lowdielectric resin composition, copper clad laminate using the same, and printed circuit board using the same
A halogen-free resin composition includes (A) 100 parts by weight of naphthalene epoxy resin; (B) 10 to 100 parts by weight of styrene maleic anhydride copolymer; and (C) 30 to 70 parts by weight of DOPO-containing bisphenol F novolac resin. The halogen-free resin composition includes specific ingredients, and is characterized by specific proportions thereof, to thereby attain a low dielectric constant, a low dielectric dissipation factor, high heat resistance, and high flame retardation, and thus is suitable for producing a prepreg or a resin film to thereby be applicable to copper clad laminates and printed circuit boards. |
| US09131603B2 |
Signal line pairs on a circuit board which are displaced from each other relative to a center line
A signal line design is described herein. A circuit board may include a first signal line and a second signal line. The first signal line includes a pair of signal lines at a first depth of a section of a circuit board, wherein a centerline extends lengthwise between the pair of signal lines. The second signal line is disposed at a second depth of the circuit board. The second signal line includes a first segment that runs parallel to the first signal line at a first displacement from the center line. The second signal line includes a second segment that runs parallel to the first signal line on the other side of the center line at a second displacement distance from the center line. |
| US09131596B2 |
Plasma cutting tip with advanced cooling passageways
A plasma arc torch is provided that includes a tip having an improved life. The tip defines a first set of fluid passageways, a second set of fluid passageways and an internal cavity in fluid communication with the first and second fluid passageways. The internal cavity includes a base portion disposed proximate and surrounding a central orifice of the tip. A first set of fluid passageways allow for entry of a cooling fluid into the tip and a second set of fluid passageways allow for exit of the cooling fluid from the tip. |
| US09131590B2 |
Radiation generating unit and radiography system
A radiation generating unit includes a radiation tube that has a vacuum chamber that has a cathode and anode at both ends of an insulating tubular member and is arranged inside a storage container filled with an insulating liquid in a state in which the radiation tube is arranged inside an insulating outer casing tube with a gap from a surrounding, wherein walls which partition the gap between the radiation tube and outer casing tube are provided while allowing a flow of the insulating liquid between the cathode side and anode side of the radiation tube and leaving in the gap a flow path which does not linearly continue to the cathode side and anode side. |
| US09131587B2 |
Method for manufacturing a flexible display device
The present invention relates to the display technology field and provides a method for manufacturing a flexible display device, wherein an adhesion layer having a rough surface is formed at the juncture of a releasing layer and a carrier substrate before a flexible substrate is formed on the carrier substrate. The technical solution of the present invention can improve the qualified rate of the flexible display device. |
| US09131584B2 |
Airfield lighting sustem
An airfield lighting system is provided, the system including a constant current regulator configured to output a constant current, a plurality of insulating transformers configured to be electrically connected to the constant current regulator to supply an electric power, and a plurality of individual lighting devices each electrically connected to the insulating transformer to turn on or turn off an LED lamp, wherein the individual lighting apparatus includes an LED unit including an ADC (AC-DC Converter) and at least one LED lamp connected to a secondary side of the ADC and transmitting defect information of the LED lamp, and a defect information receiver configured to measure a current and a voltage at a primary side of the ADC, measure an electric energy (electricity) or a resistance value using the measured current and voltage, and generate status information of the LED unit. |
| US09131583B2 |
LED backlight drive circuit
The present invention provides an LED backlight drive circuit, which includes a first power supply module, an electrical inductor, a rectifier diode, a MOS transistor, an electrolytic capacitor, an LED light string, a voltage division module, a voltage comparator, a second power supply module, and an LED constant-current drive chip. The LED backlight drive circuit is arranged to include a voltage comparator in an external circuit of the LED constant-current drive chip to detect output voltage of the drive circuit so that high voltage, the voltage comparator is caused to supply a low voltage level to forcibly pull down a PWM dimming signal or an ENA enabling signal of the LED constant-current drive chip to achieve an over-voltage protection function and also enable removal of over-voltage protection module from a conventional LED constant-current drive chip. |
| US09131573B2 |
Tunable LED lamp for producing biologically-adjusted light
A tunable LED lamp for producing biologically-adjusted light having a housing, a power circuit, a driver circuit disposed within the housing and electrically coupled with the power circuit, and a plurality of LED dies electrically coupled to and driven by the driver circuit. The driver circuit may drive the plurality of LED dies to emit a pre-sleep light having a first spectral power distribution and a general illuminating light having a second spectral power distribution. The pre-sleep light may be configured to affect a second biological effect in an observer. The LED lamp may be configured to fit in a troffer fixture. The LED lamp may also be a troffer fixture. |
| US09131570B2 |
Lighting device and luminaire
A lighting device includes a switching regulator having an inductor and a switching device, and a controller. The controller includes a peak current detector that outputs a peak detection signal when detecting that a current flowing through the switching device reaches a threshold, a zero-cross detector that outputs a zero-cross detection signal when a current discharged from the inductor reaches a predetermined lower limit value or less, a synchronization signal controller that outputs a periodic synchronization signal, and a switching controller. The switching controller turns on the switching device in synchronization with a start of an on-period of the synchronization signal and the zero-cross detection signal, and turns off the switching device in synchronization with the peak detection signal. The peak current detector reduces the threshold when an on-period of the synchronization signal finishes, and increases the threshold to an original value when an on-period of the synchronization signal starts. |
| US09131569B2 |
AC driven solid state lighting apparatus with LED string including switched segments
A diode selection circuit for a light emitting apparatus according to some embodiments includes a plurality of light emitting devices coupled in series. The diode selection circuit includes a comparator configured to receive a rectified AC input signal and a reference voltage and to generate a control signal in response to comparison of the rectified AC input signal with the reference voltage, a voltage controlled current source configured to supply a current to the plurality of light emitting diodes that is proportional to the rectified AC input signal, and a switch configured to receive the control signal and to shunt current away from at least one of the plurality of light emitting devices in response to the control signal. |
| US09131567B2 |
Temperature foldback circuit for LED load control by constant current source
An apparatus includes an input node, a light-emitting diode (LED) string to receive a current from the input node, a voltage divider to output a control voltage, and a switch to receive the control voltage. The switch coupled to the LED string controls the current through the LED string according to the control voltage. |
| US09131566B2 |
Buck converter for operating at least one LED
A buck converter for operating at least one LED. In this case, the buck inductor comprises a first buck inductor and a second buck inductor, wherein a charge pump is coupled between the coupling point of the two buck inductors and a supply connection of a control apparatus which is used for actuating a buck switch. |
| US09131565B2 |
LED lighting system and method
Various embodiments of the invention allow LED lamp fixtures to pass EMI testing irrespective of whether the lamp fixture is operated by a magnetic transformer or an electric transformer without causing input current waveform distortion and without defeating transformer compatibility. In certain embodiments, the type of transformer is determined based on detecting characteristic voltage waveforms and based that determination an EMI filter is automatically switched in and out of the lamp circuit. |
| US09131564B2 |
Lighting device and illumination apparatus using same
A light emitting element lighting device includes: a rectifying unit which rectifies an AC voltage; a smoothing unit which smoothes a ripple voltage from the rectifying unit; a power supply unit having a switching element; and a control unit which controls on/off of the switching element. Further, the smoothing unit servers as a partial smoothing circuit for partially smoothing a low voltage period of the ripple voltage outputted from the rectifying unit. The power supply unit supplies a lighting power to a light source unit including one or more light emitting elements. The control unit controls a switching frequency of the switching element to decrease as the output voltage of the smoothing unit decreases. |
| US09131559B2 |
Heat dissipating method for light emitting diode and lighting device using same
A heat dissipating method for a light emitting diode is provided. The heat dissipating method includes following steps. Firstly, a circuit board with a light emitting diode formed on one side and a heat dissipating fan formed on the other side is provided. The heat dissipating fan is configured to dissipate heat for the light emitting diode. Secondly, a power source is provided for supplying power for the light emitting diode. Finally, a speed of the heat dissipating fan is adjusted according to an input power of the power source. A lighting device using the heat dissipating method is also provided. |
| US09131552B2 |
Apparatus and method of operating a luminaire
An illumination system verifies whether one or more aspects of an output signal provided by a photosensitive transducer fall within a threshold of an expected value for the aspect. The aspect may include a sunrise time, a sunset time, a dawn time, a dusk time, a solar noon time, a solar midnight time, or similar. Upon verification the illumination system uses a microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of a solid-state light source responsive to the output signal provided by the photosensitive transducer. Where verification is not possible, the illumination system uses the microcontroller to adjust one or more output parameters of the solid-state light source responsive to a schedule. |
| US09131546B2 |
Electronic ballast or operating device for illumination means having programmable or configurable control unit
In the case of an electronic ballast (1) for operating a lamp (10) or an operating device for illumination means, having mains terminals (5) for connecting the ballast (1) or operating device to a current supply, output terminals (6) for connecting a lamp or light source to the ballast (1) or operating device and a control unit (4) for controlling and/or regulating an operating voltage delivered to the lamp (LA) or light source via the output terminals (6), external control information (Vprog) for programming or configuring the operating behavior of the operating device is delivered to the control unit (4) via a programming input, and stored in a memory (4a) associated with the control unit (4). In accordance with the invention, the programming input is formed by means of the mains terminals (5) and/or the output terminals (6) of the ballast (1) or of the operating device (2), which are connected internally with the control unit (4). |
| US09131540B2 |
Image heating apparatus
A temperature detection unit is arranged in a position between a magnetic field generation coil and a magnetic core that lies inside a heat generation member. A cut portion for exposing the temperature detection unit through the magnetic core has a thickness when seen in a cross section in the direction of a magnetic flux. |
| US09131534B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring sounding signals in a wireless communication network
The teachings presented herein propose a separation between the configuration of a sounding signal, and the initialization of the sounding signal. In other words, in at least one example embodiment proposed herein, a base station or other controlling entity separates the selection of sounding signal parameters (sounding signal configuration) and the signaling of that configuration information to a mobile terminal from the Ordering” or other initiation of sounding signal transmission. Thus, a mobile station may be sent sounding signal configuration information and subsequently be commanded (implicitly or explicitly) to begin sounding signal transmissions according to the previously provided configuration information. |
| US09131531B2 |
Mobile communication device with multiple wireless transceivers and methods for use therewith
A first wireless transceiver communicates pre-association data via a first wireless network, the pre-association data relating to a second wireless network, wherein the first wireless network supports communication via a first wireless protocol and wherein the second wireless network supports communication via a second wireless protocol that is different from the first wireless protocol. A second wireless transceiver communicates the pre-association data with the first wireless transceiver via a transceiver interface and processes the pre-association data to support an association by the second wireless transceiver with the second wireless network. |
| US09131527B2 |
Wireless systems having multiple electronic devices and employing simplified fabrication and matching, and associated methods
A means and method to connect multiple IC chips to a single apparatus where the IC chips may function as a passive system or network in space. The collection of antennae and coupled near field devices form a pool of energy in which multiple devices may be introduced so as to provide a pool of energy and/or to function as a network or networks of devices including IC chips. |
| US09131523B2 |
Coexistence management using A-priori time domain information
A user equipment (UE) uses information regarding the timing of scheduling mobile wireless services (MWS) RAT communications to improve MWS and wireless network connectivity (WCN) radio access technology coexistence. To allow sufficient time for an uplink grant to be received by the UE in advance of the scheduled uplink time, an uplink grant may be sent in advance of the scheduled uplink time. In some instances, the UE may receive an indication of scheduled uplink time of the MWS RAT via a physical layer communication. The UE may schedule communications of the WCN RAT based at least in part on the indication of future activity. |
| US09131520B1 |
Packet exchange arbitration for coexisting radios
The present specification describes techniques for packet exchange arbitration. In some embodiments, a request is maintained to an arbiter at least until a packet exchange has been communicated and/or at least until a time-sensitive packet is communicated. In some other embodiments, a grant of a request is delayed at least until the communication of an isochronous packet. |
| US09131515B2 |
Selecting from among plural channel estimation techniques
A wireless receiver receives reference signals over a wireless link. The wireless receiver calculates a selection indication based on the received reference signals, and the wireless receiver selects from among plural channel estimation techniques based on the selection indication, where the selected channel estimation technique is usable to perform channel estimation of the wireless link. |
| US09131510B2 |
Wireless communication methods and apparatus
In an embodiment a wireless relay device comprises a receiver configured to receive signals from at least a first wireless device and a second wireless device, and to extract, from a signal received from the first wireless device, an indication of a path metric for a path from a source node to the first wireless device, and from a signal received from the second wireless device, an indication of a path metric for a path from the source node to the second wireless device; a processor configured to select, using the extracted indications, a path from the source node to the wireless relay device and to determine a path metric for the selected path; a memory configured to store the path metric for the selected path; and a transmitter configured to transmit an indication of the path metric for the selected path to a third wireless device. |
| US09131508B2 |
Dynamic resource adjustment for establishing and maintaining a call of interest
Methods, systems and devices are provided for dynamically adjusting mobile communication device resources for maintaining calls on a mobile communication device subject to a lawful intercept. Embodiment methods may include receiving at the mobile communication device an activation input from a remote server for activating a call extender daemon on the mobile communication device. An operating state of an onboard resource of the mobile communication device may be adjusted in response to receiving the activation input. The adjustment of the operating state of the onboard resource increases the likelihood of maintaining an active call on the mobile communication device. |
| US09131507B2 |
Method and apparatus for receiving signals
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for receiving signals, which comprises the followings: receive signals on at least one receiving branch, which comprises at least two reception units, including one data reception unit and one pilot reception unit at least. Said signal refers to a codeword in a transmission codebook; calculate metric value of each codeword in said transmission codebook according to said received signal; obtain the codeword with maximal metric value among all said codewords and the metric value corresponding to this codeword; if this value exceeds threshold value, Determining the codeword corresponding to said maximal metric value; if this value is less than the threshold value, Determining discontinuously-sent DTX. In the present invention, perform joint demodulation of data symbol and pilot symbol to make the demodulation results more reliable; meanwhile; judge whether it is discontinuous transmission based on joint demodulation of data symbol and pilot symbol. |
| US09131504B2 |
Method to enable Wi-Fi direct usage in radar bands
A method and system for allowing a client device to establish a direct communications session such as Wi-Fi Direct service using the 5 GHz band. In one embodiment, a client device first establishes a direct communications session, in the 2.4 GHz band with another client device, and then, based on the content used in that service, establishes a 5 GHz service if needed. |
| US09131500B2 |
Enabling IPv6 mobility with NAT64
A method for maintaining connectivity between a mobile node and a corresponding node when the mobile node connects to a foreign network, where the foreign network and the home network are Internet protocol version 6 (IPv6) networks but the corresponding node is an Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) node. The method includes receiving at the home agent node an IPv6 care-of address, determining that the IPv6 care-of address belongs to the foreign network and that the foreign NAT64 node has a prefix to generate virtual IPv6 addresses and sending a prefix binding request message to a home NAT64 node to bind the prefix to the home address of the mobile node for translation between IPv6 and IPv4. |
| US09131499B2 |
Method for signaling a subframe pattern for preventing inter-cell interference from occurring in heterogeneous network system and apparatus for the same
A method for setting an almost blank subframe (ABS) pattern in a base station of a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving an ABS bitmap pattern from a neighboring base station; setting the ABS pattern of the base station by repeating the ABS bitmap pattern within a previously set number of radio frames; receiving an offset value indicating an application start point of an updated ABS bitmap pattern and an application start of the updated ABS bitmap pattern from the neighboring base station; and setting the ABS pattern of the base station by repeating the updated ABS bitmap pattern from a start subframe of a specific radio frame indicated by the offset value. |
| US09131498B2 |
System and method for adaptive transmission time interval (TTI) structure
Methods and devices are provided for communicating data in a wireless channel. In one example, a method includes adapting the transmission time interval (TTI) length of transport container for transmitting data in accordance with a criteria. The criteria may include (but is not limited to) a latency requirement of the data, a buffer size associated with the data, a mobility characteristic of a device that will receive the data. The TTI lengths may be manipulated for a variety of reasons, such as for reducing overhead, satisfy quality of service (QoS) requirements, maximize network throughput, etc. In some embodiments, TTIs having different TTI lengths may be carried in a common radio frame. In other embodiments, the wireless channel may partitioned into multiple bands each of which carrying (exclusively or otherwise) TTIs having a certain TTI length. |
| US09131496B2 |
Direct transition to CELL DCH
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for reducing the time delay associated with the initialization of a data transfer in a Universal Mobile Telecommunications Systems (UMTS) terrestrial radio access network (UTRAN). A Radio Network Controller (RNC) initiates a data transfer by transmitting a downlink paging message to a User Equipment (UE), wherein the UE is capable of being in the states URA PCH, CELL PCH or CELL DCH. The paging message comprises information for transferring the UE from the URA PCH or the CELL PCH state directly to the CELL DCH state by means of delay reducing information indicated in the paging message. |
| US09131486B2 |
Control signal transmission for wireless communication systems
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate communicating reverse link control information over OFDMA control channel(s) and CDMA control channel(s). Dedicated OFDMA control channel resources can be assigned to mobile device(s). Control information related to one or more logical control channels can be generated by a mobile device. Further, a physical control channel type (e.g., OFDMA control channel or a CDMA control channel) can be selected for sending the control information via the reverse link. For example, control information associated with periodic, logical control channels can be multiplexed and sent over the OFDMA control channel (e.g., utilizing the dedicated OFDMA control channel resources) while control information related to non-periodic, logical control channels can be transmitted over the CDMA control channel. |
| US09131479B2 |
Method for mapping logical channel on shared channel
According to the invention data in a number of logical downlink intended for one or more mobile terminals are received in a first mapping unit, where at least a first High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity is allocated to these logical downlink channels addressing a group of mobile terminals for allowing transmission of channel data for reception by mobile terminals. A mobile terminal then reads, from a Broadcast Control Channel, necessary information including a High Speed Radio Network Temporary identity allocated to at least one logical downlink channel, where at least said first identity exists among possible identities. It then listens to a high speed shared control channel for the read identity. In case it detects the identity, the terminal follows a scheduling command, receives data on a high-speed downlink shared channel and processes said data. |
| US09131473B2 |
Method, device, and communication system for establishing connection with network management system
The present disclosure relates to the field of communications technologies and discloses a method, a device, and a communication system for establishing a connection with a network management system. The method includes: obtaining, by a relay node, a first IP address of the relay node; obtaining, by the relay node, an IP address of a security gateway by using the first IP address of the relay node; establishing, by the relay node, an IP security tunnel with the security gateway according to the IP address of the security gateway; obtaining, by the relay node, a second IP address of the relay node and an IP address of the network management system through the IP security tunnel; and establishing, by the relay node, a connection with the network management system by using the second IP address of the relay node and the IP address of the network management system. |
| US09131470B2 |
Resource allocation in a coexistence system
One embodiment disclosed in the present description relates to a coexistence manager which can adaptively select channels in a coexistence environment between disparate systems with channel use constraints that inherently exist with use of TVWS. Accordingly, the embodiment disclosed in the present description provides a resource allocation method for a manager device, comprising the steps of: receiving a channel allocation request from a first network or device; determining a second network or device for switching channels based on the benefits of each channel or device, if a channel cannot be assigned to the first network or device; switching the channel used by the second network or device to another channel and raising its priority; and assigning the channel used by the second network or device to the first network or device. |
| US09131468B2 |
Method of handling resource allocation for MTC and related communication device
A method of performing a random access (RA) procedure for a communication device in a wireless communication system is disclosed. The method comprises receiving first system information transmitted in a first subband resource of at least one subband resource by a network of the wireless communication system when performing a cell search procedure; receiving second system information transmitted in a second subband resource of the at least one subband resource according to the first system information, after performing the cell search procedure; and performing the RA procedure by using the second subband resource of the at least one subband resource according to at least one of the first system information and the second system information. |
| US09131458B2 |
Method of controlling base station transmitting power during soft handoff
The method is for sending power control commands in a CDMA cellular radio system from a mobile station to a plurality of base stations with which the mobile station is in soft handoff. The mobile station receiving a signal from each of said base stations determines a power control command based upon the received signals. Such power control command is sent during a plurality of power control groups. |
| US09131456B2 |
Transmission control method, mobile station, and communication system
A transmission control method includes a step of selecting transmission control information according to a combination of user data transmitted, via a transport channel, from an upper layer, and a step of transmitting the transmission control information, as well as a physical channel into which two or more transport channels are multiplexed, to a fixed station, the transmission control information including at least transmit power information. |
| US09131451B2 |
Method for controlling transmission power, and apparatus for same
A method is described for transmitting signals at a communication apparatus in a wireless communication system supporting a plurality of component carriers. A physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) with uplink control information (UCI) and a PUSCH without the UCI are simultaneously transmitted using the plurality of component carriers. A predefined transmission power determination scheme is used to determine the transmission power of the PUSCH with the UCI, and determine the transmission power of the PUSCH without the UCI. If a total transmission power of the PUSCH with the UCI and the PUSCH without the UCI exceeds a value corresponding to a maximum transmission power configured for the communication apparatus, the determined transmission power of the PUSCH without UCI is adjusted while maintaining the determined transmission power of the PUSCH with the UCI. |
| US09131443B2 |
Portable terminal and communication control method
A mobile terminal according to the present invention includes data analyzer analyzing content that makes up a web page received from a server connected to a network via a base station, display unit displaying the web page, and channel transition controller adjusting the timing to transit to a standby mode which consumes a smaller amount of electric power than in a present mode based on the result of the analysis made by the data analyzer. |
| US09131440B2 |
Independent power consumption management in a MIMO transceiver and method for use therewith
An integrated circuit (IC) includes a multi-input multi-output transceiver system that includes a plurality of RF transceivers. Each RF transceiver includes an RF transmitter that transmits a transmit signal at a selected transmit power, based on a transmit power control signal and a corresponding RF receiver for receiving a corresponding one of a plurality of received signals from an external device and for generating a signal strength indication corresponding to each of the plurality of received signals. A processing module generates the transmit power control signal for each RF transmitter based on the signal strength indication of the corresponding RF receiver, and that generates a power mode signal for adjusting a power consumption parameter of each RF transmitter in accordance with the selected transmit power for each RF transmitter. |
| US09131439B2 |
Method and apparatus for controlling power at base station in a communication system
A method and apparatus for controlling power of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system are provided, in which a voltage comparator compares an operation voltage of a power control target of the BS with a minimum required voltage for the power control target, and a controller decreases the operation voltage of the power control target by a predefined level, if the operation voltage is higher than the minimum required voltage, and increases the operation voltage of the power control target by a predefined level, if the operation voltage is lower than the minimum required voltage. |
| US09131437B2 |
Wireless base station, reference signal supply device, and wireless base station system
A PLL circuit of a wireless base station receives a reference signal for synchronization, transmitted from a GPS unit to generate a synchronizing signal in synchronization with the reference signal. A GPS state management unit transmits state information representing a state of the GPS unit to an EMS as the state information of a device supplying a reference signal, mounted on its own device, according to SNMP that is a standard management protocol. |
| US09131430B2 |
Apparatus and method for dynamically allocating radio resource
The invention relates to a communication device and method that dynamically uses frequency resources, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and a communication method that can dynamically allocate frequencies. The mobile terminal, which can dynamically allocate frequencies includes a communication module including a cognitive engine and a communication system block. The cognitive engine searches frequency bands based on both specific frequency policy and a service chosen by the user and selects a specific frequency band from the searched frequency bands. The communication system block includes a platform block for performing configuration for the selected frequency band and at least one component block for performing data processing based on a specific protocol according tox the configuration of the platform block. |
| US09131423B1 |
Method and system for wireless communication setup with threshold distance between wireless communication device and base station
Disclosed is a method and system that involves establishing a communication between a wireless device and a base station notwithstanding, and in response to, a determination that the wireless device is threshold far away from the base station. When the base station or its supporting network infrastructure determines that the device is threshold far away from the base station, the base station will simultaneously establish the communication via the base station and at least one other base station. Once adequate communication then occurs through the other base station, the first base station will be dropped from the communication, allowing the communication to proceed though the other base station. |
| US09131419B2 |
Systems and methods for inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility
Methods and apparatus for providing inter-RAT mobility between 2G/3G and 4 networks are described. A UE camped or connected to a GERAN or UTRAN network may be configured to move, either directly or through network-controlled functions, to an LTE network to perform a data call. The UE may then return to a 2G/3G network. |
| US09131413B2 |
Method and apparatus for configuring radio access functionality of a wireless communication unit
A method for configuring radio access functionality of a wireless communication unit within a wireless communication network, the method comprising sending to the wireless communication unit an indication of a required radio access protocol version to which the wireless communication unit is to be reconfigured. |
| US09131402B2 |
Methods, systems, and media for detecting usage of a radio channel
Methods, systems, and media for detecting usage of a radio channel are provided. In some embodiments, methods for detecting usage of a radio channel are provided, the methods comprising: collecting noise samples on the radio channel from a radio receiver; determining a noise empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; collecting signal samples on the radio channel from the radio receiver; determining a signal empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; calculating a largest absolute difference between the noise empirical cumulative distribution function and the signal empirical cumulative distribution function using a hardware processor; and determining that the radio channel is being used when the largest absolute difference is greater than a threshold using a hardware processor. |
| US09131400B2 |
Method and apparatus for inter-RAT integration
A method comprises off-loading data traffic from user equipment in a coverage area of a cell from a first band to second band. The off-loading comprises building a probability distribution function of a transmit configuration for power levels of sub-bands for first bands and second bands in the cell and updating the probability distribution function being configured at an end of a selected time interval. |
| US09131396B2 |
Measurement of field reliability metrics
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include an access segment of a mobility network in which routers receive network traffic data from base transceiver stations, forward the network traffic data by way of aggregation routers, originate probe packets directed to a targeted one of the base transceiver station and the aggregation router to determine, by way of an expected reply to each probe packet, reachability of the targeted one of the base transceiver station or the aggregation router. A change from reachability to unreachability of the targeted one of the base transceiver station or the aggregation router is determined to be an indication of service impacted outage. Determined service impacted outages are logged. Reliability metrics, such as average uptime, are computed from reachability status to quantify the impact of service level outages perceptible by the mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09131395B2 |
Acknowledgment and/or receiver recovery mechanisms for scheduled responses within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
Acknowledgment and/or receiver recovery mechanisms for scheduled responses within multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications. Explicit scheduling information is provided from a first wireless communication device (e.g., an access point (AP), a transmitting wireless communication device) to a number of other wireless communication devices (e.g., wireless stations (STAs), receiving wireless communication devices) directing those other wireless communication devices a manner by which responses (e.g., acknowledgments (ACKs), block acknowledgments (BACKs), training feedback frames, etc.) are to be provided to the first wireless communication device there from. Such direction may include the order, timing, cluster assignment, etc. by which each respective wireless communication device is to provide its respective response to the first wireless communication device. In the event of the first wireless communication device failing to receive at least one response from at least one of the other wireless communication devices, various communication medium recovery mechanisms may be performed. |
| US09131391B2 |
Dynamic channel selection algorithms for interference management in WIFI networks
A method of dynamically adjusting Wi-Fi parameters of a plurality of access points (APs) is disclosed. Reports from the plurality of APs are received through an interface. A conflict graph is created by a processor. Creating the conflict graph includes creating a plurality of vertices of the conflict graph, each vertex corresponding to one of the plurality of APs. Creating the conflict graph further includes determining that there is a conflict between at least some of the pairs of APs based at least in part on the received reports. Creating the conflict graph includes connecting an edge between each of the at least some of the pairs of APs. The conflict graph is stored in a memory. |
| US09131390B2 |
Optimization of transmission control protocol (TCP) connections in a wireless network
Network parameters implemented in a number of network devices may be optimized. In one implementation, a device may receive values for a network parameters, the network parameters including network parameters associated with devices in a network. At least a first portion of the network parameters may relate to traffic control in transmission control protocol (TCP) sessions in the network and at least a second portion of the network parameters may relate to data transmission in a radio access interface in the network. The device may further receive values for performance indicators that define a performance of one or more aspects of the network. The device may further modify one or more of the network parameters based on the received values for the network parameters and based on the received performance indicators, to optimize performance of the network with respect to the performance indicators. |
| US09131388B2 |
Wireless communications method and apparatus
A method of relaying a signal in a wireless communications network including a plurality of wireless devices is performed by at least one of said wireless devices to relay a signal in a communication path between one of said plurality of wireless devices and another one of said wireless devices, wherein said at least one of said wireless devices includes a power amplifier for amplifying said signal, the method including receiving a signal from said one of said plurality of wireless devices, determining a peak-to-average power ratio of said received signal under a plurality of predetermined relay modes, determining a back-off value associated with said power amplifier, selecting a mode of relaying said signal from said plurality of predetermined relay modes based on said determined peak-to-average power ratio and said determined back-off value, and transmitting said signal to said another one of said plurality of wireless devices using said selected mode. |
| US09131387B2 |
Transmission power determination method, communication device and program
There is provided a method for determining an acceptable transmission power for a second communication service making secondary usage of a spectrum assigned to a first communication service, comprising the step of determining the acceptable transmission power based on quality of a radio signal required in the first communication service, an interference level or a noise level in the first communication service, and a path loss on a communication path about one or more secondary usage node that transmits a radio signal of the second communication service. |
| US09131385B2 |
Wireless network based sensor data collection, processing, storage, and distribution
In embodiments of the present disclosure, improved capabilities are described for a sensor platform in a wireless network, where optimization servers utilizing publish-subscribe broker services are provided within the wireless network to provide conferenced connectivity between sensor devices and communicating entities. |
| US09131384B2 |
Method and apparatus for notifying a node in a multi-node system
The present description relates to a method for notifying at least one node being used from among a plurality of nodes in a multi-node system including the plurality of nodes and a base station for controlling the plurality of nodes, wherein the method comprises a step in which a terminal determines, from the table preemptively shared with the base station, an index for indicating at least one node to be notified; and a step in which the terminal performs communication with the base station using the determined index. |
| US09131381B1 |
Mobile device auto wipe
A mobile computing device may automatically determine an occurrence of a security event associated with the device, and automatically erase all software and data on the device. The security event may be the mobile computing device being unlocked and away from a trusted location or user associated with the device, or the device moving a pre-determined distance over a pre-determined amount of time while unlocked, or a user performing an incorrect touch gesture to unlock the mobile computing device, or entry of an incorrect password a pre-determined consecutive number of times. The mobile computing may display a visual cue to the user to prompt the user to perform the incorrect touch gesture. Software and data on the mobile computing device may be automatically erased without receiving instructions from another computing device, or may be erased when the mobile computing device establishes a network connection with another computing device. |
| US09131377B2 |
Method and apparatus for unlocking operating system
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for unlocking an operating system, which are used to unlock the system with personal information data when a user forgets a password, thereby increasing a probability of successful unlocking of the user. The method of the embodiment of the present invention includes: when a user fails in unlocking the system via an unlock pattern in an unlocking interface for pattern unlocking, displaying an unlocking interface for personal information authentication, and matching personal information input by the user with personal information pre-stored in a local database. |
| US09131376B2 |
Proximity-based dynamic vehicle navigation
Various examples are disclosed of how to leverage technology in a vehicle to provide various services in a convenient manner. For example, the pairing of the portable device with the on-board computer of the vehicle may be utilized as a level of authorization to provide certain services in a more automated and/or convenient way to the vehicle driver or other occupant of the vehicle, such as by authenticating wireless transactions with entities external to the vehicle using device pairing technology, and by modifying vehicle navigation routes to include suggested nearby points of interest that may be determined to be of particular value to a vehicle occupant. |
| US09131375B2 |
Wireless communication system, communication control method, and base station
A wireless communication system includes a first base station and a second base station that respectively communicate with a mobile station by using a wireless resource. The first base station includes a resource control unit that controls allocation of the wireless resource to the second base station. The second base station includes a communication unit that communicates with the mobile station by using the wireless resource allocated from the first base station. |
| US09131369B2 |
Protection of private information in a client/server automatic speech recognition system
A mobile device is adapted for protecting private information on the mobile device in a hybrid automatic speech recognition arrangement. The mobile device includes a speech input component for receiving a speech input signal from a user. Additionally, the mobile device includes a local ASR arrangement for performing local ASR processing of the speech input signal and determining if private information is included within the speech input signal. A control unit on the mobile device obscures private information in the speech input signal if the local ASR arrangement identifies information within a speech recognition result as private information. The control unit releases the speech input signal with the obscured private information for transmission to a remote server for further ASR processing.Results from the remote server's ASR processing are integrated and combined with results from local ASR processing to display information on the mobile device. |
| US09131359B2 |
Method for remotely controlling portable terminal and system therefor
The present invention relates to a remote control of a portable terminal, and more particularly, to a method for remotely controlling functions of a portable terminal, and a system thereof. A method for remotely controlling a function of a portable terminal includes receiving a request for remote control of at least one function of the portable terminal, setting up the requested at least one function for remote control, determining whether an event corresponding to the set up function is generated and performing the set up function if the event is generated. |
| US09131356B2 |
System and method for administration and operation of one or more mobile electronic communications devices
A mobile electronic communications device includes a housing, a memory, a data entry mechanism, a display for visual data, at least one wireless transceiver configured to transmit and receive electromagnetic signals conforming to a plurality of wireless signaling protocols, and a controller. The controller is communicatively connected to the memory, data entry mechanism, and display; and is configured to send and receive data using the at least one wireless transceiver. The controller detects available wireless networks using at least one of the plurality of wireless signaling protocols, compares network identifications of available wireless networks to a predetermined list of network identifications ordered by preference, establishes a wireless network connection with an available wireless network having a network identification corresponding to a most preferred network identification in the predetermined list of network identifications, and executes an authentication process in response to establishing the wireless network connection. |
| US09131354B2 |
Method for updating terminal group identifier in machine-to-machine communication
Disclosed is a method for a terminal, which is in an idle state in a wireless access system that supports machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, updating an M2M group identifier (MGID), which identifies a multicast service flow that is shared by a group of M2M terminals inside an M2M group zone. The method can comprises the steps of: receiving from a first base station the MGID and the M2M group zone identifier of the first base station; receiving from a second base station an M2M group zone identifier of the second base station; requesting from the second base station an MGID update when the M2M group zone identifier of the second base station is different from the M2M group zone identifier of the first base station; and updating the MGID on the basis of a new MGID that is transmitted from the second base station as a response to the request. |
| US09131353B2 |
Apparatus, system and method of setting up an application service platform (ASP) peer to peer (P2P) group
Some demonstrative embodiments include apparatuses, systems and/or methods of setting up an Application Service Platform (ASP) Peer-to-Peer (P2P) persistent group. For example, an apparatus may include a first ASP to communicate with a second ASP to setup one or more ASP-P2P groups over a wireless communication link, the first ASP is to form each ASP-P2P group only as an ASP-P2P persistent group extendable over a plurality of distinct sessions, the first ASP is to store credentials of the ASP-P2P persistent group for use during the sessions. |
| US09131347B2 |
Utilizing a pressure profile to determine a location context identifier
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 utilizing a pressure profile to determine a location context identifier (LCI) for use in or with a mobile communication device. |
| US09131342B2 |
Location-based categorical information services
A selection of a category of interest and location information is used to determine categorical information that is provided to a device. In some implementations, the device includes a touch-sensitive display and presents the categorical information on a map using an indicator. In some implementations, the categorical information can be shared and/or updated by others. |
| US09131340B2 |
Location update processing method and device
A method includes, when a UE enters a first core network device and performs a location update, determining, by the first core network device and at least according to that a timer does not time out, that context information of the UE is available, and sending, by the first core network device, to a second core network device, a location update request that includes information that the context information of the UE is available. The method further includes executing, by the first core network device, the location update at least according to saved context information of the UE. The timer is sent to the first core network device by the second core network device before the UE enters the first core network device and when the UE leaves the first core network device and performs the location update. Alternatively, the timer is saved in the first core network device in advance. |
| US09131336B2 |
System and method for facilitating short-range wireless communications between a mobile wireless device and an auxiliary system
The present invention relates to a system and method for facilitating short-range wireless communications between a mobile wireless device and an auxiliary device. The wireless device includes a short-range transceiver for communicating with an auxiliary device; a signal module for providing a mode control signal; and, a control module for controllably shifting a short-range transceiver between a power saver mode and a search mode based on the mode control signal received from the signal module. When in the search mode, the short-range transceiver is operable to search for the auxiliary device to communicate therewith. When in a power saver mode, the short-range transceiver is not operable to search for the auxiliary device. |
| US09131335B2 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for management of connected devices, such as in a wireless docking environment
Method, apparatus, and computer program product embodiments enable a wireless docking center device to manage one or more wireless and/or wired peripheral devices on behalf of a wireless dockee device. Example embodiments of the invention include wireless docking management of peripheral devices, power management in wireless docking, intelligent and automatic connection activation in wireless docking, notification based on user proximity to a peripheral device in wireless docking, and redirect data transmission between peripheral devices in wireless docking. Wireless docking is mentioned as example herein, but similar solutions may also be applied to other connected device environments. |
| US09131334B2 |
Method and system for bluetooth communication
Disclosed are a Bluetooth communication method and system which enable a Bluetooth device to be connected to other terminals without a pairing process and data to be transmitted through Bluetooth communication when the Bluetooth device is paired with any of a plurality of terminals having the same device information. The Bluetooth communication method includes receiving, by a receiving unit in a central communication server, communication information from a first terminal when the first terminal and a Bluetooth device are paired, transmitting, by a transmitting unit in the central communication server, the communication information to a second terminal having the same device information as the first terminal, and establishing, by the second terminal, a communication channel with the Bluetooth device, without the pairing process, on the basis of the received communication information. |
| US09131332B2 |
Method of providing call control information from a mobile phone to a peripheral device
The systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments provide call control information from a mobile phone to another device by moving the functionality enabling the separation of call control commands from audio data off the mobile phone. The various embodiments handle the separation of call control commands from audio data at an ear piece or other peripheral device, such as a personal hub, which is part of a multiple subscriber device system. The various embodiments enable the standard Bluetooth® Hands-Free Profile to be used by a multiple subscriber device system to interact with a mobile phone. |
| US09131331B2 |
Device discovery with privacy support
Systems, methods, and devices are directed to wireless proximate-based communications with privacy support. A first wireless communication device is configured to discover and wirelessly communicate with one or more proximately-located wireless devices. The first wireless communication device includes logic configured to generate a temporary transformed address and expiration time and to format the temporary transformed address and expiration time into a packet and a communications module configured to transmit the packet directly to the one or more proximately-located wireless devices during discovery. The first wireless communication device is capable of exchanging information directly with the one or more proximately-located wireless devices based on the transformed address, until the expiration time has lapsed. |
| US09131328B2 |
Application of the invoke facility service to restrict invocation of compound wireless mobile communication services: division 1—formation of restricted spatial boundaries
This invention provides a mechanism for invocation of wireless mobile terminal (Smartphone) apps according to spatial events. The spatial events relate to either entering or being within or exiting or being outside of a physical space. For planes, the spatial boundary may be a circle or the perimeter of an arbitrary polygon. For a three dimensional space, the spatial boundary may be a spherical surface or the surface of an arbitrary polyhedron. Spatial parameters, that identify a boundary, are provided by a Smartphone app builder to an interactive compiler for defining a spatial region. The algorithms for doing so are provided herein. The name of the spatial configuration is afterwards inserted within an Invoke facility service's Boolean expression by the builder of an Invoke facility service. The builder defines which manner of spatial event activity is to be utilized within the Boolean expression. |
| US09131324B2 |
Optimizing operational control of a hearing prosthesis
A method for operating a hearing prosthesis is provided. A plurality of settings are provided, each setting providing a different operating functionality for the hearing prosthesis suitable for different situations. A signal analysis is executed on input signals to the hearing prosthesis. The signal analysis monitors characteristics of a current situation to detect any change and, in the case of detecting change, classifies the current situation into one of a plurality of predefined states. The suitability of the settings is compared with the determined state. One or more optimal choice(s) of setting(s) is identified for the current situation. The one or more optimal choice(s) of setting(s) is presented to a user. The user is then allowed to make a selection from the presented choice(s) of setting(s). If a selection is received from the user, the selected setting is executed. A hearing prosthesis is also provided. |
| US09131320B2 |
Audio device with a voice coil channel and a separately amplified telecoil channel
A portable audio device has a voice coil audio signal processor in which a desired audio content signal is combined with an anti-noise signal produced by an active noise cancellation block. A voice coil amplifier receives a volume setting and is coupled to an output of the voice coil audio signal processor. A speaker is coupled to an output of the voice coil amplifier. In addition, a telecoil audio signal processor also receives the desired audio content, and feeds a telecoil amplifier that receives a telecoil coupling strength setting, followed by a telecoil. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US09131318B2 |
Method and system for providing hearing assistance to a user
A method for providing hearing assistance to a user by capturing input audio signals; estimating a speech level of the input audio signals and an ambient noise level of the input audio signals; applying a gain model to the input audio signals to transform the input audio signals into filtered audio signals, wherein, for a each ambient noise level, the gain varies as a function of the speech level and wherein the function varies according to the ambient noise level changing the ratio of the gain at low speech levels and at high speech levels as a function of the ambient noise level; wirelessly transmitting the filtered audio signals to a receiver unit forming or being connected to a user hearing stimulator, the stimulator being worn at or in the user's ear; and stimulating the user's hearing by the stimulator according to audio signals supplied by the receiver unit. |
| US09131315B2 |
MEMS microphone with a built-in textile material protecting screen
A MEMS microphone with a built-in textile material protecting screen comprises a microphone body having an opening thereat is arranged a textile material protecting screen which is built-in in the microphone body, during the production phase of the MEMS device called “packaging”. |
| US09131308B2 |
Passive audio ear filters with multiple filter elements
There is disclosed a passive acoustical filter including two or more filter elements coupled between an ambient and a listener's ear, each of the filter elements selected from the group consisting of a low pass filter element, a high pass filter element, a band reject filter element, and a band pass filter element. |
| US09131307B2 |
Noise eliminating device, noise eliminating method, and noise eliminating program
Provided is a noise eliminating device that includes: a signal calculator that calculates a difference signal between a signal of one channel out of a plurality of signals input from a plurality of channels and a signal of another channel; a variable filter unit that processes and outputs the signals of channels; an adaptive filter unit that operates by receiving a composite signal of the difference signal and another signal as an input signal; and a unit that calculates an error signal between an output signal of the adaptive filter unit and a signal having correlation with the another signal being set as a desired signal. Characteristics of the adaptive filter are changed by using the error signal. Further, characteristics of the variable filter are changed in accordance with a change in the characteristics of the adaptive filter. |
| US09131306B2 |
Apparatus including means for connecting to one or more outer speakers as well as means for detecting such a connection
An audio appliance includes two external connections for connection to external loudspeakers, and includes means for establishing an electrical signal between the external terminals that is representative of an audio source in order to inject an excitation electric current into each external loudspeaker. Means are provided for incorporating a component at a “detection” frequency that is situated outside the audible spectrum in the electrical signal that is established between the external terminals, together with means for detecting an electric current flowing between the external terminals and having a frequency corresponding to the detection frequency. This is applicable in particular to systems comprising a mobile appliance and a fixed docking station incorporating a woofer and designed to receive the mobile appliance. |
| US09131305B2 |
Configurable three-dimensional sound system
A method and a system for simultaneously generating configurable three-dimensional (3D) sounds are provided. A 3D sound processing application (3DSPA) in operative communication with a microphone array system (MAS) is provided on a computing device. The MAS forms acoustic beam patterns and records sound tracks from the acoustic beam patterns. The 3DSPA generates a configurable sound field on a graphical user interface using recorded or pre-recorded sound tracks. The 3DSPA acquires user selections of configurable parameters associated with sound sources from the configurable sound field. The 3DSPA dynamically processes the sound tracks using the user selections to generate a configurable 3D binaural sound, surround sound, and/or stereo sound. The 3DSPA measures head related transfer functions (HRTFs) in communication with a simulator apparatus that simulates a human's upper body. The 3DSPA generates the binaural sound by processing the sound tracks with the HRTFs based on the user selections. |
| US09131301B2 |
Speaker enclosure and method for fabricating the same
The invention relates to a speaker enclosure and a method for fabricating the same. The speaker enclosure comprises a main housing, a top cover, and a bottom plate. The main housing fabricated by a molding process and having a continuous side wall, end faces, and an inner space, wherein, a plurality of ribs are formed on the inner surface of the continuous side wall, so that the inner surface is an irregular surface. Therefore, the reflected direction of sound waves generated by a speaker unit in the inner space will be changed and the amplitude of sound waves will be decreased by an irregular surface formed in the inner surface of the continuous side wall. As the result, standing waves and echoes mixing with original sound waves may be eliminated. |
| US09131299B2 |
Electronic device
Provided is an electronic device 1, including: a piezoelectric element 30; a panel 10 configured to support the piezoelectric element 30; and a housing 60 configured to hold the panel 10 and conduct a vibration through the panel 10, the panel 10 generating air-conduction sound and vibration sound that is transmitted by vibrating a part of a human body. The housing 60 includes a first housing portion 62 and a second housing portion 61 located inward of the first housing portion 62, and rigidity-reinforcing portions (63, 150; 64, 160; 65, 66, 170) are disposed between the first housing portion 62 and the second housing portion 61 for improving rigidity of the housing 60. |
| US09131298B2 |
Constrained dynamic amplitude panning in collaborative sound systems
In general, techniques are described for performing constrained dynamic amplitude panning in collaborative sound systems. A headend device comprising one or more processors may perform the techniques. The processors may be configured to identify, for a mobile device participating in a collaborative surround sound system, a specified location of a virtual speaker of the collaborative surround sound system and determine a constraint that impacts playback of audio signals rendered from an audio source by the mobile device. The processors may be further configure to perform dynamic spatial rendering of the audio source with the determined constraint to render audio signals that reduces the impact of the determined constraint during playback of the audio signals by the mobile device. |
| US09131296B2 |
Auto-configuring audio output for audio performance and fault detection
An audio system has a connector with a signal pin that interfaces the audio system with an external device. An audio integrated circuit has a digital to analog converter (DAC) and an audio power amplifier having an input coupled to an output of the DAC and an output coupled to an output pin of the audio integrated circuit. Data storage contains stored instructions that program a processor to select an audio output mode of operation namely line-out mode or headphone mode. A configurable output conditioning circuit is coupled between the output pin of the audio integrated circuit and the signal pin of the connector. The conditioning circuit changes the output impedance that is presented at the signal pin, under control of the programmed processor when selecting the audio output mode of operation. Other embodiments are also described and claimed. |
| US09131295B2 |
Multi-microphone audio source separation based on combined statistical angle distributions
Systems, methods, and computer media for separating audio sources in a multi-microphone system are provided. A plurality of audio sample groups can be received. Each audio sample group comprises at least two samples of audio information captured by different microphones during a sample group time interval. For each audio sample group, an estimated angle between an audio source and the multi-microphone system can be estimated based on a phase difference of the samples in the group. The estimated angle can be modeled as a combined statistical distribution that is a mixture of a target audio signal statistical distribution and a noise component statistical distribution. The combined statistical distribution can be analyzed to provide an accurate characterization of each sample group as either target audio signal or noise. The target audio signal can then be resynthesized from samples identified as part of the target audio signal. |
| US09131293B2 |
Magnetic assembly for speaker
A magnetic assembly for a speaker is disclosed. The magnetic assembly includes a yoke, a magnet module installed on the yoke, and a pole module mounted on the magnet module. The magnet module includes a main magnet, a first secondary magnet and a second secondary magnet, the pole module includes a main pole plate, a first secondary pole plate and a second secondary pole plate. The first secondary pole plate includes a first pole protrusion extending perpendicularly from an edge thereof, and the second secondary pole plate includes a second pole protrusion extending perpendicularly from an edge thereof. The first pole protrusion and the second pole protrusion are located facing two opposite side walls of the main magnet respectively. |
| US09131291B2 |
Audio recording and playback device, and power feed method for audio recording and playback device
An audio recording and playback device, of the present invention, capable of recording and playing back audio, comprises an audio input section for converting audio input during an audio recording operation into an electrical audio signal, a power feed section for carrying out power feeds to the audio input section by means of a balanced transmission line, an amplifier section for amplifying the audio signal, a boost section for generating a power feed voltage to be applied to the balanced transmission line and outputting to the power feed section, a output voltage changing section for carrying out control to vary the output voltage of the boost section, and a control section for controlling the power feed voltage of the power feed section by controlling the power feed section and the output voltage changing section. |
| US09131290B2 |
Audio coding device, audio coding method, and computer-readable recording medium storing audio coding computer program
An audio coding device includes a time frequency transform unit that, with respect to each of a plurality of channels included in an audio signal, generates a time frequency signal indicating frequency components at each time by performing a time frequency transform on a signal of the channel; a transient detection unit that detects a transient with respect to each of the plurality of channels so as to obtain a transient detection time; a transient time correction unit that, when a difference in transient detection times between an early detection channel in which the transient detection time is earliest and a late detection channel that is a channel other than the early detection channel among the plurality of channels is within a range in which the transient; a grid determination unit that, with respect to each of the plurality of channels, and a coding unit that codes. |
| US09131287B1 |
System and method of processing management frames
A system and method of processing management frames implement a switching strategy is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of processing frames received in a network switch comprises identifying control frames from the received frames, wherein a control frame includes instruction messages, and identifying non-control frames that include data traffic. For identified control frames, the control frames are modified by inserting a value for an EtherType within the control frame. The value of the EtherType is not inserted within the non-control frames. The method transmits the frames to a central processing unit (CPU) or other frame processing device within the network switch wherein the CPU is configured to identify the control frames from the non-control frames by the value of the EtherType in the frames. |
| US09131285B2 |
Authoring system for IPTV network
In an embodiment, a system and method permit an IPTV subscriber to display on a channel of an IPTV network video data from a subscriber video database. The system may include, in addition to the IPTV network and the subscriber database, an IPTV server and an IPTV set top box. The IPTV set top box is configured to receive commands causing the IPTV set top box to retrieve video data from an IPTV subscriber database, display the video data on an IPTV display unit; and to transmit the video data over an IPTV network to an IPTV server. The IPTV server is configured to transmit the video data from the IPTV server over the IPTV network such that the video data is displayable on a channel of the IPTV network. |
| US09131282B2 |
Systems and methods for selecting television advertisements for a set-top box requesting an advertisement without knowing what program or channel is being watched
A computer system automatically identifies, in response to receipt of first electronic data indicating selected advertisements are desired for a set-top box, certain television programs/channels that permit or desire selected advertisements, and automatically makes available to a device a set of selected television advertisements. The programs/channels are identified using second electronic data. The programs/channels are available for viewing in a time slot during which the first electronic data was received. Each selected advertisement corresponds to an identified television program/channel. The device has access to third electronic data indicating which program/channel is currently being presented via the set-top box, so that a selected television advertisement can be presented via the set-top box while the corresponding program/channel is being presented. The computer system selects and makes available the first set of television advertisements without access to the third electronic data. |
| US09131280B2 |
Customizing the display of information by parsing descriptive closed caption data
The display of information supplied from a remote source is customized. Profile data identifying user preferences or display characteristics associated with a user's display device is transmitted to the remote source. Descriptive closed caption data disposed in a predetermined location in the data structure of the information is received from that remote source. The descriptive closed caption data is parsed from the received information; and the user's preference or display characteristic is recognized from the parsed data. The parsed data is used to control the user's display device, thereby displaying the supplied information in accordance with the user's preference or in accordance with the particular display characteristics of the user's display device. |
| US09131279B2 |
Preparing video data in accordance with a wireless display protocol
In general, techniques are described for preparing video data in accordance with a wireless display protocol. For example, a portable device comprising a module to store video data, a wireless display host module and a wireless interface may implement the techniques of this disclosure. The wireless display host module determines one or more display parameters of a three-dimensional (3D) display device external from the portable device and prepares the video data to generate 3D video data based on the determined display parameters. The wireless interface then wirelessly transmits the 3D video data to the external 3D display device. In this way, a portable device implements the techniques to prepare video data in accordance with a wireless display protocol. |
| US09131278B2 |
System and method for layered delivery of media content quality
A method in a server for providing various Internet Protocol television signal qualities involves an IPTV signal having a first signal quality that is transmitted over a first network connection to a first device. A request to receive the IPTV signal over a second network connection at a second device with the IPTV signal having a second signal quality is received. A determination is made that the second network connection has sufficient bandwidth to transmit the IPTV signal at the second signal quality, and that the second device is capable of receiving IPTV signal. The transmission of the IPTV signal over the first network connection to the first device is ended. An endpoint for the transmission of the IPTV signal to the first device is determined. The IPTV signal is transmitted over the second network connection to the second device at the second signal quality beginning at the determined endpoint. |
| US09131275B2 |
Managing video-on-demand in a hierarchical network
Technologies manage video-on-demand (VoD) for a set of video files stored in a hierarchical network comprising a plurality of nodes, one or more of the plurality of nodes being user nodes, the user nodes connected to one or more of the plurality of parent nodes, and one or more of the plurality of parent nodes storing a video file previously requested by a user node, the method comprising, for a user node, periodically ranking a video file from the set of video files wherein the ranking is based on separation between a parent node in the network storing the video file and the user node, and interest of the user node for the video file; and on receiving a request for the VoD, providing a list of the set of video files and recommending one or more video files having a predefined ranking. |
| US09131271B2 |
Systems and methods for real-time adaptation of multimedia data
A computer-implemented method for real-time adaptation of multimedia data. A first multimedia stream is monitored. A determination is made as to whether an attribute of the first multimedia stream satisfies a predefined threshold. When the attribute of the first multimedia stream satisfies the predefined threshold a request is made to a switch from the first multimedia stream to a second multimedia stream. When the data packet from the second multimedia stream is received, transmission of the first multimedia stream is terminated. The data packet from the second multimedia stream is marked as a splicing point. When the value of the timestamp of the data packet from the second multimedia stream is determined in relation to the value of the timestamp of the data packet from the first multimedia stream, transmission of the second multimedia stream is initiated. |
| US09131270B2 |
Simulcast resolution in content matching systems
Example methods disclosed herein to identify media sources include determining whether a first time difference between a first meter signature and a second meter signature associated with presented media is equivalent to a second time difference between a first reference signature determined to match the first meter signature and a second reference signature determined to match the second meter signature, the first and second reference signatures being associated with a first one of a plurality of media sources. Such example methods also include, in response to determining that the first time difference and the second time difference are equivalent, appending the second reference signature to a first tracking segment associated with the first one of the media sources to cause a first time length associated with the first tracking segment to be increased based on at least a respective timestamp associated with the second reference signature. |
| US09131265B2 |
Method and system for providing satellite television service to a premises
Methods and systems for providing satellite television service to a premises may comprise receiving satellite television signals utilizing a satellite dish, converting received satellite signals to internet protocol (IP) signals, and wirelessly communicating the IP signals into a premises to which the satellite dish corresponds. The IP signals may, for example, conform to a multimedia over cable alliance (MoCA) standard or a IEEE 802.11x standard. The wirelessly communicating may comprise magnetic coupling. The received satellite signals may, for example, be converted to IP signals utilizing an IP low-noise block downconverter (IP-LNB) which may comprise full-band capture receivers. The wireless communication of the IP signals may, for example, be within a wireless network of the dwelling or may be independent of a wireless network of the dwelling. The wirelessly communicated IP signals may be beam-formed and may be communicated wirelessly over one or more industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) bands. |
| US09131261B2 |
Apparatus and method for automatic conversion of content address and associated action thereof for social television sharing
An information processor includes a receiver configured to receive, from a first device, a response information request including content identification information for identifying a content in a network; an extraction portion configured to extract a plurality of element information pieces included in the content identification information; a storage to store therein each of conditions for a first element information piece among the plurality of element information pieces, and a response information piece in association with each other; and a generator configured to generate a response message including the response information piece stored in association with a condition that the first element information piece extracted by the extraction portion satisfies among the conditions for the first element information piece stored in the storage portion. |
| US09131256B2 |
Method and apparatus for synchronizing content playback
An approach for facilitating the playback of content concurrently on multiple devices is described. A time reference associated with a first device is provided to a synchronization platform for corresponding to playback of content on the first device. The synchronization platform also receives a request from a second device to synchronize concurrent playback of a version of the content on the second device. Timing information is generated for transmission to the second device in response to the request for enabling the second device to playback its version of the content in synchronization with that of the first device. |
| US09131254B2 |
Cross layer coding for satellite mobile TV broadcast method and apparatus
Methods and apparatus providing error protection in multicast-broadcast service by encoding multimedia content according to a first protocol to provide a plurality of distinct video streams, coding each of the distinct video streams using respective coding protocols, wherein each coding protocol has associated with it corresponding descriptors and coefficients, and multiplexing the coded video streams toward a wireless network. |
| US09131252B2 |
Transmission of 3D models
A method and an apparatus for transmitting a 3D model associated to stereoscopic content are described, and more specifically a method and an apparatus for the progressive transmission of 3D models. Also described are a method and an apparatus for preparing a 3D model associated to a 3D video frame for transmission and a non-transient recording medium comprising such a prepared 3D model. The 3D model is split into one or more components. It is then determined whether a component of the one or more components is hidden by other 3D content. For transmission those components of the 3D model that are not hidden by other 3D content are transmitted first. The remaining components of the 3D model are transmitted subsequently. |
| US09131249B2 |
Apparatus for encoding moving images to minimize an amount of generated code
According to one embodiment, a moving image encoding apparatus includes a calculation unit, a selection unit, and a compression unit. The calculation unit calculates, for each unit of processing, amounts of code using plural variable length compression modes, the variable length compression modes having compression rates different from each other. The selection unit selects a compression mode in which an accumulated amount of code is smaller than or equal to a predetermined amount of code, the compression mode being selected from the variable length compression modes and a fixed length compression mode on the basis of the amounts of code calculated for the variable length compression modes and an amount of code obtained when the image data is compressed by the fixed length compression mode. The compression unit compresses the unit of processing of image data by the compression mode selected and generates compressed data. |
| US09131247B2 |
Multi-view video coding using scalable video coding
There are provided methods and apparatus for stereoscopic video coding using scalable video coding. A scalable video encoder includes an encoder for encoding at least two views corresponding to multi-view video content by, encoding a particular view of the at least two views as a base layer, and encoding each of at least one other view of the at least two views as an enhancement layer using a prediction from a lower layer corresponding to at least one of the particular view and the at least one other view. The at least two views are encoded based on a selection from among at least two of temporal, spatial, and signal to noise ratio scalability techniques. |
| US09131245B2 |
Reference picture list construction for video coding
Techniques are described related to constructing reference picture lists. The reference picture lists may be constructed from reference picture subsets of a reference picture set. In some examples, the techniques may repeatedly list reference pictures identified in the reference picture subsets until the number of entries in the reference picture list is equal to the maximum number of allowable entries in the reference picture list. |
| US09131238B2 |
System and method for lossy source-channel coding at the application layer
A source channel encoder, source channel decoder and methods for implementing such devices are disclosed herein. The source channel encoder includes a linear transform encoder configured to generate a plurality of source components. A successive refinement quantizer is configured to generate a plurality of bit planes based on the source components. A systematic linear encoder configured to map the bit planes into channel-encoded symbols. The linear transform encoder may be configured to apply a Discrete Cosine Transform (DCT) or a Discrete Wavelet Transform (DWT). The linear transform encoder may be configured for differential encoding. |
| US09131236B2 |
Code amount control method and apparatus
A code amount control method used in a video encoding method for performing code amount control by estimating a generated code amount for an encoding target picture. The control method includes steps of computing a feature value of the encoding target picture and stores the value into a storage device; extracting a feature value of a previously-encoded picture stored in the storage device and used for generated code amount estimation; comparing the feature values of the encoding target picture and the previously-encoded picture; and a step performed according to a result of the comparison. If it is determined that difference between both feature values is larger than a predetermined criterion value, the amount of code generated for the encoding target picture is estimated using no result of encoding of the previously-encoded picture, and otherwise the relevant generated code amount is estimated based on a result of the encoding. |
| US09131234B1 |
Signaling signed band offset values for sample adaptive offset (SAO) filtering in video coding
A method for signaling sample adaptive offset (SAO) band offset syntax elements in a video encoder is provided that includes receiving a plurality of band offset syntax elements, entropy encoding an absolute value of a magnitude of each band offset syntax element in a compressed video bit stream, and entropy encoding a sign of each non-zero band offset syntax element in the compressed video bit stream following the absolute values of the magnitudes. |
| US09131225B2 |
Video display apparatus and video display method
A video display apparatus can adjust the parallax level of stereoscopic video images in accordance with the video image size and allows a user to make further parallax adjustment. The video display apparatus acquires the video image size of the stereoscopic video images, sets a default value of a depth adjustment value for adjusting the parallax level of the stereoscopic video images based on the acquired video image size, changes the depth adjustment value when the user has provided an input representing a change in the depth adjustment value, sets a parallax adjustment level of the stereoscopic video images based on the changed depth adjustment value, and adjusts the parallax level of the stereoscopic video images based on the parallax adjustment level. |
| US09131221B2 |
Stereoscopic image capturing method, system and camera
A camera and camera system is provided with an optical device (8). The optical device creates simultaneously two or more images of object on a sensor (4) forming a compound image. The distance d between the constituting images of objects in the compound image is dependent on the distance Z to the camera. The compound image is analyzed (9), e.g. deconvolved to determine the distances d between the double images. These distances are then converted into a depth map (10). |
| US09131220B2 |
Apparatus method and system for imaging
There is provided in accordance with some embodiments of the present invention an optical assembly including a set of optical paths, wherein two or more optical paths receive an image from a common surface. The optical paths may direct received images onto a common image sensor generating a complex multidimensional data set, an image processing block may extrapolate each of the subset of optical paths printed on the image sensor and may generate a multidimensional data set based on the collected images. |
| US09131216B2 |
Methods and apparatuses for temporal synchronisation between the video bit stream and the output video sequence
A method for temporally synchronizing an input bit stream of a video decoder with a processed video sequence decoded by an external video decoder includes the steps of: capturing the input bit stream and supplying it to a bit stream analyzer; parsing and analyzing the captured input bit stream by the bit stream analyzer; decoding the input bit stream and providing reconstructed images Nrec therefrom; storing the reconstructed images Nrec in a buffer; and comparing a processed video sequence received from the output side of the video decoder with each of the stored reconstructed images, to find a matching frame n* from the reconstructed images in the buffer. |
| US09131211B2 |
Imaging systems with verification pixels
An imaging system may include a pixel array having a plurality of image pixels and a plurality of test pixels. The test pixels may each include a photodiode configured to receive a test voltage. For example, the photodiodes of test pixels may be coupled to a bias voltage supply line or the photodiodes may receive test voltages via a column readout line or a row control line. The test voltage may be output on a column line associated with the column of pixels in which the test pixel is located. Verification circuitry may compare the output test signal with a predetermined reference signal to determine whether the imaging system is functioning properly. If an output test signal does not match the expected output signal, the imaging system may be disabled and/or a warning signal may be presented to a user of the system. |
| US09131207B2 |
Video recording apparatus, information processing system, information processing method, and recording medium
There is provided a video recording apparatus including a content accumulation part accumulating video content, a feature extraction processing part extracting an image or voice as a feature from the video content accumulated by the content accumulation part, and obtaining word information from the extracted image or the extracted voice, a word information acquisition part acquiring sorted word information obtained using clustering processing on word information identified from an image captured by a camera, and a content retrieval part retrieving relevant video content from the video content accumulated by the content accumulation part based on the sorted word information acquired by the word information acquisition part and the word information acquired by the feature extraction processing part. |
| US09131206B2 |
Method for play synchronization and device using the same
A method for play synchronization and a device using the same are provided. A first device stores time-based content play information. The first device plays content according to the time-based content play information. The first device transmits the time-based content play information to a second device so that the second device plays the content according to the time-based content play information. Accordingly, the content played by one device can be played by another device concurrently. |
| US09131205B2 |
System and method for distraction of patient during scanning
A system and method for reducing anxiety of a patient during medical scanning in a medical scanner which may produce significant levels of acoustic noise. A processor or control unit receives a measure of variation in a parameter of the scanner noise during the medical scanning. The processor then generates outputs to audio and video playback units that present an audio-video scenery to the patient during the scanning in accordance with the measure of variation in the parameter of the scanner noise. An image object in the video imagery is linked to the audio signal, so as to distract the patient's attention away from the scanner noise. The audio-video scenery may be switched according to an estimated scanner noise level. An effective distraction of the patient is obtained with a limited audio signal level which is far lower than the scanner noise. |
| US09131203B2 |
Information recording medium, reproduction method and recording method using information recording medium, information recording/reproduction device, and 3D conversion unit and information recording device
Where 3D conversion complementary information for 3D conversion of a TV program is pre-recorded on a first information recording area of an optical disc, a content recording area is set to an area on which the TV program relating to the 3D conversion complementary information is recordable. Where the 2D video content is pre-recorded on the first information recording area, download information, etc for recording the 3D conversion complementary information on a 3D conversion complementary information recording space is pre-recorded on a third information recording area so that 2D video content can be reproduced as 3D video. This allows recording and viewing 3D video by easily converting 2D video content, without changing standards and communication formats of generally available 2D video contents and while suppressing an increase in distributed information amount caused by conversion to 3D video. |
| US09131200B2 |
White balance adjusting method with scene detection and device thereof
A white balance adjusting method with scene detection comprises: receiving source image data corresponding to a plurality of sensing units; generating an initial white balance gain according to the source image data; generating an image parameter corresponding to a plurality of parameter elements according to the source image data; determining whether a preset condition is satisfied according to the image parameter to generate a decision result; determining whether the source image data are associated with any of built-in scenes according to the decision result in which the built-in scenes include a first scene in connection with a first-scene adjustment rule; and if the source image data are associated with the first scene, adjusting the initial white balance gain or processing the source image data according to the first-scene adjustment rule to thereby obtain a scenic white balance gain and adjust the source image data with it. |
| US09131198B2 |
Signal processing apparatus and associated method
A signal processing apparatus includes an initial detecting module, a mixer, a symbol rate detecting module, a judging module and a correcting module. The initial detecting module determines an initial carrier frequency offset of an input signal according to a spectrum of the input signal. The mixer adjusts the input signal according to the initial carrier frequency offset to generate a frequency-compensated signal. The symbol rate detecting module determines a symbol rate of the input signal. The judging module judges whether the initial carrier frequency offset is correct according to the frequency-compensated signal. When a judgment result of the judging module is negative, the correcting module determines a corrected carrier frequency offset according to the symbol rate and the spectrum. |
| US09131195B2 |
Mounting system for digital media players
An apparatus and a method that allow users to mount digital media players to screens. |
| US09131194B2 |
Display apparatus with a 3D synchronization signal transmitter disposed therein
A display apparatus in which a user can view a 3D image using shutter glasses is provided. The display apparatus, in which a user can view a three-dimensional (3D) image using shutter glasses, may include: a cover; a display module which is disposed in the cover and displays an image; and a transmitter which is disposed in the cover and transmits a synchronization signal to the shutter glasses to synchronize the image displayed by the display module with the shutter glasses. |
| US09131192B2 |
Unified slider control for modifying multiple image properties
Some embodiments provide a novel user interface (UI) tool that is a unified slider control, which includes multiple sliders that slide along a region. The region is a straight line in some embodiments, while it is an angular arc in other embodiments. In some embodiments, the unified slider control is used in a media editing application to allow a user to modify several different properties of the image by moving several different sliders along the region. Each slider is associated with a property of the image. A position of the slider in the region corresponds to a value of the property associated with the slider. |
| US09131191B2 |
Synchronizing operational states of closed captioning and audio mute
The current invention addresses the problem of causing closed captioning to be launched or not launched automatically when a viewer mutes the audio on a digital television. The current invention allows for individualized options associated with a particular viewer. These options can be selected from a plurality of options either manually or automatically as determined by the viewer settings or viewer behavior. |
| US09131190B2 |
Method, device and program for controlling transparency of an image on a display screen
There is provided an image display device, including a first obtaining unit for obtaining a first image, a second obtaining unit for obtaining a second image to be superimposed on the first image, a reproducing unit for generating an output image by superimposing the second image on the first image and displaying the generated output image, a detecting unit for detecting a position in the output image of a cursor operated by a user, and a reproduction controller for controlling display of the second image by the reproducing unit according to positional relationship between a display position of the second image in the output image and a cursor position detected by the detecting unit. |
| US09131178B2 |
Solid-state imaging apparatus for selectively outputting signals from pixels therein
A solid-state imaging apparatus that shortens a time for reading out pixel signals of all pixels and improves the aperture ratio of pixels is provided. The solid-state imaging apparatus includes a plurality of pixels (3) arranged in a matrix along a plurality of rows and columns, in which each of the pixels includes a photoelectric conversion element and a color filter; a plurality of buffers (2) arranged with each one corresponding to a plurality of pixels; and a plurality of vertical output lines (1) arranged such that two or more of the vertical output lines (1) are arranged correspondingly to one of the columns of the pixels; in which an input node of each of the buffers is connected commonly to a plurality of pixels having color filters of different colors, and output nodes of the plurality of buffers are connected alternately to a plurality of vertical output lines. |
| US09131177B2 |
Solid-state imaging device and image capturing apparatus including the same
A solid-state imaging device including: a plurality of pixels which are on a same semiconductor substrate and each of which generates a pixel signal; a comparison circuit that is connected to the pixels in each of columns; a D/A conversion circuit that generates a comparison potential and provide the generated comparison potential in common to the comparison circuit in each column; and a D/A conversion circuit output unit provided in a common line for providing the comparison potential to the comparison circuit in each column, wherein the D/A conversion circuit output unit includes: a source follower circuit that is provided to the line and includes a first current source having a transistor, and an amplification transistor having a gate oxide film that is thinner than a gate oxide film of the transistor; and a voltage control circuit that controls a drain-to-source voltage of the amplification transistor. |
| US09131174B2 |
Image processing device, image processing method, and program for detecting and correcting defective pixel in image
An image processing device includes a texture direction determining unit that determines a texture direction of an image, a defective pixel detecting unit that calculates a pixel value average for each of pixel groups including a plurality of pixels, and detects a defective pixel position on the basis of difference information of the pixel value average according to an arrangement direction of the pixel groups, and a correction unit that corrects, as a correction target, a pixel value at the defective pixel position detected on the basis of the difference information in the same pixel group arrangement direction as the texture direction determined by the texture direction determining unit. |
| US09131172B2 |
Image processing apparatus and method for detecting motion using long exposures images and then performing infinite impulse response filtering on short exposure image
Provided is an image processing apparatus and method. The image processing apparatus includes: a detection unit configured to detect a motion by using a long-exposed image in a current frame and a long-exposed image in a previous frame; and a processing unit configured to perform infinite impulse response (IIR) filtering on a short-exposed image in the current frame according to a result of the detecting of the motion which is obtained from the detection unit. |
| US09131171B2 |
Image sensor, camera, surveillance system, and method for driving the image sensor
Provided is an image sensor having a pixel includes a photoelectric conversion element; a capacitor which is connected between the photoelectric conversion element; a reset circuit which resets a potential of a node between the photoelectric conversion element and the capacitor; an amplifier circuit which outputs a signal corresponding to the potential of the node; and a switch which controls electrical conduction between the amplifier circuit and a vertical signal line. When the node is brought into an electrically floating state, the potential of the optical signal is stored in the node in a state of being inverted. When an optical signal is detected while the potential is stored in the node, the potential of the node increases in accordance with an output potential of the photoelectric conversion element, and thus the potential of the node corresponds to a difference in potential between the optical signals in different light-receiving periods. |
| US09131163B2 |
Efficient compact descriptors in visual search systems
Disclosed embodiments are directed to methods, systems, and circuits of generating compact descriptors for transmission over a communications network. A method according to one embodiment includes receiving an uncompressed descriptor, performing zero-thresholding on the uncompressed descriptor to generate a zero-threshold-delimited descriptor, quantizing the zero-threshold-delimited descriptor to generate a quantized descriptor, and coding the quantized descriptor to generate a compact descriptor for transmission over a communications network. The uncompressed and compact descriptors may be 3D descriptors, such as where the uncompressed descriptor is a SHOT descriptor. The operation of coding can be ZeroFlag coding, ExpGolomb coding, or Arithmetic coding, for example. |
| US09131161B2 |
Light emission control unit, light emission control method, and image pickup unit
A light emission control unit includes: a light emission control section configured to control a light emission timing of a flash used in an image pickup unit, in which the image pickup unit has a function of variably controlling, during exposure, an aperture diaphragm between a first diaphragm position and a second diaphragm position at which the aperture diaphragm is closed more than at the first diaphragm position, and the light emission control section allows the flash to emit light at a first timing at which the aperture diaphragm is closed to the second diaphragm position in an exposure section. |
| US09131160B2 |
Method for controlling exposure time of high dynamic range image
A method for controlling an exposure duration of a high dynamic range image, including: consecutively generating a first high dynamic range image having a first exposure duration ratio and a second high dynamic range image having a second exposure duration ratio greater than the first exposure duration ratio; performing image quality evaluations on both the first high dynamic range image and the second high dynamic range image to obtain a first image quality and a second image quality, respectively; and determining whether the second image quality is better than the first image quality; if yes, generating a third high dynamic range image having a third exposure duration ratio greater than the second exposure duration ratio; if not, generating the third high dynamic range image having the first exposure duration ratio and setting the first exposure duration ration as the optimal exposure duration ratio. |
| US09131158B2 |
Moving-image capturing apparatus and electronic zoom method for moving image
There is provided an apparatus including a moving-image capturing apparatus including a clipping unit configured to clip an image signal according to an image size read from an image sensor based on zoom ratio information, and a size conversion unit configured to perform an image size conversion process as necessary on the image signal clipped by the clipping unit based on the zoom ratio information. |
| US09131146B2 |
Communication device, imaging system, and computer program product being capable of adjusting display position in response to imaging direction and direction instruction information
A communication device includes: a receiving unit that receives image data generated by an imaging process of an imaging device facing a predetermined imaging direction and imaging direction information representing the predetermined imaging direction; an operating unit that generates direction instruction information indicating an imaging direction of the imaging device in response to an operation of the user; an image clipping unit that clips a predetermined region of the image data; a display unit that displays an image based on the image data of the predetermined region; and a region position adjusting unit that adjusts a position of the predetermined region in the image data based on the imaging direction information and the direction instruction information. |
| US09131145B2 |
Image pickup apparatus and control method therefor
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to capture an image, a focus detection area setting unit configured to set a focus detection area with respect to a face detection area of the object within an imaging plane of the image sensor, and a focus detection unit configured to obtain a focus evaluation value indicating contrast in a focus evaluation direction of the object in the focus detection area set within the imaging plane of the image sensor based on an image signal obtained by photoelectric conversion by the image sensor, and the focus detection area setting unit sets the focus detection area such that a length of the focus detection area in the focus evaluation direction is shorter than a length of the focus detection area in a second direction perpendicular to the focus evaluation direction regardless of a tilt of a face of the object. |
| US09131142B2 |
Focusing device and camera
A focusing device including: an optical system that includes a focusing lens; an image sensor that captures a subject image formed via the optical system and outputs an image signal containing a plurality of color components; an edge detection unit that detects an edge in correspondence to each color component among the plurality of color components contained in the image signal; a differential value calculation unit that calculates a differential value of an edge strength of the edge detected by the edge detection unit, in correspondence to the each color component; and a decision-making unit that determines a moving direction along which the focusing lens is to move for purposes of focus adjustment of the optical system based upon the differential value calculated by the differential value calculation unit. |
| US09131141B2 |
Image sensor with integrated region of interest calculation for iris capture, autofocus, and gain control
An iris recognition system and method for operating same is disclosed. The iris recognition system includes an image sensor, a buffer, a comparator, autofocus logic, and gain control logic. The image sensor is configured to obtain at least one image from a camera. The buffer communicatively connected to the image sensor stores values associated with the pixels in the image sensor. The comparator communicatively connected to the buffer obtains a coarse segmentation of an iris of a subject. The autofocus logic for adjusts the focus of a lens associated with the camera. The gain control logic adjusts the gain of the image sensor. The functions of obtaining a coarse segmentation, adjusting the focus of the lens, and adjusting the gain are based on the locations of the pixels with the highest value in the image sensor as stored in the buffer. |
| US09131138B2 |
Photographing apparatus
A photographing apparatus including an imaging unit to photograph a subject to acquire image data; an object detection unit to detect a predetermined object from the image data; and a detection condition setting unit to allow a detection condition for the object detection unit to be set according to a photographing mode. |
| US09131137B2 |
Lens module and speaker module
A lens module and a speaker module are provided. The lens module includes a lens stand, a base and a shape memory alloy. The shape memory alloy connects the lens stand and the base. The speaker module includes a speaker unit, a box and a shape memory alloy. The box has a rear wall and an opening. The shape memory alloy connects the speaker unit and the rear wall. |
| US09131131B2 |
Electronic device having a main body and a moveable unit connected to the main body
If a movable unit connected to a main body and is rotatable around a first axis as a rotation center with respect to the main body in which a magnetic field generating member is provided is rotated around the first axis with respect to the main body, a magnetic field detection sensor arranged near the first axis rotates and a direction of a magnetic field that can be detected by the magnetic field detection sensor changes. |
| US09131130B2 |
Image pickup apparatus, and control method thereof
An image pickup element of an image pickup apparatus photoelectrically converts an optical image of an object to be photographed, and outputs an image signal of the photographed object. A memory unit stores information of a pixel defect of the image pickup element and information for determining an angle of incidence of the optical image arriving at each pixel of the image pickup element. A setting unit sets an image re-formation plane on which an image is re-formed from the image signal of the photographed object. A pupil division unit restricts light of the optical image of the object arriving at each pixel of the image pickup element to a light from a specific pupil area of the photographing lens. An image shift unit determines a shift amount of the image signal corresponding to the image re-formation plane for every pupil area, to shift the image signal. |
| US09131129B2 |
Terminal operative for storing frame of image data
There is set forth herein an imaging terminal having a picture taking mode of operation. In the picture taking mode of operation the terminal can capture a frame of image data into a buffer memory prior to activation of a trigger signal. The terminal can be operative so that responsively to activation of a trigger signal, the terminal transmits one or more frames of the buffer memory to a storage memory. The terminal can further be operative so that responsively to activation of a trigger signal an operator is presented with indicators of frames captured both prior to and subsequent to the activation of the trigger signal. The terminal can be operative so that an operator can select for archiving one or more frame. |
| US09131128B2 |
System and processor implemented method for improved image quality and generating an image of a target illuminated by quantum particles
According to some embodiments, system and methods for image improvement comprise: receiving a plurality of frames of a given region of interest, the frames comprised of a plurality of pixels; determining, based on a quantum property of the frames, a normalized pixel intensity value for each pixel of each of the plurality of frames; and generating an improved image of the given region of interest based on the plurality of frames and the corresponding normalized pixel intensity values for the frames, the order of the image being two. Also embodiments for generating an image of a target illuminated by quantum entangled particles, such as, photons, are disclosed. |
| US09131120B2 |
Multi-camera vision system for a vehicle
A multi-camera vision system for a vehicle includes first, second and third image capture devices having respective first, second and third fields of view exterior of the vehicle. The first field of view overlaps with the third field of view defining a first overlap zone, and the second field of view overlaps with the third field of view defining a second overlap zone. Responsive to processing of captured image data, a synthesized image is generated without duplication of objects present in the first and second overlap zones and the synthesized image approximates a view as would be seen by a virtual camera at a single location exterior of the vehicle. The synthesized image is displayed by a single display screen that is viewable by a driver of the vehicle and the synthesized image assists the driver in executing a maneuver of the vehicle with a trailer attached thereto. |
| US09131119B2 |
Perception based loading
Systems and methods for assisted positioning of a haul machine at a destination position for receiving materials from a loading machine are provided. The method includes obtaining from at least one perception device information reflecting a location or orientation of a first fiducial attached to the loading machine; determining a location or position of the first fiducial based on the information provided by the at least one perception device; determining the destination position based on the location or position of the first fiducial; and issuing guidance to an operator of the haul machine indicating an adjustment in steering angle based on the determined destination position. |
| US09131116B2 |
Information processing apparatus, tuner, and information processing method
An information processing apparatus includes: a program guide displaying unit configured to display a program guide on a predetermined display, the program guide being such that program information is arranged in an area having a time axis and a channel axis; an indicator acquisition unit configured to acquire an indicator indicative of the number of viewers viewing each of a plurality of programs listed in the program guide in a similar time zone; and a popularity determination unit configured to determine the popularity of the program in accordance with the indicator. The program guide displaying unit displays at least some of the plurality of programs in a mode indicating the popularity of the program. |
| US09131115B2 |
Apparatus and method for managing media content
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set top box having a controller to present media content, and provide access to related media content based upon access information, where the related media content is determined based upon monitoring of the media content, where the related media content is retrieved based on a query of a plurality of sources over the internet for ancillary information, and where the access information is associated with each of the plurality of sources and the ancillary information is at least one among a video blog, a pod cast or a website. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09131113B2 |
Method for creating an enhanded data stream
The present invention provides a method for secure communication of digital information between a transmission entity and at least one reception entity. The method may be applied in the domain of audio/video data transmission, where stuffing data packets comprising random payloads are inserted into a transport stream along with true data packets comprising the audio/video data. The dummy data packets are detectable by an authorized reception entity but not detectable by unauthorized reception entities. A large number of stuffing data packets are included in the transmission to occupy bandwidth and to further render the job difficult for an unauthorized reception entity which tries to intercept the transmission. |
| US09131110B2 |
System and method for handling critical packets loss in multi-hop RTP streaming
Disclosed are example embodiments of a method and system to reduce re-transmission requirements of a compress media transferring system implemented in a network where packet loss could be possible. An extended header for each transmitted packet can indicate the priority of the packet and endpoints can determine if a re-transmission of a missing packet is desired. Buffering of packets at different hops in a multi-hop system could allow for the retransmission request to be satisfied by a more recent hop than the original system transmitting the video packet. In one embodiment three levels of priority are established to achieve a reliable frame rate of 30 frames per second by compressing the first and second levels at 7.5 frames per second and a third level at 15 frames per second. |
| US09131108B2 |
Audio and video calling through multiple terminal devices
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computer-readable storage medium in a media controller having computer instructions to execute a soft-phone client application on the media processor, receive a call originating from an internet protoco multimedia subsystem network where the calls are directed to the media processor by a gateway having a switch that routes the call in accordance with a destination address included in a eession initiation protocol header message, and selectively answer the call at any of a plurality of terminal devices including a mobile cellular phone coupled to the media processor via a femtocell. The computer instructions can be operable to present an audio portion of the call through a speaker of a presentation device operatively coupled to the media processor. Other embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09131104B2 |
Management device, communication system, and storage medium
A management device includes a status management part managing connection statuses of terminals; a group management part managing a group associated with the terminals, and which manages a group status of the group depending on the connection statuses of the terminals associated with the group, the group management part setting the group status so that the group status represents that the group is ready to connect; a transmission part transmitting to a first terminal which is not in the group the group status representing that the group is ready to connect; and responding to a request to connect to the group from the first terminal, an establishment part, establishing a session to connect the first terminal to a second terminal which is in the group, wherein the connection status of the second terminal represents that the second terminal is ready to connect to other terminals. |
| US09131101B2 |
Image reading apparatus
An image reading apparatus includes: a reading unit which reads an original as an object to be read in a main scanning direction every time a command signal is inputted; a command unit which inputs the command signal to the reading unit; a conveying unit which conveys at least one of the original and the reading unit so as to change a relative position between the reading unit and the original in a sub scanning direction; a signal output unit which outputs a displacement signal every time the relative position is changed by a predetermined amount; and a control unit which controls the command unit. The command unit which operates in a first mode to output the command signal to the reading unit at a predetermined time interval and in a second mode to output the command signal to the reading unit at a timing synchronized with the displacement signal. |
| US09131099B2 |
Image sensor unit and image reading apparatus
A configuration is adopted in which an image sensor unit includes: a sensor substrate on which a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are mounted; a light source that includes light-emitting elements and is for illuminating a document; a light guide that guides light from the light source from one end face in a longitudinal direction and linearly illuminates the document; a rod lens array imaging reflected light from the document on the sensor substrate; and a frame attaching each of these, and in which the frame detachably includes a spacer provided in proximity to the light source, and the spacer includes a light shield roof elongated so as to cover the light source and the end of the light guide. |
| US09131097B2 |
Method and system for black bar identification
Black bars are determined by lines of pixels. Steps include: for each line (or subset), determining standard deviation (or product value) and a difference value, product value being proportional to M·σ, where M is pixel values mean for the line, σ standard deviation of pixel values for the line, and the difference value a difference between the standard deviation (or product) value for the line and the standard deviation (or product) value for one of the lines adjacent to the line, and determining whether any of the lines satisfies the criterion that the difference value for the line exceeds a threshold but the difference value for each other one of the lines to be displayed nearer to a first edge of the image than is the line does not exceed the threshold. Other aspects are a system or device configured (e.g., programmed) to perform any embodiment of the method. |
| US09131096B2 |
Anti-flicker filter
An anti-flicker filter is described, including determining a video sequence based on designated portion of a video, selecting a plurality of video elements from the video sequence, calculating an individualized filter for each video element of the plurality of video elements based on motion in each video element, and applying the individualized filter to each video element of the plurality of video elements. |
| US09131094B2 |
Application execution time reducing method
An application execution time reducing method according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes a function registering step, a native function step, and a native function deleting step. In the function registering step, when processing of an application in a software structure having a native function which is a basic component is started, information about the native function is registered onto a platform on which the native function can be executed. In the native function step, the native function is executed on the platform by using the information about the native function. In the native function deleting step, when the processing of the application is quitted, the information about the native function is deleted from the platform. |
| US09131091B2 |
Document reading device and image forming apparatus
A document reading device includes: a document reading device main body; and an opening/closing body with one end supported rotatably with respect to the document reading device main body while another end openably/closably provided, the other end of the opening/closing body being provided with a handgrip having a depression sloped toward inside of the opening/closing body in accordance with approach of the opening/closing body to the document reading device main body in a closed status with respect to the document reading device main body. |
| US09131090B2 |
Information processing apparatus, control method therefor and storage medium
The invention relates to an information processing apparatus which performs mirroring for synchronizing storage contents of a first storage unit and a second storage unit. If mirroring is valid when the information processing apparatus is started, the information processing apparatus detects a storage unit attached to itself. If a detection result indicates that no storage unit has been detected or one storage unit has been detected, the information processing apparatus displays, on a display unit, a connection acknowledgement screen for the storage unit which has not been detected. If the detection result indicates that two storage units have been detected, activation processing is executed for the information processing apparatus. |
| US09131085B2 |
Communication system, communication method, image forming apparatus, mobile terminal, and recording medium
In a communication system, an image forming apparatus sends an address of a receiving section to a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal receives a selection of an image data among plural thumbnails displayed on a display section, and wirelessly sends the selected image data to the image forming apparatus with the address. The image forming apparatus receives the selected image data sent with the address by the mobile terminal, and prints an image based on the selected image data. A communication between the mobile terminal and the image forming apparatus is performed wirelessly with an IEEE 802.11 standard. The image forming apparatus continuously performs a second printing, when the receiving section receives a selected image data again in a condition that the communication with the mobile terminal is continuously established by the receiving section after the printing of the received image data is finished. |
| US09131084B2 |
Image forming apparatus and scanned data process method
An information processing system including an information processing apparatus that selects between transferring data and obtaining data, and controls transferring data or obtaining data based on the selection. The system also includes a server that stores data transferred from the information processing apparatus, and controls transferring data to the information processing apparatus based on a request for transferring data received from the information processing apparatus. |
| US09131080B2 |
Image reading device and image processing method utilizing the same
There is disclosed an image processing apparatus provided with a reader for reading an original image, a connection unit for connection with a network to which plural computers are connected, and a transfer units for transferring the image data, read by the reader, to a computer through the connection unit, the apparatus comprises a specifying unit for specifying desired one among the computers connected through the connection unit, and a designation unit for designating image reading by the reader, wherein the transfer unit is adapted to transfer the image data, read by the reader in response to the designation by the designation unit, to a computer specified by the specifying unit. |
| US09131079B2 |
System and method for providing a television network customized for an end user
A hybrid audio and video system and method of providing a television network customized for an end user at an end user location are provided. A video signal feed includes visual content. An audio signal feed includes audio content. A third signal feed includes promotional content about the end user. Specific visual content, audio content, and promotional content are electronically selected. The visual content, audio content, and promotional content are electronically combined in response to the selections to create an output feed. The selected visual content, audio content, and promotional content of the output feed through the television network at the end user location. |
| US09131077B2 |
Communication apparatus and control method of communication apparatus to assess a data reception state of a receiving apparatus
A communication apparatus includes a storage unit, a processing unit, and a communication unit. The storage unit includes a communication storage area for storing communication data, which stores relevant information indicating a time when the reception disabled state is resolved for each of factors of the reception disabled state. The processing unit determines a current factor of the reception disabled state and calculates a reception enabled time until being a reception enabled state by resolving the reception disabled state based on the relevant information corresponding to the determined one or more factors. When data reception from the other party is disabled, the communication unit transmits the reception enabled time calculated by the processing unit as a wait time until the communication apparatus of the other party sends a request to start communication again. |
| US09131076B2 |
System, method and computer program product for facilitating optical data transfer to a mobile device
A system, method and computer program product for optically transferring a digital data file to a mobile electronic device having a video capturing function uses an instruction set hosted on a system of the type having a computer and memory storage connected to a video transmitter and a video display unit. The data transferring method encodes the digital data file into a plurality of discrete elements according to a pattern protocol. A portion of the video signal transmission is dedicated to display the pattern, and the encoded digital data file is embedded in the video signal transmission. The video signal transmission is transmitted to and displayed on the video display. A user directs the mobile electronic device at the video display and captures the video display including the encoded pattern representing the digital data file. The pattern is then decoded into a copy of the digital data file. |
| US09131073B1 |
Motion estimation aided noise reduction
A method and apparatus for performing motion estimation aided noise reduction encoding and decoding are provided. Motion estimation aided noise reduction encoding can include identifying a motion vector for encoding a current block in a video frame based on a reference block in a reference frame, identifying a noise reduction block for denoising the current block, aligning the noise reduction block with the current block, denoising the current block, identifying a motion vector for encoding the denoised block, generating a residual block for encoding the denoised block, and encoding the denoised block. Denoising the current block can include identifying a filter coefficient for a pixel in the current block based on a corresponding pixel in the noise reduction block, producing a denoised pixel based on the coefficient and the corresponding pixel, and determining whether to use the denoised pixel or the current pixel for encoding the block. |
| US09131071B2 |
Binding of SD messages with radius messages
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN), the method including: receiving a RADIUS accounting request (ACR) start message from a network access server (NAS); establishing a RADIUS session with the NAS; applying rules by a rules engine to information in the ACR start message to determine a traffic detection function (TDF) to be updated; establishing a Sd session with the TDF; and binding the Sd session to the RADIUS session. |
| US09131070B2 |
System and method to support smart offloading of an online charging system using a service capability interaction manager
A system and method which overcome capacity and latency limitations of online charging systems. In an embodiment of the invention an online mediation system includes a SCIM, a Local-OCS and an SDR Processor. The SCIM includes smart offloading functionality which can determine, based on network events and account status, whether a session should be offloaded. Where a session should be offloaded, the SCIM initializes and mediates an offloaded charging session with the Local-OCS. In an embodiment, the SCIM includes smart offloading functionality which make a determination within an offloaded session based on additional network events, the used units and the account status whether a session should continue to be offloaded. Where a session should not continue to be offloaded, the SCIM terminates the offloaded charging session with the Local-OCS and initializes and mediate a charging session with an online OCS. |
| US09131064B2 |
Communication apparatus and communication method for information processing apparatus
A communication apparatus for an information processing apparatus includes: a data acquiring unit which acquires data; a determination unit which determines whether a volume of the data is greater than a reference value or not; a wireless communication method deciding unit which decides a wireless communication method, and which decides a wireless communication method to be used for data transmission, based on a communication speed of each method if the determination unit determines that the volume of the data is greater than the reference value, and decides a wireless communication method, based on power consumption if the volume of the data is determined as equal to or smaller than the reference value; and a wireless communication processing control unit which controls processing to transmit the data. |
| US09131062B2 |
Mobile terminal device
A mobile terminal device able to automatically set suitable field break positions in accordance with the situation, able to realize a skip operation and back skip operation by specific operations, able to efficiently utilize a readout function, and able to improve convenience to a user is provided. It has an operation unit 19 for instructing a readout function, a memory 12 storing text, a text-to-speech unit 20 for converting text data stored in the memory 12 to speech data at the time of readout, an audio output unit 21 for outputting the speech data, and a control unit 26 for recognizing predetermined breaks from the text to be read out when outputting the speech data at the audio output unit 21 and performing control so as to output the words from either a break position before or after the readout target text at the point of time of the input of instruction as the speech data by the audio output unit when there is a predetermined instruction by the operation unit 19. |
| US09131061B2 |
Call handling across subscriptions in dual SIM dual active (DSDA) devices via short range wireless
An audio gateway device may establish a wireless connection between the audio gateway device and the hands free device using a protocol supporting a single subscription. The audio gateway device may also establish a first call which terminates or originates at the hands free device via a first subscription. An outgoing call may be established via a second subscription by: (a) receiving a first indicator from the hands free device to switch subscriptions, where the first indicator does not specify a subscription; and (b) establishing an originating second call via the second subscription which originates at the hands free device. Similarly, an incoming call may be established via the second subscription by: (a) sending a second indicator to the hands free device of an incoming third call, where the second indicator does not specify a subscription; and (b) establishing the third call via the second subscription which terminates at the hands free device. |
| US09131060B2 |
System and method for adapting an attribute magnification for a mobile communication device
Techniques and technologies are presented for adapting an attribute magnification for a mobile communication device. An output device for the attribute is connected to the mobile communication device. A sensor tracks distance of a user's head in relation to the mobile communication device; while a controller initiates a setting phase for magnification change and subsequently a tracking phase, opposite from the setting phase, for dynamically adjusting the attribute from the mobile communication device. |
| US09131049B2 |
Multi-channel end-to-end hosted call recording system for IVR-call center analytics
A telephone call is connected through a caller transfer point in a PSTN to a call recorder in a private hosted telephony network for making an audio recording of the telephone call. The telephone call is also connected from the caller transfer point through an IVR transfer point in the PTSN to a remote IVR server for dialog processing of the telephone call. At some point during the dialog process the connection between the call recorder and the IVR transfer point is placed on hold while maintaining a live connection between the call recorder and the caller transfer point. A human agent is then connected through the IVR transfer point to the telephone call for further handling of the telephone call, and the connection to between the IVR transfer point and the call recorder is restored to allow communication between the caller and the human agent. |
| US09131048B2 |
Communication system and communication control method
A communication system providing a multimedia service that informs a calling terminal that a communication sent from the calling terminal to a called terminal is undesired by the called terminal. Typically, the calling terminal is connected to a calling-side communication network, and the called terminal is connected to a called-side communication network; the called-side communication network includes an access request receiving device that receives an access request sent from the calling terminal; an access request cancel determination device that determines whether or not the received access request is cancelled; and an access request cancel notice sending device that sends an access request cancel notice when the access request is cancelled; and the calling-side communication network includes an addressee information communicating device that communicates addressee information to the calling terminal based on the access request cancel notice, where the addressee information is information of an addressee to be accessed so as to withdraw the cancellation of the access request. |
| US09131047B2 |
Local intercept methods, such as applications for providing customer assistance for training, information calls and diagnostics
A method of displaying a tutorial to a user of a mobile device is disclosed. In some examples, the mobile device receives an input associated with one or more user functions of the mobile device and launches a locally based application in response to the received input. The locally based application may output instructions to the user explaining to the user how to implement the one or more user functions. |
| US09131046B2 |
Custom ringback tone systems and methods
A ringback tone service may be configured by determining an indication to suggest one or more callers to a user of a mobile-telephony device and obtaining historical call data describing recent calls placed by recent callers to the mobile-telephony device in a recent period of time. After identifying a number of frequent callers for whom no custom ringback tone is currently provisioned, the user is prompted to select from a list of custom ringback tones that are available to provision for incoming calls from the frequent caller(s). In some cases, the user may send a message to the caller, allowing the caller to select his or her own custom ringback tone via a user interface provided by a ringback tone-service provider. |
| US09131038B2 |
Portable communication device
A portable communication device includes a body including at least one part attaching/detaching section, a case slidably coupled to the body to open or close the part attaching/detaching section as the case slides, a sliding module installed between the body and the case to slide the case and a locking unit installed in the body and the case. The case is slid to open or close the entire part attaching/detaching section. The part attaching/detaching section may embody any of a battery attaching/detaching section, a memory card attaching/detaching section and a plurality of connecting jacks, without limitation. |
| US09131036B2 |
Mobile terminal with charging surge protection circuit
The present disclosure provides a mobile terminal, which comprises a charging port, a power management unit (PMU), a battery, and a charging surge protection circuit disposed between the charging port and the PMU. The charging surge protection circuit comprises a low-pass filtering circuit, a switch control circuit, a diode and a first resistor. The low-pass filtering circuit has an input terminal connected to an output terminal of the charging port, and an output terminal connected to a first input terminal of the PMU. The switch control circuit has a first input terminal connected to the low-pass filtering circuit, a second input terminal connected to an output terminal of the PMU, and an output terminal connected to the first resistor via the diode. The first resistor is connected to an anode of the battery, and a cathode of the battery is grounded. |
| US09131035B2 |
Mobile devices and methods employing haptics
A variety of haptic improvements useful in mobile devices are detailed. In one, a smartphone captures image data from a physical object, and discerns an object identifier from the imagery (e.g., using watermark, barcode, or fingerprint techniques). This identifier is sent to a remote data structure, which returns data defining a distinct haptic signature associated with that object. This smartphone then renders this haptic signal to the user. (Related embodiments identify the object using other means, such as location, or NFC chip.) In another arrangement, haptic feedback signals social network information about a product or place (e.g., the user's social network friends “Like” a particular brand of beverage). In yet another arrangement, the experience of watching a movie on a television screen is augmented by tactile effects issued by a tablet computer on the viewer's lap. In still another arrangement, commercial vendors bid for rights to employ different ones of a library of haptic signals on one or more users' smartphones, e.g., to alert such user(s) to their products/services. A great variety of other features and arrangements are also detailed. |
| US09131034B2 |
Power management for wireless devices
A method and apparatus for wireless device power management is provided. The method comprises providing a charge to an intermediate power cell by electrically connecting the intermediate power cell to a power source, disconnecting the intermediate power cell from the power source, and electrically connecting the wireless device to the intermediate power cell. Such electrical connecting enables power cell recharging within the wireless device. |
| US09131032B1 |
Methods and improvements in UICC polling mechanism for UICC management
Systems and methods for handling an OPEN CHANNEL command from a universal integrated circuit card (UICC) of a mobile device are disclosed. In some implementations, a mobile device hosting a UICC receives, from the UICC, an initiation of an OPEN CHANNEL command with a uniform resource locator (URL) of a subscriber identity module over the air (SIMOTA) server. The mobile device signals for attempting to resolve the URL to an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Upon successfully resolving the URL to the IP address, the mobile device obtains the IP address associated with the SIMOTA server, connects to the SIMOTA server using the IP address, and returns a successful TERMINAL RESPONSE to the UICC. Upon failing to resolve the URL to the IP address, the mobile device returns an unsuccessful TERMINAL RESPONSE to the UICC. |
| US09131031B2 |
Virtual computer system, virtual computer management program, and MAC address management method
The virtual computer system comprises a network device which is capable of being coupled via a network to an external network apparatus and is able to operate multiple virtual computers. The network device comprises multiple communication ports which can be provided to a virtual computer with respect to a single physical communication port. When a certain the above-mentioned virtual computer is booted up, the virtual computer system acquires a MAC address corresponding to the above-mentioned certain virtual computer from multiple MAC addresses, which correspond to each of multiple the above-mentioned virtual computers and are allocated to the virtual communication port provided in the virtual computer, and configures this MAC address as the MAC address of the virtual communication port allocated to the above-mentioned certain virtual computer. |
| US09131029B1 |
Spatial division multiple access for wireless networks
Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) technology in conjunction with the IEEE 802.11 standard enables simultaneous communication of data packets to or from multiple users in the same frequency. Spatial divisional multiple access (SDMA) is thus provided. In this way, system capacity can be increased to an extent that depends on available antenna resources and the multipath characteristics of the communication channel. Doubling or quadrupling of network throughput can be achieved. |
| US09131027B2 |
Method, system, and client for streaming media service
A method includes: obtaining, by a client, a media presentation description file, where the media presentation description file includes a priority level of a coding representation group of media; selecting a coding representation group according to the priority level of the coding representation group and a current network bandwidth, and selecting one coding representation from each selected coding representation group; and requesting, according to address information that is of the selected coding representation and is obtained by parsing the media presentation description file, a media segment of the coding representation from a server that is indicated by the address information. |
| US09131019B2 |
Prompting social networking system users to provide additional user profile information
A social networking system presents questions to a user on an interface associated with the social networking system to elicit information about the user that is missing from the user's profile or is otherwise outdated. The questions are selected based on a number of factors, such as the need for or value of the information item, probability of a response, or cost of collecting the information item. In presenting the selected question, the social networking system prompts a user for information about the user in a an interface associated with a page from the social networking system, an application external to the social networking system, or using a push notification or prompt. The questions may be formatted in various ways, such as an explicit question, confirmation, a selection of responses, or social context to encourage the user to respond to the question. |
| US09131018B2 |
Social media data playback system
A method of displaying social media data is provided. The method includes accessing stored social media data from a plurality of social media outlets and obtaining social media data having associated context information. The obtained social media data includes at least first social media data from a first social media outlet and second social media data from a second social media outlet. The method includes providing a user interface that displays representations of the first and second social media data as a function of the context information. |
| US09131017B2 |
Meeting update dissemination in a real-time communication system
System and methods for meeting update dissemination in a real-time communication system are provided. An embodiment method of disseminating updates in a real-time communications system includes storing, in a database, indicators received from a leader of a meeting, the indicators pertaining to predetermined topics to be discussed during the meeting, collecting, in the database, data from the meeting corresponding to the indicators while the meeting is in progress, receiving, at the database, an indication that a participant has joined the meeting after the meeting has begun, and alerting, by the database, the participant that the data that was collected before the participant joined the meeting is available to the participant for review during the meeting. |
| US09131016B2 |
Method and apparatus for virtual auditorium usable for a conference call or remote live presentation with audience response thereto
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing a virtual auditorium for a remote, live performance to a remote, distributed audience, wherein the performers receive the reaction of the audience members in substantially real time. The live performance can itself be distributed geographically, as taught in the prior art, and may be multimedia in nature, for example audio (monophonic, stereo, or multi-channel) can be augmented by images, video, MIDI, text (e.g., commentary, lyrics), etc. Further, the distributed audience members can receive each other's reaction, also in substantially real time, whereby the virtual auditorium is created wherein the distributed audience members constitute a virtual assembly.The same virtual auditorium, sans performers, can be used as a venue to conduct a conference call of arbitrary size without the expense of a central voice bridge. |
| US09131014B2 |
Hitless pruning protocol upgrade on single supervisor network devices
In Service Software Upgrade (ISSU) permits administrators to upgrade the control plane software of a network device without any disruption to the traffic passing through the data plane of the network device. However, because the control plane is unavailable, the network device is unable to transmit periodic messages to re-subscribe to specific VLANs. This may result in a service outage in end devices that rely on the network device to receive data assigned to those VLANs. To prevent the network device from being unsubscribed from the VLANs while the control plane is unavailable, the network device may transmit a control plane message before starting ISSU. Once a neighboring network device receives the message, the neighboring device delays unsubscribing the network device until the control plane is again available. Thus, the network device may perform ISSU without the possibility of data traffic not reaching end devices. |
| US09131012B2 |
System for accessing a POS terminal, method for downloading and updating applications and method for performing electronic operation using such a system
The present invention refers to system for accessing POS terminals (10), with or without pin pad, using a client system (15) to connect such POS terminal (10) to a network comprised by at least one server (30), the system enabling any POS terminal (10) to execute applications (25) located in such servers, through a plurality of specific protocols (20) in a process similar to the Internet, as well to download and update applications from application servers (30) and to perform electronic operations in transaction serves (35). |
| US09131007B2 |
System and method for dynamically transcoding data requests
A communications method and system which can accommodate changes in various parameters on a dynamic basis. A communications method and system utilizing a proxy for delivery of content at an optimal level to a client, even in the face of constantly changing client, channel conditions, or content parameters. |
| US09131005B2 |
Broker designation and selection in a publish-subscription environment
Approaches for designating and/or selecting broker systems in a publication-subscription (pub-sub) messaging environment are provided. In one approach, a subscriber system may be designated as a broker system based on a capability of the subscriber system to function as a broker system for its peers. In another approach, a broker system may be selected from among a plurality of broker systems based upon a cache directory that identifies the content/messages that each broker system may have cached. If a particular broker system has previously cached content that is at least similar to an intended message, that particular broker system may be selected for distributing the intended message to a set of subscriber systems. |
| US09131004B2 |
Method and apparatus for network address resolution
Methods and mechanisms to improve ARP cache management and to better facilitate receive load balancing on systems with multiple communications interfaces connected to a broadcast domain. |
| US09131003B2 |
Method of transmitting data in a wireless communication system
A method of generating a data block to be transmitted from a protocol layer to a receiving side in a wireless communication system, the protocol layer having a header compression function, comprises generating at least one of a control packet which includes control information and a compressed packet generated by header compression for an upper layer data block, and generating a first lower layer data block which includes type indication information and the control packet, if the control packet is generated, the type indication information indicating a type of control information included in the generated control packet. |
| US09130998B2 |
Utilizing an electronic program guide (EPG) for customized content service in a gateway
A broadband gateway, which that enables communication with a plurality of devices, handles at least one physical layer connection to at least one corresponding network access service provider. The broadband gateway may identify EPG information from service providers. The identified EPG information may be adapted to device attributes such as display resolution, and/or user profiles to generate user-specific EPG information for the corresponding devices. The generated user-specific EPG information may be dynamically configured in response to updates in the identified EPG information, the device attributes and/or the user profiles. The configured user-specific EPG information may be communicated to the corresponding devices, either upon the requests from the devices or by initiation of the broadband gateway, for content selection and/or content scheduling. Advertising content, selected based on analysis of the user behavior and/or the user feedbacks, may be communicated in the user-specific EPG information to the devices to support behavioral marketing. |
| US09130997B2 |
Updating system behavior dynamically using feature expressions and feature loops
Behavior of an online system is modified dynamically using feature expressions and feature loops. A feature expression can be expressed as a combination of other features or feature expressions, thereby allowing specification of complex features. The sets of feature expressions and policies of an online system can be modified while the online system is running. Feature loops aggregate values of a feature expression across a plurality of actions, for example, number of occurrences of an event over a time interval. The online system evaluates a set of feature expressions in response to actions performed by users. Feature expressions are used to specify policies that determine how the online system reacts to certain types of user actions. The ability to dynamically modify the feature expressions and policies of the online system allows the online system to adapt to attacks by malicious users in a timely manner. |
| US09130994B1 |
Techniques for avoiding dynamic domain name system (DNS) collisions
Techniques for avoiding dynamic domain name system (DNS) collisions are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for avoiding dynamic domain name system (DNS) collisions comprising: storing a first location associated with a first client device, a second location associated with a second client device, and a third location associated with a network, receiving, from the first client device, a first notification indicating an Internet Protocol (IP) address via the network, receiving, from the second client device, a second notification indicating the IP address via the network, determining a most likely owner of the network between the first client device and the second client device based on the first location, the second location, and the third location, and applying a content filtering policy associated with the first client device when the first client device is determined to be the most likely owner. |
| US09130991B2 |
Processing data packets in performance enhancing proxy (PEP) environment
Methods and systems for processing network packets within a Performance Enhancing Proxy (PEP) environment are described. An example method comprises receiving network data to be transported between a first PEP and a second PEP. The network data is segmented in one or more original network packets. The method may further comprise collecting packet identifying data associated with the one or more original network packets before the network data is packetized into one or more performance enhanced packets by the first PEP. The method may further comprise transmitting the identifying data to the second PEP. Upon receiving of the identifying data, the second PEP may recreate the segmentation of the original network data. |
| US09130989B2 |
Securing email communications
Methods and systems are provided for securing email communications. According to one embodiment, a network device receives an outbound email originated by a computing device of an internal network and directed to a target recipient. It is determined whether a domain name of the target recipient is present in a global doppelganger database. When the domain name is determined to be present in the global doppelganger database, transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is prevented if the domain name is an unacceptable domain name and transmission of the outbound email to the target recipient is permitted if the domain name is an acceptable domain name. |
| US09130988B2 |
Scareware detection
A machine-implemented method for detecting scareware includes the steps of accessing one or more landing pages to be evaluated, extracting one or more features from the landing pages, and providing a classifier to compare the features extracted from the landing pages with features of known scareware and non-scareware pages. The classifier determines a likelihood that the landing page is scareware. If determined to be scareware, the landing page is removed from search results generated by a search engine. The features can be URLs, text, image interest points, image descriptors, a number of pop-ups generated, IP addresses, hostnames, domain names, text derived from images, images, metadata, identifiers of executables, and combinations thereof. |
| US09130983B2 |
Apparatus and method for detecting abnormality sign in control system
An apparatus for detecting an abnormality sign in a control system, the control system comprising control equipments, network equipments, security equipments or server equipments, the apparatus includes an information collection module configured to collect system information, network information, security event information or transaction information in interworking with a control equipments, network equipments, security equipments or server equipments. The apparatus includes storage module that stores the information collected by the information collection module. The apparatus includes an abnormality detection module configured to analyze a correlation between the collected information and a prescribed security policy to detect whether there is an abnormality sign in the control system. |
| US09130982B2 |
System and method for real-time reporting of anomalous internet protocol attacks
A system and a method for detecting anomalous attacks in Internet network flow operate by counting a number of Internet traffic messages that are detected as anomalous attacks to provide a count; computing a running average of the number of messages that are detected as anomalous attacks; and comparing the count to the running average to provide an anomalous attack alarm if the count is greater than a multiple of the running average. The attacks can include at least one of spoofing attacks or denial of service attacks. A computer readable storage medium stores instructions of a computer program, which when executed by a computer system, results in performance of steps of the method. |
| US09130981B2 |
Method and apparatus for visualizing network security state
A network security state visualization scheme is suitable for collecting security events existing in a network, analyzing the security events, categorizing and contracting the analyzed security events into attack state information, and visualizing the attack state information as a three-dimensional (3D) screen to display the visualized information on a display panel. Unlike the related art where security events are expressed from the viewpoint of IPs, this scheme normalizes collected security event information, analyzes the normalized information, categorizes and contracts the analyzed information into the attack state information, extracts visualization target data, visualizes the visualization target data as the 3D screen, and displays the visualized 3D screen on the display panel. |
| US09130980B2 |
Integrated unified threat management for a process control system
A Unified Threat Management System (UTMS) for securing network traffic in a process control system may comprise network devices configured to receive network traffic related to the process control system and including a ruleset received from an external source. The ruleset may include one or more rules defining a condition to accept or deny the network traffic received at the network device. The state of the network device may be integrated into the process control system as a process control object or variable, thus allowing the state and other UTMS and component network device parameters and variables to be displayed to an operator at a workstation within a graphical process control system environment. The network devices may also communicate with a perpetual service that proactively supplies the devices with rulesets to meet the latest security threats, threat patterns, and control system vulnerabilities found or predicted to exist within the network. |
| US09130979B2 |
Systems and methods for using virtual machines to sequence native applications into virtual packages and for reimaging virtual machines
Providing virtual applications from a remote based system based on native applications. A method includes, at a remote based system, receiving a native application from an on-premises system remote from the remote based system. The method further includes at the remote based system, sequencing the native application into a virtual application. The method further includes providing the virtual application to a system different than the remote based system. |
| US09130976B1 |
Techniques for identifying sources of unauthorized code
Techniques described and suggested herein include systems and methods for identifying potential sources of infections of devices by unauthorized code. In an embodiment, network traffic is logged. A plurality of computing devices that include unauthorized code is identified. The logged traffic is used to identify information sources accessed by the identified affected devices. The identified information sources may be refined. Refinement of the identified information sources may include excluding information sources that have been accessed by uninfected devices. A user interface that allows a user to further refine the identified information sources may be provided. |
| US09130975B2 |
Generation of macros
A method and apparatus that learns and generates procedures for machine-to-machine interactions by monitoring user browser interactions with the server. Based on an action by a user of the web browser, a communication is sent from the web browser to the server, which is recorded by a macro recorder. The communication is in a first format such as HTML, which contains human-readable API documentation for a user's interactions with the server. The web browser receives a response to the communication which contains a response in the first format and a response in a second format. The second format is parsed to produce a normalized representation. The normalized representation describes the machine-readable API and the service invocation flow that can be interpreted by a particular programming language to generate service macros to invoke the services programmatically from a remote client to a server that supports the same services for machine-to-machine interaction. |
| US09130974B2 |
System and method for limiting spyware activity
A system and method of detecting and limiting unsolicited data uploads. Downloaded content such as web pages and emails are scanned for web forms and/or links. A watermark is added where appropriate and the modified downloaded content is forwarded to the person who requested the content. A check is made to determine whether information received from a user includes appropriate watermarks. If so, the watermark is removed and the information is forwarded to its destination. |
| US09130970B2 |
Systems for accelerating content delivery via DNS overriding
An exemplary system for accelerating content delivery via DNS overriding may comprise a network storage device communicatively coupled to a network and storing a routing table for a CDN, the routing table map one or more edge server IP addresses for one or more edge servers to each of one or more geographic regions. The network storage device may be configured to transmit the routing table to one or more DNS servers communicatively coupled to the network. |
| US09130963B2 |
Ancillary data support in session initiation protocol (SIP) messaging
A SIP ancillary data server provides host to auxiliary data for an emergency SIP session (call) uniquely referred to in a transported SIP header. In a manner similar to how location is represented in an emergency call, a SIP header is extended. The extended SIP Header contains one of two possible types of content elements: either (a) a content pointer element to a SIP Message body part (a “cid:”, or content identifier); or (b) an |
| US09130955B2 |
Method, apparatus and system for registering a terminal with an application server in an IMS
Method for registering a terminal with an application server being a member of a pool of available application servers in an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, interconnected through a network, for providing services to the terminal, the method comprising: receiving a registration request from the terminal, selecting in accordance with a predefined set of rules comprising at least two rules, an application server for servicing a requested service to the terminal; and registering the terminal with the selected application server. |
| US09130953B2 |
Intelligent network streaming and execution system for conventionally coded applications
An intelligent network streaming and execution system for conventionally coded applications provides a system that partitions an application program into page segments by observing the manner in which the application program is conventionally installed. A minimal portion of the application program is installed on a client system and the user launches the application in the same ways that applications on other client file systems are started. An application program server streams the page segments to the client as the application program executes on the client and the client stores the page segments in a cache. Page segments are requested by the client from the application server whenever a page fault occurs from the cache for the application program. The client prefetches page segments from the application server or the application server pushes additional page segments to the client based on the pattern of page segment requests for that particular application. The user subscribes and unsubscribes to application programs, whenever the user accesses an application program a securely encrypted access token is obtained from a license server if the user has a valid subscription to the application program. The application server begins streaming the requested page segments to the client when it receives a valid access token from the client. The client performs server load balancing across a plurality of application servers. If the client observes a non-response or slow response condition from an application server or license server, it switches to another application or license server. |
| US09130951B2 |
Methods and devices for optimal selection of core network nodes in a cellular communication network
Devices and methods for selecting network nodes in a cellular communication network. By dropping fixed connections between network nodes of different hierarchy levels, for instance, a network node of an access network has to make a selection among different core network nodes. The selected core network node requires service information on the access network node and the area serviced by the access network node. Devices and methods are disclosed for selecting network nodes and for providing service information. The devices can be implemented in the network centrally or in a distributed manner. |
| US09130947B2 |
Data exchange management system and method
Embodiments of the invention are directed to a computer-implemented system and method for data exchange management. The method may incorporate a physical data exchange management system and/or a logical data exchange management system. The method may include storing a data exchange profile for each communicating entity, receiving a request for data exchange from one of the communicating entities, and processing the request through a request handler for handling receipt of data exchange requests from the communicating entities, wherein the request handler accesses a relevant data exchange profile for the requesting communicating entity. The method may additionally include formatting data for exchange in accordance with the relevant data exchange profile and delivering the formatted data to a destination in accordance with the relevant data exchange profile. |
| US09130946B2 |
Display apparatus and method of executing and installing application thereof
A display apparatus and a method for executing and installing an application thereof are provided. The method of executing an application of a display apparatus includes: executing a first application; displaying a list of external devices able to execute a second application included in the first application, on a screen of the display apparatus; and transmitting the second application to an external device selected from the list of eternal devices, wherein the first application is downloaded from a server to the display apparatus. |
| US09130945B2 |
Detection and response to unauthorized access to a communication device
A communication gateway consistent with the present disclosure may detect unauthorized physical or electronic access and implement security actions in response thereto. A communication gateway may provide a communication path to an intelligent electronic device (IED) using an IED communications port configured to communicate with the IED. The communication gateway may include a physical intrusion detection port and a network port. The communication gateway may further include control logic configured to evaluate physical intrusion detection signal. The control logic may be configured to determine that the physical intrusion detection signal is indicative of an attempt to obtain unauthorized access to one of the communication gateway, the IED, and a device in communication with the gateway; and take a security action based upon the determination that the indication is indicative of the attempt to gain unauthorized access. |
| US09130943B1 |
Managing communications between client applications and application resources of on-premises and cloud computing nodes
A computer program products are disclosed that include computer readable program code embodied in a computer readable storage medium. The computer readable program code communicates with a plurality of nodes to determine network addresses of application resources of the plurality of nodes and capabilities of the application resources. The computer readable program code associates application keys to the network addresses, and communicates one of the application keys and associated application resource capability to a client application. The computer readable program code receives a communication from the client application containing the one of the application keys, translates the one of the application keys to an associated one of the network addresses, and forwards the communication to the application resource having the associated one of the network addresses. |
| US09130940B2 |
Network system
A network system includes network relay devices including a master device for administrating the network system, and a member device to be administrated by the master device. When the master device receives an authentication request from an external terminal connected to the network system, the master device performs an authentication processing for authorizing or denying the authentication request. When the authentication request is authorized, one network relay device connected to the external terminal in the network system performs a communication-authorizing processing for authorizing a communication between the external terminal and the one network relay device, and performs a transmission processing for transmitting a communication authorization data to an other network relay device which is not connected to the external terminal in the network system. When the other network relay device receives the communication authorization data, the other network relay device performs the communication-authorizing processing. |
| US09130937B1 |
Validating network communications
In certain embodiments, a method includes receiving a message at a first network interface of a first node. The first network interface communicates with a first network while a second network interface communicates with a second network. The method includes determining a set of expected tokens and an expected order of tokens. A plurality of tokens are accessed that were generated for the message, each of the plurality of tokens associated with a policy service of a plurality of policy services. The method includes generating a plurality of decrypted tokens from the plurality of tokens using a first parameter associated with the plurality of policy services and validating the decrypted tokens by comparing the decrypted tokens to the set of expected tokens. In response to validating the decrypted tokens and determining that the decrypted tokens are in the expected order, an approval is generated. |
| US09130936B2 |
Method and system for providing secure access to private networks
Improved approaches for providing secure remote access to resources maintained on private networks are disclosed. According to one aspect, predetermined elements, such as applets, can be modified to redirect all communications to and from an application server through an intermediate server. The intermediate server in turn communicates with the application servers. According to another aspect, a communication framework can be provided to funnel communication between an applet and a server through a communication layer so as to provide managed and/or secured communications there between. |
| US09130935B2 |
System and method for providing access credentials
Embodiments of the invention are concerned with providing access credentials associated with a user of a service to a server hosting the service, e.g. enabling single sign on by the user to a number of servers.The embodiments include functionality for establishing a first data connection with a terminal associated with the user and a second data connection with the server, and bridging the first and second data connections in order to establish a first communications session, using a first communications protocol, between the terminal and the server. A second communications session, using a second communications protocol, is also established with the server, via which a request for access credentials associated with the user is received. This request includes information received by the server in the first communications session, which is used to identify access credentials of the user that are transmitted to the server via the second communications session. |
| US09130934B2 |
Automatic internet access activation for user device after detecting its locally unrecognized device identifier on network of hospitality establishment
A service controller includes a network interface for coupling to a local area network of a hospitality establishment, and one or more processors coupled to the network interface. The one or more processors are configured to detect a device identifier of a user device on a local area network of a hospitality establishment, determine whether a guest of the hospitality establishment is associated with the device identifier, and automatically activate a service for the user device at the hospitality establishment in response to detecting the device identifier on the local area network when a guest of the hospitality establishment is determined to be associated with the device identifier. |
| US09130925B2 |
Personalized security management
Systems and methods for personalized security management of online applications are provided. A determination may be made that a condition for constructing an increased authentication proposal for access to an online financial service is satisfied. The increased authentication proposal may be associated with (i) a user of the online financial service and (ii) a user request option associated with the online financial service. Based upon the determination that the condition is satisfied, the increased authentication proposal may be generated and transmitted for presentation to the user. An increased authentication proposal response may then be received, and the increased authentication proposal response may be processed in order to store, in association with the user and the user request option, (i) an indication of an increased authentication condition and (ii) an indication of an increased authentication mechanism. |
| US09130920B2 |
Monitoring of authorization-exceeding activity in distributed networks
A network security layer with a role mapping component with a current role mapping between services and access permissions is provided between a user and the services. A multi-tenancy module with current membership mapping is also provided. The security layer has a network authentication protocol for user authentication at log-in. Snapshots of a baseline role mapping between services and permissions are taken at certain times. The role mapping component verifies snapshots at set intervals, and when the user performs certain actions, the current role mapping is compared with the baseline role mapping. Upon discrepancy, the role mapping component executes a set of rules, including forceful log-out to prevent system intrusion. Comparison of current membership mapping with a baseline membership mapping can also be applied. The security layer can thus monitor authorization-exceeding modifications to baseline policies attempted by logged-in and initially authorized users. |
| US09130917B2 |
DNSSEC signing server
Systems and methods for performing DNSSEC signing are described in which digital signature operations may be performed by a network accessible signing server that is configured to interact with a separate client application. Exemplary methods may include receiving a signing request at the signing server from the client application to sign first data. The signing server may determine an active KSK and/or an active ZSK for the first data. The first data may then be transmitted by the signing server to a digital signature modules, which may include, for example, a hardware support module, or software signing applications. The signing server may receive a digitally signed version of the first data from the digital signature module, and provide the signed first data to the client application. |
| US09130916B2 |
Cross-domain identity management for a whitelist-based online secure device provisioning framework
A method for managing identifiers associated with network-enabled devices and used in an identity data system provisioning the network-enabled devices with identity data includes receiving a first set data that includes a previously assigned identifier for one or more of the network-enabled devices that are authorized to be provisioned with new identity data. If identity data is currently installed on the one or more network-enabled devices, each of the previously assigned identifiers in the first set of data is associated with a corresponding identifier linked to the identity data currently installed on the one or more network-enabled devices to establish a second set of data. New identity data is bound to each of the one or more network-enabled devices by assigning a new identifier linked with the new identity data to each of the one or more network-enabled devices to establish a whitelist. The whitelist specifies, for each of the one or more network-enabled devices, its previously assigned identifier, its corresponding identifier and its new identifier that is linked with the new identity data. |
| US09130915B2 |
Preference editor to facilitate privacy controls over user identities
A privacy preference editor enables a user to institute privacy preferences relative to user identity information on a card-based and category-based basis. An identity selector furnishes information cards representative of user identities. The editor allows the user to set a privacy preference for each information card. Any proposed disclosure of an information card invokes its corresponding privacy preference. In turn, an agent engine evaluates the invoked privacy preference against the privacy policy of a relying party seeking the card information. The editor also permits the user to create information categories, populate the categories with a group of relevant user identity attributes, and set a privacy preference to the category. In this way, a category-specific privacy preference can be invoked by using the attribute required by the security policy as an index to the appropriate categorized group where the required attribute resides. |
| US09130914B2 |
Communication control system, server device, communication device, and communication control method
A pairing server (313) includes: a first generation unit (317a) which generates a first pairing identifier when the pairing server receives a first request from a receiving terminal (307); a first transmitting unit (316a) which transmits the first pairing identifier to the receiving terminal (307) in response to the first request; a second generation unit (317b) which generates a second pairing identifier when the pairing server receives from a transmitting terminal (301) a second request which includes the first pairing identifier; a second transmitting unit (316b) which transmits the second pairing identifier to the receiving terminal (307) or the transmitting terminal (301) in response to the second request; and a pairing unit (315e) which pairs the receiving terminal (307) and the transmitting terminal (301) when the pairing server receives a third request which includes the first pairing identifier and the second pairing identifier. |
| US09130911B2 |
System and method for electronic secure obfuscation network
Described are a secure obfuscation network (SON) and ingress nodes, transit nodes and egress nodes used in such a network. Also described is a method for implementing such a network. |
| US09130910B1 |
In-field smart device updates
Methods and systems for causing a device to join a network or fabric. A joining device sends an indication that the electronic device is not connected to a network type and receives a device ID for an assisting device to assist the electronic device in joining a network of the network type. Moreover, the assisting device resides on the network. The joining device then authenticates to the assisting device from the assisting device and receives network credentials for the network. Furthermore, the joining device joins the network using the network credentials. |
| US09130907B2 |
Switch for communicating data in a dynamic computer network
A switch and methods for its use are disclosed. The switch includes input and output circuitry for receiving and forwarding data packets to computing devices connected to the network. The switch also includes a memory configured to store a number of tables relating the ports to the physical addresses of computing devices connected to the switch. The switch is capable of correctly forwarding data packets which specify false identity parameters. The switch is also capable of dynamic forwarding used to forward data packets across many paths to the destination. The switch is also capable of forwarding data packets to one of a number of output ports based on a comparison of at least one of the identity parameters that specifies false information to a table stored in memory. |
| US09130906B1 |
Method and apparatus for automated secure one-way data transmission
The present disclosure relates to a method and system for one-way data transmission from an open network to a closed network. A data transmission controller on an open network provides a data stream to first, second, and third transmitter nodes on the open network. The first and second transmitter nodes transmit the data stream to corresponding receiver nodes on a closed network. The third transmitter node transmits the data stream to a receiver node on the open network. Data transmission verification is performed at both the open network and the closed network. |
| US09130901B2 |
Peripheral firewall system for application protection in cloud computing environments
User input including an application profile is received. The profile specifies a first server group, a second server group, and computing flows between the first and second server groups. User input identifying at least the first server group to include in a cloud chamber is received. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses assigned to virtual machines provisioned into the first and second server groups are obtained. Based on the computing flows specified in the application profile and the IP addresses assigned to the virtual machines, a set of firewall rules are generated for each virtual machine in the cloud chamber. |
| US09130897B2 |
System and method for securing web services
A method and system for securing web services on one or more server computers by one or more client computers, the computers connected to one or more networks through one or more network interfaces, each computer having one or more memories and one or more central processing units (CPUs), the system including one or more logical expressions that define constraints on one or more service releases; a gateway process receiving service request messages from one or more of the clients for i) identifying the service request message, ii) processing the service request message in accordance with one or more of the logical expressions associated with the requested service and iii) providing access to the requested service if the constraints are satisfied. |
| US09130893B2 |
Mobile terminal and method for displaying message thereof
A mobile terminal and a method of controlling the same are provided. The mobile terminal displays a group chat area for displaying a group message transmitted to or received from a plurality of another parties and a private chat area for displaying a private message transmitted to or received from one of the plurality of another parties within one chat window. |
| US09130889B2 |
Distributed cache—adaptive multicast architecture for bandwidth reduction
Disclosed is a method and system for maximizing the use of available bandwidth on an ISP communication system between an Internet Service Provider (ISP) and remote locations where at least one of the remote locations has a remote cache. An embodiment may create a pool of the cacheable objects being sent to the remote locations from the downstream traffic. An embodiment may determine bandwidth savings for each object in the pool of cacheable objects that would be achieved by remotely caching each object and prioritize the pool of cacheable objects based on the determined bandwidth savings for each object. An embodiment may create a queue of objects to multicast to the remote caches based on the pool of cacheable objects and the remaining multicast bandwidth and then multicast the queue to the remote caches. The remote caches may intercept and reply to requests for objects held in the remote cache without accessing the ISP communication system, thus, saving bandwidth on the ISP communication system. |
| US09130888B2 |
Authorizing equipment on a sub-network
Systems and methods for authorizing a customer premise equipment (CPE) device to join a network through a network termination unit (NTU). The CPE device can send an encrypted connection request, and an authorization server can decrypt the connection request and provide a network membership key (NMK) associated with the CPE device to the NTU. The authorization server can encrypt the NMK associated with the CPE device using a device access key (DAK) associated with the NTU. |
| US09130887B2 |
Hash-based forwarding of packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers over ethernet
A system is provided for forwarding packets with hierarchically structured variable-length identifiers (HSVLIs) over Ethernet. The system receives an Ethernet-encapsulated registration message from a content server, which includes a packet containing an HSVLI. A destination MAC of the registration message is an Ethernet group MAC address. The system then creates an entry in a forwarding information base corresponding to the HSVLI indicating a MAC address of the content server and a port on which the registration message is received. The system receives an interest packet from a client which includes the HSVLI. The packet has the Ethernet group MAC address as its destination MAC address and the client's MAC address as its source MAC address. The system forwards the interest packet to the content server, which has the content server's MAC address as its destination MAC address and a local switch's MAC address as its source MAC address. |
| US09130885B1 |
End-to-end cache for network elements
A method in a network element includes processing input packets using a set of two or more functions that are defined over parameters of the input packets. Each function in the set produces respective interim actions applied to the input packets and the entire set produces respective end-to-end actions applied to the input packets. An end-to-end mapping, which maps the parameters of at least some of the input packets directly to the corresponding end-to-end actions, is cached in the network element. The end-to-end mapping is queried with the parameters of a new input packet. Upon finding the parameters of the new input packet in the end-to-end mapping, an end-to-end action mapped to the found parameters is applied to the new input packet, without processing the new input packet using the set of functions. |
| US09130875B2 |
Method and system for multi-layer network routing
Each node of a telecommunications network determines a connection type attributes available for each signal type supported by the node. Each signal type represents a different connection routing layer within the telecommunications network. Adaptation costs involved in traversing from one connection routing layer to another connection routing layer in the node are calculated. The connection type attributes and adaptation costs are included in a link state advertisement broadcasted by each node in the telecommunications network. A route calculation is performed for a desired signal to determine a route through the telecommunications network for the signal. The route calculation takes into account the various connection type attributes, availability, and adaptation costs in determining the shortest route for the signal through the telecommunications network. |
| US09130872B2 |
Workload based service chain insertion in a network environment
An example method for workload based service chain insertion in a network environment is provided and includes partitioning a service-path into fragments at a service controller, where the service-path comprises an ordered sequence of services to be provided to a packet associated with a workload in a network. The method also includes determining a location of service nodes providing the services; and provisioning the fragments at interfaces at a distributed virtual switch. The method could further include generating a plurality of service insertion points corresponding to the fragments at a service dispatcher. The service dispatcher can include a plurality of data plane components, and the service insertion points are generated at the data plane components. |
| US09130870B1 |
Methods for determining network topologies
A network may include switches that have controller clients that are controlled from one or more controller servers. Clusters of the switches that have the controller clients may be isolated from other clusters by switches without the controller clients. The controller server may use graph searches to identify the clusters. The controller server may use information on the cluster topology of switches containing controller clients along with information in per-switch forwarding databases to generate per-cluster forwarding databases. The controller server may use the per-cluster forwarding databases in generating flow tables for the network switches that direct the switches to forward packets along desired paths through the network. |
| US09130869B2 |
Methods of redirecting network forwarding elements and related forwarding elements and controllers
A method of connecting a network forwarding element may include transmitting a first connection request from the forwarding element to a first network controller. After transmitting the first connection request, a rejection message may be received from the first network controller at the network forwarding element, with the rejection message being responsive to the first connection request and with the rejection message including an address of a second network controller. Responsive to receiving the rejection message, a second connection request may be transmitted from the network forwarding element to the second network controller. Related forwarding elements and controllers are also discussed. |
| US09130867B2 |
Flow control for virtualization-based server
A server includes a processor, a network adapter connected to the processor and a route switcher. The processor includes a virtual machine and a virtual switch relaying packets exchanged between the virtual machine and an exterior. The network adapter has a transfer function of transmitting and receiving packets to and from the virtual machine not through the virtual switch. The route switcher dynamically switches a flow of the packets transmitted and received by the virtual machine between first and second route pattern flows. And, the route switcher instructs the transfer function to process the first route pattern flow instructs the virtual switch to process the second route pattern flow. |
| US09130864B2 |
Prioritizing classes of network traffic to provide a predetermined quality of service
A network shaping engine can be used to optimize network traffic by employing means to prioritize data packets assigned to a network traffic class over other network traffic. The network shaping engine accomplishes network traffic optimization by determining whether received data packets comprise a traffic class mark or indicia that indicates the data packets are part of a minimum latency traffic class. After analyzing the packets, the network optimization engine sorts the data packets according to the identified traffic classes and transmits the packets. Data packets comprising a traffic class marking are transmitted according to a first transmission scheme while data packets that do not comprise a traffic class marking are transmitted according to a second transmission scheme that differs from the first transmission scheme. |
| US09130858B2 |
System and method for supporting discovery and routing degraded fat-trees in a middleware machine environment
A system and method can support discovering and routing in a fabric with a plurality of switches. The system allows one or more switches in the fabric to be tagged with a switch role. Then, a subnet manager in the fabric detect the switch role that is associated with the one or more switches. Furthermore, a routing algorithm can be applied on the fabric based on the detected switch role associated with the one or more switches. |
| US09130856B2 |
Creating multiple NoC layers for isolation or avoiding NoC traffic congestion
Systems and methods described herein are directed to solutions for Network on Chip (NoC) interconnects that automatically and dynamically determines the number of layers needed in a NoC interconnect system based on the bandwidth requirements of the system traffic flows. The number of layers is dynamically allocated and minimized by performing load balancing of the traffic flows between the channels and routes of different NoC layers as they are mapped. Additional layers may be allocated to provide the additional virtual channels that may be needed for deadlock avoidance and to maintain the isolation properties between various system flows. Layer allocation for additional bandwidth and additional virtual channels (VCs) may be performed in tandem. |
| US09130855B2 |
Non-broadcast multiple access inverse next hop resolution protocol (INHRP)
The present invention is a method and apparatus for obtaining information transmitted between a source station and a destination station in a non broadcast multiple access network. A connection between the source station and a server for the destination station is established. The server has a cache containing the information. The source station transmits a request packet having parameters relating to the information to the server. The source station receives a reply packet containing the information from the server. The reply packet matches the parameters of the request packet. |
| US09130851B2 |
System and method for increasing input/output speeds in a network switch
A system and method for increasing input/output speeds in a network switch. A physical layer device is provided that includes a physical coding sublayer that insert data flow identifiers to data flows that are provided to a gearbox. In one embodiment, the gearbox is a 5 to 2 gearbox that can transport various combinations of 10G/40G data flows over a narrower interface to a second physical layer device having an inverse gearbox. |
| US09130849B2 |
Communication resource assignment system for distributing resource assignment information to networked management target devices
A communication resource assignment system may include a communication resource assignment tool that includes a communication resource assignment algorithm that receives previously acquired user information, and outputs resource assignment information calculated by the communication resource assignment algorithm, a resource assignment state managing unit that receives and stores the resource assignment information output from the communication resource assignment tool, and a communication resource distributing unit that accesses the resource assignment state managing unit, reads the resource assignment information, and transmits the read resource assignment information to a management target device that has output a communication resource request among a plurality of management target devices that perform communication with each other via a network. |
| US09130848B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhancing QoS during home network remote access
A manner of enhancing QoS when facilitating remote access to a home network. An HA in the home network is provided with QoS parameters, for example when registering with an SG (signaling gateway), which parameters include a bandwidth allocation for communications via a network. These parameters may be dictated, for example, but an OSS/BSS associated with the network. The HA then determines the bandwidth requirement for each application request it receives, and compares it with the bandwidth allocation of the QoS parameters. Execution of applications that do not exceed the bandwidth allocation is permitted, while execution of others are rejected, at least until agreement to proceed at a lower bandwidth is obtained or currently executing applications are re-prioritized. The bandwidth allocation may be adjusted while applications are executing so that available bandwidth may be used to determine how to respond to future application requests. |
| US09130847B2 |
Systems and methods for managing policies on a computer
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for managing policies on a computer having a foreign operating system. Policies may specify hardware or software configuration information. Policies on a first computer with a native operating system are translated into configuration information usable on a second computer having a foreign operating system. In an embodiment, a translator manager manages the association between the policy on the first computer and the translator on the second computer. Computer management complexity and information technology management costs are reduced by centralizing computer management on the native operating system. Further reductions in management complexity are realized when the present invention is used in conjunction with network directory services. |
| US09130846B1 |
Exposed control components for customizable load balancing and persistence
Embodiments are directed towards exposing access to network metrics to a late binding user customized set of computer instructions within a traffic manager device (TMD) for use in managing a request for a resource. In one embodiment, the TMD may be interposed between client devices and a plurality of network devices. Request specific data is extracted from a client request received by the user's instructions. Various network metrics about the network devices are provided to the user's instructions to selectively provide the request from the client device to a network device. In one embodiment, an election hash is described as an action performed by the user's instructions. |
| US09130843B2 |
Method and apparatus for improving HTTP adaptive streaming performance using TCP modifications at content source
A method of sending hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) adaptive streaming (HAS) content from a content source to a client over a transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between the content source and the client may include receiving a request for one or more first HAS data chunks from the client; sending the one or more first HAS data chunks to the client; generating idle delay values indicating an amount of delay in the TCP connection during an idle time period, the idle time period being a time period over which no HAS data chunks are being sent from the content source to the client; receiving a request for a second HAS data chunk from the client; setting the size of a starting TCP congestion window based on the idle delay values; and sending the second HAS chunk to the client using the starting TCP congestion window. |
| US09130838B2 |
Device management system, apparatus and method configured for customizing a power filter
Systems, apparatuses and methods are provided for managing information technology devices through a network, in which a power filter can be customized to provide a dynamic and customized view of device status information, as well as to modify device settings, of the devices. |
| US09130836B2 |
Provisoning of a new node joining an existing cluster in a data center environment
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes identifying for a new node added to a communications network a plurality of existing network nodes respectively connected to one of a plurality of ports of the new node and capable of implementing a particular routing protocol; selecting one of the identified existing network nodes to serve as a designated forwarder (“DF”) for the new node; performing a power on auto provisioning (“PoAP”) procedure in connection with the new node; and opening the ports of the new node to which the identified existing network nodes are connected. |
| US09130832B1 |
Creating entity definition from a file
Processing devices receive a file having entries having data items separated by delimiters. Each data item has an ordinal position. The processing device(s) cause display of a table, having rows and columns, in a graphical user interface. Each data items of a particular entry appears in a respective column of the same row. Each column corresponds to the ordinal position of its respective data item. User input is received designating, for each respective column, a field name and an entity definition component type to which the respective column pertains, and stores for each of the data items of the particular entry a value of an element of an entity definition. The element has the element name designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared, and is associated with an entity definition component having the type designated for the respective column in which the data item appeared. |
| US09130830B2 |
Method for detecting video tiling
A method for detecting errors on an audio/video (A/V) data stream in a data service network includes providing multicast components operably coupled to each other via respective links for transmitting the A/V data stream to a user and for defining at least one multicast tree. The method further includes generating a state information signal indicative of a number of errors on the A/V data stream for at least one of the links and at least one of the plurality of multicast components. The method further includes determining the cumulative number of errors on the A/V data stream that are indicative of the number of errors for the at least one of the links and the at least one of the plurality of multicast components in the multicast tree in response to the state information signal. |
| US09130829B2 |
Methods and systems for obtaining load information in networks
At least one example embodiment discloses a system including a plurality of base stations. The system further includes a proxy server configured to generate a request for loading information from at least one of the plurality of base stations and receive the loading information from the at least one of the plurality of base stations, the request being a base station to base station interface message. |
| US09130824B2 |
Chassis management implementation by management instance on baseboard management controller managing multiple computer nodes
Certain aspects of the present disclosure are directed to a baseboard management controller (BMC). The BMC includes a processor and a memory having firmware. The firmware includes a master management instance and a plurality of assisting management instances. When the firmware is executed at the processor, the master management instance is configured to manage a chassis of a computer system, and each of the assisting management instances is configured to manage at least one health or performance related aspect a respective different computer node of a plurality of computer nodes of the computer system. |
| US09130821B2 |
Hybrid locking using network and on-disk based schemes
A method of acquiring a lock by a node, on a shared resource in a system of a plurality of interconnected nodes, is disclosed. Each node that competes for a lock on the shared resource maintains a list of locks currently owned by the node. A lock metadata is maintained on a shared storage that is accessible to all nodes that may compete for locks on shared resources. A heartbeat region is maintained on a shared resource corresponding to each node so nodes can register their liveness. A lock state is maintained in the lock metadata in the shared storage. A lock state may indicate lock held exclusively, lock free or lock in managed mode. If the lock is held in the managed mode, the ownership of the lock can be transferred to another node without a use of a mutual exclusion primitive such as the SCSI reservation. |
| US09130820B2 |
Application programming interface, system, and method for collaborative online applications
An application framework including different application programming interfaces (APIs) is described which performs a variety of mobile device functions in response to API calls from applications. For example, in response to relatively simple API calls made by applications the application framework manages the complex tasks associated with invitations and matchmaking. By way of example, the details of complex transactions such as establishing peer-to-peer connections between mobile devices may be transparent to the application developer, thereby simplifying the application design process. The application framework may include an application daemon for communicating with a first set of services and an applications services module for communicating with a separate set of services. The application framework may also include a cache for caching data for each of the services based on different cache management policies driven by each of the services. The cache may be updated by push notification cache updates sent from each of the services. |
| US09130819B2 |
Method and apparatus for scheduling rule matching in a processor
In a network search processor, configured to handle search requests in a router, a scheduler for scheduling rule matching threads initiated by a plurality of initiating engines is designed to make efficient use of the resources in the network search processor while providing high speed performance. According to at least one example embodiment, the scheduler and a corresponding scheduling method comprise: determining a set of bundles of rule matching threads, each bundle being initiated by a separate initiating engine; distributing rule matching threads in each bundle into a number of subgroups of rule matching threads; assigning the subgroups of rule matching threads associated with each bundle of the set of bundles to multiple scheduling queues; and sending rule matching threads, assigned to each scheduling queue, to rule matching engines according to an order based on priorities associated with the respective bundles of rule matching threads. |
| US09130816B2 |
System and method for transmitting and receiving signal with quasi-periodic pulse sequence
System and method are disclosed for synchronization of a transmitting device and a receiving device that communicate with each other via pulse modulation. The synchronization technique entails the transmitting device sending one or more quasi-periodic pulse sequences to the receiving device. A quasi-periodic pulse sequence is based on a substantially periodic pulse sequence, and may include some non-periodic pulses or not include some periodic pulses. The transmitting device may transmit frames each including a preamble that comprises one or more quasi-periodic pulse sequences, and a data payload that may comprise data. The receiving device receives the signal, generates samples of the signal, and detects the quasi-periodic pulse sequences in the received signal by analyzing samples based on a sample associated with a pulse and the period associated with the substantially periodic pulse sequence. The receiving device is further able to detect frames based on the detection of the sequence, and extract data therefrom. |
| US09130813B2 |
Radio device, radio communication system, and radio control method
A radio device including: a processor configured to execute a procedure including a difference calculating process which calculates, when a plurality of transmission symbols are one symbol with different assignment positions of one of a frequency area and a time area, a difference between an assignment position of one reference symbol and an assignment position of another symbol among the plurality of transmission symbols, and a shift process which generates a symbol by shift processing of one of the frequency area and the time area with respect to the reference symbol, which is assigned to the an assignment position and subjected to an orthogonal transform processing, according to the difference; and a transmitter configured to performs transmitting processing based on the reference symbol which is subjected to the orthogonal transform processing and the generated symbol by the shift processing. |
| US09130809B2 |
Apparatus and method for transmitting data using a plurality of carriers
An apparatus for receiving signals includes a receiver for receiving a time domain signal from a transmitter, wherein at least one first information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one first mapped symbol; at least one second information bit is mapped, resulting in at least one second mapped symbol; the at least one second mapped symbol is multiplied by at least one third information bit; and the time domain signal is generated from the at least one first mapped symbol and the at least one second mapped symbol. |
| US09130808B2 |
Apparatus and method for communication using near Golay sequence
A communication system and method using a Golay sequence, are provided. In the communication method, 2nd order Reed-Muller coding is performed on data to generate a codeword, and exponential modulation is performed on the codeword to generate a near Golay complementary sequence. Factors for generating the codeword are permutations of a 1st order Reed-Muller generator, and cosets and offsets of a 2nd order Reed-Muller code calculated based on the permutations of the 1st order Reed-Muller generator, etc. |
| US09130806B2 |
Wideband phase modulation methods and apparatus
A wideband phase modulator comprises a multiphase generator, a phase selector, and a phase adjuster. The wideband phase modulator is configured to receive an N-bit digital phase-modulating signal comprising a timed sequence of N-bit phase-modulating words, where N is a positive integer representing the bit resolution of the N-bit digital phase-modulating signal. The multiphase generator generates a plurality of coarse carrier phases, all having the same carrier frequency but each offset in phase relative to the other. The M most significant bits of the N-bit phase-modulating words are used to form M-bit phase select words that control the output phase of the phase selector. The phase adjuster performs a precision rotation operation, whereby a selected coarse carrier phase is adjusted so that the phase of the resulting final precision phase-modulated signal more closely aligns with a desired precision phase. |
| US09130803B2 |
Active control of collaborative devices
Control of collaborative devices, including providing at least two collaborative devices, wherein each collaborative device comprises a client device and an embedded Java server, providing a registry service to which the collaborative devices are coupled for data communications, and providing at least one registry table, wherein the registry table includes registry records, wherein the registry records include registry records representing capabilities of collaborative devices, wherein the registry records representing capabilities of collaborative devices include data elements describing, for each collaborative device, capabilities, tertiary relationships, and network connectivities. The method further includes providing a service bundle of OSGI-compliant Java servlets comprising at least one predetermined algorithm for controlling the collaborative devices, and controlling the collaborative devices in accordance with the predetermined algorithm. |
| US09130798B1 |
Managing internet protocol address allocation
The invention is directed to methods and systems for managing internet protocol (IP) addresses. In particular, the invention provides an approach to reuse IP address among multiple devices by combining the IP address and a unique code. By including a unique code, each mobile device using the same IP address is still easily identified. Further, the invention allows for reusing IP addresses within a single telecommunications sector such that devices in the same area may use the same IP address. |
| US09130796B2 |
Method and apparatus for characterized pre-distortion calibration of a power amplifier
A method and apparatus for characterized pre-distortion calibration is provided. The method begins with the selection of a number of devices to be characterized. The number of devices selected may be a subset of a larger group of devices. The selected number of devices is then characterized. The method avoids characterizing the large group of devices. The calibration of the group of devices is then based on the characterization of the selected number of devices. |
| US09130788B2 |
Determining a response of a rapidly varying OFDM communication channel using an observation scalar
In an embodiment, a channel estimator includes first and second stages. The first stage is configurable to generate an observation scalar for a communication path of a communication channel, and the second stage is configurable to generate channel-estimation coefficients in response to the first observation scalar. For example, such a channel estimator may use a recursive algorithm, such as a VSSO Kalman algorithm, to estimate the response of a channel over which propagates an OFDM signal that suffers from ICI due to Doppler spread. Such a channel estimator may estimate the channel response more accurately, more efficiently, with a less-complex algorithm, and with less-complex software or circuitry, than conventional channel estimators. Furthermore, such a channel estimator may be able to dynamically account for changes in the number of communication paths that compose the channel, changes in the delays of these paths, and changes in the signal-energy levels of these paths. |
| US09130787B2 |
Adaptive frequency-domain equalization for wireless receivers
According to various embodiments, devices and methods disclosed herein include performing, using a processor, a linear operation on a first plurality of channel frequency responses and a plurality of corresponding predictor coefficients to estimate a new channel frequency response. Each of the plurality of corresponding predictor coefficients may be updated based on an error value and a second plurality of channel frequency responses to obtain an updated predictor coefficient. The error value may be computed based on an estimated current channel frequency response and a predicted current channel frequency response. The new channel frequency response may be used to equalize a received modulated signal including a single-carrier modulated signal, e.g., a signal modulated using a vestigial sideband modulation scheme, or a quadrature amplitude modulation scheme. |
| US09130784B2 |
Method and apparatus for enhanced modulation in a wirless communication system
Disclosed are methods for facilitating enhanced modulation (such as 256-QAM) in wireless networks. The methods generally involve enhancements to physical-layer signaling (such as enhanced MCS tables), enhancements to transport-block tables (to support enhanced MCS values), CSI-feedback enhancements (to ensure that the UE signals the appropriate MCS for enhanced modulation), enhancements to higher-layer signaling, allowing UEs to signal their ability to use the enhanced modulation, and UE category enhancements. |
| US09130781B2 |
Data sink/data source, data transmission device and data terminal device for a circuit-switched and packet-switched network
A data sink/data source data transmission device and data terminal device for a circuit-switched and packet-switched network that eliminates the logical separation between applications, which are based on the circuit-switched network (e.g., PSTN, ISDN), and applications, which are based on the packet-switched network, (e.g., Internet). To this end, a data transmission device for transmitting and receiving data into/from the circuit-switched network includes controllable switchover parts. This data transmission device is or can be assigned to a universally useable unit for automatically processing data and for transmitting and receiving data to/from the packet-switched network and is assigned or can be assigned to the at least one data terminal device for transmitting and receiving data into/from the circuit-switched network. |
| US09130780B2 |
System and method for implementing interactive operations between a mobile communication terminal and an email box with multiple communication modes
A system and method for implementing interactive operations between a mobile communication terminal and an Email box. The system includes a database (DB) server, a format transforming Email-box server and an intermediate processing server. The method includes the following: performing, by the mobile communication terminal, interactive operations with an Email-box server where the Email box located via an intermediate server; first determining, by the intermediate server, communication mode set by a corresponding user according to set user information, during process of performing an interactive operation procedure; and providing, by the intermediate server, an interactive-operations processing service for the user's mobile communication terminal and the user's Email box with determined communication mode. |
| US09130779B2 |
Method and apparatus for providing enhanced SMS/EMS/MMS
A system and various methods provide enhanced SMS/MMS/EMS messaging services. In an embodiment, a delivery confirmation of a SMS/MMS/EMS message is provided to the originating sender's communication device. In another embodiment, a read receipt of a SMS/MMS/EMS message is provided to the originating sender's communication device. In other embodiments, a sender is provided with the ability to delete a previously sent and received SMS/MMS/EMS message from a recipient's communication device or recall/replace a previously sent and received SMS/MMS/EMS message with a new SMS/MMS/EMS message. In another embodiment, a sender is provided with the ability to send a SMS/MMS/EMS message that will automatically be deleted upon the occurrence of an expiration event. In other embodiments, a recipient may block, re-route or restrict the use of SMS/MMS/EMS message. |
| US09130778B2 |
Systems and methods for spam detection using frequency spectra of character strings
Described spam detection techniques including string identification, pre-filtering, and frequency spectrum and timestamp comparison steps facilitate accurate, computationally-efficient detection of rapidly-changing spam arriving in short-lasting waves. In some embodiments, a computer system extracts a target character string from an electronic communication such as a blog comment, transmits it to an anti-spam server, and receives an indicator of whether the respective electronic communication is spam or non-spam from the anti-spam server. The anti-spam server determines whether the electronic communication is spam or non-spam according to features of the frequency spectrum of the target string. Some embodiments also perform an unsupervised clustering of incoming target strings into clusters, wherein all members of a cluster have similar spectra. |
| US09130776B2 |
Data path acceleration using HW virtualization
A processing core includes a packet classifier, implemented in a single processing core, configured to classify incoming data packets into first data packets of a known data packet flow and into second data packets of an unknown data packet flow, a first path thread, implemented in the single processing core, configured to process ones of the first data packets at least by forwarding the first data packets to a destination that corresponds to a previously determined destination associated with the known data packet flow, and a second path thread, implemented in the single processing core, configured to process a received second data packet at least to determine a new data packet flow for the second data packet. |
| US09130775B2 |
Support for virtual extensible local area network segments across multiple data center sites
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes establishing a virtual trunk link between a first network element and a second network element. The first and second network elements are located at a first site and the first site and a second site comprise at least a portion of an overlay network. The method further includes receiving data traffic at the first network element, which data traffic is associated with a segment of the overlay network, and mapping a first network identifier allocated to the overlay network segment at the first network element to a virtual trunk link and a VLAN ID. The method additionally includes forwarding the data traffic from the first network element to the second network element via the virtual trunk link with the VLAN ID. |
| US09130771B2 |
Establishing a secure wireless network with minimum human intervention
Systems, methods and apparatus to join a network are disclosed. An example method includes receiving a manual user action at a zone player that is unconfigured for a first network, the action initiating automatic establishment of a connection to the first network by the zone player; transmitting, by the zone player responsive to the manual user action, a first message over a second network to be received by a device configured for the first network, wherein the first message indicating that the zone player is available to join the first network; receiving, over the second network by the zone player, a second message from the device, the second message generated responsive to receipt of the first message and including a security parameter to join the first network; and establishing a connection to the first network by the zone player using the security parameter without further input by any user via either the zone player or the device. |
| US09130767B2 |
Method, system and signal generator for quality determination of an IP network connection
The present invention relates to a method, a system and a VoIP signal generator for determining the quality of an IP network connection, comprising the steps of generating a measuring signal by way of a signal generator for measuring the quality of an IP network connection; determining, by way of the signal generator, for each of the generated at least one measuring signal the respective signal quality of each generated measuring signal; and simultaneously transmitting the at least one measuring signal and the respective quality information over the IP network connection to a receiver. |
| US09130766B2 |
System for and method of performing residential gateway diagnostics and corrective actions
A system for and method of system for performing residential gateway diagnostics and corrective actions is presented. In one exemplary embodiment, the method may comprise running one or more diagnostic tests on a residential gateway using a module of the residential gateway, storing a diagnostic test result, analyzing the diagnostic test result, and performing one or more corrective actions in response to the diagnostic test result. |
| US09130764B2 |
Scaling up/out the number of broadcast domains in network virtualization environments
A method for handling multicast traffic is presented. A method of handling multicast traffic according to some embodiments of the present invention includes forming IP multicast (IPMC) groups of hypervisors based on broadcast domains; and directing multicast traffic from a broadcast domain on a source hypervisor to hypervisors that are members of the IPMC group. |
| US09130762B2 |
Network-optimized content delivery for high demand non-live contents
A method, apparatus and computer-readable storage medium distribute a non-live content stream in a network. An initial meta-file is transmitted in response to a request for the content, which identifies a division of the content stream into blocks, and available sources for delivery of the blocks. The initial meta-file can identify a first multicast and a second multicast server, assigning a first and second portion of the blocks for delivery using the first and second multicast source server, respectively. The first and second portions are transmitted using the first and second multicast source servers, respectively. The first and second portions correspond to distinct non-overlapping portions of the non-live content stream. The initial meta-file can also identify a unicast source server, assigning a third portion of the blocks for delivery using the unicast source server, the third potion being transmitted by the unicast source server. |
| US09130755B2 |
Cross enterprise communication
A method provides cross enterprise communication in which intermediary communication components carry out cross enterprise communication. The method at a first sending enterprise includes: receiving a signed encrypted message from a sender within a first enterprise; validating the sender; decrypting the message; encrypting the message for receipt by a second enterprise; signing the encrypted message by the first enterprise; and sending the re-signed re-encrypted message to a second enterprise. The method at the second receiving enterprise includes: receiving a signed encrypted message from a first enterprise; validating that the first enterprise is the sender; decrypting the message; encrypting the message for receipt by one or more recipients at the second enterprise; signing the encrypted message by the second enterprise indicating that the message is from the first enterprise; and sending the re-signed re-encrypted message to the one or more recipients of the second enterprise. |
| US09130751B2 |
Methods and systems for analyzing decomposed uncorrelated signal impairments
Method and systems are described for estimating signal impairments, in particular jitter that includes uncorrelated, non-periodic signal impairments. One system may take the form of an oscilloscope. The estimates may take the form of a probability density function (PDF) for uncorrelated signal impairments that has been modified to replace low probability regions with a known approximation and an extrapolation of the known approximation. |
| US09130750B2 |
System and method for efficient retransmission over a satelline network
A method for efficient retransmission over a satellite network including transmitting data packets to VSATs, receiving retransmission requests for at least one of the data packets from the VSATs, generating a retransmission packet based on the retransmission requests using XOR summing, transmitting the retransmission packet to the plurality of VSATs. |
| US09130748B2 |
Hybrid automatic repeat request with feedback dependent BIT selection
A multi-bit HARQ feedback is transmitted by a receiver to a transmitter. The multi-bit feedback is a function of a level of convergence reached by a decoder when the previously transmitted coded data bits bit were decoded. The transmitter is configured to select a set of coded data bits for a retransmission as a function of the multi-bit feedback. In some embodiments, different redundancy versions of the coded data bits may be selected as a function of the multi-bit feedback. In other embodiments, a bit puncturing or bit repetition pattern may be selected as a function of the multi-bit feedback. |
| US09130730B1 |
Apparatus and methods for aggregation of communication bandwidth over multiple wireless communication links
Fixed-length communication traffic blocks, for transmission over a wireless communication link, are generated from communication traffic that is received at a primary communication apparatus. The generated blocks are distributed between a first wireless communication link associated with the primary apparatus and a second wireless communication link associated with a secondary apparatus, for transmission of the communication traffic blocks over the first and second wireless communication links. The distribution of the communication traffic blocks is through an inter-apparatus communication link between the primary and secondary apparatus. Communication traffic blocks that are received over the second wireless communication link are transferred to the primary apparatus through the inter-apparatus communication ink and combined, with blocks that are received on the first wireless communication link, into a communication traffic stream. One or more secondary wireless communication links may be provided by one or more respective installations of secondary apparatus. |
| US09130729B2 |
Method for spectrum allocation based on interference suppression and user difference bandwidth requirements
The present invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication and of mobile communication, and more particularly to a method for spectrum resource allocation and interference avoidance of femtocell in a heterogeneous environment consisting of macro cell and femtocell, and specifically to a spectrum allocation method based on interference suppression and user difference bandwidth requirements. According to the spectrum allocation method based on interference suppression and user difference bandwidth requirements of the present invention, spectrum resource can be allocated reasonably according to the priority level of bandwidth requirements in combination with graph coloring algorithm and chromaticity preference algorithm. In this manner, in-layer interference among femtocells and cross-layer interference among femtocells and macro cells can be effectively suppressed, the difference bandwidth requirements of femtocell users can be satisfied, and the efficiency of frequency utilization and the whole throughput of system can be also optimized to the maximum extent. |
| US09130723B2 |
Method and device for acquiring resource for uplink control channel in wireless communication system
Provided are a method and device for acquiring a PUCCH (physical uplink control channel) resource index in a wireless communication system. A terminal acquires a PUCCH resource index indicating a dynamic PUCCH region corresponding to an e-PDCCH (enhanced physical downlink control channel). The PUCCH resource index is acquired based on the smallest CCE (control channel element) index wherein the e-PDCCH is allocated, and a first dynamic PUCCH region corresponding to the e-PDCCH is not overlapped with the dynamic PUCCH region corresponding to PDCCH. |
| US09130721B2 |
Method for transmitting and receiving system information via a broadcast channel (BCH) and a downlink shared channel (DL—SCH)
A device and method for receiving, by a mobile terminal, system information from a base station. The method includes: receiving a block of first system information from the base station via a broadcast channel configured to broadcast only system information; and receiving a plurality of blocks of second system information from the base station via a downlink shared channel configured to carry system information and other data, one of the plurality of blocks of second system information including scheduling information. |
| US09130719B2 |
Method for indicating a DM-RS antenna port in a wireless communication system
A control information interpretation method for use in a mobile communication system including a terminal and a base station, wherein the terminal receives, from the base station, control information including transport block information and DeModulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) antenna port allocation indication information, checks a number of the transport blocks allocated to the terminal based on the transport block information, and interpreting the DM-RS antenna port allocation indication information according to the number of transport blocks. |
| US09130717B2 |
Method for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, and apparatus for same
A method of receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS). The method includes transmitting, to a user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) message transmitting, to the user equipment, a medium access control (MAC) message, the MAC message including a bitmap for indicating at least one second CC to be activated and the at least one second CC being activated based on the bitmap; transmitting, to the user equipment, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including a carrier indicator field (CIF) and an SRS field via the first CC, the CIF indicating a CC of the at least one second CC and the SRS field indicating whether the user equipment has to transmit the SRS via the CC indicated by the CIF; and receiving, from the user equipment, the SRS on an uplink subframe via the CC indicated by the CIF, when the SRS field is enabled. |
| US09130710B2 |
Method and system for processing control channel information
The disclosure discloses a method and system for processing control channel information. A receiving side is notified, by a network side via one or more types of the following signaling, of the information required to receive or perform blind detection for a control channel, wherein the signaling part comprises at least: a Radio Resource Control (RRC) signaling, a System Information Block (SIB)x (x=2, 3) signaling, and a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) signaling located at the first n (n=1, 2, 3, 4) Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) symbols. In the control channel information processing technology of the disclosure, the receiving side can be notified, via signaling configuration, of at least the time domain or frequency domain location occupied by the control channel. This scheme allows for full utilization of space division technology, thus reducing the load on a physical downlink control channel, and reducing interference between control channels. |
| US09130708B2 |
Method and apparatus for bundling resource blocks in wireless communication
Methods and apparatuses are provided for bundling resource blocks (RB) for varying bandwidth scenarios in wireless communication. Where multiple access points form a coordinated multiple point (CoMP) set for a device, the access points may be configured to use a common RB bundling size for precoding transmissions to the device. In another aspect, where a device is allocated a bandwidth and a bandwidth extension, a RB bundling size may be determined for the bandwidth and bandwidth extension, jointly or individually. The RB bundling size may be determined based on the bandwidth or on the bandwidth and the bandwidth extension. |
| US09130704B2 |
Multi-clock physical layer [[PHY] preamble design and detection
In a method for detecting, at a first communication device, a clock rate of a physical layer (PHY) data unit, the PHY data unit is received, at the first communication device, from a second communication device via a communication channel. The PHY data unit includes (i) a first portion and (ii) a second portion following the first portion. At the first communication device, the first portion of the PHY data unit is processed. Processing the first portion of the PHY data unit includes performing one or more autocorrelations to generate one or more respective autocorrelation outputs. At the first communication device and based on at least one of the one or more autocorrelation outputs, a clock rate of the second portion of the PHY data unit is determined. |
| US09130703B2 |
System for establishing and maintaining a clock reference indicating one-way latency in a data network
A method for indicating one-way latency in a data network, with continuous clock synchronization, between first and second node having clocks that are not synchronized with each other includes a continuous synchronization session and a measurement session. The method repetitively sends predetermined synchronization messages from the first node to the second node and from the second node to the first node, calculates a round trip time for each message at the first node, updates a synchronization point if the calculated round trip time is smaller than a previously calculated round trip time, stores the updated synchronization points of a synchronization window, and calculates a virtual clock from the updated synchronization points of the synchronization window. The measurement session collects multiple measurements of one-way latency between the first and second nodes using the virtual clock, and generates a latency profile by interpolating the multiple measurements. |
| US09130702B2 |
Downlink flow control
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate providing flow control feedback for controlling downlink data transmission rates. Various schemes can be utilized to send the flow control feedback from an access terminal to a base station. For example, a control PDU (e.g., MAC control PDU, PDCP control PDU) can be generated based upon a level of resource utilization of the access terminal, and sent to the base station for controlling the downlink data transmission rate. Following this example, a type of control PDU, a value included within the control PDU, etc. can be selected as a function of the level of resource utilization. By way of another illustration, a CQI report that includes a value selected as a function of the level of resource utilization associated with the access terminal can be generated and transmitted to the base station for controlling the downlink data transmission rate. |
| US09130701B2 |
Method and arrangement for network-coded bidirectional relaying
The present invention relates to coded multidirectional relaying in a network communication system. By sending information about the processing (610, 724, 736, 818, 822) and modulation (742, 828) of data, performed in a network coding node (104, 200, 404, 504), to a first (102, 300, 402, 502) and second (106, 300, 406, 506) network decoding nodes, network decoding can be correctly performed by the first and second network decoding nodes in general and not just for special communication cases. |
| US09130698B2 |
Failure indication for one or more carriers in a multi-carrier communication environment
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate indicating a loss of channel quality on a component carrier of a plurality of component carriers. A UE can monitor configured component carriers to determine channel qualities associated therewith. The UE can transmit carrier quality information that includes the channel qualities of the plurality of component carriers. In addition, the UE can identify a component carrier experiencing a loss of channel quality and notify a base station of the component carrier with poor channel conditions. In one aspect, the UE can incorporate additional information into a scheduling request. In addition, the UE can generate a CQI report that contains the carrier quality information. Further, the base station, when a loss of channel quality occurs, can retry transmission on different carriers. Moreover, the base station can employ information provided by the UE when selecting a component carrier for a transmission. |
| US09130696B2 |
System and method for RF signal combining and adaptive bit loading for data rate maximization in multi-antenna communication systems
A system and method for generating weight values based on maximum data rate for weighting elements included within signal weighting and combining arrangements used in various multi-antenna transmitter and receiver structures is disclosed herein. Weighting values for a given signal combining arrangement are set so as to maximize an output data rate of the applicable multi-antenna system in the presence of adaptive bit loading of the subcarriers of a transmitted signal. The disclosed techniques may be employed to maximize a data rate of a multi-antenna communication system by using adaptive bit loading and RF and baseband weighting schemes. In this case a search is conducted over various combinations of RF and baseband weights in order to find the weight combination which, when adaptive bit loading is also employed, maximizes the data rate. |
| US09130695B1 |
Adaptive rate control of 10GBASE-T data transport system
A 10GBASE-T circuit is disclosed. The circuit includes a physical (PHY) integrated circuit and a media access control (MAC) integrated circuit. The PHY couples to a data transfer medium and carries out data transfers at a PHY data rate. The MAC integrated circuit controls access to the date transfer medium and couples to the PHY via a bidirectional link operating at a MAC data rate. Rate control logic detects the PHY data rate, and adjusts the MAC data rate to the PHY data rate. Changes to the PHY and MAC data rates may be made at rates higher than 1 Gbps. |
| US09130694B2 |
Method, apparatus, and system for phase jump detection
The present invention provides a phase jump detection method, apparatus, and system. In embodiments of the present invention, by collecting N frequency control words, a phase jump in an intermediate frequency signal is detected according to the N frequency control words. An extra phase jump meter is not required, and therefore detection may be supported on massive microwave communication devices, thereby improving the detection efficiency. |
| US09130687B2 |
System and method for direct passive monitoring of packet delay variation and time error in network packet communications
Systems and methods are disclosed for direct passive monitoring of packet delay variation and time error in network packet communications. Packets traversing between slave and master clocks are monitored to provide direct results of the actual conditions without the need to rely upon inference determinations. Certain embodiments provide tap configurations to monitor packet flows, while certain other embodiments provide in-line configurations to monitor packet flows. Certain further embodiments provide multiple monitoring devices that can be used for passive monitoring purposes, such as passive monitoring to test boundary clock. These multiple monitoring devices can be configured to be within a single or different test instruments. Other variations are also described. |
| US09130684B2 |
Systems and methods for conserving energy in an entertainment system
Apparatus, systems and methods are described for conserving energy in an entertainment system. An entertainment device tracks usage patterns of a user over time while outputting presentation content and utilizes the collected information to determine whether to automatically enter a low power mode state at appropriate times. |
| US09130682B2 |
Circuit for setting the voltage potential at the output of a pin photoreceiver and photoreceiver assembly
A circuit sets an output potential at a radio frequency (RF) output of a pin photoreceiver that includes an ohmic terminal resistor connected between a supply voltage and the RF output. The circuit includes a control loop with an ohmic replication resistor having a resistance approximately equal to a resistance of the ohmic terminal resistor. The control loop further includes a sub-circuit configured to measure a voltage difference across the ohmic replication resistor and to reproduce the voltage difference as the supply voltage at an output terminal of the control loop. |
| US09130677B2 |
Communication system, station-side optical line terminating apparatus, user-side optical line terminating apparatus, control apparatus, and communication method
An optical communication system that connects a plurality of user-side optical line terminating apparatuses (hereinafter referred to as ONUs) to a station-side optical line terminating apparatus (hereinafter referred to as OLT) using a common optical fiber, wherein the ONU as at least a part of the ONUs includes a transceiver having a power saving function for inactivating a transmitting unit while supplying electric power to a receiving unit and a control apparatus that transmits support information of the power saving function to the OLT via the transceiver, and the OLT includes a control apparatus that generates transmission allowance information of upstream communication based on the support information of the power saving function and a transceiver that receives the support information of the power saving function and transmits the transmission allowance information to the ONU. |
| US09130676B2 |
Transparent protection switching operation in a PON
The invention relates to a method for performing a switch operation between a first Optical Line Terminal OLT and a second OLT in a Passive Optical Network PON, said first and second OLTs being connected to a plurality of Optical Network Units ONUs through at least one splitter. The invention enables to avoid the detection of a timestamp drift error during protection switching operation by modifying the threshold of the detection in the second OLT. |
| US09130674B2 |
Coded-light detection system including a camera, light sensor and augmented information display
There is disclosed a sensing device (100) adapted to receive light emitted from a plurality of light sources (A, B), each of the plurality of light sources (A, B) emitting light comprising a light source identifier. The sensing device (100) comprises a sensing module (110) comprising a light selection unit (114) configured to receive at least a portion of the light emitted from the plurality of light sources (A, B) and a light selection unit (114) configured to receive at least a portion of the light emitted from the plurality of light sources (A, B). The light selection unit (114) is adapted to selectively convey a selected portion of light received by the light selection unit (114) to a second photo sensor unit (116). The light selection unit (114) is arranged relatively to the first photo sensor unit (112), or vice versa, in such a way that the selected portion of light is associated with a photo sensor of a plurality of photo sensors of the first photo sensor unit (114) detecting light. |
| US09130670B2 |
Technique for determining a propagation delay of an optical signal between two optical devices via an optical link
A method and apparatus for measuring a propagation delay of an optical signal between first and second devices in an optical transmission network, the optical signal being transmitted from the first device to the second device via a first optical fiber and from the second device to the first device via a second optical fiber. The second device includes a loopback having a first mode enabling the optical signal to be routed between the two devices. The method includes: detecting by the second device a triggering by the first device of a propagation delay measurement; receiving a measurement signal transmitted by the first device via the first optical fiber; and configuring the loopback in a second mode in which the loopback injects a return signal into the first fiber in response to the measurement signal. The first device implements a method for determining the propagation delay. |
| US09130666B2 |
Reconfigurable receiver circuits for test signal generation
Receiver circuits that can be reconfigured to generate test signals in a wireless device are disclosed. In an exemplary design, an apparatus includes a mixer and an amplifier. The mixer downconverts an input radio frequency (RF) signal based on a local oscillator (LO) signal in a first mode. The amplifier, which is formed by at least a portion of the mixer, amplifies the LO signal and provides an amplified LO signal in a second mode. In another exemplary design, an apparatus includes an amplifier and an attenuator. The amplifier receives and amplifies an input RF signal in a first mode. The attenuator, which is formed by at least a portion of the amplifier, receives and passes an LO signal in a second mode. |
| US09130665B2 |
Power line communication modem, power line communication system and power line communication method
A power line communication modem is provided including a transmitter configured to transmit a power line signal on at least one carrier of a plurality of carriers via a power line to a further power line communication modem; and a processor configured to allocate transmit powers to individual carriers of the plurality of carriers, wherein the sum of the transmit powers of individual carriers located in the first frequency range is below or equal to a first predetermined power maximum value for the first frequency range. A corresponding power line communication system and a power line communication method are provided as well. |
| US09130664B2 |
Wireless communications using a sound signal
A method for communicating messages by a mobile device via a sound medium is disclosed. The mobile device receives input sounds from at least one mobile device via the sound medium. From the input sounds, an input sound signal carrying a first message encoded with a first key is detected. The mobile device decodes the first message based on a matching key. An output sound signal carrying a second message encoded with a second key is generated. Further, the mobile device transmits an output sound corresponding to the output sound signal via the sound medium. |
| US09130663B2 |
System for modifying the carrier frequency
A system and method for modifying the carrier frequency of first and second signals associated with first and second sequences, respectively, of consecutive time intervals, comprises: first means determining two carrier frequencies respectively associated with each of the two signals based on one time interval or at least two consecutive and continuous time intervals, said time interval(s) belonging to a sequence of consecutive time intervals of known duration; and second means determining a first time interval or at least two first consecutive time intervals belonging to the first sequence, based on a second time interval belonging to the second sequence, by establishing a temporal correspondence between each end of said time interval of said second sequence and an interval of said first sequence including this end. The first means determines said carrier frequencies based on one time interval or at least two consecutive time intervals, belonging to said first sequence. |
| US09130662B2 |
Systems and methods for management of wireless clients
Systems and methods for band hopping and power conservation in a wireless network are described. At least one embodiment is directed a method of hopping channels by a device within a wireless network. The method comprises hopping from a first channel to a target channel, resetting a virtual carrier sense after hopping to the target channel to enable service on the target channel, waiting for a pre-determined period of time, and setting a virtual carrier sense on the target channel after expiration of the pre-determined period of time and prior to hopping to a next target channel. |
| US09130657B2 |
System and method for a power line modem
In accordance with an embodiment, a method of operating an electronic system includes detecting an incoming transmission on a power line, and modifying a switching behavior of a switched-mode power supply coupled to the power line upon detecting the incoming transmission. Modifying reduces the level of interference produced by the switched-mode power supply. |
| US09130653B2 |
Filter block and a signal transceiver comprising such a filter block
A filter block comprising a hybrid filter, the hybrid filter comprising a first signal splitter having a first input port and a first output port; a second signal splitter having a first input port and a first output port; each of the first and second splitters having first and second connection ports; the two first connection ports being connected together by a first signal path comprising a first filter; the second two connection ports being connected together by a second signal path comprising a second filter; the first and second signal paths each further comprising a transformer connected between the filter and one of the first and second signal splitters. |
| US09130651B2 |
Mega communication and media apparatus configured to provide faster data transmission speed and to generate electrical energy
Disclosed embodiments comprise energy harvesting device comprising a communication apparatus operatively configured with CMOS multiple antennas disposed on a chip for boosting communication signals and for enabling faster data transmission speed. The communication apparatus is configured to harvest energy within its environment and is further disposed with interactive user interface. The communication apparatus is further configured to convert sound waves, vibrations, solar energy, wind force and pressure force into electrical energy communicable to a battery cell. Disclosed embodiment encompasses three modes of communications—the Cell phone, wireless Internet applications, and Global communication and media information. Embodiments provide communication apparatus operable to enhance mobile communication efficiency with touch sensitive display and provide energy harvesting platform on at least the housing for the communication apparatus and/or the communication circuit board. The communication circuit board is configured with memories, processors, and modules. Embodiments provide advanced computing and media applications, including in-vehicle interactive communications and wireless Internet applications. Embodiments further provide a gaming device, a wireless media device configured with touch pads comprising sensors being embedded in silicon substrate and etched/fused in micro fiber material having excellent electrical characteristics. Certain embodiments provide the communication apparatus being configured for voice enabled applications comprising human voice auditory operable to convert text into voice auditory and/or voice auditory into text applications. |
| US09130649B2 |
Asymmetrical forward/reverse transmission bandwidth
A wireless communications system employs code-division multiple access information transmission techniques where the uplink and downlink transmission bandwidths are unequal. The higher bandwidth is an integer multiple of the lower bandwidth. The present system requires a base station and a subscriber unit to have two pseudo-random code generators which can be clocked separately. Alignment of the uplink and downlink pseudo-random spreading codes is achieved by truncating the code sequence for the lower speed link at the conclusion of a complete code sequence for the higher speed link. |
| US09130646B2 |
Signal generating device and radio device
According to some embodiments, there is provided a signal generating device, including a signal generator and a local signal generating unit. The signal generator generates a signal of a fixed frequency. The local signal generating unit generates, based on the signal of the fixed frequency, a first local signal to convert a frequency of a first signal, and a second local signal to convert a frequency of a second signal. The second signal is a signal resulting from that the first signal is subjected to frequency conversion based on the first local signal and has a frequency different from the first local signal. |
| US09130644B2 |
Power booster in an MEO setting
A customer satellite terminal provides seamless hand-off from a descending satellite to an ascending satellite in an equatorial MEO constellation at RF. The hand-off from the descending satellite to the ascending satellite is conducted when the propagation delay from the ascending satellite and the descending satellite are equal, by aligning first and second amplitudes, first and second frequency offsets, and first and second phases. |
| US09130643B2 |
Systems and methods for enhancing audio quality of FM receivers
Systems and methods are described for enhancing the audio quality of an FM receiver. In embodiments described herein, quadrature L−R demodulation is applied to a composite baseband signal output by an FM demodulator to obtain an L−R noise signal. A channel quality measure is calculated based on the L−R noise signal and is used to control whether a pop suppression technique is applied to an L+R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal to detect and remove noise pulses therefrom. The channel quality measure and the L−R noise signal are also leveraged to perform single-channel noise suppression in the frequency domain on an L−R signal obtained from the composite baseband signal and on the L+R signal. The channel quality measure is also used to control the application of a fast fading compensation process that replaces noisy segments of the L−R and L+R signal with replacement waveforms generated via waveform extrapolation. |
| US09130639B2 |
Frequency resolver
A frequency resolver and a method for using the resolver. The resolver includes an oscillator circuit, a mixer circuit, and a controller circuit. The oscillator circuit is configured to provide at least two oscillated signals. The mixer circuit is coupled to the oscillator circuit and includes a first frequency mixer and a second frequency mixer for mixing an incoming RF transmission with the two oscillated signals. The mixer circuit further is configured to provide a first output signal from the first mixer and a second output signal from the second mixer. The controller circuit is coupled to the mixer circuit and configured to determine whether at least one of the first or second output signals are associated with an upper sideband (USB) frequency or a lower sideband (LSB) frequency of the RF transmission. |
| US09130637B2 |
Communication methods and systems for nonlinear multi-user environments
An electronic receiver comprises a nonlinear distortion modeling circuit and a nonlinear distortion compensation circuit. The nonlinear distortion modeling circuit is operable to determine a plurality of sets of nonlinear distortion model parameter values, where each of the sets of nonlinear distortion model parameter values representing nonlinear distortion experienced by signals received by the electronic receiver from a respective one a plurality of communication partners. The nonlinear distortion compensation circuit is operable to use the sets of nonlinear distortion model parameter values for processing of signals from the plurality of communication partners. Each of the sets of nonlinear distortion model parameter values may comprises a plurality of values corresponding to a plurality of signal powers. The sets of nonlinear distortion model parameters may be stored in a lookup table indexed by a signal strength parameter. |
| US09130636B2 |
Low power, low out-of-band harmonic content radio
A radio that includes a transceiver to transmit and receive RF signals. The transceiver including a transmitter, a transformer, and a receiver, the transformer is coupled to and shared between the transmitter and the receiver. A resonator is formed by the combination of the transformer and capacitive elements of the transmitter and receiver. |
| US09130635B2 |
Wireless communication system, wireless communication device, and wireless communication method
A wireless communication system includes a transmitting device and a receiving device each including a plurality of antennas. A plurality of streams are subjected to spatial multiplexing and are transmitted in a downlink in which packets are transmitted from the transmitting device to the receiving device. In the transmitting device, each of the plurality of transmission streams is divided into a plurality of bit-series groups having decoding characteristics to which priority levels are assigned, the bit-series groups are subjected to encoding processes and modulating processes in accordance with the priority levels and further subjected to weighting and synthesizing, and each of the plurality of transmission streams in which a plurality of bit series items are synthesized with one another is spatially multiplexed and transmitted. |
| US09130632B2 |
Diversity antenna system and transmission method
An antenna diversity system comprises a diversity transmitter having a plurality of transmitter-side antennas, the diversity transmitter being arranged to generate at least one sequence of signals comprising data packets having payloads identical and identifiers different for each of the data packets, each of the identifiers identifying a corresponding one of the plurality of transmitter-side antennas; and to successively transmit at least two of the signals at different points in time on the corresponding ones of the plurality of transmitter-side antennas; and a receiver comprising a first receiver-side antenna, the receiver being arranged to successively receive the signals of the at least one sequence on the first receiver-side antenna, and to suspend receiving of subsequent signals of the at least one sequence when an error check of a data packet comprised in a received signal of the at least one sequence indicates a successful reception. |
| US09130628B1 |
Digital pre-distorter
A digital pre-distorter (DPD) for an RF transceiver system having multiple antennas includes a DPD controller, first and second address generators, stream select and antenna select muxes, first and second lookup tables (LUTs), first and second dynamic routing logic units, multipliers, an adder, and an accumulator. The DPD controller generates antenna select, stream select and stream routing signals indicative of selection of antennas, the first and second LUTs, and input signals. The DPD controller configures the DPD to share the multipliers and the first and second LUTs between multiple antennas by providing the antenna select signal to the antenna select mux, the stream select signal to the stream select mux, and the stream routing signals to the first and second dynamic routing logic units. |
| US09130626B2 |
Frequency dependent I/Q impairment compensation
Methods, systems, and devices are described for compensating for transmit I/Q impairments in a digital signal. A frequency domain version of a first one of the components may be scaled at a wireless modem according to a frequency dependent I/Q impairment compensation function to obtain a compensated frequency domain version of the first one of the components. The compensated frequency domain version of the first one of the components may be combined with a frequency domain version of a second one of the components at the wireless modem to produce a compensated frequency domain version of the digital signal. The compensated frequency domain version of the digital signal may be transformed to the time domain at the wireless modem to produce a compensated time domain version of the digital signal. |
| US09130616B2 |
Weighting factor reporting method in a mimo mobile communications system, and base station and user apparatus that are suitable for use in the method
A user apparatus in a multi input multi output (MIMO) mobile communications system using pre-encoding is disclosed. The user apparatus includes a PMI generator which generates a pre-encoding matrix indicator (PMI) which indicates a pre-encoding matrix to be used by a base station; a transmitter which feeds back the PMI to the base station; and a receiver which receives a signal from the base station, wherein the signal received at the receiver includes information on whether it is according to PMI information fed back from the user apparatus after a predetermined elapsed time from a timing at which the PMI information is fed back from the user apparatus. |
| US09130614B2 |
Systems and methods for scheduling SU and MU MIMO traffic
Systems and methods are disclosed for scheduling SU and MU traffic in a MIMO communications system. Net goodput may be estimated for a station using a plurality of MIMO modes and a transmission to the station may be scheduled using one of the MIMO modes based, at least in part, on the estimated net goodput. Estimating net goodput may include determining a number of bits that may be successfully transmitted to the station using the MIMO mode divided by a time required to transmit the number of bits plus the sounding time. Further, the number of bits that may be successfully transmitted to the station may be based on the number of packets that may be delivered over the upcoming sounding interval and statistically determined goodput for each MIMO mode. |
| US09130611B2 |
Method of using zoning map for beam searching, tracking and refinement
The disclosure is directed to a wireless communications device. In an embodiment, the wireless communications device comprises a phased antenna array comprising a plurality of antennas, a transceiver operatively coupled to the phased antenna array and configured to control the plurality of antennas and an antenna weight vector (AWV), a memory storing a spherical zoning map, and a beam controller configured to control the transceiver by setting the AWV for each antenna of the plurality of antennas. |
| US09130605B2 |
Systems and methods for coexistence between plurality of wireless communications modules sharing single antenna
A system for the coexistence between a plurality of wireless communications modules sharing single antenna is provided. A wireless communications chipset includes a first wireless communications module configured to transmit or receive first wireless communications signals, and a second wireless communications module configured to transmit or receive second wireless communications signals. A path selection circuit is configured to connect the first wireless communications module to the antenna via a first transceiving path or a second transceiving path for transmitting and receiving the first wireless signals according to transceiving statuses of the first wireless signals and the second wireless signals. |
| US09130601B2 |
Timing management for an NFC communicator and related data source
An NFC communicator has a coupler operable to couple with a coupler of a near field RF communicator in near field range to enable communication of data between the communicators by modulation of a magnetic field, a demodulator to extract modulation from a modulated signal coupled to the coupler, and a modulator to modulate an RF signal in accordance with data to be communicated by the NFC communicator. The NFC communicator communicates with a data source and is arranged to at least one of provide timing data to the data source and receive timing data from the data source. |
| US09130597B2 |
Non-volatile memory error correction
Improving the performance, life and amount of data storage in write limited non-volatile memory may be achieved by: a) utilizing a serial content-addressable memory (CAM) to perform logical address translation, b) a minimum CAM function to perform erase error count wear leveling, c) increasingly refining a two dimensional error-correction coding (ECC) method as needed to correct for degrading storage, and/or d) serially generating ECC and using an ECC serial decoder to correct the data. |
| US09130592B2 |
Error correction code circuit and memory device including the same
The ECC circuit includes a Chien search unit configured to determine whether there is an error in each bit of a data sequence. The Chien search unit selects a coefficient of a nonlinear term from among terms of an error locator polynomial as a nonlinear coefficient, separates the error locator polynomial into a first location equation including only linear terms and a second location equation including only nonlinear terms, determines a third location equation by dividing the first location equation by the nonlinear coefficient, determines a fourth location equation by dividing the second location equation by the nonlinear coefficient, and determines whether there is an error for each of the bits by performing an XOR operation on a result of the third location equation using the substitution value and a result of the fourth location equation using an arbitrary element of the error locator polynomial as a substitution value. |
| US09130587B2 |
Frame adaptive digital to analog converter and methods for use therewith
A digital to analog converter (DAC) includes a thermometer coder that generates a plurality of micro-current source analog controls on a frame-by-frame or symbol-by-symbol basis and to process digital inputs from symbols or frames of data based on a thermometer coding to generate a plurality of micro-current source inputs. A plurality of micro-current sources generate a corresponding plurality of micro-current source outputs in response to the plurality of micro-current source inputs, wherein first selected ones of the plurality of micro-current sources are powered-off in response to the plurality of micro-current source analog controls for a first symbol or frame of the plurality of symbols or frames of data. A summing circuit generates an analog output based a sum of the corresponding plurality of micro-current source outputs. |
| US09130582B2 |
Systems and methods for correcting an offset at an output of a digital to analog converter
A system including a converter, a buffer, and an offset adjust circuit. The converter is configured to provide, based on a digital input signal, a first output current. The buffer is configured to provide, based on the first output current, a second output current to an output pin. The offset adjust circuit is in communication with the first output current and is configured to, based on the second current at the output pin, adjust the first output current to compensate for a current offset at the output pin. |
| US09130581B2 |
Configuration method and device for electrical and/or electronic circuits
A method for configuring an electrical circuit comprising several functional blocks having characteristic quantities of the same type and the values whereof are mutually proportional, the functional blocks being built by means of at least one set of electrical elements of a similar type and means for connecting said electrical elements to one another and/or to the rest of the electrical circuit according to different connection configurations, comprising the steps consisting of: measuring a value of a parameter of the electrical circuit for each of a set of connection configurations tested, selection, from among the coupling configurations tested, of one configuration for which the value of the measured parameter corresponds to the case where the mismatch between the values of the characteristic quantities of at least one pair of functional blocks is the smallest, and positioning the connecting means according to the configuration selected. |
| US09130579B2 |
Atomic oscillator and manufacturing method of the atomic oscillator
An atomic oscillator includes an atomic cell in which an atom is enclosed, a magnetic field generation part to apply a magnetic field to the atomic cell, a reference oscillator which is controlled based on an atomic resonance signal outputted from the atomic cell and generates a reference signal, and a fractional N-PLL which receives the reference signal to generate a signal including a resonance frequency of the atom, in which when a maximum digit of the resonance frequency adjustable by the magnetic field generation part is a boundary digit, the fractional N-PLL can adjust at least a digit one digit higher than the boundary digit. |
| US09130577B2 |
PLL circuit
A PLL circuit generating a generated clock in synchronization with an external clock by a phase locked loop includes a first detector for detecting whether or not the generated clock is in synchronization with the external clock, and a measuring device for measuring at least one of a high time from a rise to a fall of the external clock and a low time from a fall to a rise thereof. In a state that the generated clock and the external clock are in synchronization, when it is detected that a fluctuation of the high time or the low time becomes equal to or more than a predetermined value, the PLL circuit fixes a frequency of the generated clock to a frequency outputted at this time point, and continues output of the generated clock having the fixed frequency. |
| US09130573B2 |
Signal processing apparatus, signal processing method and communication apparatus
Disclosed herein is a signal processing apparatus including: a voltage-controlled oscillation block having a parameter high in correlation with a filter; a measuring block configured to measure an oscillation frequency of the voltage-controlled oscillation block; and a control block configured to control the parameter of the filter by use of a measuring result of the oscillation frequency obtained by the measuring block. |
| US09130567B2 |
Inverter device, NAND device, NOR device, and logic device including the same
An inverter device including a tunable diode device and a diode device that includes a control terminal connected to an input terminal of the inverter device, an anode terminal connected to a high-level voltage terminal, and a cathode terminal connected to an output terminal of the inverter device, wherein the diode device is configured to turn on or off according to a voltage applied to the control terminal. |
| US09130564B2 |
Method and apparatus for use in improving linearity of MOSFETs using an accumulated charge sink
A method and apparatus for use in improving the linearity characteristics of MOSFET devices using an accumulated charge sink (ACS) are disclosed. The method and apparatus are adapted to remove, reduce, or otherwise control accumulated charge in SOI MOSFETs, thereby yielding improvements in FET performance characteristics. In one exemplary embodiment, a circuit having at least one SOI MOSFET is configured to operate in an accumulated charge regime. An accumulated charge sink, operatively coupled to the body of the SOI MOSFET, eliminates, removes or otherwise controls accumulated charge when the FET is operated in the accumulated charge regime, thereby reducing the nonlinearity of the parasitic off-state source-to-drain capacitance of the SOI MOSFET. In RF switch circuits implemented with the improved SOI MOSFET devices, harmonic and intermodulation distortion is reduced by removing or otherwise controlling the accumulated charge when the SOI MOSFET operates in an accumulated charge regime. |
| US09130562B2 |
Active ESD protection circuit
A high-voltage gate driver circuit configured to drive a high-side power switch and a low-side power switch includes an active dv/dt triggered ESD protection circuit coupled between a protected node and a power rail node. The active dv/dt triggered ESD protection circuit includes a dv/dt circuit controlling an ESD protection transistor connected between the protected node and the power rail node. The ESD protection transistor is turned on when an ESD event occurs at the protected node to conduct ESD current from the protected node to the power rail node. The dv/dt circuit is charged up after a time constant to disable the ESD protection transistor. |
| US09130561B1 |
Configuring a programmable logic device using a configuration bit stream without phantom bits
Techniques and mechanisms generate a configuration bit stream to load into a circuit such as a Programmable Logic Device (PLD). A configuration bit stream may have a reduced size if “phantom bits” not corresponding to configuration elements are removed. However, the PLD may need a full-sized and properly ordered configuration bit stream in order to be properly configured. Techniques and mechanisms are described for selectively adding a “padding bit” to compensate for the missing phantom bits. |
| US09130558B2 |
Circuit and method of driving the same
In order to reduce power consumption, an arithmetic circuit having a function of performing a logic operation processing based on an input signal, storing a potential set in accordance with the result of the logic operation processing as stored data, and outputting a signal with a value corresponding to the stored data as an output signal. The arithmetic circuit includes an arithmetic portion performing the logic operation processing, a first field-effect transistor controlling whether a first potential, which is the potential corresponding to the result of the logic operation processing is set, and a second field-effect transistor controlling whether the potential of the output signal data is set at a second potential which is a reference potential. |
| US09130556B2 |
Semiconductor device having output buffer circuit in which impedance thereof can be controlled
Disclosed herein is a device that includes a first buffer circuit coupled between a first power supply line and a data terminal and a second buffer circuit coupled between a second power supply line and the data terminal. First and second internal data signals complementary to each other are supplied to a level shifter, thereby third and fourth internal data signals complementary to each other are generated by changing amplitude values of the first and second internal data signals. The first and the second buffer circuits are controlled based on the third and fourth internal data signals such that one of the first and second buffer circuits turns on and the other of the first and second buffer circuits turns off. |
| US09130551B2 |
Decoder for decoding PWM code and communications system
A decoder for decoding an input signal coded with a pulse width modulation code as a line code to an output signal in a binary code, has a first memory, a first timer, a determination circuit and a first controller. The information on a duty duration of the PWM code, corresponding to at least one kind of the output signals, is stored on the first memory. The first timer has a capacity to measure the duty duration of the input signal. The determination circuit has a capacity to determining which kind of the output signals corresponds to the input signal, on the basis of the information stored on the first memory and the duty duration measured with the first timer. The first controller has a capacity to updating the information stored on the first memory, on the basis of the determination result and the measured duty duration. |
| US09130550B2 |
Semiconductor device and method for operating the same
Provided are a semiconductor device and a method for operating a semiconductor device. The semiconductor device includes a clock generating unit receiving a reference clock and generating first and second clocks that are different from each other from the reference clock; a first latch configured to receive input data based on the first clock and to output the input data as first output data; and a second latch configured to receive the first output data based on the second clock and to output the first output data as second output data, wherein a first edge of the first clock does not overlap a first edge of the second clock, and at least a part of a second edge of the first clock overlaps a second edge of the second clock. |
| US09130543B2 |
Method and apparatus for adaptive impedance matching
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an adaptive impedance matching network having an RF matching network coupled to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and comprising one or more controllable variable reactive elements. The RF matching network can be adapted to reduce a level of reflected power transferred from said at least one input port by varying signals applied to said controllable variable reactive elements. The one or more controllable variable reactive elements can be coupled to a circuit adapted to map one or more control signals that are output from a controller to a signal range that is compatible with said one or more controllable variable reactive elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed. |
| US09130535B2 |
Driver amplifier with asymmetrical T-coil matching network
A driver amplifier with asymmetrical T-coil matching network is disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an apparatus includes a first inductor configured to receive an input signal at an input terminal and to provide an output signal at an output terminal that is matched to a resistive load. The apparatus also includes a second inductor connected to the first inductor and coupled to the first inductor by a coupling coefficient, the second inductor having a first terminal connected to a supply voltage. |
| US09130533B1 |
Non-dispersive microwave phase shifters
In one embodiment, a non-dispersive phase shifter includes a composite right- and left-handed (CRLH) circuit that can be toggled between a first phase delay state and a second phase delay state with a substantially constant phase shift over a range of frequencies. |
| US09130529B2 |
Area-efficient degenerative inductance for a low noise amplifier (LNA)
A device includes a first and a second low noise amplifier (LNA), a first degenerative inductance coupled between the first LNA and ground by a first ground connection, and a second degenerative inductance coupled between the second LNA and ground by a second ground connection, the first and second degenerative inductances configured to establish negative inductive coupling between the first and second degenerative inductances. |
| US09130525B2 |
Systems and methods for altering display output based on seat position
Systems and methods for altering display output based on seat position include a method includes receiving desired frequency response data for a plurality of different audio outputs and a nominal seat position, determining a current seat position of a seat in the vehicle, and implementing a test sequence based on the seat position. Some embodiments include determining from the test sequence received frequency response data for the amplifier to utilize for the seat position, comparing the received frequency response data and the desired frequency response data, and in response to determining that the desired frequency response data does not substantially match the received frequency response data, altering settings on the amplifier such that the received frequency response data substantially matches the desired frequency response data. |
| US09130522B2 |
Matching device, transmitting amplifier, and wireless communication device
A first signal path has one or a plurality of coils arranged in series, the coils being connected to the output of a first amplifier. A second signal path has the same number of coils as the coils of the first signal path, the coils being arranged in series and connected to the output of a second amplifier. Coupling paths have capacitors and couple the first signal path and the second signal path at both ends of the corresponding coils on the first signal path and the second signal path. A SW controlling unit switches a switch to a contact when a signal is input from the first amplifier and switches the switch to a contact when a signal is input from the second amplifier. |
| US09130519B1 |
Method and apparatus for combined linear, low-noise buffer and sampler for ADC
A method and apparatus for combined linear, low-noise buffer and sampler for ADC (analog to digital converter) have been disclosed. In one implementation components contributing to sampling errors are included in a feedback path. |
| US09130515B2 |
Apparatus and method for balanced power amplification
An apparatus and a method for balanced power amplification are provided. An amplifier includes a splitter configured to split an input signal into a first input signal and a second input signal that include a 90° phase difference. The amplifier further includes a first power amplifier (PA) configured to amplify the first input signal to generate a first output signal. The amplifier further includes a second PA configured to amplify the second input signal to generate a second output signal. The amplifier further includes a combiner configured to combine the first output signal and the second output signal that include the 90° phase difference to generate an output signal. |
| US09130513B2 |
Method and apparatus for amplifying audio signal
An audio signal amplifying device and method for reducing a size and corresponding power consumption of demodulation filters in the signal amplifying device. In the device and method, carrier waves having phase shifts are generated from a received audio signal. The shifted carrier waves are compared to the audio signal to generate modulation signals, which are amplified based on a power supply voltage. The amplified modulation signals or a power supply signal are output based on a comparison between the carrier waves and the audio signal. The output signals are synthesized to produce a synthesized signal having a lower average voltage and current value, thus reducing power consumption of the signal amplifying device. |
| US09130506B2 |
Piezoelectric oscillator
Provided is a piezoelectric oscillator to attain high-frequency performance and frequency stabilization with the use of reflection characteristics of a reflective element. A piezoelectric oscillator is configured such that a resonant circuit is connected to a gate of a field effect transistor; an output terminal is connected to a drain and a power supply voltage V is applied to the drain; a piezoelectric resonator is connected to a source, as a reflective element; and a resonance frequency of the resonant circuit and an oscillation frequency of the piezoelectric resonator as a reflective element are set to substantially the same frequency, and further, the piezoelectric oscillator may be configured such that a first matching circuit is provided between the resonant circuit and the gate, second matching circuit is provided between the drain and the output terminal, and a third matching circuit is provided between the source and the reflective element. |
| US09130501B2 |
Control device for rotary machine
A storage section stores, as stored current values, currents flowing when a voltage application section applies voltage vectors to a three-phase rotary machine. A position estimation section estimates the rotor position of the rotary machine in a stopped state based on the stored current values. An adjustment section adjusts a minimum necessary application time that allows the rotary machine to be magnetically saturated by voltage vector application, to enable rotor position estimation. Further, the adjustment section uses, as an adjustment evaluation value, the magnitude |ΔY| of differential admittance obtained by dividing a summed current value calculated from the stored current values by the voltage amplitude value of the voltage vector instruction when the voltage vector based on the voltage vector instruction is applied with the application time being set at an arbitrary application time, and adjusts the application time based on |ΔY|. |
| US09130494B2 |
Electric motor phase control system
A method and apparatus for controlling an electric motor. A controller is configured to identify a start time for a signal based on a back electromotive force present in an electric motor during operation of the electric motor. The start time is for a position of a rotor relative to a group of coils. The controller is further configured to send the signal to the group of coils using the start time identified. An effect of the back electromotive force on the signal is reduced. |
| US09130493B2 |
Control of a brushless motor
A method of controlling a brushless motor that includes rectifying an alternating voltage to provide a rectified voltage, exciting a winding of the motor with the rectified voltage for a conduction period over each electrical half-cycle of the motor, and updating the conduction period in response to a zero-crossing in the alternating voltage. Additionally, a control system that implements the method, and a motor system that incorporates the control system. |
| US09130491B2 |
Method of controlling air blower of fuel cell vehicle
A system and a method of controlling a blower of a vehicle. The method includes detecting, by a controller, a turning of a key to an off position of the vehicle. In addition, the controller is configured to detect whether a high voltage DC-DC converter and a high voltage battery are normally operated in response to detecting the turning of the key to an off position. Regenerative energy generated by a regenerative brake operation of the blower is transmitted by the controller through two different paths based on whether the high voltage DC-DC converter and the high voltage battery are normally operated. |
| US09130485B2 |
Conformable electroadhesive gripping system
An electroadhesive surface can include electrodes that are configured to induce an electrostatic attraction with nearby objects upon application of voltage to the electrodes. Systems described herein may also employ a load-bearing frame that is coupled to an electroadhesive gripping surface via an array of height-adjustable pins. Adjusting the pins changes the shape of the gripping surface, and may be used to conform to objects pressed against the gripping surface. Objects pressed against the gripping surface may cause one or more of the pins to retract by sliding within respective channels so as to cause the gripping surface to conform to the object. Some examples further include pin-locking mechanisms configured to secure the position of the pins within their respective channels and thereby fix the shape of the gripping surface after conforming to the object. |
| US09130472B2 |
High efficient single switch single stage power factor correction power supply
A single switch PFC power supply (including forward and fly-back power supply) in single stage has two transformers: one forward transformer, one main transformer. The main transformer transfers electrical power from the primary circuit to secondary circuit. The forward transformer is used to correct input current waveform. The two transformer's primary windings are connected in series. An extra winding of the forward transformer, a capacitor and two diodes are formed a no loss snubber circuit to enhance the efficiency of the power supply. |
| US09130470B2 |
Power converter control system and method with separate primary and secondary controllers
A power converter control system includes primary bridge controller that is configured to actuate a first plurality of gate drive units that switch a first plurality of power elements in a primary bridge of a power converter. The control system further includes a secondary bridge controller separate from the primary bridge controller that is configured to actuate a second plurality of gate drive units to switch a second plurality of power elements in a secondary bridge of the power converter. |
| US09130469B2 |
Primary-side feedback controlled AC/DC converter with an improved error amplifier
An error amplifier, a controller using the error amplifier, and a primary-side feedback controlled AC/DC converter using the controller are discussed. When the output voltage of the primary-side feedback controlled AC/DC converter according to present invention changes, the alternating current path enjoys a fast response and adjusts the output voltage quickly with a lower precision, avoiding large voltage fluctuate, then the direct current path functions slowly to reduce equivalent output error. In such a way, the output voltage precision is enhanced while the stability of the primary-side feedback controlled AC/DC converter is maintained. |
| US09130468B2 |
Constant voltage constant current controller and control method thereof
The present invention relates to a constant voltage constant current (CVCC) controller, and associated control methods. In one embodiment, a CVCC controller for a flyback converter can include: (i) a current controller configured to generate an error signal by comparing an output current feedback signal against a reference current; (ii) a voltage controller configured to receive an output voltage feedback signal and a reference voltage, and to generate a control signal; (iii) a selector configured to control the flyback converter to operate in a first or a second operation mode based on the control signal, and to further generate a constant voltage or a constant current control signal based on the error signal; and (iv) a pulse-width modulation (PWM) controller configured to generate a PWM control signal to control a main switch, and to maintain the output voltage and/or current of the flyback converter as substantially constant. |
| US09130462B2 |
Resonant power converter having switched series transformer
A multi-transformer LLC (resonant) power converter having at least two transformers including a first T1 and a second transformer T2 in series includes a switch network configured for receiving input power including a first and second switched node. Resonant circuitry is coupled between the first and second switched node including a series combination of an inductor, a capacitor, a primary winding of T1 and a primary winding of a T2. At least one switch is operable for providing a first mode that includes T2 in the resonant circuitry and a second mode that excludes T2 from the resonant circuitry. Secondary windings of T2 and T1 are connected electrically in parallel for driving an output capacitor (Co) through respective rectifiers which provide conversion from AC to DC. |
| US09130459B2 |
Boost converter
A boost converter capable of reducing a common-mode current that flows to the outside of a casing. In the converter, a boost circuit includes first and second inductors and at least one switching element electrically connected therebetween. A controller turns on and off the at least one switching element to boost an input voltage of the boost circuit. A first floating capacitor is formed between a first electrical path, which is at the same potential as a junction between the at least one switching element and the first inductor, and a mounting member coupled to a reference potential member with an insulator therebetween. A second floating capacitor is formed between a second electrical path, which is at the same potential as a junction between the at least one switching element and the second inductor, and the mounting member. |
| US09130455B2 |
Method and apparatus for control of switched-mode power supplies
The present invention relates to nonlinear and time-variant signal processing, and, in particular, to methods, systems, and apparatus for adaptive filtering and control applicable to switching power supplies. |
| US09130452B2 |
Gate driving device including plurality of gate drivers supplied with equally divided voltage and inverter having the same
There is provided a gate driving device, including: an inverter arm including a high-side switch and a low-side switch; a gate driving unit receiving an instruction signal to provide switching control to the inverter arm, outputting a control signal to control switching of the inverter arm, and including a plurality of gate drivers; and a balancing unit causing voltage applied to the plurality of gate drivers to be divided to be supplied to respective gate drivers among the plurality of gate drivers, according to the switching of the inverter arm based on the control signal. |
| US09130449B2 |
Alternating-current conversion system having low power consumption bleeder circuit
A low power consumption bleeder circuit is disclosed, and it is coupled to an alternating-current (AC) power source, an input filtering capacitor, and a rectifying filter. The low power consumption bleeder circuit includes a first switch component, a second switch component, and a controller. The first switch component is coupled to a first input terminal of the AC power source and a first connection terminal of the rectifying filter. The second switch component is coupled to a second input terminal of the AC power source and the first connection terminal of the rectifying filter. When the AC power source is detected to be removed, the controller controls at least one of the first switch component and the second switch component to be conductive. |
| US09130446B2 |
Eddy current torque transfer coupling assembly
An electrical slip coupling assembly and method for enhancing transmission of torque are provided. The coupling assembly includes a field member (FM), an armature member (AM), and annular windings. The FM includes flux concentrating axial and radial teeth. The AM includes an interchangeable non-ferrous electrically conductive material cladding on an axial inner surface of the AM and a relatively low conductivity ferrous material cladding on a radial inner surface of the AM. The excitation of the annular windings induces the axial teeth and the radial teeth to generate flux field concentrations that create an axial eddy current zone (AECZ) in the AM across an axial air gap, and a radial eddy current zone (RECZ) in the AM across a radial air gap. During relative motion between the FM and the AM, the eddy currents in the AECZ and the RECZ create a driving torque between the FM and the AM. |
| US09130444B2 |
Rotary drive with straight primary part segments
The aim of the invention is to provide pivoting and rotary drives for electric machines with low number of parts economically. Said aim is achieved, by means of a secondary part (4) of circular or arched design. The primary part of the drive has at least two straight primary part segments (1), arranged at a predefined angle to each other in the longitudinal direction thereof to correspond to the shape of the secondary part (4). A pivoting or rotary drive can thus be economically produced with standard linear motor components. |
| US09130442B2 |
Permanent magnet motor
An electric motor includes a stator and a rotor rotatably installed in the stator. The stator has a housing and a plurality of permanent magnets. The outer diameter of the housing is less than 40 mm and the ratio of the maximum thickness of the magnets in the radial direction of the rotor to the diameter of the rotor is in the range of 1:7 to 1:50. |
| US09130441B2 |
Brushless DC motor
A brushless DC motor includes a plurality of permanent magnet segments arranged on an outer circumferential surface of a yoke member. Each of the permanent magnet segments includes a thinnest portion positioned in a circumferential center portion of each of the permanent magnet segments, thickest portions positioned in circumferential opposite end portions of each of the permanent magnet segments, and gradually changing portions positioned between the thinnest portion and the thickest portions. The gradually changing portions have a thickness gradually increasing from the thinnest portion toward the thickest portions. A border between the magnetic poles is positioned in the circumferential center portion of each of the permanent magnet segments. |
| US09130436B2 |
Methods for winding and terminating dynamo electric machine cores
A method for terminating and winding coils of a core of a dynamo electric machine. The coils being formed from at least an electric wire and the core having a longitudinal axis. The coils are wound by relatively moving a wire dispenser with respect to a core with relative motions of translation and rotation; at least a stretch of wire extends from the coil and the stretch of wire is provided with a portion for a termination connection to a termination structure of the core such as a tang. The method avoids waste cut wire in the apparatus. The core is provided with a groove at an end to receive at least a wire in the path of the wire for the termination of the coils. The apparatus comprises a wire deflector positioned adjacent the end of the core, where the groove is located, in order to intercept and align the wire with the groove. |
| US09130433B2 |
Electronically controlled universal motor
An electric motor apparatus comprising: a stator component and a rotor component rotationally mounted coaxially with and within the stator component. The stator component and the rotor component each comprise windings configured to generate an electromagnetic field from an electric current. The electric motor further comprises an intermediate screening component rotationally mounted between the stator component and the rotor component and configured to provide at least some magnetic screening between the rotor component and the stator component. The intermediate screening component comprises at least some magnetically active sections configured such that changing magnetic fields generated by changing electric currents in the windings on either the rotor component or the stator component generate a force on the magnetically active sections causing the intermediate screening component to rotate; and control circuitry for independently controlling power supplied to the windings on the rotor component and the stator component in dependence upon a desired output rotational speed. |
| US09130432B2 |
Rotating electrical machine
A rotating electric machine includes a rotor, having a rotor laminate stack extending in the direction of a machine axis and having a rotor winding, the rotor winding forming a winding head at each of the ends of the rotor laminate stack, said winding head being fastened to a winding head rim, which is arranged concentrically within the winding head and adjoins the rotor laminate stack in the axial direction, in order to intercept centrifugal forces by means of bolts passing radially through the winding head, and a fastening designed to safely absorb axial expansions of the winding head. Simple and secure fastening is achieved by virtue of the bolts being fastened to the winding head rim in each case on a T-shaped hammer profile, which extends in the axial direction and is mounted in axially movable fashion in an associated axial T-shaped slot in the winding head rim. |
| US09130431B2 |
Stator for rotary electrical machine
A stator includes a ring-shaped stator core and a stator winding. The stator core has a plurality of slots arranged in a circumferential direction. The stator winding has a plurality of phase windings. Each phase winding is composed of a plurality of segment conductors 41 disposed such as to be inserted into the slots and connected in series. The segment conductor is divided into two. The phase winding is configured by two divided phase windings connected to each other in parallel. The divided phase windings are respectively configured by a plurality of segment conductors respectively connected in series such that the two divided segment conductors are in parallel with each other. |
| US09130428B2 |
Armature winding of rotating electrical machine
According to one embodiment, there is provided a 3-phase 2-pole 2-layer armature winding, housed in 72 slots provided in a laminated iron core, a winding of each phase including six parallel circuits separated into two phase belts. Upper coil pieces of first and fourth parallel circuits are placed at 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 12th positions, and lower coil pieces of the first and fourth parallel circuits are placed at 1st, 6th, 9th, and 10th positions, upper and lower coil pieces of second and fifth parallel circuits are placed at 2nd, 5th, 8th, and 11th positions, and upper coil pieces of third and six parallel circuits are placed at 1st, 6th, 9th, and 10th positions, and lower coil pieces of the third and six parallel circuits are placed at 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 12th positions, from the center of a pole. |
| US09130422B2 |
Interior permanent magnet machine having a mixed rare earth magnet and ferrite magnet rotor
A rotor core for an internal permanent magnet machine includes at least one ferrite pole and at least one rare earth pole, arranged radially about an axis in alternating relationship. The ferrite poles define a plurality of first pole cavities, and the rare earth poles define a plurality of second pole cavities. One of a plurality of ferrite magnets is disposed within each of the first pole cavities of the ferrite poles, and one of a plurality of rare earth magnets is disposed within each of the second pole cavities of the rare earth poles. |
| US09130421B2 |
L-shaped sheet metal cooling jacket with stamped bearing support
An embodiment of an electric machine includes inner and outer housing sections attached to one another to form, at an axial end of the electric machine, a cooling channel therebetween. Such electric machine also includes a bearing carrier coupled to the housing sections and radially registered to the inside diameter of the inner housing section. An embodiment of an electric machine includes annular, L-shaped inner and outer sheet metal housing sections enclosing a cooling channel at an axial end of the electric machine and otherwise being substantially parallel and contiguous, and includes a first bearing assembly coupled to the inner housing section. |
| US09130420B2 |
Stator having a plurality of stator core segments and rotating electric machine including same
Provided is a stator that can reduce iron loss and ensure a fastening force for stator core segments. The stator of a generally hollow cylindrical shape includes a plurality of stator core segments arranged adjacent to one another in a circumferential direction of the stator and each having an outer surface on the outer side in a radial direction of the stator, and the same number of curved members as the stator core segments, the curved members extending in the circumferential direction, and each having a projecting portion curved to project toward the outer surface, contacting the outer surface and pressing the outer surface inward in the radial direction of the stator. |
| US09130419B2 |
Securing structure for motor magnets
A securing structure for motor magnets includes a casing, a rotor, two magnets, a rear cover and a ring sleeve. The casing has two magnet seats bilaterally disposed on the outer wall, wherein the two magnets are fittingly combined in the two magnet seats and thus providing electrical force to the rotor, while the rotor disposed inside the casing. The rear cover and a brush fixing seat coaxially sleeve on one end of the casing. The ring sleeve mounts around the casing to offer an external restraining force to the magnets. |
| US09130417B2 |
Electric machine, in particular a canned electric motor
An electric machine includes a rotor, a stator housing and a winding assembly surrounding the rotor. The winding assembly is arranged in the stator housing and has an axially extending effective region in which the winding assembly is set up to interact electrodynamically with the rotor. The stator housing has a peripheral opening slot on the side facing the rotor. The opening slot corresponds in its axial extent to the axial extent of the effective region of the winding assembly and in which an electrically non-conductive can of the electric machine is inserted. The can is sealed off with the stator housing in such a manner that the winding assembly is hermetically separated from the rotor. The can extends axially only on the effective region of the winding assembly. |
| US09130416B2 |
Coil, stator, and method for manufacturing coil
A coil including a first winding portion and a second winding portion arranged on a stator of a rotary electrical machine. The first winding portion is formed by edgewise-winding a conductive rectangular wire. The second winding portion is formed by edgewise-winding a conductive rectangular wire, which is connected to the first winding portion. Coil end parts of the first and second winding portions each include a crank-shaped section. The first and second winding portions are formed so that when slot insertion parts of the first and second windings are arranged in slots of the stator, a long side of a cross-section of the rectangular wire extends in the circumferential direction of the stator and a short side of the cross-section of the rectangular wire extends in a radial direction of the stator. |
| US09130413B2 |
Electric motor having a partially sealed housing
An electric motor has been developed that includes a housing to prevent particles from exiting one compartment of the motor, while enabling air flow through another compartment of the motor. The enclosed compartment includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of electronics components to prevent debris produced by a catastrophic failure of an electronic component from escaping the housing. Vents are provided in a separate portion of the housing to enable air to circulate about the primary components of the motor. |