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US09125868B2 Methods for administering weight loss medications
Methods and systems for administration of pharmaceuticals using a unit dosage package that includes a first unit dosage that has a first drug and a second drug, a second unit dosage that has the first drug and the second drug, where the second unit dosage includes a different amount of the second drug than the first unit dosage and a unit dosage package is configured to hold the first unit dosage and the second unit dosage. In preferred embodiments the methods and systems are used for administration of weight loss medications.
US09125867B2 Diversion- and/or abuse-resistant compositions and methods for making the same
A composition formulated for diversion- and/or abuse-resistance, includes at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), each present in an acidic form, a first compound capable of coupling to the acidic form of the API to form a complex, where the resulting complex is resistant to separation by conventional separation methods, and a second compound capable of preferentially coupling to the first compound to thereby release the API from the complex.
US09125866B1 Antidepressant compounds
The antidepressant compounds are compounds of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 are either both hydrogen or both halogen (particularly chlorine), and if R1 and R2 are both hydrogen, R3 and R4 are both halogen (particularly chlorine), otherwise both R3 and R4 are hydrogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds may be prepared by: (a) reducing 1,8-dihaloanthrquinone with zinc powder in aqueous ammonia, followed by acidic treatment to provide 1,8-dihaloanthracene; (b) Diels-Alder [4+2] cycloaddition reaction of the 1,8-dihaloanthracene and acrolein at room temperature in the presence of boron trifluoride etherate to obtain a mixture of the intermediate compounds 1,8-dihalo-9,10-dihydo-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11-carbaldehyde and 4,5-dihalo-9,10-dihydo-9,10-ethanoanthracene-11-carbaldehyde; (c) separating the mixture of carbaldehydes by column chromatography; and (d) direct reductive amination of the respective carbaldehydes to obtain the corresponding antidepressant compounds of the above formula.
US09125856B1 Method of stabilizing human eye tissue
Disclosed are compounds and related methods useful for cross-linking collagen and stabilizing collagenous tissues using formaldehyde-donating compounds or nitrogen oxide-containing compounds such as β-Nitro Alcohols. Also disclosed are compounds and related methods for modulating the rate or degree of collagen cross-linking using nitrogen oxide-containing compounds such as β-Nitro Alcohols. The formaldehyde-donating, nitrogen oxide-containing and/or β-Nitro Alcohol compounds disclosed are capable of stabilizing collagenous tissues such as the corneal and scleral tissues and are useful in the treatment or prevention of diseases such as alterations in corneal curvature, keratoconus, keratectasia, progressive myopia and glaucoma.
US09125854B2 Compositions and methods of enhancing immune responses to flagellated bacterium
Vaccines comprising fliC and CD 154 polypeptides and Salmonella enteritidis vaccine vectors comprising fliC polypeptides are provided. Also provided arc methods of enhancing an immune response against flagellated bacteria and methods of reducing morbidity associated with infection with flagellated bacteria.
US09125853B2 Treatment or prevention of infection
The invention relates to a method of reducing the incidence or severity of a disease or condition in a subject, said disease or condition being one associated with the presence of a microbial pathogen in an oral tissue of a subject, and including the use of a composition forming an anti-microbial and an immunogen against a microbial pathogen.
US09125851B2 Active small-molecule donkey-hide gelatin mixture and preparation method and application thereof
An active small-molecule donkey-hide gelatin mixture and a preparation method and application thereof. The active small-molecule donkey-hide gelatin mixture is prepared by using the compound protease comprising the proline protease to perform the enzymatic hydrolysis on the donkey-hide gelatin juice to which no auxiliary material is added. For the active small-molecule donkey-hide gelatin mixture, the weight-average molecular weight ranges from 580 Da to 1300 Da, the peptide segments are distributed from 200 Da to 3000 Da, the dissolution rate in cold water is high, and the content of free amino acid is low; the active small-molecule donkey-hide gelatin mixture may be used for manufacturing small-molecule peptide food and health care food of donkey-hide gelatin.
US09125845B2 DNA vaccines, uses for unprocessed rolling circle amplification product and methods for making the same
A method of eliciting an immune response in an organism comprising: providing an unprocessed rolling circle amplification (RCA) product; and administering an effective amount of the unprocessed RCA product to the organism to elicit the immune response, wherein the unprocessed RCA product is prepared from a circular nucleic acid template comprising at least one promoter sequence, and at least one target sequence. A vaccine comprising unprocessed RCA product is also provided and methods for making the same.
US09125844B1 Nutritional supplements for women desiring to become pregnant, and pregnant and nursing women
The disclosure relates to nutritional supplements to be administered to, or to be taken by, women desiring to become pregnant, and pregnant and nursing women, so that a woman (and any fetus) will be nutritionally supplemented before, during and after the gestation period. The nutritional supplements have a blend of folic acid, lycopene and co-enzyme QIO, optionally docosahexaenoic acid, and other vitamins and minerals, and a nutritionally acceptable carrier therefor, but are free or substantially free of other materials in nutritionally effective amounts. Specific nutritional supplements are described.
US09125842B2 Agent and method for coloring keratin fibers
The object of the invention is a ready to use coloring composition containing at least 0.02 wt % of at least one compound chosen from the group consisting of catechins, gallic acid, gallates, and mixtures thereof, together with a silver salt, and a product for simultaneous or timewise separate use comprising two components A and B.
US09125835B2 Synergistic combinations to reduce particle dose for targeted treatment of cancer and its metastases
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinomas (NSCLCs) are treated with Gel Micro-Particles (GMPs) that passively accumulate in the lungs and contain Nano-Particles (NPs) combining one or more therapeutic agents that are cytotoxic to the NSCLC with one or more NSCLC active targeting ligands, as well as one or more other optional agents that increase cellular uptake, enhance the pro-apoptotic effect of the chemotherapeutic agent(s), and the like. NPs targeting other cancer cells are also disclosed, as well as NP-containing GMPs that reduce the occurrence of tumor metastasis.
US09125834B2 Dye composition comprising a heterocyclic oxidation base and a 4-aminoindole coupler
The present invention relates to a composition for dyeing keratin fibers, comprising, in a medium that is suitable for dyeing keratin fibers: at least one oxidation base chosen from 4,5-diaminopyrazole, pyrazolopyrimidine and diamino-N,N-dihydropyrazolone heterocyclic bases, and at least one coupler chosen from the compounds of formula (II) and the addition salts thereof, solvates thereof and solvates of the salts thereof: The composition of the present invention makes it possible in particular to obtain colorations in varied shades, which are strong, chromatic, powerful, aesthetic, sparingly selective and resistant to the various attacking factors to which the hair may be subjected.
US09125832B2 Coloring composition with direct dyes and zwitterionic surfactants
Agents for coloring keratinic fibers, containing (a) at least one compound of formula (I), and (b) at least one zwitterionic surfactant are disclosed and described.
US09125829B2 Method of photostabilizing UV absorbers, particularly dibenzyolmethane derivatives, e.g., Avobenzone, with cyano-containing fused tricyclic compounds
A photostabilized photoactive composition comprising a mixture of a photoactive compound that develops a singlet excited state, or fluoresces when subjected to UV radiation and an effective amount of an excited state quencher comprising a cyano-containing fused tricyclic compound of formula (I): wherein: A is selected from the group consisting of O, S, C═O, and n is selected from the group consisting of 0 and 1; and, R1 and R2 are each independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl, cycloalkyl, ether, aryl, and amino.
US09125827B2 System and method of complimentary day/night children's skin cream compositions
A new skin care system includes day and night skin cream compositions comprising nutrients and antioxidants for use by children between six months and eighteen years of age. The day skin cream composition provides protection from UV radiation and the night skin cream composition contains no sun protection ingredients and elevated levels of nutrients and antioxidants. A child-friendly bottle for each composition can be used by young children without difficulty. A fragrance included in each composition is popular with children, and the bottle for the day composition has graphics indicating day-time use and the bottle for the night composition has graphics indicating night-time use. The day composition is applied topically each day to the face after tooth-brushing, and the night composition is applied topically to the face each night after tooth-brushing.
US09125826B2 Oral care compositions
Described herein are compositions comprising zirconium amino acid complexes suspended in a hydrophobic carrier; and methods of making and using the same.
US09125821B2 Nanodrug targeting protein geranylgeranylation
The present invention relates, for example, to a liposome, which can be a basic liposome, a transferrin-conjugated liposome, or a pH-sensitive liposome, which encapsulates a compound that specifically inhibits the activity of a protein prenyltransferase, such as a RabGGTase and/or a GGTase I. The liposomes can be used as anti-cancer therapeutics including as part of methods for treating cancer, in assays, and in kits.
US09125818B2 Alginate impression material for dental use and curing agent paste used therefor
To suppress a curing agent paste stored in a sealed state in a packaging container from self-curing over a long period of time, provided are a dental alginate impression material as described below, and a curing agent paste to be used for the dental alginate impression material. The dental alginate impression material may includes: a base material paste including as main components: an alginic acid salt (A); and water (B); and a curing agent paste including as main components: a gelling reaction agent (C); a poorly water-soluble organic solvent (D); and a humectant (E).
US09125815B2 Agent for dyeing and/or bleaching keratinous fibres in two or more parts, comprising an alkaline composition in an inverse emulsion
The present invention relates to an agent for dyeing and/or bleaching keratinous fibers, comprising: a water-in-oil emulsion (A) comprising one or more basifying agents, water, one or more surfactants having an HLB of less than 8, chosen from oxyalkylenated and/or glycerolated nonionic surfactants, and from 30 to 70% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the emulsion (A), of one or more oils not comprising a carboxylic acid functional group, and a second composition (B) comprising one or more oxidizing agents, the total amount of oil(s) not comprising a carboxylic acid functional group in the mixture of the emulsion (A) and of the composition (B) representing at least 20% by weight, with respect to the total weight of the mixture of these two compositions. The present invention also relates to a method for dyeing and/or bleaching keratinous fibers employing such an agent and to a kit comprising it.
US09125813B2 Process for producing glucomannan gel particles
A particulate glucomannan gel is produced by dissolving glucomannan-rich flour in water, precipitating glucomannan from the solution with ethanol, treating the precipitated glucomannan with an alkali to transform to water-insoluble, irreversible hydrogel particles, recovering and drying the hydrogel particles, and milling dried particles to a desired particle size. The resulting gel particles are incorporated into hygienic or cosmetic preparations as a deposit-cleaning agent.
US09125812B2 Lithium silicate glass ceramic, method for production thereof and use thereof
The invention relates to glass ceramics based on the lithium metasilicate system (Li2OSiO2(Li2SiO3)), which are mechanically processible in a simple manner in an intermediate stage of the crystallization and, after complete crystallization, represent a high-strength, highly translucent and chemically stable glass ceramic.
US09125811B2 Nanofiber laminate sheet
A nanofiber laminate sheet including a layer of a nanofiber of a water insoluble polymer and a layer of a water soluble polymer containing a cosmetic component or a medicinal component. The nanofiber is preferably colored. The layer of a water soluble polymer is preferably a layer of a nanofiber of the water soluble polymer containing the cosmetic component or the medicinal component. The nanofiber laminate sheet is suited for use as a cosmetic sheet for makeup.
US09125809B2 Pectin-containing jelly formulation
There is disclosed a technique for making a jelly formulation comprising pectin slide out of a container easily (improving the slidability of the jelly formulation) when taking the formulation out of the container to prevent the formulation from remaining in the container. The jelly formulation of the present invention comprises a drug, pectin, divalent metal ions, and polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene glycol.
US09125804B2 Pharmaceutical composition comprising botulinum, a non ionic surfactant, sodium chloride and sucrose
The invention relates to a solid or liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising botulinum neurotoxin complex (type A, B, C, D, E, F or G) or high purity botulinum neurotoxin (type A, B, C, D, E, F or G), and a surfactant. In particular the invention relates to a solid or liquid pharmaceutical composition comprising a crystalline agent.
US09125798B2 Systems and methods for reminding a patient to consume a medication
Systems and methods are provided for determining whether and/or when a patient is taking his or her medication and, when appropriate, providing reminders and/or alerts to the patient to improve adherence to a medication regimen. In some embodiments, a medication container is provided that includes a capacitance sensor for sensing the contents of the medication container (e.g., pill count or quantity of liquid medication). The capacitance sensor may include interleaved or interdigitated electrodes oriented vertically, horizontally, or angularly (e.g., diagonally) relative to an axis of the medication container. Reminders and/or alerts to the patient may be triggered based at least in part on the contents of the medication container, when a cap of the container was last opened and/or closed, the location of the medication container, and/or the container's surroundings.
US09125794B2 Water feature for a spa
Among other things, a spa includes a spa shell and a water feature disposed on the spa shell. The water feature includes a ridge disposed in an interior area of the spa shell and having a top disposed near a water line of the spa shell. The water feature also includes a water inlet disposed adjacent to the ridge opposite a main body of water area in the interior area of the spa shell, the water inlet being placed lower than the top of the ridge. In addition, the water feature includes a slope descending from the top of the ridge in the direction of the water inlet, the slope having a patterned top surface configured to interact with water flowing over the ridge, down the slope and toward the water inlet.
US09125793B2 System for determining depth of chest compressions during CPR
A method of processing a raw acceleration signal, measured by an accelerometer-based compression monitor, to produce an accurate and precise estimated actual depth of chest compressions. The raw acceleration signal is filtered during integration and then a moving average of past starting points estimates the actual current starting point. An estimated actual peak of the compression is then determined in a similar fashion. The estimated actual starting point is subtracted from the estimated actual peak to calculate the estimated actual depth of chest compressions. In addition, one or more reference sensors (such as an ECG noise sensor) may be used to help establish the starting points of compressions. The reference sensors may be used, either alone or in combination with other signal processing techniques, to enhance the accuracy and precision of the estimated actual depth of compressions.
US09125792B2 Spray pattern adjustment nozzle for a bidet
A spray nozzle system for a bidet includes a nozzle casing and a rotating member within the nozzle casing. The rotation of the rotating member changes a water output pattern of the nozzle. A first inlet pipe to the nozzle casing is positioned to cause the rotating member to rotate upon receiving fluid flow. A second inlet pipe to the nozzle casing is positioned to suppress rotation of the rotating member upon receiving fluid flow. A controller is configured to vary the relative fluid flow provided to the first inlet pipe and the second inlet pipe, thereby controllably varying the water output pattern of the nozzle.
US09125790B2 System and method for alleviating freezing gait and gait hypokinesia in users with extrapyramidal disorder
An apparatus and a method for a walking aid are disclosed. The walking aid includes a walker having a frame configured to extend about a user of the walker to at least partially support the user and to facilitate the user progressing along a path from a current step to a next step while at least partially supported by the walker. A swivel mount is supported by the frame. A light source is connected to the swivel mount. The light source is configured to project a visual cue on a projection surface in the path between the current step and the next step to trigger the next step by the user. A controller is configured to adjust a visual property of the visual cue for use under indoor conditions and outdoor conditions.
US09125783B2 Portable surgical platform
A folding, lightweight, portable, and rugged surgical operating platform apparatus that can be erected quickly under adverse conditions at any location and without tools other than the users hands and without the need to attach any loose pieces to form the unitary platform. As needed, the surgical platform will hold, support, elevate, move, and tilt a stretcher (or litter in military terms) bearing a wounded person and the portable surgical support equipment such as IV poles, surgical instrument trays, armboards, wrist restraints, leg stirrups, light poles, and other equipment that a surgeon needs to treat major injuries and save lives. In the folded position, the platform takes up limited, uniform space for ease of portability by a single individual. Different users have different applications and requirements for how the platform is supported using stationary supporting legs or wheels when rolling capability are required.
US09125781B2 Lightweight dome-shaped casket lid and method of manufacture
A novel technique for the fabrication of a casket dome lid from, for example, Smooth-One-Side (“S1S”) hardboard is disclosed. The invention is also directed to the fabrication of a casket lid which has a domed configuration both in the lateral and longitudinal directions of the lid. The method comprises the steps of providing a lid blank having a first end, second end, and a central region; providing a pair of diagonal voids oriented at corners of the first end of said blank and extending inward toward the central region; placing the lid blank in a vacuum fixture; and flexing the lid blank into a domed configuration via the vacuum fixture, such that the blank is domed in both a longitudinal and a transverse direction.
US09125772B2 Sanitary or incontinence pad
A sanitary or incontinence pad includes a primary pad part extending in a longitudinal direction of the pad, wherein a front end region of the pad covers at least one quarter of an overall longitudinal extension of the pad, and a rear end region of the pad covers at most one quarter of the overall longitudinal extension of the pad, an absorption body for bodily fluids received by the primary pad part, and front and rear wing pairs, each formed by two wings which extend transversely from respective longitudinal sides of the primary pad part, wherein the front wing pair is arranged outside the front end region, and wherein at least 90% of a top-view-surface of the wings of the rear wing pair is arranged within the rear end region, and wherein each wing is foldable about a web of an undergarment and is delimited by front and rear side flanks.
US09125770B2 Portable, adjustable disposable medical suction system and method of use
A portable, adjustable disposable medical suction system and method of use is disclosed. The system includes a delivery device to provide a conduit from a surgical site on a patient to the portable, adjustable medical suction system. The suction system may be a battery powered vacuum pump with one or more different adjustments directed to a strength of the vacuum, duration of the vacuum and interval between suction. The delivery device may be an intranasal tampon device or a tube inserted into the surgical site. During surgery and recovery at a surgical center or hospital, the vacuum source attached to the delivery system may be an industrial type vacuum source. Upon discharge, the suction system can be connected to the delivery system so that bleeding can be resolved by the patient in the comfort of his/her own home. The system and method of use is safer and mitigates body fluid borne contamination.
US09125768B2 Hygiene tissue comprising a microbe-inhibiting composition
A hygiene tissue (1), such as a wet wipe, dry wipe, washcloth, patch, towelette, napkin, and the like includes a microbe-inhibiting composition (8). The microbe-inhibiting composition (8) includes an extracellular product of at least one probiotic bacterium and at least one additive in the form of an organic acid, with at least one of its pKa value not exceeding 5.5, and/or a salt thereof.
US09125766B2 Tissue roll scaffolds
An apparatus and system for treating a wound having a cavity is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a scaffold including a scaffold lamina and a tissue lamina wherein the scaffold lamina forms a laminate in fluid communication with the tissue lamina. The laminate is rolled into a generally cylindrical shape having two end surfaces. The apparatus further comprises a manifold having a port for coupling to a source of reduced pressure and that is positioned in fluid communication with the scaffold to provide reduced pressure to the scaffold lamina and the wound. The apparatus also comprises a drape formed of substantially impermeable material to cover the scaffold and the manifold within the wound. A method for treating a wound having a cavity is also disclosed and comprises positioning a scaffold lamina adjacent a tissue lamina to form a laminate in fluid communication with the tissue lamina, rolling the laminate into a generally cylindrical shape having two end surface, and positioning the scaffold within the cavity of the wound to provide reduced pressure to the wound. The method further comprises positioning a manifold in fluid communication with the scaffold to provide reduced pressure to the scaffold lamina and the wound.
US09125761B2 Endoscope with preloaded or preloadable stent
The present invention is directed to an endoscopic stent delivery device. The device includes an endoscope having an elongate shaft including a proximal end, a distal end, an outer wall and a longitudinal working channel through the elongate shaft defining an inner wall of the elongate shaft; a stent juxtaposingly disposed to a distal portion of the inner wall; and an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the working channel and having a stent holding member engaging an interior portion of the stent for releasably securing the stent to the distal portion of the inner wall. The device may further include a viewing device disposed at the distal end of the endoscope and/or an illuminating device disposed at the distal end of the endoscope.
US09125760B2 Shape memory polymeric stent
An implantable, radially distensible stent includes a plurality of helically wound elongate members. The members include an overlapping portion having a longitudinal extent, opposed and convexly rounded sides defining a width of the members and opposed luminal and exterior surfaces. The members include shape memory polymer. The side of one elongate member slidingly overlaps the side of an adjacent elongate member to form a self-supporting wall structure of a stent. The stent wall is self-supporting without other support structure incorporated into or abutting the elongate members. Further, the shape memory polymer may include a biodegradable or bioabsorbable elements.
US09125757B2 Expandable fusion device and method of installation thereof
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a central ramp, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the central ramp capable of being moved in a first direction to move the first and second endplates outwardly and into an expanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed down an endoscopic tube.
US09125756B2 Processes for producing regular repeating patterns on surfaces of interbody devices
Processes for producing interbody spinal implants having a body with a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and a single vertical aperture; and optionally, one or two integration plates affixed to the body. The processes include applying an additive process, a subtractive process, or both processes to at least one surface of the interbody spinal implant to form a roughened surface topography having a regular repeating pattern. The roughened surface topography is specifically designed to provide certain frictional characteristics, load dispersion, and to influence the biological responses that occur during bone healing and fusion.
US09125745B2 Apparatus and method for airway patency and head immobilization
A jaw-thrust device includes a base with an extension arm disposed on each side of a patient's head mounted on the base. A mandible rest is mounted on each extension arm such that the mandible rest may be deployed proximate to a patient's mandible. A chin pad and at least one connector connects the chin strap to at least one of the base or extension arm; whereby jaw thrusting pressure on the mandible rests causes rotational force on the chin straps such that the patient's mouth opens without substantially tilting the patient's head. The device maintains an open airway unattended.
US09125742B2 Papillary muscle position control devices, systems, and methods
Papillary muscle position control devices (900) systems and methods are provided. According to an exemplary embodiment, a papillary muscle position control device generally comprises a first anchor (905), a second anchor (920), and a support structure (915). The first anchor can be configured to fixedly connect to an in situ valve of a heart ventricle. The second anchor can be configured to fixedly connect to a muscle wall of the valve. The support structure can be configured to have an adjustable length and be coupled to the first anchor and second anchor such that adjusting the length of the support structure varies a distance between the first anchor and the second anchor. Other embodiments are also claimed and described.
US09125739B2 Percutaneous replacement heart valve and a delivery and implantation system
A method of making a replacement heart valve device whereby a fragment of biocompatible tissue material is treated and soaked in one or more alcohol solutions and a solution of glutaraldehyde. The dried biocompatible tissue material is folded and rehydrated in such a way that forms a two- or three-leaflet/cusp valve without affixing of separate cusps or leaflets or cutting slits into the biocompatible tissue material to form the cusps or leaflets. After the biocompatible tissue material is folded, it is affixed at one or more points on the outer surface to the inner cavity or a stent.
US09125737B2 Constant force intraocular lens injector
An intraocular lens injection device comprises a tubular housing with a passageway extending along its longitudinal axis and a plunger shaft disposed within and moveable along the passageway. The tubular housing and the plunger shaft have frictional engaging features that are configured to produce a varying plunging friction as the plunger is moved along its operating range, to offset changes in the plunging resistance that arise from injecting the IOL into the eye. The variable plunging friction may include one or more step changes in unloaded plunging friction, or a curved variation in plunging friction, or both, along at least a portion of the operating range of the plunger shaft. In some embodiments, a slot of varying width in the housing frictionally engages a tab extending transversely from the plunger shaft. In others, a contoured surface on the plunger shaft frictionally engages an orifice in the tubular housing.
US09125736B2 Modular intraocular lens designs and methods
A modular IOL system including intraocular primary and secondary components, which, when combined, form an intraocular optical correction device, wherein the secondary component is placed on the primary component within the perimeter of the capsulorhexis, thus avoiding the need to touch or otherwise manipulate the capsular bag. The secondary component may be manipulated, removed, and/or exchanged for a different secondary component for correction or modification of the optical result, on an intra-operative or post-operative basis, without the need to remove the primary component and without the need to manipulate the capsular bag. The primary component may have haptics extending therefrom for centration in the capsular bag, and the secondary component may exclude haptics, relying instead on attachment to the primary lens for stability. Such attachment may reside radially inside the perimeter of the capsulorhexis and radially outside the field of view to avoid interference with light transmission.
US09125734B2 Artificial retina that includes a photovoltaic material layer including a titanium dioxide semiconductor
An artificial retina that includes: (i) a substrate; (ii) a first layer, placed onto said substrate and including photovoltaic material portions separated by at least one insulating material portion; and (iii) a second layer, placed onto said first layer and including conductive material portions separated by at least one insulating material portion. In said artificial retina, the photovoltaic material includes a titanium dioxide semiconductor.
US09125730B2 Orthopedic device for dynamically treating the knee
An orthopedic device is arranged for dynamically treating the knee. The device includes a hinge assembly, a frame having an upper cuff and a lower cuff spaced apart from and connected by the hinge assembly, and a dynamic shell connected to the frame and extending along the first side of the brace. An adjustment system is connected to the dynamic shell and includes a tensioning element operatively engaging the shell and the hinge assembly. The adjustment system is arranged to increase and decrease tension in the tensioning element. The dynamic shell is arranged to be drawn toward the frontal plane as the orthopedic device goes from an extension orientation to a flexion orientation.
US09125720B2 Capsularhexis device with flexible heating element
A capsularhexis device comprises a resistive-heating element formed from an electrically resistive, superelastic wire formed into a loop. A bare surface of this loop is applied to the anterior capsule and electrically heated to define a rhexis boundary, such that a smooth circular or oval capsule portion may be removed. In some embodiments, the superelastic wire is formed to include a loop, so that first and second ends of the wire are adjacent to one another and extend away from the loop to form a lead section. An electrically insulating material may completely or partly surround the first and second ends of the wire so that the first and second ends of the superelastic wire are electrically separated. A handle engages at least a portion of the lead section so that the loop-shaped heating element may be moved in and out of the anterior chamber.
US09125717B2 Implant tension adjustment system and method
An implant or sling device is provided with a tension adjustment system. The adjustment system can include one or more small pressure bulbs placed against the inferior pubic rami for support. By palpating the bulbs (one on left and one on right), the pressure can be adjusted to control the tension of the implant. Other conduits, balloons, introduction tools, ports and fluid adjustment components and mechanisms can be included to provide selective adjustment of the tension of the implant relative to the supported tissue or organ.
US09125715B2 Pulsatile release of medicaments from a punctal plug
This invention discloses methods and apparatus for providing pulsatile release of active agents via a punctal plug inserted into a punctum. A tube is provided which may be inserted into a cavity of a punctal plug. One or more pulsatile delivery units are arranged in a generally linear fashion within the tube. The pulsatile delivery units include a core comprising the active agent and an encapsulation layer around the core.
US09125713B2 Dental floss dispenser business card
A dispenser includes a dispenser body and a sleeve carried by the dispenser body, wherein the sleeve includes a sleeve opening. A card, such as a business card, is repeatably moveable through the sleeve opening. The dispenser includes a dental floss recess for receiving dental floss. The sleeve covers the dental floss recess.
US09125706B2 Devices and methods for bone alignment, stabilization and distraction
An embodiment of a bone stabilization and distraction system of the present disclosure includes a light-sensitive liquid; a light source for providing light energy; a light-conducting fiber for delivering the light energy from the light source to cure the light-sensitive liquid; a delivery catheter having a proximal end in communication with the light-conducting fiber and the light-sensitive liquid, an inner lumen for passage of the light-conducting fiber, and an inner void for passage of the light-sensitive liquid; and an expandable body removably engaging a distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the expandable body has a closed end, a sealable open end, an inner cavity for passage of the light-sensitive liquid, an external surface and an internal surface, and wherein the expandable body has an insertion depth with a fixed dimension, a width with a fixed dimension, and a thickness with a changeable dimension.
US09125705B2 Cervical pop rivet locking mechanism
An orthopedic device includes an implant member with a thru-bore having an entry diameter, an intermediate diameter, and an exit diameter. According to one embodiment the intermediate diameter of the thru-bore is larger than both the entry diameter and the exit diameter. Additionally, the orthopedic device includes a screw assembly configured to be coupled to the thru-bore, including a thread portion and a selectively expandable head portion. The selectively expandable head portion includes both an expandable ring and a pull-lock pin configured to selectively expand the expandable ring as the pull-lock pin is pulled from said screw assembly.
US09125703B2 Rod reducer, compressor, distractor system
A compressor/distractor system for operating on a spine is disclosed. The system includes two rod reducers which each advance a spinal rod into the shoulder portion of a pedicle screw. Each rod reducer includes an inner member, an outer member, and a pair of gripping members. Each outer member receives and advances the spinal rod into the pedicle screw. The outer member also includes a through slot which receives the proximal end of each of the pair of gripping members which may limit the longitudinal translation of the outer member with respect to the inner member. The compressor/distractor system may include a compressor/distractor device which has a compressing, a distracting, and a neutral configuration. A method for using the minimally invasive rod reducers with the compressor/distractor system to secure at least two pedicle screws in desired positions on a spinal rod is also disclosed.
US09125699B2 Polyaxial fastener systems and methods
Systems for reducing a fracture in a bone, comprising a bone plate and a polyaxial fastener. In some examples the head of the polyaxial fastener has a deformable portion. As a fastener is inserted into an opening of a bone plate, threads located within the opening deform the deformable portion to secure the fastener in place at a desired angle within the opening. The head of the fastener also includes a bottom portion that bears against a portion of the opening to move the bone plate relative to the underlying tissue. A securing member or other structure may be included at the interface of the head and the deformable portion to secure the deformable portion to the head. At least one flute may be included on the deformable portion that provides a lead-in for the threads within the opening to cut into the deformable portion.
US09125698B2 Implantable tensile device for fixation of skeletal parts and method of use thereof
An implantable tensile device and method of use thereof for flexibly securing skeletal parts. The device includes a planar tensile portion between fixation ends adapted to be fastened to skeletal parts. The tensile portion includes flexure slots extending from its sides beyond a longitudinal central axis to a terminal bottom. The flexure slots are keyhole shaped. The fixation ends are fastened to the skeletal parts with screw fasteners. The device can be fastened to the skeletal parts after pre-tensioning with an extension tool such that the skeletal parts to which the fixation ends are fastened are biased toward one another. Without pre-tensioning, the skeletal parts are flexibly secured and further expansion thereof is resisted. Abutment elements on the fixation ends are engaged by the extension tool for pre-tensioning.
US09125695B2 Ankle fusion nail apparatus and method
An ankle fusion nail apparatus and method includes a first, tibial component that includes a hole there through. The tibial component includes, among other things, a base. A second. talar component includes a hole there through, also, and, among other things, a base and a top. The tibial component is separate from the talar component. A third, central component is provided that is separate from the first tibial component and the second talar component. The central component is conformed to connect with the tibial base and the talar top such that the central component joins the tibial and talar components together and aligns them as the central component is connected with the tibial base and the talar top.
US09125693B2 Screw guide template, screw guide template system, drilling method, and spinal fixation method
Provided are: a screw guide template, screw guide template system, and drilling method whereby a hole can be drilled in an accurate position of a member to be drilled, in an accurate direction; and a spinal fixation method whereby a spinal fixation screw can be inserted into an accurate position in an accurate direction. The screw guide template (20) comprises: a close-contact face (21) to be closely contacted to the member; and a through hole (22) having one opening (23a) on the close-contact face; the close-contact face has a shape in male-female relation with a surface shape (31) of the member including a portion (32) to be drilled; and when the close-contact face is closely contacted to the portion to be drilled, the opening and portion to be drilled overlap each other so that the through hole is coaxial with the hole to be drilled by the drilling means.
US09125691B2 Transverse crosslink device
A transverse crosslink device is presented. The transverse crosslink device has a connecting member, a first rod gripping assembly, and a second rod gripping assembly. The rod gripping assemblies can be pivotly connected to an end of the connecting member, such that the rod gripping assembly can selectively pivot in a direction substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the connecting member. The rod gripping assemblies can also be configured to selectively grip a portion of a stabilizer rod.
US09125690B2 Medical position determination using redundant position detection means and priority weighting for the position detection means
A device and method for determining a position of a medical device or part of a patient's body uses first and second position detection devices to obtain first and second positions, respectively, of the medical device or part of the patient's body, wherein the first position detection device is separate from the second position detection device. A first priority is assigned to the first position and a second priority is assigned to the second position, wherein the first and second priority are based on at least one input variable, and the first and second priority define a first and second weight factor to be applied to the respective first and second position. The position of the medical device or part of the patient's body is determined from the combination of the first position and the first weight factor, and the second position and the second weight factor.
US09125687B2 Amniotic fluid collector
According to the present invention, an amniotic fluid collector is configured so as to be inserted and positioned inside the vagina of a birthing mother in order to collect amniotic fluid from the womb of the birthing mother. In particular, the amniotic fluid collector of the present invention comprises: a receiving member, in the side of which an opening is defined, which is inserted into the vagina of the birthing mother and which has a receptacle defined therein for receiving the amniotic fluid; and a positioning portion for positioning the receiving member inside the vagina. Thus, the effects of alleviating pain and psychological anxiety of a birthing mother and eliminating the danger of the occurrence of complications can be achieved, as well as those of easily and smoothly collecting amniotic fluid from the womb of the birthing mother.
US09125686B2 Uterine hemorrhage controlling system and method
An embodiment of a uterine hemorrhage controlling system comprises a suction module including a suction end coupleable to a pump by a connecting tube, and a sealing module coupled to the suction module. The system may further comprise the pump and a filter coupled to the suction module. A uterine hemorrhage controlling method comprises: shielding a suction module that has been delivered into a uterus; sealing an entrance into the uterus while the suction module is situated within the uterus; applying a negative pressure within the uterus upon activation of a pump; and maintaining the negative pressure within the uterus to induce uterine contraction. The method may further comprise delivering the suction module into the uterus; transmitting bodily fluids, out of the uterus through the suction module, and filtering the bodily fluids.
US09125684B2 Introducer for radiofrequency needle
An introducer for a radiofrequency needle includes a hollow tube. An introducer for a radiofrequency needle may also include a radiofrequency needle that extends through the hollow tube. The hollow tube includes a first portion that includes a longitudinal axis and a second portion that includes a longitudinal axis, that extends at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the first portion and has a distal tissue piercing tip segment and a bevel. The bevel has a heel segment in which the inner edge is rounded. The inner edge is rounded substantially continuously along the heel segment in an amount sufficient to prevent snagging of a radiofrequency needle on the inner edge as the radiofrequency needle is moved during placement.
US09125682B2 Multiple pathways for spinal nerve root decompression from a single access point
A method of accessing target tissue adjacent to a spinal nerve of a patient includes the steps of accessing a spine location of the patient by entering the patient through the skin at an access location, inserting a flexible tissue modification device through the access location to the spine location, advancing a distal portion of the first flexible tissue modification device from the spine location to a first exit location, passing through the first exit location and out of the patient, advancing the first or a second flexible tissue modification device through the same access location to the spine location and to a second exit location, and passing through the second exit location and out of the patient.
US09125681B2 Detachable end effector and loader
A surgical device comprises an elongate shaft having an outer tube and an inner rod positioned in the outer tube. The outer tube and inner rod each comprise a distal end and a proximal end. An actuator is operably connected to the proximal ends of the outer tube and the inner rod. An end effector is adapted for in vivo attachment to and detachment from the elongate shaft. The end effector comprises an outer casing comprising a first detent mating feature adapted to engage the distal end of the outer tube; an inner shuttle axially moveable relative the outer casing, the shuttle comprising a second detent mating feature adapted to engage the distal end of the inner rod; and a pair of surgical jaws having an opened position and closed position dependant on the relative axial position of the shuttle and casing. A tubular loader is sized to receive the end effector, the tubular loader comprising third detent mating feature adapted engage end effector.
US09125680B2 Robotic system and method for spinal and other surgeries
The present invention relates to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for placing screws in the spine using a robot attached to a passive structure. The present invention also related to a method, such as a surgical method for assisting a surgeon for removing volumes in the body of a patient using a robot attached to a passive structure and to a device to carry out said methods.The present invention further concerns a device suitable to carry out the methods according to the present invention.
US09125679B2 Robotic surgery system including position sensors using fiber bragg gratings
A surgical instrument is provided, including: at least one articulatable arm having a distal end, a proximal end, and at least one joint region disposed between the distal and proximal ends; an optical fiber bend sensor provided in the at least one joint region of the at least one articulatable arm; a detection system coupled to the optical fiber bend sensor, said detection system comprising a light source and a light detector for detecting light reflected by or transmitted through the optical fiber bend sensor to determine a position of at least one joint region of the at least one articulatable arm based on the detected light reflected by or transmitted through the optical fiber bend sensor; and a control system comprising a servo controller for effectuating movement of the arm.
US09125672B2 Joint arthroplasty devices and surgical tools
Disclosed herein are methods, compositions and tools for repairing articular surfaces repair materials and for repairing an articular surface. The articular surface repairs are customizable or highly selectable by patient and geared toward providing optimal fit and function. The surgical tools are designed to be customizable or highly selectable by patient to increase the speed, accuracy and simplicity of performing total or partial arthroplasty.
US09125663B2 Treatment instrument system with thermally deformable absorbent member and slidable holding surface
A treatment system includes: an absorbent member which is arranged to be discharged into the biological tissues as the fusion targets from the first jaw, thermally deformed when the thermal energy is applied thereto; a first energy discharge portion which is configured to discharge the absorbent member toward the second holding surface, and which is configured to supply the high-frequency energy and the thermal energy to the biological tissues; a second energy discharge portion which is configured to come into contact with at least a part of the absorbent member when the absorbent member is discharged, and which is configured to supply the high-frequency energy and the thermal energy to the biological tissues; and a control unit which is configured to control the energy source to supply the thermal energy after discharging the absorbent member to the biological tissues.
US09125661B2 Methods and apparatus for renal neuromodulation
Methods and apparatus are provided for renal neuromodulation using a pulsed electric field to effectuate electroporation or electrofusion. It is expected that renal neuromodulation (e.g., denervation) may, among other things, reduce expansion of an acute myocardial infarction, reduce or prevent the onset of morphological changes that are affiliated with congestive heart failure, and/or be efficacious in the treatment of end stage renal disease. Embodiments of the present invention are configured for percutaneous intravascular delivery of pulsed electric fields to achieve such neuromodulation.
US09125659B2 Flexible vascular occluding device
A vascular occluding device for modifying blood flow in a vessel, while maintaining blood flow to the surrounding tissue. The occluding device includes a flexible, easily compressible and bendable occluding device that is particularly suited for treating aneurysms in the brain. The neurovascular occluding device can be deployed using a micro-catheter. The occluding device can be formed by braiding wires in a helical fashion and can have varying lattice densities along the length of the occluding device. The occluding device could also have different lattice densities for surfaces on the same radial plane.
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.
US09131634B2 Radio frequency package on package circuit
A radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit is described. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit includes a first radio frequency package. The first radio frequency package includes radio frequency components. The radio frequency package on package (PoP) circuit also includes a second radio frequency package. The second radio frequency package includes radio frequency components. The first radio frequency package and the second radio frequency package are in a vertical configuration. The radio frequency components on the first radio frequency package are designed to reduce the effects of ground inductance.
US09131633B2 Display device and method for manufacturing same
A display device includes: a flexible first substrate; a flexible second substrate provided facing the first substrate; a display part; and a wiring substrate. The display part has a display component which is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. The display component produces at least one of an optical characteristic change and a light emission. The wiring substrate is connected to a connection pad provided on at least one of the first substrate and the second substrate. At least a portion of the wiring substrate is interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate outside the display part.
US09131631B2 Jet impingement cooling apparatuses having enhanced heat transfer assemblies
Enhanced heat transfer assemblies and jet impingement cooling apparatuses having target surfaces with surface fins and microslots are disclosed. In one embodiment, an enhanced heat transfer assembly includes a target surface, a plurality of surface fins extending from the target surface, and a plurality of microslot matrices formed on the target surface. Each microslot matrix includes individual microslots positioned adjacent to each other, and each microslot matrix is adjacent to a jet impingement zone and at least one of the plurality of surface fins. Jet impingement cooling apparatuses and power electronics modules having an enhanced heat transfer assembly with surface fins and matrices of microslots are also disclosed.
US09131630B2 Edge seal for electronics assembly suitable for exposure to electrically conductive coolant
A liquid cooled power electronics assembly configured to use electrically conductive coolant to cool power electronic devices that uses dielectric plates sealed with a metal sleeve around the perimeter of the dielectric plates to form a device assembly. The configuration allows for more direct contact between the electronic device and the coolant, while protecting the electronic device from contact with potentially electrically conductive coolant. Material used to form the dielectric plates and the housing are selected to have similar coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) so that the reliability of the seals is maximized.
US09131623B2 Low-profile circuit board assembly
Devices and methods for constructing low-profile, minimal-thickness electronic devices using existing production techniques are disclosed in this application. An electronic component and interposer form a sub-assembly. The sub-assembly is placed in an aperture in a circuit board with the interposer providing interconnections between the electronic component and the circuit board. The circuit board is coupled to the electronic component at least by one or more fluidic channels included in the interposer. The sub-assembly placed in the aperture in the circuit board as described herein conceals the thickness of the integrated circuit within the thickness of the circuit board, reducing overall thickness.
US09131620B2 Electrical combiner box with improved functionality
A combiner box capable of monitoring energy output from a photovoltaic system (or other alternative energy system) having improved troubleshooting functionality, the ability to independently verify utility charges, and a mechanism for reducing incorrect readings of energy output and consumption due to noise and interference.
US09131618B2 Modular equipment rack system for data center
Various technologies described herein pertain to racking equipment in a data center. A modular equipment rack system can include an upper track, a lower track, a vertical support, a power and network distribution unit, and a tray. The upper track and the lower track can respectively include incrementally spaced mounting locations at which the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit can be attachable. The tray can be attachable to the vertical support and the power and network distribution unit when the vertical support is attached to the upper track at a first upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding first lower mounting location, and the power and network distribution unit is attached to the upper track at a second upper mounting location and attached to the lower track at a corresponding second lower mounting location.
US09131615B2 Printed circuit board
A printed circuit board has a first solder land, a second solder land, and a signal line pattern. The first solder land is configured to be soldered with an electronic part. The second solder land is configured to accumulate solder, the second solder land being disposed on a downstream side of the first solder land as viewed in a direction in which the printed circuit is carried. The signal line pattern includes an exposed part that is not covered with a resist, the exposed part being disposed between the solder land and the solder bridge prevention land.
US09131610B2 Buffer layer for sintering
A layer of material having a low thermal conductivity is coated over a substrate. A film of conductive ink is then coated over the layer of material having the low thermal conductivity, and then sintered. The film of conductive ink does not absorb as much energy from the sintering as the film of conductive ink coated over the layer of material having the low thermal conductivity. The layer of material having the low thermal conductivity may be a polymer, such as polyimide.
US09131597B2 Electrosurgical system and method for treating hard body tissue
A method of preparing a target hard body tissue, such as osseous or dental tissue, to receive an implant component including; positioning an active electrode in proximity to a target tissue and proximate an electrically conductive fluid, followed by applying a high frequency voltage between the active electrode and a return electrode, the high frequency voltage sufficient to form a plasma. This plasma modifies at least a portion of the target tissue. An implant component may then be placed adjacent at least a portion of the modified target tissue.
US09131594B2 RF resonator cavity and accelerator
An RF resonator cavity for accelerating charged particles is provided, wherein an electromagnetic RF field can be coupled into the RF resonator cavity. During operation, the RF field acts on a particle beam which traverses the RF resonator cavity. At least one intermediate electrode for increasing the dielectric strength is arranged in the RF resonator cavity along the beam path of the particle beam, wherein the conductivity of the intermediate electrode is limited such that upon coupling-in of the electromagnetic RF field at the operating frequency of the RF resonator cavity the intermediate electrode is at least partially penetrated by the coupled-in electromagnetic RF field.
US09131593B2 Radiation imaging control apparatus, radiation imaging system, and storage medium
A radiation imaging control apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive at least one piece of order information for radiation imaging, a transmission unit configured to transmit, to an external device, a first signal indicating that radiation imaging for the order information is started in response to an instruction being issued for starting radiation imaging corresponding to at least one of pieces of the received order information and to transmit, to an external device, a second signal indicating that radiation imaging for the order information is finished in response to radiation imaging corresponding to the order information being finished, and a control unit configured to limit a transmission of the first signal by the transmission unit if an instruction for starting radiation imaging for the finished order information is issued again.
US09131591B2 Solar powered operation of medical devices
A medical device includes an energy storage unit that is configured for being supplied with solar energy. The medical device is configured for an evaluation of a charging state of the storage unit according to a medical workflow and for the output of information related to the result of the evaluation or a signal related to the evaluation. A supply of energy is provided during the workflow.
US09131585B2 Light source control device and light source control method
A microcomputer of a light source control device specifies an LED belonging to LEDs and subjected to a short-circuit failure based on a result of determination by a short-circuit failure detecting circuit and current amounts sensed by current sensing circuits respectively. The microcomputer makes corresponding one of switching elements interrupt supply of a current to the specified LED. The microcomputer makes a constant current circuit supply an LED not specified with a current not exceeding a current responsive to the number of such LEDs not specified.
US09131580B2 Backlight driving circuit and backlight driving circuit
The present invention discloses a backlight driving circuit applied to an electronic device. The backlight driving circuit includes a light-emitting diode unit, a photosensitive element, and a control circuit. The light-emitting diode unit has an anode terminal and a cathode terminal. The photosensitive element is coupled between the cathode terminal of the light-emitting diode unit and a ground, wherein the resistance of the photosensitive element changes with the ambient light level around the electronic device. The control circuit includes a sensing terminal and an output terminal. The sensing terminal receives a feedback voltage. The output terminal provides a power source to the anode terminal of the light-emitting diode unit according to the feedback voltage to control the luminance of the light-emitting diode unit, wherein the feedback voltage is decided by the resistance of the photosensitive element.
US09131579B2 Driving apparatus for LED chips of different specifications
A driving apparatus for LED chips includes: a driving unit, a voltage measuring unit, and a feedback control module. The driving unit provides a driving voltage and a driving current to a LED chip; the voltage measuring unit measures the driving voltage; the feedback control module is built-in with a default power; According to the driving voltage measured by the voltage measuring unit and the default power, the feedback control module controls the driving unit to maintain the driving current at a working current, wherein the working current matches the rated current of the LED chip. Whereby, the driving apparatus could drive LED chips of different specifications.
US09131577B2 Light emitting element drive device
A light emitting element drive device with PWM dimming includes an LED module, a power conversion circuit that supplies electric power to the LED module, a dimming switch element that performs an open/close operation for a path in which a current flows in the LED module, and a voltage detection circuit that detects a voltage value of a voltage that is output from the power conversion circuit. When the dimming switch element is turned ON, a control circuit performs feedback control so as to make a current value of the current close to a first target value. When the dimming switch element is turned OFF, the control circuit performs feedback control so as to make the voltage value close to a second target value. Wherein, the first target value is a predetermined value and the second target value is set based on the voltage value.
US09131576B2 Light source device
A light source device includes a light source unit configured to emit primary light and an illumination unit configured to optically convert the primary light to secondary light and then emit the secondary light. The light source device further includes a connector configured to allow the light source unit and the illumination unit to be attached to and detached from each other. Furthermore, the light source device includes an information transmitter configured to transmit illumination unit information to the light source unit, the illumination unit information being information regarding the illumination unit.
US09131575B2 LED illuminating method and apparatus for image measuring device
In an image measuring device that performs, on a work piece to be measured, low brightness continuous illumination and one of stroboscopic illumination and continuous illumination with high brightness, a common high-brightness LED is used, and driving circuits are switched between pseudo-continuous illumination and one of stroboscopic illumination and continuous illumination. In the pseudo-continuous illumination, an average brightness is reduced by pulse lighting. In the stroboscopic illumination, high brightness light is emitted instantaneously. The switching between the pseudo-continuous illumination and one of the stroboscopic illumination and continuous illumination may be performed by changing a lighting cycle of the high-brightness LED.
US09131572B2 Method of forming a semiconductor device and structure therefor
In one embodiment, a method of forming an LED control circuit may include configuring the LED control circuit to receive a sense signal that is representative of a value of an LED current flow through a plurality of LED strings wherein each LED string includes a plurality of series coupled LEDs; configuring a detector circuit of the LED control circuit to detect the LED current being no greater than a first value and responsively initiate forming a first time period; and configuring the LED control circuit to inhibit forming the LED current responsively to termination of the first time period.
US09131571B2 Solid-state lighting apparatus and methods using energy storage with segment control
A lighting apparatus includes a rectifier circuit configured to be coupled to an AC source and to produce a rectified voltage from an AC voltage and a string including at least two serially-connected LED segments and coupled to the rectifier circuit. A segment control circuit is configured to selectively bypass at least one segment of the string responsive to the rectified voltage. An energy storage circuit is coupled to the rectifier circuit and controls current flow between at least one energy storage device and the string. A control circuit controls the segment control circuit and the energy storage circuit. The segment control circuit may support a current from the rectifier circuit through all of the segments in the string circuit at a peak of the rectified voltage and the energy storage circuit may charge the at least one energy storage device to a voltage near the peak of the rectified voltage.
US09131563B2 Light-emitting diode driving apparatus and semiconductor device
Provided is a light-emitting diode driving apparatus including: a rectifying circuit; a switching element; a choke coil; an output current sensing circuit; an LED light source; a rectifier diode; a control circuit; a feedback sensing circuit; an input voltage sensing circuit; and a conduction time counting circuit, wherein the feedback sensing circuit outputs a feedback dummy current to the output current sensing circuit, the conduction time counting circuit adjusts the feedback dummy current, the feedback sensing circuit outputs to the control circuit a control signal which controls switching of the switching element in response to a signal based on an error between an output feedback signal and a feedback dummy signal generated by the feedback dummy current.
US09131562B2 High efficiency led driver and driving method thereof
The present invention relates to a high efficiency LED driver and driving method thereof. In one embodiment, a high efficiency LED driving method configured for a LED device can include: (i) receiving a DC bus voltage and generating a driving voltage for the LED device through a power switch; (ii) comparing the DC bus voltage against a sum of the driving voltage and a first reference voltage; (iii) where when the DC bus voltage is greater than the sum of the driving voltage and the first reference voltage, generating a first output current; (iv) where when the DC bus voltage is greater than the driving voltage and less than the sum of the driving voltage and the first reference voltage, generating a second output current; and (v) matching an average current of the first output current and the second output current with a corresponding driving current.
US09131561B2 Solid-state lighting apparatus and methods using energy storage
An apparatus includes a current control circuit configured to selectively provide current responsive to a varying voltage to at least one LED coupled in series with the first current control circuit and to at least one capacitor coupled to the at least one LED and the first current control circuit. The current control circuit may be configured to cause the at least one capacitor to be selectively charged from a current source and to be discharged via the at least one LED responsive to a varying input, such as a varying current from the current source or a varying voltage applied to the current source. For example, the current control circuit may be configured to limit current through the at least one LED to less than a current provided by the current source.
US09131558B2 Direct LED lighting system and method
A direct lighting system and method is provided that includes a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) secured within a light fixture. The lighting system further includes a diffusive transmissive element adapted to transmit light from the LEDs therethrough and provide diffused light to an area requiring illumination.
US09131555B2 Lighting device, luminaire, method for designing lighting device, and method for manufacturing lighting device
A lighting device that is connected to a DC power source and supplies an electric current to a solid-state light-emitting element (LED) whose forward voltage ranges from Vfmin to Vfmax includes a DC/DC converter (buck converter) and a control unit. The DC/DC converter includes a switching element. The control unit turns OFF the switching element by peak current control, and when the solid-state light-emitting element to be connected to the lighting device has a forward voltage of Vfmax, turns ON the switching element in fixed cycles such that the DC/DC converter operates in BCM.
US09131551B2 Coordinated visual presentation using audience display devices
There is provided a system and method for a coordinated visual presentation using audience display devices. The method comprises determining a plurality of variables, wherein each of the plurality of variables include at least one process for execution by a first audience display device, determining a macro command including at least one of the plurality of variables, and transmitting the macro command for storage by the first audience display device. The method may further comprise transmitting a first trigger signal, wherein the first trigger signal includes a countdown timer for the initiating the macro command, and transmitting a second trigger signal, wherein the second trigger signal includes a second countdown timer for initiating the macro command, and wherein the second countdown timer includes the first countdown timer modified to account for a time difference between the receiving the first trigger signal and the receiving the second trigger signal.
US09131550B2 Lighting device having status indication by modulated light
It is presented a lighting device (2) arranged to embed light quality data in light emanating from the lighting device. The light quality data pertains to a status of the lighting device (2), e.g. with respect to its end of operational life. The light may be detected by a monitoring device (3) external to the lighting device (2). The monitoring device (3) can then help to determine the status of the lighting device (2), whereby maintenance operations of the lighting device (2) may be carried out.Maintenance personnel may thus replace lighting devices and/or light sources in need of maintenance as indicated by the status of each lighting device, before any lighting device in the system has reached an end of operational life.
US09131549B2 Digital communication interface circuit for line-pair with individually adjustable transition edges
An interface circuit interfaces a device with a line-pair. The interface circuit includes: a diode bridge having polarity-independent input terminals coupled to the line-pair, and first and second output terminals having a positive polarity and a negative polarity, respectively; a first galvanic isolation device for outputting a receive signal received on the line-pair via the diode bridge; a second galvanic isolation device receiving a transmit signal; a voltage-controlled variable resistance element connected across the positive and negative output terminals of the diode bridge; and first and second filters cascaded between the second galvanic isolation device and the voltage-controlled variable resistance element. The first filter has decoupled charge and discharge paths so as to decouple the rise time and the fall time of the transmit signal. The second filter has a voltage-dependent frequency characteristic. The voltage-controlled variable resistance element couples the transmit signal to the line-pair via the diode bridge.
US09131544B2 LED driver protection circuit
An illustrative LED driver circuit is based on a transition-mode power factor correction integrated circuit using flyback topology. The LED driver circuit features a universal input circuit having various fault and surge protections, output circuit open load and short circuit protection, and main transformer over temperature protection.
US09131543B2 Dynamic impedance matching in RF resonator cavity
A method for matching an impedance of a system comprising a cavity and one or more feeds to an impedance of one or more sources of electromagnetic radiation irradiating a plurality of frequencies into the cavity via the feeds, comprising: determining a plurality of s-parameter of the system for a frequency band; determining the system impedance based on the s-parameters; and modifying the system impedance according to the difference between the impedance of the system and the impedance of the source.
US09131542B1 Inductively heated carafe system and method
An inductively heated beverage carafe system (10) with a non-metallic carafe (13) has a funnel assembly (26) with a down-tube (34, 54) made from material impervious to water to pass hot beverage received within the funnel assembly (26) to adjacent the bottom (14) of the carafe (13) without mixing with beverage already present in the carafe until (13) the newly added hot beverage passes out of the open outlet end (59) and which is, at least partly a material responsive to alternating electromagnetic fields to induce surface eddy currents that heat at least part of the down-tube (34, 54) and an inductive heating coil module (36) for supporting the carafe (14) and generating an electromagnetic field to energize at least part of the down-tube (34, 54) to function as an inductive heating element within the carafe (13).
US09131537B2 Cooking temperature and power control
A system and method for controlling the power delivered to cookware by a power control system that comprises a heating control user interface that is set by the user to a particular heating control user interface set point within an operating range. A controller derives from the heating control user interface set point a desired cookware temperature set point, and, over at least a first portion of the operating range that encompasses the boiling range, also derives from the heating control user interface set point a maximum limit of power that can be delivered to the cookware to maintain the cookware at the desired cookware temperature set point. The maximum power limit varies monotonically over the first portion of the operating range.
US09131536B2 Induction cooking apparatus and method of use
A cooking apparatus includes a cooking vessel, a support structure, an assortment of ferrous members and a source of electro-magnetic radiation. The ferrous members are mounted on the support structure along with food. The source of electro-magnetic radiation heats the ferrous members and enables a previously unobtainable level of precision and control in the preparation of food.
US09131535B2 Electric heating catalyst
An object of the present invention is to suppress the decrease in the insulation resistance between an electrode and a case resulting from condensed water in an electric heating catalyst (EHC). The EHC includes a heat generating element which generates heat by applying electricity and which heats a catalyst, a case which accommodates the heat generating element, and an insulating member which is provided between the heat generating element and the case, and which provides insulation from electricity. An electrode chamber, which is a space formed around an electrode connected to the heat generating element, is occluded by an occluding member, which has an airtightness higher than those of the heat generating element and the insulating member, in the case of the EHC.
US09131532B2 Information system with detachable information module
A unitary handheld portable module includes a keypad for entering data and a display for displaying data. A base module is configured to be coupled with and communicate through a telephone line and includes a keypad for dialing a telephone number and a display for displaying information. The portable and base modules are configured to have a mounted configuration in which the portable module is removably mounted on the base module and covers the base module's display, and the modules communicate with each other for the portable module's display to display information relating to operation of the base module.
US09131528B2 Physical layer frame format for WLAN
In a method for generating a data unit conforming to a first communication protocol, a first field and a second field to be included in a preamble of the data unit are generated. The first field includes a first set of one or more information bits that indicate a duration of the data unit and is formatted such that the first field allows a receiver device that conforms to a second communication protocol to determine the duration of the data unit. The second field includes a second set of one or more information bits that indicate to a receiver device that conforms to the first communication protocol that the data unit conforms to the first communication protocol. The first field and the second field are modulated using a modulation scheme specified for a field corresponding to the first field and the second field, respectively, by the second communication protocol.
US09131525B2 Methods and arrangements for handling unreliable scheduling grants in a telecommunication network
The present invention relates to methods and arrangements for handling unreliable scheduling grants in a WCDMA-communication system. A user equipment detects that a received scheduling grant is unreliable and adjust its serving grant based on that information. The user equipment is also able to report continuously received unreliable grants as an event to the network, allowing the network to adapt its operation to reduce the unreliable grants.
US09131522B2 Time-frequency scheduling to improve multi-radio coexistence
A user equipment (UE) uses information regarding dynamic resource allocation in a mobile wireless service (MWS) radio access technology (RAT) to improve MWS and wireless connectivity network (WCN) RAT coexistence. The UE may receive an indication of time and frequency resources of future activity of the MWS RAT. The UE may schedule communications of the WCN RAT based at least in part on the indication of the time and frequency resources of the future activity.
US09131519B2 Communications coexistence signaling
A coexistence signaling scheme for radio communications is described. In one embodiment, a method for coexistence signaling includes establishing first communications and second communications with separate access points or base stations. The method further includes determining protocol timings of the first and second communications. Based on various communications parameters, protocol timings, and identified interference conditions, the method includes generating one or more priority signals to manage the first and second communications. According to certain aspects, overlapping channel conditions can be avoided while maintaining acceptable communications data throughput.
US09131517B2 Achieving best effort performance with interfering communications system equipment
Primary and secondary apparatuses avoid concurrent performance of activities, wherein the secondary apparatus has a best and possibly different worst case minimum amounts of time required to perform activity. The primary apparatus ascertains a first future moment when it will become inactive and ascertains whether its upcoming period of inactivity will not be less than the secondary apparatus' best case minimum amount of time required to perform activity. If not, the primary apparatus asserts, in advance of the first future moment, an inactivity indicator signal indicating its upcoming inactivity. The interval between assertion of the inactivity indicator signal and the first future moment is greater than or equal to a difference between the secondary apparatus' worst and best case minimum amounts of time required to perform activity.
US09131514B2 Method of allocating radio resources and apparatus of allocating radio resources in cognitive radio small-cell networks
Disclosed is a method of allocating radio resources, including: acquiring available channel information of a cognitive radio small cell; analyzing a channel characteristic based on the available channel information and dividing a required transmission rate of the cognitive radio small cell into required transmission rates for each available channel; and performing a power control for each available channel based on the divided required transmission rates for each available channel. The method of allocating radio resources may be performed under an interference environment in which a plurality of cognitive radio small cells is present and the plurality of cognitive radio small cells shares an available channel.
US09131513B2 Coordinating allocation of resources for use by small cells
A controller receives information relating to at least one of multiple small cells. Responsive to the received information, the controller coordinates allocation of resources for use by the small cells in communicating data with respective user equipments (UEs), where the coordinating of the allocation of resources reduces interference among the small cells.
US09131512B2 Methods and arrangements to mitigate collisions in wireless networks by enabling coexistence of disparate bandwidths
Systems, devices, and methods for mitigating collisions between wireless transmissions operating at different bandwidths are disclosed. As such, a wireless device operating at a predefined bandwidth includes a transceiver that receives a signal across a wireless channel, a filter that generates a band-limited filtered signal at the predefined bandwidth of the wireless device, a correlating mechanism that correlates the band-limited filtered signal with a delayed, conjugated version of the band-limited filtered signal, logic that performs a moving average of the correlated filtered signals to determine correlation peaks, and logic configured to compare the correlation peaks with a predetermined threshold. With this configuration, if the correlation peaks are greater than the predetermined threshold, the received signal is determined to operate at a wider bandwidth than the predefined bandwidth of the wireless device, and the wireless device defers accessing the wireless channel to transmit until a predetermined time interval.
US09131505B2 Base station and method for providing uplink service
A method for providing uplink service from a base station to a terminal includes: transmitting information on a TCP packet and a dedicated code to a terminal; receiving a code number from the terminal using the dedicated code; searching a requesting bandwidth for the code number and allocating resources to the terminal; and receiving the ACK packet for the TCP packet through the allocated resources from the terminal.
US09131502B2 Method and apparatus for contention based uplink transmission
A method and related apparatuses for Contention Based (CB) uplink transmission are provided by the present invention. And the method includes: configuring CB user group numbers and configuring a same CB Radio Network Temporary Identifier (CB-RNTI) for multiple CB user groups; for the multiple CB user groups having the same CB-RNTI, configuring a same CB Grant. With the present invention, it is not necessary to send a CB Grant for every CB user group, so that the resource overhead for CB Grant transmission is reduced, and thus the occurring probability of scheduling blocking is reduced.
US09131497B1 Method and system of admission control for wireless train communication system
A method and apparatus for admission control in a wireless train communication system with TDMA are disclosed. The method and apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention identifies neighboring devices within neighborhood of a given device that use the time slot. The frequency and location information for the intended device and the unintended devices are used to determine whether to grant the time slot. In another embodiment according to the present invention, the receive signal strength information at the neighboring devices is used, instead of the distance information, for admission control.
US09131495B2 Enhanced admission control in relay-enhanced access networks
There are provided measures for enhanced admission control in relay-enhanced access networks, said measures exemplarily including receipt of a bearer admission request of at least one bearer in a relay-enhanced access network, said at least one bearer consisting of a bearer on an access link between a user equipment and a relay node and a bearer on a backhaul link between said relay node and a base station, and execution of a combined bearer admission control of said at least one bearer at one of said relay node and said base station, including a bearer admission control on the access link and a bearer admission control on the backhaul link. Said measures may exemplarily be applied for enhancing admission control in relay-enhanced LTE and LTE-Advanced access networks.
US09131493B2 Method for performing random access procedure in wireless communication system
There is provided with a method for enabling a user equipment to perform a random access procedure in a wireless communication system. The method includes transmitting a random access preamble and receiving a random access response as a response to the random access preamble. The random access response is addressed by a random access identifier. The random access identifier is mapped to radio resources used for transmitting the random access preamble. The user equipment can immediately confirm its random access response and perform further efficient random access procedure.
US09131490B2 Mapping of control information to control channel elements
The invention relates to a new structure of a control channel region within a sub-frame of a 3GPP-based based communication system using OFDM in the downlink. This new structure of a control channel region is inter alia particularly suitable for conveying physical downlink control channel information from a donor eNodeB to a relay node. The control channel region is divided in CCEs that have equal size irrespective of the presence of further cell-specific and/or UE-specific reference signals within the control channel region. This is achieved by dividing the control channel region in plural sub-CCEs that are combined to CCEs all having equal size (in terms of resource elements that can be used for the signaling of control information). The control channel region is divided in the frequency domain and/or time domain in a FDM respectively TDM fashion in order to obtain the sub-CCEs.
US09131489B2 Resource allocation method and apparatus
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communication field, and disclose a resource allocation method, apparatus, and system, which solve a problem that the size of resource allocation indication information increases with the increase of the transmission bandwidth, and redundancy of physical layer signaling increases with the increase of the transmission bandwidth. The method includes: allocating time-frequency resources in specific bandwidth to a terminal, where the specific bandwidth is a band less than or equal to system bandwidth; determining the size of resource allocation information according to the specific bandwidth; and sending the resource allocation information to the terminal to indicate the allocated time-frequency resources. The embodiments of the present invention are mainly applied to the process in which the base station allocates time-frequency resources to the terminal.
US09131488B2 Channel selection for uplink access
Systems, methods, and instrumentalities are disclosed for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) to transmit uplink information. The WTRU may have information such as data or control information to transmit to a network. The (WTRU) may request a common enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) resource from the network. The WTRU may receive an indication from the network to fallback using a random access channel, e.g. a Release 99 Random Access Channel (R99 RACH), a Release 99 Physical Random Access Channel (R99 PRACH), etc. The indication may be received via an acquisition indicator (E-AI). The indication may be a value of the E-AI. The WTRU may determine whether a condition is met. The WTRU may transmit the uplink information over the R99 PRACH if the condition is met.
US09131474B2 Dedicated signature allocation and choice
Methods for allocating and choosing dedicated signatures for random access are provided. Options for allocating dedicated signatures include allocating the dedicated signature from the unused space of the random signature root index when there is unused space and allocating more dedicated signatures from the same root index using the same time/frequency resources if additional signatures are needed, and reserving some preambles from the contention-based random access preambles from both sets of preambles. The present invention also proposes that the dedicated signatures be reserved in each of two sets of preambles.
US09131472B2 Systems and methods to provision quality of service sensitive devices in wireless local area networks
System and method embodiments are provided for provisioning a quality of cellular user experience (QoE) or quality of service (QoS) specified device in a wireless local area network (LAN). The embodiments enable a QoE or QoS specified by a service agreement for a device to be maintained during periods when the device is transmitting data to and receiving data from the wireless LAN (e.g., a WiFi hotspot). In an embodiment, a method includes determining that at least one QoS-sensitive device is communicating with a wireless LAN access point (AP), reserving a contention free period (CFP) in a superframe for the at least one QoS-sensitive device to communicate with the AP, and allocating a contention period (CP) in the superframe for non-QoS-sensitive devices to communicate with the AP, wherein the non-QoS-sensitive devices are prohibited from transmitting during the CFP.
US09131471B2 Efficient enablement for wireless communication on license-exempt bands
A fixed or Mode II device enables a Mode I device for license exempt operation by providing to it a list of available license exempt radio channels and a parameter indicating an interval at which contact verification signals CVSs are to be sent. The CVSs verify whether the list remains valid. The fixed/Mode II device then repeatedly sends contact verification signals spaced in time from one another according to the interval. In various embodiments the parameter may be an explicit indication, or it may be implicit. A plurality of enabled Mode I devices each gets a device-specific list, and in one embodiment the interval is the same for each of them and the explicit indication is broadcast while in another the parameter is provided to each of them via unicast messages and the interval may differ.
US09131467B2 Method for triggering communication between group of MTC devices and MTC server, and MTC device
The present invention discloses a method for triggering communication between a group of MTC devices and an MTC server, and an MTC device. The method includes: receiving an MTC request message sent by a machine type communications MTC server, where the MTC request message carries a group ID of the group of MTC devices and a communication notification message for the group of MTC devices; obtaining area information of the group of MTC devices; and sending the area information, the group ID of the group of MTC devices, and the communication notification message for the group of MTC devices to a cell broadcast center CBC, so that the CBC sends a broadcast message to a device in an area, where the broadcast message includes the group ID of the group of MTC devices and the communication notification message for the group of MTC devices.
US09131466B1 Selecting a frequency for a wireless communication device from non-overlapping frequency bands
A radio access network (RAN) may receive indications from a wireless communication device (WCD). The RAN may support wireless communication via a plurality of non-overlapping frequency bands, and the plurality of non-overlapping frequency bands may include a low-frequency band and a high-frequency band. The low-frequency band and the high-frequency band may be separated by at least 5 megahertz. The indications may indicate signal strengths at which the WCD received signals from one or more frequencies in the low-frequency band and one or more frequencies the high-frequency band. The RAN may also receive a communication request from the WCD. Based at least in part on receiving the communication request, the RAN may select a frequency from the one or more frequencies in the low-frequency band and the one or more frequencies in the high-frequency band, and may instruct the WCD to communicate using the selected frequency.
US09131462B1 Determining a geographic location of a mobile device
Systems and methods for providing a geographic location of a mobile device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes determining a geographic location of the mobile device. The method also includes storing the determined geographic location in a geographic location history in a local memory of the mobile device. The geographic location of the mobile device is determined and stored in the geographic location history at a first time interval. The method also includes providing the geographic location history to a server at a second time interval. The second time interval is longer than the first time interval.
US09131461B2 Paging user devices in a wireless access network
Providing paging controls for mobile communication is described herein. By way of example, the paging controls can comprise paging occasions of a wireless signal determined from a formula based on an integer raised to a function of a constant power (e.g., 2^K or 2^(K−L), where K and/or L are constant). Selected paging occasions can be grouped within the wireless signal, or distributed throughout a subset of time frames of the signal. Furthermore, paging groups can be assigned to each of the paging occasions by employing distinct identifiers of mobile device assigned to each paging occasion. By employing various paging occasions and paging groups, false alarm pages can be mitigated. According to at least one aspect, system information can be efficiently broadcast to multiple devices (e.g., all devices in a cell) by employing at least one paging group assigned for cell-wide paging.
US09131460B2 Radio relay communication device, method for relaying data, mobile terminal, and method for determining a sender of a signal
According to an embodiment, a radio relay communication device is described a radio receiver configured to receive data from a radio base station, a radio sender configured to send data received from the radio base station to at least one mobile terminal, a detector configured to detect whether a pre-determined transmission symbol sequence has been received from the radio base station, a changing circuit configured to change the transmission symbol sequence such that from the change of the transmission symbol sequence an identification of the relay communication device can be determined, and a controller configured to control the radio sender configured to send the changed transmission symbol sequence to at least one mobile terminal.
US09131457B2 Apparatus and method for transmission of uplink sounding reference signals in a wireless network
A mobile station for use in a wireless network that operates according to the Long-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) standard is operable to transmit an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) to a base station in response to a triggering grant received from the base station. The bandwidth on which the mobile station transmits the aperiodic SRS depends on a type of the triggering grant. The type of the triggering grant is one of a downlink grant, an uplink multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) grant, and an uplink single-input, multiple-output (SIMO) grant.
US09131453B2 Uplink power control for wireless communication
Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide closed loop and open loop power control techniques for each antenna of the user equipment (UE). The access point may measure the received signals from each antenna of the user equipment, calculate a power adjustment parameter for each antenna of the UE, and transmit the parameters to the UE. The UE may use the adjustment parameters to determine the transmit power value for each antenna. In addition, the UE may measure the path loss for each antenna and update the transmit power per antenna based on the path loss and other parameters.
US09131449B2 Controlling wireless network signals
A device may receive, from a browser, a message requesting that a first signal from a first base station of a first wireless network be attenuated in accordance with a first attenuation value. The device may set an attenuation level of the first wireless signal in accordance with the first attenuation value in response to the message. The first signal attenuated by the first attenuation value is wirelessly transmitted to a first user device at a first area shielded from signals wirelessly transmitted to a second user device at a second location.
US09131448B2 Standalone radio frequency wireless device having data acquisition capabilities
An inexpensive and low-power demand RF wireless device having data acquisition capabilities may be used for simple applications such as a standalone data repeater or a standalone data acquisition node without requiring a host microcontroller unit (MCU) or programmable logic for control of the wireless device.
US09131446B2 Collaborative coexistence of co-located mobile WiMAX, wireless LAN, and/or Bluetooth radios
Collaborative coexistence of co-located mobile WiMAX, wireless LAN, and/or Bluetooth radios. Within a communication device that includes multi-protocol communication capability, the various radio modules included within such a communication device operate cooperatively such that collisions are avoided between those various radios. When a first of the radio modules operates as governed by a relatively rigid frame structure, a second of the radio modules capitalizes upon that predetermined nature (of the relatively rigid frame structure) to support communication during times in which that first radio module has a lower level of activity (e.g., turned off completely, within a power savings mode, in a sleep mode, etc.). The radio module operation is performed within a time-orthogonal manner, such that multiple radio modules are not attempting to transmit or receive simultaneously. Moreover, CTS2SELF operation can be employed alone or in conjunction with power savings operation of co-located radios within a communication device.
US09131445B2 Low power mode exit latency predictor for real-time asymmetric multiprocessor systems
In an aspect there is provided a method of moving a processor of a mobile device from a low-power state for conserving power to an active mode for processing signals. The mobile device is configured to receive regularly scheduled signals. The method comprises, for each of multiple operating states of the mobile device determining a restore time associated with the operating state of the mobile device and storing each determined restore time in association with its operating state. The method further comprises detecting a current operating state of the mobile device and using the determined restore time for that state to set a trigger time to control movement of the processor of the mobile device to enter the active mode from the low-power mode in time to process the scheduled signals.
US09131444B2 Optimized page matching
Devices, systems, articles of manufacture, and methods for optimized page matching is disclosed. According to some embodiments, a portion of a sub-slot is read. A page message is extracted from the portion of the sub-slot. A page matching procedure is performed prior to the end of the sub-slot. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09131441B2 Apparatus and method for performing better PLMN search during connected mode DRX
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for performing a better PLMN (BPLMN) search during connected mode DRX. In one aspect, a user equipment (UE) detects a trigger to begin a BPLMN search while in connected mode discontinuous reception (CDRX); determines whether it is configured for a manual BPLMN search; determine whether the CDRX duration is greater than or equal to the minimum amount of time required to perform the manual BPLMN search; and when determined that the CDRX duration is greater than or equal to the minimum amount of time required for the BPLMN search, performs the manual BPLMN search while in the CDRX.
US09131438B2 Precise time synchronization of network subscribers
Simple and robust precise time synchronization of network subscribers is provided by a system having at least one head station with a satellite antenna and a receiving station receiving a satellite signal containing time information. Also included is a station clock having a network connection for the synchronization of the network subscribers using a real time network protocol. An electronic system, arranged in the head station or the station clock, receives the time information from the satellite signal. A bidirectional communication infrastructure connects the head station and the station clock.
US09131433B2 Minimization of radio resource usage in multi-hop networks with multiple
Packets in a multi-hop wireless network are routed based on the available link throughputs, network node congestion and the connectivity of the network in a manner that minimizes the use of radio resources and minimizes delay for packets in multi-hop system. The routing method also avoids congestion in the access network, especially near the network access points as provided by network access nodes. Each wireless network node maintains a link table for storing link conditions and associated route costs. Packets are routed according to the low cost route. Subsequent wireless network nodes evaluate whether a lower cost route is available and, if so, route the data packet according to the lower cost route. Every wireless network node transmits the data packet, a specified route and a time stamp indicated a time of the last data entry in the link table that was used to calculate the low cost route.
US09131432B2 Method and apparatus for efficient and dynamic system reselection procedure for M2M stationary devices
Apparatus and method for wireless communication in a wireless communication network include receiving a synchronization channel message parameter at a user equipment (UE) from a network entity. The aspects also include transmitting data to the network entity based on the synchronization channel message parameter. Additionally, the aspects include determining whether an assignment of a reverse supplemental (RS) channel to the UE is performed by the network entity. Still further, the aspects include incrementing a counter value when the network entity fails to assign the RS channel. The aspects also include selecting another network entity when the counter value reaches a predetermined threshold. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09131431B2 Wireless access point device, network system and network auto-establishing method of the same
A method for automatically establishing a wireless network used in a wireless access point (AP) device is provided. The method comprises the steps outlined below. A first virtual AP unit is activated and operated in a provisional station mode according to a default configuration. The AP device determines whether the wireless AP device is connected to an access controller (AC), if the wireless AP device and the AC are connected, the wireless AP device communicates with the AC to perform a configuring process according to a retrieved configuration to activate a second virtual AP unit. The wireless AP device operates the second virtual AP unit in a configured mode and operates the first virtual AP unit in a provisional AP mode.
US09131428B2 Probe request for relay discovery within single user, multiple user, multiple access, and/or MIMO wireless communications
A relay wireless communication device is discovered using probe request. A source device that intends to transmit one or more frames to a destination device transmits the probe request to request a probe response from one or more potential relay devices. A relay device transmits a probe response to the source device when the relay device may operate to forward the one or more frames from the source device to the destination device. The relay device employs one or more considerations to determine its eligibility to serve as relay for the source and destination devices. The source device selects one of the potential relay devices based on their provided probe responses. The source device may select an optimal relay device based upon two or more received probe responses.
US09131424B2 Method and apparatus for releasing user equipment context in wireless communication system
A method and apparatus for releasing a user equipment (DUE) context in a wireless communication system is provided. A home evolved NodeB (HeNB) gateway (GW)/X2-proxy receives a UE context release message, forwards the UE context release message to a source eNB; and releasing the UE context of the corresponding UE. The source eNB and the target eNB may be connected through an indirect X2 interface. Or, a home evolved NodeB (HeNB) gateway (GW)/X2-proxy receives a UE context release request message from a source eNB, and releases the UE context of the corresponding UE based on the UE context release request message. The source eNB and the target eNB may be connected through a direct X2 interface.
US09131422B2 Techniques for establishing a communication handoff threshold using user feedback
Examples are disclosed for user feedback to enable a handoff profile for a dual-mode hybrid mobile device. In some examples communication link handoff logic may be executed by the processor component to receive user feedback during a test voice call mediated with a call server, the user feedback pertaining to one or more Voice-over Internet Protocol (VoIP) communication link parameters for the communication link between the hybrid mobile device and the call server. The communication link parameters are correlated with a call quality threshold based on the user feedback and a handoff profile is established for the hybrid mobile device based on the call quality thresholds, the handoff profile operative to establish criteria for switching the VoIP communication link to a communication link over a different network.
US09131420B2 Pilot signal set management in a multi-carrier communication system
In a wireless communication system where different frequency bands are deployed to generate various communication zones, pilot signal set management for a plurality of pilot signals generated from an additional coverage zone is based on identifying a preselected signal set from the plurality of pilot signals and determining whether a predetermined criterion is met.
US09131417B2 Method and apparatus for cell selection and handover in LTE-advanced heterogeneous networks
Example implementations are directed to systems and methods based on physical broadcast channel (PBCH) muting are utilized to avoid frequent cell selection/reselection and handover in a LTE-advanced heterogeneous network. In the example implementations, a pico eNB that is fully covered by a macro eNB or other pico eNBs transmits blank PBCH such that it is inaccessible to the UEs who perform cell selection/reselection. Furthermore, a macro eNB may handover a UE to the inaccessible pico eNB by signalling the necessary information to the UE to detect the inaccessible pico eNB. Frequent cell selection/reselection and handover may therefore be avoided in a dense deployment situation.
US09131416B2 Methods and apparatus for managing mobility in a multi-radio device
Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for managing mobility in a multi-radio device are provided. One example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first radio access technology (RAT); receiving a message to redirect from a second channel to the first channel; determining the first channel is in a set of one or more blocked channels not usable for the first RAT; and in response to the determination, taking one or more actions. Another example method generally includes detecting that a first channel is not usable for communicating via a first RAT and providing an indication to a network that a user equipment (UE) no longer supports the first channel.
US09131411B2 Method and apparatus for adjusting mobility parameter
A mobility parameter adjustment method and apparatus for use in a wireless communication system is provided. The mobility parameter adjustment method of a base station includes receiving connection failure information from a terminal, and adjusting a mobility adjustment parameter based on the connection failure information. The mobility parameter adjustment method and apparatus of the present disclosure is capable of adjusting mobility parameter efficiently so as to improve the mobility robustness of the wireless communication system and User Equipment (UE).
US09131405B2 Method of transmitting and receiving channel status information on multi-cell operation in a wireless communication system and apparatus for the same
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. And, a method of transmitting and receiving channel status information on a multi-cell operation in a wireless communication system and apparatus for the same are disclosed. The present invention may include determining a report type of channel status information on multi-cell operation and transmitting/receiving the channel status information corresponding to the determined channel status information report type via uplink data channel.
US09131404B2 Methods and apparatus for measurement configuration support
The invention provides a method and a network node for controlling configuration of measurements to be performed by a user equipment (150a, 150b) operating in a wireless communication system (101). A configured measurement corresponds to at least one reporting criteria and the user equipment (150a, 150b) is able to support a limited number of parallel reporting criteria. Measurements to be performed by the user equipment in parallel may be requested by different network nodes such as a positioning server (140) and an eNodeB (110a, 110b). By letting a network node, such as the positioning server (140) or the (eNodeB 110a, 110b), obtain information on measurements requested by another network node the network node is able to configure the user equipment with a set of measurements that does not exceed at least one predetermined threshold for parallel reporting criteria.
US09131398B2 Long range WLAN data unit format
In a method for transmitting a data unit in a wireless communication network, a physical layer (PHY) preamble and a media access control layer (MAC) header are generated. In generating the MAC header, a first address field to include a first address and a second address field to include a second address are generated. The first, not globally unique, address indicates a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The second address field indicates the other one of a communication device for which the data unit is intended or a communication device that is transmitting the data unit. The first address field and the second address field are included in the MAC header. The MAC header omits a globally unique address corresponding to the first address of the first address field.
US09131397B2 Managing cache to prevent overloading of a wireless network due to user activity
System and method of detection and management of user interactions with foreground applications on a mobile device in distributed caching are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method of mimicking, remote from the mobile device, timing characteristics of user activity with the mobile client, polling a content source for the mobile application based on the timing characteristics of the user interaction, on behalf of the mobile device and allowing responses cached on the mobile device for the user activity to be used until a change at the content source is detected, remote from the mobile device.
US09131392B2 Hidden nodes detection
A method of detecting a hidden node is disclosed. Reports from a plurality of access points (APs) are received. The method includes determining that transmissions from a second AP are not detected by a first AP based on the received report from the first AP. The method includes determining that transmissions from a client associated with the first AP are detected by the second AP based on the received report from the second AP. The method further includes detecting that the second AP is a hidden node, wherein transmissions from the hidden node interfere with transmissions between the client and the first AP, and wherein the detection is based at least in part on the determination that transmissions from the second AP are not detected by the first AP and the determination that transmissions from the client associated with the first AP are detected by the second AP.
US09131383B2 Communication apparatus, and method and program for controlling the same
A communication apparatus comprises a reception unit that receives a reception signal from a metal cable and extracts reception data; a transmission unit that sends a transmission signal obtained by modulating transmission data with a frequency included in a first frequency band to the metal cable; an interference signal detection unit that detects a signal used in wireless communication, modulated by a frequency included in a second frequency band, and transmitted over the metal cable as an interference signal; and a signal transmission control unit that instructs the transmission unit to modulate transmission data using a frequency included in a third frequency band that does not have any frequency band overlapping the second frequency band when the interference signal is detected and a frequency band overlapping both the first frequency band and the second frequency band exists.
US09131382B1 Trusted user interface for mobile web applications
Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for user confirmation of actions to be performed by a web application hosted on one or more servers. Actions can include receiving user input indicating a request directed to the web application, the user input being received through a mobile web browser, determining that the user input is requesting execution of an authorized action, and in response, providing data associated with the request for processing by a mobile authenticator application, providing a user interface generated by the mobile authenticator application based on the data, and receiving user confirmation of the authorized action through the user interface, and in response: providing a signed response by the mobile authenticator application, and transmitting the signed response to the one or more servers to initiate execution of the authorized action.
US09131380B2 Method and system for managing security in mobile communication system
A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).
US09131373B2 Dynamic account creation with secured hotspot network
A secure network access point transmits a beacon transmission. A user device receiving it determines it does not have credentials necessary to attach with the secure network access point, and so a preliminary association is formed between the user device and the secure network access point. During the preliminary association, the user device receives or creates credentials necessary to associate with the secure network access point, forms an association with the secure network access point using the received or created credentials, and obtains internet connectivity via the secure network access point. In this embodiment there is only the secure network access point, but in another embodiment there is also a non-secure network access point which transmits a beacon using the same SSID as the secure network access point, and the preliminary association is with the non-secure network access point.
US09131368B2 Method and apparatus for communicating in an increased coverage area to a wireless communication unit
A method for increasing coverage in a wireless communication system is described. The method comprises, at the network element: transmitting a first portion of subframes comprising a number of resource blocks to a first wireless communication unit in a first mode of operation, wherein the number of resource blocks are transmitted at a first power level per resource block; and transmitting, a second portion of subframes to a second wireless communication unit in a second mode of operation at a second power level, wherein the second portion of subframes comprise a lower number of resource blocks than the first portion of subframes and the lower number of resource blocks is transmitted at a second power level per resource block that is higher than the first power level per resource block.
US09131366B2 Unifying virtualizations in a core network and a wireless access network
To unify virtualizations in a core network and a wireless access network, a virtual wireless network is mapped to a virtual network in the core network. Based on the mapping, data associated with a communications session can be communicated through the virtual wireless network and core virtual network.
US09131364B2 Intelligent SIM selection supporting rich context of input factors
Various user interfaces and other technologies for interacting with devices that support multiple SIM cards can be implemented. For example, intelligent handling of SIM card selection can help users deal with multiple SIM card scenarios. A user interface for overriding SIM card selection can be supported. Users can interact with their devices more efficiently and with less frustration. A wide variety of use default SIM card scenarios are supported. SIM cards can be selected based on any of a rich set of input factors.
US09131360B2 Apparatus and method of open mobile alliance
An apparatus of an OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) is provided in the invention. The apparatus comprises a CPNS (Converged Personal Network Service) server, a PNGW (Personal Network Gateway), and a PNE (Personal Network Element). The CPNS server is configured to transmit a device capabilities query request message which comprises a target ID (Identification). The PNGW is configured to relay the device capabilities query request message if the target ID does not indicate the PNGW. The PNE is configured to receive the device capabilities query request message through the PNGW and then to transmit a device capabilities query response message to the PNGW according to a PNE capability of the PNE if the target ID indicates the PNE. The PNGW is further configured to relay the device capabilities query response message to the CPNS server.
US09131357B2 Emergency 911 data messaging
A data request is generated (e.g., text, email, SMS, multimedia messaging system (MMS), etc.) from a source device. The data request is delivered to a PSAP or other emergency monitoring service location in a useable format. Exemplary useable formats include a canned voice message, delivery to a call center that translates data to voice, text to speech, and text to instant messaging (IM). Additional information and location are staged for use by the PSAP or other monitoring service location.
US09131355B2 System and method of configuring operations of communication services
Information is recorded that corresponds to an online activity of a user. The information identifies at least one or more instances of time when the online activity occurred. A communication from the communication service is delivered to the user at a selected transmission time that is based at least in part on the one or more instances of time. The communication service may be configured or otherwise instructed to send (or not send) the communication at a particular time.
US09131352B2 Mobile communication system, mobile station apparatus, home base station apparatus, and communication method
A mobile station apparatus has established a first bearer that communicates with a home network and a second bearer that communicates with a core network. In the transmission of a multicast join request, the mobile station apparatus transmits the multicast join request by selecting the first bearer if the multicast join request is addressed to the home network, or by selecting the second bearer if the multicast join request is addressed to the core network. In this way, a mobile communication system is provided where the mobile station apparatus connected to a home base station apparatus determines whether a multicast group is based on a Local IP Access and then transmits the multicast join request, and the home base station apparatus appropriately establishes a multicast session to the home network or the core network in response to a determination of the mobile station apparatus.
US09131350B2 Extending eMBMS session in LTE eMBMS
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus receives an MBMS service from a first cell in a first MBSFN area while in an RRC idle mode. The apparatus reselects to a second cell through an intra-frequency cell reselection upon moving into coverage of the second cell. The second cell is a non-MBSFN cell or an MBSFN cell in a second MBSFN area different than the first MBSFN area. The apparatus continues to receive the MBMS service directly from the first cell while receiving paging signals from the second cell.
US09131348B2 Mobile terminal and controlling method thereof
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, which facilitates a terminal to be used in further consideration of user's convenience. The present invention includes sensing a humidity through a humidity sensor, receiving an AP (access point) location information through a wireless communication unit if a variation amount of the sensed humidity per unit time is equal to or greater than a prescribed value, determining whether a current location is an indoor space or an outdoor space based on the received AP location information, and activating a function of indoor location measurement if the determined location is the indoor space. The present invention determines a timing point of an outdoor-to-indoor or indoor-to-outdoor location shift of a mobile terminal and then activates an indoor location measuring function based on the result of the determination.
US09131345B2 Methods and systems for automated information entry in a wireless device
Methods and apparatus for automated information entry in a wireless device may include receiving an input of a sequence of characters. In addition, the methods and apparatus may include identifying a location-related context based on at least a portion of the sequence of characters and obtaining location information of the wireless device in response to identifying the location-related context. The methods and apparatus may also include obtaining a set of one or more landmark information corresponding to the location information of the wireless device and obtaining directional information relative to selected landmark information. The method and apparatus may also include adding the directional information with the selected landmark information to the sequence of characters.
US09131344B2 Method and device for automatic creation of a location-based talk group call with reduced messaging overhead
Disclosed is a method of automatic establishment of a location-based talk group call with reduced messaging overhead. The initiating device may be a subscriber unit (SU). The SU determines a geographic reference location and generates location data representative of the location. The SU broadcasts a location-based talk group call header including the location data and including a location-based talk group call identifier field set to cause other SUs receiving the call header to receive and output subsequent data associated with the call header responsive to determining that its current geographic location satisfies the location criterion of the call. The location criterion may be fully determined by the initiating SU and specified in the call header, and may take the form of a specified radius that extends from the geographic reference location represented in the call header.
US09131341B2 System and method for locating a mobile device
A first mobile device reports its current location in response to a message from a second computing device. The first mobile device extracts a source identifier and a location inquiry from the message and determines whether the source identifier and the location inquiry satisfy pre-determined conditions. If it is determined that the pre-determined conditions are satisfied, the first mobile device retrieves current location information from a location positioning module in the first mobile device and generates a message including the current location information. The first mobile device then sends the message to the second computing device. Upon receipt of the message, an instant messaging application of the second computing device is configured to visualize the first mobile device's location on a map application in accordance with the current location information extracted from the message.
US09131339B1 Criteria-associated media content
A content item may be associated with criteria that are to be performed to unlock the content items. In response to a user action, a determination as to whether the user action satisfies the criteria may be made. In response to determining that a user satisfied the criteria, the content item may be unlocked with respect to that user, meaning that the content item may become available to that user, such as via a corresponding user device. If it is determined that the criteria is not satisfied, the content item will remain unavailable to the user. Either a service provider or a user may associate the criteria with the content item, which may include video content, audio content, textual content, or image content.
US09131338B2 Method and apparatus for providing an alert on a user equipment entering an alerting area
A method and apparatus for providing an alert on a portable communication device such as a user equipment (UE) entering an alerting area is provided. The UE runs a GPS engine continuously to estimate the location of the UE from the time the alert system is activated. The method and apparatus provide an alert system on a UE by calculating the distance between the UE and alerting area. Further, the method and apparatus enable using different positioning systems based on the distance of the UE from the alerting area, thereby reducing the power consumption of the UE battery.
US09131337B1 Wireless communication system and method for sending a notification of proximity of a first wireless communications device to a second wireless communication device
Disclosed is a wireless communication system that is used with a wireless communication device and a position location system, the wireless communication device being capable of communicating with the position location system. The wireless communication system includes a memory device for storing position locations of the wireless communication device and for storing transactions made relating to the wireless communication device, a processor for determining trends by recalling stored information from the memory device and processing the recalled information, and a transmitter for transmitting targeted broadcasts to the wireless communication device based on the current location of the communication device.
US09131329B2 Application of the invoke facility service to restrict invocation of compound wireless mobile communication services: division 3—invocation test path efficiency
This invention provides the processes to efficiently evaluate a Boolean expression of events used to determine if a Smartphone app is to be invoked. Its basis is to establish, for each app, a minimal inverted tree that terminates with leaves that indicate the Boolean expression evaluation of “True” or “False”, where a “True” value indicates the associated app is to be invoked or a “False” indicates the associated app is not to be invoked. The process for minimizing the inverted tree is part of this invention. A metric to measure the efficacy of any inverted tree is also included.
US09131327B2 Methods and apparatus to control accessories
Methods and apparatus to control accessories are disclosed. An example method includes establishing a first close-proximity communication connection via a first protocol by providing connection information via a second close-proximity communication connection via a second protocol, obtaining configuration information via the second close-proximity communication connection, and configuring a response to an event associated with the second close-proximity communication connection.
US09131325B2 MEMS device assembly and method of packaging same
An assembly (220) includes a MEMS die (222) and an integrated circuit (IC) die (224) attached to a substrate (226). The MEMS die (222) includes a MEMS device (237) formed on a substrate (242). A packaging process (264) entails forming the MEMS device (237) on the substrate (242) and removing a material portion of the substrate (237) surrounding the device (237) to form a cantilevered substrate platform (246) suspended above the substrate (226) at which the MEMS device (237) resides. The MEMS die (222) is electrically interconnected with the IC die (224). A plug element (314) can be positioned overlying the platform (246). Molding compound (32) is applied to encapsulate the die (222), the IC die (224), and substrate (226). Following encapsulation, the plug element (314) can be removed, and a cap (236) can be coupled to the substrate (242) overlying an active region (244) of the MEMS device (237).
US09131323B2 Hearing prosthesis having an implantable actuator system
An implantable actuator system is disclosed. The system comprises a hermetically sealed housing; an actuator positioned in the housing, the actuator having at least one element displaceable relative to the housing; a coupling element connecting the actuator to the recipient's ear; and a diaphragm positioned at an end of the housing to provide a hermetic seal between the coupling element and the housing, wherein the diaphragm has sufficient flexibility to permit the coupling element to transmit vibrations to or from the actuator, wherein a liquid is positioned around the displaceable element of actuator to dampen the frequency response of the actuator, and in certain aspects, to make the system insensitive to differences in pressure between inside and outside of the housing.
US09131319B2 Component having a micromechanical microphone structure
A capacitive MEMS microphone structure is provided, which micromechanical microphone structure of component is realized in a layer construction and includes: a diaphragm structure sensitive to sound pressure, which is deflectable in a direction perpendicular to the layer planes of the layer construction; an acoustically penetrable counter-element which has through holes and is formed above or below the diaphragm structure in the layer construction; and a capacitor system for detecting the excursions of the diaphragm structure. The diaphragm structure includes a structural element in the middle area of the diaphragm structure, which structural element projects perpendicularly from the diaphragm plane and which, depending on the degree of excursion of the diaphragm structure, variably extends into a correspondingly formed and positioned through hole in the counter-element.
US09131316B2 Sharing public addressing system using personal communication devices in an ad-hoc network
A method, system, and computer program product for using a personal communication device as a microphone in a seminar or conference setting. A client is electrically connected to a PA system and one of many hosts can access the PA system by associating with the client. The association can be transferred by the client or the host. Tokens can be generated for each transfer and a map can be created and stored.
US09131314B2 Acoustic system
Positive and negative two terminals of each of a plurality of main speakers constituting an array speaker are connected to each of amplifiers. Then, the main speakers are bridge-driven. Sub-speakers interpolating the main speakers are arranged respectively between the main speakers. Then, the positive and negative terminals of each of the sub-speakers are connected respectively to the terminals of the same polarities of the adjacent two of the main speakers. One sub-speaker receives an average value of the signals provided to the adjacent two main speakers, so that the one sub-speaker interpolates the wavefronts emitted from the adjacent two main speakers.
US09131313B1 System and method for audio reproduction
Systems and methods of audio reproduction are described. In one embodiment, one or more processors can be configured, for example, to receive an L channel signal and an R channel signal, to combine the L channel signal and the R channel signal, to average the combined signal, to detect an impulse signal in the averaged signal, to multiply the impulse signal, to scale the multiplied impulse signal, and to add the scaled impulse signal to the averaged signal to form a resultant signal. Sound can be generated, for example, by speakers based on at least the resultant signal.
US09131311B2 Canal phones with structure and method for selectively passing or blocking environmental ambient sound and switchable electrical connections
A canal phone incorporates a transducer within an isolation sound chamber for reproducing sound from an audio source, and a sound-transmission passageway, or ambient sound port, for allowing ambient sounds to enter the isolation sound chamber. The passageway has inner and outer apertures, one oriented towards the ambient noise environment outside of the listener's ear and the other oriented toward the isolated chamber formed by the space between a loudspeaker diaphragm within the canal phone and the tympanum of the listener's ear. The canal phone has a port blocking switch mechanism that selectively opens or closes the aperture of the passageway that is open to the ambient noise. This switch mechanism may also electrically disconnect the transducer and seal either the outer or the inner end of the passageway in different embodiments of the invention.
US09131310B2 Hearing protector
A hearing protector has two closed muffs (2) which sealingly abut against the wearer's head, so that there is formed a closed space in each muff (2) and about the user's ear. A loudspeaker (4) is disposed interiorly in the muff and has a membrane (5) whose one side is turned to face towards the user's ear, and whose opposing side is turned to face towards a closed volume which is defined by the membrane and an enclosure. In order to improve the base reproduction in listening to music, the interior of the enclosure is, via at least one hole or one duct, in communication with the ambient surroundings outside the closed space of the muff (2). In one preferred embodiment, the enclosure comprises a capsule (7) which is integrated part of the loudspeaker (4).
US09131303B2 Vehicle audio structure
A vehicle audio structure includes a seat assembly mounted to a vehicle floor at a plurality of mounting locations, the seat assembly having a seat bottom spaced apart from the vehicle floor. The seat bottom has a bottom surface with a partially confined area defined between the vehicle floor and the bottom surface. An enclosure structure is located within the partially confined area under the seat assembly. The enclosure structure has an upper wall located adjacent to the bottom surface of the seat bottom, a first bottom wall section, a second bottom wall section, a third bottom wall section and a plurality of side wall sections that define an enclosed space within the enclosure structure. The first bottom wall section, the second bottom wall section and the third bottom wall section are spaced apart from the upper wall by differing vertical distances.
US09131300B2 Electronic device
According to the present invention, air conduction sound and human body vibration sound (e.g. bone conduction sound) are transmitted to a user without a need for pressing a vibration body itself to an ear. An electronic device 1 of the present invention includes: a panel 10; a housing 60 configured to support the panel 10; and a piezoelectric element 30 attached to the panel 10. The panel 10 is deformed due to deformation of the piezoelectric element 30, and air conduction sound and human body vibration sound are transmitted to an object that is in contact with the deformed panel 10.
US09131292B2 Wireless microphone system
Provided is a wireless microphone system comprising a microphone and a wireless receiver, wherein the wireless microphone system is provided with: a normal communication mode in which communication is performed by using a normal unique word (UWN) preset in both the microphone and the wireless receiver devices; a confidential setting mode in which a confidential unique word (UWX) is transmitted without being set in either of said devices; and a confidential communication mode in which communication is performed by both said devices by using the confidential unique word (UWX) set by the confidential setting mode.
US09131284B2 Video-in-video video stream having a three layer video scene
A mobile computing device includes first, second and third cameras coupled to produce first, second and third camera video streams, respectively. The first camera is on a first side of the mobile computing device, and the second and third cameras are included in a stereo camera on a second side of the mobile computing device. A video processor is coupled to generate an output video stream including a first video layer generated from the first camera video stream. The video processor is further coupled to generate the output video stream to include second and third video layers from the second camera video stream in response to the second and the third camera video streams. The video processor is further coupled to overlay the first video layer between the second video layer and the third video layer in the output video stream.
US09131283B2 Apparatus and methods for multimedia coordination
Methods and apparatus for providing coordination between two or more different media distribution channels. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a server and associated client processes disposed ob various components of a managed content distribution network (e.g., cable or satellite network). The server process coordinates with the client processes to obtain user interactivity data useful is assessing the efficacy of certain secondary content (e.g., advertisements). In one variant, input is received from, and provided to, other associated media campaigns (e.g., print, online, and/or telephonic) so as to allow rapid and effective coordination between the campaigns. Mechanisms for improving user engagement to the secondary content are also disclosed.
US09131281B2 Method for embedding and multiplexing audio metadata in a broadcasted analog video stream
A method for embedding, multiplexing and broadcasting of multiple audio metadata in an analog video stream and thereby generating output analog video containing multiple separable audio-video tuples of optimum quality. Further, a user study is performed on a sample tutorial video for various frame rates and resolution to calculate the mean opinion score for deriving the degree of multiplexing that may be provided without deteriorating the quality of video.
US09131274B2 Method for transceiving media files and device for transmitting/receiving using same
A method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving an MPEG-2 TS-based media file are provided. In the method of transmitting an MPEG2 Transport Stream (TS)-based media file, a Presentation Time Stamp (PTS) of a Presentation Unit (PU) is mapped to a Media Presentation Time (MPT) for synchronization with other media with respect to at least one program element forming a program included in the media file; and synchronization information including the mapped media presentation time is transmitted together with the media file, wherein the media presentation time is provided for a first PU in a segment of the transmitted media file.
US09131269B2 Method and apparatus for freezing a video stream on a digital television display such that the frame freeze point is before the viewer initiates the event
A viewer of a digital television trying to freeze the video at a particular frame. Generally the human delay and the delay introduced by the remote control device and the control software executing on the television results in the frame that is displayed by the freeze event is some number of frames or seconds after the frame that the viewer wanted frozen. A small amount of memory that constantly buffers several seconds of digital video such that once the viewer initiates the freeze event the frame that is displayed is effectively some seconds in the past. The viewer then has the ability to single frame step to the frame that he actually was interested in viewing. The viewer's actions are refined by a rules based algorithm that allows it to more closely target and display what it believes will be the final frame the viewer wanted to be displayed.
US09131268B2 Display device, display method, and multimedia transmission method
Provided are a display device configuring a multi-display and a display method. The multi-media display receives a DisplayPort signal from outside, converts the received signal into a set of LVTTL signals, converts a portion of the LVTTL signals into a high-quality image signal capable of using HDMI to display multimedia on a corresponding display device, and converts another portion of the LVTTL signals into a DisplayPort signal to transmit the DisplayPort signal to another display device. Accordingly, an infinite multi-display can display high quality multimedia.
US09131263B2 Methods and apparatus for controlled removal of content from a distributed network
Described herein are techniques for managing content stored on a distributed network. Content is initially placed onto the network and populated across one or more nodes. The content is distributed in association with decay parameters that define a lifetime for the population of the content on the network. Various communication nodes of the distributed network are configured to process the content decay parameters to determine whether to delete the content during subsequent time periods.
US09131262B2 Digital television signal, digital television receiver, and method of processing digital television signal
A DTV receiver includes a receiver to receive a digital television signal including a plurality of extended text table (ETT) instances that appear in transport stream packets with common PID values, the ETT instances having common table ID values, each ETT instance comprising a section header and a message body, the section header containing a table identification (ID) extension field that serves to establish uniqueness of each ETT instance, the message body containing an extended text message (ETM) which provides detailed descriptions of a virtual channel or an event associated with each ETT instance, wherein the section header further contains a protocol version field indicating a protocol version and a section length field indicating a section length, a demodulator to demodulate the digital television signal and an identifier to identify at least one pertinent ETT instance from the plurality of ETT instances.
US09131257B2 Method and system for remote video monitoring and remote video broadcast
A method for subscribing users to a video monitoring service and video broadcast service are disclosed. Viewers can login to a secure website run by a server in the cloud to remotely view streamed video images from one or more portable video monitoring devices. The viewers and subscribers to the service have many options to select the monitoring devices and to process and customized viewed images according to their needs. A server based system implements the method, and can include a cloud server.
US09131255B2 Technique for providing uninterrupted switched digital video service
A request is received from a subscriber of a video content network offering a switched digital video service, to establish a new switched digital video session within a service group of the video content network, which group includes both preferred and standard subscribers and has a plurality of existing sessions. It is determined whether adequate bandwidth is available to establish the new switched digital video session without tearing down any of the existing sessions. Responsive to the determination indicating that adequate bandwidth is not available without tearing down any of the existing sessions, at least one of the existing sessions is torn down. In this step, those of the existing sessions corresponding to the preferred subscribers are exempted from teardown. The new switched digital video session is established in accordance with the request. A switched digital video control apparatus, a set-top terminal, and a system are also disclosed.
US09131250B2 Accessing remote video devices
A control server receives a local input to control a remote video device and sends an indication of the local input to the remote video device to control, access, or operate the remote video device. Video data indicative of images provided by the remote video device in response to the local input are relayed to the control server by the remote video device or associated components. A plurality of remote video devices can be simultaneously controlled, accessed, or operated. Control code sets for remote video devices are mapped to a local interface control set. Local input is translated to a remote video device command based on such mappings.
US09131242B2 System, method, and apparatus for scalable memory access
Presented herein are system(s), method(s), and apparatus for scalable memory access. One example, among others, is a system for requesting services. The system includes one or more requesting node(s) for performing a function with real-time requirements, such as making requests. The one or more requesting node(s) indicates whether each of said requests is required or optional.
US09131240B2 Video decoding method and apparatus which uses double buffering
A video decoding method and apparatus, the video decoding apparatus including: a decoder unit to control a video decoding operation; and a multi-core processor to perform the video decoding operation on an input bitstream by using the decoding unit, wherein the multi-core processor includes: a first core to parse the input bitstream into a plurality of slices and to allocate the slices; and a second core to receive one of the slices, to generate a plurality of macroblocks by decoding the received slice, to alternately store the macroblocks in first and second buffers included in an auxiliary memory thereof, to alternately transfer the macroblocks from the first and second buffers to a main memory, and to reconstruct an image for the macroblocks, wherein the macroblocks are transferred from one of the first and second buffers while the macroblocks are stored in the other one of the first and second buffers.
US09131235B2 Optimal intra prediction in block-based video coding
Selection of an optimal directional intra prediction mode for block-based video coding from a reduced number of intra predictions, including a plurality of angular intra predictions, a planar prediction mode, and DC prediction mode, by performing a logarithmic search inside a set of intra prediction directions.
US09131229B2 Method of generating sync signal for controlling 3D glasses of 3D image system, and method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving the sync signal
A method of generating a sync signal for controlling three-dimensional (3D) glasses in a 3D image system, methods of transmitting and receiving a 3D glasses control sync signal, and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving the 3D glasses control sync signal are provided. The method of generating a 3D glasses control sync signal includes: generating sync signal start indicator information notifying a start of a 3D glasses control sync signal, state sequence mode information indicating an operating state of the 3D glasses with regard to whether a left glass or a right glass is opened or closed, and sequence duty information indicating a retaining time period of the operating state of the 3D glasses; and generating the 3D glasses controlling signal by combining the generated sync signal start indicator information, the generated state sequence mode information, and the generated sequence duty information according to a set order.
US09131228B2 Autostereoscopic display and control method thereof
An autostereoscopic display and a control method thereof are disclosed. The autostereoscopic display includes a display panel displaying 3D image data, a backlight unit providing light to the display panel, a backlight driver which sequentially drives light sources of the backlight unit along a scanning direction of the 3D image data written to the display panel, a switchable 3D element which forms a barrier or a lens for separating optical axes of left eye image data and right eye image data from the 3D image data, and a 3D element driver which electrically controls the switchable 3D element and shifts the barrier or the lens formed in the switchable 3D element.
US09131224B1 Methods and systems for capturing the condition of a physical structure via chemical detection
In a computer-implemented method and system for capturing the condition of a structure, the structure is scanned with a three-dimensional (3D) scanner. The 3D scanner generates 3D data. A point cloud or 3D model is constructed from the 3D data. The point cloud or 3D model is then analyzed to determine the condition of the structure.
US09131223B1 Enhancing imaging performance through the use of active illumination
A system includes a camera and a projector for capturing spatial detail having resolution exceeding that afforded by the imaging optics, and recovering topographic information lost to the projective nature of imaging. The projector projects a spatial pattern onto the scene to be captured. The spatial patterns may include any pattern or combination of patterns that result in complex sinusoidal modulation. Spatial detail such as texture on the objects in the scene modulate the amplitude of the spatial pattern, and produce Moiré fringes that shifts previously unresolved spatial frequencies into the camera's optical passband. The images may be demodulated, and the demodulated components may be combined with the un-modulated components. The resulting image has spatial detail previously inaccessible to the camera owing to the band-limited nature of the camera optics. A spatial pattern may also be projected and received by the camera to estimate topographic information about the scene.
US09131219B2 Method and apparatus for triangulation-based 3D optical profilometry
A method for determining a centerline for a triangulation-based optical profilometry system, compensating for the spatial variations of the reflectance of an object's surface. The method comprises providing a luminous line on the object, the luminous line being a triangulation line superposed with a compensation line; capturing an image of the triangulation line and of the compensation line; for each position along the imaged triangulation line, determining a transverse triangulation profile from the imaged triangulation line and a transverse compensation profile from the imaged compensation line; determining a transverse correction profile given by the reciprocal of the transverse compensation profile; multiplying the transverse triangulation profile with the transverse correction profile to obtain a corrected transverse triangulation profile; computing a center of the corrected transverse triangulation profile. The centers determined at positions along the triangulation line form the centerline. Embodiments of a triangulation-based optical profilometry system integrating the method are disclosed.
US09131213B2 Method of generating a blockiness indicator for a video signal
The described embodiments relate to methods and systems for detecting the blockiness of a video signal comprised of a number of pixels. The method includes the steps of calculating a total number of pixels in the video signal in flat blocks and visible block edge transitions, and generating a blockiness indicator from the total number of pixels in flat blocks and visible block edge transitions. The step of calculating the total number of pixels in flat blocks and the total number of pixels in visible block edge transitions may include calculating differential values for each pixel in the video signal, analyzing the differential values to determine if the pixel is part of a transition and/or a flat area and then counting the number of pixels in flat blocks and visible block edge transitions to produce a total number of pixels in flat blocks and a total number of pixels in visible block edge transitions.
US09131212B2 Electro-optic apparatus and electronic apparatus
Each control period includes a right eye display period and a left eye display period. A driving circuit supplies grayscale potential based on a right eye image to each pixel in each of the three unit periods of the right eye display period, and supplies the grayscale potential based on a left eye image to each pixel in each of the three unit periods of the left eye display period. The driving circuit performs overdriving in two unit periods from the beginning of each display period, sets the polarity of a voltage applied to each pixel in the two unit periods from the beginning of each display period reverse in the right eye display period of the control period and in the right eye display period of the control period.
US09131208B2 Opt-keyframe reconstruction for robust video-based structure from motion
An opt-keyframe reconstruction technique for selecting and reconstructing optimizing keyframes to provide a better reconstruction in a structure from motion (SFM) technique. The technique may, for example, be used in an adaptive reconstruction algorithm implemented by a general SFM technique. This technique may add and reconstruct optimizing frames to a set of keyframes already generated by an initialization technique and by an adaptive technique for iteratively selecting and reconstructing additional keyframes. In addition, the technique may determine and remove outlier points from the projection, and determine and recover inlier points in the projection. Adding the opt-keyframes and inlier points may result in additional, and possibly shorter, point trajectories being included in the reconstruction, thus providing a better reconstruction that may be more suited for later operations that may be applied to the image sequence.
US09131199B2 Imaging apparatus capable of generating an appropriate color image
An imaging apparatus has an image pickup device having a plurality of pixels having input-output characteristic which non-linearly changes according to input and a plurality of color filters in a plurality of colors arranged on respective pixels; an output signal linear convertor converting a first output signal from the image pickup device into a second output signal which is predicted to be output from the image pickup device on the assumption that the image pickup device outputs the second output signal which linearly changes all over a range of the input brightness; a color signal generator generating color signals in the plurality of colors on each pixel based on the second output signal; a brightness signal generator generating a brightness signal from the first output signal; and a color brightness composition part combining the color signals and the brightness signal to generate an image signal.
US09131197B2 Imaging apparatus capable of controlling exposure including flash amount control of flash apparatus, and control method thereof
There is provided an imaging apparatus capable of reducing effects given by an object outside a dynamic range of the camera, and capturing an object image with appropriate exposure, when a camera performs imaging. The imaging apparatus is configured to separate image data into a plurality of blocks, extract a specific-color block using an average value of each color component acquired using only a pixel group whose pixel output is included within a predetermined range and the number of the groups, set a weighting coefficient of an exposure-amount calculation for the block to be determined as the specific color, and set the exposure based on the weighting coefficient and an average value of brightness acquired using only the pixel groups whose pixel output and the average value of the brightness of the block are included within the predetermined range.
US09131193B2 Image-processing device removing encircling lines for identifying sub-regions of image
An image-processing device includes a processor and a memory. The memory stores computer-readable instructions therein. The computer-readable instructions cause the image-processing device to identify a first region and a second region in a target image. The first region represents an encircling line for identifying a specific sub-region in the target image. The first region includes a plurality of pixels. The second region includes an inside region that is surrounded by the first region, and an outside region that is outside the first region. The image-processing device further performs changing a color value of a first target pixel included in the plurality of the pixels using a first internal pixel and a first external pixel.
US09131189B2 Broadcast metadata compression method and system
Broadcast server and method for transmitting electronic program guide data to set top boxes via a broadcast network. The broadcast server is arranged to prepare a list of unique entries and associated identifications of the text items received, and to provide a compressed list to the plurality of set top boxes. The broadcast server repeats the following steps for each text item in the list: determining whether a next text item has a number of shared consecutive characters at the start in common with a compressed text item from the compressed list, identifying said compressed text item as a source of shared consecutive characters and determining the number of shared consecutive characters; storing for the next text item an identification, a reference to the source of shared consecutive characters, the number of shared consecutive characters, and the remaining non-shared text in the compressed list.
US09131188B2 Image display device and controlling method thereof
Provided are an image display device, a key input for controlling the image display device, and a corresponding operating method. The method includes detecting an input of at least one of control keys provided at a predetermined area on the image display device and displaying a control key OSD corresponding to the at least one control key, receiving an input of one of the control keys while the control key OSD is displayed and changing the displayed control key OSD to select key OSDs for selecting menu items corresponding to the inputted control key, and displaying the select key OSDs.
US09131186B2 Image formation apparatus
An image formation apparatus includes: a platen on which to place a document; a scanner unit configured to scan the document placed on the platen; a document detection unit configured to detect the document placed on the platen; an authentication information input unit configured to receive input of a piece of first authentication information; and a control unit configured, when the document detection unit detects the document before use of the image formation is permitted on the basis of the piece of first authentication information received by the authentication information input unit, to cause the scanner unit to start to scan the document in accordance with a predetermined scan condition if the use is permitted on the basis of the piece of first authentication information received by the authentication information input unit.
US09131185B2 Data communication apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium storing control program therefor
A data communication apparatus that is capable of improving operability when inputting authentication information. An authentication unit accepts authentication information inputted when a user logs in to the data communication apparatus and authenticates the user based on the accepted authentication information. A designation unit designates a file transmission destination that is inputted by the authenticated user. A transmission unit transmits a file to the transmission destination inputted. A registration unit registers the transmission destination of the file. A control unit prohibits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the accepted authentication information is used for file transmission, and permits registration of the authentication information at the time of registration of the transmission destination of the file when the inputted authentication information is not used for file transmission.
US09131184B2 Video reception device and image recognition method for received video
A video reception device includes: a video input unit that receives a video including content items switches of which occur as time elapses; a recognition cycle determination unit that determines a cycle for repeating the image recognition for the video; a video extraction unit that repeatedly extracts from the video a partial video which is a portion of the video, at the cycle; and a control unit that performs, every time the video extraction unit extracts the partial video, a control to output the partial video to the image recognition device to obtain a result of the image recognition for the partial video from the image recognition device, in which when determining a possibility that content switchover has been or will be found in the video, and determining that there is the possibility, the recognition cycle determination unit shortens the cycle, the content switchover being switchover of content items.
US09131183B2 Image signal processing apparatus, image scanning apparatus and method for processing image signal, employing spread spectrum modulated clock signal
A signal processing circuit 4 includes a clock circuit 24 which generates a clock signal which has been subjected to spread spectrum modulation and supplies the clock signal to a photoelectric conversion element; a AD converter 15 which performs AD conversion on an image signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion element; a noise detecting circuit 21 which detects a noise amplitude of a noise signal that is caused by the spread spectrum modulation of the clock signal and is included in the image signal which has been AD converted; and an analog correction circuit 23 and an digital correction circuit 22 that calculate a correction factor based on the noise amplitude, generate a correction signal by multiplying the digital modulation signal by the correction factor, and superimpose the correction signal onto the image signal at an input side or an output side of the AD converter.
US09131182B2 Image processing apparatus, method and storage medium
An image processing apparatus discriminates between a first region, which is a consecutive region existing on a region exceeding a predetermined area in an input image, and a second region, which is other than the first region, performs smoothing processing of differing strengths on the first region and the second region, and performs image transformation processing on the image on which smoothing processing was performed.
US09131169B2 Apparatus, license determining method, recording medium
An image forming apparatus for executing an application constituted by one or more program modules, includes a license target identification information generating unit configured to generate license target identification information used for identifying which of the program modules are targets of license management, and to store the license target identification information in a storage device, wherein the license target identification information is generated based on one or more program module information items each being associated with one of the program modules to indicate whether the corresponding program module is a target of license management; and a license determination unit configured to determine, in response to an input of a usage request to use the application, whether a license is present, wherein the determination is made only for one or more of the program modules identified as being the targets of license management based on the license target identification information.
US09131167B2 Broker service system to acquire location based image data
A broker service that acquires location based image data receives a request from a requestor. The request comprises request criteria that at least include a location criterion and a time criterion for obtaining image data, which comprises at least one of a still image and a video. The broker service determines that a position indication of a first producer of a plurality of producers fulfils the location criterion at least to an extent. The plurality of producers comprises devices remote from the requestor and having capabilities of image capture and location determination. The broker service transmits an image request to the first producer. The image request corresponds to the request. The broker service receives image data from the first producer responsive to the image request. The broker service determines that the image data fulfils the time criterion. The broker service transmits the image data to the requestor.
US09131164B2 Preprocessor method and apparatus
The invention generally relates to multimedia data processing, and more particularly, to processing operations performed prior to or in conjunction with data compression processing. A method of processing multimedia data includes receiving interlaced video frames, obtaining metadata for the interlaced video frames, converting the interlaced video frames to progressive video using at least a portion of the metadata; and providing the progressive video and at least a portion of the metadata to an encoder for use in encoding the progressive video. The method can also include generating spatial information and bi-directional motion information, for the interlaced video frames, and generating progressive video based on the interlaced video frames using the spatial and bi-directional motion information.
US09131162B2 Image system and interference removing method thereof
There is provided an interference removing method of an image system including the steps of: respectively acquiring different numbers of images within two brightness intervals having different brightness variations using an image sensor having a sampling frequency; lighting a light source with a lighting frequency, which is a half of the sampling frequency, and synchronizing to the sampling frequency; and subtracting a first image, which is associated with the lighting of the light source, acquired in a later brightness interval of two adjacent brightness intervals having identical brightness variations by a second image, which is associated with a sampling time of the first image, acquired in an earlier brightness interval of the two adjacent brightness intervals. The present disclosure further provides an image system.
US09131157B2 Camera and method of controlling operation of same
The image in an electronic viewfinder is made larger than the image in an optical viewfinder. Specifically, a finder unit is provided with a region that displays a portion of the display screen of an electronic viewfinder alongside a region that displays the optical image of a subject. When the camera has been set to an optical/electronic hybrid viewfinder, the optically formed optical image of a subject is displayed in the region and a portion of the image of the subject captured by a solid-state electronic image sensing device is displayed in the region. When the camera has been set to the electronic viewfinder, a landscape-oriented image of the subject captured by the solid-state electronic image sensing device is displayed across both of the regions.
US09131153B2 Rearview panoramic head-up display device for vehicles
A rearview panoramic head-up display device for vehicles, which includes a camera lens input port group, a base, a display module, a detection module and a semitransparent reflective film. The camera lens set on each side outside the car are used to capture the image around the car and transmit the images to the present device inside the car. A three-dimensional rear panoramic image is formed by synthesizing the images by a panoramic display processor in the present device and projected on the windshield of the car by the display module, so that the driver may observe the real-time condition in rear, left rear and right rear of the car while looking ahead, the driver may know the condition around the car without moving the line of sight through a large angle, to thereby improve traffic safety.
US09131152B2 Imaging apparatus, imaging method, and program
An image processing apparatus including an interface that receives an input identifying a subject, and a processor that generates a panoramic image based on captured image data so that the subject is positioned in a reference position in the panoramic image.
US09131151B2 Image capturing apparatus performing development processing on composite image and control method thereof
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture images by an image sensor; an acquisition unit configured to acquire information relating to sensitivities of the image sensor used for capturing the images; a composition unit configured to add a plurality of images for generating a composite image; and a development processing unit configured to perform development processing of data of the composite image generated by the composition unit; wherein a plurality of parameters having different characteristics corresponding to the sensitivities of the image sensor are provided as the parameters used for the development processing; further comprising a control unit configured to perform controlling to compare the sensitivities used for shooting the plurality of images and set the parameter corresponding to the highest sensitivity as the parameter used for the development processing.
US09131149B2 Information processing device, information processing method, and program
An image processing device includes: a determination unit determining whether each character included as a subject in a captured image is an unnoted non-main character; and a controller controlling an image-related process which is a process related to an image on the basis of a status of the character determined as a non-main character.
US09131148B2 Image processing device, method of controlling image processing device and program causing computer to execute the method
There is provided an image processing device including an image acquisition part acquiring an image; a depth acquisition part acquiring a depth in association with a pixel included in the image; a target object detection part detecting a region of a predetermined target object in the image; a target object detection distance selection part selecting the depth corresponding to the pixel included in the detected region as a target object detection distance; a local maximum distance selection part selecting the depth having a local maximum frequency in a frequency distribution of the depths as a local maximum distance; and a determination part determining whether the image is a target object image obtained by shooting the target object depending on whether a degree of closeness between a value of the target object detection distance and a value of the local maximum distance is higher than a predetermined value.
US09131144B2 Apparatus and method for controlling focus
A focus control apparatus and method for controlling the focus manually is provided. The focus control apparatus includes a shutter button, a display for displaying an image whose focus is changed depending on a moving direction of a drag occurring after the shutter button is touched in a preview mode, and a controller for controlling the display to display the image whose focus is changed depending on the moving direction of the drag occurring after the shutter button is touched in the preview mode.
US09131143B2 Dynamic region of interest adaptation and image capture device providing same
The present disclosure provides a method of dynamic region of interest adaptation and image capture device providing same. In one embodiment, there is a method of operating an image capture device. One or more regions within a real-time image may be used to set one or more user-defined regions of interest (ROIs) within the real-time image for applying one or more first image acquisition parameters. The one or more user-defined ROIs are cancelled and one or more default ROIs within the real-time image for applying one or more second image acquisition parameters are set when a position of the image capture device has changed by an amount which exceeds a threshold amount. Digital image data is acquired by the digital image sensor in accordance with one of the one or more user-defined ROIs and the one or more default ROIs.
US09131136B2 Lens arrays for pattern projection and imaging
A method for imaging includes focusing optical radiation so as to form respective first and second optical images of a scene on different, respective first and second regions of an array of detector elements. The focused optical radiation is filtered with different, respective first and second passbands for the first and second regions. A difference is taken between respective first and second input signals provided by the detector elements in the first and second regions so as to generate an output signal indicative of the difference.
US09131134B2 Camera and optical apparatus
A camera includes: a ring-like body mount having an inside diameter smaller than about 48 millimeters; and a solid-state image pickup device arranged oppositely to the body mount, the solid-state image pickup device having a rectangle light receiving section with a diagonal line length of about 43 millimeters or more. An apparent shape of the solid-state image pickup device viewed from a front surface side of the body mount is a rectangle in which one or more corners are oblique.
US09131133B2 Stabilized camera module
The present invention relates to a stabilized camera module configured to prevent instable movement of a bobbin caused by outside force, the module including a holder formed at a lateral surface with at least one slit, a bobbin movably coupled to an inside of the holder and having a protruder protruding outside of the holder by penetrating the slit, a lens assembly coupled to an inside of the bobbin and including one or more lenses receiving an optical image of an object, and one or more elastic members formed between the holder and the bobbin to prevent the bobbin from moving to one side of the holder.
US09131127B2 Method and apparatus for reconstructing motion compensated video frames
A method and apparatus is provided for reconstructing video frames that include missing pixels as a result of video stabilization techniques to compensate for camera movement and/or zooming. In one example, the method and apparatus caches transformed frames of video, identifies coordinates of missing pixels in a current transformed frame, and sequentially processes, for only the missing pixel coordinates, the cached transformed frames in reverse chronological order to identify pixels at coordinates in the cached transformed frames having valid data and corresponding to one of the missing pixel coordinates. Upon identifying a pixel having valid data at a coordinate in a cached transformed frame corresponding to a missing pixel coordinate, the method and apparatus inserts the valid data at the missing pixel coordinate.
US09131126B2 Repairing scratch impairments to an image
A method for repairing scratch impairments in which brightness values for a set of points within a narrow region of the impaired input image that is aligned with an expected scratch direction are modified in a scratch repair process; and the scratch repair process is controlled in dependence upon the relationship between the impaired brightness values and corresponding modified brightness values.
US09131125B2 Method and apparatus for redirecting a receiving device in the event of a programming blackout
A receiving device and method for operating the same includes a tuner tuned to a first channel having a first program, a memory storing program guide data therein and a controller in communication with the tuner and the memory. The controller determines the first channel is a blacked out channel, searches the program data in the memory for a second program equivalent to the first program, determines a second channel associated with the second program and tunes the tuner device to the second channel.
US09131123B2 Device for monitoring surroundings of vehicle and method for monitoring surroundings of vehicle
Provided is a method for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle, with which vehicle driving safely can be improved. The disclosed method for monitoring the surroundings of a vehicle involves: a step (S1100: YES; S1400) of activating a notification section that gives off an alarm to the driver of the vehicle when the vehicle starts to move; and a step (S1400) of displaying, on a screen inside the vehicle, a display item that accepts an operation for cancelling the alarm, as well as a image which is based on captured video-image data of the surroundings of the vehicle, when the vehicle starts to move.
US09131121B2 Intrusion detection device, robot system, intrusion detection method, and intrusion detection program
An intrusion detection device includes: a light emitting unit which forms a plurality of light emitting marks arranged on a boundary of an intrusion monitoring area; an imaging device which images an area including the plurality of light emitting marks, and outputs the captured image; and a detection unit which detects predetermined marks which are different from the light emitting marks, from the output image, sets a masking area on the image based on the detected marks, and detects an intrusion material in the intrusion monitoring area based on the image in an area other than the masking area.
US09131118B2 Laser speckle photography for surface tampering detection
In one embodiment, a method comprises projecting, from a projector, a diffused on an object. The method further includes capturing, with a first camera in a particular location, a reference image of the object while the diffused is projected on the object. The method further includes capturing, with a second camera positioned in the particular location, a test image of the object while the diffused is projected on the object. The method further includes comparing speckles in the reference image to the test image. The projector, first camera and second camera are removably provided to and positioned in a site of the object.
US09131114B2 Method for encrypting content, method for decrypting content and electronic apparatus applying the same
A method for encrypting content includes using a plurality of different encryption schemes to produce encrypted content. Encryption information is provided so as to indicate which of the plurality of different encryption schemes is used on portions of the content that was encrypted. Encryption information and the encrypted content are both sent as a content stream to another device. The decryption involves using the encryption information to help control the decryption so that the correct one of a plurality of different decryption schemes is applied to the proper portions of the encrypted content.
US09131109B2 Information processing device, display control system, and computer program product
An information processing device displays a first image and a second image, which is obtained by an image capturing unit by capturing the image in front of a display screen of a first display device capable of displaying the first image, on a second display device that is installed at a different location than the first display device. The information processing device includes a display control unit that displays the first image and the second image on the second display device in such a way that a display position of the first image in a left and right direction with reference to a display position of the second image when facing the second display device is opposite to a display position of the first image in the left and right direction with reference to the position of the image capturing unit when facing the display screen.
US09131105B2 Dynamic telepresence system and method
A telepresence participating room configured for audio visual communication with a plurality of other participating rooms is disclosed. The telepresence participating room comprises of a plurality of participant sections, a display system including a center stage and a participant stage, a plurality of codecs for powering the display system, a plurality of cameras for sharing audio-visuals with the other participating rooms and a network switch for enabling communication with the other participating rooms, such that when a control signal originates in a participant section of a participating room, that participant section is considered an active participant section. Herein, the display system is configured to display the active participant section in lifelike mode on the center stage as well as continuously display all the participating rooms on the participant stage.
US09131102B2 Image reading apparatus provided with image sensor contained in slidable carriage
An image reading apparatus includes: a contact glass setting a manuscript thereon; an image sensor extending in a first direction and having a reading surface which faces the contact glass for reading an image from the manuscript on the contact glass; a rail member extending inside the apparatus main body in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a carriage having a sensor container to contain the image sensor, a taper end portion formed in an end portion in the first direction to become smaller in height toward the end side, and an opening formed in the bottom of the sensor container on the taper end portion side; a biased portion adjacent to the reading surface of the image sensor in the second direction; and a biasing member biasing the image sensor toward the contact glass via the biased portion.
US09131082B2 Printer having web server function
A printer may comprise a command file storage unit, a receiving unit, a command file sending unit, and a first data sending unit. The command file storage unit may store a command file including a first command, a second command, and a third command. The first command is a command for sending a request for first data. The second command includes design data, and is a command for converting the first data into second data in accordance with the design data. The third command is a command for displaying a web page in accordance with the second data. The receiving unit may receive a request. The command file sending unit may send a response including the command file when a request for the command file is received. The first data sending unit may send a response including the first data when the request for the first data is received.
US09131081B2 Method for synchronously implementing media switch in gateways used for fax over IP network
A method for synchronously implementing media switch in gateways used for IP FAX is disclosed. The method comprises sending a message for notification of fax event from a media gateway which firstly detects a fax event to the other media gateway of the fax event; implementing a media switch in the media gateway which firstly detects the fax event into fax mode; implementing a media switch in the other media gateway of the fax event into fax mode after receiving said message for notification of fax event. Therefore, the method of the invention overcomes the disadvantages of the related art and more particularly prevents fax failure due to difference of routing for a born network and cross-domain. The IP FAX used by the method of the invention can be applied broadly as the method also improves compatibility and reliability for IP FAX.
US09131078B2 Apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, image-processing transmitter
This disclosure details the implementation of apparatuses, methods, and systems for a portable, image-processing transmitter. The transmitter provides a platform capable of managing, manipulating, storing, and transmitting digital media files across a wide array of transmission means and protocols. In one embodiment, the transmitter may be employed by photographers, photojournalists, and/or the like to rapidly process, edit, and send photographs or video to multiple news agencies, newspapers, magazines, television studios, websites, and/or the like while maintaining control over their photographs by allowing them to send reduced quality and watermarked proofs. The transmitter may be configured to allow users to first generate and transmit low-resolution preview images, thereby saving on transmission time and resources, and only send full resolution versions once approvals of the preview versions are received. The transmitter's broad communication capabilities ensure that it is maximally effective in locating and exploiting available communication networks, even from remote locations.
US09131069B2 System and method for provisioning temporary telephone numbers
Systems, methods, and computer program products for provisioning a temporary disposable number are described. A user can be provided with a pool of available temporary disposable numbers that have a limited shelf life. The user can select one of the available temporary disposable numbers while submitting a permanent phone number associated with a communications device (e.g., mobile phone, home phone, business phone, etc.). Prior to activating the selected temporary disposable number, the temporary disposable number is linked to the permanent phone number. After activation, when an incoming call to the temporary disposable number is received, the permanent phone number is identified to be associated with the temporary disposable number being called. The incoming call is then forwarded to the communications device on which the permanent phone number is established.
US09131068B2 Systems and methods for automatically connecting a user of a hands-free intercommunication system
A hands-free intercom may include a user-tracking sensor, a directional microphone, a directional sound emitter, and a communication interface. The user-tracking sensor may determine a location of a user so the directional microphone can measure vocal emissions by the user and the directional sound emitter can deliver audio to the user. The directional sound emitter may emit ultrasonic waves configured to frequency convert to produce the audio. The communication interface may be configured to identify an entity of interest with which the user wishes to interact based on gestures and/or vocal emissions by the user and may automatically communicatively couple the user to the entity of interest. The hands-free intercom may determine whether remote entities requesting to communicatively couple with the user should be allowed to couple. The hands-free intercom may detect eavesdroppers and warn the user of the detected eavesdroppers.
US09131067B2 System and method for out-of-band communication with contact centers
A method for connecting a website user to a contact center includes: establishing a communication channel between a user and an agent of the contact center, the communication channel comprising a voice communication channel; establishing a supplemental channel between the user and the contact center for exchanging data between the user and the contact center; and storing the data exchanged in the supplemental channel in association with the communication channel.
US09131065B2 Device capable of notifying operation state change thereof through network and communication method of the device
A method of notifying an operation state change of a device is provided. The method includes forming a network including at least one device that is used by a user and that performs network communication; and when the operation state change of one of the at least one device in the network occurs, transmitting information regarding the operation state change of the one of the at least one device to another one of the at least one device. The information is displayed on a display unit of the another one of the at least one device.
US09131063B2 Devices, methods, and graphical user interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls
Telephonic computing devices having touch screen displays with new and improved methods and user interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls, thereby increasing the effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction with such devices. Such methods, devices, and interfaces may complement or replace existing methods, devices, and interfaces for performing actions related to selected messages in a message in-box and for transferring calls.
US09131056B1 Network administered conference call using SIP messaging
Methods, systems, and apparatus can be used for the establishment of a conference call via a packet network (which may be an IP fixed packet network) administered by a communications server, including a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based server.
US09131055B2 Call recording in a telecommunications network
A method of recording media transmitted to or from a first party communicating through one of a plurality of mobile telecommunications networks with a second party is described. Either the first party or the second party initiates a call with the other party. One of a set of call splitters distributed through the plurality of telecommunications networks is then determined to be a local call splitter to one of the parties. A connection is then established between the first party and the local call splitter to split the call into a recording part and a call part. The call part is routed between the first party and the second party via the call splitter to provide transmission of media between the first party and the second party, and the recording part is provided by the local call splitter to a recording service associated with the first party. Suitable apparatus is also described, as are methods for recording the calls of a subscriber to a central recording station using a network trigger set or a SIM application set to divert the call to a recording node.
US09131052B1 Script compliance and agent feedback
Systems and methods are provided for using automatic speech recognition to analyze a voice interaction and verify compliance of an agent reading a script to a client during the voice interaction. In one aspect of the invention, a method may include a voice interaction, wherein the agent follows the script via a plurality of panels. The voice interaction is evaluated via the plurality of panels employing panel-by-panel playback with an automatic speech recognition component adapted to analyze the voice interaction. As such, it may be determined, via generating a score using confidence level thresholds of an automatic speech recognition component such that confidence level thresholds are assigned to each of the plurality of panels and evaluating the score against at least one of a static standard and a varying standard, whether the agent has adequately followed the script.
US09131051B2 Establishment of connections over a communication network to a participant of a meeting without said participant's telephone number being known
The present application relates to a method and a communication system with which participants of a scheduled meeting, in particular a business meeting or conference, can be reached by a telephone caller without the caller needing to know the telephone number of the participants. Conventionally, the caller who does not have available the corresponding number must obtain said number by calling a telephone switchboard or by searching in an electronic address book. This disadvantage is overcome by the subject matter of the application by the fact that a connection to a meeting participant, preferably the organizer of the meeting, is established using only the telephone number of the caller. For this purpose, the caller is identified by the caller's telephone number, and thereafter an address book is examined to determine whether the caller is a participant in a meeting. If yes, the organizer of the meeting or the organizer's telephone number is obtained, and the connection to the telephone number thus obtained is forwarded on.
US09131043B2 System and method for provision of infrared signalling in smart phone devices
A smart phone device is fitted with a dual mode communications interface device having a housing wherein the housing provides access via an exterior of the smart phone device to both an infrared communications pathway and an electrical communications pathway each of which are coupled to one or more processing devices carried within the smart phone device. To this end, the communications interface device may be in the form of an audio jack having a plug receiving opening wherein the plug receiving opening is in communication with the electrical communications pathway and wherein at least a portion of the housing surrounding the plug receiving opening forms a light pipe for the infrared communications pathway.
US09131042B2 Method for handling CS calls in voice call continuity, VCC application server and translation entity
A method for handling CS (Circuit Switching) calls in a VCC (Voice Call Continuity), a VCC application server and an apparatus thereof, wherein first, the VCC application identifies whether a called party number of CS domain calls routed thereto is in an international format, secondly, the VCC application may request to convert the format of the called party number into the international format (referred to as ‘routable number’) if the called party number is not in the international format, thirdly, a translation entity may convert the called party number into the routable number by adding an international prefix suitable for a current location of the originating terminal based on both the called party number and location information on the originating terminal, and then the calls may continue in an IMS domain or a CS domain by the routable number.
US09131037B2 Electronic device with conductive fabric shield wall
An electronic device may have a housing such as a metal housing. A display may be mounted in the metal housing. Antenna structures may be mounted in the housing under an inactive peripheral portion of the display. Integrated circuits and other electrical components may be mounted in the housing under an active central portion of the display. Shielding structures may be configured to form a wall that extends between the display and the metal housing. The shielding structures may include a sheet of conductive fabric that is shorted to the metal housing and metal chassis structures in the display. The shielding structures may also include a tube of conductive fabric that is capacitively coupled to ground traces in a touch sensor panel. The conductive fabric tube and the sheet of conductive fabric may be shorted to each other using conductive adhesive.
US09131033B2 Providing sequence data sets for streaming video data
A device may encapsulate video data such that Supplemental Enhancement Information (SEI) messages are stored separately from a sequence of coded video pictures described by the SEI messages. An example device includes a control unit configured to generate one or more SEI messages separate from the coded video pictures, wherein the SEI messages describe respective ones of the sequence of coded video pictures and include elements common to more than one of the coded video pictures, and an output interface configured to output the SEI messages separately from the sequence of coded video pictures. An example destination device may receive the SEI messages separately from the coded video pictures and render the coded video pictures using the SEI messages.
US09131025B1 Adding latency to improve perceived performance
Techniques described herein provide a system and methods for adding latency to improve the perceived performance of computing devices. For instance, the techniques may calculate transaction latencies for a given session based on the time between sending requests for content and receiving the requested content. The calculated latencies may be aggregated or averaged in such a way that a specific latency may be selected for improving the perceived performance. A client device may then render subsequent content based on the selected latency or a server may serve subsequent content based on the selected latency. This artificial addition of latency may enhance the user experience by creating a more consistent environment.
US09131021B2 Dynamic screen sharing for optimal performance
Illustrative embodiments disclose sharing an area of a computer system screen. A first computer system configures a sharing session for sharing a region of the screen with a second computer system. The first computer system assesses information on performance of the sharing session, determining from the information a minimum size of the region based on the assessment, and then selects the region to share based on the assessment and a designation by a user.
US09131020B2 Focused real time collaboration
Aspects of the present invention disclose a system, method and computer program product for focused real time collaboration. In an example, a computer receives an electronic message from a first user, the electronic message being addressed to an intended recipient. The computer determines that a posted status of the intended recipient indicates that the intended recipient is not available to actively receive electronic messages from users. The computer analyzes whether the first user is on a list of users in a collaborative event with the intended recipient. The computer stores the electronic message in local storage. The computer determines that a natural breakpoint is reached in the collaborative event by the intended recipient indicating that the intended recipient is available to actively receive electronic messages from users regardless of the status of the intended recipient. The computer transmits the electronic message to a computer of the intended recipient.
US09131013B2 Tailoring content to be delivered to mobile device based upon features of mobile device
A system and computer program product for delivering tailored specific content to a mobile device. A shim application is provided to the mobile device by a content server after the mobile device visits the content server for the first time. The shim application detects the capabilities of the mobile device, such as the screen size, screen resolution, memory size, browser capabilities, etc. The shim application then includes such information in the header of the requests, such as a request for content, sent from the mobile device to the content server. The content server then generates the requested content in the appropriate format based on the information provided in the header. In this manner, the content server will now be able to ensure that the content provided by the content server for a particular mobile device will be appropriately displayed on the mobile device.
US09131010B2 Delay-tolerant and loss-tolerant data transfer for mobile applications
A method supports data communication in a mobile application by specifying in the mobile application a program intent and one or more course or fine-grained properties of data objects in terms of tolerance to delay and loss; selecting a transfer policy for a set of data objects based on the application intent; receiving and coalescing intents of one or more applications for object data for the one or more applications; crafting an aggregate transfer policy, and communicating data from one or more applications as an aggregate based on the aggregate transfer policy to programmatically incorporate and benefit from tolerance to delay in the transfer of data.
US09131002B2 Web application monitoring
Gathering analytic information for dynamic web applications. A method includes determining that statistic information should be gathered for a particular dynamic web application. The method further includes substituting native methods in the application with custom methods configured to gather statistic information when called. The method further includes providing any statistics information gathered to an analytics engine for analysis.
US09131000B2 Methods, systems, and computer readable media for heuristics-based adaptive protocol parsing
Methods, systems, and computer readable media for heuristics-based adaptive protocol parsing are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for heuristics-based adaptive protocol parsing includes receiving a message of a first protocol, where the first protocol defines a plurality of valid message formats, and parsing the received message using a protocol tree for determining whether the received message is in one of the plurality of valid message formats. While parsing the received message, heuristics are used to optimize the protocol tree. In one embodiment, the protocol tree is optimized for parsing messages having the message format of a received message.
US09130999B2 Method for providing augmented reality, server for same, and portable terminal
The present disclosure provides a method for providing an augmented reality, to server and portable terminal for same. Augmented reality providing server provides an augmented reality with information overlaid on captured video and includes server communication unit for inter-working with portable terminal; and server control unit for receiving selected menu information from portable terminal, generating first menu information data attained by extracting data that matches selected menu information by comparing the selected menu information with pre-stored location-associated information, and transmitting first menu information data to portable terminal, wherein the server control unit generates the first menu information data by selecting menus that match the selected menu information among a plurality of menus included in the location-associated information. In an embodiment, fast augmented reality operation can be obtained since portable terminal may receive and output information corresponding to menu selection immediately with a composition onto acquired image information.
US09130995B1 System and method for rendering a distributed location-aware system
Provided is a distributed and decentralized location-aware system. The system includes a number of peers, each in communication with other peers and adapted to communicate PING, PONG, and ALERT messages. Each of the messages has a header that includes location information. Also provided is a method of communication between two peers in the system. In addition, the present invention includes a method of rendering the system. In the method, a communication link between an electronic map and a number of peers is provided. The location information and the covering distance of each of the peers is obtained and used to plot the location and render the covering distance of each peer on the electric map. A communication link between an electronic control device and the electronic map is also provided.
US09130992B2 Method and apparatus having null-encryption for signaling and media packets between a mobile station and a secure gateway
Disclosed is a method for efficient transport of packets between a mobile station and a secure gateway over a wireless local area network for accessing home services. In the method, a first encryption security association is established for transporting first-type packets from the secure gateway to the mobile station, and a second encryption security association is established for transporting first-type packets from the mobile station to the secure gateway. Next, a first null-encryption security association is established for transporting second-type packets from the secure gateway to the mobile station, and a second null-encryption security association is established for transporting second-type packets from the mobile station to the secure gateway. Second-type packets are selected for transport using the second null-encryption security association based on a traffic selector. Also, second-type packets may be selected for transport using the first null-encryption security association based on a traffic selector. The traffic selector may be preconfigured.
US09130984B2 Network eavesdropping detection
In one implementation, network taps are detected using impedance measurements from a network. A network device is configured to calculate a baseline impedance as a function of a sequence of impedance values. As impedance measurements subsequent to the sequence of impedance values are received, the network device is configured to calculate a difference between the impedance measurement and the baseline impedance. The network device generates a network tap warning message when the difference between the impedance measurement and the baseline impedance exceeds a threshold. The network device may be an endpoint computer, a data switch, or an external device remote from the network.
US09130971B2 Site-based search affinity
According to various embodiments, techniques are described for managing data within a multi-site clustered data intake and query system. A data intake and query system as described herein generally refers to a system for collecting, retrieving, and analyzing data. In this context, a clustered data intake and query system generally refers to a system environment that is configured to provide data redundancy and other features that improve the availability of data stored by the system. For example, a clustered data intake and query system may be configured to store multiple copies of data stored by the system across multiple components such that recovery from a failure of one or more of the components is possible by using copies of the data stored elsewhere in the cluster.
US09130969B2 Data storage I/O communication method and apparatus
A method of scheduling requests from various services to a data storage resource, includes receiving service requests, the service requests including metadata specifying a service ID and a data size of payload data associated with the request, at least some of the service IDs having service throughput metadata specifying a required service throughput associated therewith; arranging the requests into FIFO throttled queues based on the service ID; setting a deadline for processing of a request in a throttled queue, the deadline selected in dependence upon the size of the request and the required service throughput associated therewith; providing a time credit value for each throttled queue, the time credit value including an accumulated value of the time by which a deadline for that queue has been missed; comparing the time credit value of a throttled queue to the time required to service the next request in that throttled queue.
US09130968B2 Clustered cache appliance system and methodology
A method, system and program are disclosed for accelerating data storage by providing non-disruptive storage caching using clustered cache appliances with packet inspection intelligence. A cache appliance cluster that transparently monitors NFS and CIFS traffic between clients and NAS subsystems and caches files using dynamically adjustable cache policies provides low-latency access and redundancy in responding to both read and write requests for cached files, thereby improving access time to the data stored on the disk-based NAS filer (group).
US09130964B2 Method and apparatus for the fast detection of connectivity loss between devices in a network
A method and apparatus for quickly determining the status of a network device in a network communicates status inquiry messages over the forwarding plane of one network devise to at least one neighboring network device. The status inquiry messages indicate the connectivity status with at least one neighboring network device.
US09130961B2 Operating method, apparatus and system for media stream transmission key
An operating method for a media stream transmission key includes: detecting, by a media gateway, lifetime status information of a media stream transmission key; and when the media gateway determines that a lifetime of the media stream transmission key expires, executing, by the media gateway, a media stream transmission key lifetime expiry behavior according to an instruction of a media gateway controller. The embodiments of the present invention fill a technical gap that an operation is performed on a lifetime status of a media stream transmission key in an architecture where an MG and an MGC are separated.
US09130959B2 Method and apparatus for monitoring a Kad network
A method and apparatus are described including determining if a received message is from a monitored peer, forwarding the received message to a coordinator responsive to said determination, determining if the received message is a request message, opening a port for the peer responsive to the second determination, forwarding the request message to a monitored peer via the opened port and forwarding a response message to the monitored peer responsive to the second determination.
US09130957B2 Data communication apparatus and method
In one embodiment, a data communication apparatus includes a plurality of communications units for performing transmission and reception with the plurality of different networks, a first storage unit which stores a first identifier and a second identifier, a first processing unit which performs network protocol processing with hardware, and a second processing unit which performs network protocol processing with software. The first identifier indicates a communication unit which receives a frame, and the second identifier indicates a communication unit which transmits a frame. The first processing unit stores the first identifier in association with a reception frame in the first storage unit, and the second processing unit reads the first identifier and the reception frame from the first storage unit, generates a transmission frame as a response to the reception frame, stores the first identifier as the second identifier in association with the transmission frame in the first storage unit.
US09130952B2 Method and apparatus for searching metadata
Methods and apparatuses for searching metadata are described herein. In one embodiment, an example of a process for search metadata includes, hut is not limited to, in response to a search query for metadata stored in one or more of metadata stores, the search query is partitioned into multiple search query segments. Thereafter, searches corresponding to the search query segments are performed, where each search is performed independently within the one or more metadata stores. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US09130948B2 Method and apparatus for opening a browser and method and server for sending a splash screen image
A method for opening a browser includes: receiving a signal for starting up a browser and opening the browser; judging whether a locally stored first splash screen image is valid at the current time; if yes, displaying the first splash screen image, if not, displaying a local default second splash screen image; after the opening the browser, further including: sending first information to a server, wherein the first information includes client basic information and image information of the first splash screen image, wherein the client basic information includes a screen size of the client and a client attribute; receiving second information returned by the server according to the first information; and updating the locally stored first splash screen image according to the second information.
US09130942B2 Optimizing recipient application selection in a multiple application environment using equivalence classes for applications
The various embodiments provide a framework for using a server to create and maintain equivalence classes among applications operating on multiple devices that have registered with the server. In the various embodiments, the server may use equivalence classes to select an application on a target device (the “recipient application”) that has the highest probability of being able to receive shared media from an application operating on the originator device (i.e., the “originator application”) based on the recipient application's similarity to the originator application. The various embodiments further enhance privacy protections and the overall user experience by enabling the server to select an appropriate recipient application on the target device without the originator device or its user having to know anything about the target device's characteristics and functionalities.
US09130941B2 Managing a data item
A method for managing a data item includes a hub receiving a first access request from a first engine executing on a computing device operated by a first host and sending the first access request to a second engine executing on a first computing device of a second host. The second host owns the data item. The hub receives, from the second engine, the data item and an access rule set by the second host for the first host, and sends the first access rule and the data item to the first engine for storage. The first engine grants the first host access to the data item according to the first access rule.
US09130939B2 Ad hoc decentralized cloud infrastructure
Technologies for establishing and utilizing a decentralized cloud infrastructure using a plurality of mobile computing devices include broadcasting for the formation of the decentralized cloud computing and storage infrastructure and establishing wireless communications between the plurality of mobile computing devices. The plurality of mobile computing devices self-organize and cooperate with one another to establish a structured decentralized cloud infrastructure to expose and sharing resources, services, and/or applications for ad hoc or socially-driven decentralized, cloud computing purposes.
US09130933B2 Communication system and method, information processing terminal and method, and information processing device and method
The present invention relates to a communication system and method, an information processing terminal and method, and an information processing device and method which enable simple and secure restricted access. When a PDA 11 is brought close, a reader 2 of a personal computer 1 reads a device ID form an IC tag 12. The personal computer 1 registers device IDs on a connection permission list, and permits only devices registered on the list to connect. When being instructed to perform accessing, the PDA 11 controls a communication unit to access the personal computer 1 and to transmits its device ID. The personal computer 1 determines whether or not the transmitted ID is registered on the connection permission list, and permits the connection when determining that the ID is registered. The present invention can be applied to various information processing devices such as a personal computer and a PDA.
US09130932B2 Hybrid network application architecture
A hybrid-model network application includes a native component that provides user-level access to features of a networked computing device and a web client component that provides access to web services of a server. The network application causes the networked computing device to receive content from the server. The content includes user interface content to be rendered by the web client component and code content associated with the user interface content that uses a native function of the networked computing device. The content is displayed in a user interface by way of the web client component. A request, associated with the code content, is received from a user interacting with the user interface. The device handles the request for use of the native function by the native component.
US09130930B2 Secure telematics
A telematics system that includes a security controller is provided. The security controller is responsible for ensuring secure access to and controlled use of resources in the vehicle. The security measures relied on by the security controller can be based on digital certificates that grant rights to certificate holders, e.g., application developers. In the case in which applications are to be used with vehicle resources, procedures are implemented to make sure that certified applications do not jeopardize vehicle resources' security and vehicle users' safety. Relationships among interested entities are established to promote and support secure vehicle resource access and usage. The entities can include vehicle makers, communication service providers, communication apparatus vendors, vehicle subsystem suppliers, application developers, as well as vehicle owners/users. At least some of the entities can be members of a federation established to enhance and facilitate secure access and usage of vehicle resources.
US09130924B2 Information input device, information output device, information processing system, and computer-readable recording medium
The present invention is concerning to an information processing system includes an information input device and an information output device. The information input device includes a communication module that establishes communication with one or more information output devices, an information acquiring module that acquires device information of the respective information output devices including an identification code used only for identifying the information output device and makes a storage module store therein the device information, an input receiving module that receives an entry of an identification code, and a device specifying module that searches the device information acquired from the respective information output devices to specify the information output device to which the information is to be transmitted based on the identification code received and gives instructions to the communication module to transmit the information using the device information of the information output device specified.
US09130922B2 Using a session continuity token to access an online content management system
The disclosed embodiments relate to a session continuity feature that allows a user to access an online content management system through different instances of a third-party application located on different computing devices without having to log in to the online content management system separately from each computing device. When the user signs on to the online content management system, the session continuity mechanism provides a session continuity token to the third-party system. When the user subsequently accesses an instance of the third-party application located on another computing device, the third-party system provides the session continuity token to the new instance of the third-party application. This enables the user to access the online content management system through the new instance of the third-party application without having to sign on again.
US09130919B2 Hosted IMS instance with authentication framework for network-based applications
A device is configured to receive an authentication credential from a user device, and is configured to authenticate the user device based on the authentication credential. The device is configured to transmit, based on authenticating the user device, a first application for establishing a tunnel that permits the user device to access a second application using an Internet protocol multimedia subsystem (IMS) network architecture. The device is configured to establish, based on the first application, a tunnel for transferring IMS traffic to or from the user device, and is configured to transfer the IMS traffic to or from the user device, using the tunnel, where transferring the IMS traffic permits the user device to access the second application.
US09130918B2 System and method for automatically verifying storage of redundant contents into communication equipments, by data comparison
A method is intended for verifying storage of contents into communication equipments connected to at least one communication network. This method consists, when a first communication equipment stores a content and wants to verify that this content is still stored into a second communication equipment: i) in transmitting a first request, comprising at least an identifier of this content and first data representative of this content and requiring verification of the storage of this content into the second communication equipment, to an auxiliary communication equipment acting as an interface between the communication network and the second communication equipment, ii) in transmitting a second request, comprising at least the content identifier, to the second communication equipment, to require transmission of second data representative of the content to the auxiliary communication equipment, and in triggering a timeout having a chosen duration, and iii) if the auxiliary communication equipment has received the second data before expiration of this timeout, in comparing these received second data, possibly after having processed them, to the received first data, and in transmitting a message representative of the result of this comparison to the first communication equipment.
US09130913B2 Automatic determining of file transfer mode
A mechanism is provided for automatic determining of file transfer mode. A locale or an operating system of a client in a file transfer is determined. At least part of a transfer file is downloaded in a first text format to obtain first resulting bytes. The first resulting bytes are analyzed to determine whether the first resulting bytes match a character set of the locale or the operating system of the client above a first predetermined threshold. A determination is made as to whether the first text format should be used for downloading the transfer file based on whether the first resulting bytes match the character set of the locale or the operating system of the client above the first predetermined threshold. Responsive to the first resulting bytes matching above the first predetermined threshold, the transfer file is downloaded in the identified first text format.
US09130909B2 Data management apparatus, power usage calculation system, and data management method
According to an embodiment, a data management apparatus includes a first receiver, a generator, a second receiver, a convertor, and a transmitter. The first receiver is configured to receive first values from at least one power meter, the first values being acquired by encrypting power usage amounts collected by the at least one power meter using the corresponding first secret key. The generator is configured to generate a second value by summing the first values. The second receiver is configured to receive a conversion key from a key management server. The conversion key is generated by using the first secret key and the second secret key. The convertor is configured to convert the second value into a third value by using the conversion key. The transmitter is configured to transmit the third value to an application server.
US09130908B2 Transmitting device, receiving device, and operation method thereof
In a transmitting device, a receiving device, and an operation method thereof according to the present invention, in relation to a simultaneous link transmission of divided data through a plurality of heterogeneous networks for one session, particular partial data to be transmitted or received through a network vulnerable to a security problem among divided partial data is forcedly divided and is then transmitted through two or more networks or a partial data packet included in particular partial data is forcedly re-divided and is then transmitted through two or more networks, so as to effectively conceal the service and thereby prevent other people or another party from recognizing the service through copying or intercepting of data packets.
US09130905B2 Content review with proxy comment management
Techniques for content review with proxy comment management are presented. Comments associated with content review are managed separately from the content itself. Some comments are associated with participants internal to a secure network where the comments are managed while other comments are originally received from external participants located outside the secure network. The external comments are adopted by one or more of the internal participants that act as proxies for the external participants and their supplied comments. The proxy relationship permits the external comments to be added to the comments for the content review within the secure network.
US09130904B2 Externally and internally accessing local NAS data through NSFV3 and 4 interfaces
A method for secure external access to a collaborative design system is provided that includes establishing a virtual private network (VPN) tunnel between an engagement virtual machine and an external computer system, wherein the external user provides a user id and password for authorization to establish the VPN tunnel, receiving the user id and password in a web interface of the collaborative design system and identifying the engagement virtual machine the external user is allowed to access based on the user id and password, prompting the external user to log into the engagement virtual machine, wherein the user id and password are again received from the external user, issuing a security ticket to the external user when the user logs into the engagement virtual machine, and using the security ticket to authenticate accesses initiated by the external user to engagement files stored in a file system in an intranet.
US09130895B2 Automatic integrated escalation in a unified messaging system
A user is identified based at least in part on a user identification designation associated with an incoming communication. A message recipient is then determined based at least in part on the identified user and one or more address books associated with message recipients by comparing the user identification designation to one or more entries in the one or more recipient databases. The incoming communication is routed to the determined message recipient. Escalation procedures are implemented up to a configured level in the recipient organization based on various criteria. As messages are escalated and deposited in mailboxes associated with the determined message recipients, the determined message recipients are notified of the deposited messages.
US09130892B2 Multimedia collaboration in live chat
A system may initiate a chat session between a first user device and a second user device, may receive a desired attribute associated with a multimedia item, and may provide information associated with multimedia items based on the desired attribute. The system may receive a selection of information associated with a multimedia item, may provide the multimedia item to the first user device based on the selection, and may enable the first user device to share the multimedia item with the second user device via the chat session. The system may receive an annotation to the multimedia item to generate an annotated multimedia item, and may enable the first user device and the second user device to share the annotated multimedia item via the chat session.
US09130891B2 Method and apparatus for quickly adding recipient and mobile terminal
A method for quickly adding a recipient includes: receiving mail information, where the mail information includes information of at least two recipients; creating a recipient group according to the recipient information; and when a user needs to add a recipient to send a mail, if the added contact is in the recipient group, displaying information of other recipients in the recipient group, and prompting the user whether to add other recipients. The technical solutions of embodiments of the present invention make an operation of adding a recipient quite flexible and intelligent, and provide an intelligent group contact recommendation function, so that the user can quickly add a contact when sending a mail or information.
US09130890B2 Frame scheduling for channel bonding
In a method of scheduling frames, a first channel of a plurality of channels is selected for a first frame. The first frame is sent across a media-independent interface to a physical-layer device for transmission on the first channel. A data rate of the media-independent interface is greater than a data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel. After the first frame is sent across the media-independent interface, subsequent sending of frames for the first channel across the media-independent interface is disabled for a period of time that is based at least in part on rate adaption from the data rate of the media-independent interface to the data rate of the physical-layer device for the first channel.
US09130884B2 Routing device
A routing device is provided, the routing device includes a first network interface unit, a second network interface unit and a processing unit. The first network interface unit connects the routing device to a local private network. The second network interface unit connects the routing device to the Internet. The processing unit assigns a virtual subnet to a remote routing device for a remote host in a remote private network to obtain a virtual Internet protocol (IP) address according to the virtual subnet. The processing unit receives a network packet from a local host in the local private network through the first network interface unit, and encapsulates the network packet according to a public IP address of the remote routing device to generate an alternative packet. Then, the processing unit delivers the alternative packet to the Internet through the second network interface unit.
US09130883B2 Method and apparatus to increase forwarding silicon functionality through packet manipulation
A packet preprocessing device is used in conjunction with a non-programmable packet forwarding processor (NLFP) to apply a different system function to received data packets than the function normally applied by the NLFP on the packets. Received data packets are pre-processed (e.g., modifying, manipulating, altering, spoofing, etc.) in order to enable, or cause, NLFPs that process the data packets to provide, in effect, a system-level behavior on the packets that is different from the system-level behavior for which the NLFP is/was conventionally designed. The data packet is “pre-processed” to change or manipulate the data packet, and then the NLFP processes the pre-processed data packet in accordance with its conventional function(s) which alters the overall function applied to the data packet.
US09130882B1 Dynamic assignment of a target web page based on request context
Techniques for the dynamic assignment of a target website resource based on request context are described. In an embodiment, a request for a website resource of a requested website is received. One or more context values associated with the request are determined, including a particular context value identifying information associated with a referral website that is different from the requested website. A particular website resource from a plurality of website resources is selected based on the one or more context values associated with the request. The particular website resource is caused to be delivered.
US09130879B2 Methods and systems for offload processing of encapsulated packets
Methods and systems described herein facilitate offload processing of encapsulated packets. A virtualization manager enables a virtual switch to be associated with a virtual overlay network. A virtual machine includes a virtual NIC that is connected to the virtual overlay network via the virtual switch. The virtualization manager is configured to encapsulate an outgoing packet sent from the virtual machine to the virtual overlay network. The virtualization manager is also configured to de-encapsulate an incoming packet sent from the virtual overlay network to the virtual machine. A physical NIC is configured to calculate at least one inner checksum based on the encapsulated outgoing packet and to verify at least one inner checksum included in the de-encapsulated incoming packet.
US09130877B2 Packet retransmission control apparatus and packet retransmission controlling method
The present invention provides a packet retransmission control technique in which the communication performance can be improved in a state that the load of a network is high. The packet retransmission control apparatus includes a priority determining section configured to set a packet kind to each of transmission packets to indicate a kind of the transmission packet, and determine a priority level based on the packet kind to indicate an transmission order of the transmission packets; a packet buffer comprising a plurality of queues respectively assigned with priority levels, and configure to store the transmission packet in one of the plurality of queues which is determined based on the priority level of the transmission packet; and an arbitrating section configured to output the transmission packets from one assigned with the highest priority level of the plurality of queues to a lower layer in order of higher priority level.
US09130874B2 Controlling switch mechanism for detecting fibre channel over ethernet data forwarder failure
Techniques are provided for detecting failure of switching elements of a distributed switch configured to forward Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) frames. Periodic discovery advertisement messages, which include a fabric name fieldm, are transmitted between a controlling Fiber Channel Forwarder (cFCF) and a FCoE data forwarder (FDF). The cFCF determines a FDF has failed out of the switch fabric based on a reserved value in the fabric name field of a received discovery advertisement message, such as a zero or null value, and de-instantiates virtual links with that FDF.
US09130873B2 Real time composition of services
Real-time service composition is provided by a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) transport binding for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) messages. A SOAPAction header and SOAP envelope can be included in a SIP message to identify a requested service. The SIP message recipient can parse out the SOAP envelope and forward same to a corresponding Web Service.
US09130866B2 Transparent flow based application navigator
In one embodiment, a network frame is received at flow aware navigator between a client computer and a server computer. The flow aware navigator is configured to determine whether the network frame should be forwarded to one or more network services for processing before forwarding the network frame to the server computer. If the flow aware navigator determines that the network frame should be forwarded to one or more network services for processing before forwarding the network frame to the server computer, the flow aware navigator forwards the network frame to the one or more network services for processing. In response to receiving the processed network frame from the network services, the flow aware navigator then forwards the processed network frame to the server computer.
US09130845B2 Network congestion analysis
A network monitoring and network congestion analysis can be performed based on a comparison of data packets at multiple different network nodes installed at different locations on a communication path. A downstream network node may be installed at a user location while an upstream network may be installed at an access router further up the network. A network congestion analyzer may receive data packet information including timestamps from both network nodes, and may compare the data packet information to group the data packets into application flows and match the corresponding packets from the different network nodes. Based on the data packet matching, the network congestion analyzer may calculate packet loss, packet delay, packet delay variation, and perform other network congestion analysis techniques for the application flows corresponding to a user's various devices and the applications executing on those devices.
US09130844B1 Systems and methods for harvesting excess compute capacity across domains
Systems and methods for harvesting excess compute capacity across different compute domains involve a monitoring engine that collects resource utilization data continuously in real time for each of a plurality of server nodes in each of a plurality of different compute domains via a network. An elastic compute workload management engine receives the collected resource utilization data from the monitoring engine via the network, extracts excess workload from one or more server nodes with excess workload demand in a first one of the plurality of different compute domains via the network and inserts the extracted excess workload into one or more server nodes with currently available compute capacity in a second one of the plurality of different compute domains via the network.
US09130841B2 Method and a device for updating configuration data for providing network element protection in a data transfer network
A system for providing network element protection includes a backup network element (101) having a first configuration table storing first configuration data, an active network element (102) having a second configuration table storing second configuration data, and a controller (117) arranged to update the first configuration data according to changes of the second configuration data. The controller is arranged to carry out the updating when the active network element operates according to the second configuration data as a part of a data transfer network (100). Hence, the configuration data of the backup network element is maintained and managed as if backup network element were actively in use. Therefore, the switchover from the active network element to the backup network element can be quick and resilient in a case of a failure in the active network element or in a data transfer connection to or from the active network element.
US09130835B1 Methods and apparatus for configuration binding in a distributed switch
An apparatus includes a network management module to store a network configuration file. The network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of a port from a plurality of ports of a switch fabric when the network management module is in a first configuration. The network management module selects the network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier if the port in response to an access switch being operatively coupled to the port. The network configuration file having a binding association with an identifier of the access switch when the network management module is in a second configuration. The network management module selects the network configuration file based on the binding association with the identifier of the access switch in response to the access switch being operatively coupled to the port.
US09130834B2 Method and device for monitoring backbone inter base-station communication
A method, device, and computer program product for data processing in a coordinated multipoint transmission area formed by a base station in a network are provided, wherein the base station determines a performance of a connection to at least one other base station, and wherein the base station and the at least one other base station are connected via an X2 interface. Based on the determined performance, a selection is made between a decentralized self-organizing cooperation and a centralized coordinated multipoint transmission. Furthermore, a communication system is suggested comprising such a device.
US09130833B2 System and method of segment protection in a communication network
Embodiments of the present invention described herein, discloses a method and a system for segment protection system in an Ethernet communication network. In one embodiment herein, a ‘periodic integrity check’ message frame being created at the source-node and is multicasted to the destination-node directly and via the peer node(s) within a segment protection domain. A Σ1 receiver is configured at the destination-node for receiving the multicasted message frames. The Σ1 receiver ‘selects’ only single message frame from the multicasted message frames being received at all maintenance points, for maintaining at least one fault-less path between the source-node and the destination-node.
US09130828B2 Content delivery network with customized tracking of delivery data
A custom tracking system can provide functionality for operators of content sites to specify types of content delivery data to be tracked in a content delivery network. The custom tracking system can propagate operator tracking preferences to edge nodes in the content delivery network, such as delivery servers, which can track delivery data according to the preferences. The custom tracking system can use one or more tracking filters to reduce the storage burden of certain tracking requests while still providing relevant results. The custom tracking system can output results of the custom tracking for presentation to the content site operator.
US09130827B2 Sampling from distributed streams of data
The present disclosure is directed to systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for sampling from distributed data streams. Data elements are received at site servers configured to collect and report data to a coordinator device. The site servers assign a binary string to each of the data elements. Each bit of the binary strings can be independently set to a 0 or a 1 with a probability of one half. The binary string is used to sample from the received data elements, and the data elements and/or the sampled data elements can be transmitted to a coordinator device. The coordinator device can examine one or more bits of the binary string to draw samples of the received data elements in accordance with desired probabilities.
US09130826B2 System and related method for network monitoring and control based on applications
A network architecture system that expands the control network administrators have on existing networks. The system provides application identification and usage data by user, by device and network location. Dynamic traffic mirroring of the system allows for the efficient use of a tool to identify computer applications running on the network. The system includes the ability to embed the tool where needed rather than pervasively based on the use of the dynamic mirroring to bring the packets to the tool. The architecture implemented functions allow the ability to start small with a single application identification tool added to a network management server, examine flows from throughout the network (via mirroring) and upgrade policy control based on real application identification data and usage, then grow to pervasive deployment where virtually all new flows could be identified and controlled via policy. This architecture enables substantially complete application visibility and control.
US09130823B2 Apparatus and method for configuring personal network using PN routing table
A method and an apparatus are provided for configuring a Personal Network (PN). A connection request message is received from a Personal Network Entity (PNE) at the PN gateway. A registration request message for a PN, to which the PNE belongs, is transmitted from the PN gateway to a server located in a Wide Area Network (WAN). An authentication request message including ID information of the PN is received at the PN gateway from the server. The authentication request message is forwarded from the PN gateway to one or more PNEs mapped to the ID information of the PN, with reference to a PN routing table in which information about the one or more PNEs is mapped to the ID information of the PN. The one or more PNEs receive a service from the server through the PN gateway.
US09130822B2 Method, system and computer program product for interception, quarantine and moderation of internal communications of uncontrolled systems
Embodiments disclosed herein may intercept, quarantine, and moderate communications internal to an uncontrolled system. An example of an uncontrolled system may be a web application associated with a social networking site. In accessing the social networking site, a user may type in a message. An instance of the uncontrolled system running on the user's device may prepare a request containing the message. Some embodiment disclosed herein may determine that the message is subject to moderation, intercept the request, and place the message in a queue. This determination may be based on the destination of the request as well the type of the message. Some embodiments may reconstruct the original request for resubmission. If the session is expired, some embodiments may log in for the user and resubmit the reconstructed request. Some embodiments may simply wait for the next time the user logs in to resubmit the reconstructed request.
US09130811B2 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) interleaving
A communication device is configured to perform interleaving of a modulation symbol sequence to generate an OFDM symbol. Some modulation symbols within the modulation symbol sequence that are separated by an interleaver depth may be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers, while other modulation symbols within the modulation sequence that are separated by more than the interleaver depth may also be transmitted via adjacently located sub-carriers. First adjacently located sub-carriers transmit first and second modulation symbols that are separated by the interleaver depth within the modulation sequence while second adjacently located sub-carriers transmit third and fourth modulation symbol that are separated by more than the interleaver depth within the modulation sequence. A communication device may be configured to adapt and switch between different operational parameters used for interleaving and/or deinterleaving at different times based on any desired considerations.
US09130807B1 Data recovery unit (DRU) based on free running oversampling with zero-latency loop
A data recovery unit (DRU) includes: an oscillator; a phase detector unit configured to receive a reference phase and to receive input data through N wires, where N is an integer, to compare the reference phase with the input data to obtain phase errors, and to determine an average of the phase errors; a subtractor to subtract an output of the oscillator from the average of the phase errors to obtain an unbiased phase error; a delay unit to receive the input data; and a sample selector configured to receive an output from the delay unit and the output of the oscillator, and to output recovered data.
US09130801B1 Pushed-based package distribution
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for pushed-based package distribution. In one aspect, a method combines accepting a plurality of persistent connections in which each connection is initiated by a different client, determining a version of a package for each of the clients, and distributing the package version to the clients.
US09130800B2 Method for inserting/removal padding from packets
The invention relates to the field of data packet management, and more specifically to the field of managing of data packets in such a manner that power consumption is reduced, such reduction being especially beneficial for portable device applications. In accordance with an embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of handling and manipulating data wherein padding and unpadding operations for a packet of data are performed at the transmission/reception of a packet from a network, and data handling is minimized within the portable device. According to another embodiment of the invention there is provided a method of encryption for packet data absent the padding data.
US09130799B2 System and method for effectuating playlist seeking with respect to digital multimedia content from a network node
A system and method for effectuating playlist seeking capability with respect to digital media content from a network node. A Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or a Session Description Protocol (SDP) file including a set of appropriate play list-related control attributes is provided when a media user invokes a streaming session. Responsive to the RTSP URL or SDP file, an RTSP message is provided to the network node from the media user, the RTSP message including selected playlist-related control attributes in a URL query string associated with the identified playlist. In particular, the selected playlist-related control attributes include a clip index (that indexes into the playlist to identify a particular media clip) and an offset (that indicates a start time within the identified media clip) at which to commence streaming to enable more versatile seeking capability.
US09130797B1 Pipelined decision feedback equalization in an interleaved serializer/deserializer receiver
An interleaved track-and-hold front-end with multiphase clocks computes and propagates unrolled decision feedback equalization results along a pipeline with the final outputs selected from one of the interleaved previous output bits with a multiplexer operating over multiple unit intervals instead of one unit interval. An n-way interleaved serializer/deserializer utilizes an n unit interval multiplexer or n one unit interval multiplexers. Pipelined decision feedback equalization allows multiple, slower multiplexers.
US09130794B2 Elements to counter transmitter circuit performance limitations
Embodiments of the invention are generally directed to elements to counter transmitter circuit performance limitations. An embodiment of an apparatus for driving data on a differential channel including a first output terminal and a second output terminal includes a differential driver circuit; and a first pre-driver and a second pre-driver, where each pre-driver has an output, wherein the first output terminal of the apparatus is coupled to the output of the first pre-driver, and the second output terminal of the apparatus is coupled to the output of the second pre-driver, where each pre-driver includes one or more capacitors, a first end of each capacitor being connected to the output of the pre-driver and a second end of each of the capacitors being connected to a sub-pre-driver circuit.
US09130792B2 Closed-loop high-speed channel equalizer adaptation
A serial communication circuit (FIG. 3) is disclosed. The circuit includes an equalizer circuit (306) arranged to receive a data signal (CH 1) and produce an equalized data signal. A log detector circuit (300) receives the data signal and produces a power signal indicating a power level of the data signal. A decision circuit (332) receives the power signal and produces a select signal. A first selection circuit (336) receives a plurality of first correction signals and applies one of the first correction signals to the equalizer circuit in response to the select signal.
US09130791B2 Uplink channel estimation using a signaling channel
Techniques for efficiently deriving uplink channel estimates without consuming much additional uplink resources are described. A user equipment (UE) may send a request for uplink resources on a request channel (REQCH) whenever the UE desires to transmit data on the uplink. The UE may send the REQCH on a set of subcarriers and from multiple antennas, e.g., send REQCH data on data subcarriers and pilot on pilot subcarriers. A node B may receive the request, estimate the complex channel gains for the pilot subcarriers based on received pilot symbols, and coherently demodulate received data symbols based on the channel gain estimates. The Node B may estimate the complex channel gains for the data subcarriers based on demodulated data symbols and derive a channel estimate for each UE antenna based on the channel gain estimates for the pilot and data subcarriers. The Node B may use the channel estimates for MIMO scheduling, subband scheduling, and rate selection.
US09130789B2 Recovering data from a secondary one of simultaneous signals, such as orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexed (OFDM) signals, that include a same frequency
An embodiment of a receiver includes a channel estimator and a data-recovery unit. The channel estimator is configured to determine a characteristic of a channel over which a first signal, which is received simultaneously with a second signal, propagated, the first and second signals respectively having first and second components that include approximately a frequency. And the data-recovery unit is configured to recover data from the first signal in response to the determined channel characteristic. For example, such a receiver may be able to receive simultaneously, and over the same channel space, orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexed (OFDM) signals that include one or more of the same subcarrier frequencies, and to recover data from one or more of the OFDM signals despite the frequency overlap. A receiver with this capability may allow an increase in the effective bandwidth of the channel space, and thus may allow more devices to simultaneously share the channel space.
US09130786B2 Device and method for computing a channel estimate
An apparatus includes selection logic configured to select a first subset of a first set of samples stored at a first set of registers. The first subset includes a first sample stored at a first register of the first set of registers and further includes a second sample stored at a second register of the first set of registers. The apparatus further includes shift logic configured to shift a second set of samples stored at a second set of registers. The apparatus further includes a channel estimator configured to generate a first value associated with a channel estimate based on the first subset and further based on a second subset of the shifted second set of samples.
US09130785B2 Method for the detection and identification of failed electronic radio frequency (RF) transmission devices
A method and system for analyzing an electromagnetic (EM) carrier signal that is operating outside transmission parameters by determining that an original carrier signal is operating outside one or more transmission parameters, modulating the original carrier signal and a meta-carrier signal, the meta-carrier signal comprising meta-data that identifies a transmission source, such that a modulated composite carrier signal results, and transmitting the composite carrier signal to a remote receiving device.
US09130782B2 Method, system, service selection entity for selecting service provision entity
The present invention discloses a method, system, service selection entity, and service management entity for selecting a service provision entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, so as to select heterogeneous service provision entities for heterogeneous service requesting entities. The method includes: receiving service capability information of service provision entities; obtaining service request information of a service requesting entity; and selecting a service provision entity of an appropriate service capability to provide a service for the service requesting entity according to the service capability information of service provision entities and the service request information of the service requesting entity. The present invention is applicable to P2P overlay networks.
US09130777B2 Methods and systems for using a vault server in conjunction with a client-side restricted-execution vault-mail environment
Disclosed are methods, media, and vault servers for providing a secure messaging system using vault servers in conjunction with client-side restricted-execution vault-mail environments. Methods include the steps of upon activating a vault-mail message containing sensitive content, removing the content from the vault-mail message; placing the content on a vault server; creating a link in the vault-mail message to the content on the vault server; sending the vault-mail message to a designated recipient; and upon activating the link, allowing the content to be only viewed in a restricted-execution session of a client application, wherein the restricted-execution session does not allow the content to be altered, copied, stored, printed, forwarded, or otherwise executed. Preferably, the activation of the vault-mail message is performed by a network-security gateway, and can be performed on a per-message basis. Preferably, the activation of the link requires user authentication which may be designated during activation of the vault-mail message on a per-message basis based on said content. Preferably, the restricted-execution session enforces a security policy.
US09130774B2 Data mirroring in a service
Data mirroring in a service such as a virtual private LAN service is disclosed. Data packets, segments, frames, or other forms of encapsulation may be mirrored off of a core network (e.g., IP, TCP) to one or more mirroring destinations without using a parallel network. Encapsulation techniques are provided that enable packets to be mirrored and transmitted across services such as VPLS, MPLS, and others to a mirror destination. Once received at the mirror destination, mirrored packets may be used for troubleshooting in a more efficient and less resource and time-consuming manner.
US09130773B2 Addressing method and communication system having such an addressing method
A method retrieves subscriber identifications in a communication network having multiple sub-scribers which are connected to a ring-shaped transmission path. A first telegram is outputted onto the ring-shaped transmission path which comprises a sequence of telegram fields, wherein each subscriber is allocated a telegram field for entering its subscriber identification and each subscriber checks during the passing-through of the first telegram if the subscriber identification field allocated to the subscriber is vacant, and upon detecting a vacant subscriber identification field enters its subscriber identification.
US09130772B1 Methods, systems, and computer program products for adaptive inverse packet multiplexing in which traffic allocation is dynamically adjustable on individual links
A packet is communicated between a first node and a second node by assigning a plurality of packet fragments to a plurality of communication links connecting the first node and the second node, respectively, such that respective sizes of the plurality of packet fragments are based on respective bandwidths of the plurality of communication links. The plurality of packet fragments is transmitted on the plurality of communication links from the first node to the second node. The plurality of packet fragments is then reassembled at the second node upon receipt.
US09130763B2 Automatic sharing of event content by linking devices
Embodiments enable content sharing using event notifications that include a global identifier and a private identifier. The event notifications are sent to potential participants to an event. Potential participants that accept the event notification or otherwise request to join the event use the private identifier to submit content to a content sharing service. Based at least on the private identifiers associated with event participants, the content from event participants is selectively shared among the other event participants.
US09130759B2 Capability exchange during an authentication process for an access terminal
In one embodiment, during an authentication process between a network device and an access terminal, an authentication message for access to the network is received. The network device is configured to allow access to an IP network. The network device determines one or more capabilities of the access terminal from the authentication message. An action is then performed based on the one or more capabilities of the access terminal. The action may include using the capabilities to set up a session with the access terminal. Also, the network device may send its own capabilities to the access terminal in an authentication response. Accordingly, a capability negotiation between the access terminal and network device may be provided during an authentication process. This may facilitate a faster session setup as capabilities are exchanged during authentication can be used in the configuration of the session.
US09130754B2 Systems and methods for securely transmitting and receiving discovery and paging messages
Methods, devices, and computer program products for transmitting and receiving discovery and paging messages in a wireless communication device are described herein. In one aspect, a wireless apparatus operable in a wireless communication system includes a processor configured to encrypt at least a portion of a discovery packet using one or more credentials of an application that, when executed, provides one or more services, the discovery packet including information for advertising at least one service provided by the application to one or more receiving devices. The wireless apparatus further includes a transmitter configured to transmit the discovery packet for being received by the one or more receiving devices.
US09130752B2 Tamper-resistant coating for an integrated circuit
A system may include an integrated circuit and a coating at least partially encapsulating the integrated circuit. The coating may include an electrically insulating material at least partially encapsulating an analog circuit. The integrated circuit may be electrically connected to the analog circuit. Additionally, the integrated circuit may be configured to generate an analog electrical signal, transmit the analog electrical signal through the analog circuit to generate a modified analog electrical signal, receive the modified analog electrical signal, and in response to determining that the modified analog electrical signal is sufficiently similar to an expected analog electrical signal, use the modified analog electrical signal as an input to an algorithm performed by the integrated circuit.
US09130746B1 Single pair PHY with auto-negotiation
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with auto-negotiating over a single pair PHY are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a physical layer (PHY) transceiver configured to communicate over a single twisted pair channel. The apparatus includes a setup logic configured to control the PHY transceiver to initiate an auto-negotiation sequence over the single twisted pair channel with a remote device upon detecting a transmission from the remote device on the single twisted pair channel. The auto-negotiation sequence includes an exchange of parameters with the remote device using a half-duplex mode to communicate on the single twisted pair channel.
US09130744B1 Sending an encrypted key pair and a secret shared by two devices to a trusted intermediary
Key exchange methods, apparati, and computer-readable media for a cryptographic communication system. The system, which employs a novel combination of multiple channel communication, symmetric cryptography, and asymmetric cryptography, allows an entity A to bootstrap the exchange of cryptographic secrets EQB to a second entity B through an alternate communication channel 30 for the transmission of a cryptographically secure message M. The system is secure against various passive and active attacks. The encryption key transfer is briefly vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks, but this can be prevented in preferred embodiments.
US09130741B2 Data protection system that protects data by encrypting the data
A data protection system includes terminals, and an encryption device that encrypts distribution data distributed to each terminal. Each terminal corresponds with one node on a lowest level of a tree structure having hierarchies. A data protection system excludes nodes on the lowest level, determines a plurality of combination patterns that include combinations of two or more of all four nodes that are reached one level below the node, decides an individual decryption key for each determined combination pattern, and decides an individual decryption key for each node on the lowest level. The data protection system prescribes nodes that are reached from the node on the lowest level and a terminal to the node on the highest level that is an invalid node. For invalid nodes, the data protection system designates an encryption key that corresponds to the decryption key determined in correspondence with the combination pattern that combines all nodes, excluding invalid nodes, and encrypts distribution data that uses each of the designated encryption keys.
US09130740B2 Variable acknowledge rate to reduce bus contention in presence of communication errors
A variable write back indicator control is provided to control the amount of data to be re-transmitted when a packet error occurs. A hardware controller obtains an indication that an acknowledge rate or an amount of set write back indicators of a data frame is to be adjusted. The indication is based on an error rate of data transmission over a communication bus. Based on obtaining the indication that the amount of set write back indicators is to be adjusted, one or more write back indicators are adjusted.
US09130737B1 Signal-generating circuit and wireless communication device
A signal-generating circuit includes a voltage-controlled oscillator that generates an oscillated signal; a first frequency divider that generates a first divided signal by dividing the oscillated signal; a second frequency divider that generates a second divided signal by dividing the divided signal; a phase comparator that receives as input the second divided signal and a reference signal and outputs two signals corresponding to a phase difference therebetween; a loop filter that extracts a low frequency signal between the two signals to be output to the voltage-controlled oscillator; a third frequency divider that generates a third divided signal by dividing the first divided signal; a first frequency converter that generates a first frequency converted signal by multiplying the oscillated signal by the third divided signal; and a first multiplier that generates a multiplied signal by multiplying the first frequency converted signal by a first multiplication number.
US09130732B2 Resource management method and system thereof
The present invention provides a resource management method and system thereof. The resource management method includes: judging whether the variation degree of work state of a communication system will result in the change of resource management information of the communication system or not, if so, then the resource management information is re-collected, wherein the resource management information includes the state, the interference state among links and service stream information relating to each node in the communication system; and determining the resource allocation strategy of the communication system according to the resource management information.
US09130731B2 Method and apparatus for transmitting and receiving data over carrier component in a multi-carrier mobile communication system
A method for receiving data over a plurality of carrier components at a Mobile Station (MS) is provided. The method includes receiving, from a Base Station (BS), resource allocation information including a first allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a first carrier component in a first subframe and a second allocation information indicating at least one resource allocated to a second carrier component in a second subframe and receiving data, from the BS, on the at least one resource of the first carrier component and on the at least one resource of the second carrier component based on the resource allocation information.
US09130728B2 Reduced contention storage for channel coding
A decoder for decoding a concatenated code includes a storage input interleaver for storage-interleaving of received data using a storage interleaving operation. A data memory is coupled to an output of the storage input interleaver for temporary storage of storage-interleaved data. A first storage output interleaver is coupled to an output of the data memory for interleaving of data read from the data memory, and a plurality of processors are coupled to an output of the first storage output interleaver to access the data memory. Further, an encoder for generating a concatenated code sequence includes a code interleaver coupled to an input of the encoder for applying a code generation interleaving operation, a first convolutional encoder having an input coupled to an output of the code interleaver, and a storage interleaver coupled to an input of the encoder for applying a storage interleaving operation.
US09130726B2 Method and apparatus for mitigating control channel error
Methods and apparatuses are provided that include decoding multicast broadcast communications where scheduling information related to a multicast channel is not properly received over a control channel. Media access control (MAC) packets can be decoded to determine whether a MAC subheader indicates the packet relates to a logical channel by indicating an associated channel identifier. Where the channel identifier of the MAC packet matches that of a requested logical channel, data in the MAC packet can be provided to a communications layer. Subsequent packets can be processed and provided to the communications layer until a different channel identifier is encountered.
US09130724B2 Techniques for reducing communication errors in a wireless communication system
A technique for operating a wireless communication device includes transmitting a scheduling request from the wireless communication device and receiving, following the scheduling request, an uplink grant that assigns an uplink channel to the wireless communication device. A time period between the scheduling request and the uplink grant is determined. Only channel quality information is transmitted in the uplink channel when the uplink grant requests the channel quality information and the time period is less than a predetermined time period.
US09130722B2 Method of transmitting feedback message in wireless communication system
A method of transmitting a feedback message in wireless communication system is provided. The method includes selecting N best subbands of M subbands according to CQI, where both M and N are a natural number and M is larger than N, generating multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information comprising N codebook indexes and N differential CQIs and transmitting the feedback message comprising the MIMO information.
US09130720B2 Method and device for setting backhaul link subframe in wireless communication system having carrier aggregation technique applied thereto
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a base station to set a backhaul link subframe for a relay node in a wireless communication system, to which a carrier aggregation technique is applied. More particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: determining one of the plurality of subframe settings as a first subframe setting for a main component carrier allocated to the relay node; composing subframe setting candidates for one or more subcomponent carriers allocated to the relay node, on the basis of the determined first subframe setting; and determining a second subframe setting for each of the one or more subcomponent carriers, using the composed subframe setting candidates, wherein a subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting and subframe aggregations according to each of the subframe setting candidates do not overlap when downlink subframes and uplink subframes of the different component carriers are identical, and a downlink subframe aggregation according to the second subframe setting is included in a downlink subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting.
US09130716B2 Reference symbol distribution method and apparatus
At least some reference symbols dedicated to a particular communication device are transmitted in resource blocks allocated to other devices. This way, reference symbol assignments are not unduly restricted by other constraints placed on the boundary elements of a resource block. According to an embodiment, data and reference signals are transmitted by transmitting a resource block allocated to a first communication device. The resource block includes a plurality of resource elements, each resource element corresponding to a modulation symbol. At least one reference symbol associated with the resource block and dedicated to the first communication device is transmitted in a resource block allocated to a second communication device. On the receive side, the communication device can perform channel estimation based on reference symbols dedicated to the device that are transmitted in resource blocks allocated to the device and in resource block(s) allocated to other communication device(s).
US09130715B2 Matching subcarries power in a broadband network collocated with a narrowband network
In order to acquire first subbands in at least a central band of a broad frequency band, in which subbands frames are transmitted by a base station (BSBB) of a broadband network (RBB) which is co-located with a network (RNB) having narrow subbands comprised in the broadband, a mobile (MBBB) which does not know the distribution of the subbands correlates subsequences of a generated reference signal with subsequences which are respectively detected in the subbands and compares correlation coefficients against a threshold. By knowing the distribution of the first subbands, the mobile is able to process the signaling transmitted by the base station, in order to access allocated resources, after a synchronization phase.
US09130713B2 Data packet communications in a multi-radio access environment
More than one radio-access technology is supported in an apparatus, and channel-coding functions in the apparatus are shared between at least two of said more than one radio-access technology.
US09130711B2 Mapping signals from a virtual frequency band to physical frequency bands
Embodiments include processes, systems, and devices for reshaping virtual baseband signals for transmission on non-contiguous and variable portions of a physical baseband, such as a white space frequency band. In the transmission path, a spectrum virtualization layer maps a plurality of frequency components derived from a transmission symbol produced by a physical layer protocol to sub-carriers of the allocated physical frequency band. The spectrum virtualization layer then outputs a time-domain signal derived from the mapped frequency components. In the receive path, a time-domain signal received on the physical baseband is reshaped by the virtual spectrum layer in order to recompose a time-domain symbol in the virtual baseband.
US09130706B2 Method and apparatus for signal quality loss compensation in multiplexing transmission systems
A wireless communication receiver receiving a multiplexed signal comprising two or more signal streams calculates a received signal quality for the multiplexed signal as a function of stream-specific received signal qualities, determines one or more loss parameters indicative of variations in the stream-specific received signal qualities, and generates quality feedback based on such information. In turn, a transmitter controls the selection of one or more transmission parameters of the multiplexed signal based on the quality feedback, such that its transmit link adaptations account for the losses in received signal quality at the receiver arising from the variations in the stream-specific received signal qualities. The quality feedback may include calculated loss values, or parameter/penalties that permit loss calculation, and the method applies to both code multiplexing and spatial multiplexing.
US09130699B2 Mobile communication system, transmitting device, receiving device, and method
A transmitting device for a mobile communication system employing a multicarrier scheme includes a mapping unit configured to map control information to subcarriers in a subframe; an inverse Fourier transform unit configured to inverse-Fourier-transform a signal of the mapped control information; and a transmitting unit configured to wirelessly transmit a transmission signal including the inverse-Fourier-transformed signal to a receiving device. The control information is mapped to control frequency bands that are discontinuous in the frequency domain and are provided across the subframe separately from frequency bands for a shared data channel. The mapping is performed such that the control information for the receiving device mapped to one of the control frequency bands is transmitted at the same time as the control information or the shared data channel for the receiving device mapped to a different frequency band.
US09130690B1 Receiving device
A receiving device includes: a propagation path compensation unit that compensates a signal by using a propagation path characteristic; a power arithmetic section that arithmetically operates power of a signal; a first reciprocal processing section that performs reciprocal processing on power to output a signal; an error arithmetic section that arithmetically operates an error of the compensated signal; a subtractor that subtracts the signal output from the first reciprocal processing section from the error; a second reciprocal processing unit that performs reciprocal processing on the signal output from the subtractor to output a signal; a first multiplier that multiplies the power and the signal output from the second reciprocal processing unit together to output a signal; and a second multiplier that multiplies the signal compensated by the propagation path compensation unit and the signal output from the first multiplier together to output a signal to an adder.
US09130688B2 User equipment and methods for handover enhancement using reference signal received quality (RSRQ)
Embodiments of user equipment (UE) and method for handover enhancement using reference signal received quality (RSRQ) in a wireless network are generally described herein. In some embodiments, a UE adaptively selects handover initiation parameters based, at least in part, on a velocity of the UE. The UE may determine an RSRQ of a serving cell and an RSRQ of a target cell and may transmit a measurement report to a serving eNB for handover from the serving cell to the target cell when the target cell RSRQ exceeds the serving cell RSRQ in accordance with the selected handover initiation parameters. In some of these embodiments, the handover initiation parameters may include an offset value, such as an A3offset value, and a time-to-trigger (TTT) that comprise an A3offset-TTT pair.
US09130685B1 Optimizing parameters in deployed systems operating in delayed feedback real world environments
Optimizing parameters includes, during a time interval, rotating from setting a first parameter to a first value for a first time period, to setting the first parameter to a second value for a second time period such that the time interval includes multiple first time periods in which the first parameter is set to the first value sequenced with multiple second time periods in which the first parameter is set to the second value; obtaining, for the time interval, a first set of ratings corresponding to the first time periods and a second set of ratings corresponding to the second time periods; averaging, for the time interval, the first set of ratings to a first average rating and the second set of ratings to a second average rating; and correlating the first average rating to the first value and the second average rating to the second value.
US09130680B2 Optical transmitter and modulated optical signal generating method
An optical transmitter includes: an optical modulator including a first modulation unit and a second modulation unit respectively configured to propagate a first optical signal and a second optical signal that are obtained by splitting input light; a signal generator configured to generate a first drive signal and a second drive signal that are respectively supplied to the first modulation unit and the second modulation unit; a phase controller configured to control a phase difference between the first optical signal and the second optical signal in the optical modulator; and a phase difference detector configured to detect the phase difference between the first optical signal and the second optical signal controlled by the phase controller. The signal generator generates the first drive signal and the second drive signal based on the phase difference detected by the phase difference detector.
US09130679B1 Polarization-switched differential ternary phase-shift keying
Methods and systems for transmission and reception of ternary phase-shift keyed data that include mapping triplets of binary bits to pairs of ternary symbols, such that three bits of data are encoded across two symbols having three-point constellations; modulating the pairs of ternary symbols onto a carrier; and transmitting the modulated carrier across a transmission medium.
US09130678B2 High speed signal generator
A high-speed signal generator. A digital signal processing (DSP) block generates a set of N (where N is an integer and N≧2) parallel digital sub-band signals, each digital sub-band signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±Fs/2, where Fs is a sample rate of the digital sub-band signals. A respective Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) processes each digital sub-band signal to generate a corresponding analog sub-band signal, each DAC having a sample rate of Fs/2. A combiner combines the analog sub-band signals to generate an output analog signal having frequency components within a spectral range between 0 Hz and ±NFs/2.
US09130675B2 Signal transmission apparatus and optical modem modulation method
A modulation method of an optical modem and a signal transmission apparatus performing the method are disclosed. The modulation method of the optical modem includes an optical interface providing a signal to a light source, a photo detector receiving reflected light by an optical link when output light from the light source based on the provided signal is reflected by the optical link, the photo detector measuring and determining characteristics of the optical link using the reflected light, and the optical modem determining a power level and a modulation method for each subcarrier based on the characteristics of the optical link.
US09130671B2 Apparatus for monitoring failure positions in wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical networks and wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network systems having the apparatus
Disclosed is an apparatus for monitoring failure positions on fibers in a WDM-PON system and a WDM-PON system having the apparatus.
US09130668B2 Signalling in optical transmission networks
A connection-oriented optical network (2) comprises nodes (10) and optical links (5) between nodes. Each node (10) has a power control unit (60) for controlling an optical amplifier (43) at the node. A node, in response to a requirement to set up a new connection in the network, signals to a power control unit (60) at each of a plurality of downstream nodes along a path of the new connection to cause the power control unit at the node to adjust the optical amplifier at the node to support a new optical channel to carry the new connection. The node (10) can signal to tear down an existing connection in a similar way. A downstream node determines a number of optical channels for which the optical amplifier can be adjusted concurrently, based on an existing number of active optical channels.
US09130667B2 Radio frequency multipath channel emulation system and method
A multipath channel emulation system and method are disclosed. In some aspects, the system and method allow for analog emulation of a multipath MIMO wireless channel. Such multipath channel emulation system is used for testing the ability of wireless communication devices to operate in an airlink channel characterized by multipath. In a particular aspect, an impedance mismatch or discontinuity is provided in an open-ended coaxial cable so as to cause multiple back and forth reflections between an impedance discontinuity and an open coaxial cable stub and, optionally, including a delay element to emulate a multi-cluster multipath environment. A plurality of such stub subsystems may be combined as sub-paths in a multipath channel emulator.
US09130661B2 Method and master clock for generating fail-silent synchronization messages
Embodiments of the disclosed invention relate to a method for generating fail-silent synchronization messages in a distributed real-time system including a satellite receiver, a precision reference clock, a central computer, a monitor and a data block for storing configuration parameters. The satellite receiver periodically generates a time signal (S-signal) based upon time signals received from a satellite, and the reference clock periodically produces an actual time signal (R-signal) having a nominal frequency and phase identical to the frequency and phase of the S-signal. A periodic synchronization message is generated by the central computer based upon the S-signal the R-signal and parameters stored by the central computer. The monitor checks whether the transmission time contained in the synchronization message matches the actual transmission time and whether the distance between two successive synchronization messages lies within a tolerance interval; and if not, modifies the synchronization message such that the synchronization message is erroneous.
US09130660B2 Multiple-path noise cancellation
A communication device, such as a smartphone or tablet, includes a communication interface with noise cancellation logic. The noise cancellation logic includes a lead path and a reference path. A signal source provides a signal to the lead path and the references path. The signal is amplified along the lead path and the reference path. Distortion is imparted onto the signal during amplification on the lead path. A correction signal based on the difference between the amplified signal on the lead path and the amplified signal on the reference path is generated by the noise cancellation logic. The correction signal may reflect to distortion imparted during amplification on the lead path. The correction signal is differentially combined with the amplified signal on the lead path to attempt to remove the distortion and generate an output.
US09130659B2 Communication device and communication system
Provided are a communication device and a communication system which are used for communication such as power line communication or inband communication in which a communication signal is superposed on lines contained in a charging cable, when a vehicle including a power storage device is charged from a power supply device, and which suppress a noise component such as harmonic distortion caused by occurrence of ringing without greatly affecting the communication signal, when transmitting the communication signal by switching from an idle state to an operating state. A transmission circuit included in a communication device of a vehicle includes line drivers, and the line drivers transmit a communication signal via two signal lines. In the two signal lines connected to the transmission circuit, inductance elements, resistance elements, and capacitance elements are interposed in series, respectively.
US09130656B2 Multi-radio coexistence
A method of wireless communication includes monitoring coexistence issues among supported radios in a User Equipment (UE). The method includes configuring a UE with first and second filter configurations. The first filter configuration covers a first frequency band, for example a portion of the ISM band. The first filter configuration may be wider than the second filter configuration, which excludes a portion of the first frequency band that is adjacent to a proximate second frequency band, for example LTE Band 7 or LTE Band 40. The UE selects between the first and second filter configurations based on the frequency of a first UE event. If the UE event is in a frequency in the adjacent portion excluded by the second filter configuration, the UE arbitrates depending on event priority. The second filter configuration may be chosen to reduce or minimize arbitration.
US09130648B2 Method of and radio network for transmitting layered data to multiple receiving stations
A radio network with at least one sending station, at least one relay station and at least a first and a second receiving station transmits data organized in at least a first and a second layer, where at least the first layer is routed via a first path from the base station to the relay station to a first receiving station and at least the second layer is routed to the second receiving station via a different second path.
US09130647B2 Method and system for sending user information to a car
A telematics server manages meeting request messages sent from, and to, a vehicle-coupled device. The server performs authentication services when a subscriber logs in to the server from the vehicle-coupled device, or with a device associated with the subscriber's telematics services account. Upon login, the server may append a session identifier to the request message. After the message passes through the server, an application running on a device remote from the vehicle receives the request message and accepts user input that permits the remote device to transmit its current location to the vehicle-coupled device in a confirmation message according to the session identifier. The telematics server can use the session identifier to determine the destination address of the vehicle-coupled device to forward the confirmation message to. The vehicle-coupled device displays the remote user device location on a map. The request and confirmation messages may include a media content file.
US09130645B2 Minimizing bandwidth in down-conversion of multiple RF channels
A method and system is disclosed for simultaneously down-converting multiple selected signals, such as RF signals, into adjacent ranges in an intermediate frequency band so that the total resulting bandwidth, and thus the sampling rate required to digitize the signal, is minimized. A first signal is down-converted into a range starting at a lowest selected frequency in the IF band. The next signal is down-converted, into a range higher than, but near or adjacent to, the down-converted range of the first signal, and so on. A guard band may be left between the signals if desired. In this way, the selected signals occupy the minimum bandwidth required. When the selection of signals to be down-converted is changed, the frequency ranges are dynamically adjusted so that the signals being down-converted always occupy the lowest ranges of the IF band.
US09130642B2 Frequency-selective circuit with mixer module implemented for controlling frequency response, and related signal processing apparatus and method
A frequency-selective circuit includes a signal input port, a signal output port, and a frequency response control block. The frequency response control block includes a mixer module and a filter module. The mixer module has a first port electrically connected to a signal path between the signal input port and the signal output port, a second port electrically connected to the filter module, and a local oscillator (LO) port. The mixer module operates according to an LO input received by the LO port. The filter module is electrically connected to the second port of the mixer module.
US09130634B2 Digital antenna switching
Systems and methods for antenna switching without using a radio-frequency switch are provided. A signal received via a first antenna is digitized to form a first digital received signal. A signal received via a second antenna is digitized to form a second digital received signal. A switch selects the first digital received signal or the second digital received signal to be supplied to a modem to be demodulated. The switch may also supply a digital transmit signal from the modem to be supplied to digital-to-analog converters to and then transmitted using the first or second antenna. Additionally, when the modem is demodulating the signal received via the first antenna, another modem may be demodulating the signal received via the second antenna and vice versa.
US09130627B2 Multi-mode receiver for highly-spectrally-efficient communications
A receiver may be dynamically configurable, during run-time, into a plurality of modes of operation. In a first mode of operation the receiver may demodulate received signals having relative low inter-symbol correlation using a near zero ISI filter and symbol slicing. In a second mode of operation the receiver may demodulate received signals having relatively high inter-symbol correlation using an input filter configured to achieve a desired total partial response and a sequence estimation algorithm.
US09130625B2 Interference avoidance method of pulse signal and terminal applicable thereto
The present disclosure provides an interference avoidance method of a pulse signal. According to the method, before the pulse signal is transmitted, the pulse signal is split into two parallel pulse sub-signals which can be synthesized using a subtraction synthesis method and thus restored to the pulse signal. In this way, in the parallel transmissions of the two parallel pulse sub-signals, interferences from which the two sub-signals suffer are identical to each other. Thus, after the two parallel pulse sub-signals are synthesized using the subtraction synthesis method, the interference signals offset each other to allow the synthesized pulse signal to carry no interference signals, which effectively avoids false control caused by the interference signals carried in the transmission of the pulse signal and simultaneously avoids the false control caused by an attenuation or a distortion of the pulse signal due to the traditional filtering method.
US09130620B2 Coordinated multi-point transmission and reception schemes for cellular downlink
There is provided a method for generating transmit precoders for a communication system having a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers forming a plurality of transmitter-receiver pairs. Each of the transmitters and receivers has a respective plurality of antennas. The method includes initializing the transmit precoders. The method further includes updating a plurality of receiver filters and a plurality of slack variables using closed form expressions. The method also includes updating the transmit precoders responsive to an output of said prior updating step. The method additionally includes iteratively repeating the updating steps until convergence is reached to obtain a final set of transmit precoders. The transmit precoders are updated to perform precoding for multiple stream data transmission for each of the plurality of transmitter-receiver pairs on each of a plurality of slots under a per-antenna power constraint imposed on each of the plurality of antennas.
US09130615B2 Channel estimation for a very large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system
A transmitter, receiver, and method for channel estimation for a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communication system in which the transmitter includes a multiplicity of transmit antennas spaced such that spacing between adjacent antennas provides a spatial correlation coefficient greater than a threshold level. The transmitter selects a subset of the multiplicity of transmit antennas for transmitting the pilot reference signals. The pilot reference signals are transmitted only from the selected subset of transmit antennas to the receiver. The receiver includes a channel estimator configured to derive a channel estimation for all of the multiplicity of transmit antennas using the received pilot reference signals and known or estimated spatial correlation among the multiplicity of transmit antennas.
US09130613B2 Distributed antenna system for MIMO technologies
The invention is directed to a method and system for supporting MIMO technologies which can require the transport of multiple spatial streams on a traditional Distributed Antenna System (DAS). According to the invention, at one end of the DAS, each spatial stream is shifted in frequency to a pre-assigned band (such as a band at a frequency lower than the native frequency) that does not overlap the band assigned to other spatial streams (or the band of any other services being carried by the DAS). Each of the spatial streams can be combined and transmitted as a combined signal over a common coaxial cable. At the other “end” of the DAS, the different streams are shifted back to their original (overlapping) frequencies but retain their individual “identities” by being radiated through physically separate antenna elements.
US09130610B1 Transmission apparatus and transmission method
A transmission apparatus includes a digital amplifier having a plurality of class-D amplifiers connected in parallel to each other, each of the class-D amplifiers including a logic circuit that processes input signals from two input terminals and outputs the input signals to one of two output terminals, according to a selection signal, and including capacitors connected in series to the two output terminals, respectively, a first selection circuit that outputs either an in-phase component or a quadrature component of a transmission signal to the digital amplifier depending on the selection signal, and a second selection circuit that outputs either an in-phase component carrier signal or a quadrature component carrier signal to the digital amplifier depending on the selection signal.
US09130608B2 Radio transmission system and electronic device
A radio transmission system includes: a first electronic device; and a second electronic device having a mounting structure mounted with the first electronic device, wherein a millimeter wave signal transmission line capable of transmitting information in a millimeter wave band is formed between the first electronic device and the second electronic device when the first electronic device is mounted in the mounting structure of the second electronic device, and between the first electronic device and the second electronic device, a transmission object signal is converted into a millimeter wave signal and then the millimeter wave signal is transmitted via the millimeter wave signal transmission line.
US09130607B2 Systems, apparatuses, and methods to facilitate coordinated scheduling in wireless communication systems
A system and method of coordinating scheduling in a wireless communication system are described herein. In one aspect, user equipments determine one or more cells that interfere with communications received by the user equipments. The user equipment may determine particular information about the interfering cells, including a metric function based on the precoding matrix used by the interfering cell. The user equipment may transmit this information to the interfering cell in order to coordinate the use of precoding matrices between cells.
US09130604B2 Multi-band multi-path receiving and transmitting device and method, and base station system
A multi-band multi-path receiving and transmitting device and method, and a base station system are provided. The multi-band multi-path receiving and transmitting device includes a broadband antenna, at least two multi-frequency couplers, a multi-band transceiver, and a signal processing module. The multi-band transceiver is adopted to decrease the number of the transceivers, thereby reducing the material cost and the mounting cost of the base station system.
US09130603B2 Systems and methods for collision avoidance in near-field communications
Systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication are included herein. An aspect of the subject matter described in the disclosure provides a device configured to detect a transmission. The device includes a receiver configured to receive an inductive communication signal having a center frequency. The device further includes an analog-to-digital converter configured to sample the signal at a rate higher than twice the center frequency. The device further includes one or more processors configured to digitally downconvert the signal. The processors are further configured to compare an energy of the downconverted signal to a detection threshold. The device further includes a transmitter configured to selectively transmit a communication based on the comparison.
US09130600B2 Receiver architecture with reconfigurable on-chip matching for wideband operation and off-chip matching for low-power operation
A circuit for a receiver with reconfigurable low-power or wideband operation may comprise one or more main signal paths each coupled to a first port and including a low-noise amplifier (LNA) configured to provide a radio frequency (RF) signal to a main mixer circuit. An auxiliary signal path may be coupled to a second port. The auxiliary signal path may include an auxiliary mixer configured to provide an on-chip matching input impedance that may match an impedance of the antenna. The first port may be coupled to an RF antenna through an off-chip matching circuit, when a low-power operation is desired. The first port may be coupled to the second port and to the RF antenna, when a wideband operation is desired.
US09130596B2 Multiuse data channel
Presented is a data channel with selectable components, such as encoders or decoders. Also, data having different data signal characteristics can be processed through a data channel based on the data signal characteristics. Further, a data channel may have independent encoding path and an independent decoding path. For example, a first data transmission having first data signal characteristics may be processed via a data channel based on a first selected set of components of the data channel and a second data transmission having second data signal characteristics different than the first data signal characteristics may be processed via the data channel using a second selected set of components in the data channel. The first selected set of components may be different than the second selected set of components, but may share one or more common components.
US09130594B2 Continuously interleaved error correction
Continuously interleaved codewords are used in a communication system to provide error correction capability. In general, each codeword shares symbols with both preceding and subsequent codewords, when the codewords are arranged in an order, such that correction of symbols in any one codeword also corrects symbols in another codeword and correction of symbols in any codeword may allow, considering possible corrections of intermediate codewords, for further correction of any codeword in the order of codewords. In one embodiment received information may be arranged in subframes, with each subframe including terminal symbols of a plurality of codewords, each of the plurality of codewords including symbols in multiple subframes.
US09130593B2 Data processing method
A data receiving circuit includes: a first de-interleave circuit configured to de-interleave first data which is demodulated and is soft-decision-processed; a second de-interleave circuit configured to de-interleave second data which is demodulated and is soft-decision-processed; a memory configured to be shared by the first de-interleave circuit and the second de-interleave circuit and store respective hard decision information and respective soft decision information of the first data and the second data; and a memory control circuit configured to vary a first through fourth number of bits stored in the memory, the first number corresponding to the hard decision information of the first data, the second number corresponding to the soft decision information of the first data, the third number corresponding to the hard decision information of the second data, the fourth number corresponding to the soft decision information of the second data.
US09130588B2 Redundant delay digital-to-time converter
Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a time delay based on an input value. A digital delay may be generated based on a coarse delay and a fine delay. The coarse delay may be selected based on the input value. The fine delay may be selected from an overlapping set of fine delay intervals, based on the selected coarse delay. In some implementations, a control component may be used to select the fine delay when more than one fine delay interval is indicated.
US09130586B1 System and method of digital-to-analog signal conversion
A system for reconstructing broadband analog signals from digital information includes a digital processing unit for decomposing a digital input signal into a plurality of multirate, digital input signal sub-components with optimized quantization levels, and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) bank for converting the plurality of digital input signal sub-components into a corresponding set of analog signal sub-components, which are then combined and time-aligned. The digital processing unit preferably includes a multirate filterbank for separating the digital input signal through discrete wavelet decomposition, such through Haar wavelet decomposition. The DAC bank includes an array of digital-to-analog converters (DACs) with sample rates that vary by a constant factor. By combining the broadband capabilities of one or more relatively fast DACs with the accuracy associated with one or more relatively slow DACs, the digital-to-analog conversion system is able to achieve high bandwidth capabilities at an acceptable level of dynamic range.
US09130583B2 Method for full-digital random sampling
For the signal under acquisition which varies monotonically before and after the trigger time, a method for full-digital random sampling employs first sampled data before the trigger time and first sampled data after the trigger time to fit a curve, and obtains an intersection point of triggering level and the fitted curve, then, calculates the time interval between sampled data after the trigger time and the intersection point in the end, reconstructs the original signal, i.e. the signal under acquisition by a time interval of each acquisition. Thus, an analog trigger circuit and a time measurement circuit of conventional random sampling system can be eliminated, that simplifies the circuit design of data acquisition system and decreases its hardware complexity. Moreover, the higher sampling rate for the signal under acquisition is attained, and more waveform details are obtained.
US09130580B2 Low-power pulse width encoding scheme and counter-less shift register that may be employed therewith
A method of decoding an encoded signal includes steps of receiving the encoded signal, creating a decoding signal by delaying the encoded signal by a predetermined amount of time Δ, sampling the encoded signal using the decoding signal, and determining a value of each of a plurality of decoded bits represented by the encoded signal based on the sampling. Also, a method of operating a shift register wherein the shift register has an initialization state wherein a first binary symbol is stored in a first position and a second binary symbol different than the first binary symbol is stored in each of one or more intermediate positions and a last position. The method includes determining that the shift register is full responsive to detecting that the first binary symbol has been stored in either one of the intermediate positions or the last position.
US09130576B2 Common reference crystal systems
One embodiment of communication system comprises a crystal oscillator configured to output a reference clock; cellular radio frequency (RF) and baseband phase locked loops configured to receive the reference clock within a cellular module and compensate for calculated frequency errors between a received cellular downlink signal and a cellular local oscillator signal during operation of the cellular module; global positioning system (GPS) frequency compensation circuitry configured to receive the reference clock within a GPS module and compensate for calculated frequency errors during operation of the GPS module; and a temperature sensing circuit which includes a plurality of sensing resistors and is configured to output a signal corresponding to a temperature of a reference crystal which is translated to a frequency deviation, wherein the (GPS) frequency compensation circuitry is configured to offset the frequency deviation and output a temperate compensated signal to meet GPS clock frequency requirements.
US09130575B2 Communication system with charge pump mechanism and method of operation thereof
A method of operation of a wireless communication system includes: synthesizing an incoming clock reference by differentiating an even cycle signal and an odd cycle signal; commutating a pair of resistors (R1, R2) based on the even cycle signal and the odd cycle signal; and controlling an amplifier output by the pair of the resistors (R1, R2) for the purpose of mitigating the effects of mismatch of the pair of resistors.
US09130572B2 Controller provided with touch detection device including movable and fixed contact patterns
A controller includes an operating member operable by user's depression, and a touch detection device constructed to detect a depressing touch on the operating member. The touch detection device includes a movable contact pattern provided on the lower surface of the operating member, and a fixed contact pattern disposed underneath the operating member. One of the fixed and movable contact patterns is a coil-shaped contact pattern while the other of the fixed and movable contact patterns is a uniform surface pattern, at least one of the fixed and movable contact patterns has flexibility, and at least one of the fixed and movable contact patterns has a surface slanted from the center of the coil toward the outer peripheral edge of the coil. The coil-shaped contact pattern comprises first and second contact elements constituting a dual coil pattern.
US09130569B2 Controller for load circuit
Two semiconductor switches are arranged in parallel in a load circuit for connecting a power source with a load. Further, the semiconductor switches are controlled so as to be alternately tuned on and off. As a result, since a current flows through only either of the semiconductor switches, an offset error detected by current sensors includes only an offset error of either of the semiconductor switches, the detection of current with high accuracy can be accomplished. Therefore, when performing the control of shutting off the circuit to cope with the occurrence of an overcurrent flowing through the load, the shutoff control with high accuracy can be accomplished.
US09130563B1 Programmable receivers and methods of implementing a programmable receiver in an integrated circuit
A programmable receiver of an integrated circuit is described. The programmable receiver comprises an input; a first programmable receiver circuit coupled to the input, wherein the first programmable receiver circuit has a first pull-up branch and a first pull-down branch and is controlled by a first enable circuit; a second programmable receiver circuit coupled to the input, wherein the second programmable receiver circuit has a second pull-up branch and a second pull-down branch and is controlled by a second enable circuit; and an output stage coupled to the first programmable receiver circuit and the second programmable receiver circuit, wherein the output stage receives an output of one of the first programmable receiver circuit and the second programmable receiver circuit. A method of implementing a programmable receiver in an integrated circuit is also disclosed.
US09130560B2 Edge rate control gate drive circuit and system for low side devices with driver FET
An apparatus, comprising a load; an output FET having a drain coupled to the load; a first and second of a pair strong FETs, wherein: a) a source of the first of the pair of the strong FETs is coupled to the load; b) a drain of the first pair of the strong FETs is coupled to the source of the second of the of the pair of the strong FETs; the drain of the second pair of the strong FETs is coupled to a gate of the output FET; and a fixed current mirror is coupled to the gate of the first of the pair of the strong FETs.
US09130557B2 Operating method of input/output interface
A method of operating an input/output interface includes selecting one of a plurality of output driver circuits according to a mode selection signal, and outputting a data signal using the selected one of the plurality of output driver circuits. Another method of operating an includes generating a mode selection signal based on a received command signal, and controlling an on-die termination (ODT) circuit included in the input/output interface according to the mode selection signal. Another method of operating an includes generating a mode selection signal based on a received command signal, and controlling an ODT circuit included in the input/output interface according to the mode selection signal.
US09130553B2 Low/high voltage selector
A voltage selector circuit is described. The voltage selector circuit includes a first voltage input, a second voltage input, and a voltage comparison input. The voltage selector circuit also includes a first voltage selector connected to an output. The first voltage selector is configured to compare the first voltage input and the second voltage input to the voltage comparison input. The voltage selector circuit also includes a second voltage selector connected to the output. The second voltage selector is configured to compare the first voltage input to the second voltage input using an early trigger, such that the second voltage selector is configured to switch on before the first voltage selector switches off.
US09130552B2 Cross-conduction detector for switching regulator
An integrated circuit includes a detector configured to monitor a high-drive signal and a low-drive signal that drives a high-side switch and a low-side switch respectively of an integrated circuit switching regulator. The detector monitors both the rising edge and the trailing edge of each of the high-drive and the low-drive signals respectively to determine a timing overlap between the signals and generates a detection signal indicating a dead-time value proportional to the presence or absence of the timing overlap between the signals. An output circuit can be configured to process the detection signal from the detector to enable a correction of the timing overlap between the signals if timing overlap is detected.
US09130549B2 Multiplexer flop
In an embodiment, a flip flop circuit includes a master latch and a slave latch. The master latch comprises a storage element, a first data leg, and a second data leg. The first and second data legs may be coupled to the storage element. Clock selection logic may be coupled to the first and second data legs. The clock selection logic may have a select input for selecting between the first and second data legs. The slave latch may be coupled to the master latch.
US09130547B1 Rail-to-rail comparator circuit and method thereof
A circuit includes a PMOS transistor pair receiving a first voltage at a first circuit node and a second voltage at a second circuit node and outputting a third voltage at a third circuit node and a fourth voltage at a fourth circuit node; and an NMOS transistor pair receiving the third voltage at the third circuit node and the fourth voltage at the fourth circuit node and outputting the first voltage at the first circuit node and the second voltage at the second circuit node. The circuit further includes a first voltage-controlled resistor controlled by a first control voltage and a second control voltage in accordance with a clock signal providing a coupling between the third voltage at the third circuit node and the second voltage at the second circuit node; and a second voltage-controlled resistor controlled by the second control voltage and the first control voltage in accordance with the clock signal providing a coupling between the fourth voltage at the fourth circuit node and the first voltage at the first circuit node.
US09130545B2 Period signal generation circuits
A period signal generation circuit including a control voltage generator and a period controller. The control voltage generator selecting one of temperature-dependent voltages to output the selected temperature-dependent voltage as a control voltage. The first and second temperature-dependent voltages varying according to a temperature and the third temperature-dependent voltage is constant regardless of variation of the temperature. The period controller configured to determine an amount of a current discharging from an internal node in response to the control voltage and outputs a periodic signal whose cycle time is determined according to a level of an internal signal induced at the internal node.
US09130541B2 Active EMC filter
Active EMC filter connectable between an electric power source and an electric load. The filter has capacitors (C×N, C×U) connected between active conductors of the power source and a star point electric node. A filter capacitor (Cst, CstU) is connected between the star point and ground. A half-bridge has two switching devices (T3, T4; T1, T2) connected in cascade between a positive supply voltage and a negative supply voltage. A smoothing circuit (RgN, LgN; RgU, RgU) is connected between a common node of the switching devices and the star point. A control unit (Drive_N, Drive_U) drives the switching devices (T3, T4; T1, T2) digitally either in an ON-state or in an OFF-state, such as to limit a leakage current.